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Occasional reminder that I send our an email newsletter once every 3 months or so with periodic updates from my art projects. All free and it's never more regular than that, feel free to subscribe here: shanefinan.org/newsletter.html

The next one is coming out tomorrow. You can always read the most recent one at that link above.

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Shane Finan assembles technology into art, collaborating with fungi, plants, humans and animals.
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My wife and I got this retired rental van incredibly cheaply at auction when a company which rented them out went bust. It has travelled a mere 338k miles / 544k km 😁 I'll generally just keep mention of it to my website, but it's been a lot of fun doing a low budget interior remodel – and we just finished our first little test trip, to Point Reyes. Mostly I just like that it's cheerful. It was painted by an artist in LA named Haste.
A rainbow-colored van sits amidst redwoods. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8 Art]

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Cosplayer at #autumn #Toguchi #cosplay #festival (November 16th, 2025). Supposedly Mizi from “Alien Stage” animation series.

#ToguchiAutumn #Toguchi2025
#photo #photography
#cosplayer #portrait #people
#darktable
#creativecommons #ccbysa

The image shows a young woman in a cosplay costume, likely at a convention or event. The scene is somewhat blurred, with a shallow depth of field that emphasizes the woman as the primary subject. The young woman has dark hair, styled in a short, choppy bob. Some strands fall forward, partially covering her face. Her skin tone appears pale, and she has dark, expressive eyes. She is looking directly at the camera with a slightly serious expression. She is wearing a dark blue velvet off-the-shoulder dress. A black glove is covering her left hand, and she is also wearing a large, dark blue, possibly crystal, pendant. Her head is turned slightly to the side, and she has a hand gently covering her mouth. The background is blurred and dark, with indistinct shapes and colors. There are what appear to be circular lights, possibly from stage lighting or decorations, visible in the upper right corner. Some people can be seen in the blurred background.
#photo #CreativeCommons #Photography #portrait #darktable #ccbysa #festival #autumn #cosplay #people #cosplayer #Toguchi2025 #Toguchi #ToguchiAutumn

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Big tech is gambling the economy on AI… and wants a bailout for it


SoSoTheDestroyer : This is my dissection of the AI bubble, including why it's more fragile than most people think it is and why we might be headed for another financial crisis. Oh, and the billionaires want a bailout, because of course they do.


Sources Sited In This Piece

An Astute Summary By One of the Commenters on the Video:

"Remember, that the reason RAM prices have gone up such a large percent is because a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory was bought with money that doesn't really exist to be put into GPUs that haven't been made yet, to be installed in data centers that haven't all been built yet, powered by infrastructure that cannot support it sustainably, to satisfy a demand that isn't actually there, in order to generate profits that are mathematically impossible."


#AI #Tech #Bubble #MoneyScam #MoneyGamble #ImaginaryThings #DelusionalInvesting #OurModernTimes


AI Bubble: Sources Cited

Big tech is gambling the economy on AI… and wants a bailout for it Sources Cited Original Video Link: https://youtu.be/n80PdifbbTE Bloomberg (1): https://www.bloomberg.
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#AI #tech #OurModernTimes #bubble #MoneyScam #MoneyGamble #ImaginaryThings #DelusionalInvesting

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