Here he is all finished! Octopus 🐙 drawn with mixed media on buff sketchbook.
I used pen and ink, colour pencil, Posca paint pens, graphite pencil and gouache.
Pretty much a whole art shop of supplies thrown at it! 😂

#drawing #sketchbook #octopus #seacreature #underthesea #nature #wildlifeart #ScottishArtist

I wrote an article about the need for low-carbon and #sustainable #computing and the path towards zero-carbon computing.

tl;dr:

** The problem:
* By 2040 emissions from computing alone will be close to half the emissions level acceptable to keep global warming below 2°C. This growth in computing emissions is unsustainable: it would make it virtually impossible to meet the emissions warming limit.
* The emissions from production of computing devices far exceed the emissions from operating them, so even if devices are more energy efficient producing more of them will make the emissions problem worse. Therefore we must extend the useful life of our computing devices.
** The solution:
As a society we need to start treating computational resources as finite and precious, to be utilised only when necessary, and as effectively as possible. We need frugal computing: achieving the same results for less energy.
** The vision: please read the article, I'm out of characters.

https://wimvanderbauwhede.github.io/articles/frugal-computing/

Be a #Cyberpunk genre fan, see it slowly manifesting in real life
​ "Haha, this is so cyberpunk!"

Suddenly remembering the genre's a cautionary tale about a near future dystopia
​ "oh heck"

Are your #backup’s ready and on external disks? Disconnected from your computer or phone?

If not: Please get them ready.

Anyone know how to get out of #Ukraine? I hear there are no flights or trains. Perhaps private shuttle buses or something like that?

Specifically interested in getting from Kropyvnytskyi (Кропивни́цький) to the EU (or at least further west) somehow.

Asking for a family member.

Boosts appreciated.

RT @[email protected]

.@[email protected]'s tv address to the Russian (!) people might be the most moving speech that I've ever seen in my entire life. The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message.
#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Україна #Russia #Россия

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PMoelleken/status/1496941845812760577