I Want My Time Machine

Sometimes she writes here. Mostly she posts about her favourite things. THIS IS A NO-AI ZONE

[silvereyedowl]

This is silver's blog. She is often shocked to realize she is legally an adult and has been for some time.

You can find all the posts too sexy for Tumblr at #not actually mature. Behold what this website thinks is worthy of flagging.

[world-beauty]

Thor’s Helmet

Credits: Ritesh Biswas

[silvereyedowl]

[source]

[magicratfingers]

Sporting!

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Trifid Pillars, Cosmic Unicorn

[lilithsaintcrow]

"The chipping away of our free expression rights is made that much easier when an organization like PEN America offers its consent or in some cases its guidance."

Why PEN America Will Not Defend You Against Anti-BDS Legislation

On July 6, two days before the publication of its report on the cultural boycott of Israel, PEN America made a subtle but important change t

[pmamtraveller]

The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice, July 6, 1842, by Ippolito Caffi

[pmamtraveller]

Evan Cagle

[oldshrewsburyian]

I have always felt a greater affinity with the sea at night. It is magnificent during the day, the waves strong and loud, slamming onto the beach, propelled by the force of the entire ocean behind it. But when night comes that force is spent, and the waves roll to the shore with the detachment of a monk unfurling a scroll.

The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng

[spacewonder19]

Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant ©

[magicratfingers]

80 / 20 kiddo. Standard cut.

[world-beauty]

The Trifid Nebula in Red, White and Blue

Credits: Jason Ware

[silvereyedowl]

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[magicratfingers]

They’ve never responded before…?

[livingforstars]

Skylab Over Earth - May 10th, 1998.

"Skylab was an orbiting laboratory launched by a Saturn V rocket in May of 1973. Skylab was visited three times by NASA astronauts who sometimes stayed as long as two and a half months. Many scientific tests were performed on Skylab, including astronomical observations in ultraviolet and X-ray light. Some of these observations yielded valuable information about Comet Kohoutek, our Sun and about the mysterious X-ray background - radiation that comes from all over the sky. Skylab fell back to earth on the 11th of July, 1979."

[silvereyedowl]

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[injuries-in-dust]

I disabled this feature and was actually surprised by how much faster my laptop became. My computer is only a couple of years old but this one feature was just sucking so much life out of it behind the scenes. I'd hate to see how much an older computer would be affected. AI features that we don't want are just the absolute worst. They don't make anything better. It was actively making my computer run slower and hotter.

[daphneartist]

[lilithsaintcrow]

"Police will run the claimed evidence through the chatbot and hand the defence a list of hallucinations."

UK police will run evidence through the AI — it’s quicker

The UK Government will speed up justice — with AI! UK police will take evidence in criminal cases and … run it through the chatbot. [Gov.UK]

[frankenmouse]

It is so ridiculously easy to gain a reputation for being competent by just reading signs.

This is not metaphorical. I mean actual, literal pieces of paper/plastic/metal/whatever explicitly erected to inform the public.

“How did you know this was the right trail?” I read the sign.

“Wow, how did you know what that flower is?” There’s a SIGN.

“How did you know we needed to use the side door?” THERE IS A SIGN POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

Just…why are we having such different experiences of the world? People can read. I KNOW they can read. There’s nothing wrong with their vision.

Just. READ. THE. GOD. DAMN. SIGN.

This also applies to:

Syllabi

Instructions