Nishiki-e 🇯🇵 🇧🇪 🇱🇹 🇺🇦
@nishikie.bsky.social
Japanese history, art & culture with a flavor of woodblock prints.
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My grandfather was a Belgian interpreter for the U.S. Army in Germany in 1945. From August to December 1945 he worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in Lauf, Bavaria.
I recently found about 50 photographs he took at the end of #WW2. Let's explore together.👀
I recently found about 50 photographs he took at the end of #WW2. Let's explore together.👀
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Friends,
Winter will come to Ukraine very soon. After the Russian attacks,we spend hours without electricity.Sometimes there's no heating and/or water,as well.Several schools&a hospital from Kyiv region have asked me to help them with generators.
Power Up Ukraine are true friends of Ukraine⤵️
Winter will come to Ukraine very soon. After the Russian attacks,we spend hours without electricity.Sometimes there's no heating and/or water,as well.Several schools&a hospital from Kyiv region have asked me to help them with generators.
Power Up Ukraine are true friends of Ukraine⤵️
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Friends,
Winter will come to Ukraine very soon. After the Russian attacks,we spend hours without electricity.Sometimes there's no heating and/or water,as well.Several schools&a hospital from Kyiv region have asked me to help them with generators.
Power Up Ukraine are true friends of Ukraine⤵️
Winter will come to Ukraine very soon. After the Russian attacks,we spend hours without electricity.Sometimes there's no heating and/or water,as well.Several schools&a hospital from Kyiv region have asked me to help them with generators.
Power Up Ukraine are true friends of Ukraine⤵️
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Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
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Everyone wants the war to end, negotiations to succeed, peace to come.
The reality: it won’t happen soon.
That’s why I’m fundraising for a new batch of engineering equipment—excavators and trucks with cranes.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
please read the tread below ⤵️
The reality: it won’t happen soon.
That’s why I’m fundraising for a new batch of engineering equipment—excavators and trucks with cranes.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
please read the tread below ⤵️
August 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Everyone wants the war to end, negotiations to succeed, peace to come.
The reality: it won’t happen soon.
That’s why I’m fundraising for a new batch of engineering equipment—excavators and trucks with cranes.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
please read the tread below ⤵️
The reality: it won’t happen soon.
That’s why I’m fundraising for a new batch of engineering equipment—excavators and trucks with cranes.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
please read the tread below ⤵️
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I made an appearance here :)
There’s lots of other good links sprinkled in here too! Even if you enjoy LLMs and AI, there’s useful stuff in here and it gets to something I’ve been saying for a while: we do need humans in the loop… but not like that. Most AI tooling is building that loop backwards
There’s lots of other good links sprinkled in here too! Even if you enjoy LLMs and AI, there’s useful stuff in here and it gets to something I’ve been saying for a while: we do need humans in the loop… but not like that. Most AI tooling is building that loop backwards
You might have heard AI boosters say: "it's okay that this tech is wrong half of the time, because the human operator 'partnering' with the LLM will catch errors."
Except no they fucking won't.
The actual context in which these systems are deployed make checking the AI's "work" impossible.
Except no they fucking won't.
The actual context in which these systems are deployed make checking the AI's "work" impossible.
"Human in the loop" is a thought-terminating cliche
Without thoughtful guard rails, asking people to clean up after machines doesn't make machines better — it makes people worse.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I made an appearance here :)
There’s lots of other good links sprinkled in here too! Even if you enjoy LLMs and AI, there’s useful stuff in here and it gets to something I’ve been saying for a while: we do need humans in the loop… but not like that. Most AI tooling is building that loop backwards
There’s lots of other good links sprinkled in here too! Even if you enjoy LLMs and AI, there’s useful stuff in here and it gets to something I’ve been saying for a while: we do need humans in the loop… but not like that. Most AI tooling is building that loop backwards
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
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I recently became acquainted with "Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi" 童絵解万国噺, a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861. The retelling of the revolutionary era is quite something. Here, for instance, is John Adams wielding a sword in mortal combat with a gigantic serpent.
August 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I recently became acquainted with "Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi" 童絵解万国噺, a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861. The retelling of the revolutionary era is quite something. Here, for instance, is John Adams wielding a sword in mortal combat with a gigantic serpent.
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Russian Tg channels are sharing this video a lot
After news emerged about tourist trips from Russia to Afghanistan,the Taliban released a 📹showing how visitors can spend time
According to reports,the authorities assure that tourists are in no danger&that the risk of being taken captive is ruled out
After news emerged about tourist trips from Russia to Afghanistan,the Taliban released a 📹showing how visitors can spend time
According to reports,the authorities assure that tourists are in no danger&that the risk of being taken captive is ruled out
July 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Russian Tg channels are sharing this video a lot
After news emerged about tourist trips from Russia to Afghanistan,the Taliban released a 📹showing how visitors can spend time
According to reports,the authorities assure that tourists are in no danger&that the risk of being taken captive is ruled out
After news emerged about tourist trips from Russia to Afghanistan,the Taliban released a 📹showing how visitors can spend time
According to reports,the authorities assure that tourists are in no danger&that the risk of being taken captive is ruled out
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Ukraine's pavilion, Vernacular Hardcore, organized around the concept of a Dakh (Ukrainian for roof), focuses on wartime reconstruction, as part of this year's biennale titled Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.
Vernacular Hardcore: Ukraine’s artists reimagine home and heritage at Venice Biennale
In southern Ukraine, giant reeds are known to populate the wetlands, skirting the Black Sea and stretching from Odesa to Kherson and Mykolaiv. Hollow grasses as tall as seven meters, swaying and plian...
kyivindependent.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ukraine's pavilion, Vernacular Hardcore, organized around the concept of a Dakh (Ukrainian for roof), focuses on wartime reconstruction, as part of this year's biennale titled Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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2 very interesting reports this week - ai-2027.com and www.iea.org/topics/artif... What the reports didn't focus on is v important: Energy-Water Scarcity Trade-offs, Governance Capacity Asymmetries (betw. countries, betw companies) and Decision-Making Power Imbalances (tech elites vs others).
AI 2027
A research-backed AI scenario forecast.
ai-2027.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
2 very interesting reports this week - ai-2027.com and www.iea.org/topics/artif... What the reports didn't focus on is v important: Energy-Water Scarcity Trade-offs, Governance Capacity Asymmetries (betw. countries, betw companies) and Decision-Making Power Imbalances (tech elites vs others).
Looking to build a corporate #multisite with ccTLD mapping that is fast in different regions, has a shared template and utilizes the best of #accessibility #dataprivacy #mobilefirst #responsive design.
Any tips on how to approach this or recommendations on #webdevelopers with a strong track record?
Any tips on how to approach this or recommendations on #webdevelopers with a strong track record?
April 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Looking to build a corporate #multisite with ccTLD mapping that is fast in different regions, has a shared template and utilizes the best of #accessibility #dataprivacy #mobilefirst #responsive design.
Any tips on how to approach this or recommendations on #webdevelopers with a strong track record?
Any tips on how to approach this or recommendations on #webdevelopers with a strong track record?
April 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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March Third Thursday Lecture "Meiji Printmaking: Decline, Revival, and Survival Strategies" with Dr Ryoko Matsuba, 20 March 2025, 6pm GMT, On Zoom and in-person at the Sainsbury Institute (email to secure your place).
https://tr.ee/2pKZ3G
https://tr.ee/2pKZ3G
March 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
March Third Thursday Lecture "Meiji Printmaking: Decline, Revival, and Survival Strategies" with Dr Ryoko Matsuba, 20 March 2025, 6pm GMT, On Zoom and in-person at the Sainsbury Institute (email to secure your place).
https://tr.ee/2pKZ3G
https://tr.ee/2pKZ3G
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🔥 Let's talk about the money. Ukraine gave up a $2 trillion nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees. 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles, 4,000 nuclear warheads, and strategic bombers—more than China, France, and the UK combined today.
March 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🔥 Let's talk about the money. Ukraine gave up a $2 trillion nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees. 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles, 4,000 nuclear warheads, and strategic bombers—more than China, France, and the UK combined today.
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I don’t receive many requests, but I do kintsugi to support Ukraine’s reconstruction. I use colored urushi to represent the colors of the national flag🇺🇦.
No matter how broken something is, it will always be restored.
A portion of the proceeds is donated to the Red Cross.
No matter how broken something is, it will always be restored.
A portion of the proceeds is donated to the Red Cross.
March 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I don’t receive many requests, but I do kintsugi to support Ukraine’s reconstruction. I use colored urushi to represent the colors of the national flag🇺🇦.
No matter how broken something is, it will always be restored.
A portion of the proceeds is donated to the Red Cross.
No matter how broken something is, it will always be restored.
A portion of the proceeds is donated to the Red Cross.
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1️⃣ Ukraine has been left to fight without USA aid. We must rally behind it now more than ever. Please share this message and donate, it is critical. 🇺🇦
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
Urgent Quadcopters Fundraiser
Help Liberty Ukraine Foundation reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
www.paypal.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1️⃣ Ukraine has been left to fight without USA aid. We must rally behind it now more than ever. Please share this message and donate, it is critical. 🇺🇦
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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This crowdfunding seeks donations to support the restoration of the urushi industry, which was affected by the earthquake. The funds will be used to grow urushi saplings over a long period, plant them, and harvest them in ten years for use in Wajima's art. 🌱
gogetfunding.com/wajima/
gogetfunding.com/wajima/
November 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM
This crowdfunding seeks donations to support the restoration of the urushi industry, which was affected by the earthquake. The funds will be used to grow urushi saplings over a long period, plant them, and harvest them in ten years for use in Wajima's art. 🌱
gogetfunding.com/wajima/
gogetfunding.com/wajima/
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Revisiting our translations of survivor testimonies of the March 10, 1945 firebombing, and struck by this passage from the account of Morikawa Tadashi.
Nicely encapsulates one argument of our book: that you can't understand the firestorm of 1945 without tracing the long shadows cast by 1923.
Nicely encapsulates one argument of our book: that you can't understand the firestorm of 1945 without tracing the long shadows cast by 1923.
February 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Revisiting our translations of survivor testimonies of the March 10, 1945 firebombing, and struck by this passage from the account of Morikawa Tadashi.
Nicely encapsulates one argument of our book: that you can't understand the firestorm of 1945 without tracing the long shadows cast by 1923.
Nicely encapsulates one argument of our book: that you can't understand the firestorm of 1945 without tracing the long shadows cast by 1923.
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A graceful snowboard run by a student majoring in urushil art😊
February 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A graceful snowboard run by a student majoring in urushil art😊
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The Asahi editorial board out with a banger yesterday.
It ends with a question every single news outlet should be asking themselves: "I wonder what's in store for us?"
It ends with a question every single news outlet should be asking themselves: "I wonder what's in store for us?"
February 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Asahi editorial board out with a banger yesterday.
It ends with a question every single news outlet should be asking themselves: "I wonder what's in store for us?"
It ends with a question every single news outlet should be asking themselves: "I wonder what's in store for us?"
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www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.
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Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
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I've limited this fundraiser to $70,000 as I understand my outreach has declined, and many people are financially exhausted with so many fundraisers around. You can help by reposting
We did a great job on the first day, raising 13%
🎯 $9,100/$70,000
🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
We did a great job on the first day, raising 13%
🎯 $9,100/$70,000
🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
February 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I've limited this fundraiser to $70,000 as I understand my outreach has declined, and many people are financially exhausted with so many fundraisers around. You can help by reposting
We did a great job on the first day, raising 13%
🎯 $9,100/$70,000
🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
We did a great job on the first day, raising 13%
🎯 $9,100/$70,000
🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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Prime Minister Ishiba brought a special gift to Trump: the "Eternal Helmet" - a gold samurai helmet created by a company in the PM's hometown.
Japanese government officials commented that such helmets are currently popular in the US, thanks to Ohtani and the Shogun TV series.
Japanese government officials commented that such helmets are currently popular in the US, thanks to Ohtani and the Shogun TV series.
February 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Prime Minister Ishiba brought a special gift to Trump: the "Eternal Helmet" - a gold samurai helmet created by a company in the PM's hometown.
Japanese government officials commented that such helmets are currently popular in the US, thanks to Ohtani and the Shogun TV series.
Japanese government officials commented that such helmets are currently popular in the US, thanks to Ohtani and the Shogun TV series.
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While everyone is discussing Musk and Trump, my friends from the 92nd brigade are fighting russian neo-nazis in Ukraine and Kursk and they need your help to get pickup trucks and engineering equipment.
Here is a donation link with a video of their work.
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
Here is a donation link with a video of their work.
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
January 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
While everyone is discussing Musk and Trump, my friends from the 92nd brigade are fighting russian neo-nazis in Ukraine and Kursk and they need your help to get pickup trucks and engineering equipment.
Here is a donation link with a video of their work.
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
Here is a donation link with a video of their work.
www.paypal.com/donate?campa...