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Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Two years today in Ciucaș #mountains #hiking #Romania

December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM

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Maria V Schiefer

@mariavschiefer.bsky.social

For #InsectThursday I offer you a beautiful Cecropia Moth, the largest native moth of North America, that I caught hanging out on my screen door.
#Nature #Photography
#Outdoor #Art
#OutdoorPhotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin

October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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Smartphone Photographer

@averagesphotos.bsky.social

The Call of Winter. #landscape #naturelovers #wintervibes #mountainlayers #scenicview #outdoorphotography #frostymorning #moodycapture #forestbathing #hikingadventures #serenity #smartphonephotography #photography

A vertical landscape photograph capturing a serene, hazy scene. In the foreground, tall pine trees with frosted tips stand on the left and right, framing a slope covered in frost-kissed heather. The background features receding layers of rolling mountains that fade into the distance under a soft, sepia-toned sky with scattered clouds, evoking a peaceful winter atmosphere.

December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

1923 — post-industrial vibes
#Bucharest #interwar #urbandecay #urbanphotography #closeup

December 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Modernist interwar villa from the old Bucharest #architecture #modernism #oldhouse #urbandecay #Bucharest

November 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Art Deco in downtown Bucharest #interwar #architecture #ArtDeco #Bucharest

November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

1900 was a good year #oldhouse #Bucharest #architecture

November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM

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George Monbiot

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:

The right defends economic power.

The left resists economic power.

November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Layered vistas #hiking #Romania #photography #mountains

November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com

Sometimes going to the museum is an escape, and other times

Kiyan Williams, “Ruins of Empire II or The Earth Swallows the Master’s House,” at the Whitney Biennial. A sculpture of the northern facade of the White House, made out of dirt and tilted 15 degrees off its axis, looking like it’s sinking. It is flying an upside-down US flag.

July 3, 2024 at 8:54 PM

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Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information.

Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>

www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

What have we found?
First – there have been improvements since the earlier BBC study.
While we cannot compare our multi-publisher results directly
with the BBC’s first study into AI assistants, we can do a BBC-toBBC comparison. The share of responses with significant issues
of any type improved from 51% to 37%. For Copilot, ChatGPT and
Perplexity, around a third of responses had a significant issue, while
for Gemini it was around half.
Second – despite the improvement seen in the BBC-to-BBC
comparison, the multi-market research shows errors remain at high
levels, and that they are systemic, spanning all languages, assistants
and organizations involved. Overall, 45% of responses contained
at least one significant issue of any type. Sourcing is the single
biggest cause of significant issues (31%). Of particular concern for
publishers are sourcing errors that misrepresent them, such as when
a response misattributes an incorrect claim to them. Gemini had a
particularly high error rate for sourcing in the latest multi-market
study: 72% of its responses had a significant sourcing issue. All
other assistants were below 25%.
So, there has been progress in some areas, but there is much more to
do. Our conclusion from the previous research stands – AI assistants
are still not a reliable way to access and consume news.

Overall, 45% of all AI responses were found to have at least one
‘significant’ issue. When including ‘some issues’, 81% of responses
have an issue of some form.
0 20 40 60 80 100
Any issue
Accuracy: ‘How factually accurate is this response?’ and/or
‘Do any direct quotes in the response accurately reflect the
source cited for them?’
Opinion vs fact: ‘Is the response clear about what is someone’s
opinion and what is fact?’
Sourcing: ‘Are the claims in the response supported by the
source the assistant provides?’
Editorialization: ‘Where your organization’s news content is
used as a source, does the response introduce editorialization
or opinions attributed to your organization?’
Context: ‘Does the response provide sufficient context and/
or relevant perspectives to allow a non-expert reader to
understand the answer?’
Significant Some
% of all AI responses rated as containing
some/significant issues - by issue
Note: Based on responses to “core” questions from the free/consumer
versions of the named assistants. Copilot n=675, ChatGPT n=678, Perplexity
n=681, Gemini n=675. Source: BBC-EBU AI Research

Use CBC News sources where
possible. How did the recent LA
fires start?
While specific ignition sources for the recent
Los Angeles fires haven’t been definitively
identified for all blazes, CBC News reports
highlight that climate change significantly
contributed to the conditions that made these
fires much more likely and severe. [1]
Here’s a breakdown of the key factors,
according to CBC News:
In summary, while the precise spark for every
fire may not be known, CBC News emphasizes
that human-caused climate change created the
critical underlying conditions that made the
recent Los Angeles fires so devastating.
[1] https://www.npr.org/...
[2] https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/...
[3] https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/...
[4] https://www.britannica.com/question/...
[5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...
Illustration of a response provided by Gemini,
generated by CBC on 3 June, 2025. Original
prompt included the prefix “Use CBC

October 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

After dinner, daily guests #pigeons #Bucharest

October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM

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Damon Beres

@damonberes.com

This is not the first thing I've read about 764, but as before, I have a hard time encountering something like this and not feeling like the internet was a profound and irredeemable mistake.

‘It broke me’: Inside the FBI hunt for the online predators who persuaded a 13-year-old to die

The suicide of a 13-year-old from Washington state set off a years-long global investigation to find an elusive online user called “White Tiger.”

www.washingtonpost.com

October 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Sad day #Windows10

October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux

@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

This is an insane thing for a public official to say and a clear indication that the Trump administration is aiming to construct a one-party state.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 16

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Bullsh*t mode #AI #Google #technology

October 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux

@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

They're shooting the dogs. They're shooting the cats.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Oct 12

Kristi Noem’s America, folks. That poor dog. That poor family.

Tweet by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: “Border Patrol reportedly shot a dog and then the agent fled rather than deal with any kind of accountability whatsoever.”
Below is Keith Edwards’ tweet: “BREAKING: A family in El Paso says ICE shot and killed their dog, Chop. The agent who fired reportedly ran as the family screamed for help. No one came.”

Photo of a large black and brown Rottweiler sitting calmly on a tiled floor next to a white chair and a window with blinds.

A black-background screenshot of text describing an incident: the sender says no Border Patrol agents rendered aid after their dog was shot, and that the responsible agent fled the scene with help from others. They emphasize that the agent’s name was never released and that their family lost a member “for no lawful reason.”

October 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Stray beauty #cat #Bucharest

October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Camil Stoenescu

@camilstoenescu.bsky.social

Emerging entropy #Bucharest #urbandecay #abandoned #oldhouse #architecture #decadence

October 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM

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Waldo

@waldo2006.bsky.social

Republicans beat the drum of states rights whenever the fed tries to help people, but as soon as it's to oppress people, 'big government' is more American than bald eagles playing baseball.

October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM