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@RobertKennedyJc Santa Rosa, CA. We never used to have it; now it's a regular thing

Serious Question🚨: Are you seeing chemtrails or geoengineering activity in your skies? Drop your city below. Let's compare notes! MAHA

Building a career in art is only a privilege in a society in which it's extraneous. If it were a genuine human necessity, being an artist would be a normal occupation like everything else. Humans can live without art. Life degrades on every level, & we gradually become sub-human. But this is what we're doing (& learning). Artists used to be valued. Now we're nice-to-haves. Hard mode.

No matter the obstacles, remember this: Art is a human necessity. Building a life, a career, an interest around it is a privilege. Act accordingly.

@leventnacakci @ernestoasch

Refik Anadol’s work frequently employs terms like “fluid dynamics,” “latent space,” and “algorithmic brushstrokes,” which give the viewer a false sense of intellectual depth. But the reality is this: these terms often serve to mask the artist’s aesthetic choices behind a façade of scientific authority. When the artist says, “I am visualizing bird sounds recorded in a forest,” the viewer is led to believe that the resulting image is a natural and objective representation of those sounds. However, as discussed earlier, the direction of the flow or the choice of color is entirely arbitrary. In a scientific experiment, input A should consistently produce output B, or at least the relationship should be demonstrable. Here, however, input A (bird sound) can be transformed into color C or motion D depending on the artist’s mood that morning. This is not an experiment; it is simply decoration. Phrases like “artificial intelligence is dreaming” or “data sculpture” mystify technical processes. Calling a pixel-generation process based on statistical probabilities “dreaming” is nothing more than presenting a basic mathematical regression as something magical. This causes the work to derive its power not from its own aesthetics, but from the “coolness” of science and technology. If we were to replace the bird sounds with the sound of a vacuum cleaner using the same “mapping” settings, we would still obtain a “mesmerizing” visual. In other words, the beauty of the image does not come from the essence of the data, but entirely from the artist’s graphics engine. In this context, extracting data from bird sounds is not a technical necessity, but rather a storytelling device—a marketing element of the project. Wrapping data in a scientific veneer reinforces the illusion that the work is “meaningful.” But once this illusion dissolves, what remains is merely a high-resolution “screensaver.” Real science uses data to understand reality; this kind of “art,” by contrast, uses data merely as spectacle. Instead of saying, “I shaped this data according to my own will and created something beautiful,” the artist claims: “Through scientific algorithms, I revealed the hidden architecture of the data.” This rhetoric is nothing more than putting on a mask of scientific authority to influence the viewer. This form of pseudo-scientific framing is monetized; data is dramatized, the viewer is drawn into a sense of technological awe, and reality is obscured through spectacle.

@PepenardoStudio on a related note

This painting has always mogged most other paintings

MAXIMAL SELF

@batzdu @shape @macbethAI best one yet, dayum!!!!!

just as the individual is the only defense against the mob the inner sun is the only defense against the dark wave + + +

an inner sun is dawning in many people and it must; it is essential it's the only defense against the dark wave

@BrianRoemmele With all due respect ser my issue w/ "the age of abundance" theory is that although we possess the tech & the potential, we deny each other abundance. Lies, power, & greed instead prevail, & historically, these don't go away with technology The tech pivots to strengthen them.

“How will YOUR Humanoid Robot make metal parts in The Age of Abundance?” This is one way…

pledging allegiance to united states of spiritual warfare

damn this is a beautiful piece. Thousands of crosses rising, fading, & looping to define the face. Go full screen to see what I mean. The rising & fading crosses, Xes, and dots in this work all indicate a soul mood — death, renewal, hope, etc. Sometimes I forget the love we put into this work & then I open one & it hits me Still gotta tell the story, i know!! That's coming soon! STEWARD

@IdMintThat so you're saying... you help artists grow their socials? 👀🤣

It amazes me how many people want socials roles who can’t even scale their own account above 1-2k. Sorry, that definitely means you probably wouldn’t be a good fit … bc the role is to grow… socials, ya know?

@SecWar @grok is this video AI? Looks AI to me.

UPDATE ON COVID-19 REINSTATEMENTS. We are extending the Department’s “reinstatement and return to service” guidance by an ADDITIONAL YEAR, allowing our Warriors of Conscience to return through April 1, 2027. We will continue correcting the wrongs of the Biden administration.

some will try to lead us astray all of them false many not even real x x x WRONG TURN x x x

"The Administration is proposing guardrails to ensure that AI can pursue truth and accuracy without limitation." Guardrails from the state have never furthered the pursuit of truth and accuracy. Truth cannot be directed or framed by central authority; it must emerge without respect to it. First Amendment is all you need.

@exlawyernft ser! Been wondering where you were!! You should be a lawyer!

It starts with banning ads for VPNs and ends with legally required KYC that is provided to the government to use a VPN. The UK government (among many others) is hostile to speech and anti-freedom. Every politician who supports mass surveillance and KYC to use the internet must be voted out of office.

@Ars0nic @shape @macbethAI Carnanog

Today was a big day for @shape with their token drop but also with the Maximals collection by @macbethAI. Which one is your favorite?