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🌾Have you ever seen a silo like this? I came across this massive structure deep in the Florida woods at the site of a former railroad community that has all but disappeared. It appears to be made of terracotta bricks or glazed tiles, unlike any other silo I’ve seen...

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An endangered world heritage: Taiwanese hand-painted tiles In this reel workers race to save painted tiles reliefs from yet another traditional house slated for demolition. In the past wealthy Taiwanese would hire artisans to create elaborate tile “paintings” for the front of their homes. These one-of-a-kind works of art showcased the family’s wealth. The home owners also believed they protected the family from evil/brought good luck. This tradition was developed during the Japanese colonization of Taiwan, a blend of Japanese decorative tiles and Chinese themes. Sadly this practice ended after the arrival of the KMT on Taiwan. The ability to create this beautiful artistry has also disappeared as artisans passed away with nobody interested in continuing the tradition. #Taiwan #history #art #tradition #architecture #tiles
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An endangered world heritage: Taiwanese hand-painted tiles In this reel workers race to save painted tiles reliefs from yet another traditional house slated for demolition. In the past wealthy Taiwanese would hire artisans to create elaborate tile “paintings” for the front of their homes. These one-of-a-kind works of art showcased the family’s wealth. The home owners also believed they protected the family from evil/brought good luck. This tradition was developed during the Japanese colonization of Taiwan, a blend of Japanese decorative tiles and Chinese themes. Sadly this practice ended after the arrival of the KMT on Taiwan. The ability to create this beautiful artistry has also disappeared as artisans passed away with nobody interested in continuing the tradition. #Taiwan #history #art #tradition #architecture #tiles

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It's with a heavy heart I'm here in Damascus at the Mar Elias Church, the site of a suicide bomber on June 22, who came in this entrance, shot several people, and then killed himself right here with a bomb that killed 30 and wounded over 50. This was the first attack in decades in Damascus, so it shook the Christian community here and throughout Syria. But it also united the Syrians against these kinds of terrorist attacks. In fact, I was surprised to learn from the priests here that a majority of the people that came in to clean up the day after the bombing were actually the Muslim neighbors, along with the Christian neighbors. And when they collected donations for the families and church, a majority (85%) of them were from the Muslim community. This shows that while there are sectarian divisions in Syria caused by decades of brutal Assad rule that was meant to divide these religious communities, there's a desire to live in peace together. And the way the community responded to this horrific attack just shows that there's hope for Syria. Please pray for Syria, pray for the Christians still recovering from this horrific attack in the neighborhood, and for all the people of Syria - Sunni, Christian, Arab, Kurd, Alawite, Yazidi, Druze, and others that mostly want to live together in peace in an inclusive Syria. The last shot of this video shows the martyrs from this horrific attack. Please continue to pray for their families, this community, and this beautiful country.
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My upcoming release of "Cinematic AI" has made me think about how bodies of work are formed. I think some are manifested and some are revealed. I think "Cinematic AI" falls into the latter category. It was not something I had a clear vision for and then created, but it was something that was revealed to me over time. I thought I saw a glimmer of it early on, but only after some time had past, could I see the body of work emerge. With a bit more context and watching great artists and how they work and think, it finally came to me that this series of 15-20 pieces that I had created could be a worthy collection to mint. AI art has been going through so many transformations from the early GAN work to Collaborative AI to now AI being widely accessible through platforms like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and many others. But one area that I have seen explode in recent months is cinematic AI. I distinguish this from animated AI, which has been around for a while, but cinematic AI is where the movements created by AI are getting closer to what you'd see in a movie or captured on a video camera. It still has a long way to go but it is getting more real than surreal as the technology develops. And this is where I seem to have found my groove, my home, my little corner in the artistic landscape. After Runway launched their image-to-video tool, it just blew my mind and I went down a deep rabbit hole and have created a new cinematic AI piece almost every other day for the past few months. I initially saw many of these pieces as just experiments, but with some time to reflect, I am seeing them as having the potential of being relevant pieces of artwork to mark this time in the development of AI. In some cases, I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to create a similar piece again, since the tools I use are not in my control, but in the control of the AI platforms, who are constantly improving and evolving the tools. Given all of this, there is no better way to mark my place in time than on the blockchain. I truly believe that this body of work has the potential to be an important artifact of this era in AI and AI art. It is always hard to judge ones own work, but what I can do is permanently etch in time on an immutable public database saying that I created this. Only time will tell if the work has any value or is of any significance, but who created it and what was created cannot be disputed. I hope this gives you and especially collectors some perspective on the work I'll be releasing next week. I'm still very early in my artistic journey, but hopefully some of you will see promise in what I'm doing and maybe even put in a early bet on my art practice by bidding on a piece next week. Thanks to all of you who have supported me, taught me, advised me, been a friend to me. Much love and respect.🙏 ------------------------------------- CINEMATIC AI October 25, 2023 Marking on the blockchain, establishing historical provenance for a cinematic AI body of work. Minting on Transient Labs ERC-721TL Listing on SuperRare

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I grew up in this house. This was the dream. An affordable house. This is the universal story of New York. People came here from all over, and by their sheer force of will they were going to be a success. That dream is slipping away in New York today, but it doesn’t have to. Join my campaign to Build a new New York City: Safety, Affordability & Opportunity for all.

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I played World of Warcraft for many, many years (stopped around early Cata days). The one thing that stood out to me more than anything was its massive size. It was literally a world. And it felt huge because you had to explore everything by foot (to start with anyway). This might be a hot take but I always felt that some of the magic got lost with the flying mounts and teleports later on. The upgrade from walking to getting your first mount was nice (it felt like a real milestone) but the flying mount and teleports turned a once massive world into a set of waypoints. I know it's all under the umbrella of convenience but I felt that the world really started to shrink and lost a big chunk of its charm. It wasn't about exploring anymore, it was about getting to the next dungeon or raid as fast as possible, relegating everything else to secondary importance, including all the little details, NPCs, caves, coastlines, mountains, and everything that that was once so wonderful to explore.

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"It felt like ETF investors threw in the towel at the start of Q2 and really sold aggressively. That seems to have turned in the last week or two" Matt Hougan, Bitwise CIO, on the ETF selloff and the early signs it's finally turning "Broadly we've seen massive outflows from ETF products over the past few months. The outflows really started in earnest at the start of Q2. Before that we'd see mixed inflows and outflows, it felt like a pretty normal market" "I think we may be into a new part of the market. But make no mistake, Q2 was awful for ETF land"
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"It felt like ETF investors threw in the towel at the start of Q2 and really sold aggressively. That seems to have turned in the last week or two" Matt Hougan, Bitwise CIO, on the ETF selloff and the early signs it's finally turning "Broadly we've seen massive outflows from ETF products over the past few months. The outflows really started in earnest at the start of Q2. Before that we'd see mixed inflows and outflows, it felt like a pretty normal market" "I think we may be into a new part of the market. But make no mistake, Q2 was awful for ETF land"

The Wolf Of All Streets

25,797 次观看 • 1 个月前

In early 18th-century Europe, the fashionable way for a gentleman to pose for a portrait was with his right hand tucked into his waistcoat. At first, this was an elite custom; a subtle signal of refinement. But as the style spread and was adopted by the middle classes, it lost its prestige. In time, it was even judged vulgar. Once “common” people began doing it, the gesture became gauche, and elites moved on to other ways to signal their high status. Today, the label "basic" often functions the same way: once a style or preference becomes widespread, it becomes undesirable; not because it changed, but because it no longer distinguishes you. By the time something is basic, it’s effectively the modern version of vulgar, gauche, or déclassé. That waistcoat example comes from Keith Thomas’s In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England.
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In early 18th-century Europe, the fashionable way for a gentleman to pose for a portrait was with his right hand tucked into his waistcoat. At first, this was an elite custom; a subtle signal of refinement. But as the style spread and was adopted by the middle classes, it lost its prestige. In time, it was even judged vulgar. Once “common” people began doing it, the gesture became gauche, and elites moved on to other ways to signal their high status. Today, the label "basic" often functions the same way: once a style or preference becomes widespread, it becomes undesirable; not because it changed, but because it no longer distinguishes you. By the time something is basic, it’s effectively the modern version of vulgar, gauche, or déclassé. That waistcoat example comes from Keith Thomas’s In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England.

Rob Henderson

14,714 次观看 • 7 个月前

The carnyx is an ancient musical instrument that best-known to have been used by the Celts during the Iron Age. Between 300 BC and 200 AD, the carnyx was used in many parts of Europe. In the ancient literary records, the carnyx is most commonly depicted as an instrument that accompanied Celtic warriors when they went into battle. Apart from literary sources, references to the carnyx have also been found on pieces of art and coins. Lastly, remains of this musical instrument have occasionally been found during archaeological excavations. The carnyx may be described as a type of war trumpet. This instrument was a valveless horn that was made of beaten bronze, and can be easily recognized due to its ſ-shape. Another distinct feature of the carnyx is its bell, which often depicts the head of some animal. Such animals include boars, dragons, serpents, birds and wolves. The bells of the carnyx were fashioned after these animals so as to strike fear into enemy warriors. Additionally, some bells were made with joints at the jaws, which would cause the animal’s head to move when the instrument was blown, thus adding to the psychological effect it had on the enemy. Whilst the sight of the carnyx struck fear into the hearts of the enemy, it was the sound of it, which has been described as lugubrious and harsh, that probably had a greater impact on enemy morale. It may be pointed out that it is unlikely that we will ever know how their carnyces had sounded. Nevertheless, it is possible to recreate this instrument, given that some of them have been found during archaeological excavations, and perhaps achieve a slightly better understanding of how this instrument worked. One example of a carnyx that has survived is the Deskford Carnyx, which was discovered in Deskford in Banffshire, Scotland. Only the head of this instrument was found, and it has been speculated that it had been buried as a votive offering to the gods. Although this instrument did not survive in its entirety, it provided enough information for a replica to be made. In order to recreate the rest of the carnyx, parallels, most notably artistic depictions from elsewhere in Europe were consulted. As a result, it is possible for us to hear the kind of sound a carnyx may have emitted when it was played. Nevertheless, the Deskford Carnyx is only one example of such an instrument. Prior to 2004, the remains of only five carynces were known. These instruments were found in Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Romania respectively. In November 2004, a deposit of seven carynces was unearthed at Tintignac, a Gallo-Roman site at Tintignac in the Corrèze region of southern France. One of these carnyces had a bell in the shape of a serpent’s head with huge ears. A recreation of this carnyx was also made, and the sound produced by this instrument was quite different from that of the Deskford Carnyx. Thus, it has been shown that there were different types of carnyces in existence. Additionally, the carnyx from Tintignac also forced experts to re-evaluate the way that this instrument was played. Prior to its discovery, it was thought that the carnyx was held vertically, as depicted in some pieces of ancient art. The carnyx from Tintignac, however, had a completely straight tube, as opposed to other carnyces which had a slight bend at the mouth end of the tube. This meant that the carnyx from Tintignac was most likely played more or less horizontally, rather than vertically. This has led to the speculation that the carnyx, though traditionally associated with warfare, may have had a ritualistic function, and had been used for other occasions, such as feasts, funerals and weddings, as well. #archaeohistories
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The carnyx is an ancient musical instrument that best-known to have been used by the Celts during the Iron Age. Between 300 BC and 200 AD, the carnyx was used in many parts of Europe. In the ancient literary records, the carnyx is most commonly depicted as an instrument that accompanied Celtic warriors when they went into battle. Apart from literary sources, references to the carnyx have also been found on pieces of art and coins. Lastly, remains of this musical instrument have occasionally been found during archaeological excavations. The carnyx may be described as a type of war trumpet. This instrument was a valveless horn that was made of beaten bronze, and can be easily recognized due to its ſ-shape. Another distinct feature of the carnyx is its bell, which often depicts the head of some animal. Such animals include boars, dragons, serpents, birds and wolves. The bells of the carnyx were fashioned after these animals so as to strike fear into enemy warriors. Additionally, some bells were made with joints at the jaws, which would cause the animal’s head to move when the instrument was blown, thus adding to the psychological effect it had on the enemy. Whilst the sight of the carnyx struck fear into the hearts of the enemy, it was the sound of it, which has been described as lugubrious and harsh, that probably had a greater impact on enemy morale. It may be pointed out that it is unlikely that we will ever know how their carnyces had sounded. Nevertheless, it is possible to recreate this instrument, given that some of them have been found during archaeological excavations, and perhaps achieve a slightly better understanding of how this instrument worked. One example of a carnyx that has survived is the Deskford Carnyx, which was discovered in Deskford in Banffshire, Scotland. Only the head of this instrument was found, and it has been speculated that it had been buried as a votive offering to the gods. Although this instrument did not survive in its entirety, it provided enough information for a replica to be made. In order to recreate the rest of the carnyx, parallels, most notably artistic depictions from elsewhere in Europe were consulted. As a result, it is possible for us to hear the kind of sound a carnyx may have emitted when it was played. Nevertheless, the Deskford Carnyx is only one example of such an instrument. Prior to 2004, the remains of only five carynces were known. These instruments were found in Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Romania respectively. In November 2004, a deposit of seven carynces was unearthed at Tintignac, a Gallo-Roman site at Tintignac in the Corrèze region of southern France. One of these carnyces had a bell in the shape of a serpent’s head with huge ears. A recreation of this carnyx was also made, and the sound produced by this instrument was quite different from that of the Deskford Carnyx. Thus, it has been shown that there were different types of carnyces in existence. Additionally, the carnyx from Tintignac also forced experts to re-evaluate the way that this instrument was played. Prior to its discovery, it was thought that the carnyx was held vertically, as depicted in some pieces of ancient art. The carnyx from Tintignac, however, had a completely straight tube, as opposed to other carnyces which had a slight bend at the mouth end of the tube. This meant that the carnyx from Tintignac was most likely played more or less horizontally, rather than vertically. This has led to the speculation that the carnyx, though traditionally associated with warfare, may have had a ritualistic function, and had been used for other occasions, such as feasts, funerals and weddings, as well. #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

13,852 次观看 • 7 个月前

.DHH credits Marc Andreessen Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 with helping him the most during the darkest time of his professional life: "It was during that rough going where Andreessen came in. We were a small company of 60 people and 20 took the offer and left. That's almost a third of the company that decided to leave and we got to a point where we were thinking that not many more have to leave before we need to worry about whether we can keep the lights on. And it was actually Tobi who then put me in contact with Marc Andreessen because Marc had been exposed to this phenomenon at some of his portfolio companies. And Marc gave us reassurance and a bunch of contacts. Marc said, "Do you need someone to come in to help do programming or help with operations or whatever?" And I was floored by the generosity because Marc and I haven't always seen eye to eye on things. Especially in terms of venture capital. He's been one of the main faces of venture capital for decades and I've been kind of critical at times. And it was just a realization that all those grievances we might have thought to be so big once upon a time were actually minuscule. We were fighting the white walkers on the other side of the wall and all our internal squabbles were going to be for nothing if those f*ckers got inside the wall and destroyed everything. And that felt like a real threat at the time. That could've happened. They could very well have just ripped the whole thing apart. And Marc clearly saw that that this was a collective, almost existential threat to the entire industry. If these activists were able to take over these institutions in the same way that they have taken over academia we would be f*cked and not just for a little while but potentially for decades. That couldn't stand. And Marc was incredibly helpful not just in terms of these contacts and introductions and so on but it was very powerful. When you have literally 40,000 people on Twitter calling you all the worst things in the world even the strongest individual might go for a second like "Holy sh*t. The mob is coming for me and there's no one else there." And there are other people there. Tobi was there. Marc was there. And it was incredibly helpful to give us the fortitude to go like "No do you know what? We're going to stick with it. We're not going to grovel. We're not going to apologize. We're not going to revert." And then what Marc also did was he gave me a syllabus for understanding the history of wokeness going all the way back to the '60s and beyond. That this didn't just come as lightning from a blue sky. This had an institutional grounding that was set in motion particularly in the '60s and the long march through the institutions, Herbert Marcuse and a lot of The Frankfurt School and all of these groups that had designs on how to reshape society and create the revolution they so dearly wanted, but with a timeline and a roadmap that was demarcated in decades. That it wasn't just like "Well we're going to put something together and then in two years something's going to happen." No they were sitting in the fucking '60s fantasizing about how to overthrow everything in the 2000s. It's actually incredible in a Dr. Evil sense of it but when you're on the receiving end of it it seemed a little less incredible and it was just difficult not knowing where's this coming from? Why is this happening all of a sudden? Well it wasn't happening all of a sudden. There was this long history of it and when you understood that history it made a lot more sense. We weren't just making a rejection for our little corner of the world. We were chipping in in the great civilizational battle of where this country was going to go, whether the white walkers beyond the wall were going to win. And we were like "No they're not going to f*cking win. Get them out of that f*cking wall. Take your goddamn spear and fire it with maximum velocity."
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.DHH credits Marc Andreessen Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 with helping him the most during the darkest time of his professional life: "It was during that rough going where Andreessen came in. We were a small company of 60 people and 20 took the offer and left. That's almost a third of the company that decided to leave and we got to a point where we were thinking that not many more have to leave before we need to worry about whether we can keep the lights on. And it was actually Tobi who then put me in contact with Marc Andreessen because Marc had been exposed to this phenomenon at some of his portfolio companies. And Marc gave us reassurance and a bunch of contacts. Marc said, "Do you need someone to come in to help do programming or help with operations or whatever?" And I was floored by the generosity because Marc and I haven't always seen eye to eye on things. Especially in terms of venture capital. He's been one of the main faces of venture capital for decades and I've been kind of critical at times. And it was just a realization that all those grievances we might have thought to be so big once upon a time were actually minuscule. We were fighting the white walkers on the other side of the wall and all our internal squabbles were going to be for nothing if those f*ckers got inside the wall and destroyed everything. And that felt like a real threat at the time. That could've happened. They could very well have just ripped the whole thing apart. And Marc clearly saw that that this was a collective, almost existential threat to the entire industry. If these activists were able to take over these institutions in the same way that they have taken over academia we would be f*cked and not just for a little while but potentially for decades. That couldn't stand. And Marc was incredibly helpful not just in terms of these contacts and introductions and so on but it was very powerful. When you have literally 40,000 people on Twitter calling you all the worst things in the world even the strongest individual might go for a second like "Holy sh*t. The mob is coming for me and there's no one else there." And there are other people there. Tobi was there. Marc was there. And it was incredibly helpful to give us the fortitude to go like "No do you know what? We're going to stick with it. We're not going to grovel. We're not going to apologize. We're not going to revert." And then what Marc also did was he gave me a syllabus for understanding the history of wokeness going all the way back to the '60s and beyond. That this didn't just come as lightning from a blue sky. This had an institutional grounding that was set in motion particularly in the '60s and the long march through the institutions, Herbert Marcuse and a lot of The Frankfurt School and all of these groups that had designs on how to reshape society and create the revolution they so dearly wanted, but with a timeline and a roadmap that was demarcated in decades. That it wasn't just like "Well we're going to put something together and then in two years something's going to happen." No they were sitting in the fucking '60s fantasizing about how to overthrow everything in the 2000s. It's actually incredible in a Dr. Evil sense of it but when you're on the receiving end of it it seemed a little less incredible and it was just difficult not knowing where's this coming from? Why is this happening all of a sudden? Well it wasn't happening all of a sudden. There was this long history of it and when you understood that history it made a lot more sense. We weren't just making a rejection for our little corner of the world. We were chipping in in the great civilizational battle of where this country was going to go, whether the white walkers beyond the wall were going to win. And we were like "No they're not going to f*cking win. Get them out of that f*cking wall. Take your goddamn spear and fire it with maximum velocity."

David Senra

523,754 次观看 • 1 个月前

I just called the number on the sign and was told by the first person that spoke with me that the homes were being sold to the public but you had to be Sikh to buy them. The second person, likely Manheet Singh of Juno Homes, was quick to correct the record and said the homes were open to anyone. He said the sign called it a “Sikh community” because it included a temple, and that there was a misunderstanding. I told him if a community with a Christian church in the center advertised itself as a “Christian community” it would skirt the line (and likely violate the Fair Housing Act). He argued Mormons build communities and prefer their own religion but allow others, and that the Sikh community is about believing in one God and is open to all. Under normal circumstances I would have identified myself as a member of the media but I called anonymously to ensure I received more honest answers. It was announced on the line before I started recording.
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I just called the number on the sign and was told by the first person that spoke with me that the homes were being sold to the public but you had to be Sikh to buy them. The second person, likely Manheet Singh of Juno Homes, was quick to correct the record and said the homes were open to anyone. He said the sign called it a “Sikh community” because it included a temple, and that there was a misunderstanding. I told him if a community with a Christian church in the center advertised itself as a “Christian community” it would skirt the line (and likely violate the Fair Housing Act). He argued Mormons build communities and prefer their own religion but allow others, and that the Sikh community is about believing in one God and is open to all. Under normal circumstances I would have identified myself as a member of the media but I called anonymously to ensure I received more honest answers. It was announced on the line before I started recording.

Jacob Stewart

34,627 次观看 • 1 个月前

3rd silver in a row ✅ ComradesRace personal best ✅ 07:26:34🥈 Yesterday was such a beautiful day, such a beautiful race and one that I had to dig deep from as early as 20km🙂 My pacing strategy played a huge role 👌🏽I will tell you all about it once It has sunk in and I am settled 🙂 A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CHEERED FOR ME ON THE ROAD AND THE SUPPORT TEAM FROM ALL ANGLES ♥️YOU GUYS CARRIES ME THROUGH TO THE FINISH 🥈THIS ONE IS FOR ALL OF US♥️
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3rd silver in a row ✅ ComradesRace personal best ✅ 07:26:34🥈 Yesterday was such a beautiful day, such a beautiful race and one that I had to dig deep from as early as 20km🙂 My pacing strategy played a huge role 👌🏽I will tell you all about it once It has sunk in and I am settled 🙂 A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CHEERED FOR ME ON THE ROAD AND THE SUPPORT TEAM FROM ALL ANGLES ♥️YOU GUYS CARRIES ME THROUGH TO THE FINISH 🥈THIS ONE IS FOR ALL OF US♥️

Sipho_Marima

27,403 次观看 • 1 年前