@mastodonmigration “The US is also a one-party state. But with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.”—Dr. Julius Nyerere, first president of Tanzania

someone should invent a web search engine that when you type something into the search box it gives you the thing you searched for

Can't settle on one evening · Alex Hyner

#art

Angiut, a "helping spirit," who knows all about everyone (1913) by Knud Rasmussen, from Eskimo Folktales.

Source: New York Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b06b66c2-4eb5-4f41-ba31-cba23e3a1112

#columns #spirits #greenland #eyes #inuit #bookillustration #art #publicdomain

Listen. #grickledoodle #bear #pun #horror #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

The three banana megaregions of Europe

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Telephone given to Joseph Stalin on his 70th birthday by Polish workers, 1949.

What a gorgeous #Greek rhyton in the form of a #donkey's head! Dating 480-470 BC.

Vessels such as this one were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, the content had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down.

📷 Art Institute Chicago

#archaeology

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Protip, if you're using AI to write code then saying "it's okay we have experienced engineers reviewing it all!", you're going to very quickly find yourself without experienced engineers, because how the fuck do you think we get those

Finnish court jails Russian captain over Baltic Sea cable sabotage
https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/05/finnish-court-jails-russian-captain-over-baltic-sea-cable-sabotage?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews

#OtD 5 Nov 1855 American socialist and labour leader Eugene Debs was born. He helped found both the American Railway Union and the @iww, and was jailed in 1919 for his opposition to WWI. While in prison he ran for president, and received nearly 1m votes workingclasshistory.com/tag/iww

Daddy: "Hey kiddo, what do you think of this church?"
Kiddo: "That's AI."
Daddy: "It's not."
Kiddo: "It's AI. You can tell from all the greebling."
Daddy: "It's the Asam Church in Germany. It invented the greebling that the AI trained on."
Kiddo: "Wow."

I think I've seen Altman's stupid face with that quote about RAM everywhere.

Meanwhile, a new European coalition is betting on a different fix: build better platforms.

In my former hometown, about thirty years ago an idea emerged: to reintroduce beavers into local rivers. So, the Special Commission was created, analysis were done, reports written, environmental scientists consulted… after the long preparation period, the Commission finally went outdoor, to find suitable places. And it found some… but already occupied. By beavers, that moved in without all oh-so-important paperwork.
RE: flipboard.com/users/euronews/s…

#memy #MAGA