Brian Jones

Medicine Man, Performing His Mysteries over a Dying Man, 1832, by the American artist George Catlin, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Featured in our essay “The Long, Forgotten Walk of David Ingram” — https://buff.ly/2QZcWIB

map of california as an island

Novveav Mexiqve Et Californie (1684) by Allain Manesson-Mallet.

Source: @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b663f0b1-16fd-4888-83d2-259e32aa4e59

#maps #calexit #decorative #california #geography #cartouches #territories #labeling #art #publicdomain

Last two reposts in conversation: It's very common for people to lament LLM's clumsiness in writing while extolling its suitably for coding, but expressiveness and precision can be just as satisfying and edifying in code as in writing. Focusing only on results feels like an impoverished perspective.

AI Is Redefining the Concept of a Programming Language's Popularity Python reigns supreme again, but is AI changing the game for programming languages? Find out how coding is transforming.

An interesting question in this IEEE article. If writing code is now primarily about telling some coding agent what code to write and scolding it when it gets things wrong, is tracking programming language popularity even meaningful?

In reality, the most popular programming language is now English

It's glorious.

*Coach Eck puts his kiddo in a safe place and then gives the signal*

THE LOBOS GO ABSOLUTELY CRAZY WITH THE HATCH CHILE ROASTER TROPHY

Watching the Lobos and NMSU with local ABQ TV advertising means my first exposure to DHS ads directly addressing ABQ police officers to quit and join ICE to catch the ‘worst of the worst’ instead of ‘standing down’ in a sanctuary city. I assume there’s not much audience for this, but sad to see it.

Harley 647 f.3v

From Aratea (ca. 820).

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f79df3c6-9a31-4ad1-abe5-522a87426b65

#astrology #zodiac #calligrams #astronomy #manuscripts #fish #aratea #stars #constellations #art #publicdomain

"At a Funeral", one of the many enigmatic images to be found in Thought-Forms (1901), a work co-authored by the theosophist Annie Besant, who died #onthisday in 1933. More on these “synesthetic” abstractions in our essay by @ResObscura here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/v... #otd

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YouTube video by KEXP Mei Semones - Tora Moyo (Live on KEXP)

Bought the Kabutomushi cassette from Mei Simones last year and have noticed she’s taking off a bit in recent months which is super great. Hope KEXP will post her full performance soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPZ7...

Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History - Wikipedia

I was reading this in the car camping at Field of Vision a few weeks ago. Worked for me. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_R...

First time we went to a Lobos game I got in the wrong parking line and the parking attendant let us park two rows from the stadium in booster parking when he heard we were first-timers. It was even the NMSU game.

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

A Life Well Wasted episode 9: Game Over is up now. Grab a timed-edition poster by Olly Moss anytime in the next 7 days to support the show. Thanks for sticking with me! alifewellwasted.com

Illustration of jellyfish

Medusae of the World: Plate 6, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World.

Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/97e2c927-a1be-4747-b66d-011396e61f8b

#anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #art #publicdomain

Visboek: Folio 62v and 63r (1580) by Adriaen Coenen, from Visboek.

Source: National Library of the Netherlands

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e97be3b-f435-41fd-82cd-b40e37acf81a

#jellyfish #manuscripts #aquatic #fish #art #publicdomain

Public Domain Image Archive Explore our hand-picked collection of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

If you'll forgive the self-recommendation, pdimagearchive.org collects PD images from essays and collections on Public Domain Review from providers with permissive reuse terms. >10k images and will continue to grow

We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...

i think of this whenever someone has some shit to say about abstract art

I don't have it with me in Belgium right now, but being included in this was a real highlight. @glitch.com was a great encouragement for fun and experimentation at an important moment for me.

Launch Coyote Media Collective A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area

awoooooo

givebutter.com/coyotemedia

HyperCard stack that shows a card that says "RIP Bill Atkinson (1951–2025)"

@gethorse.com I’m trying to join the community Discord to see if I can get some bug help and I’m getting expired invite errors from both the website link and the in-app menu link. I’m not sure if there’s something you need to do to cycle the invite code periodically or if the problem is with me

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 8, Episode 17

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I had completely forgotten about this and am revisiting it this morning. Thanks for the reminder!

Man in Arctic landscape looking at aurora borealis, three huge colour blue stripes streaking through the sky

Thanks to everyone who's followed in these days since our launch! And to those that have explored the site and given such positive feedback. So happy to know all our hard work is being so well received :-)

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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive