Fovea Hex
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A public guard of honour of Bernese Mountain Dogs. How beautiful and touching is that.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A public guard of honour of Bernese Mountain Dogs. How beautiful and touching is that.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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no it can't, you're just describing phrenology, a white supremacist pseudoscience
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
no it can't, you're just describing phrenology, a white supremacist pseudoscience
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The Pleiades (M45) this evening. It's now possible to shoot 2 hours worth by 10pm! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Pleiades (M45) this evening. It's now possible to shoot 2 hours worth by 10pm! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
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Bram Stoker born November 8, 1847, Marino Crescent, Dublin:
"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of."
"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of."
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bram Stoker born November 8, 1847, Marino Crescent, Dublin:
"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of."
"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of."
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A lovely sunset above Sebago Lake from my trip to Maine a couple of weeks ago. #BlueSkyArtShow
#Evening
#Evening
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A lovely sunset above Sebago Lake from my trip to Maine a couple of weeks ago. #BlueSkyArtShow
#Evening
#Evening
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if any of yall get a message like this, for the love of all heavens do NOT click on the link
in general if you get any messages saying that your account is or will be suspended asking you to change the mail adress or to click on a link to fix it, IT IS A SCAM
in general if you get any messages saying that your account is or will be suspended asking you to change the mail adress or to click on a link to fix it, IT IS A SCAM
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
if any of yall get a message like this, for the love of all heavens do NOT click on the link
in general if you get any messages saying that your account is or will be suspended asking you to change the mail adress or to click on a link to fix it, IT IS A SCAM
in general if you get any messages saying that your account is or will be suspended asking you to change the mail adress or to click on a link to fix it, IT IS A SCAM
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The most basic argument I can give you for ditching Spotify for *anything* is Spotify, uniquely, pays *nothing* for much of the music on the platform. Is there *any* improvement in paying for Spotify over pirating? You're a paper-thin moral slice away from buying music from a bootlegger. Why do it?
Confirmed: From 2024, tracks on Spotify will have to be played 1,000 times before they start earning money
Spotify has told industry players that it expects the new 1,000-play minimum annual threshold will reallocate tens of millions of dollars per year from 0.5% of its current royalty pool to the other 99...
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The most basic argument I can give you for ditching Spotify for *anything* is Spotify, uniquely, pays *nothing* for much of the music on the platform. Is there *any* improvement in paying for Spotify over pirating? You're a paper-thin moral slice away from buying music from a bootlegger. Why do it?
@michaelbegg.studio !! Our time has come!!! "As it’s become harder to trust a high number of followers, the opposite—a conspicuously modest following—has attained a certain cachet."
my new @newyorker.com column on the allure of low follower counts and niche influencers on social media, in a time of AI and bot traffic www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@michaelbegg.studio !! Our time has come!!! "As it’s become harder to trust a high number of followers, the opposite—a conspicuously modest following—has attained a certain cachet."
No comment……
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
No comment……
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A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
Rings with a discreet dual purpose have been in use since before the common era, when Hannibal, facing extradition, allegedly ingested the poison he kept secreted behind a gemstone on his finger.
www.openculture.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
They come back to life so beautifully with the original harmonizing colours - we become so used to seeing them with all the colour long gone, as monochromatic limestone - always elegant, but the visual impression remaining incomplete. Gorgeous photos.
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
They come back to life so beautifully with the original harmonizing colours - we become so used to seeing them with all the colour long gone, as monochromatic limestone - always elegant, but the visual impression remaining incomplete. Gorgeous photos.
Need a moodshift? The wonderful Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social explains the science behind the impact on Autumnal cortisol levels of seeing fractals in plant life, hearing the sounds made by water, inhaling the scent of mycobacteria in soil..... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Two - Autumnwatch, 2020, Episode 3, 5 simple ways: Nature can help your mood
Emma Mitchell guides us through a natural take on wellbeing this Autumn.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Need a moodshift? The wonderful Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social explains the science behind the impact on Autumnal cortisol levels of seeing fractals in plant life, hearing the sounds made by water, inhaling the scent of mycobacteria in soil..... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Can confirm!
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Can confirm!
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“A bill that’s expected to pass early next year would change copyright law by imposing a ban on the sharing of deepfakes to protect citizens’ personal characteristics — such as their appearance or voice — from being imitated and shared online without their consent”
apnews.com/article/denm...
apnews.com/article/denm...
Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes
Deepfakes have become not only easier to make worldwide but also look or sound exponentially more realistic thanks to technological advances and the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“A bill that’s expected to pass early next year would change copyright law by imposing a ban on the sharing of deepfakes to protect citizens’ personal characteristics — such as their appearance or voice — from being imitated and shared online without their consent”
apnews.com/article/denm...
apnews.com/article/denm...
🙏 Peter! We really love it too.....
This remix of Glacial Lake by @foveahex.bsky.social was released 10 years ago. I’ve only done a handful of remixes, but think this is my favourite. A profoundly moving song by a deeply original band.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d7T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d7T...
The Glacial Lake (Peter Chilvers Mix)
YouTube video by foveahex
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November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🙏 Peter! We really love it too.....
I need something to go with my #JWST socks from @sciencesocks.bsky.social. This looks just right. Yes please to the horses also.
Sun and moon in pageant, from a 1596 manuscript about the eight lavish pageants held for the christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, 1596.
One of 900+ prints available to buy from our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/sun-and-moon-in-pageant/
One of 900+ prints available to buy from our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/sun-and-moon-in-pageant/
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I need something to go with my #JWST socks from @sciencesocks.bsky.social. This looks just right. Yes please to the horses also.
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Love a good close-up of the surface of an iceberg. The patterns always mess with my eyes (the scallops are concave but look convex).
Vestri-Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón #Iceland
Vestri-Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón #Iceland
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Love a good close-up of the surface of an iceberg. The patterns always mess with my eyes (the scallops are concave but look convex).
Vestri-Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón #Iceland
Vestri-Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón #Iceland
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AI as reply guy: when you’re just searching for references to a given Oblique Strategies card.
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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It's easy to take autumn's colours for granted. But across much of the world, there's no such seasonal leaf fall: eg in the tropics, or where conifers hold sway in the north.
Another of the things that make our natural forests so incredibly special.
Another of the things that make our natural forests so incredibly special.
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It's easy to take autumn's colours for granted. But across much of the world, there's no such seasonal leaf fall: eg in the tropics, or where conifers hold sway in the north.
Another of the things that make our natural forests so incredibly special.
Another of the things that make our natural forests so incredibly special.
😍 yes please! these VERY COOL socks......
I'm so happy that my favorite knitted #JWST sock design is back in stock 🤩
Inspired by the first Deep Field image released by the telescope ✨
sciencesocks.co/products/jws...
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Inspired by the first Deep Field image released by the telescope ✨
sciencesocks.co/products/jws...
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JWST Deep Field Socks
Cosmic comfort inspired by James Webb Space Telescope's Deep Field! After our umbrella, 1000 piece puzzle, now available as knitted socks 🧦
sciencesocks.co
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
😍 yes please! these VERY COOL socks......
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Happy #JellyfishDay! The oceans are increasingly full of these gelatinous invertebrates, provoking a range of responses in humans, from disgust to awe. The biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was most certainly in the latter camp... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ernst-haeckels-jellyfish
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy #JellyfishDay! The oceans are increasingly full of these gelatinous invertebrates, provoking a range of responses in humans, from disgust to awe. The biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was most certainly in the latter camp... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ernst-haeckels-jellyfish
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November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Onde a alma se mira e a sombra é a cancela dun mapa sen camiños, a beleza nace xusto nesa incerteza.
Val do Umia.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
#Photography #nature #Naturephotography #natureza #naturaleza #Landscape #river #Landscapephography #Autumn #Rural #Countryside #Galicia #Galiza
Val do Umia.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
#Photography #nature #Naturephotography #natureza #naturaleza #Landscape #river #Landscapephography #Autumn #Rural #Countryside #Galicia #Galiza
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Onde a alma se mira e a sombra é a cancela dun mapa sen camiños, a beleza nace xusto nesa incerteza.
Val do Umia.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
#Photography #nature #Naturephotography #natureza #naturaleza #Landscape #river #Landscapephography #Autumn #Rural #Countryside #Galicia #Galiza
Val do Umia.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock
#Photography #nature #Naturephotography #natureza #naturaleza #Landscape #river #Landscapephography #Autumn #Rural #Countryside #Galicia #Galiza
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This is the shit I want, not Kim fucking Kardashian moon landing conspiracy bullshit.
You wanna know something? If a neutrino and a photon left the core at the same time the photon could spend a couple of hundred thousand years working its way to the surface of the sun before it's 8 min trip here.
You wanna know something? If a neutrino and a photon left the core at the same time the photon could spend a couple of hundred thousand years working its way to the surface of the sun before it's 8 min trip here.
Neutrinos are the second mot common subatomic particles in the Universe, after photons.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe.
Hold up your thumb.
100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second.
8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.
Wild
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is the shit I want, not Kim fucking Kardashian moon landing conspiracy bullshit.
You wanna know something? If a neutrino and a photon left the core at the same time the photon could spend a couple of hundred thousand years working its way to the surface of the sun before it's 8 min trip here.
You wanna know something? If a neutrino and a photon left the core at the same time the photon could spend a couple of hundred thousand years working its way to the surface of the sun before it's 8 min trip here.