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SMART blog using sloppy AI-generated image
▲ 14 r/SMARTRecovery

SMART blog using sloppy AI-generated image

The latest SMART Blog post is up, and while it may (perhaps?) have been quickly removed from the post, the feed itself links to this really sloppy AI-generated image which includes such gems as:

  • Rest & Relaxation: "Unwind(g) and Evolve [?]"
  • Rest & Relaxation (a second time): "Unwerd and Recharge"
  • a very strange notion of roundness
  • a cheese-covered heart in a bed?
  • a dumbbell with a tumor
  • cherries under a palm tree?
  • strangely-petaled flowers
  • topless baby in lotus pose?

And, fundamentally, is /not/ the SMART Lifestyle Balance Wheel. :(

It's quite weird and I find it offensive that they think so little of me and their readers to have posted it in any way. :(

Edit: Nope, the image is linked from the blog post as the re-share and twitter attention-grabbers:

<meta property="og:image" content="https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/SMART%20Lifestyle%20Balance%20Wheel-1.png">
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1024">
<meta property="og:image:height" content="1024">

<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/SMART%20Lifestyle%20Balance%20Wheel-1.png">

Good grief.

u/jsled — 1 day ago
▲ 82 r/vermont

Vermont Is Designing Simple Homes to Help Speed Construction

I wonder how Big Architecture and Big Home Design will combat this.

sevendaysvt.com
u/jsled — 9 days ago
▲ 134 r/vermont

Vermont’s congressional members are rich. But they don’t buy stocks.

> Welch and Balint both have median net worths of over $1 million, and Sanders’ is on the cusp.

Specifically:

  • Welch: $5.5m - $13.2m assets, $0-$250k liabilities, possibly a net worth around $9.6m
  • Balint: $670k - $2.6m assets, $0 liabilities, possibly a net worth around $1.2m
  • Sanders: $613k - $1.3m assets, $0-250k liabilities, possibly a net worth around $980k.

None of these people are "rich", lol. Welch is doing fine, but I wouldn't consider him all that rich, and I fear for Balint and Sanders's fiscal health in old age.

> Welch once traded individual stocks. But in 2021, Business Insider revealed the then-congressman failed to properly disclose that his wife sold $6,238 worth of ExxonMobil stock around the time Welch was grilling the oil company’s CEO at a House committee oversight hearing.

lol. I mean, yeah, congresspeople should not trade individual stocks, even that should be disclosed, &c., but lmao.

Also, it's worth noting that the rich palette of sector and other targeted ETFs available these days makes "don't trade individual stocks" not a really compelling measure of corruption. Of course they shouldn't be able to trade individual stocks, but we probably need to go further.

vtdigger.org
u/jsled — 9 days ago
▲ 13 r/liberalgunowners

Hi r/liberalgunowners!

This is a highlighted megathread to help coördinate meetups and events for June, 2026.

At any given point, a megathread for the current and next month will be available for forward-looking planning.

(Please be wary that this is a public forum, know that there are various groups of people who target our communities, and practice good opsec. Be safe and have fun!)

reddit.com
u/jsled — 18 days ago