#KimJongUnTrouserWatch Rocking the “Full business suit under a dry robe” look. All the best dictators are dressing like that these days.

No. 40-21 (Cupid & Psyche, by Benjamin West, 1808, 📸 via @V0LofTheWild): www.artbutmakeitsports.com/p/the-best-o...

Last light ✨ #photography #landscape #winter #sunset #lake #art #norway

Tapping the sign. Also, "everybody" = me and my friends.

Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds Scammers are generating images of broken merchandise in order to apply for refunds.

Fascinating

"Geopolitics is the gravity of regulating tech" - likely also in 2026 (from www.economist.com/the-world-ah...)

Jupiter - PJ12-84 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iYh878

We’re just innocent men

Tech Billionaires Threaten To Flee California Over Proposed Vest Tax https://theonion.com/tech-billionaires-threaten-to-flee-california-over-proposed-vest-tax/

Thought-provoking article on AI companions / therapists. I'm quite honestly torn on the "an AI friend is better than no friend" argument. I would love the following but I don't think the incentives are pointing this way. "The ultimate goal of AI companions should be to make themselves obsolete."

Interesting piece on risks and benefits of existing (US) government use of AI. "AI is a power-enhancing technology. Whether it is used by a judge, a legislator, or a government agency, it enhances an entity’s ability to shape the world. This is both its greatest strength and its biggest danger."

Great guest edit of BBC Radio 4 #Today today, by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social, all about AI. I'm just about to go on air with Amol Rajan & David Chalmers to talk about the key question of AI and consciousness - listen live here (in UK): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

NGC 3607 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/cXvHs3

Gigantic light rays hitting Segla mountain, captured back in 2018 during one of the coolest morning shoot of of my life. #photography #nature #light #art #landscape

Squirrels in the Mist - a Stunday special 🐿️ #stunday #photography #photo #minimalism #fog #mist

Urban Echoes Santiago, Chile #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #architecturalphotography #blackandwhitephotography

@economist.com clearly baiting Trump (From "superforcaster" predictions on www.economist.com/topics/the-w...)

Colour Saturated Crescent Moon - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/dUwAqK

On why just maintaining what's already there is a success

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Patagonia's iconic mountains usually take the limelight, but they are surrounded by endless, stunning alpine ranges. A forgotten, majestic peak, covered in fresh snow, glows red in the first light of day. #bluesky #photography #landscape #mountains #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography

As light fades, it sculpts our world, elevates it into the sublime. Namibia's dunes are transformed into a magical combination of shapes and textures and, wind, the final touch, lifts sand into the light. #bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography

Infinity of sand leading lines from the beautiful desert in UAE… Captured last November in Dubaï. #photography #nature #landscape #art #desert

Eamon MacMahon eamonmacmahon.com

Sunrise in Bushy Park 😍

*requires 27,000 AA batteries (not included)

Quiet Evening by Bernd Walz https://www.artlimit... #longexposure #nature #river #blackandwhite #balticsea #pier #irox_bw #photography #canon #waterscape #blackwhite #bwsquare #square #fineart #landscape #calmness #blackandwhitephotography #dusk #silence #quiet #contemplation…

Xmas Lemmings (1991)

I see faces #leica #streetphotography #photo 📸 📷 🎞️

What a weather to head off to the old home country

Look at that AI ethics group. Hope we can have a visible privacy group by next year.

This. I pinned my three customised user lists (happy/entertaining, privacy/AI, politics) to my feeds and mostly just using those as my feeds.

Jordan Peterson watches Muppet Christmas Carol

Craig and Susan are being as patient as can be expected – mostly because they can't reach the ribbons.

Two people arguing in the supermarket over the last turkey - "You have it." "No, you have it, I insist." "I don't even like turkey!" "Nor do I!"

Who needs evidence when you have a strong conviction?

Tough choice with so many strong contenders, but this is my favourite

Quite the coincidence that the QAnon movement died just in time to miss this moment.

Great @emollick.bsky.social article on the continued "jaggedness" of AI and its implications. "If you want to understand where AI is headed, don’t watch the benchmarks. Watch the bottlenecks. When one breaks, everything behind it comes flooding through." www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-shape-...

The Family Plan is a surprisingly decent family action comedy movie. I had very low expectations but it is actually not too bad and kept both our 10yo daughter and 14yo teenage boy entertained (not an easy feat).

Crikes.

Thought provoking article. Well worth your time.

Imagine if serving in government was as prestigious as landing a job at Google. In Finland and Singapore, it basically is. Public service is seen as a privilege, a place where the most ambitious people go to solve the biggest problems. That’s the culture we should be striving for.

The alt text is chef's kiss

We’re just normal men

The nostalgia! Absolute banger.

Autumn past

"The 80-20 rule is stupid. Why settle with 80% when you can get to 100% with just 80% more effort." My wife*, late at night, in the clutches of party decoration fever. *Not in words, but with her actions.

Great thread. And good companies are those who understand the importance of these points and help their employees being good leaders.