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April 1, 2025
To the Friends of Giraffe
An Octopus and an Orchid Walk into a Bar...

Our cover image this month is titled "Your Place or Mine". Imagine a world in which species intersect, animal vegetable and mineral lose all boundaries, specificity is archaic. It's all right here, if you open your eyes wide enough. Don't forget to bring your sense of humor.

Our Electronic Quill article this month is titled "The Krepildockerschpe Bride". I asked AI to compose music from an image, as it claimed it could. The result was no kin of Beethoven, but potentially an offshoot of Shakespeare.
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Our section called "Other Voices" includes eMusings, yNot, Site of the Month, !Brazen Hussy, and Just Desserts.
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eMusings: Forget about watching sci-fi on your TV. We are now the horror story of our own nightmares. Read on to discover the bone-chilling developments in AI:
Add speech to text within seconds; Grok 3 adds nasty insults described as unfiltered and unhinged; a swivel-jointed robot can breakdance and do cartwheels, while a Chinese competitor can do sideflips; how to mitigate data breaches; a robotic hand that can squeeze and lift heavy objects; a bot refuses to generate code; AI agent Manus asks questions and searches the Web for answers but it also makes false assumptions; AI is said to eliminate the middleman and destroy the concept of software; AI translates 3,000 year old cuneiform tablets; biological computers merge human brain cells with silicon hardware; AI models trained on over 100 million 3D geometries can translate 3D scans into stl; a project is creating "bodyoids". living human bodies that don't feel pain and can be used for organ transplants.
Now on to other eMusings items:
A rediscovered still-life painter from the Dutch Golden Age; the exquisite artistry of Japanese carpentry; Beatriz Milhazes brings Brazilian culture to life; Vian Sora references Mesopotamian history and Iraq's deserts and archaeological sites; David Altmejd's eerie and uncanny sculptures; British painter Emma Talbot creates interspecies creatures; Tomokazu Matsuyama creates complex sculptures, and paintings with a strong sense of collage and interior depth; a new garment that changes color depending on its environment.
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Remember that earlier eMusings and electronic quill articles are archived online for you.
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yNot: Our Woman of the Month award for April goes to actor Sandra Bullock who tackles both comedy and drama fearlessly. We also tip our hats to astronaut Megan McArthur for her flawless narration of the splasdown that returned the 4 astronauts to earth.
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Don't forget that our outstanding persons are permanently archived on their own page.
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More in Ynot: identifying some severe symptoms in perimenopause; Iran uses drones to spy on women who violate the rigid dress codes; the possibility that using Tylenol in pregnancy can result in children with ADHD; Maryam Mirzakhani, the math genius of hyperbolic geometry; the jacket-and-necktie revival empowering women; the first 3D printed intravaginal ring goes to the FDA for approval; stats about the abuse of older women may surprise you; the first all-female team to climb to the top of Denali; the work and life of feminist Donna Haraway; photographs of women singers who are not allowed to perform solo in Iran.
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Giraffe's Site of the Month - Lee Bul, Korean artist with startling installations about abortion and suffering
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!Brazen Hussy - Ana Benaroya and her "robust, raucous women in the nude".
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New Digital Paintings - wonders of interspecies joys like "We Speak Friendship", "Ma and Pa", "Winds of Change are Upon Us". Oh and don't miss "Don't Tell".
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New Blobs - a "Wedding Album" like no other. Think of it as the Stephen Sondheim of wedding albums or Sweeney Odd.
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In 3D print news: combining traditional embroidery with 3D printing for tactile surfaces; printfrastructure tests 3D printing's ability to make objects that will survive in cold wet weather; NASA uses 3dPrinting to save weight and space; the first 3D printed microscope; TCT Asia 2025 showcases China's achievements; Japan introduces the self-repairing sneaker; plant-based snacks; a plant-based milk alternative; a new 3D printing food method that cooks as it is being made; "Xstrings", a new bionic system that produces objects able to bend, coil, screw and compress.
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Wit and Wisdom from our archives, a new feature.: This month: No More.

Diversions for Difficult Times: I can think of no greater TV experience than the NASA splashdown of the 4 astronauts. If you haven't seen it, make it a family event. Remember that those of us who watched it in real time had the added anxiety of wondering if anyone would be alive when the hatch was finally opened.

For the trivia buffs among you: Linkedin tells us we had 2,930 views of our posts in one week, with the highest number of visits going to the Orchids Gone Wild issue.

Did you know that the octopus has a bizarre complex body with 9 brains and 8 arms? According to Smithsonian Ocean, the octopus can finish a puzzle, open jars, untie knots, and escape from aquariums. 2/3 of their neurons are in their arms, not their head. Some researchers feel that the octopus could be the first intelligent being on planet earth.
We have now been designated as a new entity: "Split-Screen painter". We have been doing it, and you have been seeing it, for umteen years. Nice to know it has a name.
Warm regards from your friend the Giraffe.
c. Corinne Whitaker 2025

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