Derek Bryant
@derekbryant.bsky.social
Curating things I think may be important
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Congressional committees vow to boost oversight in killing of boat strike survivors
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Congressional committees vow to boost oversight in killing of boat strike survivors
The Senate and House armed services committees’ pledge followed a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered that a U.S. strike leave no survivors.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congressional committees vow to boost oversight in killing of boat strike survivors
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The Skull -- Claudio Bravo biblioklept.org/2025/11/29/t...
The Skull — Claudio Bravo
The Skull, 1973 by Claudio Bravo (1936-2011)
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November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Skull -- Claudio Bravo biblioklept.org/2025/11/29/t...
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blind, adj: blind, lacking or deprived of sight. (BLINND / ˈblɪnd)
Image: Decretals of Gregory IX (Smithfield Decretals); France (illuminated in England), 1330-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 110r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Decretals of Gregory IX (Smithfield Decretals); France (illuminated in England), 1330-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 110r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
blind, adj: blind, lacking or deprived of sight. (BLINND / ˈblɪnd)
Image: Decretals of Gregory IX (Smithfield Decretals); France (illuminated in England), 1330-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 110r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Decretals of Gregory IX (Smithfield Decretals); France (illuminated in England), 1330-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 110r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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Long before the screams of the cosmonaut Pavel Mikoyan troubled the children of the county, Hookland already had its own space phantom. The 'Dan Dare ghost' has been haunting the now abandoned British space programme at RAF Nook since at least 1962. (Depiction based witness testimony).
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Long before the screams of the cosmonaut Pavel Mikoyan troubled the children of the county, Hookland already had its own space phantom. The 'Dan Dare ghost' has been haunting the now abandoned British space programme at RAF Nook since at least 1962. (Depiction based witness testimony).
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Even in winter, the wood whispers to tramp its paths. Its Sprites and Woodwose may sleep through days demanding our heaviest coats, but its mysteries do not. Bare branches scratch the low sky and still its mysteries sing. We walk for wonder. We walk for cold magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Even in winter, the wood whispers to tramp its paths. Its Sprites and Woodwose may sleep through days demanding our heaviest coats, but its mysteries do not. Bare branches scratch the low sky and still its mysteries sing. We walk for wonder. We walk for cold magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
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Now comes a winter of ghosts and those beasts that live at the edges of fever when it has turned to shiver. In this season's shortened light, rain grows sharp teeth and wind becomes a spearpoint against bones. Even dawn seems reluctant to hoist hope high. – #DAKilroy, 1982 #Dawn
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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What does this essay from 1943 tell us about Donald Trump’s regime?
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What does this essay from 1943 tell us about Donald Trump’s regime?
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The remains of Peel turret at Steel Rigg on #HadriansWall was an extra addition to the wall dating to the late 2nd Century AD but was short lived. The view shows in the foreground how the wall was rebuilt and narrowed during the reign of Septimius Severus #archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The remains of Peel turret at Steel Rigg on #HadriansWall was an extra addition to the wall dating to the late 2nd Century AD but was short lived. The view shows in the foreground how the wall was rebuilt and narrowed during the reign of Septimius Severus #archaeology
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How one brings justice and restores the rule of law after a criminal regime bsky.app/profile/sanh...
Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth should be very worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How one brings justice and restores the rule of law after a criminal regime bsky.app/profile/sanh...
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The Ladybird look, 1976.
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Ladybird look, 1976.
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The crimplene trouser-suit
Artist: Martin Aitchison
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A sad painting to end the day. "Turned Out" by John Nicholas Rhodes, who assumed the additional forename to distinguish himself from his father Joseph Rhodes, a well-known Leeds artist. The son was born in London in 1809, shortly before his father's
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A sad painting to end the day. "Turned Out" by John Nicholas Rhodes, who assumed the additional forename to distinguish himself from his father Joseph Rhodes, a well-known Leeds artist. The son was born in London in 1809, shortly before his father's
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result of failing to secure the king’s annulment from Catherine of Aragon. While traveling south, Wolsey fell gravely ill at Sheffield Manor, likely suffering from dysentery exacerbated by stress. Despite his decline, he continued his journey but died before reaching London.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
result of failing to secure the king’s annulment from Catherine of Aragon. While traveling south, Wolsey fell gravely ill at Sheffield Manor, likely suffering from dysentery exacerbated by stress. Despite his decline, he continued his journey but died before reaching London.
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OTD 29th November 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, died at Leicester Abbey while being escorted to London following his arrest at Cawood Castle (below) shortly before. Wolsey had been stripped of his offices and properties by Henry VIII in 1529 partly as a
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
OTD 29th November 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, died at Leicester Abbey while being escorted to London following his arrest at Cawood Castle (below) shortly before. Wolsey had been stripped of his offices and properties by Henry VIII in 1529 partly as a