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Model: Jess D
Location: Edmonton
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One of the winners of January Explore Contest.
Hawk Roosting
I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.
Inaction, no falsifying dream
Between my hooked head and hooked feet:
Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.
The convenience of the high trees!
The air's buoyancy and the sun's ray
Are of advantage to me;
And the earth's face upward for my inspection.
My feet are locked upon the rough bark.
It took the whole of Creation
To produce my foot, my each feather:
Now I hold Creation in my foot
Or fly up, and revolve it all slowly -
I kill where I please because it is all mine.
There is no sophistry in my body:
My manners are tearing off heads -
The allotment of death.
For the one path of my flight is direct
Through the bones of the living.
No arguments assert my right:
The sun is behind me.
Nothing has changed since I began.
My eye has permitted no change.
I am going to keep things like this.
Ted Hughes
I am starting the new year with a rotten cold which does make me feel a bit glum.
Then I look at my news feed- Middle East escalation, the pictures and stats on the Aus fires, climate change inaction, Brexit, local health service problems - hard to feel optimistic.
Maybe next week will all look better.
anyway a calming acoustic version of a great song if you like:
Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste of Cindy
Bald eagle passing the time at lock and dam #11 in Dubuque, Iowa. These birds like to live and feed in this area where the water isn't frozen over completely in the winter. An ideal spot for the wildlife photographer to catch them in action, or inaction. Whichever the case may be.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
Another frozen Choptank morning, i took this, and ran to work before i froze. I didnt get back to it til later, was a day of being just two steps behind and moved at the speed of a turtle, they are better than rabbits of course. Just dont pee your pants over it, ;p lol. happy hump day!
European kingfisher
Braud-et-Saint-Louis (France)
Travelling near the Atlentic Ocean for the week-end, we saw a lot of interesting birds, and yet the photos I couldn't wait to check once I would come back home were the photos of this kingfisher that passed in front of my camera for a short moment. I'm only starting my journey in the bird watching world, but I don't think I will ever get bored of this beautiful blue bird.
Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.
Leonardo da Vinci
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"The new dawn blooms as we free it for there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it."
Amanda Gorman spoke these words today at the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. At 22 years she is the youngest National Youth Poet Laureate. She spoke so eloquently, and made graceful gestures with her hands.
"Because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation. Our blunders become their burdens. But one thing is certain. If we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change, our children's birth right."
I took this out of focus photo at a July 4th fireworks display in Santa Clara. I think it fits well to today's celebration - the dawn of a new area of hope and reconciliation. I breathe a thigh of relief as the old area of bigotry and lies is waning.
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parallel lives that touch each other in the end (in infinity)
like parallel lines that become one in the infinity of our lives (in maths too).
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juego de palabras de algo que sucede con las líneas paralelas
y es que se cortan en el infinito de nuestras vidas (también matemáticamente)
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First Law: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws
October 13, 2014
"Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A day off work due to Thanksgiving, giving me a three day weekend, to be followed by a three day work week. Not too shabby, if you ask me.
Decided to take advantage of the blue sky and sunshine this morning and head out on a bit of a nature walk near the river. I ended up almost wading in the river to get this shot, as I'm a silly person and didn't think to grab my tripod for the walk I had to wade out into the water to get to the ideal rock to use as a tripod for this.
It took some serious work balancing the camera and fingers crossed that the camera would slip and sink to the bottom of the Ottawa river, but I managed the shot and because of the effort it took, it's today photo.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Young, low caste Nepali children protest the Nepali government's inaction to assist flood victims afterthe 2006 monsoon season which devastated the Bardiya district of southwestern Nepal. The children were holding their protest at the Tibetan Buddhist stupa of Bodhanath in the Kathmandu Valley.
Action and inaction on Cabbage Tree Creek at Shorncliffe, Brisbane. A few nice boats have sailed up the creek and moored while nearby, the poor thing on the right is continuing to deteriorate. Local flickr members have been monitoring its slow demise, no doubt it will be salvaged and scrapped sooner or later.
Model: Jess D
Location: Edmonton
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- A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
"Runaround" in Astounding Science Fiction (March 1942); later published in I, Robot (1950). This statement is known as "The Third Law of Robotics"
Later included among these laws was "The Zeroth Law of Robotics"
- A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
Robots and Empire (1985) This statement is known as "The Zeroth Law of Robotics"; a variant of it first occurred in The Evitable Conflict (1950)
Clients rumored to be persons connected closely to the WH Cabinet, and members of the House and Senate whose actions or inactions have repeatedly compromised health care for adults, seniors and children. Of course, it goes without saying that all extraterrestrial beings from any galaxy are welcome, since, by their very nature, they were also born without hearts or the ability to psychologically or intellectually make decisions about taking care of human beings.
In I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, we are taken on a journey through the development of robots and their interactions with humans.
Even though robots are products of human development, humans frequently have difficulty believing that they are fully in control of the robots, and Asimov's stories spark questions about whether humans are wise or logical enough to anticipate the consequences of their own technology.
Asimov's famed Three Laws of Robotics:
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.
This is an unusual one, but it's another hand painted ceramic brooch. I'm not sure who would choose to wear a little greenhouse on their clothes, but for me, of course, it's just a photo prop. The pink watering can in the background is dolls house scale. The flowers are Mexican Fleabane, which used to live in a large pot in the garden, but one day decided to make a bid for freedom. They now reside all over the place in the gaps between paving slabs. While I sometimes wonder if I should ask them to move again (trip hazard?), I mostly look at them and think they're very pretty right where they are. Action or inaction? Hmm, I'll have to think about it. :)
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Your actions now may echo for generations (as will your inaction).
See:
www.hrw.org/report/2024/12/19/extermination-and-acts-geno...
www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MDE15866820...
www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide
www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-palestine
www.fidh.org/fr/regions/maghreb-moyen-orient/israel-pales...
opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/is-genocide-happening-in-gaza/
Speak out for Gaza and for the victims of atrocities worldwide.
No voice is too small, no act too late.
Israel and Zionism have been synonymous with genocide for more than three quarters of a century.
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1937
- [ ] Jerusalem Massacre 1937
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1938
- [ ] Balad al-Sheikh Massacre 1939
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1939
- [ ] Haifa Massacre 1947
- [ ] Abbasiya Massacre 1947
- [ ] Al-Khisas Massacre 1947
- [ ] Bab al-Amud Massacre 1947
- [ ] Jerusalem Massacre 1947
- [ ] Sheikh Bureik Massacre 1947
- [ ] Jaffa Massacre 1948
- [ ] Khan Yunis Massacre 1956
- [ ] Jerusalem Massacre 1967
- [ ] Sabra and Shatila Massacre 1982
- [ ] Al-Aqsa Massacre 1990
- [ ] Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre 1994
- [ ] Jenin Refugee Camp April 2002
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2008-09
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2012
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2014
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2018-19
- [ ] Gaza Massacre 2021
- [ ] Gaza Genocide 2023-?
When our brilliant street artist N2O exhibited her Trump Monkey back in August she said this;
(In the voice of Sir David Attenborough)
“The Trump Monkey - At first glance this little fellow appears harmless, even comical, with his tangerine colourings and flyaway, cotton candy comb-over.
But looks can be deceiving in the animal world.
Once given power & authority, the true dangers of this nefarious little fellow become apparent.
With a tendency to ignore expert recommendations and a habit of spruiking unsound, even dangerous advice, this chimps chatter may cause deadly behaviour in others.
The Trump Monkey has long fingers, which he uses to point blame at others, in an attempt to deflect any responsibility away from himself or his administration. For the Trump Monkey appears unable to take responsibility for his own inactions.
With a lack of empathy for others, an amazing arrogance and an unfathomable faith that a global pandemic will simply ”go away”, the Trump Monkey is undoubtedly the most dangerous primate in North America, if not the world.
Disclaimer : the description of the Trump monkey in no way reflects the attributes of other Monkeys. If any Monkeys are offended by this post I humbly apologise.”
Now some 22 weeks later she writes;
"When I wrote that the Trump monkey was the most dangerous primate in North America, if not the world, I could never have predicted his actions this week. While thousands are dying of COVID the president incites and encourages violence and then celebrates this violence!
His refusal to concede defeat, his constant unfounded claims of electoral fraud and his efforts to hold onto power at all cost, indicates an impending coup."
This rendition of the Trump Monkey was photographed in the laneway near Blender Studios in West Melbourne.
First Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law: A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
- Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.
We're Here looks at I, Robot and Isaac Asimov today.
The Royal Albert Bridge
In 1846 the Cornwall Railway Act received Royal Assent and one of the stipulations was that the ferry at Saltash should be replaced by a railway bridge thus linking Cornwall to the rest of the UK by rail.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was appointed as chief designer and engineer. His challenge was to build a bridge to span the River Tamar which at this point is some 1100 ft wide. At first he intended to construct a single span bridge of 850 ft but the constraints imposed by the Admiralty ruled this out. These demanded the deck of the bridge be 100 feet above high tide and that the river remain fully operational to the Navy at all times.
Having considered several plans he decided that the bridge should have a single pier mid stream which would support 2 spans and a further 10 approach spans on the Cornwall side and 7 on the Devon side.
It was originally intended to carry a two way track but the Cornwall Railway Company had insufficient funds – the reduction to a single track saved £100,000. After the first contractor went bankrupt, Brunel decided to take on the contract himself.
An adapted diving bell, into which compressed air was then pumped, allowed up to 40 men to work underwater at any one time. First they had to excavate 12 ft of mud followed by 3 ft of rock before a suitable foundation was located. Work then began to build the central tower of brick. On July 4th 1853 the foundation for the first of the Cornish piers was laid by the Mayor of Saltash.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert officially opened the bridge on 2nd May 1859.
Brunel did not attend the opening due to ill health. He finally crossed his bridge on an open wagon two days later, but died later that year.
Tamar Bridge
The Tamar Bridge is a suspension bridge in the south-west of England, carrying the A38 trunk road across the River Tamar spanning between the City of Plymouth on the east bank and the town of Saltash on the west bank.
The Bridge is in public ownership, being owned and operated jointly by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Councils. These Joint Authorities formed a special partnership in 1950 to lobby national government to fund a fixed crossing of the Tamar, but in the face of government inaction, decided in 1955 to go forward with the scheme themselves as a local enterprise financed from tolls.
The work was completed after two years and three months at a cost of £1.5 million, with up to 300 men working on the structure. The Bridge was opened to the public on 24th October 1961, and was formally opened by the Queen Mother on 26th April 1962 in a grand ceremony involving a fly-past and two naval frigates.
Since that time the Joint Committee has continued to operate and maintain the Tamar Bridge, and between 1998 and 2001 the Bridge underwent a major rejuvenation when it was both strengthened and widened. The work was undertaken while the crossing was open to live traffic, ensuring adequate load carrying capacity for the future, and also adding an additional traffic lane and a dedicated pedestrian/cycle lane.
More recently, during 2006, the tolling function has been upgraded with a major refurbishment of the toll plaza, and the introduction of electronic toll collection.
The Bridge is now carrying over 16 million vehicles a year – over ten times that carried in the early years. The construction, operation, maintenance and improvement of the crossing continue to be financed from toll income.
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