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"One who plants a tree, doesn't always sit in its shade" - excellent remarks by President Mahama at #WHA79 opening, with a strong call for political leadership and investment in health, based on our institutional mandates, and a new order rising based on partnership and agency, not aid.
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻
for May 12th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- Robot lawnmowers with hardcoded passwords allow remote control
- Canvas education platform ransom hack brought colleges worldwide to a standstill (except one)
- Microsoft goes on firing spree in rare stand against Palestine surveillance
- Low water pressure revealed a Georgia data center used nearly 30 million gallons of water through unaccounted-for connections
- Google fails reCAPTCHAs on phones not using Play Services
- Kickstarter enacts extreme ban on sex-related fundraisers (but not AI slop)
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-12-158044076
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCybersecurity #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #infosec #cybersec #CovidIsNotOver
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This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.
"“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.””
Specifically: ”the dry area”
Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment.
That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok.
BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o
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This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.
"“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.””
Specifically: ”the dry area”
Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment.
That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok.
BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o
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This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.
"“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.””
Specifically: ”the dry area”
Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment.
That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok.
BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o
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This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.
"“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.””
Specifically: ”the dry area”
Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment.
That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok.
BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o
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This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry.
"“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.””
Specifically: ”the dry area”
Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment.
That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok.
BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o
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"Arizona Apricot Flower" ... a blanket flower, also known as a Gaillardia ...
I hand painted this one, digitally, iin #Rebelle with their great watercolor brushes from a photo I took at the local nursery. 😊 (it's not Ai)
https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/arizona-apricot-flower-lois-bryan.html
#art #giftideas #flowers #blanketflowers #NotAi #digitallyhandpainted #Rebelle #gardens #LoisBryan
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"Arizona Apricot Flower" ... a blanket flower, also known as a Gaillardia ...
I hand painted this one, digitally, iin #Rebelle with their great watercolor brushes from a photo I took at the local nursery. 😊 (it's not Ai)
https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/arizona-apricot-flower-lois-bryan.html
#art #giftideas #flowers #blanketflowers #NotAi #digitallyhandpainted #Rebelle #gardens #LoisBryan
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"Arizona Apricot Flower" ... a blanket flower, also known as a Gaillardia ...
I hand painted this one, digitally, iin #Rebelle with their great watercolor brushes from a photo I took at the local nursery. 😊 (it's not Ai)
https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/arizona-apricot-flower-lois-bryan.html
#art #giftideas #flowers #blanketflowers #NotAi #digitallyhandpainted #Rebelle #gardens #LoisBryan
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"Arizona Apricot Flower" ... a blanket flower, also known as a Gaillardia ...
I hand painted this one, digitally, iin #Rebelle with their great watercolor brushes from a photo I took at the local nursery. 😊 (it's not Ai)
https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/arizona-apricot-flower-lois-bryan.html
#art #giftideas #flowers #blanketflowers #NotAi #digitallyhandpainted #Rebelle #gardens #LoisBryan
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"Arizona Apricot Flower" ... a blanket flower, also known as a Gaillardia ...
I hand painted this one, digitally, iin #Rebelle with their great watercolor brushes from a photo I took at the local nursery. 😊 (it's not Ai)
https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/arizona-apricot-flower-lois-bryan.html
#art #giftideas #flowers #blanketflowers #NotAi #digitallyhandpainted #Rebelle #gardens #LoisBryan
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In summary then, it is indeed quite like being at school. Half hour lessons on things that probably won't ever actually be useful to know in your particular job of varying levels of interest. Mostly pretty low interest honestly. Bumping into colleagues between lessons.
Learned the names of a couple of tools I might try. One google search would have gotten me those but I guess it's a question of thinking to look for them.
If you can judge the mood of an industry from a random selection of talks from a single conference then the industry is very optimistic that they can make AI write a lot of software.
It seems to think this is likely to mean fewer programmers rather than there being more software meaning more workers.
It wasn't as AI heavy as I thought when I first glanced at the program. Managed to mostly be not-ai I think.
Nobody talking about the ethical implications or suggesting joining a union and only one talk about the environment issue at all, it not really noting how much power the industry is about to take.
Liked having a few meals in amserdam with colleagues I never usually see (mostly remote workers, including me). The boss is pretty good at picking people really.
Get a day or so of holiday now too.
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In summary then, it is indeed quite like being at school. Half hour lessons on things that probably won't ever actually be useful to know in your particular job of varying levels of interest. Mostly pretty low interest honestly. Bumping into colleagues between lessons.
Learned the names of a couple of tools I might try. One google search would have gotten me those but I guess it's a question of thinking to look for them.
If you can judge the mood of an industry from a random selection of talks from a single conference then the industry is very optimistic that they can make AI write a lot of software.
It seems to think this is likely to mean fewer programmers rather than there being more software meaning more workers.
It wasn't as AI heavy as I thought when I first glanced at the program. Managed to mostly be not-ai I think.
Nobody talking about the ethical implications or suggesting joining a union and only one talk about the environment issue at all, it not really noting how much power the industry is about to take.
Liked having a few meals in amserdam with colleagues I never usually see (mostly remote workers, including me). The boss is pretty good at picking people really.
Get a day or so of holiday now too.
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In summary then, it is indeed quite like being at school. Half hour lessons on things that probably won't ever actually be useful to know in your particular job of varying levels of interest. Mostly pretty low interest honestly. Bumping into colleagues between lessons.
Learned the names of a couple of tools I might try. One google search would have gotten me those but I guess it's a question of thinking to look for them.
If you can judge the mood of an industry from a random selection of talks from a single conference then the industry is very optimistic that they can make AI write a lot of software.
It seems to think this is likely to mean fewer programmers rather than there being more software meaning more workers.
It wasn't as AI heavy as I thought when I first glanced at the program. Managed to mostly be not-ai I think.
Nobody talking about the ethical implications or suggesting joining a union and only one talk about the environment issue at all, it not really noting how much power the industry is about to take.
Liked having a few meals in amserdam with colleagues I never usually see (mostly remote workers, including me). The boss is pretty good at picking people really.
Get a day or so of holiday now too.
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In summary then, it is indeed quite like being at school. Half hour lessons on things that probably won't ever actually be useful to know in your particular job of varying levels of interest. Mostly pretty low interest honestly. Bumping into colleagues between lessons.
Learned the names of a couple of tools I might try. One google search would have gotten me those but I guess it's a question of thinking to look for them.
If you can judge the mood of an industry from a random selection of talks from a single conference then the industry is very optimistic that they can make AI write a lot of software.
It seems to think this is likely to mean fewer programmers rather than there being more software meaning more workers.
It wasn't as AI heavy as I thought when I first glanced at the program. Managed to mostly be not-ai I think.
Nobody talking about the ethical implications or suggesting joining a union and only one talk about the environment issue at all, it not really noting how much power the industry is about to take.
Liked having a few meals in amserdam with colleagues I never usually see (mostly remote workers, including me). The boss is pretty good at picking people really.
Get a day or so of holiday now too.
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In summary then, it is indeed quite like being at school. Half hour lessons on things that probably won't ever actually be useful to know in your particular job of varying levels of interest. Mostly pretty low interest honestly. Bumping into colleagues between lessons.
Learned the names of a couple of tools I might try. One google search would have gotten me those but I guess it's a question of thinking to look for them.
If you can judge the mood of an industry from a random selection of talks from a single conference then the industry is very optimistic that they can make AI write a lot of software.
It seems to think this is likely to mean fewer programmers rather than there being more software meaning more workers.
It wasn't as AI heavy as I thought when I first glanced at the program. Managed to mostly be not-ai I think.
Nobody talking about the ethical implications or suggesting joining a union and only one talk about the environment issue at all, it not really noting how much power the industry is about to take.
Liked having a few meals in amserdam with colleagues I never usually see (mostly remote workers, including me). The boss is pretty good at picking people really.
Get a day or so of holiday now too.
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"Israel wants Palestinians to kill each other and steal from one another. It wants to destroy security in our society so it can control us,” Jehad al-Qatatti, a member of the Higher Committee of the National and Islamic factions, told Mondoweiss. “Targeting the police is designed to fracture society and hand over control to the militias. We will not allow that.”
Abu Abdallah echoed a similar sentiment. “The targeting is not aimed at #Hamas — it’s aimed at any effort made to protect civilians in #Gaza,” he said. “It seeks to prevent any Palestinian entity from establishing its authority over the Strip.”
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Abu Ahmad recounted a kidnapping attempt against one of his colleagues in the Qassam Brigades earlier this week. Militia members tried to abduct him in a densely populated area in central Gaza City. He survived because he was armed and colleagues were nearby.Israeli intelligence, he said, sends them regular threats via text messages and calls from unknown numbers, warning them that they and their families have been targeted. “But we refuse to respond to those messages under any pressure and continue to carry out our national and humanitarian duty.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/exclusive-inside-hamass-fight-against-the-armed-militias-that-israel-is-using-to-sow-chaos-in-gaza/
#IsraelTerroristState #IsraelCriminalState
#freepalestine
@palestine @israel -
"Israel wants Palestinians to kill each other and steal from one another. It wants to destroy security in our society so it can control us,” Jehad al-Qatatti, a member of the Higher Committee of the National and Islamic factions, told Mondoweiss. “Targeting the police is designed to fracture society and hand over control to the militias. We will not allow that.”
Abu Abdallah echoed a similar sentiment. “The targeting is not aimed at #Hamas — it’s aimed at any effort made to protect civilians in #Gaza,” he said. “It seeks to prevent any Palestinian entity from establishing its authority over the Strip.”
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Abu Ahmad recounted a kidnapping attempt against one of his colleagues in the Qassam Brigades earlier this week. Militia members tried to abduct him in a densely populated area in central Gaza City. He survived because he was armed and colleagues were nearby.Israeli intelligence, he said, sends them regular threats via text messages and calls from unknown numbers, warning them that they and their families have been targeted. “But we refuse to respond to those messages under any pressure and continue to carry out our national and humanitarian duty.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/exclusive-inside-hamass-fight-against-the-armed-militias-that-israel-is-using-to-sow-chaos-in-gaza/
#IsraelTerroristState #IsraelCriminalState
#freepalestine
@palestine @israel -
"Israel wants Palestinians to kill each other and steal from one another. It wants to destroy security in our society so it can control us,” Jehad al-Qatatti, a member of the Higher Committee of the National and Islamic factions, told Mondoweiss. “Targeting the police is designed to fracture society and hand over control to the militias. We will not allow that.”
Abu Abdallah echoed a similar sentiment. “The targeting is not aimed at #Hamas — it’s aimed at any effort made to protect civilians in #Gaza,” he said. “It seeks to prevent any Palestinian entity from establishing its authority over the Strip.”
...
Abu Ahmad recounted a kidnapping attempt against one of his colleagues in the Qassam Brigades earlier this week. Militia members tried to abduct him in a densely populated area in central Gaza City. He survived because he was armed and colleagues were nearby.Israeli intelligence, he said, sends them regular threats via text messages and calls from unknown numbers, warning them that they and their families have been targeted. “But we refuse to respond to those messages under any pressure and continue to carry out our national and humanitarian duty.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/exclusive-inside-hamass-fight-against-the-armed-militias-that-israel-is-using-to-sow-chaos-in-gaza/
#IsraelTerroristState #IsraelCriminalState
#freepalestine
@palestine @israel -
"Israel wants Palestinians to kill each other and steal from one another. It wants to destroy security in our society so it can control us,” Jehad al-Qatatti, a member of the Higher Committee of the National and Islamic factions, told Mondoweiss. “Targeting the police is designed to fracture society and hand over control to the militias. We will not allow that.”
Abu Abdallah echoed a similar sentiment. “The targeting is not aimed at #Hamas — it’s aimed at any effort made to protect civilians in #Gaza,” he said. “It seeks to prevent any Palestinian entity from establishing its authority over the Strip.”
...
Abu Ahmad recounted a kidnapping attempt against one of his colleagues in the Qassam Brigades earlier this week. Militia members tried to abduct him in a densely populated area in central Gaza City. He survived because he was armed and colleagues were nearby.Israeli intelligence, he said, sends them regular threats via text messages and calls from unknown numbers, warning them that they and their families have been targeted. “But we refuse to respond to those messages under any pressure and continue to carry out our national and humanitarian duty.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/exclusive-inside-hamass-fight-against-the-armed-militias-that-israel-is-using-to-sow-chaos-in-gaza/
#IsraelTerroristState #IsraelCriminalState
#freepalestine
@palestine @israel -
"Israel wants Palestinians to kill each other and steal from one another. It wants to destroy security in our society so it can control us,” Jehad al-Qatatti, a member of the Higher Committee of the National and Islamic factions, told Mondoweiss. “Targeting the police is designed to fracture society and hand over control to the militias. We will not allow that.”
Abu Abdallah echoed a similar sentiment. “The targeting is not aimed at #Hamas — it’s aimed at any effort made to protect civilians in #Gaza,” he said. “It seeks to prevent any Palestinian entity from establishing its authority over the Strip.”
...
Abu Ahmad recounted a kidnapping attempt against one of his colleagues in the Qassam Brigades earlier this week. Militia members tried to abduct him in a densely populated area in central Gaza City. He survived because he was armed and colleagues were nearby.Israeli intelligence, he said, sends them regular threats via text messages and calls from unknown numbers, warning them that they and their families have been targeted. “But we refuse to respond to those messages under any pressure and continue to carry out our national and humanitarian duty.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/exclusive-inside-hamass-fight-against-the-armed-militias-that-israel-is-using-to-sow-chaos-in-gaza/
#IsraelTerroristState #IsraelCriminalState
#freepalestine
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Progress
Terrance is really tired. He can't remember how long he's been flying, but, he knows he's really hungry and thirsty. He thought it wouldn't be any problem flying to the other side of the photo, but, he just doesn't seem to be making any progress. It kind of made him think he was fighting against the government, not air.
Kern National Wildlife Refuge, California 2009
#Progress #Kern_National_Wildlife_Refuge #California #Kern_County #Egret #photography
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Progress
Terrance is really tired. He can't remember how long he's been flying, but, he knows he's really hungry and thirsty. He thought it wouldn't be any problem flying to the other side of the photo, but, he just doesn't seem to be making any progress. It kind of made him think he was fighting against the government, not air.
Kern National Wildlife Refuge, California 2009
#Progress #Kern_National_Wildlife_Refuge #California #Kern_County #Egret #photography
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CW: Flashing lights
I’m delighted to witness the talented and enthusiastic #PipeOrgan virtuoso Anna Lapwood single handedly making the world’s largest musical instrument cool again. I’ve always been fascinated by these musical behemoths. Did you know that at one period in distant history a pipe organ was the largest single machine on earth? The instrument is considered one of the most complex devices created by humans. Speaking of distant history, the pipe organ was first invented in 200 BCE - and back then it ran on water, not air (the bellows weren’t introduced until 600 or so CE) #Music 1/
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Neue #Forschung zeigt, dass warmes Meerwasser den starken Rückgang des westantarktischen Eisschildes seit der letzten #Eiszeit ausgelöst hat. Die Studie rekonstruiert Meerestemperaturen bis zu 18.000 Jahre zurück und warnt, dass sich auch heute warmes Tiefenwasser unter das #Eis schiebt. Das bedroht die Stabilität des #Thwaites-Gletschers. #Antarktis
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The attached illustration goes with the Lever Language Song at the end of this post. It was drawn, if I recall correctly, by the developer of that language.
Regarding the AI question: It's getting old that people ask that. No, the rhyme was original and extemporaneous.
The question was mild enough this time. However, in the Fall, my Fediverse instance was attacked and a group managed to take down a domain temporarily because one person had decided that I personally must be an LLM.
For your information, my posts. both essays and rhymes, stand out because I'm autistic and have had an unusual life as well. I don't relish the thought of needing to respond repeatedly to statements about "suspiciously like AI slop" during the last stage of my life. Or of justifying my own neurological differences. How would you feel if you tried to offer something creative and fun and got that as a response?
Further, the term "slop" is overused and distracts from the real problems with AI. See my 15-page article on AI at LinkedIn:
https://tinyurl.com/ai-is-fake
To explain the rhymes, I lost the ability to write poetry per se in 1971 due to trauma related to physical and emotional abuse. Over 50 years later, in 2012, something odd happened and I found that I could now not only rhyme but do so extemporaneously.
This was unexpected. Bonsaikitten, who some people in Linux will remember as one of the early leads in Gentoo, told me that it had happened because my mental circuits had had a serious shakeout [or similar wording].
I noticed the change in 2012 when Cody Brocious [now Serafina Brocious] -- part of the team that jailbroke the iPhone -- challenged me to a sort of rap battle. The context was that Brocious had questioned the manner in which I wrote, as you have, though his point was that I sounded odd as opposed to LLM.
My response to Brocious is pasted below. This was extemporaneous except for, I think, one line that I tweaked later. The close is a reference to Brocious's role in breaking the security for a type of hotel room door lock.
DAEKEN FORSAKEN
Daeken, since you ask
Take me to task
So bluntly and rudely
I hear a rhythm with appeal
When I write I feel
I'm singing out loud to you
The lines I write
In my sight
Are a song
If you can't accept that
Right off the bat
/IGNORE is where I belong
So chill. Whitebread Hacker
Not a Slacker
I'll admit
But a drag is sort of
What you are
Go decode an abode API sub-par
Brocious's public response was to deprecate the rhyme but, in private, he [now she] said, "Hats off, dude".
A decade and a half later, I have the makings of an actual chapbook to leave behind. It's an unexpected development for a severely autistic old coder.
I trust that I've explained myself sufficiently. But here's a fragment from my CoderSongs project:
It's time for CoderSongs
Rhymes that you adore
Doggerel that famous belongs
Woof! Dogs bark for more!
LEVER LANGUAGE SONG
1. Lever is a language clever,
Pour a bever-
age and review. Code shall ensue.
This I tell you true
2. Lever Python is not
Lever is a language hot
Here is what with it you can do
You can a tasty beverage brew
Color the sky a new shade of blue
3. Lever has Python-isms
Similar concepts through shiny new prisms
But there are no schisms
Like Ruby and Perl, boy and girl,
the languages are friends, though it depends
4. Here is Lever's setup,
no need to get up,
relax and review. Details are here for you
Prepare for fun under the Finnish sun
because of documentation there is a ton
5. Lever is a language clever,
Pour a bever-
age and review. Code shall ensue.
The reference to Finland is there because the creator of Lever, Henri Tuhola aka Cheery, was Finnish.
A Lever Language illustration is attached. The illustration was hand-drawn by Cheery in the 2010s and is not AI.
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Been thinking about the extent to which many White folk in Western Civilization feel much more in control of their lives than their matching cohort from one, two and three centuries ago.Deaths in childbirth, deaths of children, deaths from infection, malnutrition, social oppression and social restrictions have all vastly improved.
And medical science has for 100 years very strongly held to "It's not airborne".
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Been a while but I'm back!
Here's a super early preview of something I'm currently working on in Blender. Lots more to do (doesn't even have the subject yet) but I'm already pretty happy with where it's going.
As always, this is not AI, but my own creative output 🙏
#art #artist #3d #3dart #blender #blender3dartwork #3dartwork #3dartists #render #cycles #blender3d #b3d #blenderart #blendercycles #surreal #surrealart #abstract #abstractart #landscapeart #scifiart #fantasy #fantasyart
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Been a while but I'm back!
Here's a super early preview of something I'm currently working on in Blender. Lots more to do (doesn't even have the subject yet) but I'm already pretty happy with where it's going.
As always, this is not AI, but my own creative output 🙏
#art #artist #3d #3dart #blender #blender3dartwork #3dartwork #3dartists #render #cycles #blender3d #b3d #blenderart #blendercycles #surreal #surrealart #abstract #abstractart #landscapeart #scifiart #fantasy #fantasyart