Peter Sealy Art & Photography
@petersealy.bsky.social
Op Art for the 23rd Century. Plus the occasional photograph. And other artists’ work of all kinds.
Follow me if you want to engage in a visual dialogue about the world we live in, or the worlds we would prefer to live in.
Profile best viewed in Flashes.
Follow me if you want to engage in a visual dialogue about the world we live in, or the worlds we would prefer to live in.
Profile best viewed in Flashes.
Honest to God, I don’t think I know anyone inclined to point a videocam at their toilet bowl, but if you did, well, you know, more fool you!
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Honest to God, I don’t think I know anyone inclined to point a videocam at their toilet bowl, but if you did, well, you know, more fool you!
Coming March 10, 2026!
I'm excited to announce that @aliettedebodard.com is re-releasing her fabulous Dominion of the Fallen trilogy, with new cover art by Tara O'Shea @fringe-element.net.
The new editions are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.
I'm excited to announce that @aliettedebodard.com is re-releasing her fabulous Dominion of the Fallen trilogy, with new cover art by Tara O'Shea @fringe-element.net.
The new editions are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Coming March 10, 2026!
I'm excited to announce that @aliettedebodard.com is re-releasing her fabulous Dominion of the Fallen trilogy, with new cover art by Tara O'Shea @fringe-element.net.
The new editions are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.
I'm excited to announce that @aliettedebodard.com is re-releasing her fabulous Dominion of the Fallen trilogy, with new cover art by Tara O'Shea @fringe-element.net.
The new editions are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.
From this article, it looks like Waymo is already significantly safer than human drivers in the cities for which data is available.
Opinion | The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
From this article, it looks like Waymo is already significantly safer than human drivers in the cities for which data is available.
To be clear, cats talk to **Turkish** men more than **Turkish** women, and there may well be some cultural effects here. (Turkish men reportedly being less talkative than Turkish women.)
To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
To be clear, cats talk to **Turkish** men more than **Turkish** women, and there may well be some cultural effects here. (Turkish men reportedly being less talkative than Turkish women.)
The New Scientist reviews of science fiction books are often dodgy at best - half the time, their reviewer hasn't even bothered to read the book, just looked at the blurb (!).
But this one is golden:
But this one is golden:
Slow Gods
Slow Gods - Kindle edition by North, Claire. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Slow Gods.
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The New Scientist reviews of science fiction books are often dodgy at best - half the time, their reviewer hasn't even bothered to read the book, just looked at the blurb (!).
But this one is golden:
But this one is golden:
RIP, Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
RIP, Tom Stoppard
I am not going to argue with that.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I am not going to argue with that.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It seems that grain crops were vital to the rise of a) states, b) taxation, c) writing, with all four things very inter-linked.
Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states
The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large societies, rather than agriculture generally
www.newscientist.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It seems that grain crops were vital to the rise of a) states, b) taxation, c) writing, with all four things very inter-linked.
I know I'm supposed to come on here and complain about some pet peeve, but actually, I want to praise Hayden Christensen's acting in Ahsoka - it's really very good.
So I guess that definitively places the blame for his appallingly wooden line readings in Star Wars II & III squarely on George Lucas.
So I guess that definitively places the blame for his appallingly wooden line readings in Star Wars II & III squarely on George Lucas.
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I know I'm supposed to come on here and complain about some pet peeve, but actually, I want to praise Hayden Christensen's acting in Ahsoka - it's really very good.
So I guess that definitively places the blame for his appallingly wooden line readings in Star Wars II & III squarely on George Lucas.
So I guess that definitively places the blame for his appallingly wooden line readings in Star Wars II & III squarely on George Lucas.
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In Kahneman's very excellent book "Thinking, Fast and Slow", he covers a universal misconception: that if you excel in one area, everyone simply assumes you also excel in every other area.
So no surprise Bill Ackman thinks he is a dating expert, as well as a financial one.
So no surprise Bill Ackman thinks he is a dating expert, as well as a financial one.
Trouble Dating? Bill Ackman Is Here to Help.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In Kahneman's very excellent book "Thinking, Fast and Slow", he covers a universal misconception: that if you excel in one area, everyone simply assumes you also excel in every other area.
So no surprise Bill Ackman thinks he is a dating expert, as well as a financial one.
So no surprise Bill Ackman thinks he is a dating expert, as well as a financial one.
The most colorful works I’ve seen by Agnes Martin, and they’re still no more intense than pale pastel - OpArt minus the Op, I guess - at Pace.
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #hardedge #minimalism
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #hardedge #minimalism
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The most colorful works I’ve seen by Agnes Martin, and they’re still no more intense than pale pastel - OpArt minus the Op, I guess - at Pace.
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #hardedge #minimalism
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #hardedge #minimalism
Sunset vibes
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sunset vibes
A very sweet story plus, hey, if you're looking for the Men In Black, you might just want to check it out, even if it is in the wrong town (misdirection and all that!!).
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A very sweet story plus, hey, if you're looking for the Men In Black, you might just want to check it out, even if it is in the wrong town (misdirection and all that!!).
I thought the whole "better living through chemicals" thing had been debunked, but apparently Ritalin is the new gateway drug for lifelong dependency..
Millions of Kids Are on ADHD Pills. For Many, It’s the Start of a Drug Cascade.
Powerful psychotropic drugs are often the next step, even though their combined effects in young children haven’t been studied closely. ‘I was living in a body hijacked by the medication.’
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I thought the whole "better living through chemicals" thing had been debunked, but apparently Ritalin is the new gateway drug for lifelong dependency..
It’s somewhere between ironic and funny that when Gotham finally gets a millionaire playboy to fight crime, a) she’s not a boy, b) she’s not masked.
Jessica Tisch Will Remain Police Commissioner Under Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s somewhere between ironic and funny that when Gotham finally gets a millionaire playboy to fight crime, a) she’s not a boy, b) she’s not masked.
There's something very endearing about this story - wolves have figured out how to retrieve the bait from crab traps - and, indeed, that the traps are helpfully marked with buoys.
Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There's something very endearing about this story - wolves have figured out how to retrieve the bait from crab traps - and, indeed, that the traps are helpfully marked with buoys.
Big in the Bronze Age: Kazakhstan -
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan
A major settlement in Central Asia called Semiyarka dating back to 1600 BC had houses, a big central building and even an industrial zone for producing copper and bronze
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Big in the Bronze Age: Kazakhstan -
Apparently ancient cave art involved music as well as painting:
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
www.newscientist.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Apparently ancient cave art involved music as well as painting:
Both of these things cannot be true…
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Both of these things cannot be true…
Phillips action house in New York served up a delightful mix of Modern Art and fossils and minerals for their big fall art auctions. Here are some of the highlights.
Titles in Alt text.
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #artauction
Titles in Alt text.
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #artauction
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Phillips action house in New York served up a delightful mix of Modern Art and fossils and minerals for their big fall art auctions. Here are some of the highlights.
Titles in Alt text.
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #artauction
Titles in Alt text.
#otherpeoplesart
#art #contemporaryart #artauction
I don't think everyone is wrong, but as successful as LLMs and GenAI may be at mimicking us, real intelligences (ours, dolphins', midges') don't require all the knowledge and computing power in the world just to get started, so these approaches can only be a waystation on the path to full AI.
He’s Been Right About AI for 40 Years. Now He Thinks Everyone Is Wrong.
Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI. Now he’s convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
www.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I don't think everyone is wrong, but as successful as LLMs and GenAI may be at mimicking us, real intelligences (ours, dolphins', midges') don't require all the knowledge and computing power in the world just to get started, so these approaches can only be a waystation on the path to full AI.