Anne Currie
@annecurrie.bsky.social
Scifi and non fiction tech author: O'Reilly's Building Green Software, The Cloud Native Attitude & the SciFi Panopticon series
But it is what everyone has seen for 15 years in all media representations and believed to be true. Now folk can do it for themselves, they can at least see it isn't and never has been
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
But it is what everyone has seen for 15 years in all media representations and believed to be true. Now folk can do it for themselves, they can at least see it isn't and never has been
You have been able to do that for over 15 years with Photoshop and every commercial operation did (it was head of IT for a retailer in the mid noughties) we have a large team of graphics specialists heavily editing every single photo you see. This makes it within everyone's ability. Is that worse?
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
You have been able to do that for over 15 years with Photoshop and every commercial operation did (it was head of IT for a retailer in the mid noughties) we have a large team of graphics specialists heavily editing every single photo you see. This makes it within everyone's ability. Is that worse?
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Anyway, here's my slightly fuller fact-check - and rant about the media's constant failings - shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...
You did no fact checking, and I must scream
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't tak...
shkspr.mobi
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Anyway, here's my slightly fuller fact-check - and rant about the media's constant failings - shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...
I just watched one of his videos. An astonishing change from the political apathy of a year ago. And positive!
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I just watched one of his videos. An astonishing change from the political apathy of a year ago. And positive!
It is still unusual for a writer to play with so many different kinds of future for humanity in the search for a good one
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It is still unusual for a writer to play with so many different kinds of future for humanity in the search for a good one
They are damned good
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
They are damned good