Tootfinder

The #SummerExhibition at London's Royal Academy of Art is particularly good this year.
My memorable piece is Frances Disley's We Are More ( A community of colours sourced from along the Mersey Estuary).
#Pigments

Profoundly disturbing image generated with Qwen-Image-Lightning from @… PR.
#generativeAI #pelicans #uncannyvalley

Caught in the Game: On the History and Evolution of Web Browser Gaming
#history

fascinating episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson's #StarTalk on the gut-brain connection: #podcast #health

My favorite historical mystery is “what really happened in the 6th century???”
We have few clues. We know there were at least 2 big eruptions in the 530s, most likely in Iceland, Kamchatka, or Alaska: nowhere with a surviving writing culture. Then a wave of Plague. Then probably other shit no one bothered writing down. It shattered the recording of history for many decades. We will never have a comprehensive history of the “Dark Ages” because no one wrote the pieces.

#Technikgeschichte: "Historical Tech Tree"
https://historicaltechtree.com
"The tech tree is an interactive visualization of technological history from 3 million years ago to tod…

In Washington D.C. the National Guard arrived at their headquarters Tuesday
-- For many residents, the prospect of federal troops surging into neighborhoods represented an alarming violation of local agency.
It echoes uncomfortable historical chapters when politicians used racism to paint historically or predominantly Black cities and neighborhoods with bigoted narratives to shape public opinion and justify aggressive police action.

Trump's DC police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about crime
President Donald Trump's rhetoric in his federal takeover of Washington police echoes that of conservative politicians going back decades who've denounced American cities with majority non-white populations or progressive leaders as crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention. The Republican president has taken control of Washington’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital. Guard troops arrived at their Washington headquarte…

#CNN: Man convicted of fraud for posing as flight attendant to fly for free
At first, I wondered why they'd give free flights to a man who was convicted of defrauding airlines.🤦‍♂️
#headlines #confusing

Sidewalk art
#StreetArt
#UrbanExploration