Shift

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Musician & Photographer All music and pictures are by me unless stated otherwise. British Columbia, 🇨🇦

OpenAI is shutting down Sora and dropping video features from ChatGPT. Disney was previously said to be investing $1B, licensing 200+ characters across Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars & more for use in ChatGPT and Sora.

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Day 7 of Seven Wonders Week, and we are finally at our last Ancient Wonder of the list, the Lighthouse (or Pharos) of Alexandria! Once one of the world's tallest man made structures, it was rebuilt and repaired many times, until it was severely damaged by three earthquakes and got abandoned. 🔥🔽

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, by Jean-Claude Golvin
Musée Départemental Arles Antique.The Lighthouse of Alexandria ("Pharos"). Engraving from the "Octo Mundi Miracula," 1572. Published by Flemish engraver Philips Galle, based on drawings by Dutch painter Maarten van Heemskerck.

This is footage taken earlier today of the eye of Hurricane Melissa. The entire view is remarkable, of the core of one of the strongest Atlantic basic hurricanes in recorded history, and a catastrophic hit to Jamaica and the central Caribbean.