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I’m super excited about the “mini gallery” that’s a part of POOR EXAMPLE, a brick and mortar were opening in two weeks!

The minis look so good too, here’s the first peek.

The Death of the Hero: Why We Need Captain America to Punch Hitler Again In 1941, Captain America’s first comic showed him punching out Adolf Hitler. It wasn’t a metaphor, an exploration of the complexities of international relations, or a statement: evil exists, and…

Our culture is terrified of real courage.

Heroism has been scrubbed clean—no bold moral stands, no real battles. Just bland, market-tested figures who offend no one and stand for nothing.

Merry Christmas!🎄

R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain (Gift Article) The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.

The brain worm part though . . . www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/u...

Kennedy didn't share this food selfie of a dish of raw meat. Image is altered | Fact check The image was doctored to attribute to Kennedy a post shared by another X user. There is no record of the post on Kennedy's account.

Hate to be "that guy," but this is apparently not true? www.usatoday.com/story/news/f...

Feels good to be making apparel again! Poorexample.com

How to Destroy a Generation How to Destroy a Generation? Make Them Think the World Runs on Their Feelings—and Then Use Those Feelings Against Them If you wanted to dismantle an entire generation from the inside out, it wouldn’t...

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"When every feeling becomes a guiding star, resilience takes a back seat. Minor setbacks feel like existential crises, and any challenge to your perspective feels like a personal attack."

www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-destr...

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GM.

Hello.

Midjourney v6.0 raw

Double the cat toy, double the fun.

An invisible wind rustles the fur of a fluffy white cat who greets us "GM". Nearby, a few petals peel off of a flower and float away.

Love my new SimpleCat GM Cat mint. The original is a GIF, but BlueSky isn't quite able to handle it yet.

https://bsky.app/profile/kottke.org/post/3kgticv3tc72h

A screenshot of the post composer with an arrow to the speech bubbles icon labeled "Who can reply"

A screenshot of the "Who can reply" interface which says Choose "Everybody" or "Nobody" or combine these options: "Mentioned Users," "Followed users"

A screenshot of a post by "Alice" which says "Hello, world!". Underneath the post an interface explains that "Only mentioned users and users followed by @alice.test can reply."

📢 1.57 Thread Reply Controls

When you compose a post, you can now choose who is allowed to reply to your posts. Options include nobody, mentioned users, followed users, and members of lists you’ve created. 2/4

"Terrestrial Form: The Elevated Tuber" is an evocative sculptural piece that challenges the viewers' perceptions of the mundane, elevating the ordinary potato to a position of reverence and contemplation. Perched upon a rudimentary metal stand, which is itself anchored in a rough-hewn stone base, the potato's natural texture and form are accentuated by the soft, dramatic lighting, casting subtle shadows across its surface and highlighting its organic undulations and imperfections. The piece's presentation invites comparisons with the way classical sculptures are displayed, thereby establishing a dialogue between the historic significance of such displays and the contemporary recontextualization of common objects. The artwork engages with notions of value, transformation, and perception, suggesting a transition from the perishable to the permanent. Full description at https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x31afbab84eaf47daab52d8a72d4b0d41058cd55e/61

Had a good chuckle at the description of this piece (also added as alt-text for the image), entitled "Terrestrial Form: The Elevated Tuber."

Do you have a preferred RSS reader?

I use Inoreader (hooray for dark mode) and luckily managed to sign up for one of their lower-priced plans before it (seemingly) got phased out.

Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images Generative AI by Getty Images offers copyright indemnification to users.

Users get perpetual, worldwide, and unlimited rights to the images they create. They can write their own prompt or use the prompt builder; may use an API to integrate the tool into their workflows. Getty watermarks the photos to identify them as generated with AI.

www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23...

Chainalysis Idling 150 Employees As Chill Of Crypto Winter Persists The reductions come as the crypto forensics firm intensifies its pivot away from the private sector in a push to focus on government work.

Double ooof:
• Laying off 15% of its staff
• Pivoting to focus more on government contracting

www.forbes.com/sites/steven...

a screenshot of the new feeds tab on mobile

a screenshot of the new feeds sidebar on desktop web

📢 Version 1.51 has a bunch of big updates!

• The icon for the feeds tab is now a hashtag, and the tab lists saved feeds and suggests new feeds.
• On Web desktop, your pinned feeds are now in the right sidebar.

(We're working on hashtags too, so consider this a teaser!)

Whales, From Above The photographer Sutton Lynch is documenting a dramatic turning point off the coast of Long Island — a resurgence of sea life after decades of depletion.

Such lovely video clips and photos. 💙

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/t...

Lime Wire Al Studio LimeWire is the place to create, publish and monetize content using the power of Al. Use the Lime Wire Al Studio to create amazing generative images, music, and audio. Publish your creations on Lime Wire and receive up to 90% of all ad revenue.

Interesting that the revenue model is still based on ads!

Such a model incentivizes people to create content that's jarring/shocking/offensive/viral. Wonder what the content removal capabilities are like.

MetaMask interoperable with Bitcoin for first time Metamask Snaps are features created by third parties that expand use cases of Metamask wallets.

"MetaMask, a platform that was primarily designed for the Ethereum network and Ethereum virtual machine chains, will be interoperable with other layer-1 blockchains through Snaps. Right now, this includes Bitcoin, Solana, Cosmos, layer-2 StarkNet, and more." blockworks.co/news/metamas...

The End of the Subscription Era is Coming Substack or OnlyFans; you're over-paying for your journalism (or porn)

If Substack were the way “more people make a good and profitable career out of writing, we would also [... get] lamp chops from a butcher, baguette from a bakery, [...] and wine from a vintner, rather than just everything from a supermarket." futureproofnews.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

LastPass security breach linked to $35 million stolen in crypto heists Researchers found that almost every victim was a LastPass user.

"Researchers have identified a 'highly reliable set of clues' that seemingly connect over 150 victims of crypto theft with the LastPass service. Over $35 million in crypto has reportedly been stolen, with 2 to 5 high-value heists each month since Dec 2022."
www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/238...

Q: Why is the sky blue?

A: Because no one's bothered to ask how it's feeling.