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A tiny Goldcrest perched on a moss-covered branch
A gorgeous tiny Goldcrest at RSPB Swell Wood in Somerset this weekend... isn't it cute! 😍😁 #Birds 🪶
Here's my bird shop;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 😊🐦❤️
screenshots of the profiles of Bluesky accounts risefordemocracy.bsky.social, usaliberallion.bsky.social, bluewavesriders.bsky.social, democracydefenderr.bsky.social, uniteddemocracy.bsky.social, & savedemocracyorg.bsky.social
screenshots of replies from the six accounts containing error messages or claims to be "AI assistants" etc
Based on their profiles, one might at first think that these six Bluesky accounts belong to activist groups on a mission to defend democracy, or something of that sort.
In reality, they're just reply spammers responding to random posts from liberal accounts with unsolicited AI-generated replies.
Two years ago, I marveled at how easy it was to get travel info about esoteric towns via the internet. So much useful UGC. This time, it’s been hell. Search returns AI bullshit, outdated reddit content, trip advisor spam, and gobs of autogenerated crap. Finding accurate info is impossible. Le sigh.
Twitter didn't gain relevance by being the biggest platform, it gained relevancy through the quality of the content and individuals. The main goal for everyone here should be to encourage global defender, media, and establishment accounts to transition to #BlueSky. That'll provide legitimacy.
A gossamer worm swimming in an a curve drawing its fiery tail behind it like a sparkler held away from a body.
Excited to share that my gossamer worm photo won the Best Image Award at the 5th Marine Imaging Workshop in Monterey!
Many thanks to the wonderful folks at MBARI on the local organizing committee, the wider MIW community, and Boxfish Robotics for sponsoring the competition.
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A slightly rounded wall painted pale grey, overgrown green grass at the base. Capital lettering on the wall, in two long lines, reads: 'With grey paint we silence some voices in a society. Advertising is fine - it is, after all, the graffiti of the rich"
Once upon a time, the ever-evolving graffiti on this reservoir near the psych unit was a cave-painting-record. I photographed much of it over months.
One day they painted it grey. The next day:
Midjourney-generated image, prompt was: a family enjoying a barbecue, upside down --v 6.0
AI image synthesis is inherently wasteful. As we all know but often ignore, anything called AI today consumes enormous energy resources and computing power. Also, it relies on the mass exploitation of human labor on a planetary scale. But there’s more to it …
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Another basic income pilot focused on homelessness has released preliminary results after only 6 months because halfway through the experiment, it is already showing incredible effectiveness.
$750/mo for 6 months led to homelessness dropping to 12% versus 23% in the control group on a wait list.
Earth Layers xkcd.com/2840
“If A.I. executives are worried about lawsuits, maybe they should fight for a fair-use exemption that would protect their ability to use copyrighted information to train their models.” But fair use prioritizes limited uses (ie, not full texts) and non-commercial applications
Illustration of Ammonite
Illustration of Sea Palm
Illustration from Lyell’s Elements of Geology
Illustration of cross section outcropping exposure of tilted beds transitioning from marine to freshwater to emergent, and showing tree stumps in sedimentary beds
Beautiful illustrations from Lyell’s Elements of Geology
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