GenAI zoom on Google's phones is a bit of a mess: neurodoctor.com/2025/09/20/p...

Pope Leo gets this one right. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

Very much enjoying the culture of trust and respect implicit in the installation of room usage monitoring devices on academics' office doors today. Imagine my shock on discovering that managers' doors remain unsullied…

New blog post: blog.autiomaa.org/2025/09/18/o... You should opt-out from the data mining of your LinkedIn posts, as soon as possible.

New blog post: blog.autiomaa.org/2025/09/18/n...

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

New blog post: blog.autiomaa.org/2025/09/17/n... Netlify limits new Free tier users to only ~20 builds a month. At the same time, they are increasing costs also for (most of) the paid users. I don’t see that good future for the platform itself.

“The new Elsevier AI solution will empower researchers to identify emerging areas of inquiry + funding opportunities, uncover knowledge gaps, synthesize literature rapidly, connect with collaborators + accelerate productivity.” Academia should’ve long ago ✂️ ties with such commercial vendors.

Niilo tosi innokkaana lähdössä päivälenkille

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

This photo marks targets in east London's Silvertown docks. Highlighted in red are four large flour mills. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Every line of code is a liability, and now with the power of AI, I can create 8000 new liabilities per day!

Malicious versions of the nx package + some packages under the @nx/* scope were published to npm. The compromised versions scan the file system, search for credentials, and post them publicly to GitHub. www.aikido.dev/blog/popular...

This is a seriously hot battery: "Sand, or other material crushed into sand-size particles, has the ability to store heat for weeks. Unlike some other batteries, the system doesn’t rely on chemicals, doesn’t degrade, and won’t catch on fire." cleantechnica.com/2025/08/30/f... #Finland #energy

Some amazing architectural photography. As ever, light is key.

“This is why Tan’s strategy works. He’s not selling software—he’s selling the absence of pain. And he’s very good at creating pain for those who don’t pay.” fastcode.io/2025/08/30/t...

Normie cyber people it brings me no pleasure to announce the aerospace cyber people absolutely cooked us

AI guys: "Actually AI is a TOOL." Tool guys:

So there seems to be some tension between: - wanting all your data all the time - losing data / collecting garbage data - enshittifying the product and the app - feeding that crap to AI, and - providing some kind of blockbuster training advice

4. Okay, go for a bike ride instead. Lots of hills, and if you're going less than 8 mph or so the watch *interrupts you* and asks if you're still doing the activity. But you're sweaty, pedaling up the hill, holding the hadlebars, and maybe wearing gloves, so you have to STOP to tap.

Time for this weeks gratuitous Flamingo photo! 🦩🪶

Been out with clients for two days and not been on here. 🙏 For a late #FlamingoFriday here is a youngster flying into the weekend, much like we all are. 🦩 Good weekend all! #birds

GPT-5 is a significant downgrade in terms of geolocation capability. Find our latest benchmark update below

More testing of LLMs for journalism, this time on identifying image location, date, and source. By @aisvarya17.bsky.social and @klaudia.bsky.social with some of my own commentary. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w... @columjournreview.bsky.social

Yksi tulevaisuuden skenaario on, että tekoälymallit korvaavat internetin ekan 30 vuoden aikana käytössä olleet tiedonhaun käytännöt (esim. "googlaus"). Tämä tarkoittaa yhtäältä tiedon määrittelyvallan keskittymistä ja toisaalta helpompaa manipuloitavuutta isoilla (esim. valtiollisilla) resursseilla.

OpenAI could have done any of the better solutions, but instead it has decided to farm the solution off to the least qualified group to deal with it. This isn't a solution, it's liability reduction.

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

The DOGE team at SSA might have violated FISMA and other laws by not following security protocols as spelled out in NIST's SP 800-53, which are mandatory for all government agencies. 1/2 www.csoonline.com/article/4046...

#pixelart #artpost

Absolutely rage inducing (in a good way), but lots learned too. e-mail.wtf

Lima, Peru Analogue Days, 1997 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIconic

Crazy sunset in the Smokies, captured back in April on my workshop. Funniest part - one of my students, standing next to me, had their SD card fill-up right when the light exploded. I removed my 2nd card and just gave it to her to use, no time to waste!

The view flying into the Cirque of the Unclimbables a couple of weeks ago... pretty epic. The pilot was serious and said, "sorry the light isn't very good!" LOL!

Here's a couple Infrared images I captured last week in some random area full of cool sand dunes in Utah using my full-spectrum IR converted Sony A7R4 (I think these are all 850nm).

One of my favorite things to do in nature photography is to force the viewer to ask, "what the hell is that?!" Finding these things in nature is so much fun. Anyone else?

Clearing after the storm

Forest Harmony

I enjoy making images of trees. Especially in fog 😊

Driftwood

Bridge over the Dordogne. #Stunday #infrared #photography

Deux ombres 📷 #MobilePhotography

breakfast dance

suzanne ciani

the LA river

#MaintenanceHoleMonday Cambridge

#MaintenanceHoleMonday Shelford

Lost Album Covers of the '80s

For the Love of Drains, Sawston

#MaintenanceHoleMonday Liverpool Street