systemShock

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QA engineer by day, learning how to be an artist by night. Anarchist and vegan 24/7.

Cat dad. Cyclist. Motorcyclist. Photographer. Bookworm. Hiker. Drum and bass enjoyer.

LocationZagreb, Croatia
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Cycling boosts health, the planet, and the economy! 🚲

✔️ 92,000+ km of EuroVelo routes across Europe
✔️ Nearly 10M bikes made in the EU yearly
✔️ 1.35M cycling-related jobs

With our European Declaration on Cycling, we are committed to boosting cycling across the EU, including through:

🦺 Safe cycling networks in cities
🚌 Better links with public transport
🔋 Deployment of charging points for e-bikes
🚴 Bike highways connecting cities with rural areas

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!p97hdK

I’m constantly amused by the idea that we will invent AGI and AI will solve all of our problems. We don’t need AGI to solve our problems, even ChatGPT can already tell us obvious solutions to our current problems.

We already have good answers on how to reduce gun violence, infant mortality or climate change. The problem is too many people have a vested interest in the problems being unsolved. It isn’t because we haven’t invented smarter than human AI. When we do, we’ll ignore it too.

Went out on a little photo walk. Now to wait for the Sun to set

#photography #landscapePhotography

All the books I've read and don't remember in detail, have been firmly pressed into the foundation of who I am.

You can't tell the individual books apart under the weight of the later experience, but they are there, shaping who I am, planting the seeds of today's thoughts and decisions.

Every hero rising against injustice. Every warning of old science fiction books. Every friendship. Every moment of forgiveness. Every sacrifice for a better world.

They all are there, making me me.

Related, many people seem held back by ‘what would people think?’ And shy away from making or creating or learning artistic or creative things.

No one cares! Make bad art! Play mediocre music!

We have all been told myths about ourselves. And we start believing it. (You are not good at art. You can’t sing)

Explore, and explode these myths. Do whatever you want that interests you.

If you're looking to adopt a little companion for your adventures, office, shelf, etc; I have 11 different handmade little guys looking for a home!

You can meet them here : https://evanskyarts.com/en/collections/pocket-pals

They are my own design and are fully hand sewn and embroidered, so they’re all unique in their own way!

#art #handmade #plushies #giftIdeas #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessSaturday #ShopSmall #cute #Fediverse #FediArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #Pixelfed

Can you name ONE (one only please) SF/F book, written this century (2001+), that has absolutely blown your mind? Not just something you liked, or that was good, I'm looking for the absolute best books written this century.

Boost for visibility please.

#Books #SF #Fantasy #21Century

"Stop outsourcing the discomfort of thinking" is such a simple and strong statement against so much of what's going on in the world right now
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