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PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"
Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
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Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
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Happy Control Panel Saturday, with this tiny frontal lobe control room from Roger Dean’s 1973 cover art for 'Gold the Man,' by Joseph Green
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Happy Control Panel Saturday, with this tiny frontal lobe control room from Roger Dean’s 1973 cover art for 'Gold the Man,' by Joseph Green
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More musings from the Deity series. A more canine variant of a previous Sphinx design, thanks for looking!
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
More musings from the Deity series. A more canine variant of a previous Sphinx design, thanks for looking!
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I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
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The Dwarf Fortress Siege Update briefly reintroduced an old bug where dwarf babies pilot their moms like mech suits until they die of dehydration because babies don't know what drinking is.
'The return of baby driver': The Dwarf Fortress Siege Update briefly reintroduced an old bug where dwarf babies pilot their moms like mech suits until they die of dehydration because babies don't know...
It has been 0 days without dwarven baby disasters.
www.pcgamer.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Dwarf Fortress Siege Update briefly reintroduced an old bug where dwarf babies pilot their moms like mech suits until they die of dehydration because babies don't know what drinking is.
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big mech turn around of sorts!
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
big mech turn around of sorts!
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
Oil painting on panel 16"x20"
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Painting by H. R. Giger published in OMNI, vol. 6, no. 9 (June 1984), alongside the short story, “At the Embassy Club,” by Elizabeth A. Lynn.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Painting by H. R. Giger published in OMNI, vol. 6, no. 9 (June 1984), alongside the short story, “At the Embassy Club,” by Elizabeth A. Lynn.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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I don’t think we should view this outside the context of DOGE, where young men were drafted into being shock troops for incredibly immoral and illegal actions because they lacked the judgement or experience to say “hey we shouldn’t do this, I might go to jail”
The older I get the more I value conscientiousness over raw intelligence or anything like that — when someone has completed college that’s a stronger signal of being able to handle tasks in an independent environment on a consistent basis: www.wsj.com/business/pal...
Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It’s Hiring High-School Grads.
Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization
www.wsj.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I don’t think we should view this outside the context of DOGE, where young men were drafted into being shock troops for incredibly immoral and illegal actions because they lacked the judgement or experience to say “hey we shouldn’t do this, I might go to jail”
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We've met before, haven't we.
At your house. Don't you remember?
At your house. Don't you remember?
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
We've met before, haven't we.
At your house. Don't you remember?
At your house. Don't you remember?
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Jean-Claude Mézières
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Jean-Claude Mézières
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Barry Windsor-Smith, “Beguiled” (1982/1995), pen and ink, watercolour/gouache, and coloured pencil. Intended for the cover of Epic Illustrated, but fatigue prompted BWS to abandon it half-done. Thirteen years later, BWS completed the work.
January 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Barry Windsor-Smith, “Beguiled” (1982/1995), pen and ink, watercolour/gouache, and coloured pencil. Intended for the cover of Epic Illustrated, but fatigue prompted BWS to abandon it half-done. Thirteen years later, BWS completed the work.
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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Art by • Randy Gallegos
October 28, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Art by • Randy Gallegos
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ÉMIGRÉ (2006)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 12”
A study done at the time I painted END OF NATURE VII, later finished to become a new small painting in its own right. 1/2
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 12”
A study done at the time I painted END OF NATURE VII, later finished to become a new small painting in its own right. 1/2
October 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
ÉMIGRÉ (2006)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 12”
A study done at the time I painted END OF NATURE VII, later finished to become a new small painting in its own right. 1/2
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 12”
A study done at the time I painted END OF NATURE VII, later finished to become a new small painting in its own right. 1/2
RIP GM Daniel Naroditsky
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
RIP GM Daniel Naroditsky
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Not good, Sam.
ChatGPT Usage Has Peaked and Is Now Declining, New Data Finds
Third-party app intelligence firm Apptopia found that ChatGPT mobile app growth and time spent on the app slowed down significantly.
trib.al
October 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not good, Sam.
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Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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2001 A Space Odyssey (1968). Directed by Stanley Kubrick
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
2001 A Space Odyssey (1968). Directed by Stanley Kubrick