Michael Hall
@mhallarts.bsky.social
Twitter @mhall55nine
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"In the middle of our struggles we can find a moment of clarity!" #abstractpainting #abstractartist #Wednesdayvibe #introspection
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Is this the right thing for our govt to do?
February 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Is this the right thing for our govt to do?
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Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: foe.uk/1tjku
Stop the attack on our right to protest
The government is planning new powers that could seriously restrict your right to protest. Under these proposals, police could limit or block protests based on the so-called “cumulative impact” of pas...
foe.uk
February 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: foe.uk/1tjku
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Detecting all AI content is close to impossible, I suspect only Googles algorithms are still reliably capable of it.
Governments seem too slow with AI-labelling regulation, while companies even endorse AI content.
Adam instead proposes human content verification, however we likely will need both.
Governments seem too slow with AI-labelling regulation, while companies even endorse AI content.
Adam instead proposes human content verification, however we likely will need both.
We're unprepared for AI's big threat.
It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.
I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.
Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.
It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.
I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.
Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.
The real threat of AI is the collapse of trust - Poynter
Why journalism needs to prove which images are authentic — not just label deepfakes
www.poynter.org
February 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Detecting all AI content is close to impossible, I suspect only Googles algorithms are still reliably capable of it.
Governments seem too slow with AI-labelling regulation, while companies even endorse AI content.
Adam instead proposes human content verification, however we likely will need both.
Governments seem too slow with AI-labelling regulation, while companies even endorse AI content.
Adam instead proposes human content verification, however we likely will need both.
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Musk = Evil.
Jason Haley’s Southaven home is one of the closest to the gas plant helping power Grok, where 18 turbines now operate 16 to 24 hours per day and have made his life at home “torture,” he told city officials.
As Musk’s xAI Data Centers Encroach on Southaven, North Mississippi Residents Push Back
As Elon Musk’s xAI expands its data centers into Southaven, Mississippi, residents are decrying noise pollution and raising concerns over emissions.
buff.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Musk = Evil.
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Once you know what Nettle looks like, you know better than to touch it! 🌱
IYKYK
IYKYK
In London for a few days a bumped into Mediterranean (Roman) Nettle Urtica membranacea in Walthamstow. Not a species I’ve seen before but unmistakable with those long linear inflorescences! #urbanbotany
February 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Once you know what Nettle looks like, you know better than to touch it! 🌱
IYKYK
IYKYK
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trapped dreams
live inside
menagerie
eyes, bronzed
by sleeping
sun ambering
into wishes
lingering in
reverie as
tokened lights
that guide
the dimming
world out of
the night
into the
forsaken
dawns where
prayer formed
from the stars
of the lanterns
of their joined
hands
-J.Wool
live inside
menagerie
eyes, bronzed
by sleeping
sun ambering
into wishes
lingering in
reverie as
tokened lights
that guide
the dimming
world out of
the night
into the
forsaken
dawns where
prayer formed
from the stars
of the lanterns
of their joined
hands
-J.Wool
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
trapped dreams
live inside
menagerie
eyes, bronzed
by sleeping
sun ambering
into wishes
lingering in
reverie as
tokened lights
that guide
the dimming
world out of
the night
into the
forsaken
dawns where
prayer formed
from the stars
of the lanterns
of their joined
hands
-J.Wool
live inside
menagerie
eyes, bronzed
by sleeping
sun ambering
into wishes
lingering in
reverie as
tokened lights
that guide
the dimming
world out of
the night
into the
forsaken
dawns where
prayer formed
from the stars
of the lanterns
of their joined
hands
-J.Wool
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Last year, Palantir paid $0 in federal income taxes and took home hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts.
levernews.com/palantirs-do...
levernews.com/palantirs-do...
Palantir’s Double-Dipping Screws U.S. Taxpayers Twice
Last year, Palantir paid $0 in federal income taxes and took home hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts.
levernews.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Last year, Palantir paid $0 in federal income taxes and took home hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts.
levernews.com/palantirs-do...
levernews.com/palantirs-do...
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Share this with everyone 🤨👍🏻🤷♀️👹
Enough ALREADY⁉️💙🌊⚖
Enough ALREADY⁉️💙🌊⚖
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
*one voice altered to disguise identity
February 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Share this with everyone 🤨👍🏻🤷♀️👹
Enough ALREADY⁉️💙🌊⚖
Enough ALREADY⁉️💙🌊⚖
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I moved last year. The deepest sort is what to keep, what to let go. Patti Smith just posted about Fire Horse purging too. I'll post the link!
So in my home gallery, two prints I've had forever are yellowing.
This is a personal favorite. It's fun deciding where to put it!
buff.ly/AIPZnna
#art
So in my home gallery, two prints I've had forever are yellowing.
This is a personal favorite. It's fun deciding where to put it!
buff.ly/AIPZnna
#art
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I moved last year. The deepest sort is what to keep, what to let go. Patti Smith just posted about Fire Horse purging too. I'll post the link!
So in my home gallery, two prints I've had forever are yellowing.
This is a personal favorite. It's fun deciding where to put it!
buff.ly/AIPZnna
#art
So in my home gallery, two prints I've had forever are yellowing.
This is a personal favorite. It's fun deciding where to put it!
buff.ly/AIPZnna
#art
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It's way harder than they thought it would be to reorganize the military with only loyalists.
I guess there aren't enough pedophiles among America's heroes for the Epstein Administration to pull from.
I guess there aren't enough pedophiles among America's heroes for the Epstein Administration to pull from.
February 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It's way harder than they thought it would be to reorganize the military with only loyalists.
I guess there aren't enough pedophiles among America's heroes for the Epstein Administration to pull from.
I guess there aren't enough pedophiles among America's heroes for the Epstein Administration to pull from.
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These scientists looked at bee flight to see how resilient bees may be in climate warming. 🌱 Bumble bee babies are already dying in their nests from heat. Honey bee queens stop laying all together at temps above 110F. (Some exceptions if there is no wind, adequate water is available.)
How do busy bees avoid overheating from flying?
New measurements could help predict pollinators’ ability to withstand climate change
www.science.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
These scientists looked at bee flight to see how resilient bees may be in climate warming. 🌱 Bumble bee babies are already dying in their nests from heat. Honey bee queens stop laying all together at temps above 110F. (Some exceptions if there is no wind, adequate water is available.)
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Wintry happiness
February 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Wintry happiness
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I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level 😊
Richard Gere
#Nature
Richard Gere
#Nature
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level 😊
Richard Gere
#Nature
Richard Gere
#Nature
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#Brigid, the Celtic goddess, is said to have brought bees to Ireland from her apple orchards in the Otherworld, providing a nurturing foodstuff, sweetness & a healing agent through her honey ✨💫
#FolkloreSunday #Imbolc #StBrigid #CelticGoddess #Folklore #Ireland #honey #myth #legend #fire #bees
#FolkloreSunday #Imbolc #StBrigid #CelticGoddess #Folklore #Ireland #honey #myth #legend #fire #bees
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Aka, 99.9% of conservatives.
February 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Aka, 99.9% of conservatives.
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Did you know this day honors Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the battery? 🔋 We’d be powerless without him!
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-battery-day-february-18
#NationalBatteryDay #NationalDayCalendar #CelebrateEveryDay
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-battery-day-february-18
#NationalBatteryDay #NationalDayCalendar #CelebrateEveryDay
February 18, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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a road less traveled
February 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
a road less traveled