Nedia Were, Kenyan (1989- ), The Lady, 2022, acrylic and oil on canvas, 121.9 x 100.3 cm, private collection

Good news! Greenland's melt won't push the AMOC across a tipping point! On the other hand, it could still eventually decline 80%, so let's just call it "not-quite-as-terrible news." www.newscientist.com/article/2532...

Brave New World

Washington, D.C. May 27, 2026. 📸: Rob DeMartin

“Tidal will not allow music that is 100% AI-generated to be monetized. No royalties will go to such releases, nor will AI-generated uploads be eligible for direct-to-fan sales,” the company said in an email to its users.

NEW: As Spotify embraces AI artists, allowing those artist accounts to monetize on streams, Tidal on Monday said it wouldn't pay royalties for AI-generated music.

Frank Taylor Lockwood was better placed than many artists to turn WW2 restrictions to his advantage and began a series of interiors of his house in Dalston Road, Acocks Green in Birmingham. This work depicts the scullery and is from 1944.

The Chase (1946) this Wednesday, Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) next Wednesday. There are five – count ‘em, five – Wednesdays in July, and #TheNoirCollective will be making the most of them. If you need something to get you through those midweek blues, join us! 😊

And nobody cares except us. I’m on like six unemployed black woman listservs, where everyone’s freaking out, and nobody’s like “I’m running on trying to get y’all jobs.” It’s like we’re being erased from American society.

Maria Ressa said it only took about 6 months to topple democratic institutions in the Phillipines. Now people in the U.S know it can be done even faster. Other countries should take note.

What they taught in school: GDP up = good. What they left out: The atmosphere has a limit Soil can die Water runs out 8 billion people need a living planet, not just a growing economy

Happy 100TH BIRTHDAY to the king Mel Brooks, who wore a fake extra finger to his handprint ceremony🥳🎂🥳

Mel Brooks produced The Elephant Man: this was his response to Paramount’s demand for changes "We are involved in a business venture. We screened the film for you, to bring you up to date as to the status of that venture. Do not misconstrue this as our soliciting the input of raging primitives."

Happy 100th to the King

Following on from the Marilyn Monroe centenary, a happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks, born a few weeks later and wonderfully still with us. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

France recorded ~1,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave this past week, with 85% of the deaths being people aged 65 and over. The sharpest increase are people dying at home in the Île-de-France region that includes Paris and its suburbs.

Heute vor inzwischen 46 Jahren und immer noch wundervoll! m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuO...

Side Note: I’m curious if Ruth Harriet Louise’s stark white on black “mask” portraits may have influenced Eugene Robert Richee and his famous photos of Louise shot months later in 1928.

Anna May Wong, 1928. A rare take from a very special series of photos by Ruth Harriet Louise for MGM. (Thread)

Hilda & Ash, professional gangsters.

Tu sais que ta guerre-de-trois-jours ne marche pas quand, près de cinq ans après l'avoir déclenchée, tu en es réduit à installer des toilettes mobiles le long des files de voitures qui attendent aux stations service.

A little break.

Bud Fraker’s shot of Audrey Hepburn on the set of Roman Holiday, in 1953, is one of the great Hollywood portraits.

Accusé d’avoir mal préparé le pays à la canicule, l’exécutif l’est aussi de répondre trop faiblement à l’épisode, où il a fait appel aux «responsabilités individuelles» et à l’action des collectivités. De quoi prolonger le procès en «inaction climatique» du chef de l’Etat.

Les urgences des hôpitaux sont en train de collapser faute de lits et avec des soignants à bout. 1000 trains sont annulés par jour. Il fait 35° dans certaines classes. Des ouvriers meurent de chaud sur des chantiers. 55 morts noyés au moins. Mais ça va. Il est content

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

La République a confié des pouvoirs, un uniforme et des armes à des gens qui, dès qu'on aura mis un fasciste au pouvoir, feront la queue pour entrer à l'ICE version française. Et ne venez pas me parler de brebis galeuses. Le problème est à l'échelle du cheptel, et le patient zéro est le berger.

Je veux pas gueuler parce que tout le monde gueule. J’ai de la chance. Je cuis, mais plutôt moins que la moyenne. Mon fils n’a presque pas été à l’école de la semaine. Dans sa maternelle, il fait 39 dans les classes. Les gamins saignent du nez et les profs font des malaises. Et au dessus: silence.

Companies encouraged employees to use AI and now they’re spending gobs of cash on tokens for employees to convert documents to PDF😅 “Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides” www.404media.co/the-tokenpoc...

40°C in the air and the Iton mermaid won’t come out of the river anymore.

Carbofascisme Rappelons que l'extrême droite s'oppose à 77,7% des cas à des limitations de l'exploitation des énergies fossiles. Alors les entendre maintenant devenu depuis 3 jours écologistes, c'est quand même la meilleure de la semaine ! Voter à l'extrême-droite c'est dangereux pour la santé !

48. Glad to know I've reached the age where they would cast me as Tom Hanks' mother and not his wife.

" Leur optimum thermique, c’est 20-25 °C. Au-delà ils souffrent, mais à 40 °C, ils s’éteignent. Et les suivants, c’est nous. Notre corps ne sait pas non plus faire face à une telle température. " En Bretagne, la canicule décime la faune sauvage : www.ouest-france.fr/sciences/ani...

Hilda and the Normandy night sky. :)

Zelu (Zelunjo, which means “avoid sin/do good”) Onyenezi-Oyedele from DEATH OF THE AUTHOR. Love or hate her, she was never auditioning for your approval. 😃

“Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) says that ghost gear — or fishing gear that has been abandoned, lost or discarded — is one of the most harmful debris in oceans. “It is estimated that between 600,000 and 800,000 metric tonnes of ghost gear enter the oceans on an annual basis, according to DFO.”

"Chevalier Ousts Espaillat" what kind of Alexandre Dumas-ass city are you jokers running up there

Well. I’ll admit 41°C it’s a bit warm even for me. #Paris #canicule

Voyons ou on se trouvera dans dis ans… Sans doute le Sénat avait fait des rapports sur les violences sexuelles sur les enfants en France et voilà où on en est aujourd’hui… 🤬

«Les masculinismes d’aujourd’hui ne sont pas qu’une simple “tendance” sur les réseaux sociaux»

Mark Zuckerberg thought long and hard how to make things even shittier, and came up with

Former tech company employees, policymakers and academics - based on empirical research - come with recommendations for social media companies to prevent platforms from incentivizing division and political violence What Online Platforms Can and Must Do to Help Mitigate Escalating Political Violence

A lot of work and thoughtful discussion went into this report. Check it out!

“Totalitarianism is, first of all, an extreme focusing of surveillance….”

Louise by Elmer Fryer for God’s Gift to Women (1931).

The AI training program, MCI, was allegedly intended to improve the company's AI models by using its staff's keystrokes and mouse movements as training data. Mandatory for most staff, it sparked immediate employee backlash. By: Charles Rollet #BlackskyNews www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-trai...

If this and the Meta glasses story doesn’t teach you anything about this f-ing fascist ghouls, I don’t know what will. If we oppose them they will back down, if you are complacent, they will walk all over us and kill our democracies. Fight them, for f’s sake! 🤬