Just back from visiting Veldhoven Zoo, and from cycling to and from there. Very tired. I took many pictures, both cards I had with me are full. Maybe I should not have left the camera on burst mode, and maybe I should have emptied both cards before I went there... It's going to take a while to sort through everything.
I like that some animals are free to roam around with people, farm style. And I like that this zoo started as, and still is, a sanctuary for birds. All these times people realise they can not keep parrots anymore, they go there. Someone told me that in covid times they received over a hundred parrots and budgies per day; I must have misunderstood. They also have a breeding program for eagles, which will be released in the wild in France. Apparently eagles don't form couples when in France.
Until two weeks ago I didn't even know this zoo existed, and I've lived here for decades. But a colleague mentioned visiting it with her little daughter, and I wanted to check it out too.
Diana, Luudida, on being alone travelling and content creating. She's very honestly showing how uncomfortable it makes her, and she does it anyway. I'm so proud.
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I'm not doing content creation, but I have experience of my whole life going to places alone where people normally go with others, and she's already handling it better than me.
Crystal showing mathematically that dating apps don't work: youtu.be/9-VcIwUqKpI?is=SBFVmQ…
I think her maths is even too optimistic. It's quite a lot worse if you're a man, in one of these lower categories, and in your location N=3. E.g. she's talking about not all matches leading to a date and I'm thinking 'are there actually people who have any matches?'. I didn't know that if I were to eventually match with a (non-scam) person, there were more hurdles to take.
My new favourite chess Grandmaster.
Divya Deshmukh, 20 years old from India, is currently playing at the prestigious Fide Candidates tournament, where it is already an achievement to qualify for being allowed to participate. The photo is from the official Fide (international chess federation) Flickr site and is taken at that event.
It looks like she's making a name for herself, not just for bold moves and fierce fights, but also for showing up in very stylish outfits.
A super interesting video where Mithuna Yoganathan explains what would be involved in AI doing biological scientific discoveries and why the claim that it will cure cancer is unlikely at best. Mithuna is a super smart person (PHD in quantum physics) who doesn't have a simple knee jerk reaction against AI, like I do. She really gave it a go, as you can see on her channel. So, if she says this... And I really trust her opinion anyway.
#AI #MithunaYoganathan #Science
The simpler answer: no, but it will cause cancer by making climate change worse.
cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-…
Climate Change’s Impact on Cancer Care, Risk
Emerging evidence suggests that the consequences of climate change may have an impact on the development of cancer and cancer care.National Cancer Institute (.gov)
Amy-Leigh Hickman is going to be in the new series (7) of Line of Duty! On the BBC.
Crystal explains what your favourite social media says about you: youtu.be/GspQt10qrgs?is=_NCo16… . Unfortunately she only does commercial social media. And even though she helpfully mentions that people should just start their own blog if that's a certain itch they should scratch, it is then tied to the sponsor of the video, Squarespace.
Me: I used to hate Tumblr for years, but then I stopped using it. I felt seen in that segment...
Fragments of Eindhoven
Canon EOS R10, with the Laowa 65mm 2.8 manual focus macro lens.
#Eindhoven #CanonEOSR10 #Laowa #Photography
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Photographed the full Moon tonight, this time actually using a tripod. Cropped, Canon EOS R10, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 with 1.4x extender. F11, 1/200s, iso 200.
Post production sound in wildlife documentaries, by Roxy Furman, taking her own beautiful film of a pangolin to be released as an example.
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Here's Celina Bhandari explaining her creative workflow for her cinematic travel documentaries: youtu.be/4Ub365sf13g?si=qji-pQ…
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Episode 1 of season 4 of Bridgerton introduces us to great new characters. I love Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek, Katie Leung as Lady Araminta Gun and Michelle Mao as Rosamund Li. I suspect the tension this season is going to be in that household...
I follow Korean foodie Doobydobap on YouTube and noticed that despite having visited many Asian countries, she had never done a video about food in India before. That is fixed now and resulted in over two hours of video.
Part 1 is Delhi:
youtu.be/PjNLVgwLOJs?si=cjB6_1…
Part 2 is Mumbai:
youtu.be/7tataOP0ME8?si=ppG2Gp…
She's planning to go back to visit more cities.
#Doobydobap #FoodBlog #India
Went to Eindhoven today to photograph some of the famous statues as a very small photography project. The intent was to make the photos somewhat different from the norm, using just one lens. Canon RF 35 F1.8 on Canon EOS R10.
First Anton Philips in front of the train station.
#Photography #Eindhoven #CanonEOSR10 #CanonR10 #Statue #AntonPhilips
Next Frits Philips on the Market Square.
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Finally the statue by Rodin in front of the Van Abbe Museum (not in the frame).
To me the statue always seems to be twisted, distorted, against the norm, and I tried to do that justice in the photo.
#Photography #Eindhoven #CanonEOSR10 #CanonR10 #statue #Rodin
So Greenland was named that way really as propaganda...
Here's an episode of a history podcast, from a year ago, about the history of Greenland and its current status.
Fun quiz by Crystal to check whether your job is right for you. (Just keep the results to yourself...)
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