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I've been trying out #sora2, revisiting some old images I generated using #midjourney. It's a bit fiddly to get Sora to both keep the art style and to make the image 'come alive', but I've made some progress.

Exact same art style, but movement is janky

Far better movement, loses the art style

#sora, #openai, #generativeart

I just found out there were five species of fungi named after members of the Dutch Royal family. I wonder if they took that as a compliment, or...

The way the world works has changed. Like it or not, people access information through computers and the internet far more often than they do through traditional brick-and-mortar venues. Digitization of these services is not only inevitable, but a boon to society.

I have been able to take out digital copies of books from my local library for years. What makes the Internet Archive any different from them?

https://www.battleforlibraries.com
https://blog.archive.org/2023/03/17/heres-how-to-participate-in-mondays-oral-arguments

#DigitalRightsForLibraries #GLAM #internetarchive #fightforthefuture #battleforlibraries @team

Battle for Libraries

Don’t let libraries die. As the future goes digital, major publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ defense of digital books from censorship. It’s time to fight back.

Fight for the Future
I got #chatgpt to write a #syllogism proving the #Earth is round. Take that #flatearthers.

This is one of the more striking images I have seen recently. It's a photo taken in 2021 of #Israel's #irondome intercepting rockets fired from #Gaza.

Photo credit -- Anas Baba/ #AFP.