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New #job Learning Manager: Creative Careers @ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social #London Apply by Tue 30 Sep 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/learnin... #GEMJobs #MuseumJobs #CreativeJobs #Learning #Museums #YoungPeople #Culture #Participation #GEM
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New #job Learning Manager: Creative Careers @ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social #London Apply by Tue 30 Sep 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/learnin... #GEMJobs #MuseumJobs #CreativeJobs #Learning #Museums #YoungPeople #Culture #Participation #GEM
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New #job Learning Manager: Creative Careers @ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social #London Apply by Tue 30 Sep 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/learnin... #GEMJobs #MuseumJobs #CreativeJobs #Learning #Museums #YoungPeople #Culture #Participation #GEM
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GEM #job Creative Practitioner: Freelance @ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social #London Apply by Sun 21 Sep 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/creativ... #GEMJobs #FreelanceJobs #MuseumJobs #CreativeJobs #Learning #Museums #Freelance #Creative #GEM
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GEM #job Creative Practitioner: Freelance @ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social #London Apply by Sun 21 Sep 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/creativ... #GEMJobs #FreelanceJobs #MuseumJobs #CreativeJobs #Learning #Museums #Freelance #Creative #GEM
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GEM #job Creative Practitioner: Freelance @ltmuseumfriends.bsky.social #London Apply by Sun 21 Sep 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/creativ... #GEMJobs #FreelanceJobs #MuseumJobs #CreativeJobs #Learning #Museums #Freelance #Creative #GEM
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New #job Learning Coordinator @PallantGallery #Chichester #SouthEastEngland Apply by Tue 22 Apr 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/learnin... #GEMJobs #GalleryJobs #Learning #Engagement #Art #CreativeJobs #Culture #Heritage #GEM
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The Labyrinth 40th Anniversary review
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Had a rare family movie night at the cinema this past weekend, seeing the 40th Anniversary reissue of The Labyrinth. My kiddo didn't want to see Avatar 3, so given that this classic was something that my wife had watched over and over on VHS as a kid, Labyrinth it was! The digital transfer from film for this was really good, with no real flaws in it, apart from some noticeable grain from the opening scenes. The kiddo enjoyed it for the most part, although they said they didn't really think they would want to ever see it again. My kiddo noted that it seemed like the main character of Sara was a schizophrenic. The wifey & I both thought it was really fun though.
A few thoughts from it:
The most stark realization, was that the equivalent of my kiddo watching a film from 1986, was if we had watched a movie from 1946 when this first came out. Twas a time before the internet, and besides the minimal (but obvious) green screening, relied almost always on the joys of puppetry, from some masters at it, and on practical effects. But I think for my kiddo the cultural time shift was the equivalent of when I would watch post-WWII era black & white movies when I was a kid.
Toby Froud, who played the baby Toby, is now 41 years old. Incredibly he ended up working as a special effects designer, puppeteer, and filmmaker, following in director Jim Henson's footsteps. One thing I felt in watching the film this time, was feeling a little bad for him given how much scene time he was crying.
David Bowie came off as iconic as ever for me. Given there are a few lines he delivers a little stiffly, this isn't his best performance as an actor (you'd have to go to "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" for that I think) but you can also get the feeling he's being a good sport and having great fun with the Muppets from it as well. This release occurs on the 10 year memorial of Bowie's passing too, so seeing him up there hit on that level too.
The Goblin King Jareth does come off to me more in some scenes as a creepy groomer, on this rewatch. During the ballroom dancing scene my kiddo said to me "I don't like this part", and I appreciated that, given that I don't think in retrospect that we should.
Jennifer Connelly's performance was great. Given it was usually just her and some puppets, she carried the movie incredibly well.
The songs are a joy. The wife and I used to perform "Magic Dance" often when we were part of the 20 piece This Ambitious Orchestra, during the various Bowie tribute nights we performed at in various NYC venues 13+years ago, so it was fun to hear the original again.
And Jim Henson's creations were brilliant. I still heart Ludo the troll as my favorite of these, noting the following day after watching this flick the wifey and I were walking around saying "smells bad" in imitation of its voice. This was Henson's final film that he got to direct, and when it came out the box office and critics reviews were that it was "mid" - but very glad to see that this flick was acknowledged as a gem later in its life.
#TheLabyrinth #DavidBowie #JenniferConnelly #JimHenson #TheMuppets #cinema #film #movies #entertainment -
Discover Laxe, Spain's hidden gem 🌴, with its stunning beaches and unique Glass Beach 🌊. Get ready for the 2026 solar eclipse 🌞 and indulge in local seafood.
#Europe #Travel #Laxe #Spain #Galicia #BeachLife #SolarEclipse #GlassBeach
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Being a member of the British Science Fiction Association, I get access to the deep analytical thoughts of academics on the subject. And now this absolute gem has appeared, exploring the diversity of on-line presences available to those wishing to move away from the algorithmic doom-scrolling, and the philosophical drives for these alt-systems. I love this!
#writing #reading #indieweb #smolweb #selfhosted #scifi #bsfa #mastodon
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#RecordOfTheDay #nowPlaying #vinyl #vinylCollection #vinylCommunity #recordCollection #usedVinyl #music #musique
Eddy Grant - Going for Broke
Not knowing anything outside ’Electric Avenue’ (still a banger track) I really hoped I’d find a forgotten gem here. Alas, not a good album. Despite his terrific voice, it suffers from being one dude in a studio in the 80s. None of the songs are strong enough to overcome the production. It’s like demos for a much better recorded with a full band.
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Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski updates injury status after wasted gem vs. Padres https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/698701/ #Baseball #Brewers #JacobMisiorowski #Milwaukee #MilwaukeeBrewers #MilwaukeeBrewers #MLB #MLBInjury #PatMurphy
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Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski updates injury status after wasted gem vs. Padres https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/698701/ #Baseball #Brewers #JacobMisiorowski #Milwaukee #MilwaukeeBrewers #MilwaukeeBrewers #MLB #MLBInjury #PatMurphy
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#MLBVideos: An unlikely Maddux … and a Skenes gem! | Morning Lineup (MLB Daily Recap) https://www.rawchili.com/4999156/ #Baseball #BaseballHighlights #BaseballVideos #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MlbHighlights #MLBVideos #MLBVlog #sports #SportsHighlights #video #videos #Vlog
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#MLBVideos: An unlikely Maddux … and a Skenes gem! | Morning Lineup (MLB Daily Recap) https://www.rawchili.com/4999156/ #Baseball #BaseballHighlights #BaseballVideos #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MlbHighlights #MLBVideos #MLBVlog #sports #SportsHighlights #video #videos #Vlog
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Kein gutes Zeichen für den #Energieverbrauch und die #Wärmewende: Der Absatz neuer #Fenster sinkt in den letzten Jahren, und das trotz der weiter vorne gezeigten Zunahme der Wohneinheiten! Das steht diametral zur Erfordernis, die #Sanierungsquote zu erhöhen, und dürfte mit ein Grund sein, warum die #Klimaziele vom #Gebäudesektor gem. #KSG immer wieder gerissen werden! Ursächlich dürfte auch der ständige Sermon einzelner Akteure sein, Sanierungen schlechtzureden (Initiative Praxispfad; Architekt:innen; Wohnungswirtschaft wie #HausUndGrund u.a.) und damit Verunsicherung zu schaffen - eine sehr bedenkliche Entwicklung! #Fenster 8/x
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Jein, @StefanLosch - erstens gibt es auch im bestehenden #EnEfG kaum s.g. #goldplating (also über EU-Vorgaben der #EED hinausgehen). Zweitens gehörten die Ziele gem. Art 4 da schon gar nicht dazu. Drittens ist es rechtlich mindestens zweifelhaft und von der öffentlichen Wirkung bescheuert, den alten Art. 4 dann komplett zu streichen (bzw mit was gänzlich neuem zu ersetzen) so wie es der Referentenentwurf vorsieht, denn materiellrechtlich dürften die entsprechenden Vorgaben der EED weiter gelten i.e. via #NECP umgesetzt werden müssen. Viertens offenbart alleine die Denke, wonach ein auf Effizienz bzw Zukunftsfähigkeit trimmen schädlich sein könnte dermaßen Kurzsichtigkeit, dass es einem einmal mehr Angst und bange wird mit #gaskathi und #merzkannesnicht. Und fünftens und am rande wird schon noch spannend, ob ein downgrading der #Klimaschutz-gesetzgebung in Zeiten unerfüllter #KSG-Ziele überhaupt zulässig ist.
#effizienzwende #eff1st #Energieeffizienz #EnergieverbrauchRunter
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Another gem: “The glider project became more than an escape plan. It was hope, defiance, and a little bit of madness rolled into one.” That’s Colditz Castle in a nutshell.
#BookQuotes #WWIIStories #books
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Some Limitations of Gemini
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several days now I have been playing with Gemini, Google Takeout files and Flick Export files, first to re.marry json data to relevant exif fields, and then to create a folder structure library by year, month and day. In the process I have had to itterate, and itterate, and think lateraly in order to achieve what I wanted to achieve.
Verbose
One of the biggest frustrations I have is that when I ask a follow up question for more specific detail of something it re-calculates everything. If you ask "Is this output expected" and it says "yes" it then repeats everything from the previous post into the new post. In so doing it gives us a lot of reading, but it also makes it hard to keep track of what it's doing.
The work around would be to say "I want a one phrase answer" but, in my eyes Gemini should tell from context whether it needs to give a long or short answer. I could use a gem to alter the behaviour. I think this logic could be in-built. If you're paying for tokens this is wasteful.
Collaborating on text
With Google Docs, Word, Pages and in coding, sometimes it would be nice to get the output text, and be able to edit it within Gemini. If you're working on a motivation letter or a command prompt it would be nice to edit the LLM's output, and then press enter, and have the changes taken on board directly, rather than re-evaluating the entire document.
I use the motivation letter as an example because we know that AI is used to mark us as relevant or irrelevant, so AI, within this context is not as lazy. I wouldn't use it for blog posts because the writing process has value, to clarify and elaborate on ideas.
Blog Outline via LLM
Two or three blog posts ago, when I went through iteration after iteration to achieve what I wanted, because of the verbose nature of LLMs, as well as the LLM getting stuck in a logic loop, it takes more and more time to skim through to find the key steps. An LLM can do this in seconds.
Of course, it tends to want to explain. I asked for a phrase per point, and it added half a paragraph per point. I could feel that it wanted to write the post, rather than the skeleton outline.
Prone to Stereotyping
It often comes out with the phrase "As a person who runs or cycles between Lausanne and Geneva you ..." and then it continues with the answer. In plenty of contexts this has no value, and when I told it "I use a Suunto" it ignored that update and kept repeating the same two or three stereotypes.
It's a shame you can't present an LLM with a link to your blog, and your CV, and several motivation letters, and have it respond according to this information. Imagine if it could learn to give answers within the context of your professional background.
The Dangers of LLMs
LLMs are prone to flattery and generalisations. They are designed to give answers that feed your ego. That's something I found not to be the case with Euria. With Euria I asked two or three questions about news and current affairs and it, to my recollection, said, "You're wrong" and then explained why.
Experimenting with MyAI and Euria
Initially I tried to get Euria and MyAI to help me with this challenge but the responses were getting errors, and when I gave the error code one of the Swiss options simply put the mistake on me, rather than understanding what was causing the error. Bash was mis-reading the command due to a lack of ''. This segways into my next point.
Thinking in Straight Lines and Laterally
Location Data Loop
When we were getting the E6 error when exporting geotags from Flickr to Exiftool Gemini understood the problem but kept going around in circles until I thought laterally and told it to do something different. Eventually we got the location data to be migrated properly.
Missing Video Data Exif Loop
The second negative feedback loop came when trying to marry json data with video data. The LLM couldn't find video data because Flickr is designed to think in terms of photos. It knew about the thumbnails but it failed to put two and two together.
After some trial and error, and feeling like abandoning the task I decided to get Gemini to check if some video names matched to photo names. When they did Gemini was able to create a prompt to marry the data. The solution is simple, but it requires being able to think laterally.
And Finally - Why Gemini?
Gemini will soon be merged with Siri. Now that I have encountered some of the limitations of Gemini I can use other LLMs and see if I encounter the same issues, but I can also write more elegant prompts to avoid having the same pitfalls.
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The Raving Gamer, #Langley's beloved board game bistro, has closed, citing rising costs and #SkyTrain construction. A heartfelt farewell to a local gem.
https://www.langleyunion.ca/the-raving-gamer-closes-amid-skytrain-construction/
#Vancouver #LowerMainland #BritishColumbia #gaming #ttrpg #BCnews #FraserValley #Pixelfed #Canada
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The Raving Gamer, #Langley's beloved board game bistro, has closed, citing rising costs and #SkyTrain construction.
A heartfelt farewell to a local gem.
https://www.langleyunion.ca/the-raving-gamer-closes-amid-skytrain-construction/
#Vancouver #LowerMainland #BritishColumbia #BCnews #gaming #BCbusiness
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Wat Bezielt Mensen? Een Rondje Westwijk
... Waarom gooien mensen dit niet gewoon in een afvalbak op straat? Of thuis in hun eigen kliko? Hoe goor moet je zijn om te denken dat een ander het wel opruimt? Thuis strooi je je eten en afval toch ook niet door de woonkamer? ...
Column > https://www.mijnamstelveen.nl/wat-bezielt-mensen-een-rondje-westwijk/
#column #blog #Amstelveen #westwijk @gem_amstelveen @mijnAmstelveennieuws #straatvuil #vuil #vuilnis #afvalbak #rommel #kliko
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Wat Bezielt Mensen? Een Rondje Westwijk
... Waarom gooien mensen dit niet gewoon in een afvalbak op straat? Of thuis in hun eigen kliko? Hoe goor moet je zijn om te denken dat een ander het wel opruimt? Thuis strooi je je eten en afval toch ook niet door de woonkamer? ...
Column > https://www.mijnamstelveen.nl/wat-bezielt-mensen-een-rondje-westwijk/
#column #blog #Amstelveen #westwijk @gem_amstelveen @mijnAmstelveennieuws #straatvuil #vuil #vuilnis #afvalbak #rommel #kliko
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Wat Bezielt Mensen? Een Rondje Westwijk
... Waarom gooien mensen dit niet gewoon in een afvalbak op straat? Of thuis in hun eigen kliko? Hoe goor moet je zijn om te denken dat een ander het wel opruimt? Thuis strooi je je eten en afval toch ook niet door de woonkamer? ...
Column > https://www.mijnamstelveen.nl/wat-bezielt-mensen-een-rondje-westwijk/
#column #blog #Amstelveen #westwijk @gem_amstelveen @mijnAmstelveennieuws #straatvuil #vuil #vuilnis #afvalbak #rommel #kliko