Ursula Petula Barzey
@barzey.bsky.social
Work: MoxeeMarketing.com + CaribbeanAndCo.com
Interests: Cats, Cultural & Foodie Travel, History, Books, Museums, etc.
📍London (UK) for now! 🇲🇸
Interests: Cats, Cultural & Foodie Travel, History, Books, Museums, etc.
📍London (UK) for now! 🇲🇸
David Speed’s neon mural in the Holborn area of London.
January 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
David Speed’s neon mural in the Holborn area of London.
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🧵 "As a sociologist, I need to tell you..."
The way Meghan Markle gets endless hate isn't random. It's actually a perfect case study of how society attacks anyone who challenges multiple power structures at once. Let me break this down...
The way Meghan Markle gets endless hate isn't random. It's actually a perfect case study of how society attacks anyone who challenges multiple power structures at once. Let me break this down...
January 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🧵 "As a sociologist, I need to tell you..."
The way Meghan Markle gets endless hate isn't random. It's actually a perfect case study of how society attacks anyone who challenges multiple power structures at once. Let me break this down...
The way Meghan Markle gets endless hate isn't random. It's actually a perfect case study of how society attacks anyone who challenges multiple power structures at once. Let me break this down...
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Apple to face court over claims it overcharged UK users on App Store
Apple to face court over claims it overcharged UK users on App Store
Class action alleges company is abusing its dominant position in the app market and 30% fee breaches laws
* Business live – latest updates
Apple will appear in court on Monday accused of overcharging UK customers through its App Store. The claim…
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Apple to face court over claims it overcharged UK users on App Store
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New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
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Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
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January 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
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AI term explained!
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL #NLP #chatbot #LLM #LLMs #technology #TechRevolution #tech #Engineering #AGI #RAG
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL #NLP #chatbot #LLM #LLMs #technology #TechRevolution #tech #Engineering #AGI #RAG
January 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
AI term explained!
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL #NLP #chatbot #LLM #LLMs #technology #TechRevolution #tech #Engineering #AGI #RAG
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL #NLP #chatbot #LLM #LLMs #technology #TechRevolution #tech #Engineering #AGI #RAG
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"Duncan's collection, “Translating Blackness Across Space: American, British, and Caribbean Editions of 20th Century Black Literature.” wowed the judges with her collection Translating Blackness Across Space: American, British, and Caribbean Editions of 20th-Century Black Literature." 📜
2025 Annual California Young Book Collector’s Prize Awarded | The New Antiquarian | The Blog of The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
The 2025 winner of the California Young Book Collector's Prize is Kierra Duncan. Kierra is 27 years old. She was raised in the Los Angeles area and gr...
www.abaa.org
January 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
"Duncan's collection, “Translating Blackness Across Space: American, British, and Caribbean Editions of 20th Century Black Literature.” wowed the judges with her collection Translating Blackness Across Space: American, British, and Caribbean Editions of 20th-Century Black Literature." 📜
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“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
AI doesn’t just require tons of electric power. It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
fortune.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
Qiniso, The Sails, Durban (2019) by South African Artist Zanele Muholi.
January 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Qiniso, The Sails, Durban (2019) by South African Artist Zanele Muholi.
Bronze sculpture (Muholi VI) of South African artist and visual activist, Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern in London.
January 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Bronze sculpture (Muholi VI) of South African artist and visual activist, Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern in London.
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Merry Christmas from us to you 🎄🎁💙 We launched Trending Topics today, and you can find it by tapping the search icon on the bottom bar of the app or the right sidebar on desktop.
December 26, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Merry Christmas from us to you 🎄🎁💙 We launched Trending Topics today, and you can find it by tapping the search icon on the bottom bar of the app or the right sidebar on desktop.
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In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
December 25, 2024 at 5:40 PM
In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
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Beyoncé NFL half-time show review – country ho-ho-ho-down live-streamed on Netflix is playful and infectious
Beyoncé NFL half-time show review – country ho-ho-ho-down live-streamed on Netflix is playful and infectious
Show live-streamed on Netflix is first live performance of material from country-themed album Cowboy Carter
Some of Beyoncé’s most iconic moments have been on an American football field. Her barnstorming 2013 Super Bowl performance, complete with a…
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Beyoncé NFL half-time show review – country ho-ho-ho-down live-streamed on Netflix is playful and infectious
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Happy Holidays!🎄
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December 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Rewatching Scandal and I'm emotionally exhausted from the tumultuous relationship between Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grant. 💔
a man and woman are kissing and the woman is saying `` i 'm not losing you again '' .
ALT: a man and woman are kissing and the woman is saying `` i 'm not losing you again '' .
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December 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Rewatching Scandal and I'm emotionally exhausted from the tumultuous relationship between Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grant. 💔
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"Too much of the established press remains an elite, closed club. Close to power and influencing it; while claiming to have none but playing victim when it scrutinised in the slightest. That it continues to get away with its ability to distort our society is one of the biggest scandals of our time"
Prince Harry Takes a Stand for Us All: ‘If They’re Supposedly Policing Society, Who On Earth is Policing Them?’
The crisis and corruption in the British press is one of the biggest, ongoing scandals of our time. Byline Times tips its hat to Prince Harry
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:31 PM
"Too much of the established press remains an elite, closed club. Close to power and influencing it; while claiming to have none but playing victim when it scrutinised in the slightest. That it continues to get away with its ability to distort our society is one of the biggest scandals of our time"
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As expected #Polo delivers! The men! The horses! Polo is hot 🔥sexy and fast paced! The stories are incredibly moving! Harry and Meghan came out of the gate swinging! Everything they deliverer in collaboration with Netflix is gold! And we want more! #PoloOnNetflix #HarryandMeghan
December 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
As expected #Polo delivers! The men! The horses! Polo is hot 🔥sexy and fast paced! The stories are incredibly moving! Harry and Meghan came out of the gate swinging! Everything they deliverer in collaboration with Netflix is gold! And we want more! #PoloOnNetflix #HarryandMeghan
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The vibe on Bluesky vs. Twitter.
November 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The vibe on Bluesky vs. Twitter.
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Listening to Kendrick Lamar’s new album GNX! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
a man in a red hoodie sings into a microphone in front of a crowd that is taking pictures
ALT: a man in a red hoodie sings into a microphone in front of a crowd that is taking pictures
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November 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Listening to Kendrick Lamar’s new album GNX! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin