Exploring the Sky Islands of the Trans-Pecos
High up on the Chisos, Davis, and Guadalupe mountains, rarified ecosystems abound in the sky islands of the Trans-Pecos
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Standard Ebooks: “A volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” /via Austin Kleon
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The bus terminal for Huelva: “The bus platforms have been designed around a large circular courtyard juxtaposing the garden and the buses. The result is one of the most outstandingly attractive parts of the plan.”
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Taliban Militants Fed Up With Office Culture, Ready to Quiet Quit: “Now, the men find themselves shackled with the bureaucracy of running a country as they work civilian jobs and security positions, spend too much time in traffic and on Twitter, and yearn for the tranquility of village life.” Not an Onion article.
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Little Owl is part of the 50 birds project.
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The truth is that whether or not AI determines our future will be decided by a confoundingly small minority of humans who nevertheless control a counfoundingly vast majority of the world’s wealth. This is not a technology issue, really, but one of structural inequality.
From Out Random the AI.
See also, Jon Stewart on the False Promises of AI
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“looking down at an undulating fog bank that completely obscures the valley below. It’s like a mysterious sea with a forest-blanketed peak to the rear on a landmass ascending out of it. I don’t know what’s below the gray waves. Whatever is down there, it’s a different place from up here. I’m on a sky island”
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“Night Driving” for Volkswagen. Man, I forgot ads used to have the capacity to be amazing. See “Milky Way” also for Volkswagen. Via @genmon on accessing something other: “escape time, escape selfhood, whether that’s driving in the dark or sitting in a hotel lobby or walking.”
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Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers
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Cherry blossoms by @sadtearsfish
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Feral Landscape Typologies - Ellie Irons
This research and photography project is an attempt to develop a typology of dwindling “vacant” spaces of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Of course so-called “vacant” land isn’t really vacant. It lacks the all-encompassing artifice associated with consistently maintained, human-centered habitats. It’s also void of certain culturally recognized markers of progress, from cement and steel foundations masking and […] -
Source: presentandcorrect.com
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No joke, loveless grilled cheese sandwiches suck.
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They Didn’t Just Want to Build a Housing Shelter. They Wanted to Shift Public Perception:
Changing the way the public perceives shelters informed the design. From the nearby highway, the first glimpse you get of the structure includes an impressive mural by Australian artist Guido van Helten stretched across its 3,000-square-foot facade. A passerby might think this is an art museum, a shop, or possibly a school.
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Nice clouds tonight.
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Cross My Heart is a fun Frogger remake.
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Eucalyptus and Sagebrush via Floorless