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Then the angel blew the trumpet and opened the seal of the LORD, and there were 1000 years of jangling keys
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Then the angel blew the trumpet and opened the seal of the LORD, and there were 1000 years of jangling keys
the funny thing about tech guys is that they can create remarkable things but they have zero intuition about how real people might use their creations. they often think it only needs to be remarkable, and profit follows. google glass was a disaster, zuck and dorsey stumbled into social media success
More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders.
Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge
: PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings
www.theregister.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 PM
the funny thing about tech guys is that they can create remarkable things but they have zero intuition about how real people might use their creations. they often think it only needs to be remarkable, and profit follows. google glass was a disaster, zuck and dorsey stumbled into social media success
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
lately every conversation i have with friends in the usa is a bit like this
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
lately every conversation i have with friends in the usa is a bit like this
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
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'London Back Gardens', Islington (2016) by Melissa Scott-Miller
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January 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
'London Back Gardens', Islington (2016) by Melissa Scott-Miller
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this is full of meaning
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
this is full of meaning
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Minneapolis has already mounted stronger opposition to a fash federal government than any city in Russia. The fact that they're doing this primarily *without* the help of the opposition party, the natl press, or practically any institutions at all makes it that much more remarkable.
January 19, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Minneapolis has already mounted stronger opposition to a fash federal government than any city in Russia. The fact that they're doing this primarily *without* the help of the opposition party, the natl press, or practically any institutions at all makes it that much more remarkable.
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I am sorry 'The Last Supper' fans, 22 hours from now, I will take 'The Last Supper' down. I cannot take this anymore.
October 24, 1510 at 8:23 PM
I am sorry 'The Last Supper' fans, 22 hours from now, I will take 'The Last Supper' down. I cannot take this anymore.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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PAYPHONE - You're not a revolutionary, Harry... You're drunk.
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
PAYPHONE - You're not a revolutionary, Harry... You're drunk.
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'Twilight.' (1892) Relatively unknown today, Charles-Victor Guilloux exhibited his paintings at the Salon alongside Paul Gauguin and the Nabis artists. A reviewer praised his work as 'remarkable, he is clearly a master colourist.'
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
'Twilight.' (1892) Relatively unknown today, Charles-Victor Guilloux exhibited his paintings at the Salon alongside Paul Gauguin and the Nabis artists. A reviewer praised his work as 'remarkable, he is clearly a master colourist.'
hell yeah
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
hell yeah
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He used his doctoral thesis to expose Apartheid South Africa's secret nuclear program and then included detailed instructions in his forced confession, which a judge read aloud in court, on how to sabotage all of the critical facilities.
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
He used his doctoral thesis to expose Apartheid South Africa's secret nuclear program and then included detailed instructions in his forced confession, which a judge read aloud in court, on how to sabotage all of the critical facilities.
when you're tallying up court factions in the trump administration don't forget to include Qatar
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
when you're tallying up court factions in the trump administration don't forget to include Qatar
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Tenured professors, who pay attention to which way the wind is blowing and which side their bread is buttered on, are no longer talking about decolonizing the curriculum
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Tenured professors, who pay attention to which way the wind is blowing and which side their bread is buttered on, are no longer talking about decolonizing the curriculum
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Lake Jingyu Hu in western China.
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Nov. 14, 2025.
h/t @brockmannconsult.bsky.social 😊👍
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Nov. 14, 2025.
h/t @brockmannconsult.bsky.social 😊👍
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Lake Jingyu Hu in western China.
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Nov. 14, 2025.
h/t @brockmannconsult.bsky.social 😊👍
Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Nov. 14, 2025.
h/t @brockmannconsult.bsky.social 😊👍
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illustration (1983) archive.org/details/msx-...
February 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
illustration (1983) archive.org/details/msx-...
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Our niche is vintage tile floors, what is yours?
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Our niche is vintage tile floors, what is yours?
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Utagawa Hiroshige, Procession to the Torinomachi Festival in the Rice Fields of Asakusa, 1857.⠀
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One of a few Hiroshige prints we've got for sale in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/utagawa-hiroshige
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One of a few Hiroshige prints we've got for sale in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/utagawa-hiroshige
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Utagawa Hiroshige, Procession to the Torinomachi Festival in the Rice Fields of Asakusa, 1857.⠀
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One of a few Hiroshige prints we've got for sale in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/utagawa-hiroshige
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One of a few Hiroshige prints we've got for sale in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/utagawa-hiroshige
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Map of the World, from Jean Corbichon's translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's 'De proprietatibus rerum' (late 15th century)
January 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Map of the World, from Jean Corbichon's translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's 'De proprietatibus rerum' (late 15th century)