Welp, I've made the move to 🐘.
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Giving up the 'blprnt' handle after a solid 23 years of service.
My y rst in pc.
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Jer Thorp
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Artist, writer, educator, birder & nudibranch enthusiast. Adjunct professor at ITP. He/Him. Author of Living in Data (MCDxFSG).
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Looks like Central Park Zoo's Eurasian Eagle Owl had an exciting night.
(Word is they've been found and is on their way back to the zoo)
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Well, that was a hoot 
We tried to help this lil wise guy, but he had enough of his growing audience & flew off.
@NYCParks Rangers, be on the lookout — he was last seen flying south on 5th Avenue. @BirdCentralPark twitter.com/wildbirdfund/s…
We tried to help this lil wise guy, but he had enough of his growing audience & flew off.
@NYCParks Rangers, be on the lookout — he was last seen flying south on 5th Avenue. @BirdCentralPark twitter.com/wildbirdfund/s…
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It's time that I admit I've been taking payola for Tumbleword from Big Vowel.
But no longer!
Go forth and Tumble!
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I'm a tea person myself, but this chilly grey Thursday morning seems like it could be a good time to make a temporary switch.
Go forth and tumble!
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A very cool glimpse at MIAP Adjunct Prof. Bill Brand's work, Masstransiscope (1980), from a WPIX news spotlight twitter.com/60sto70sto80s/
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Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
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Gonna need a bigger wallet
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Oh no, @blprnt, @PrincetonUPress have turned that excellent Moths book into a series.
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Fantastic issue! Hope you'll consider contributing! twitter.com/Critical_DigLi
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This paper is a must read if you're interested in generative AIs. Researchers demonstrate extracting images from training data, including photos of individuals.
"Our results show that diffusion models are much less private than prior generative models"
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Changed all but one letter on the first move, but it was smooth sailing from there.
Tumbleword: caught ➡️ rather
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Tumbleword: caught ➡️ lathes
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Today's Tumbleword is 'caught'.
Go forth and tumble!
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a bird changed my life yesterday
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January 2023 will go down as the warmest in NYC since records began in 1869. There was zero accumulating snowfall reported. Temperatures were above-average on all 31 days of the month.
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How'd you do on Tumbleword today?
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Tumbleword: sweet ➡️ cart
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Models such as Stable Diffusion are trained on copyrighted, trademarked, private, and sensitive images.
Yet, our new paper shows that diffusion models memorize images from their training data and emit them at generation time.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2301.13188
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There is an option in settings to turn on reminders to add alt-text.
You can find it by going to:
-Settings and Privacy
-Accessibility, display, and languages
-Accessibility
-Scroll all the way to the bottom to the “Media” section and there’s a toggle.
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This is crazy 🤯
The fate of the Western Marsh-Harrier:
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fields of sand verbena & evening primrose, Sunday morning blue hour, southern Anza Borrego Desert State Park
and one balloon ...
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2. Some details on how I built software to arrange the names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan:
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I rescued a few dusty old posts from my no-longer-accessible blog.
If you want to know what I was up to a decade and a half ago:
1. My first print visualization, for Wired UK In 2009:
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Sad to hear that data viz legends Pitch Interactive are closing their doors after 16 years.
They've done SO MUCH great work. One of my faves was this 2012 project visualizing the careers of artists. I absolutely ❤️ the versions that are hand-annotated.
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Tumbleword: sweet ➡️ pear
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Today's Tumbleword is short and sweet.
Actually, it's just sweet.
Sweet!
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Phil Collins was my first deep musical ❤️.
His son & daughter lived directly behind us when I was that age. Simon would play the drums for me when I visited.
But it wasn't until my cousin sent me home with a mix tape after we visited in England that I really got into the music.
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"Two things are true: Hull was an all-time great hockey player, a Hall of Famer who won two Hart trophies and revolutionized the sport. He also was a despicable human being, accused of heinous acts that can’t be simply brushed aside"
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Hey y’all the free store shelves are pretty bare after we were closed for construction. Help us fill them up at at qrco.de/bstox-wishlist 💙💙
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The last two daily Tumbleword high scores were identical:
150 for 'rattle'
150 for 'plover'.
Today's Tumbleword is fallow.
Go forth and tumble.
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Today's Tumbleword is tiny, adorable, and mates for life.
Go forth and tumble:
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My body is rebelling against my plan to see 's 20th anniversary show tonight at Wburg Music Hall.
If you're looking for a ticket, DM me.
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It's about to launch and without question will be a game changer for sure. Popped through the slot this morning I have consumed chapters 1 & 11 with gusto. Informed and visionary. Easy to digest and persuasive. Just jolly well buy this book. It's a lifetime must that's essential.
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