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airwhale, 5 days ago to random

Sticking with this one is by far the smartest thing I ever did. ❤️ #Anniversary

airwhale, 13 days ago to random

#SilentSunday

airwhale, 20 days ago to random

#SilentSunday

airwhale, 28 days ago to random

Uh oh... late to the game, but just started playing around with the text editor system Obsidian 👀

And down the rabbit hole I go 🐇

See you on the other side, if I can keep my head on.

#obsidian

airwhale, 29 days ago to Bloomscrolling

Japaneese cherry in bloom,

Kungsträdgården, Stockholm today.

#BloomScrolling #Sakura #CherryBlossoms #Stockholm

Cherry blossoms in Stockholm on 2024-04-26
Cherry blossoms in Stockholm on 2024-04-26
Cherry blossoms in Stockholm on 2024-04-26

airwhale, 1 month ago to TikTok

"If the Chinese Government want user data on US citizens' social media usage, they'll just have to buy it from our data brokers like everyone else."

• Multiple US senators, apparently

#TikTok #TikTokBan

airwhale, 1 month ago to random

#SilentSunday

airwhale, 1 month ago to music

It's Friday!

Put on a tropical screen saver, mix yourself the umbrella drink of choice (I'm a big Mai Tai boy myself) and get in the mood with Sheila E's new album. I dare you to sit still 💃 🕺

Have a good one all!

#Music #Latin #SheilaE has still got it.

https://tidal.com/browse/album/346950098?u

airwhale, 1 month ago to random

Loving this album by @Skeewiff So much fun! A fresh take on goofy tracks from (mostly) the 1960's, re-imagined with a contemporary sound and a deadpan delivery.

A wonderfully deconstructed "Soul Bossanova", a "Spanish Flea" that (almost) never ends, probably the best (to date) version of "MahNa MahNa", all rounded out by UK parlamentary political anthem #1 "Yakety Sax".

This album shows a true love for the originals, played in the most skilled and respectful way.

https://tidal.com/album/341997933

airwhale, 1 month ago to random

She had me at "Ted Lasso", but now I'm on S5E2 of Fargo, and DANG!

That Juno Temple has got my full attention over here... 😍

airwhale, 1 month ago to affinity

On the topic of #Affinity and #Canva, there is a new statement out today. Registered users probably got the email as well.

For now, I suggest we extend the Affinity team our continued support and love, while holding them to their pledge. They have done right by the graphics community this far, and deserve the benefit of doubt. We'll be watching them closely.

I would have been more at ease if it was Affinity buying Canva though 🙂

Full text here:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/affinity-and-canva-pledge/

airwhale, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to drawing

Having fun with #AffinityDesigner regardless of the news about Canva...

New vector drawing done, this time BB-8.

(Edit: unsure if the image got properly attached.)

#Vector #Drawing #Affinity #BB8 #StarWars
https://www.airwhale.com/automation-academy/

airwhale, 1 month ago to affinity

Timeline blowing up today with the news of #Canva puchasing #Affinity. Posts are pouring in, written in SO many languages. ALL of them worrying about yet another good software suite falling victim to #enshittification and a license model moving from perpetual to monthly subscription.

Users universally loathe subs and we have all seen this story play out before. Nobody trusting the "no changes planned at this time" message.

A sad state of affairs when we all now EXPECT to be worse off shortly.

airwhale, 1 month ago to affinity

Here is the official statement and FAQ from #Affinity on the merger with #Canva.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/

airwhale, 2 months ago to music

Ended up with random Chaka Kahn tracks on shuffle today, what a great way to round off the week.

This isn’t her most well-known track, but man... Give her five and turn it up (esp. from the 3:30 mark). Dynamite.

May your weekend be reinvigorating and uneventful!

#ChakaKahn #Music #BillyCobham #Novocento
Ping @kathimmel

https://songwhip.com/billy-cobham/alive

airwhale, 2 months ago to random

My apologies.

I seem to have been in a certain mood this evening and probably used a negative tone. I usually try not to, but sometimes the world just get to me, know what I mean?

Yes, I'm angry, frustrated and feeling helpless to affect all those things that are moving in the wrong direction. Doesn't feel like voting is going to help much either... Oh well.

Good night and good luck!

airwhale, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Help a dude out here, please. I'm watching the "red carpet" part of the Oscars, but there is ZERO mention of the designers of all those wonderful dresses! Who are they wearing?

Any good resource you've seen for this? Thanks!

#Oscars

airwhale, 2 months ago to random

Me with sleeping granddaughter ❤️

#SilentSunday

airwhale, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to affinity Swedish

Edit: final version now completed. Added detail to his hand and ear, plus a few other highlight / shadow tweaks and background.

Work in progress, vector portrait of David Bowie. Still some details to fix, but kinda close to done I think...

Based on a photo by Greg Gorman from 1984.

#Affinity #AffinityDesigner #Vector #VectorArt #Music #DavidBowie

airwhale, 3 months ago to music

The Whampire Strikes Back!

Feeling silly today, looking forward to the weekend.

#Music #StarWars #Vampire #Wham

airwhale, 4 months ago to random

Question for anyone who recognises themselves in this picture: what would be your preferred way of communicating those valuable thoughts in a meeting/work setting?

As a team lead, I see this often. I know we have brilliant minds on the team, but many of them are staying quiet. There are multiple good reasons why, so I'm looking for practical advice and affordances that can provide less resistance to active participation.

Pls boost for reach, thx!

#Teamwork #Meetings #Neurodivergent #Culture

airwhale, 4 months ago to random

I find it really annoying that lazy people are being mocked and ridiculed. We didn't do ANYTHING!

airwhale, 5 months ago to random

Many of us are about to cozy up by the fire and exchange gifts to commemorate the day a tired young couple was desperately searching for shelter and a place to rest with their donkey.

Today, an entire population in the immediate vincinity of this "holy place" are without shelter, electricity, water, food and medical support of any kind. So many of them are just young kids living in constant terror.

A few world leaders has chosen to support the madness.

Inexcusable!

#CeaseFireNow #Gaza

airwhale, 5 months ago to wordpress

Trying to get my WordPress blog to show up on Mastodon, and I am really not getting very far. All plug-ins are installed, I can find my user and am now "Subscribed" but none of the posts seems to load in the Mastodon web-ui or in my Ivory client. I do get my "Profile bio" and a count of the blog posts though.

Using the "Friends" plug-in, I was able to pull posts into my WordPress UI, but nothing is going the other way.

Any tips for how to overcome this? Thx!

#FediHelp #WordPress #ActivityPub

airwhale, 6 months ago to ai

I am SO tired of all the stupid white humanoid robots used as illustrations for "AI" - who came up with this nonsense?

An AI lives in a rack in a datacenter. It is 100% software. It does NOT need to use human interfaces like a screen, a QWERTY keyboard, mouse or a g*dmnd headset!

Robotics is NOT the same as AI.

#AI #Robot #Robotics #illustration

White, humanoid robot in front of a computer screen wearing a headset.