The great Ed Levy, a brilliant thinker and writer about public transportation and a person I was privileged to know as a friend, has died. My condolences to @beth66.bsky.social and to all of his family and loved ones. May his memory be a blessing. benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ServiceDetai...

Those are speed holes. They make the carrier go faster.

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 11h ago

That’s good, right?

The NMAA is actually comprised of two Smithsonian museums: the Freer Gallery of Art, which has the collection of Asian and American art; and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. I wrote about the new name and the institution's complicated evolution at my last job: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

The National Museum of Asian Art Is an Institution in Flux

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art is working to be more inclusive and relevant 101 years after it was founded.

artnews.com

I'm sorry but pinball is not a skill-based game. the ball just bypasses my flappers all the time. it's gambling

You'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to want to play that.

Elephant Mastodon@emath.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.

Shark week is here everbody. Post a Shark.

V.S. McGrath/Vicki Essex@vsmcgrath.bsky.social · last wk.

Shark week is here everbody, Post a shark.

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

My takeaway from this illuminating report is that AI companies could eventually seek to buy up most physical media and ingest its content, thereby making themselves the sole source of information.

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

futurism.com

Quick PSA for all your medieval linen coifs, up until the 15th century, no loose laces in the sources! ☝️

Ugh! Pizza Hut, "brought to you by The Santa Cruz Operation." Just say no to SCO.

WebDesignMuseum@webdesignmuseum.org · last wk.

Web Design trends in 1995 – Apple – Adobe – Pizza Hut – Netscape #WebDesignHistory

Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives urged to stop using term 'First Nations'

Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives urged to stop using term 'First Nations'

Leaked guidance from Kerry-Lynne Findlay's office encourages some MLAs to use 'Indian' instead

dlvr.it

Gosh, the news out of Indiana is horrible. ICYMI, the Indiana Historical Society fired its entire Education and Engagement Team and its Exhibits staff. Apparently, the emergency all-hands meeting lasted 3 minutes & then they were all escorted from the building, having to return later for their stuff

another day at the station

So we're all clear: The international legal body that evolved from that which held the Nuremberg trials issued an arrest warrant on November 21, 2024. Almost two years later, the Brown, Muslim mayor of NYC says words acknowledging this, functionally and Jews worldwide become wildly unhinged

Continued closures at the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a super-spreader event of invasive species as marine organisms attach to the idle vessels and get transported to other ecosystems around the world, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Biological Invasions.

Scientists warn of possible invasive species superspreader event due to stalling near Strait of Hormuz

A possible ecological catastrophe could be fueled by stalled ships as conflict over the Strait of Hormuz continues to block traffic on the passageway, scientists say.

abcnews.com

*ahem* I wrote a whole book about this! I launched my book the day the pandemic was declared, and I saw how people first recoiled at the title, assuming I was telling people to just give up. But as the pandemic dragged on, and systems failed us, people finally started seeing my point.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2w ago

From the economy to climate change, “resilience” is suddenly the quality everyone admires. That’s more worrying than it sounds.

Good. Now shut it down completely.

Ben Spurr@benspurr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Big news: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud.

I don't understand anything that's going on in this image. Why is the one guy using a hammer on a generator, and why is he holding the hammer like that? Why is the lantern lit during the daytime? What is the guy with the axe even doing (and again with the grip)?

Zvi@fredfred.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m interested in the queer backstory here about a same-sex clone threesome that had to move to the woods to avoid prejudice

I suppose it was inevitable that the Gordie Howe Bridge would start with a goal and end with a fight.

Attention single-stair/missing middle people: as part of OBC review, the Province has opened a consultation on the Building Code, seeking to “identify ways to reduce unnecessary costs, delays, complexity, and administrative burden”. Runs to August 14. ero.ontario.ca/notice/026-0744

Recorded music is cheaper and stronger than it's ever been, and it's far more likely to kill you. The government’s advice hasn’t changed much since Nancy Reagan, but music has. Now, scientists are writing their own rules and we have a guide here.

Russian shadow tanker CAROLINE BEZENGI is breaking up in a nature reserve of the Omani coast. All the beneficiaries whose coasts she passed last year thanks their lucky stars. Odds are against them though, there are about another 1000-1500 running around the world. Tick, tock.

Aaron Brakel@junolocal.bsky.social · 2w ago

Caroline Bengezi, a Russian dark fleet oil tanker is abandoned and aground off the coast of Oman. Say a prayer for the safe recovery of the oil aboard. It’s fully laden but for one tank and is taking on sea water. youtu.be/O--aNQYuF9I?...

If anyone ever wants to argue that local history and historians are not important, then this should put that to rest. But for Catherine Corless and her labour none of these would have been searched for.

Aedh MacTire / Haydyn Williams@tine119.bsky.social · 2w ago

And there will probably be more. All who knew. All who did nothing. All who said nothing. All who participated…….deserve #Prison followed by their own special place in #Hell. And if they professed to serving their #Lord, then they are liars! www.thejournal.ie/tuam-mother-...

Bruce LaBruce's "Jason and the Argonauts," featuring the Toronto Argonauts.

Jonathan Pierce@jonathanpierce.bsky.social · 2w ago

An actually historically accurate Greek epic would be functionally indistinguishable from gay porn.

I'm sorry. Of course in real life I want the people I interact with to conduct themselves ethically. But in fiction? Give me unethical characters in questionably ethical situations every time.

Guy screaming “I CONSENT! I CONSENT!” while being chased by a big horrible sexy monster

"The way that she did what she did when she did what she did to me made me think of you" - Delbert McClinton, B Movie Boxcar Blues

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago