Pangur Bán
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‘Messe ocus Pangur Bán, cechtar nathar fria saindan; bíth a menmasam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirdd.’
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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"Why can't you just appreciate how revolutionary the job-taking, environment-degrading, information-shredding, technology-hoarding, economy-swamping machine is?" My brother in Christ, there may indeed be a revolution in part because of "AI," but it might not be the one you wanted.
Roxy Music: Virginia Plain - their debut single was released on August 4, 1972 #BrianEno #BryanFerry www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9b...
Virginia Plain
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The church with a minaret is in Kamyanets-Podilsky, a fortress city in SW Ukraine. I tell its story in Borderlines, as an example of the plural nature of borderland history and as a story of people keeping their word over centuries.
But a small minority will soon be bored, and realize that in a totally sane society madness is the only freedom.
thinking about how Polish created this brand new word just using French parts, which doesn't exist in French
Nobody told me that after 40 you can start predicting the weather based on how effed up you wake up in the morning.
Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
Maybe whenever someone says 'some cultures are better than others' journalists should ask them to clarify which cultures, and if white English men rioting every summer these past few years may reflect broader white English culture
The social atomization of social distancing didn’t initiate our isolation from and fear of one another, but I often wonder if it accelerated/intensified what was already there, even in people who would not be able to identify this tendency in themselves.
Poland is a country with a rich selection of berries, mayonnaise and economically liberal but socially conservative centre - right political parties.
Also I was trying to think what the Old English equivalent for “jet lag” would be and I think I’ve found it…
I wish I could communicate with birds in some way because I would love it if the pigeons on my balcony knew how much I despise them and pray for their downfall every day
If Gibbon was to write a Decline and Fall of the American Empire then it would probably have to start with Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon
Norwegian Forest Cats are large cats that look like something straight out of a fairy tale. According to Norse mythology, the goddess Freyja travelled in a chariot pulled by two cats. Legend has it that Freyja's cats are the ancestors of the Norwegian Forest Cat breed. 📷 aslantheforestcat on IG
