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.
Given that dinosaurs could see more colors than we can (just like modern birds and reptiles), it stands to reason that at least some of them were brightly patterned:
Dinosaurs like Diplodocus may have been as colourful as birds
Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are similar to those that create the bright colours in birds' feathers
www.newscientist.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Given that dinosaurs could see more colors than we can (just like modern birds and reptiles), it stands to reason that at least some of them were brightly patterned:
To be honest, I only really use Instacart to check when the local grocery stores are running sales on staple goods that I then pick up in person.
The prices are fairly often out of line with what the stores actually charge, which I'd assumed was due to sales clerk incompetence.
The prices are fairly often out of line with what the stores actually charge, which I'd assumed was due to sales clerk incompetence.
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
To be honest, I only really use Instacart to check when the local grocery stores are running sales on staple goods that I then pick up in person.
The prices are fairly often out of line with what the stores actually charge, which I'd assumed was due to sales clerk incompetence.
The prices are fairly often out of line with what the stores actually charge, which I'd assumed was due to sales clerk incompetence.
Thinking that we're not in a financial bubble because everyone thinks we're in a financial bubble is just about the dumbest thing I've heard since, oh, the last financial bubble.
Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thinking that we're not in a financial bubble because everyone thinks we're in a financial bubble is just about the dumbest thing I've heard since, oh, the last financial bubble.
Roman cement factory found at Pompeii:
Pompeii building site reveals how the Romans made concrete
Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into Roman construction techniques and the longevity of the empire’s concrete
www.newscientist.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Roman cement factory found at Pompeii:
Big article in the Wall Street Journal about an AI "actress". Intriguingly, "she" was created by a former actress, based on her experience of what the movie industry looks for, rather than the movie moguls.
I think they'd all love to go there, though.
(Are there any movie moguls left?!)
I think they'd all love to go there, though.
(Are there any movie moguls left?!)
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Big article in the Wall Street Journal about an AI "actress". Intriguingly, "she" was created by a former actress, based on her experience of what the movie industry looks for, rather than the movie moguls.
I think they'd all love to go there, though.
(Are there any movie moguls left?!)
I think they'd all love to go there, though.
(Are there any movie moguls left?!)
Fighting against corporations that try to keep control of - and keep charging for - things we've bought we've bought from them:
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Fighting against corporations that try to keep control of - and keep charging for - things we've bought we've bought from them:
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.