The kind of AI that techbros and governments are pushing is not the internet, or cell phones, or personal computers, or heavier than air flying machines, or the wheel.
It's the digital equivalent of asbestos, plastics, teflon, and lead.
“Though the “king of the Delta blues singers” left behind only this small body of work after his still-unexplained death at the age of 27, it’s been endlessly scrutinized by the genre’s enthusiasts.” Robert Johnson…
Puzzle Binding!
Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just...
Had One???
And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966)
An embroidery of a moth-creature with six arms and eight wings. The eyes are bright red, four on the face and many along the wings as well. There is a rainbow pattern within the wings, and a gold crown floating above the head.
One of my favorite pieces, and a great example of controlling variegated thread carefully :3c #embroidery #moth #mothilim #biblicallyaccuratemoth #art #stitchsky
A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!
Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....
Nope. Kangaroo. I’ve almost stopped wondering why all the signs include “KI” on them. “What’s key?” I ask myself, and then remember. 🤦🏻♀️
Kangaroo Island. All the signage includes KI (and I got sick of writing it here 😆).
[health app on my phone]
did you sign your will motherfucker?
Sunset through two eucalyptus looking across the ocean. Awful.
We’re in Penneshaw, KI, tonight for a harp concert. A harp concert! 5 minute drive from our accommodation with the abysmal view.
My electric frypan died so now I have to use an acoustic one.
I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again
Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited
Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙
Jim’s Palantir
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
What amazing talent we have in the Australian sprint world. Wonderful to see! 🤗♥️🏃🏽♀️
www.nine.com.au/sport/athlet...
PHOTO by Quang Vuong. A narrow aisle stretches deep into a monochrome labyrinth of tall bookshelves, packed tightly with aged spines and endless stories. Overhead signs mark categories—Poetry, U.S. History, Literary Bios—dangling above the quiet corridor. A lone step ladder waits mid-path, inviting the seeker upward. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow, yet the space feels timeless, suspended between thought and memory. The silence is thick, broken only by the imagined rustle of turning pages.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
- Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Photo of a grey, sheer cliff face. The surface looks like it’s comprised of puzzle pieces. Blue sky is visible at the top of the photo.
Coastal hiking in Newfoundland, Canada is a treat for the eyes. Another view (last week) of the seaside cliffs near my hometown in Conception Bay North. #hiking #trail #ediacaran
Under unusual clouds in a blue sky, a view down to a road winding around a bay.
One from Kangaroo Island (bc Bluesky still won’t let me post more than one). Taken from the highest point of the island, Prospect Hill. #KangarooIsland5222
The most famous warm-up in football history.
On this day in 1989, Napoli faced Bayern Munich at Olimpiastadion in Munich and Diego (inadvertently) created a piece of art for the ages 🥹
On this day in 1880, a Czech Jewish woman was born. Suffering from dementia, on the 20 Jun 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt where she perished, on the 10 Jul 1942, after being interned for 10 days. Her husband perished in Auschwitz. Her name was Marie Bauerová
Satellite captures the first high-resolution look at a giant tsunami
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/609299/
When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake ripped through the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone on July 29, 2025, it launched a…
Look Fools
California, Death Index, 1905-1939
A striped cat appears to be “yelling” at a kitten with the exact same coloring. The kitten’s eyes are wide open and their ears pinned back.
you just know somebody’s being called by their full name right now
We all known A*azon tends to sell books bellow list prices, but I've recently found them selling books at below WHOLESALE prices. I know this because I own a store. That's fucked up.
Anyways, support your local book stores. Shit's tough.
Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet…
It reads: “Iran is only weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.”
BoM says cloud through the night. There’s still a few more days to catch it, though.
(And by days I mean nights.)
In retrospect, naming our band Sold Out was a terrible idea.
😂 and got my flu shot last week.
Completely misty right now - can no longer see the mainland or the horizon. Another useless Lyrid viewing night, into the bargain. 😔
