Crows are incredibly clever. This one figured out how to turn a tap on to get water and even remembered to turn it off afterwards. Their ability to learn, remember, and repeat useful behaviours is amazing
Over 50 million kilometers driven on FSD Supervised by our customers in the Netherlands, Estonia, Belgium, Lithuania & Denmark
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4 years ago, both of my grandparents passed away, starting a court battle that's put 200 years of Texas history for sale.
The estate includes hundreds of acres near Marble Falls, TX, that have been in my family since before Texas was Texas. Stephen F. Austin himself granted this land to my ancestor, Captain Jesse Burnam, in the 1820s, one of the original "Old Three Hundred" families. There are stories of him fighting off Native Americans and fighting in wars!
That land stayed in our family for five generations. There's a state historical marker on it, placed by the Texas Historical Commission in 2014.
My family has never had money in the bank kind of wealth. But I wouldn't sell this land for millions of dollars. Some things matter more than money, and history and nature are two of them.
My aunt, the executor, has managed this estate about as badly as it's possible to manage one, burning hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees fighting my mom and uncle, to the point that land had to be sold just to cover the bill. Yes, there was a will involved, but it's complicated...
Now, more than 150 acres of it are listed for sale by my aunt. My aunt has no heirs of her own tied to this place.
And beautiful, spring fed land that survived the Texas Revolution, five generations of my family, and a war with Mexico might get bulldozed for a subdivision.
What I'm hoping for is that it doesn't end with a developer.
If you know a rancher, a conservation buyer, a family, or a land trust looking for real Texas Hill Country land with real history, let me know.
FSD v14 Lite is now rolling out to AI3 early-access customers. Based on the feedback, will rollout to more customers over the next few weeks.
This build distills the driving behavior from AI4โs v14 series into both the camera and compute config of AI3. It includes destination options and speed profiles on city roads, but more importantly significantly improved safety.
We hope youโll enjoy it, once the build ships wide.
One of the pairs of Sandhill Cranes doing their mating dance for each other.
It starts out so graceful and balletic and quickly dissolves into drunk party dancing. I absolutely love it and I had no idea they did this.
Our baby wanted to come to the world a little ahead of schedule. Baby Orson was born almost 9 lbs! He is a big and handsome fella and mommy and daddy are smitten. ๐ we had quite a rollercoaster birth with many parts of it traumaticโฆ 18 hours of unexpected labor and pushing at 38 weeks ended in a c section. Luckily mommy and baby are safe and healthy and we are so beyond grateful for our son. And Iโm so lucky to have such a supportive husband.
THE ANCIENT WATCHTOWER
AUSTIN, Texas (KTBC) โ Long before the skyline reached into the clouds, the limestone peak at Mount Bonnell served as a silent witness to the birth of a capital. Historical records and local archaeology suggest that as the village of Waterloo was being carved into the wilderness below, Comanche scouts were likely watching every move from this very spot. Using the 785-foot elevation as a strategic sentinel, indigenous groups utilized the peak to monitor the arrival of surveyors and the earliest cabins built along the Colorado River.
When the first pioneers pushed westward into the hills, they didnโt find an untouched wildernessโthey found a well-worn highway of history. Early settlers documented a "beaten track" of moccasin prints carved into the pass of Mount Bonnell, proving this wasn't just a scenic hill to early Austinites, but a vital frontier boundary. They discovered a major thoroughfare that connected the river basin to the deep Hill Country, serving as a natural fortress where the high-ground advantage made it one of the most contested spots in the early Texas Republic.
Perhaps no figure is more tied to the rugged history of the peak than the legendary Texas Ranger William "Bigfoot" Wallace. In 1839, while the new capital was still in its infancy, Wallace reportedly retreated to a cave on the slopes of Mount Bonnell to recover from a severe illness. Living off the land and hiding in the limestone shadows, Wallaceโs stay in the "Bonnell Cave" became a staple of Texas lore, marking the spot where one of the state's most famous lawmen found refuge on the very edge of Comanche territory. @fox7austin