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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.

#DivyaDeshmukh #Chess

Divya Deshmukh concentrating on a chessboard, wearing a stylish bordeaux red knitted top with matching lipstick and fitting elaborate ear hangers. Some chess pieces can be seen but from this angle the state of the game can not be seen. The game is from the 2026 Fide Candidates tournament.
#chess #DivyaDeshmukh

This elephant, is it in the room right now?

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

youtu.be/zFcyWFK1q8I?is=0KFt7D…

#ai #Science #MithunaYoganathan
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Bongolian
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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.

#AmyLeighHickman #LineOfDuty

#AmyLeighHickman #LineOfDuty

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

White stone statue in front of a church door. Baby is not happy and mother is giving side eye.
Two gargoyles sticking their heads out of the church
The Pathé logo on the Pathé cinema
White stone statue of mother and child in front of a church door.
#photography #laowa #eindhoven #canoneosr10
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These are straight out of camera, literally, because I loaded them onto my phone and posted them before getting home and anywhere near my computer. But now I realise that's the jpeg's on the S2 setting, the lowest resolution, under 4M pixels. Not bad, considering.

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.

The Full Moon

#FullMoon #Photography #CanonR10

#photography #FullMoon #canonR10

Post production sound in wildlife documentaries, by Roxy Furman, taking her own beautiful film of a pangolin to be released as an example.
youtu.be/bOdxK4WfSEM?si=eeWasg…

#RoxyFurman

#RoxyFurman

Crystal's Guide to making friends: youtu.be/fwstWkNCLPI?si=9T2-mV… . I still think it's complicated, but that is probably just me...
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