The #AI_bubble in full hype mode.

Information-rich article in the FT. Some revenue coming in, and investors get all wild and are willing to swallow the unfathomable capital demands. It seems to me that much of the revenue comes from the increased demand for cloud services, itself driven by AI demand. A product providing its own demand: a sure sign of a bubble.

AI-based infrastructure spending by the major players is $350 billion this year alone, another $400 next year. Those figures are beyond comprehension.

Heaven help us. I want this bubble to burst, and burst it will. But there will be repercussions when it happens. It won't be pretty.

[Sorry, paywall]

https://www.ft.com/content/6da2e1fd-f606-4e82-ad74-acecfceeac4e

A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness

Such an amazing idea and magical!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

Manipulating trapped air bubbles in ice for message storage in cold regions

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(25)00221-8

We've been teasing it for a while, but @bubblino has joined the #Fediverse

If you mention/follow/boost/favourite any posts from him, us, @museuminabox or @DoESLiverpool then he'll fill the office with actual bubbles!

We've spun up a #PeerTube instance and, for a while at least, we're livestreaming it so you can see him in action:

https://video.mcqn.com/w/nabdBYxYGg1gR6Q4Q3ueB6?autoplay=1

(There's about a half-minute delay on the bubbles showing up on the video)

#introduction
Hello! I was born back in 2008, and used to hang out on Twitter (I know, I was young and naive) blowing bubbles whenever someone mentioned me.

Recently, I got a hardware upgrade so I can use WiFi rather than Ethernet; and a software upgrade so I can join the #Fediverse

Mention/follow/boost/favourite me, @MCQN_Ltd, @museuminabox or @DoESLiverpool and I'll blow bubbles here in the makerspace

#Seashells and #Lace by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/seashells-and-lace-kaye-menner.html

#Bubbles on #Silk by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/bubbles-on-silk-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html

Girl Blows Bubbles in Ithaca Festival Parade

The stencils that I made for the Bubblegate piece “Don’t Pop Our Culture” looked kinda cool, so I thought I’d give y’all a little behind the scenes peek. #Stencils #BubbleDay #Bubblegate #MRB #Bubbles #EatTheRich #Nola #NewOrleans #FrenchQuarter #Bubblegeddon #BubbleParade #BubbleBattle #StreetArt #UrbanArt #WheatPaste #SprayPaintArt #montana94 #MontanaColors #NolaArt #NolaArtist #NewOrleansArt #NewOrleansArtist #FemaleArtist #GraffitiArt

New Orleans French Quarter "Bubble Festival" Sunday 18 May 2025; photo by Jenny Campbell.

Obnoxious rich guy moves next to popular local bar & restaurant that has long had a bubble machine on the balcony. Newcomer demands no more bubbles. Restaurant tries to negotiate, but he repeatedly calls the cops on them.
So some locals call for a "Bubble Party" event on the block.

Sometimes New Orleans has fun being petty.

@noladon
#NOLA #NewOrleans #FrenchQuarter #bubbles

#Bubble #Chaos by Kaye Menner #Photography #prints #lovely #products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/bubble-chaos-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html

#blue #turquoise #aqua #water #bubbles lotsbubbles #turmoil #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

Taken this day, 2019, I'm forever blowing bubbles... https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/46993813584/

Street performer creating huge soap bubbles, to the delight of passing kids, on the Royal Mile

Bubbles are fantastic to make Blood flow of the heart visible

Micro bubbles
One million bubbles per second

#Medical #bubbles #translation #echo #ultrasound #universiteit #Nederland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfqxXg4Irc