Josh Andrews

Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious” | ACLU Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions

Surveillance cameras are no longer just recording our comings and goings — they're using AI to decide whether we should be reported to law enforcement.

An algorithm can't be trusted to determine who is a threat.

Sorry for your loss, Dan.
Spotty: may the rainbow bridge deliver boundless ground treasures, endless days, and clear skies.

Commentary: L.A. never needed the Olympics. With Trump wanting in, it's time to pull out With the Games happening in a presidential election year, Trump would love nothing more than to traipse around an L.A. radically transformed by his deportation aggressions to proclaim his mission acco...

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: L.A. never needed the Olympics. With Trump wanting in, it's time to pull out. Share, porfas!

Also, source of a favorite Wikipedia page. "besides mutual taunting, there was little interaction between the two forces."

A drawing of two horses. One horse's head is obscured by the rear end of the other horse, leading to a humorous depiction.

Museum collections are full of delights
www.artic.edu/artworks/113...

Look at how Trump's tariffs are affecting retail prices.

hell yeah computer show me what players are the biggest pieces of shit

Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks” | The Art Institute of Chicago The first exhibition to seriously examine O’Keeffe’s paintings, drawings, and pastels of urban landscapes, taking seriously O’Keeffe’s declaration that her “New Yorks would turn the world over.”.

www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...

We hope you enjoy these ✨unbridled✨ beauties from the Getty collection. 🐎

🙏 @horseparty.bsky.social Thank you for blessing the world with this musical masterpiece.

There's a Flesh for Fantasy demo on the Rebel Yell deluxe edition that I have not heard before and holy shit this is a completely different song

In no way did I mean to call you out - just trying to spread the word.

This is not correct. The Art Institute does control this account, but has not posted to it while it rethinks its social media strategy.

Sea Change: Uncovering Whistler’s Violet and Silver | The Art Institute of Chicago The subtle variations of hue and ethereal renderings of form in a painting by James McNeill Whistler have come to life once again, thanks to a recent conservation treatment.

Sea Change: Uncovering Whistler’s Violet and Silver www.artic.edu/articles/120...

An x-ray view of an oil painting.

Some amazing work by the Conservation and Science team in this catalogue. Multi-layer views of these amazing artworks

Caillebotte Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago | The Art Institute of Chicago This digital publication of groundbreaking conservation and research discoveries about Gustave Caillebotte’s remarkable and beloved painting Paris Street: Rainy Day includes interactive and layered hi...

@artinstitutechi.bsky.social has published "Caillebotte Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago", an online scholarly catalog providing a deep dive into the artist's works in the collection. www.artic.edu/digital-publ...

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

Saint George and the Dragon | The Art Institute of Chicago Bernat Martorell, 1434–35

Full zoom and free image download here: www.artic.edu/artworks/154...

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JPMorgan considers offering loans backed by clients' cryptocurrency holdings, FT reports JPMorgan Chase is exploring plans to offer loans backed by clients' cryptocurrency holdings, including bitcoin and ethereum, as early as next year, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The main use case for such borrowing, BTW, is tax avoidance.

YouTube video by The Art Institute of Chicago How do you X-ray a painting? | AIC Institute Shorts

How do you X-ray a painting? via @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Guest Host Alan Cumming on Attacks Against the Trans Community & Bringing Kindness Back in America

Bravo to @alancumming.bsky.social for using his guest host platform to defend the trans community.
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good find!

YouTube video by The Art Institute of Chicago A painting 20 years in the making | Art Institute Shorts

A painting 20 years in the making. Now on view at @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

Beautiful!

Raqib Shaw ‘Paradise Lost’
A stunning wall mural at the Art Institute, Chicago.

Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost | The Art Institute of Chicago Shaw debuts his more-than 100-feet-wide, 21-panel Paradise Lost (2009–25), a magnificent allegorical painting that takes viewers on a spellbinding journey, from the nocturnal solitude of the artist’s ...

OMG, if you’re in Chicago go-go to the Art Institute and catch ‘Paradise Lost.’

www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...

Thanks for all your help making this happen!

Art Institute of Chicago joins the numismatic Linked Open Data cloud The Art Institute of Chicago is the latest collection to join the growing international Nomisma.org Linked Open Data ecosystem, providing ...

The Art Institute of Chicago joins the Nomisma #LOD cloud, providing more than 200 Roman coins to Online Coins of the Roman Empire (with #IIIF and public domain licenses). numishare.blogspot.com/2025/07/art-... #lawdi #LODLAM #classicsbluesky

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