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Charlayn von Solms

@charlayn.eurosky.social
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Sculptor, lapsed academic I use assemblage to create contemporary art based on the compositional strategies of Archaic Greek oral-formulaic poetry. charlaynvonsolms.com/link-in-bio

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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 18h
It has always been a wild place, but until recently people respected each other's right to make the art they wanted to. I got a lot of eye-rolling for my interest in antiquity, but no-one ever excluded or punished me for it. Now, it's like clergy imposing scripture: toe the ideological line, or else
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 18h
Just look at the buildings. Is that Smuts or Fuller Hall? 😂
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 18h
Legend was that in the 60's one of the sculpture lecturers was in the habit of getting drunk and passing out. His students organized their own curriculum, and then when they became lecturers themselves, used what they learned doing that to establish the first Masters in Fine Art degree at UCT.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 19h
On the topic of UCT, did you know that the university now occupies all of Cape Town and Table Mountain has shrunk to the size of a small hill? 😂
AI slop in an AI slop article courtesy of https://studyatuniversity.com/universities/university-of-cape-town-in-south-africa-6/
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 19h
When I pointed out to him that there was no way I would be putting myself in a position where people could sue me if anyone got hurt, he insisted it was a typo and I should sign it anyway. Did your daughter ever hear about the student who died in the explosion behind the Egyptian building?
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20h
all sheen, no substance
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
Our directorate of Health and Safety decreed that one academic per department should serve as an H&S officer. My HoD volunteered me and handed me a form to sign. It included a clause where I would agree to take personal responsibility for all injuries that might occur in the dept. I left soon after.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
clearly has a lot at stake
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
maybe they should just politely try asking people to stay a while longer instead of threatening them with murder for leaving
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
"I used to live at home, now I stay in the house"
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
Is this how you tell us you're leaving?
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
subtle
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
but, aren't ghost just hallucinations?
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
"You can't be creative without AI". The machine is programmed to tell you that you're a very very special genius who has created something truly miraculously extraordinary so that you will spend more money on tokens, you dolt.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
I'm sure LIFE would excuse you for the day
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
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Three Amigos: No Water in the Desert
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
The corporation as a 'profit robot' is a brilliant analogy for explaining the specific type of risks posed by AI.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
So you're saying that yet another techbro has mistaken his favourite sci-fi series for an instruction manual?
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 22/10/2026
That's right Buddy, essential stuff is about start withering and falling off. A Propert SWIFTWHIP is coming for you 😆
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
sad bat
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Batman In Rain Sad Batman
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
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Humpty Dumpty's Excited Stare in Puss In Boots
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
😂
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
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My Disappointment Is Immeasurable Meme
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
That feeling of an eerie type of déjà vu permeates his work. I think it's the combination of generalized forms combined with excruciating detail, like when you dream of someone you're convinced you know really well, but you cannot recall their name or where you know them from
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
I call a pox of the worst kind on every strident technological somnambulist who insists that we should all just gratefully accept these horrors because some vile ethically challenged ghouls found a way to make money by exploiting idiots who think convenience is the ultimate good.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
Very jealous. I LOVE Hillier's work
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
mu.social/profile/twon...
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
is that where you learnt how to make balloon animals?
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
The section on the risks of using AI for brainstorming is really relevant. I get so many people telling me that AI has made them much more effective at coming up with ideas. But they don't realize that knowing how to generate non-generic ideas is a hard-won skill that rapidly atrophies when not used
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
I can still see it, but I'm on Mu.social
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
it's always within reach
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
meanwhile China:
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Child's Tantrum: I Don't Wanna
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
request relayed
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026
Propert SWIFTWHIP Patent Ball Drive
VINTAGE 1950’S PROPERT 'SWIFT-WHIP' EGG WHISK /BEATER
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
I'm of the Tetris persuasion
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
👁️
A muse keeping an eye on things
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
🤣
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
the only thing that distinguishes it from its cousin the ouroborolls
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
If they sue him, they'll be admitting that it's wrong to steal other people's stuff, and if they don't, they give the green light to everyone else to do the same
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
BE REASONABLE
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
ourollboros
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
Can't wait for Adobe's lawyers to argue that the chap who reverse engineered all their stuff using AI stole their IP and should be punished for it.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
I'd say something dismissive of faffing about here, but then I recall that you're in cyber security where it's all faffing all the time and it's wonderful that there is this shiny new tool designed for tools to help you fafof faster. *everyone calm down, despite appearances we adore the evil bunny
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
Rare footage of John's final MBA dissertation presentation:
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Tom Cardy: Business Man in Business Land
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
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Brian May Smiles
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
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Vintage Woman in Floral Dress
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
we are all duly impressed
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
On the topic of hipsters, do you remember this gem? www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn't him | CBC Radio
He threatened to sue the MIT Technology Review for using this image — only to find out it's of someone else entirely.
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
Well, there are some very virulent virologists roaming BlueSky
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Shark Dog
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Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026
so it was a cameo appearance?
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