Can't wait to celebrate and read with this group of amazing writers for #WritingtheGoldenState (edited by Romeo Guzmán fragoza and samine joudat) Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center. Join us!

One of the problems with this diagram is that it is missing a crucial dimension: time. When it comes to price gouging in emergencies, that’s a pretty big problem.

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If deep learning can predict weather better than an explicit physics simulation, does that mean that deep learning is more "fundamental" than physics? Or that nothing is fundamental?

I miss the days when we evaluated algorithms rather than models. Rather than "how well does model M do?", it should be "given data D and compute C, how well does running algorithm A on D with C do?" I don't think we can get scientific clarity unless we do the latter.

The Webb telescope recently set its sights on a little piece of the night sky, capturing thousands of galaxies in a cluster 10 billion light years away. Every tiny dot in this image (obvious stars aside) is a cosmic megalopolis that may be home to millions of civilizations.

'All Media is Training Data' will change how you think about the future of art. Out now via Serpentine shop. Contributors include Benjamin Bratton Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social) Kei liz pelly Primavera De Filippi #ryanmurdock. Ty Holly Herndon Mat Dryhurst Eric Hu Caroline Busta 🖤

David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.

Exclusive video from inside Tehran - and the person who filmed it tells us this is bringing them together.

Iranians in Iran are putting out emergency advisories right now on how to protect from potential radiation after the US bombed Iran’s lawful civilian nuclear facilities. What was an apocalyptic nightmare is now a potential reality for millions of Iranians, funded by our taxes.

As it happens, Iran is one of the few places that’s perfected the art of mid-rise affordable brick housing. But sure, bomb them instead of taking notes:

A vast network of Israeli spy tech, built by software engineers who cut their teeth writing code for the IDF to enforce Israeli apartheid, is being sold to police forces and security services across the west who use it to intercept communications and hack phones 🧵

Today, Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see 130 flights in both directions, equivalent to a plane departing every 6.5 minutes for 18 hours a day. Hard to argue it's not a perfect candidate for fast trains.

Two limited-edition Nipsey Hussle TAP cards will drop on August 15, Nipsey Hussle Day. The TAP cards are part of the Metro x Culture series celebrating Angelenos who’ve shaped LA culture, especially those whose journeys began on Metro buses and trains.🚌🚎

Another banger of an apartment design in Iran! This time in the city of Birjand, designed by Sahar Kamaleddin and Nima Safdari

Introducing Natural Processing - our new photography processing mode that preserves your iPhone's natural grain and doesn't add additional sharpness or clarity so you can get authentic photos.

Twelve days after the seismic developments involving the US, Israel and Iran, geopolitical dynamics continue to shift. Beyond the headlines of airstrikes and political transitions, ordinary Iranians are navigating a deeply uncertain reality where the meaning of “home” has been

With everything going on I just want to say, I think Iran is one of the most beautiful places on earth with near endless economic potential. People extremely industrious with a love for detail. On our way in and out of Iran we stayed at two amazing small boutique hotels. The

"People on all sides claim to speak on behalf of Iranians. Meanwhile, they erase the real pain, trauma, and violence experienced by those with different political views—even as they share the same core love for their homeland," writes samine joudat. zps.la/4mIqghh