@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-03-17 06:27:02
There's parties that always want to build or widen highways while not spending enough on maintenance of existing ones, blocking road pricing, and trying to keep taxes low.
In the Netherlands, they're finding out that this doesn't work. Tens of billions needed for maintenance now.
https://nos.nl/l/2606596…
@kazys@mastodon.social2026-02-14 04:14:39
How is there no space for people in the humanities who actually work with *and* interrogate AI? not knee-jerk condemnation and not fanboy acceptance, but using the tools and thinking through their consequences. so strange.
@kazys@mastodon.social2026-04-12 15:26:41
Richard Barnes is one of the best photographers of our time. Some recent work.
https://www.richardbarnes.net/projects#/galateas-lament/
@compfu@mograph.social2026-04-03 23:44:17
Re-watching the "let them fight" meme movie: Godzilla (2014)
It's a bit long, but hey really got the size and weight of these kaijus across with animation and camera work. VFX are also incredible, with some effects being basically one-offs, where matte paintings and assets had to be made for a single shot: the top down view of the crashed airplane or views of the evacuated Japanese town that nature has reclaimed for example.
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-14 05:43:27
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Bartosz Koziak, Polish Radio Orchestra, Warsaw & Andrzej Mysinski:
🎵 Variations on a rococo theme in A major
#PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky #BartoszKoziak #PolishRadioOrchestra #Warsaw #AndrzejMysinski #newRelease 🆕 album
@kazys@mastodon.social2026-02-22 19:25:27
Just in time for the closing ceremony, my essay on the Olympics, Expositions, and the Salon. I write about sports for the first time. Who would have thought?
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/the-salon-and-the-olympics/
The Salon and the Olympics - varnelis.net The biggest problem with Bitcoin is that its proponents didn't understand that it is itself a fiat currency. Strip away the consensus that it's valuable, and you're left with valueless cryptographic proofs of work that nobody wants.
Nikolaos Gyzis, winner’s diploma for the 1896 Athens Olympics. Source: Wikimedia CommonsI rarely watch sports. The last Super Bowl I watched was in New Orleans, not the one in 2025, but the one in 1986, when the Bears won. Lately, bingeing Netflix’s Formula 1: Drive to Survive has sparked a renewed interest in Formula 1 ... @kazys@mastodon.social
2026-02-06 02:46:08
@kazys@mastodon.social2026-03-30 18:59:03
Ever hear of Evicore? Well, @evicorehc are parasites, living off the money we pay for our health insurance and, in return, denying our healthcare claims. If you know anybody who works for this company, ostracize them. These are bad people.