Vintage Sixfinger toy (“The most amazing toy ever!”), which is a toy gun that looks like an index finger, that had swappable functions - including a cap bomb, a ballpoint pen, SOS, shooting a secret bullet, shooting a secret message, and shooting a fragmentation bomb
I don’t want to point any fingers, but we used to be a country of genuine innovation.
Screenshot: «AI JUST COMBINED STAR WARS ITH LORD OF THE RINGS» - a hovercraft in front of bag end
Deepfakes, synthetic media, AI slop etc. have often been discussed in terms of a «crisis of truth» or an «erosion of trust». Fair enough. But in my impression, there’s something else that gets lost in waves of AI slop flooding our screens: a «sense of wonder» – surprise, amazement and awe
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Skrev några rader om politiska skandaler, ansvarsutkrävande, och politiker som attackerar medierna...
www.vk.se/2026-04-16/m...
Nations are now waking up to the fact that electrification = national security. Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country.
This is real
My newsfeed here on Bsk is completely out of control. Threats of imminent WW3, internal academic jokes, chirping AI-news, and fashion tips.
“Serendipity doesn’t come from efficiency”.
Exactly!
Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write
Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, said American attacks on Iran justified his decision to expand his country’s nuclear arsenal despite international sanctions, state media reported on Tuesday.
Newsguard | Google’s reverse-image tool is producing inaccurate AI-generated summaries of fabricated and misleading visuals tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict.
open.substack.com/pub/newsguar...
This is great reporting about local opposition towards data centres in the US. This is likely to become a huge issue in many parts of the world.
New York Times | The Daily
“When AI Comes to Town”
open.spotify.com/episode/1XIh...
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia – New START – expires today. This is what we need to do:
nobelassembly.org/declaration/
Drawing by Shing Yin Khor featuring a person in a Spider-Man mask and sweater and bunny hat with fist upraised. Text reads "For Liam -- I hope you never have to be this scared again. We love you. #comics4liam / SYK / comics4liam.com
I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !
here's my entry!! #Comics4Liam
Graphic by Trung Le Ngyuen featuring a drawing of Liam Ramos with his bunny hat and Spidey backpack and a small smile. Text reads: "Comics 4 Liam / WE're asking artists to draw pictures for Liam Ramos that you think might make this particular boy feel happy and cared for. / Maybe drawings of things he might love; maybe pictures of Liam himself as you think he might like to be seen. / Please post your art with the hashtag #Comics4Liam and a link to comics4liam.com, which lists fundraisers for Liam and others victimized by ICE and links to organizations that support immigrants.
A few other guidelines: 1. Please avoid images of Liam in danger or sad. 2. Please avoid images that include violence or would otherwise by inappropriate for a five year old. 3. Please NO "A.i." USE AT ALL. 4. Please DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE ON X (Twitter). Thank you!
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
Symptomatiskt för Sverige ändå att vissa blir eld och lågor över att Bruce Springsteen skrivit en ny rocklåt i protest om Trump, men helt missat att de absolut bästa motståndssånger mot vansinnet i USA redan funnits ett tag - signerade Bad Bunny.
The sound of the world’s smallest violin 🎻 🎶
"Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.
People exposed to messages about AI as a labor-replacing (instead of labor-creating) technology end up distrusting democracy and show less willingness to engage politically with future AI developments. Interesting in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Over 10,000 doctoral-trained experts left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce. The National Institutes of Health tops the list with more than 1,100 departures.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Oh, how kawaii!
Have only read the abstract, but this looks like a quite bold call!
As an immigrant myself, this photo truly breaks my heart.
NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european...
“Make China great again”?
Mind-blowing visuals in NYT about how China is winning the clean tech revolution.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
