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Lobsters<p>Rust is indeed woke via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@dpk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dpk</span></a></span> <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/dq7p95" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/dq7p95</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c</span></a>++ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a><br><a href="https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/19480.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diziet.dreamwidth.org/19480.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
Smithsonian Roulette<p>title: J. K. Mortimer<br>artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894<br>source: National Portrait Gallery<br>notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a><br><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M1213" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M</span><span class="invisible">1213</span></a></p>
NationalMuseumAust Roulette<p>The Blue Mts, NSW, Katoomba Falls</p><p>Postcard from a painting that depicts 'THE BLUE MTS N.S.W. / KATOOMBA FALLS' by A.H. Fullwood, Ralph Tuck and Sons' 'Wide-Wide-World' series of Oilett…</p><p>Card, Ink</p><p>Katoomba Falls, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia<br> <br><a href="https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/32750" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/</span><span class="invisible">hw/EMU.EMUIRN/32750</span></a> <br> <br>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I've noticed that any man who claims to believe in the whole "alpha-beta" thing is usually the most "beta" man ever, insecure, and trying to make themselves feel better by thinking their misogyny is manly.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incel</span></a> culture is filled with this belief.</p><p>Meanwhile they don't realize most women (and people) don't want protection, money, dominance, or muscles-</p><p>They want <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a>, which an "alpha" is incapable of, as they lack compassion, kindness, and just want control.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationships</span></a></p>
Harvard Art Roulette<p>The King Drinks<br>Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756 - 1834), German<br>18th century<br><a href="https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/242862" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvardartmuseums.org/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons/object/242862</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a></p>
Smithsonian Roulette<p>title: Indian Group<br>artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894<br>source: National Portrait Gallery<br>notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a><br><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M2590" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M</span><span class="invisible">2590</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>It's about time…<br>Jeff Geerling<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span><br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Humanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanic</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Timekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timekeeping</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPi</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT71UvUxhjU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zT71UvUxhj</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p>
Culture | The Guardian US<p>Drawing bought by Pennsylvania woman for $12 could be by Renoir <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/renoir-drawing-pennsylvania-auction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/28/renoir-drawing-pennsylvania-auction</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Pierre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pierre</span></a>-AugusteRenoir <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Artanddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artanddesign</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drawing</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
Harvard Art Roulette<p>Hemilitron of Syracuse<br>Bronze<br>c. 405 BCE<br><a href="https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/177271" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvardartmuseums.org/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons/object/177271</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>And finally, new data from Nameberry says people in red states are giving their kids the classic Jewish name Cohen (sometimes with the spelling Kohen). Our <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CultureDesk</span></a></span> featured this Forward story by Benyamin Cohen and Mira Fox, who are trying to figure out why. Theories include that people are naming their children after the directing duo the Coen brothers, or that it’s a co-opting by Christians of Jewish traditions. Says Benyamin: “I think it’s clever to give pets human names. We have chickens and each one is named after an NPR broadcaster. We have Terry Gross, Yuki Noguchi, Nina Totenberg and so on. We’re actually on our third Melissa Block. The first two, alas, are in chicken heaven now.” Mira replies: “And they all, of course, have your last name.” Benyamin: “Yes, yes. We call them the Co-Hens. I wonder what Nameberry would think of that.”</p><p><a href="https://forward.com/culture/707893/kohen-mira-baby-name-popularity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forward.com/culture/707893/koh</span><span class="invisible">en-mira-baby-name-popularity/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Names</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedStates</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Smithsonian Roulette<p>title: Lester Wallack<br>artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894<br>source: National Portrait Gallery<br>notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a><br><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M4008" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M</span><span class="invisible">4008</span></a></p>
A Sweet Gentleman<p>They're a (goose) step away to call it "degenerate art".</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-smith</span><span class="invisible">sonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smithsonian</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The weather forecast is predicting rain for this weekend's full bloom, disrupting cherry blossom-viewing picnic plans, so paintings in bloom might just be the next best thing. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/03/28/art/sakura-art-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/28/art/sakura-art-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sakura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sakura</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exhibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exhibitions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japaneseart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japaneseart</span></a></p>
Karsten Schmidt<p>The map is not the terrain.</p><p>With all the new updates this week, a reminder that LLMs are an excellent illustration of the attempted shifts to redefine what we usually call art (and knowledge/skill) to be almost entirely separate from its creation process and from its original meaning, context, environment and situation which lead to its creation. Being trained on digital reproductions of artworks and some select metadata, these models are fundamentally constrained to identify patterns for regenerating simulacra, their usage purely symbolic — a user-driven form of meme-style cultural sampling, pure semiotic “affiliation by association”, a kitschy clip-art-esque usage of looks, styles and aesthetics, entirely decoupled and devoid of history, meaning, context, incentives and other factors of (art) making/learning. A total lack of embodiment. Make this look like that. Baby portraits in Rembrandt's style, Ghibli used for PFPs or to create Neo-Nazi propaganda. Who cares?!</p><p>The great homogenizer.</p><p>Even for me as an artist primarily using non-LLM-based generative techniques for 25+ years, training a model on a corpus of my own works and then having it churn out new derivations, other than a case study, it would completely counter any of the creative &amp; systemic investigations I'm after with most of my works. LLMs turn everything into a sampling and prompting workflow. Replicating a (non-existent) house style is the very thing I'm least interested in!</p><p>Triteness re-invented.</p><p>Removed from any original intentions of the consumed works enslaved in their training corpus, ignorant to the emotional states of their creators, free from the pains and joys and myriads of micro-decisions of art making, of the social context and the limitations (physical, material, skill) which led people to search for expressing their inner thoughts &amp; feelings via artistic means... AI enthusiasts celebrate this new contextual freedom as creative breakthrough, but it’s always the same underlying sentiment behind: “The final original idea was that everything had already been done before.”</p><p>The Exascale mindset.</p><p>From the ravenous assembling of training datasets by ferociously crawling &amp; harvesting absolutely anything which can be possibly found and accessed online, entirely disregarding author &amp; privacy rights and social/technical contracts of acceptable use, the energy consumption for model training at a scale competing with developed nation states, to the abrasive social and political engineering and the artificial inflation of framing this tech as beneficial and inevitable to our societies. Most of the news &amp; tech media, always hungry for clickbait, YouTubers able to create decades’ worth of new content — everyone happily lapping up any press-releases and amplifying the hype. Are there any responsible adults left where it currently matters most?</p><p>This ignorance-by-design isn’t about LLMs or their impact on art: The wider discussion is about how a tiny group of people with access to quasi-unlimited resources, capital and politicians is attempting to redefine what human culture is and to treat it (us) like just another large-scale mining operation, converting millennia of lived human experience, learning &amp; suffering into monopolized resources for total extraction/monetization, filtered, curated, controlled and eventually sold back as de facto truth, with original provenance and meaning annihilated or vastly distorted to fit new purposes and shifting priorities/politics...</p><p>Don’t let the map become the terrain!</p><p>---</p><p>Two quotes by Friedrich A. Kittler as related food for thought:</p><p>“What remains of people is what media can store and communicate.”</p><p>“Understanding media is an impossibility, because conversely, the prevailing communication techniques remote-control all understanding and create all of its illusions.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/NoteToSelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoteToSelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/Quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quote</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>susankayequinn</span></a></span> Here's another article by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brianmerchant</span></a></span> : <a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openais-studio-ghibli-meme-factory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai</span><span class="invisible">s-studio-ghibli-meme-factory</span></a><br>"AI giants are indeed eating away at the livelihoods and dignity of working artists, and this devouring, appropriating, and automation of the production of art, of culture, at a scale truly never seen before, should not be underestimated as a menace"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StudioGhibli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudioGhibli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scraping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copyrightInfringement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyrightInfringement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a></p>
Pete Prodoehl 🍕<p>"A Living History Of The Mid 90's Rave Scene" you know, if you're into that (or were into that.)</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://ravearchive.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ravearchive.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>The lifecycle of Rome was: Republic, Empire, then a millennia of Theocratic State, before capitalist <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/institutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>institutions</span></a> tolerated <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a>, economic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> exchange by the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/subaltern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subaltern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/counterpublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>counterpublic</span></a> in their midst.</p><p>If that pattern of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> is applied to the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> Republic, the Creepy Weirdos intend to speed-run…all of it.</p>
Warner Crocker<p>The whitewashing continues. </p><p>“Improper Ideology.” How Long Before They Just Call It Degenerate Art? <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a><br><a href="https://warnercrocker.com/2025/03/28/improper-ideology-how-long-before-they-just-call-it-degenerate-art/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">warnercrocker.com/2025/03/28/i</span><span class="invisible">mproper-ideology-how-long-before-they-just-call-it-degenerate-art/</span></a></p>
Smithsonian Roulette<p>title: Unidentified Man<br>artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894<br>source: National Portrait Gallery<br>notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a><br><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M2630" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M</span><span class="invisible">2630</span></a></p>
Harvard Art Roulette<p>Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694-1778)<br>Giovanni Battista Nini (1717 - 1786), Italian, born Urbino, Italy<br>Terracotta<br>1781<br><a href="https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230304" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvardartmuseums.org/collecti</span><span class="invisible">ons/object/230304</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a></p>
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