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lleyksie

brown bears ʕ⁠·⁠ᴥ⁠·⁠ʔ

velartis

“what radicalized you” bro EMPATHY

puppygirllaika

"what radicalized you" well in kindergarten they told me to share things and be nice to people.

having-it-all

Ian Fisher, Atmosphere No. 50 (Follow You Into the Dark) oil on canvas

bakwaaas

the internet has made people feel like their personal opinion on every topic is valuable and important and holds equal weight to everyone else’s but the truth is some spaces aren’t for you and some things you just can’t relate to or understand and that’s okay. learn when to stay quiet instead of inserting yourself into conversations that are actually nothing to do with you

probablyasocialecologist

Google’s latest report reveals a completely unprecedented rise in energy consumption – more than any of us expected. Generative AI is a clim

The company’s total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025. This is very easily the biggest increase in their electricity consumption ever, and it puts them way ahead of Microsoft. It is almost certainly a reflection of the obscene energy hunger of their ever-expanding bloated generative AI systems, and a vindication of the warnings we’ve been raising for several years now.

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The power grids that Google’s data centres are plugged into have to increase generation to match this new demand – and that includes rising use of coal and gas, and as a consequence, worse climate disasters like deadly heatwaves. Google’s consumption is rising way faster than the grids are being cleaned up with renewables, and that means their emissions number is going up fast, too.

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If “AI infrastructure buildout is currently accelerating faster than the grid is decarbonising” then Google shouldn’t be building AI infrastructure. If they are breaching the boundaries of safe operation on a planet that can only take so much, they should stop and consider whether all of this is worth it. Think about what Google’s AI services have done for you. Does it seem worth it? Are you getting a deadly heatwave’s worth of use, out of PDF summaries and AI overviews?

1 July 2026

#that was a grim fucking read my guys #i really really wish we could just opt out of all the AI shit everywhere

victusinveritas

Two Women Teaching a Child to walk by Rembrandt.

Circa 1640, sketch

British Museum, London

carpe-mamilia

There’s a drawing by Rembrandt, I think it’s the greatest drawing ever done. It’s in the British Museum and it’s of a family teaching a child to walk, so it’s a universal thing, everybody has experienced this or seen it happen. Everybody. I used to print out Rembrandt drawings big and give them to people and say: “If you find a better drawing send it to me. But if you find a better one it will be by Goya or Michelangelo perhaps.” But I don’t think there is one actually. It’s a magnificent drawing, magnificent.

(David Hockney)

ocelotonatrain

The head donut is the baby proofing. We put rubber over sharp corners, they put a donut on the baby’s head.

The one below is from the Met and is from the early 19th century. As you can see in the drawing, the design didn’t change much from Rembrandt’s time. According to the Met, they were called bumpers or pudding caps.

craftherpes

Reblogging because I've worked with kids my whole life and didn't know these donut things were a thing. That's an incredible idea.

weepylucifer

You know how we call things "pseudoscience"... the media analysis that's being done on twitter and tumblr should be pseudohumanities

gothredy

roycohn

the only truly funny joke anyone's ever made about easter and every year i forget about it and then get to laugh and laugh anew

simzart

Heat Wave. 🫠

drtrinitysantos

sdxfcgvzdxfcgvhzdxfcgvhbjnkmlcgvhbjnk science

dizzyhslightlyvoided

#the reason that lab safety regulations are the way they are is because literally all chemists are like this #as in 100% of them #no exceptions (via @prokopetz)

existennialmemes

I don't think it's unreasonable for our public officials to be expected to prove they're alive and not in a coma to be able to retain their office.

If someone were, as a random example, say hospitalized for over two weeks with no explanation, I think that should automatically trigger a special election to replace them.

If you're still able to do your job, then prove it. And if you're not, then you're actively obstructing democracy by not stepping down.

Which is to say, that if a public official were to pass away or into a coma, and their handlers choose to obfuscate that fact, this should be seen as intentionally obstructing democracy.

And there should be, you know, consequences for the people who would do such a thing.