imagine telling someone in 1998 that one day we’d all carry pocket computers with infinite knowledge — and use them to argue with bots about whether the tone of a LinkedIn post was too enthusiastic. 🤖📱 #progress

Hollow Progress
Without inner growth, the world's progress is hollow, like fancy packaging with nothing inside.

#world #progress #mindfulness #philosophy

You don’t need to do everything today.
Just do the next right thing.
Have a powerful morning.
#NoPressure #Progress #Life

https://solartechonline.com/blog/renewable-energy-innovations-2025/ “Floating offshore wind turbines accessing deep-water resources with 50%+ capacity factors, combined with tidal and wave energy systems, are unlocking vast untapped renewable resources that could power coastal regions reliably” #environment #climatechange #science #nature #progress

Flash News: The qualify of life of the average American sucks ->

"We Americans like to boast, “We’re No. 1,” and we certainly are in our military capacity to invade other countries and abduct odious foreign leaders.

But in the well-being of ordinary citizens? A careful study released Wednesday and based on a measure called the Social Progress Index suggests that in terms of quality of life, the United States ranks 32nd out of 171 countries, behind Poland, Lithuania and Cyprus.

More alarming, the United States has fallen steadily in the rankings over the years, under Republican and Democratic presidents alike — and now seems poised to fall further because of cuts in health care and other services by President Trump.

The Social Progress Index was introduced in the 2010s by a high-powered team of scholars and experts. The United States ranked 18th in 2011, and while that was troubling, we were still ahead of France, Italy and Spain. Now they outrank America.

The Social Progress Index has 12 components, and since 2011 the United States has fallen in the rankings in all of them, said Michael Green, the chief executive of the group that publishes the index each year.

“The quality of life in America is not just worse than in a handful of small Scandinavian countries but also worse than in all of America’s G7 competitors,” Green told me. “We’ve slipped behind former Communist countries like Slovenia, Lithuania and Estonia and behind other relatively new democracies like South Korea.”

“The U.S. won the Cold War by being an economic superpower and a social progress superpower,” Green added. “Over the last 30 years, America has simply let go, in terms of social progress.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/opinion/america-quality-of-life.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EVA.WuJu.byR-ucFOk3Z4&smid=url-share

#USA #QualityOfLife #Progress #Healthcare #Affordability #Inflation

My work in 2022 vs my work in 2025. Can you notice a difference that 3 years of practice makes?
#progress #artandairplanes #art #woodworking #wood #woodart #mountains #waterfall #moon #canadian

Here is one sign of the unpopularity of ICE:

"The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from using 11 city garages and parking lots, as well as the parking areas of 75 community centers and libraries as staging areas or operational bases":
https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-bans-ice-from-using-its-properties/
#progress #PublicSafety #reforms copy: @renewedresistance #politics

"Everything good you have is the product of someones struggle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p68TXmnOy60

#progress #activism #antifascim #ReneGood #democray

Lunchtime 3D printing job started: last night I designed in OpenSCAD the framework for a standard piece of platform. It can be one sided or an island, it can have a mounting point for a lamp post, and the internal supports for the platform to surface are automatically generated based on the platform length and width.

Didn’t want to build pure cardboard platforms and didn’t want to pay over the top for laser cut parts. This is a good compromise, the structure will never sag, might just need to replace the top surface occasionally.

All you have to do is cut and glue the side cladding and the top surface. Going to design some ramps tonight. Metcalfe platform kits in the post for me to source parts from.

The thicker part of the side wall represents the area below the level of the track bed.

#3DPrinting #ModelRailway #OOGauge #Progress

Number of London Homicides Falls to 11-year Low Equating to Record Lowest Homicide Rate Ever

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/number-of-london-homicides-falls-to-11-year-low-equating-to-record-lowest-homicide-rate-ever/

I've done a Transformation werewolf piece for commmission before and I just felt inspired to make one of my own ^^ This is the work in progress of the already uploaded piece. One of the first times I've sculpted the aluminium base as much as I could and I can say I'm loving it, good way to get better proportions. just have to remember to still leave enough bulk to have a sturdy shell.

Also figured how to do the fur in an easier and fun way with a new tool. absolutely enjoyed the new method!
part 2

finished piece :  https://rivalmit.com/gallery/1-sculptures/413-werewolf-transformation

#sculpture #WIP #progress #werewolf #transformation

I went outside! First time since I got sick. Walked all the way down the street to put bills in the mailslot. Looking around, there's so much winter work undone, but it felt good to be out, even for that little bit. #Progress

Endangered Species Are Bouncing Back to 90% on Kangaroo Island Thanks to Predator-Proof Fence

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-species-are-bouncing-back-to-90-on-kangaroo-island-thanks-to-predator-proof-fence/

Sketching with acrylics a bit.

This one is getting a bit more attitude.

#wip #progress #painting #art #illustration #itchi5

A quotation from Henry Commager

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1961-04-30), “We Have Changed — and Must,” The New York Times Magazine

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #advancement #change #improvement #progress

I've done a Transformation werewolf piece for commmission before and I just felt inspired to make one of my own ^^   This is the work in progress of the already uploaded piece.  One of the first times I've sculpted the  aluminium base as much as I could and I can say I'm loving it, good way to get better proportions. just have to remember to still leave enough bulk to have a sturdy shell.

part 1

finished piece:  https://rivalmit.com/gallery/1-sculptures/413-werewolf-transformation

#sculpture #WIP #progress #transformation #werewolf