Ikebana (生け花) is the Japanese art of flower arranging, literally 'bringing flowers to life'.
Beginning as Buddhist floral offerings, over time flower arrangement grew into an artistic pursuit.

Nowadays there are over 1000 schools of Ikebana all over the world.

#ikebana #生花 #flowerarrangement #Kyoto

(Reuters) - A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials than has previously been reported. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hacker-who-breached-communications-app-used-by-trump-aide-stole-data-across-us-2025-05-21/

AI is an eldritch horror. it is an incomprehensibly vast being but without physical form, not truly alive or aware of anything, though it consumes human knowledge and spits out a perversion of it. those who get too close to it are driven mad, and worship it as a deity that will lead them to salvation, even though it is not even aware of them and will lead them to destruction instead

Behind the scenes with Oliver Platt, the voice actor of Luther, from 'SSX Tricky' on the PlayStation 2.

Shouldn’t there be a lot more protests happening?

The real smartphone (and environment) killer? The Operating System.

Read my latest blog post 👇👇👇

https://gaelduval.com/the-operating-system-the-real-hardware-and-environment-killer/

Microsoft SLT should be ashamed of themselves for this one. Microsoft knowingly platforms hate.

Dear Fedi friends, I need your help!

We are working on motion graphics for the Fediverse promotional video... and we would love to do a sequence at the end with a mosaic of people's profile photos. For that, I need your consent.

If you'd like to have a small cameo in our video, can you let us know if we can use your profile pic?

Thanks! 🙏

Can you please boost this?

#EleFediVideos #AskFedi

@_elena yes!

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. But so did the divine right of kings." - Ursula K. Le Guin

Why is every cooking recipe website a bunch of AI slop with infinite scroll to make sure that the maximum (possibly infinite) amount of adverts is seen before any actual cooking info is provided

Millions of Romanians are celebrating tonight nationwide. This is what democracy looks like, despite Russia's insane manipulation campaign and army of influencer-propagandists, the people saw right through the bullshit and made the right call for their future. Romania is undefeated. 🇷🇴🇪🇺

Work slowly.

Pro-West independent candidate Nicusor Dan has staged a dramatic comeback to win the Romanian presidential election. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/18/nicusor-dan-leading-in-romanias-crucial-presidential-elections-exit-polls-project

Welcome to #Ohio

#DOGE #Enshittification #USA #CuyahogaValley #Cleveland #Akron #Parks #NationalPark #US #Politics

The number of microcars in Zuidas is getting crazy. But it's great to see!

I definitely prefer it when all the bankers drive these instead of SUVs.

#Amsterdam #microcars

I'm old enough to remember when our #1 concern about the veracity of online information was that anyone could edit Wikipedia

Here's what #Ohio GOP's up to. .

Though the bill designates but does not define “Natural Family Month,” an explanation for the month can be found on the website of the Natural Family Foundation (NFF), a Westerville, Ohio-based group – not an official nonprofit – that is attempting to “return the Natural Family to its rightful place as the Foundation of our American culture.”

.https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/05/13/natural-family-month/

1. Far right federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has just vacated all EEOC protections for gay and trans people in the work place. He says protections from "being fired" do not mean they are protected from harassment by Title VII. I cover this insane ruling here. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Far Right Federal Judge Rules ...

@tdp_org @tinker labor laws in the US are pretty horrific.