paper-mache mask
A handmade paper-mache creature mask likely represents a fantastical animal like a goat or deer.
#art #paper-mache
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paper-mache mask
A handmade paper-mache creature mask likely represents a fantastical animal like a goat or deer.
#art #paper-mache
The Rolling Stone Interview: Alysa Liu
The Olympic gold medalist on dropping out of figure skating, thinking for herself, and her triumphant return to the ice.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
An electric car going around in an old street in Cartagena, Colombia.
Streets of Cartagena, Colombia
This artwork is titled "Out Beyond Right Doing and Wrong Doing There is a Field I Will Meet You There" and was created by the Iranian artist Nafir. Nafir (they/them), a self-taught artist born in Tehran and currently based in Berlin. This specific piece is part of a series that celebrates modern-day free-spirited heroes in Berlin. It blends traditional Persian craftsmanship with contemporary street art techniques. The piece is part of the collection at the STRAAT Museum in Amsterdam, which is dedicated to graffiti and street art.
A contemporary artwork, titled 'Out Beyond Right Doing and Wrong Doing There is a Field I Will Meet You There", by the Iranian artist Nafir, who paints portraits directly onto traditional Persian rugs.
#art #graffiti
The Goat's Horns with Blue painting features a goat's horn arranged in a spiral shape, acting as a natural frame for a patch of blue sky. The work is a pastel on paper, showcasing O'Keeffe's skill in blending colors to create soft textures and distinct materiality. Executed in 1945, this painting is part of her series exploring desert bones and natural forms, mirroring her abstracted pelvis paintings.
Goat's Horns with Blue by Georgia O'Keeffe.
Pretty amazing map of New York City. Click on just about any location for a street level view from the 1940s. 1940s.nyc/map#14.16/40...
Book cover of "Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd edition". It has a similar wild boar on the cover as the first edition, but it uses O'Reilly's new cover design, and the boar is now slightly colourised.
The second edition of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, by myself and @chris.blue, is finished and sent off to the printers! Ebooks should be available in the next week, and print books in 3–4 weeks. Sigh of relief. 😅
(BTW, this is a good opportunity to support your favourite local bookshop!)
The sculpture Primavera (Spring) by Cuban artist Rafael San Juan. It is situated at the intersection of Galiano and Malecón in Havana, Cuba. The 26-foot-tall sculpture is constructed from found and recycled metallic pieces. It was created for the 2015 Havana Biennial, it honors the strength and sensuality of Cuban women, inspired specifically by dancers from the Cuban National Ballet. It has become one of Havana's most iconic modern landmarks, looking out toward the sea.
Sculpture Primavera (Spring) by Cuban artist Rafael San Juan, installed in Havana, Cuba, looking out toward the sea.
Saint Jerome, a Church Father famous for translating the Bible into Latin, shown in his study contemplating mortality while writing. Prominent elements include a skull on the desk symbolizing memento mori (reminder of death) and a red cloak, which is characteristic of the saint's traditional iconography. The painting is housed in the Oratory of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta.
Saint Jerome Writing by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Natural rock pool at Dwejra Bay on Gozo Island, Malta. Dwejra Bay is a well-known filming location, notably featured in the Game of Thrones series. Fungus Rock, a protected nature reserve, can be seen.
Dwejra Bay on Gozo Island, Malta.
The 10-meter-tall statue was created by sculptor Seibo Kitamura and erected in 1955 to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. Its design is highly symbolic: the right hand points to the threat of nuclear weapons, while the extended left hand symbolizes eternal peace. The statue's closed eyes are in prayer for the victims of war. A black vault at the statue's foot holds the names of the atomic bomb victims.
Peace Statue by Seibo Kitamura, Nagasaki Peace Park in Japan
street art mural in Reykjavik, Iceland, created by English artist D*Face as part of the Wall Poetry project. The artwork was inspired by the 13th-century Icelandic saga Laxdæla Saga. The monster depicted is an Icelandic undead creature called a draugur, which sucks the will from its victims, rather than a vampire. The text at the bottom is an Icelandic quote from the saga, which translates to "I loved those the most who were the worst".
mural in Reykjavik, created by English artist D*Face as part of the Wall Poetry project
scenario 2) a colder scenario could leave isolated, ice‑capped islands at higher latitudes where temperate species persist as refuges, creating pockets of biodiversity that preserve species lost elsewhere and evolving uniquely adapted flora and fauna in these sheltered islands.
scenario 1) Earth has warmed enough that shallow seas blanket much of the continents, creating a warm‑world megadiversity populated with tropical‑like marine life, plankton blooms, and fast‑growing coral that thrive under higher temperatures.
Chihuly's "Ikebana Boat"
Chihuly's Boat
"Nora," he said huskily Date: 1940 Artist: Andrew Loomis American illustrator, 1892–1959 Illustration Citation"Parents Permitting," by Anne Wormser, in Ladies' Home Journal, August 1940 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 30 x 30 1/4 in. (76.2 x 76.8 cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (79.4 × 80 cm)
by Andrew Loomis
An aerial view of the Oltrarno quarter in Florence, Italy, featuring the Basilica di Santo Spirito in the view.
#Italy #Florence
when I'm asked to come up with a hypothesis with a very limited data
Screenshot of a text exchange between the Google call assistant and an AI recruiter
my AI call assistant had a conversation with an AI recruiter, which changed its character from the first response to the second. #aislop
Given the current status of international affairs, there could be a completely updated version of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire" song.
Iranian people when faced by progressives and liberals in the West and asked to explain why they are asking Trump to attack their own country?
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá
Gabriel José García Márquez hugging Pelé in a mural
#bogota #colombia #mural
About how many books have you read or listened to so far in 2025? (% of U.S. adult citizens) 1-4 5 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 or more 40 27 13 9 6 4 Note: Responses of "not sure" are not shown. YouGov® Chart: David H. Montgomery • December 15 - 19, 2025 • Get the data
40% of Americans didn’t read a book last year. Congratulations to the 4% who read 50 or more though.
the image shows all the books I read in 2025, including 1776, Common Sense, Fooled by Randomness, Indigenous Continent, Lust for Life, The Changing World Order, Indigenous People's History of the United States, Intelligence Now, A Brief History of Intelligence, City of Dreams, Ghost in the Wire, To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Move and Men.
books I read in 2025
some Christmas lighting in Medellin, Colombia
Botero museum in Bogota
Check out this blog post from @clairemkbowen.bsky.social showing how federal data shape your entire day—often without you even noticing. Federal data are everywhere! It’s the invisible infrastructure powering daily life and the big decisions that shape our futures. #statssky
Olmo 3 is notable as a "fully open" LLM - all of the training data is published, plus complete details on how the training process was run. I tried out the 32B thinking model and the 7B instruct models, + thoughts on why transparent training data is so important simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/22/...
