Beecher Smith-Stackhouse
@beechertrouble.bsky.social
night tulips and other springy scenes
April 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
night tulips and other springy scenes
i think i know who did it ...
The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty
The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
i think i know who did it ...
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The government can't threaten to cut funding to suppress certain viewpoints. This is especially crucial on college campuses.
Read this letter from constitutional scholars on why the Trump administration's treatment of Columbia University is a threat to the First Amendment.
Read this letter from constitutional scholars on why the Trump administration's treatment of Columbia University is a threat to the First Amendment.
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | ACLU
The government may not threaten funding cuts as a tool to pressure recipients into suppressing First Amendment–protected speech.
www.aclu.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The government can't threaten to cut funding to suppress certain viewpoints. This is especially crucial on college campuses.
Read this letter from constitutional scholars on why the Trump administration's treatment of Columbia University is a threat to the First Amendment.
Read this letter from constitutional scholars on why the Trump administration's treatment of Columbia University is a threat to the First Amendment.
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These are Dems to get at and should be Primaried.
March 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
These are Dems to get at and should be Primaried.
made a new handle for this old spatula
March 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
made a new handle for this old spatula
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Using AI to scan the social media posts of students at U.S. universities and then punish them for their views is discriminatory and a direct attack on our freedom of speech.
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Using AI to scan the social media posts of students at U.S. universities and then punish them for their views is discriminatory and a direct attack on our freedom of speech.
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BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
March 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
you can never have too many clamps
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
you can never have too many clamps
flower update
February 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
flower update
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
windowsill Narcissus Tazetta ('Paperwhite' daffodil ) in the works
January 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
windowsill Narcissus Tazetta ('Paperwhite' daffodil ) in the works