Mannofield, trees

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Mannofield, trees

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Bark, Craigilea Avenue, Mannofield

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Bark, Craigilea Avenue, Mannofield

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Near Wellbrae Terrace, Mannofield, Aberdeen - 2

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Near Wellbrae Terrace, Mannofield, Aberdeen - 2

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Near Wellbrae Terrace, Mannofield, Aberdeen - 1

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Near Wellbrae Terrace, Mannofield, Aberdeen - 1

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Washing, Craigton Road, Mannofield, Aberdeen: 8 photos

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Washing, Craigton Road, Mannofield, Aberdeen

It was a peculiar day: very windy, bright and cold. After I passed this garden I met an old man who was leaning on a gatepost. I asked him if he was all right. He said he was just pausing for breath.

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Comb

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Comb

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AI Art Is Weird, Sad, and Ugly. Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise: link to an article by NIcholas Liu in Jacobin.

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AI Art

https://jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-slop-art-aesthetics-technology-capital/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOk3gBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzOXhhVktiQ0Nqd3o0MUxMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkNsDGXXEPm7zvd8pgwbLuwf2zifdbLJM2pxLz0zsaXzUn54_qqrN41xHIyU_aem_yV3p2uqDyUewnMgHZjMBNA&brid=W8EQ5-wkCM3-lmiCQRUD5w

I suspect the article would be better if it avoided the Marxist theorising, which does not add much to the critique of AI.

But a pushback against AI is very necessary: necessary as part of a pushback against sterility. 

This becomes very obvious when travelling, and one encounters similarity in places which used to be quite different from each other,

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