James Tindall

@atomless
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Welfare Not Warfare. Free Palestine, from the River to the Sea. 🇵🇸

Long time software engineer.
One time net artist.
Overtime philosopher.
Out of time musician.
Part time Luddite.
Son of an immigrant.

pronouns: he/him
book: Predictive Capital https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/

federated to: https://bsky.app/profile/atomless.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

(atomless; inchoate; insufficiently coherent to constitute matter)

Blog (*less)https://atomless.substack.com/
Folio 1999 to 2005https://atomless.com/
CV 2014https://jamestindall.info/
Musichttps://soundcloud.com/james-tindall
James Tindall11h ago

So loving @creativeapps' new colour themes (accessed via the triangle icon in the top right of the page).

https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/

James Tindall12h ago
Joseph Cox12h ago
The LAPD is interested in a tool that uses AI to geolocate any photo, not just those taken on the street but also inside buildings with no windows https://www.404media.co/lapd-eyes-geospy-an-ai-tool-that-can-geolocate-photos-in-seconds/
James Tindall12h ago
This is almost too perfect. After countless engineering hours, untold resources, and trillions of $ in investment culminate in the disappointment that is GPT-5, Altman desperately scrambles to assure us that AI will be a net positive for humanity despite the bullshit machine he’s just released, and no sooner than he posts this, it immediately elicits the standard response that the use of these machines promotes.
James Tindall13h ago
404 Media14h ago

LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy’, an AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds
https://www.404media.co/lapd-eyes-geospy-an-ai-tool-that-can-geolocate-photos-in-seconds/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into 404 Media @404-media-404media

LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy’, an AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds

Emails obtained by 404 Media show the LAPD was interested in GeoSpy, an AI tool that can quickly figure out where a photo was taken.

404 Media
James Tindall13h ago
404 Media14h ago

Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?
https://www.404media.co/podcast-why-are-dhs-agents-wearing-meta-ray-bans/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into 404 Media @404-media-404media

Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?

CBP's use of Meta Ray-Bans; the bargain that voice actors are having to make with AI; and how Flock tech is being essentially hacked into by the DEA.

404 Media
Show threadJames Tindall16h ago
@creativeapps oh my 🤤
James Tindall16h ago
CreativeApplications.Net1d ago
Shades of CAN WiP ⚪️🔴🔵⚫️
Show threadJames Tindall16h ago
@creativeapps 😍
James Tindall16h ago
CreativeApplications.Net18h ago
On some days, when nostalgia kicks in → Norton Commander theme for CAN now live (members) 💙
James Tindall16h ago
That moment when the true nature of the apparatus in which we are immersed is fleetingly exposed along with those most entranced by it.
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KristieJun 28

I'm in The Times Magazine today. 2000 words of my writing (an adapted excerpt from my book 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt')

And it's not really about living with my ex husbands. It's about the roles women are handed and how I just absolutely refuse!

#Scotland #Women #Writing #WritingCommunity #Books #Bookstodon #Writing #Photography

Show threadKristieJun 28

And when you're a woman who only owns work boots and The Times are coming to photograph you...you have to pull this absolute pair of clonkers from the depths of your cupboard and try to make it work.

SIGH

Show threadKristieJun 28

And don't I look great for 46?

(I'm 41)

Show threadKristieJun 28
Lots of people ask about the painting. I wish I knew who it was by. I found it, & fell in love with it, in the back of a junkshop on Dalry Road in Edinburgh 20 years ago. It was 35 quid which for me back then (a single mum on benefits) was a HUGE amount, but very glad I bought it
Show threadKristieJun 28
My daughter just spotted me on the front page!
Show threadVon XylofonJun 28
@kristiedegaris Not many people are glad to make the front page.
Show threadKristieJun 28
@vonxylofon True. Just me and Rod Stewart ;)
Show threadCaitlinmonsterJun 28
@kristiedegaris Congratulations!
Show threadKristieJun 28
@Jargoonco Thank you! And I'd like to metnion that this isn't because of any publisher's book publicity push, I pitched The Times off my own back and they accepted it. Pleased about that.
Show threadCaitlinmonsterJun 28
@kristiedegaris It is amazing how much authors need to do themselves to get work out there these days. Glad it worked out!
Show threadMiss MegaphonJun 28
@kristiedegaris @Jargoonco ooooh, that's even BETTER!, way to go!! \o/
Show threadAnnaJun 28
@kristiedegaris that headscarf is a great look on you! But scared about what happened to your mouth
Show threadKristieJun 28
@venite Hahaha!
Show threadWenJun 28
@kristiedegaris 🤣
Show threadWenJun 28

@kristiedegaris I do occasionally read the Times and I am surprised they still insist on clothing successful women in clothes to impress, one assumes a bald middle aged lothario with aspirations above his station - say the average times subscriber 🤪)

But publicity..

Show threadKristieJun 28

@Wen I never read The Times (except this week ;) I feel like I got off light with jeans and a shirt and then a denim jumpsuit, but my usual is still far more casual.

Most articles in the Times mag are their journalists interviewing someone and then writing it, what's cool is this is about me AND I wrote it.

Show threadWenJun 28

@kristiedegaris Great. I was just commenting on the Times’ obsession with dressing women up for what are often very sensible and thoughtful interviews. I do wonder whether the editors think that people won’t read the text otherwise.

We have your book on order from the Wedale bookshop and look forward to seeing it.

Show threadKristieJun 28

@Wen they do have quite a strict aesthetic for the mag, and I don't think it's necessary at all. Middle-class aspirational shit though isn't it?

Thanks for supporting my book and a local bookshop! ✨️💫

Show threadWenJun 28

@kristiedegaris Wee always use a local bookshop.

Not quite sure it is aspirational though, but I would be very interested to know why the interviewees consent!

Anyway, hope things go well.

Show threadArt Zemon ✅ 🟦Jun 28

@kristiedegaris That's hilarious!

Is the article online?

Show threadKristieJun 28

@azemon

https://archive.ph/AgiTR

Show threadArt Zemon ✅ 🟦Jun 28

@kristiedegaris Ah :-D That's why I couldn't find it. As an American, I didn't read what you wrote closely enough and I bounced over to time.com instead of thetimes.com

But I'll blame the early hour and lack of coffee instead

Show threadArt Zemon ✅ 🟦Jun 28

@kristiedegaris I just read it. Very very cool. I wish that I could have managed something more civil with my first wife.

OTOH, had I done that, I'm not sure that I would have the relationship that I have with my third wife. We are 26 years into our marriage and still madly in love. And we are grandparents too 😄

I'm just so thrilled for your kids and all three of you parents that you are making it work.

Show threadKristieJun 28
@azemon And I'm glad you've found happiness too. Being a grandparent sounds so wonderful.
Show threadJo with elbows up & chin upJun 28
@kristiedegaris I think you look super cool, relaxed, real. Authenticity is always the most stylish.
Show threadKristieJun 28
@JoBlakely Thank you!
Show threadUckermark MacGyver Jun 28
@kristiedegaris wonderful read. Again. Really can't wait to hold the full book in my hands. I think you're great! 💪
Show threadKristieJun 28
@maxheadroom Thank you! I really hope you like the book!
Show threadUckermark MacGyver Jun 28
@kristiedegaris from what I've read so far from you the likelihood is very high ;)
Show threadDeer Witch NyxJun 28
@kristiedegaris heck yeah!!! 💜💜💜
Show threadKristieJun 28
@moss Thank you!
Show threadGinevraCatJun 28
@kristiedegaris I wanted your book before because Drystone walls are just generally cool. But now I want it even more because that is the most adult and practical solution to the shits how of modern life I have ever read.
My mom came to love with us to help and support me with my first child and is still here nearly 20 years later.
It doesn't work brilliantly and both she and my husband take a lot of strain, but it allowed me to work and parent, which would not have happened otherwise. #ADHD
Show threadKristieJun 28

@GinevraCat I would never have gotten out from under the weight of parenting/ADHD/ domestic life etc and I would never have been able to write the book without this solution. Parents need support. Mothers need support.

I'm glad you have something similar. We all deserve some ease.

Show threadNitramiuZJun 28
@kristiedegaris That was a great read! Thanks for sharing your story
Show threadKristieJun 28
@nitramiuz Thank you for reading and the kind words! V glad you enjoyed.
Show threadNahúmJun 28
@kristiedegaris loved it! Thanks a lot for sharing ❤️ you DO look great!!
Show threadKristieJun 28
@nahum Thank YOU!
Show threadshemJun 28
@kristiedegaris "the shackles of toddler life" 😫 that's where I'm at currently. In my own co parenting situation.
Show threadKristieJun 28
@shemjm sending strength. It's so intense. And then less so and then intense in different ways. Parenting, as wonderful as it is, should be described as relentless more often 😩
Show threadNicole ParsonsJun 28

@kristiedegaris

Lizards & amphibians too!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27814-zoologger-the-lizard-that-changes-its-sex-to-suit-the-weather/

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-bearded-dragons-switch-their-sex

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/frogs-reverse-sex-more-often-than-thought

https://thenarwhal.ca/clownfish-sex-transgender-natural-world/

https://www.yesmagazine.org/body-politics/2025/03/04/critical-toxicity-studies-excerpt

Zoologger: The lizard that changes its sex to suit the weather

Heat brings out the central bearded dragon's feminine side Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world Species: The central bearded dragon ( Pogona vitticeps ) Habitat: Arid woodlands and deserts in Central Australia If you can't stand the heat, change sex. Male lizards from …

New Scientist
Show threadMalinJun 28

@kristiedegaris
Alternative headline:

> Two grown men still cannot cook.

Show threadKristieJun 28
@malin Well, they can now, but they had to be forced to learn. Luckily, now they see the error of their ways and are glad to be functioning at a basic level.
Show threadthermonuclear small claimsJun 28
@kristiedegaris From this article, I have learned that in terms of household labour, 2 men = 0.6 women.
Show thread骑客领先👉🏼Jun 28
@kristiedegaris Assuming I know little about Times but wow, looks like something I'd like to read on the fly, one of yours or itself.
Show threadan actual busJun 28
@kristiedegaris congratulations, that's awesome!
Show threadKristieJun 28
@renardboy thank you!