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It’s a Peter Thiel-funded company called Clearview AI, and its service matches faces from images you upload with those in its database of some three billion photos. These pictures have been scraped from ‘millions’ of websites, including Facebook, YouTube, and Venmo. In addition to having a massive database, Clearview AI also boasts the ability to match faces even when you upload imperfect pictures, i.e. taken at odd angles or from a height, like from a surveillance camera.
The tool is said to be able to match faces correctly about 75 percent of the time, and it’s already helped nab criminals. What’s worrying is that it hasn’t been tested for accuracy by any independent party before it’s been made available to police forces…

Jay Springett does a deep dive on his extremely fine tuned bullet journal practise. I don’t bullet-journal and this rich process is still interesting to me.

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THE BIGMOON NIGHTS

Published January 19, 2020 by Warren Ellis

Via Experimental Cinema:

The first film in the style of “trash”, filmed in the USSR.
Throughout the film trilogy the main character goes through a series of temptations that destroy his soul and bring, eventually, to the madhouse. In a General sense, allegorically the film shows the tragic path of the Russian lumpen-intellectual, lost between past and present, not finding the strength to accept and comprehend it fell down on the unexpected change that occurred in our country twenty years ago. In a global sense – a tragic cycle of Russian history.

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marks 15dec19

Published December 15, 2019 by Warren Ellis

Please for the love of Blarg, Start a Blog – Jay Springett fucking brings it (thanks for the mention, Jay) (ignore that I mentioned it, read it, he talks about things I think are essential for the health of the online sphere)
Alice Oswald: ‘I like the way that the death of one thing is the beginning of something else’ | Books | The Guardian

Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality

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Eva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen

Published December 11, 2019 by Warren Ellis

Stunning work from this illustrator I just discovered. Link.

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A Grammar Of American Surnames

Published December 1, 2019 by Warren Ellis

I just found this 1898 volume on archive.org and I simply have to present this as a taster:

Shreckenghost, Thunderberg, Silverthrone, Lookingslant, 
Jollymood, Thickenmirth, Muttonjoy, Fingerhot, Oxenhorn, - 
Slanderhouse, Laughinghouse, Servinghouse, Warminghouse, 
Bobbinhouse, Boninghouse, Boltinghouse, - Honeychurch, 
Honeycamp, Eaglecamp, Bloomingcamp, Carpetdale, Middle- 
ditch Timberlake, Goldenarm, Goldenbow, Bitterwolf, Cud- 
dleback, Chatterbuck, Skittleharp, Danglemire, Stufflebeam, 
Battlegore, Bottomfield, Bottomstone, Homerkick, Tinkle- 
paugh, Lookingbill, Gollyhorn, Weathergreen, Scattergood, 
Conquergood, Dollarhide, Middlestink, Wagonback, Wagon- 
blast, Pennycook, - Overcash, Oversault, Overland, Overend, 
Overpeck, Underland, Underdo wn, Rowdy bust, Diddlebock, 
Kettlestrings, Bickelhump, Widowgas, Silversides, Chicken- 
bard, Cattlehock, Weatherhead, Weatherwax, Sodagreen, 
Alsobrook, Pittlecow, Singlebush, Basketfield, Doverspike, 
Riverhawk, Wanderwall, Appleboy, Applerot, Hollowbush, 
Silverbrand, Moneyhand, Shiversteel, Meadowcroft, Dicken- 
sheets, Mumblehead, Wagonfound, Brokenstick, Cobbledick, 
Bullerdick, Crackerbone, Goodieshanks, Clutterbuck, Melon- 
coat (skin or rind).

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Me On BBC 6Music’s PAPERBACK WRITERS – GRAPHIC CONTENT

Published October 23, 2019 by Warren Ellis

An hour-long show about music, writing, work and me. They’ve already done Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Hannah Berry.

Available for 26 more days at this link.

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