@unk-p Gumby! And Pokey! How do you find these things?!!! That was priceless.
But who said anything about 3i Atlas? Oh, I get it.
And I'd like to ask people, does anyone other than Elon Musk think that space travel is a solution for what we've done to Earth? All I see on that is Elton John's Rocketman. And the sense I've always had that setting up colonies on Mars or any other planet is going to be a dead end fantasy.
@deetoo @bluebelle @Andrew Posey @sealion @cc21 @tesseract @lovendures
Dog pushes cat into bathtub and lives to regret it. Have removed the link because after reviewing the channel, I feel it is likely fake. Funny, but not funny, when the entire channel is likely fake. Thanks for the heads up, @anya.
Blessings to All! Found poem…
🕯️ Holding the Light 🕯️
by Stuart Kestenbaun
for Kait Rhoads
Gather up whatever is
glittering in the gutter,
whatever has tumbled
in the waves or fallen
in flames out of the sky,
for it’s not only our
hearts that are broken,
but the heart
of the world as well.
Stitch it back together.
Make a place where
the day speaks to the night
and the earth speaks to the sky.
Whether we created God
or God created us
it all comes down to this:
In our imperfect world
we are meant to repair
and stitch together
what beauty there is, stitch it
with compassion and wire.
See how everything
we have made gathers
the light inside itself
and overflows? A blessing.
@jeanne-mayell This is likely AI. The cat is not that wet, and there is no water on the bathroom floor.
@anya I don't have a tutorial, but here are a couple things to look for:
If it's a video of a person speaking (usually directly to the camera), watch for these things:
1) Eye movement/blinking. AI characters don't move their eyes and don't usually blink much (if at all).
2) Pay attention to head/facial movement. When real people speak, they incorporate small, involuntary head movements and facial expressions. If you don't see that, it's probably AI
3) Body movement/gestures. In most cases, AI drones move too smoothly to be human, but (more rarely now, but with older AI programs) they may also be a bit to "jerky" or uneven. Their gestures - if they exist - are either out of synch with or don't match the speech patterns or other body movements.
4) Mouth/lip movement when speaking. Ai drones barely move their lips/mouths when "speaking", and any movements they do make don't synchronize well with the words you're hearing. You don't have to be a lip reader to notice.
5) Speech patterns. AI will usually misalign speech patterns (pausing at odd times, rushing through others), mispronounce or otherwise mangle simple words/phrases. The voices are also usually pretty obvious tells. If it sounds like Siri or Alexa, it's probably AI.
The same things also apply to animals (minus the speech parts! 😂)
If the video is of vehicles such as cars or especially planes:
1) look at the size of the vehicle compared to its surroundings and people near it. The size is often just a bit (sometimes a lot!) wrong in AI.
2) watch how the vehicles move. If they move in ways that a real one probably wouldn't or simply can't physically do, it's likely AI.
Essentially, wear your Goggles of Doubt (tm) at all times when on line. 😂
Happy holidays! Regarding AI it was easy for me to tell before, but I feel like it is getting much better now. Anyway, hope all safe and warm this winter.
During this time of mainstream media inundating us with disaster after disaster ... if you need a renewing break (and who doesn't) There is much good unfolding around and with and between us that doesn't make the headlines.
Then? There are some... quietly going about heroic and meaningful connections. The Buddhist Monks Walk of Peace across the US to end up in Washington, DC. on February 2026. https://www.times-herald.com/news/buddhist-monks-walk-for-peace-to-enter-coweta-county-on-sunday/article_37b4a522-3968-4a32-b92f-cbd48b38d594.html
They have a dog Aloka, that also goes/travels with them. It's very inspiring and moving and the accepting and loving, healing Energy they are creating is magnificent!!! They have crossed in to Georgia today and I am joining my Energy with theirs to promote Peace and Understanding and Community and Oneness.
They have a Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/walkforpeaceusa/
Aloka the Peace Dog has his own page too... https://www.facebook.com/Alokathepeacedog
I am enjoying my Christmas to Epiphany break away from mainstream media and all the atrocities and gloom and doom headlines. I am refilling my cup to the overflowing with the help of Forum friends and the Love and Light we share amongst these pages. I though I would share the Love and Peace these monks are spreading across our land!
Hope this sharing gives respite and renewal to our family here on these pages.
@anya Rethinking. I just checked that video's author and realized the entire channel (456 videos) is likely fake as well as the image of the author. Got a lot of laughs but now that I see the entire channel is really a bunch of fake cartoons, I'm not laughing. Will remove that video from this forum.
I have no issue with laughing at a funny cat video. I simply get concerned when AI isn’t labeled. There needs to be a law about it in this country.
Also there is the copyright issue. Artists and humans should own copyrights of their images.
And then it becomes a class issue because you need a substantial amount of money for a lawsuit.
BREAKING:
The Color of the Year has been decided:
Say hello to PANTALONE #00-000!
This swatch is available for downloading or printing
@unk-p Cloud Dancer.... I rather like that!!! Fanciful name... good name for a horse!!! I had a beautiful half Lippizaner filly eons ago (in my early 20's) that I named Cat Dancing. Long story... she was taken from me and sold... I have often wondered what became of her and her beautiful mum. *sigh*
I rather like the thought of celestial white, Light Bright. I take lots of pictures of clouds in various shades of silvers, whites and the gorgeous array of all colors of the spectrum blazing across our skies..from rainbows to sun dogs, iridescent cloud to auroras... I often fantasize about riding a cloud like Aladdin's Magic Carpet and soaring above the Earth traveling to places I have longed to see and experience the beauty of our planet.
I think too then, how much more humble we would be... if we all could see our planet in her full glory, her strength, her fragility , our vulnerability and connections with her and all the sentient beings (meaning all) that share our existence here. Here .. in this moment... we have all we need... to create our vision of a kinder, more responsible and caring society where all are valued... for just being .. who they are, their authentic selves. Truly Agape and Heavenly Paradise. I believe we can make it happen.
I think cloud dancer is a poetic name for a very slightly warm white.
There was a lot of criticism about that color or absence of color being chosen, and some called it racist, but the truth is that people of color look better than caucasians in white.
Psychologically, white signifies a new piece of paper for an artwork. It feels like a collective desire to start again with something cleansed and without past resistance.
I personally would have liked to see something more vibrant and happier like chartreuse or lime green, but it also doesn’t feel like that’s going to show up yet.
Everyone has a white tee shirt somewhere, so we can all drop it in some peroxide and be on trend for the new year.
In some countries it is traditional to wear white in the new year and offer white flowers to the ocean deities.
I think most are tired of rage baiting and mudslinging. So it’s also a desire to try to keep it clean.
@anya one of my favorite colors is the particular blueish green soft mist color of sea glass of that hue, along with the cerulean blue skies and colors of the sand on my favorite beaches in the Julian G Bruce State Park of St.George Island,Fla. as well as the emerald clear waters there and at Cape San Blas. My last trip there was in 2010. I hope to go again before I leave this world.
People will see what they choose to see... their perception is their reality. They can take anything and make it a weapon or symbol to evil or good accordingly.