That was quick.

Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/google-removes-ai-videos-disney-characters-cease-desist-1236608015/

Ex Nihilo, the sword of hope.

In the realm of Hotopia, Akuma was a Baemón. a being of pure light and energy, one of the ancient guardians of cosmic equilibrium. When the ancients, corrupted by the entropy of their own power, betrayed the core principles of creation, Akuma was cast into the Void.
There, and using the remains of its powers, it created Ex Nihilo, a sword made from atoms so condensed, that even the Amphisbaena of spacetime would shatter like a big band.

image: made in 🇫🇷 by hand.

Le mot du jour: ex nihilo.

xixe siècle. Locution latine composée de la préposition ex, « de », et de l’ablatif singulier de nihil, « rien », proprement « de rien ».
Exemple: créer ex nihilo.

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9E3369#:~:text=En%20partant%20de%20rien.,Cr%C3%A9er%20ex%20nihilo.

I found a new "cheap" and cheerful way to enjoy Ligeti's work.

"György Sándor Ligeti (28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Romanian-born Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music." (wikipedia)

image left: Spacegate. A rotary space station floating in space. Made in 🇫🇷 under 170W using DDR3.
Image rigtht: György Sándor Ligeti.

There is no bush on racetracks.

If there is 1 thing that you will not see on my profile, it is mechanical sports, & above all motorcycle sports. I'm not into motorcycles and/or racing, and especially since all the people that I've work with using motorcycles are either dead, and/or had serious accidents.
If there is no bushes on the side of the tracks, I guess it is for a reason: any obstracle is deadly at this speed.

Image : A motorcycle racer leaning into a sharp turn on a dusty racetrack.

I watched a movie from 2004 on the King Arthur myth the other day, and this adaptation clearly wanted to appear more historical, yet wasn't (of course, because it is a story). Anyway, then I thought: Excalibur, which means "hard" in Welsh, woud probably not have been made with Bronze?!
NB: It is amazing how little I know about swords.

Bronze Anglo-Saxon Sword Pommels
https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/bronze-anglo-saxon-sword-pommels/

Disney is now working with OpenAI, I guess social media will be soon invaded with Disney stuff ad vomitem, is it intelligent?

Of course it is not made with Sora. This is a digital painting made by hand of Mickey Mouse (it is in the public domain anyway) with Peace sign ear plugs looking anxious.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@silentexception/115654583752259827

Je l'ai trouvé à la bibliothèque! Trop bien le livret à l'intérieur. Sibil.la Provençal 👌

The Load Boat.

A hybrid cruise ship mixed with a cargo ship, packed with illuminated containers resting in a harbor. A play on word referring to the infamous TV show "The Love Boat" from 1976.

NB: made in 🇫🇷 under 170W using DDR3. 🫶