Testing out Luma Labs’ single image to motion feature with a photo of the new Man-Thing figure (prompt was a lurching walk through a swamp) and the other was Batman of Zur-En-Arrh “walking away after an argument.”
(Luma Labs AI is committed to developing this AI in an ethical and responsible manner. This includes ensuring data privacy, avoiding bias in its algorithms, and promoting transparency in its operations.)
We lie among our atoms, and I speak to you of things And hope sometimes that maybe you will understand There is no order here, and there is no middle ground Nothing can be predicted, and nothing can be planned A star is just the memory of a star We are fireflies pulsing dimly in the dark We are here, and you are where you are
Hey, neato timing! I got a surprise sercee from @maximillian_deersteak in the form of The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh!
I love it!
The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh was an alien hero inspired by Bruce Wayne, named Tlano. He teleported Earth’s Batman to his home planet, Planet X, where Bruce Wayne would acquire powers akin to Superman, to help ward off invading robots. Bruce would later adopt the identity himself, using it as a subconsciousness that acted as Batman without the burden of Bruce Wayne. Zur-En-Arrh from Earth-0 later passed his “consciousness” to the Failsafe android. The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh was created by Ed Herron and Dick Sprang, first appearing in Batman #113 (1958).
Day 20,219 Painted pig update š ! Hot pink, with “FAITH” written on the left side, and “IO” on the right.
Does this refer to a child named Faith’s 10th birthday?
The Mormon’s tenth article of faith?
My personal favorite and third largest of Jupiter’s moons, Io, and its relation to creationism? (Io is my favorite moon because it is both very beautiful and the most volcanically active (not because anti-science crackpots try to use it as dogmatic, yet abstract proof of a much younger universe than the Big Bang).
Maybe a worshipper of Io, one of Zeus’s human lovers? Though he (or maybe Hera) turned her into a heifer, not a sow.
Io (/ĖaÉŖ.oŹ/), or Jupiter I, is the innermost and second-smallest of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. Slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Io is the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System, has the highest density of any moon, the strongest surface gravity of any moon, and the lowest amount of water by atomic ratio of any known astronomical object in the Solar System. It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and was named after the mythological character Io, a priestess of Hera who became one of Zeus’s lovers.
The ancients connected Io with the Moon, and in Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, where Io encounters Prometheus, she refers to herself as “the horned virgin”. (The points of the crescent š moon looking a little bit like the horns?)
Maybe the most appropriate story, given that it is Juneā
Banning AI is hard work. It requires moderation technology and, ultimately, expensive human moderation and an experienced trust and safety team.
Offering reliable protection, thus far nonexistent, against being scraped for training AI is difficult. Itās beginning to seem that Elon Musk’s mistake of not understanding the challenges of properly running a startup social network also applies here. Iām willing to bet they didn’t think things through.
This is an expensive, challenging endeavor with high demand from a passionate audience. Charge users for it.
Unfortunately, Iām willing to wager that the very same people who complain that they should get paid and that their livelihoods are on the line will balk at having to pay for the remedies Cara seems to offer. This strikes me as naive, immature, and hypocritical.
A small group might be willing to spend money on Cara, an artist-focused alternative to Instagram, but most artists will not.
Too bad. Iām already posting my traditional artwork there. I hope they figure it out, but Iām skeptical. An emotional response and a core ethos focused on censoring and dividing users seems like a tough way to start a business.
I’ll be interested to look back in the next year or so, and see if they exist at all.
We took Derrick and Denver up to the Roanoke Star on Mill Mountain last night, and today, we are roaming around Black Dog Salvage, looking at nifty loot. I hope the star goes back to red, white, and blue soon… I love it in just white, but the varied colors are so much fun! Many kids were up at the star smoking some skunky weedāit must be a popular Saturday night hangout for the teens.
It’s firefly and hoot owl season at night in the Blue Ridge. At twilight, they seem most visible, like embers coming from a campfire, but even at 11 p.m., there are still odd blinks and flickers in the trees and on the grass as well as in the air. Denver and Derek are coming to visit for the weekend, and I hope they enjoy them as much as we do. Music via @beachcreeperband “Chessie’s Got a Posse” , from the album – “In Surf Of” https://beachcreeper.bandcamp.com/album/in-surf-of From the song: Chessie Chunky contaminated cooler: “Put a couple of ounces of rum in a shaker, Add an ounce of the thickest, pulpiest orange juice you can find Squeeze a lime in, and scrape in all the pulp (That’s all the garbage in the bay) Add some ice and shake it until it’s frosty and sludgy, Pour into a glass and garnish with a piece of Styrofoam on a toothpick Think about the plight of the bay, and gag it down.” Chessie needs to visit us cryptids in the blue ridge, take a little break and hang at Smith Mountain Lake with Smithy, and breathe some clean air and splash some fresh water. #doodle #chessie #fireflies #jun072024 #beachcreeperband #cocktail #smithy #smithmountainlakemonster #chesapeakebaymonster https://www.instagram.com/p/C77FlZROTN8/?igsh=dDUxanU2am44ZTZu
Chipmunk living in our backyard drain in the stone wall. Super tiny, fearless, very fast. It has been dubbed “Pipchunk” by @maximillian_deersteak. I hope Pipchunk sticks aroundāwe all love watching him (?) play in the grass out back.
