Maranouchi 2023 - Tokyo - Japan
This was taken in June 2023, it's a follow up to the shot I posted a few weeks ago from 2014. The rate of building and development in Tokyo never ceases to amaze me and a quick comparison shows a number of complete building being replaced!!!
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"Little Ossipee River Serenity"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography pixels.com/profiles/scottlorin…
Snow-laden trees frame a serene river, reflecting the clear blue sky above. Sunlight gently illuminates the winter landscape, creating a peaceful and crisp scene. PURCHASE pixels.com/featured/little-oss…
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Scott Loring Davis - Official Art Shop
Shop for artwork by Scott Loring Davis. Purchase canvas prints, framed prints, tapestries, posters, greeting cards, and more.Scott Loring Davis (Pixels)
Macron lukewarm on Putin peace talks offer
Moscow’s proposal to restart direct peace talks with Kiev is “a first step, but it is not enough,” French President Emmanuel Macron has saidRT
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The Very Loud Indeed Co. releases COIL: Mutated Scoring Guitars rekkerd.org/the-very-loud-inde…
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The Very Loud Indeed Co. releases COIL: Mutated Scoring Guitars
Based on recordings of electric and acoustic guitars, the library provides a playground for “mutating” them into something unique and inspiring.Ronnie (Rekkerd.org)
Americans have tuned out Gaza at the worst possible moment
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/412513/israel-gaza-offensive-gideons-chariots-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Americans have tuned out Gaza at the worst possible moment
Israel has a horrifying new plan for “the concluding moves” of the Gaza war. Yet it’s flying under the American radar.Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
This isn’t just about purging non-loyalists. It’s just more Trump favors for the tech industry that wants AI output to be copyrightable.
Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
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Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S.The Associated Press (NBC News)
TV’s Yearly Pitch to Sponsors Runs Headlong Into Trump’s Tariffs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/tv-s-yearly-pitch-to-sponsors-runs-headlong-into-trump-s-tariffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A reasonable perspective. It will be ignored by all the people inflamed by unreasoning hatred.
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Useful insight to begin the day
A plea for moderation in the face of fanaticism: Being aware of the consequences is a good perspective to have for any goal. There are an awful lot of extremists running the game right now who need…Pharyngula
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Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth.www.esa.int
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Never DIY a repair, and other do’s and don’ts of home electricity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2025/05/12/electrical-safety-tips-home/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What’s Behind the Enduring India-Pakistan Conflict?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/roots-of-india-pakistan-conflict-what-to-know-about-kashmir-ceasefire-deal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wo Licht auf Vergänglichkeit trifft - Die Kapelle auf dem Alten Friedhof in Gießen / Germany
Aufgenommen im Frühling 2025
#AlterFriedhof #Gießen #mittelhessen #hessen #fotografie #photography #Vergänglichkeit #cemeteryphotography #lightandshadow #architecturephotography #silentbeauty #schwarzweissfotografie
#tranquility #deutschland
Le rapport annuel 2024 de la @CNIL vient de sortir : +20 % de violations signalées, 87 sanctions prononcées, focus sur l'encadrement de l’IA…
Une lecture précieuse pour les développeurs, DPO, et toutes les équipes tech qui manipulent des données. On y parle aussi accompagnement, pédagogie et innovation.
🔗 cnil.fr/fr/rapport-annuel-2024
#RGPD #Dev #Tech #IA #Sécurité #Données #CNIL #VeilleTech
Rapport annuel : le bilan et les actions marquantes de la CNIL en 2024
Chaque année, la CNIL publie son rapport d'activité pour faire le point sur ses actions autour de ses quatre grandes missions : informer et protéger le grand public, accompagner et conseiller les professionnels et les pouvoirs publics, anticiper et i…www.cnil.fr
"When the Trump administration shut down Voice of America in March, it silenced one of the few sources of accurate information in countries without a free press," James P. Rubin writes.
"What’s worse is that American defenses against foreign disinformation are being eliminated as well." wapo.st/4iPWIKY
Escritório de presidente da Federação PP-União já recebeu R$ 1,5 milhão da Caixa - Paulo Figueiredo
Contratos com o banco público coincidem com a ascensão política do advogado e líder da nova federação entre PP e União Brasil O escritório Rueda & Rueda Advogados, fundado por Antonio Rueda, presidente da federação partidária recém-lançada entre PP e…Suhely Bueno (Paulo Figueiredo)
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Papa Leone XIV sceglie una Volkswagen nera, rompendo con lo stile sobrio della Fiat 500 di Papa Francesco. Simbolismo e tradizione a confronto.
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Volkswagen nera e simbolismo papale
Papa Leone XIV rompe con lo stile sobrio della Fiat 500 di Papa Francesco.Simone Fiderlisi (Motori.it)
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1º computador do mundo que combina cérebro humano com silício está disponível
https://canaltech.com.br/inovacao/1o-computador-do-mundo-que-combina-cerebro-humano-com-silicio-esta-disponivel/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Neurons in brains use timing and synchronization in the way that they compute. This property seems essential for the flexibility and adaptability of biological intelligence. Modern AI systems discard this fundamental property in favor of efficiency and simplicity. We found a way of bridging the gap between the existing powerful implementations and scalability of modern AI, and the biological plausibility paradigm where neuron timing matters. The results have been surprising and encouraging.
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We introduce the Continuous Thought Machine (CTM), a novel neural network architecture designed to explicitly incorporate neural timing as a foundational element. Our contributions are as follows:
- We introduce a decoupled internal dimension, a novel approach to modeling the temporal evolution of neural activity. We view this dimension as that over which thought can unfold in an artificial neural system, hence the choice of nomenclature.
- We provide a mid-level abstraction for neurons, which we call neuron-level models (NLMs), where every neuron has its own internal weights that process a history of incoming signals (i.e., pre-activations) to activate (as opposed to a static ReLU, for example).
- We use neural synchronization directly as the latent representation with which the CTM observes (e.g., through an attention query) and predicts (e.g., via a projection to logits). This biologically-inspired design choice puts forward neural activity as the crucial element for any manifestation of intelligence the CTM might demonstrate."
#AI #NeuralNetworks #CTM #ContinuousThoughtMachine
Continuous Thought Machines
Introducing Continuous Thought Machines: a new kind of neural network model that unfolds and uses neural dynamics as a powerful representation for thought.Continuous Thought Machines
Il ministero degli esteri polacco ha annunciato la chiusura di un consolato russo, dopo aver accusato i servizi speciali di Mosca di essere responsabili dell’incendio di un centro commerciale nel 2024.
La Polonia chiude il consolato...
La Polonia chiude il consolato russo a Cracovia a causa di un atto di sabotaggio
Il 12 maggio il ministero degli esteri polacco ha annunciato la chiusura di un consolato russo dopo che Varsavia aveva accusato i servizi speciali di Mosca di essere responsabili dell’incendio di un centro commerciale nel 2024. LeggiRedazione (Internazionale)
Yesterday I led a #solarpunk #ttrpg #gameDesign workshop - alxd.org/build-a-better-world-… as a part of itch.io/jam/build-a-better-wor… #gamejam !
It's available on YouTube - youtube.com/watch?v=6yuozcuXju… and PeerTube - tube.tchncs.de/w/apk1VqSPFA5ym…
We discussed how to represent hope, communities, technology-as-infrastructure and its cultural effects in game mechanics, building stories which give players agency in the face of the overwhelming disasters.
#games #rpg #futurism #climateChange #climate
Build a Better World TTRPG Jam Solarpunk Workshop
Game jam banner art by Roque Romero Continuing research into the topic of game design from my previous overview post I was a positively surprised to find a Build a Better World TTRPG Jam: “We live in capitalism,” said Le Guin, “Its power seems inesca…alxd - solarpunk hacker
L'immagine è un'illustrazione in stile acquerello che raffigura due maiali. Il maiale a sinistra è rappresentato in modo realistico, con dettagli come la pelle grassa, le orecchie e il muso. Il maiale a destra è caricaturale, con una testa umana che ha capelli spettinati e una faccia che sembra arrabbiata. Entrambi i maiali sono grassi e hanno un aspetto sgraziato, con macchie sulla pelle. Il maiale a destra ha anche un'espressione di disgusto e ci sono insetti intorno alla testa. Sul terreno ci sono piccoli dettagli come escrementi e macchie di fango. L'artista ha firmato l'opera con "KUNE" in basso a sinistra.
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FAMOUS MARLBOROUGH ANTINOUS GEM NOW ON DISPLAY AT GETTY MUSEUM
THE Getty Museum of Los Angeles has put on display the famous Marlborough Antinous gem, which the museum bought for $2,115,000 at auction a...antinousstars.blogspot.com
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(1/2) Heute Abend startet die Jahresversammlung der #Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) an der #Universität #Magdeburg.
Gemeinsam mit @WissRat hatte die #HRK im April ihre #Solidarität mit den #Forschenden in den USA erklärt
👉 wissenschaftsrat.de/DE/Home/Bu…
und festgestellt: 📣 „Die wissenschaftsfeindliche Politik der Regierung #Trump ist aus Sicht von WR und HRK eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für die amerikanische und internationale Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft.“
Jawohl, dem stimmt das Aktionsbündnis neue #sozialeMedien ausdrücklich zu. 👏
Aus unserer Sicht gehen die Entwicklungen in den #USA auf die verantwortungslose Nutzung von Internet-Plattformen wie #X u.a. zurück, auf denen völlig ungehindert #Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit, #Hass und #Hetze verbreitet werden.
Die #Hochschulen 👩🎓 👨🎓 in Deutschland sollten zur Nutzung von wirklich sozialen Medien wie #Mastodon übergehen, wie wir es in unserer Petition
👉 openpetition.de/UnisInsFediver… vorgeschlagen haben.
#UnisInsFediverse #eXit #WissXit #SaveSocial #WissKomm
Aktuelles - Solidarität mit Einrichtungen und Forschenden in den USA
(09.04.2025) Der Wissenschaftsrat (WR) und die Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) kritisieren Angriffe auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit und erklären ihre Solidarität mit US-amerikanischen Einrichtungen, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern.Wissenschaftsrat
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An update posted yesterday to Liz Cullinane's GoFundMe appeal for my wife and me:
"Last night, Given suffered an episode of atrial fibrillation. It was her third in the last four months. She spent New Years Eve in a public hospital in the nearby town of Ejido as she did in February, a week after Valentine's Day.
"Given has suffered a chronic form of the condition for nearly a decade. Aggressive episodes used to occur every six months, each requiring hospitalisation and cardioversion (a procedure in which the heart is stopped and restarted under anaesthetic). She underwent a laser ablation of the heart in Berlin but an error in the procedure put her in intensive care for ten days. A change of medication following another episode in England felt promising when, for the first time, her heart got through eighteen months without the slightest flutter.
"Until this year.
"It is clear that Given needs much better specialist care than she receives as a transient patient in different emergency words across Europe. She has had to bear the costs of these visits as a private patient (our prescription medications already cost about €uro 300 a month, depending on where we are) and although it has been a financial strain, it is a mere fraction of what we would have had to spend in the USA, even if we were fortunate enough to be insured.
"This latest episode underscores the urgency of our quest to settle somewhere and through a temporary residence, gain access to a national health care system and the regular care of competent physicians and specialists. Not to put too fine a point on it, our lives depend on it.
"We had planned to sail eastwards to Italy as soon as we re-launch the boat. But we are now considering an interim plan to fly to Rome, where we could stay with friends and where, also, we know excellent specialists who are willing to review both Given’s and my health and organise essential tests with an understanding of our limited finances. Some hospital services would be covered by a reciprocal healthcare agreement Australia has with Italy.
"We could leave Wrack ashore here in Almerimar and maybe even put her up for sale, the proceeds of which could help us rent somewhere. But old boats sell exceedingly slowly and in the meantime we would be adrift and shelterless. There is still no certainty that we will be granted residency anywhere — and thus be allowed to work and support ourselves, however modestly — even though we are optimistic. That said, a month or two anywhere would allow me to finish (finally) my long-promised book for the Dutch publisher, Thomas Rap.
"It is a desperate, complicated situation for which there are no simple solutions. Neither Given nor I have homes to which we can return. The help of this community has enabled us to survive 'in the wild' for a few years now but with the world the way it is, these days, we know that all of you are being confronted by the need to harbour your resources.
"This weekend, a dear friend had to lend us money so we could get groceries. We haven’t eaten much in order to invest in ensuring Wrack's seaworthiness. I spent today sitting with Given, whose heartbeat is still erratic, keeping her calm, staring at a heart monitor, and listening to the depth of her every breath as she rests.
"I wish this was a more positive update, especially as we have almost completed Wrack's maintenance and repair, thanks to you all and the community Liz Cullinane has created for us here. Given and I long for a different, more hopeful, less fear-filled narrative of our lives. Nonetheless, we are grateful for everything you have given us.
"Thank you."
Given had a significant set-back this afternoon when her 'low-level' tachycardia became something else and she collapsed in my arms, her body suffused suddenly by a gelid sweat. A young cardiologist intervened quickly to decellerate her heart rate as a crash team shooed me away.
Two hours later, her heart rate was steady, her blood pressure normal.
A new issue affecting her heart has been identified, although we need an English-speaking cardiologist to clarify for us what it is and how we should deal with it.
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Apple’s upcoming iOS 19 will simplify public Wi-Fi connections by allowing devices to automatically reconnect to previously visited networks, ideal for frequent travelers. The update will also sync Wi-Fi access portals across devices, eliminating the need to re-enter details on each one.
#iOS19 #AppleUpdate #PublicWiFi #Privacy #Security #WWDC2025 #TechNews #TECHi
Read Full Article Here :- techi.com/ios-19-auto-public-w…
IOS 19 Poised to Streamline Tedious Public Wi-Fi Logins Dramatically - TECHi
A feature intended to make connecting to public Wi-Fi networks easier will be included in Apple's iOS 19. By allowing devices to automatically connect toMunazza Shaheen (TECHi)
🇩🇪 Germany has shifted its policy on weapons transparency: Gov’t spokesman Stefan Kornelius says Berlin will no longer publicly confirm details of missile aid, including Taurus. “We can’t disclose how cruise missile support currently looks,” he noted.
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Ultimatum an Putin!: Bundesregierung verlangt Waffenruhe noch heute | Politik
Es bleibt bei dem, was Merz in Kiew sagte – auch, wenn in Istanbul Verhandlungen laufen.Philip Fabian (BILD)
You could still declare "Miscellaneous items, and another 5000 helmets"... 😉
Every bit helps.
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US, China reach deal to cut trade deficit, US officials say, details on Monday — Reuters
Bessent told reporters that details would be announced on Monday and that U.S. President Donald Trump was fully aware of the results of the "productive talks"TASS
Chinese government data: Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones, including iPhones, dropped by 49.6% YoY to 1.887M in March 2025 (Reuters)
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Chinese government data: Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones, including iPhones, dropped by 49.6% YoY to 1.887M in March 2025
From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Elon Musk says the US is running a 'quiet trial' of Trump's $5 million gold card for the ultrawealthy
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#ImpeachTrumpNow #NoRepublicansEverAgain #RepublicansOwnItAll #RepublicanKakistocracy #VoteBlue #NoFascism #USPol
Elon Musk says Trump's $5 million gold card plan is being trialled
Trump's gold card immigration program is intended to replaced the EB-5 visa and provide faster residency for wealthy investors.Thibault Spirlet (Business Insider)
How Donald Trump Jr. is cashing in on his dad's presidency
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#ImpeachTrumpNow #NoRepublicansEverAgain #RepublicansOwnItAll #RepublicanKakistocracy #VoteBlue #NoFascism #USPol
How Donald Trump Jr. is making money off the presidency: 1789 Capital
Elon Musk is getting Pentagon contracts. Through a VC firm called 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr. stands to benefit.Bethany McLean (Business Insider)
I #materiali sintetici sono tanti e ovunque e c'è chi sta studiando la soluzione migliore per dargli una seconda, ma anche terza, quarta vita #economiacircolare #Pink&Green #plastica #ricicloplastica #greenplanner
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Infinita vita ai materiali sintetici recuperati e riciclati
I materiali sintetici sono tanti e ovunque e c'è chi sta studiando la soluzione migliore per dargli una seconda, ma anche terza, quarta vitaM.Cristina Ceresa (Edizioni Green Planner)
"Externsteine"
Hike in the Teutoburg Forest..
#Fotografie #Photography
#BlackAndWhite #schwarzweiss #Monochrome
#Externsteine #Detmold
Alliance Defending Freedom: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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in reply to pzmyers 🕷 • • •the "genitals inspection" sounds like a rule made by pedophiles rapists ...
but what do i know, im just an old human ape ...
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