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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another woman, this time from 1542, with strong feelings about the Inquisition. Denounced in Lisbon for having said: "f*ck the Inquisition, f*ck those in charge of it and f*ck those who brought it [to Portugal] " (respondeu: merda pera a inquisicao e pera quem a manda e pera quem a tras).

Francois Soyer@fsoyer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In June 1541, a woman loses her temper during an argument over dinner. According to the different witnesses present she exclaimed alternatively “the Inquisition can drink shit!” or screw the inquisitors!" Three dinner guests denounced her to the Inquisition in Lisbon.

Froufe @froufe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Undecemberists

donoteat@donoteat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Slightly increase a band: They Are Giants

Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy 25 de Abril for my fellow Portuguese people and everyone that loves freedom and democracy! ✊🌹

Eleonor Piteira@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Celeste dos Cravos (2025), acrylic gouache (+ tiny bit of watercolour) on hot pressed paper (A3) The traditional version of the illustration I painted digitally last year, now as I had first envisioned it :)

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira featuring a woman on a balcony, holding a bouquet of red carnations, giving one of them to a soldier passing below, placing it on the muzzle of his gun while he looks up at her. All around, other soldiers walk beside him, some wearing red carnations on the muzzles of their guns too, others waiting for their turn to get one. On the background, Portuguese tiles frame the woman, while the balcony's railing slowly transforms into a streetlamp typical of Lisbon (with a caravel and 2 ravens, the symbols of the city).

Alex Goldman @agoldman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello my name is Alex Goldman and I used to host the Reply All podcast. A lot of people liked that show. Now I make @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social which if you liked reply all you’d probably like well. The thing is that a lot of people who liked Reply All don’t know my new show exists.

crass @crasspants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Looks like the original has been swept away by the sands of time.

Gawain the green knight opening a letter sealed with wax

Little Alex Horne in his studio chair with the caption "so a simple task: land a fair blow anywhere on the green knight. One year later meet him at the green chapel, receive the same blow yourself."

A cut to a wider shot showing Greg Davies in his throne turning to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Well surely no one just ran up and whanged his head clean off."

Cut back to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Let's see Gawain first."

Dropout @dropout.tv · 6mo ago

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

Polygon@polygon.com · 6mo ago

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Froufe @froufe.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Batman panel depicting Batman breaking a rifle while declaring "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

José António Fundo@jafundo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Há imagens que valem mil palavras. Mesmo que sejam falsas, são metáforas da realidade. Aliás não há imagens falsas. Há só imagens. Todas as imagens contêm em si alguma distorção da realidade. Para o bem e para o mal. Há imagens sem qualquer ligação à realidade e outras meta-realistas. Como esta…

Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · last yr.

I assure you. Every time you insist on saying "ethnic cleansing" you mean genocide.

Froufe @froufe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Somewhere past that door Navidson is collecting his record

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · 2y ago

i am in hysterics

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vortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 2y ago

I am once again shouting that the primary use case of ChatGPT is functionally equivalent to the late 1800s/early 1900s occult spiritualist practice of automatic writing, aka psychography. It’s an imagined-bullshit self-legitimation device. An unverified personal gnosis engine.

Ari Cohn@aricohn.com · 2y ago

Could we not fucking do this, please www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-asse...

Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 3y ago

This paper starts out amazing and just keeps getting better arxiv.org/abs/2401.06133

A screenshot of a paper on arxiv, it reads:

The possibility of making $138,000 from shredded banknote pieces using computer vision

Every country must dispose of old banknotes. At the Hong Kong Monetary Authority visitor center, visitors can buy a paperweight souvenir full of shredded banknotes. Even though the shredded banknotes are small, by using computer vision, it is possible to reconstruct the whole banknote like a jigsaw puzzle. Each paperweight souvenir costs $100 HKD, and it is claimed to contain shredded banknotes equivalent to 138 complete $1000 HKD banknotes. In theory, $138,000 HKD can be recovered by using computer vision. This paper discusses the technique of collecting shredded banknote pieces and applying a computer vision program.

A screenshot from the paper, it reads "The shredded banknotes were then collected. Surprisingly, three paperweight cylinders were opened, and two of them had stones in them". Three pictures follow.

Screenshot from the paper, it reads: "This cylinder only contained 82.57/138 = 60% of the shredded banknote pieces that the label had claimed. Although this issue is not the focus of this paper, it appears that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has broken the law."

Screenshot from the paper, it reads: "The idea for this paper was discussed with the staff during my visit to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority visitor center. The paperweight souvenir is currently no longer available."