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Blu Protests the Valencia Port Expansion with a Tumultuous Battle Between Nature and Guards | Colossal
October 5, 2022 Art Social Issues Grace Ebert All images © Blu The legendary anonymous street artist known as Blu has spent his career critiquing the ills of capitalism, the carceral system, and the destruction of the environment, among myriad … Continue reading
How China’s New AI Model DeepSeek Is Threatening U.S. Dominance
24 Jan 2025 #CNBC #AI #DeepSeek A little-known AI lab out of China has ignited panic throughout Silicon Valley after releasing AI models that can outperform America’s best despite being built more cheaply and with less-powerful chips. DeepSeek, as the … Continue reading
The crisis of liberal democracy: how free are we?
Garance Pineau, Rod Dreher, Paul Lynch and Francesco Boldizzoni discuss the obstacles to freedom in today’s liberal democracy. Become a member of the Nexus Institute and check out the entire debate at https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activit…. Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 2024, ‘The … Continue reading
A Sharp Look at the Surprisingly Complex Process of Pencil Manufacturing by Photographer Christopher Payne | Colossal
November 13, 2018 Photography Laura Staugaitis All photographs © Christopher Payne /Esto Photographer Christopher Payne (previously) spent several years building a relationship with the owners of General Pencil Company in Jersey City, New Jersey, one of the last remaining pencil factories … Continue reading