This is what happens when the shutter is left open for 4.5 minutes. The clouds turn into streaks and the water to glass. This is an #infrared image made at #720nm. #photography #landscapephotography #longexposure #EastCoastKin #clouds #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome

This is the way

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little." ‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.” So a napkin is a little tablecloth. 10/10, no notes.

I feel seen.

Good FT article (£) by @melissahei.bsky.social on bias in medical AI tools on.ft.com/3IuZ5qz

"The purpose of this Regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market by laying down a uniform legal framework in particular for the development, the placing on the market, the putting into service and the use of artificial intelligence systems (AI systems) in the Union"* Italy:

I wish Bluesky critics would acknowledge this simple, somewhat horrifying fact

Get in losers, we’re grieving

Good morning, autumn

As a little birthday present to myself, I created my Substack "Incrementally Better". The first edition on why the EU AI Act is not truly risk-based (and more) is now live: incbetter.substack.com/p/incrementa...

This is a wonderful column

New on Niche Musems: my write-up of a visit to the Musical Museum in Brentford, London... player pianos, self-playing violins, and orchestrions! www.niche-museums.com/115

Bro got a speed. #bluesky

"Social media is so awful", blah blah gripe. Okay. But do you know the story of how this wonderful award-winning SF book won the sales jackpot for the second time? Gather round, kids, if you want reminding how wonderfully good things can happen in this world. 1/

Worked on me

Starting to suspect that one of the LinkedIn metrics for calculating staff bonuses is the number of notification emails sent to LinkedIn users per day.

Golden track by GusGus, one my favourite bands on this lovely planet. #music open.spotify.com/track/50MQNe...

Thames at Richmond

The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.

'Advice from a 1918 suffragette pamphlet'

It's working. This is how we change corporate decision making. Making bending the knee expensive.

It’s Isaac Hayes’ birthday. Just tremendous stuff: youtu.be/DFdR2LLM3bY?...

With so many own goals, Europe has the perfect opportunity to win the match for talent.

Some new theoretical economics papers modelling the implications of AGI on the economy. These two papers argue that a true AGI-level AI (equivalent to a human genius), if achieved, would eventually displace most human labor and reduce the economic value of remaining human work to near-zero.

Goebbels Ends the Careers of Five Comedians Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime. NYTimes article. February 4 1939. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

The many #angles of Denver’s Art Museum #BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #BNW #Monochrome #PhotographersofBlueSky #Denver #Colorado #photography #UrbanPhotography #Architecture #classicmono #blackandwhite

Occasional reminder

improving films with muppets: thread

Angles #Angles #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #EastCoastKin #StreetPhotography #Lumix #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Fantastic piece. This graph particularly caught my eye. What is going on here?

It's autumn. The season of colour... runs.

I know this is a small signal*, but if enough of us cancel our Disney+ subscription, we create the right economic message. *And small sacrifice

This works pretty well. Can highly recommend.

We saw the fabulous "Murmuration Level 2" yesterday. A stunning mix of contemporary choreography, dance and hip hop. Supported by a soundtrack of banging electronic music. vimeo.com/1088455235?f...

Welsh born textile artist and knitwear designer Kate Jenkins creates fun crochet/knit creations #WomensArt

Shrouded in fog #photography #nature #landscapephotography #trees

Friday #scape day!! #eastcoastkin #sunset #landscape

Hummingbirds' metabolisms are so fast that they have to go into a hibernation-like state called torpor just to sleep through the night. Otherwise, they would starve to death in their sleep.

the New Yorker on Jimmy Kimmel

I endorse this message.

It’s easy to feel depressed by the state of the world. But look around. My family and friends - they are amazing. Yes, we’re all flawed, but every day they try to be their best selves, showing kindness and giving love. The real humanity is the one around you, not the one on your feed.

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥

Wow

"At a time when other media organizations are downsizing, Lawfare is growing. At a time of media consolidation, Lawfare remains independent." @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org celebrates 15 years of Lawfare in The Situation. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

In case you didn't know, Jupiter totally has rings. You can see them (faintly) in this #JWST image.

just going to leave this here from jon stewart accepting the mark twain prize in 2022:

Final hurdle of Turing test cracked 😅

Enough doom-scrolling. But my, this is another depressing milestone to full-blown authoritarianism in the US.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.