Caption Palace

This is where I put my transcribed posts

[thetursithan]

[iamhisgloriouspurpose]

How long did it take them to figure out that it could actually be done? That's staggering.

[kiragecko]

[Video is titled, "four cellists play Ravel's Bolero." It's on Classic fM. They all play on the same cello, with the drum part is played by plucking strings. Two of them do small comedy fights in the background between their parts, trying to take the other's place beside the cello. It's a pretty tight fit, and at some points there are four bows almost touching as they all saw the strings.

Text on the screen reads,

four cellists play Ravel's Bolero ... on just one cello. Bolero has long been a test of endurance for snare drummers, but here, every part is played by a cellist. With only one instrument in sight, Wiener Cello Ensemble 5 + 1 leap to the task, involving a fair amount of acrobatics! Watch it all unfold ...

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[soymoss]

starling

[transastronautistic]

ID: digital art on a bright yellow background of a bird with blue-black feathers, which have yellow and orange asterisk-shaped stars on them

[bamboo-777]

[the-court-of-the-ant-queen]

[Image Description: artwork of young Hornet from “Hollow Knight” sitting in a honeycomb, surrounded by fuzzy bees. End image description.]

[dykecadence]

every moment of every day i am thinking about this tiktok

[purrfectly]

Lumpfish come in a variety of shapes and colors.

[He scoops up the fish, it spits water and he turns it toward the camera]

This one is stumpy and green. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is what a normal lumpfish looks like. It is more elongated, but still a vibrant blue color. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is one of the stumpiest ones we have. Its hump is very high. It is very stumpy, but yet very beautiful, and very powerful.

[He pans over a lot of fish, all looking up at the camera]

My fish army is ever growing, and soon I will over throw the world. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[snommelp]

[punkrorschach]

“As a chemical engineering Ph.D. student at the University of Pittsburgh who uses a power wheelchair, I figured it wouldn’t be long before I met one of these bots in a frustrating face-off on a narrow sidewalk. What I didn’t realize was how dangerous, and dehumanizing, that scenario might be.

The robot was sitting motionless on the curb cut on the other side of Forbes Avenue. It wasn’t crossing with the rest of the pedestrians, and when I reached the curb, it didn’t move as the walk signal was ending. I found myself sitting in the street as the traffic light turned green, blocked by a non-sentient being incapable of understanding the consequences of its actions.”

-Emily Ackerman

[zeldahime]

The article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-19/why-tech-needs-more-designers-with-disabilities

Lessons From My Standoff With an Autonomous Sidewalk Robot

A life-threatening encounter with AI technology convinced me that the needs of people with disabilities need to be engineered into our auton

[mosscrab]

[ID: three screenshots. The first is a perspective article by CityLab. It’s headline reads “My fight with a sidewalk robot.” The paragraph below reads “A life threatening encounter with AI technology convinced me that the needs of people with disabilities need to be engineered into our autonomous future.” Below the paragraph is a picture of a small rectangular sidewalk robot moving along a sidewalk.

The second screenshot is a tweeted picture by an unknown user of six sidewalk robots going down the side of the street, with a car trying to pull between two of them. There are two replies below it, the first reply is by Adrian Lopez @PaladinZilch and reads “Wow. Imagine being in a wheelchair and seeing that.” The second reply is by I [flaming heart emoji] You @IAm444x and reads “oh god the tech bros made car traffic for sidewalks [crying emoji].”

The third screenshot is a reply tweet by Will Jackson @geologywill that reads “A few weeks ago… it took 5 minutes for their sensors to figure out how to get out of the standoff… Enjoyed every second of it.” Below is a picture of three sidewalk robots caught in a circle at an outdoor bus stop, presumably stuck in their circle. End ID.]

[snommelp]

@a-square-6-28-496 here's a reblog with image IDs

[transhumanisticpanspermia]

The logic of these devices being "allowed" on the sidewalk, whether they've found a technical legal loophole for it or not, is complete nonsense.

Motorized vehicles aren't allowed on the sidewalk. The sidewalk is for pedestrians. Power chair users are considered pedestrians by specific exemption (and for good reason - that is a single human, using the most minimally disruptive means of locomotion available to them.)

This thing isn't a pedestrian. It's a miniaturized delivery van. They should be banned from the sidewalk. They might already be in most places under existing laws, and nobody is enforcing it.

[justsomeguycore]

i’m so glad my girl is going to be ok 🥺

[mysteriousbeetle]

[ID: The top of the image shows a photo of Lil Nas X. The bottom part has text that reads, "Lil Nas X Speaks Out on Arrest After Release From Jail: 'Your Girl Is Going to Be OK, Y'all'". /End ID.]

[therenobee]

this and a cherished friend would go hard

[myalgicpierrot]

[ID: A photo from Rick Steves' Travels. He sits in a lounge chair taking a sip of beer in a huge meadow of pink wildflowers (Alpe di Siusi). The sun is shining and a stark gray mountain is in the background. End ID.]

[misguidedtreestump]

Expressing my lifelong love of sharks by painting a sweet little nurse shark

[floralprintsharks]

[ID: a digital drawing of a nurse shark surrounded by blueish green, swirly water. End ID]

[catchymemes]

[ardenenearde]

[ID: A tweet by @.jpbrammer. It says:

"no one wants to hear about your dream" ok this is how you miss out on prophecies

End ID]

[e-rose]

[the-lincyclopedia]

[ID: A screenshot of a tweet from cal @/cxwphotos that says, "i didn't know f1 had subtitles," along with a photo of an F1 car race where the track is surrounded by advertisements for Zoom that are just the word "zoom" over and over. This tweet has been quote-retweeted by Muaaz Mia @/MuaazMia that says, "This will forever be the funniest thing I've seen. /End ID]

[despazito]

WISDOM UPDATE

[badolmen]

ID: A tweet by USFWS Pacific @/USFWSPacific that reads,

“SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male.”

Attached to the tweet is a picture of two albatrosses, one sitting on a ground nest. Wisdom is the bird with the red leg band standing on the left. End ID.

[roychewtoy]

my watery friend... are you too brushed with the pattern of the dappled light...?

[cndybracelet]

ID: first a photo of a seal lying on a rock, its fur is patterned like the veins of light in water, and this is shown side-by-side a photo of light blue water with sunlight creating patterns across it. Below is a photo of a fawn lying in grass, compared to a photo of dappled sunlight on the floor of a forest, which resembles the spotted pattern of the fawn's fur. End ID.

[pespillo]

the pipeline of fixating over some thingy

[ruffolive]

[image id: On the left, a drawing of a nondescript character smiling and throwing up peace signs, labelled "First fanart of a character you liked". On the right, the same character is seated in an elaborate dress, with feathered wings, in front of a birdcage covered in sparkle. This drawing is labelled "30th fanart of the character. This is how you know you're cooked". /end id]

[chalroe]

protection, wishes coming true

ID: A digital drawing/panel redraw of Qifrey and Coco from Witch Hat Atelier. Qifrey is a thin man with light skin and curly white hair. He is wearing small round spectacles, long robes and a witch hat, all in white. Coco is wearing a white dress and green attire. She is a child with light skin and green/blonde chin-length hair. Qifrey is holding her up and smiling at her - Coco looks surprised. Both of their clothes are fluttering in the wind. The background is white with a frame of white heathers around the two characters. "All will be well" is written at the top of the drawing.

[elllapamoved]

Happy pride

[thisishowyoumakemovies]

ID: four panels with illustrations of characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Panel 1: Aang and Katara embracing affectionately with the caption "regular couple."

Panel 2: Sokka and Zuko kissing with the caption "yaoi couple."

Panel 3: Mai and Ty Lee staring deeply into each other's eyes with the caption "yuri couple."

Panel 4: Toph giving a thumbs up with the caption "I see no difference."

[spacestationvampire]

topher

[noroithecurse2005-deactivated20]

[satanfemme]

[ID: a screenshot from wikipedia reading, “reception. most viewers find it insane, nightmarish or just strange. [1] [2]” End Id]