Eugen Rochko
@Gargron@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

A sunny day in Bristol.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Jack's Lab

#BelieveInFilm#FilmPhotography#AnalogPhotography #35mm#Bristol
Eggs now in different baskets.
@the_wub@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday
@Gargron We watched a lovely anime film at the weekend - "Kiki's Delivery Service" about a young witch leaving home to find her place in the world.

Her home village looked like villages on the south west coast of the UK whereas the town she moved to was clearly Germanic in appearance. I found the juxtaposition amusing.

When I looked at this picture my first thought was "Germany?" as if to remind me that there are (small) parts of the UK that look Germanic.

#anime #architecture #juxtaposition
EricBono
@EricBono@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Fingerspitzengefühl: IP vs process knowledge.

' But here's the thing: while "IP" can be bought and sold by the capital classes, process knowledge is inseparably vested in the minds and muscle-memory of their workers. '

' The exaltation of "IP" over process knowledge is part of the ancient practice of bosses denigrating their workers' contribution to the bottom line. It's key to the myth that workers can be replaced by AI: an AI can consume all the "IP" produced by workers, but it doesn't have their process knowledge. It can't, because process knowledge is embodied and enmeshed, it is relational and physical. It doesn't appear in training data. '

From Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/process-knowledge/#dance-monkey-dance

' Fingerspitzengefühl [ˈfɪŋɐˌʃpɪtsənɡəˌfyːl] is a German term, literally meaning "finger tips feeling" and meaning intuitive flair or instinct.** It describes a great situational awareness**... '
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerspitzengef%C3%BChl

@dna #Architecture#Design#Techne#Theory
EricBono
@EricBono@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Fingerspitzengefühl: IP vs process knowledge.

' But here's the thing: while "IP" can be bought and sold by the capital classes, process knowledge is inseparably vested in the minds and muscle-memory of their workers. '

' The exaltation of "IP" over process knowledge is part of the ancient practice of bosses denigrating their workers' contribution to the bottom line. It's key to the myth that workers can be replaced by AI: an AI can consume all the "IP" produced by workers, but it doesn't have their process knowledge. It can't, because process knowledge is embodied and enmeshed, it is relational and physical. It doesn't appear in training data. '

From Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/process-knowledge/#dance-monkey-dance

' Fingerspitzengefühl [ˈfɪŋɐˌʃpɪtsənɡəˌfyːl] is a German term, literally meaning "finger tips feeling" and meaning intuitive flair or instinct.** It describes a great situational awareness**... '
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerspitzengef%C3%BChl

@dna #Architecture#Design#Techne#Theory
Daveybot
@daveybot@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last week

This grotty and unloved multi-storey carpark was part of the old St James Centre in #Edinburgh and used to be one of my favourite spots to wander about with my camera. It was a blight, sure, but I loved exploring in there all the same, and I really hate the shiny apparent acceptability of its replacement.

#MondaysAreBrutal
#Brutalism
#Photography
#Architecture

The grimy spiral access ramp of a multi-story carpark. Every surface is dirty concrete. A couple of arrow markings in the foreground are rather faded, and a hand-painted yellow 'slow' on a wall at the back of the spiral ramp is the only pop of colour. It's a flat, grey day, and the diffuse light does little to bring any dram to the flat, grey, empty concrete buildings in the distance.
The grimy spiral access ramp of a multi-story carpark. Every surface is dirty concrete. A couple of arrow markings in the foreground are rather faded, and a hand-painted yellow 'slow' on a wall at the back of the spiral ramp is the only pop of colour. It's a flat, grey day, and the diffuse light does little to bring any dram to the flat, grey, empty concrete buildings in the distance.
The grimy spiral access ramp of a multi-story carpark. Every surface is dirty concrete. A couple of arrow markings in the foreground are rather faded, and a hand-painted yellow 'slow' on a wall at the back of the spiral ramp is the only pop of colour. It's a flat, grey day, and the diffuse light does little to bring any dram to the flat, grey, empty concrete buildings in the distance.
The grimy spiral access ramp of a multi-story carpark. Every surface is dirty concrete. A couple of arrow markings in the foreground are rather faded, and a hand-painted yellow 'slow' on a wall at the back of the spiral ramp is the only pop of colour. A dim cool daylight is just-about visible in the distance, through the a barrier.
The grimy spiral access ramp of a multi-story carpark. Every surface is dirty concrete. A couple of arrow markings in the foreground are rather faded, and a hand-painted yellow 'slow' on a wall at the back of the spiral ramp is the only pop of colour. A dim cool daylight is just-about visible in the distance, through the a barrier.
The grimy spiral access ramp of a multi-story carpark. Every surface is dirty concrete. A couple of arrow markings in the foreground are rather faded, and a hand-painted yellow 'slow' on a wall at the back of the spiral ramp is the only pop of colour. A dim cool daylight is just-about visible in the distance, through the a barrier.
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Here's the first look at my upcoming Tenement Tiles of Glasgow 2026 Calendar, featuring decorative tiles from Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian tenements. It's A4 size with one page (and one tile) per month. It costs £18, plus postage to wherever you are in the world.

There will only be 25 in the first print run, but you can order it now (for shipping on 1st of October 2025) from our website at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/calendar/

#glasgow #architecture #tiles #artnouveau #tenements #ceramics #tiling

The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Here's the first look at my upcoming Tenement Tiles of Glasgow 2026 Calendar, featuring decorative tiles from Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian tenements. It's A4 size with one page (and one tile) per month. It costs £18, plus postage to wherever you are in the world.

There will only be 25 in the first print run, but you can order it now (for shipping on 1st of October 2025) from our website at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/calendar/

#glasgow #architecture #tiles #artnouveau #tenements #ceramics #tiling

The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
Fitness Foundry (Coach Julio)
@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Bonjour from Ukraine 🇺🇦😀

🚌 Halfway to Odesa, and currently in Vinnytsia. The replica 🇫🇷 Eiffel Tower says hi! 👋🏽

Taking a break with a fresh cup of kava ☕️ before continuing on to my next humanitarian volunteer chapter.

✨Thank you all for your support.

#humor #fun #France #Ukraine #art #culture #volunteer #eiffeltower #Odesa #architecture
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

As historic thermal baths in Romania's picturesque Baile Herculane spa town have fallen into an advanced state of decay, volunteers are fighting to save them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/world/society/volunteers-romania-cultural-treasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #onsen #romania #architecture