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Posts by Riis Griffen

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

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A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

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Please enjoy the two minute crucible that is this turtle trying to get on to a log that other turtles are on.

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On horseback, I hope.

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Close up shot of Solaster endeca surface pink and bubbly. By Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/4371752155/

Close up shot of Solaster endeca surface pink and bubbly. By Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/4371752155/

Red and orange projections as a close up shot of Crossaster papposus surface. Photo by Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/4372503348/

Red and orange projections as a close up shot of Crossaster papposus surface. Photo by Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/4372503348/

Closeup of sea star skin, unknown species. Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/8447618289/

Closeup of sea star skin, unknown species. Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/8447618289/

Close up of Crossaster papposus sea star skin. By Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/8448703898/in/photostream/

Close up of Crossaster papposus sea star skin. By Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/8448703898/in/photostream/

My god. Have you ever seen close-ups of sea star skin? 🧪🌊🌿

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Mine still hasn’t arrived 🫤

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Awww! 💕

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Painting of an abstract figure in blues and golds on a white/gray background. The figure's arms hang at their sides and they are looking upward and to the side, with a weary expression.

Painting of an abstract figure in blues and golds on a white/gray background. The figure's arms hang at their sides and they are looking upward and to the side, with a weary expression.

This new painting is in the Upward Spiral at WOW x WOW Contemporary, an online show of international artists up until March 27!

Somewhere Better Than This
mixed media on paper, 8 x 10"

#art #NewArt #BskyArtist #OriginalArt #ArtShow #WOWxWOW #TheUpwardSpiralWxW #ArtLovers #PDXArt #ArtOnBlueSky

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people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.

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A beautiful breath of fresh air 🌿

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A blue sky, some patchy clouds, and a thin, bright crescent. That's Venus. The larger, dimmer crescent is the Moon.

A blue sky, some patchy clouds, and a thin, bright crescent. That's Venus. The larger, dimmer crescent is the Moon.

This is a cool photo of crescent Venus.

And the Moon, too.

Image credit: Iván Éder

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Painting of an abstract owl in shades of red, pink and gray with a striped collaged beak. The owl is standing, looking up and to one side.

Painting of an abstract owl in shades of red, pink and gray with a striped collaged beak. The owl is standing, looking up and to one side.

New painting in my small solo show at Brassworks Gallery until this weekend. 😊 The art still be available on their website afterward.

Ready, Set
mixed media on canvas
12 x 12"
#art #owl #ArtYear #BskyArt #PDXArt #painting #artist #NewArt #BskyArtist #ArtLovers #ArtOnBlueSky #painters

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Love all the movement in this one.

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Wow, what a find!

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Closeup photo of delicate white and pink fruit blossoms against a dark background.

Closeup photo of delicate white and pink fruit blossoms against a dark background.

First hints of spring.

#photography #spring #blossoms #floral #macro #NaturesBeauty #NatureLover #MacroPhotography

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Groups like Patriot Front had started masking because they were getting doxxed and losing their jobs for being racists.

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Publishing for Minnesota Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

There's an auction going for Minnesota! Loads of publishing-related lots and opportunities: have a look!

www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

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Thoroughly enjoying Ludwig on Britbox.

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Came here to say that!

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An intriguing piece ✨

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Missing a joke is different from being rude and dismissive. I hope you take the time to learn the difference.

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Stunning shot!

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I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.

I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

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once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.

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Our Street just got a little longer.
YouTube now has the largest digital library of Sesame Street content!
For the first time ever, more than 100 full episodes of Sesame Street are available for free on YouTube.
Watch everything from beloved, iconic episodes to recent season adventures across the Sesame Street and Sesame Street Classics channels.
Whether you're an old friend or a brand-new pal, we're so excited to welcome you to our neighborhood on YouTube.

Our Street just got a little longer. YouTube now has the largest digital library of Sesame Street content! For the first time ever, more than 100 full episodes of Sesame Street are available for free on YouTube. Watch everything from beloved, iconic episodes to recent season adventures across the Sesame Street and Sesame Street Classics channels. Whether you're an old friend or a brand-new pal, we're so excited to welcome you to our neighborhood on YouTube.

From Sesame Street

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Thank you! 💕

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Perfectly captured winter mood.

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Painting of an abstract character in shades of pink and gold on a black background. The character is wide, with small cat-like ears, a wide messy smile, and arms of different sizes.

Painting of an abstract character in shades of pink and gold on a black background. The character is wide, with small cat-like ears, a wide messy smile, and arms of different sizes.

I've been feeling inspired from seeing so many friends and so much art at Brassworks last Saturday!

Here's another painting in my small solo show:

Incurable Optimist
mixed media on canvas
12 x 12"
#art #painting #OriginalArt #ArtSky #BskyArtists #PDXArt #artist #PortlandArt #painter #WeirdArt

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Photo of a mossy maple tree with bare branches in front of fir trees in fog.

Photo of a mossy maple tree with bare branches in front of fir trees in fog.

Quiet time.

#nature #landscape #fog #foglover #naturelover #PhotoSky #winter #january #winterlove

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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

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