Peter Howitt

@peterhowitt.bsky.social

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AI optimist (Iain M Banks / James Lovelock variety). Full time lawyer, part-time poet and fumbling philosopher - "That is not what I meant, at all.” https://asym-intel.info/

The Last Supper, created in the late 15th century by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Network graph showing correlations across monitors and blogs from: https://whitespace.asym-intel.info/
Image of a humanoid for Asym-intel.info
The Mulberry Tree is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch artist. The painting was created in October 1889.
Snapshot from the weekly World Democracy Monitor
Earthrise: photograph of Earth that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.[1][2][3] Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".[
European Geopolitical & Hybrid Threat Tracker
Screenshot of the European Geopolitical & Threat Monitor
Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son, last week called for the death of the European Union and the return of a “Christian” Europe.
Rumi, by Iranian artist Hossein Behzad (1957)– http://sadmu.ir/detail/5613, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85573572
AI generated image of: a warplane surrounded by doves, a soldier jumping for joy and a woman and child running through a field
These series are constructed to be consistent with the World Inequality Database and recent syntheses (e.g. EU top‑10% ≈ 55–60%, US ≈ low 70s, China rising toward ~70%), but they are smoothed and approximate rather than exact country‑year WID extractions to show the macro picture.
Confucius says: “If you call your allies cowards in February, don’t expect help in March you stupid cunt”.
Claude generated image for the Claude generated poem
Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate VIII: Canto III: The gate of Hell. "Abandon all hope ye who enter here"
The Number of the Beast is 666, object 1 (Butlin 522), 1805. Watercolor, 41.2 x 33.5 cm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Blake
AI generated image of a man looking at the moon
AI generated image of a boy sitting under a golden moon
Team America film poster
Donald Trump as Louis XIV: L’état, C’est Moi https://share.google/MsEbmZGR9tOyGv4oV
It is estimated that about 140,000 of Hiroshima’s 350,000 population were killed by the atomic bomb – Photo of Hiroshima Getty Images.
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician’s Nephew (Hardback) (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1) cover image
Image made by David Chapura of 'Charn' a fictional world in The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis: https://share.google/nmh8fFe2ZS0kQLYWJ
Black & White version of 'Christ on the Cross (1880)'. Oil on canvas. Petit Palais, Paris, by Léon Bonnat.
Photo of a hungry Palestinian girl crying from 'Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations': https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/amnesty-international-says-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-israel-rejects-the-allegations
Sketch of an Olive Tree in front of the Separation Wall
Yeehaw. Image from the film 'Dr Strangelove': Major T.J. "King" Kong, played by Slim Pickens.Kong is attempting to release a jammed nuclear bomb from the bay of a B-52 bomber he straddles it like a rodeo bull, waving his cowboy hat and cheering all the way down to the ground.
New York Times cover - 'How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein': https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-jp-morgan.html
Banksy style image of Lady Justice prostrate and broken
The Coffer illusion: can you see circles or rectangles? . Photograph: Screengrab
Who makes up Russia losses in Ukraine war chart
More than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by local authorities at the time, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal.
Angel engraving AI generated
Metal statue of a demigod? with a head made of thin stone slabs
Normal People poster image
Iain Bank's 1993 novel 'Complicity'
Black and white woodcut of a dolphin diving into the waves
The Wealth Siphon and the Cold Box Trap: Gemini generated image.
Wealth Share of the Richest 1% by country showing China is catching up with the USA and Russia
View of Arles, Flowering Orchards by Vincent van Gogh. 1898
Abstracty spider web image for the poem. AI generated image (not poem)
Photo of the Joep Beving concert poster: St Peter's, Manchester, 08 November 2025
"Considered by some to be his [Van Gogh's] last work. An 1882 study of tree roots
This striking photo shows a skydiver perfectly aligned with the sun's fiery surface, around 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from Earth. (Image credit: Andrew McCarthy/cosmicbackground.io)
Glad you ditched the license—many are opting out for that reason. Defunding the BBC would end the mandatory subsidy for biased content, letting viewers choose truly impartial sources like GB News or independents. Taxpayers deserve options, not propaganda; competition drives better journalism.
Elon Musk on X: Frodo "What are we holding onto Sam?" Sam "That there's some good in the world Mr Frodo. And it's worth fighting for"
Elon Musk as a Sith Lord
Picture of Albert Einstein with the quote: "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Poster "Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist. Keep loving. Keep fighting." https://bsky.app/profile/jeremydavidengels.bsky.social/post/3lj3er5fy6s2j
This photo illustration depicts a view of the night sky just before the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. About 3.75 billion years from now, Andromeda's disk fills the field of view and its gravity begins to create tidal. NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), T. Hallas, and A. Mellinger
Model prison: Presidio Modelo, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. Attribution: Friman
Elon Musk Twitter post 10 Nov 2025 "To paraphrase Voltaire, those who believe in absurdities can commit atrocities without ever thinking they’re doing anything wrong. What would happen if there were an omnipotent AI that was trained to believe absurdities? Grok is the only AI that is laser-focused on truth."
Image for the page The Stack: Five Domains of Privatized Sovereignty Critical state infrastructures are being privatized across five domains—data, defense, space, energy, and money—the foundations of democratic power. These domains form the architecture of privatized sovereignty: a technological regime where power flows through laws, infrastructure and automated platforms. From: https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/