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The Milky Way galaxy stretches overhead with a green tree in the lower foreground of the image.

Milky Way over Quadra Island.

#photography #astrophotography #galaxy #stars #astronomy

I think that almost happened to us too. Everything stalled to black screen just before that trailer for maybe a minute. Sorry you went through that

Staying relevant “And in their place came acceptance.” Staying relevant in your profession as you age and technology changes.

Staying relevant zeldman.com/2025/08/05/s...

The only part of the Fantastic Four movie I didn’t like was the pre-show trailer informing me that a new Avatar movie is on the way.

It’s funny (derogatory) how @cityofvancouver.bsky.social makes my business pay almost $200/yr to have a burglar alarm but car alarms can go off anywhere and time for any period for free.

Bivouac, 1911 #johnsingersargent #impressionism

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Tesla hit with $243 million in damages after jury finds its Autopilot feature contributed to fatal crash The verdict follows a three-week trial that threw a spotlight on how Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have marketed their driver-assistance software.

A hugely important verdict.

The victims were pedestrians, so Tesla can't argue they knew/accepted Autopilot's risks.

People walking, biking, and inside other cars didn't consent to be Elon Musk's guinea pigs.

They disabled replies and quote reposts but I’ll still say that I’d rather die knowing I do what I could with how much power I had than bitch and moan that my actions alone didn’t save the world.

Rather than cruelly trapping her in eternal preparation, Lofi Girl’s creator has sent her to graduation.

Next year she’ll be putting in unpaid overtime at a cubicle after everyone’s gone home for 2/3 of the pay of her male peers… to more lofi beats.

I was photographed twice in the same day by the Apple Maps car AMA

Editor: You get those photos of Ed Zitron?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what

Grok is this real?

There’s something so hollow and quietly tragic about a book no one wrote, or a painting no one made. Trying to feel something in it is like searching for water in a desert where no one has ever lived—just echoes without voices.

Nothing but a lonely emptiness.

Mamdani in hot water over Trump’s latest Epstein statements

Ride on, Toronto!

Our client @cycletoronto.bsky.social won and the Bloor, Yonge and University bike lanes will stay in place, to keep bike riders safe, without slowing down vehicles, by the way.

@ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
#bikeTO

If it somehow dirties the Oxford comma I'm gonna have to leave society.

Once again: LLMs are word-association algorithms. They are incapable of grokking that the words they parse correspond to actual objects & phenomena outside of their own algorithms. To an LLM, its statements depend not on facts but on how often words occur together in the material the're trained on.

A Tsunami Watch has been issued for BC for zones A, B, C and D. Risk level is currently being evaluated, please remain alert.

If you are on the shoreline and see the tide suddenly receding, evacuate immediately.

Learn more: www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/event/tsunam...

Angled cup featuring a tiny dot representing Earth framed by Saturn inspired by Cassini image

Pale Blue Dot (commission)

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

Helsinki hasn't had a traffic fatality in a year: "Helsinki's current traffic safety strategy, covering 2022–2026, is nearing completion. It has focused on improving safety for children, youth, pedestrians and cyclists with safer crosswalks and smarter intersection design."

Image shows the rim of an impact crater on Mars with exposed rocks near the top of the rim that extend a bit down the crater wall. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

HiPOD: A Crater Still Life

The objective of this observation is to examine the wall of a large impact crater located to the northeast of Hellas Planitia. The image provides us with a clear view of rocks at the rim of the crater.

uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

A substack push notification containing the phrase “a filthy jew”

I’ve tolerated the Substack app because writers I value publish there, & its daily notifications for people I don’t follow are tedious but ignorable. Today it pushed me straight hate speech. I hope settings>notifications>preferences>marketing>”suggested content” is the way to turn this off but oy

Andy Singer drew this. I like it.

Deeny (they/them) @geraldinepiche.bsk... • 23h Eat me out, bitch [photo of a woman pointing a gun towards the camera] • • • [username redacted] Looks like a BB Gun, still would prefer not to face an angry women with said gun. My late wife in particular. She was feisty, and I miss her so very much.

I think frequently of Jose Alzorriz, an experienced city cyclist, who was standing at a red light waiting for it to change when a speeding driver plowed right into him.

I always counter that I was on the Mass Pike recently and noticed cars going above the speed limit. They then often say, oh it is safer to go the speed of traffic or the limit is set too low, which proves my point that often cyclists break the law for safety.

It’s sad how being a cowardly racist is now a badge of honor amongst these people.

Trump places 200 percent tariffs on Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Island, DK - Trump has announced that he will be placing a 200 percent tariff on all products imported from Donkey Kong Country.

Trump places 200 percent tariffs on Donkey Kong Country