Thomas Laird

American artist, photographer and journalist Thomas C. Laird has explored the art, culture, and history of the Himalayas since 1972.

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Seventeen years ago after 50 hours of interviews and a decade of writing His Holiness the Dalai Lama and I published a history of Tibet, presenting his views on a sweeping range of issues, events, people and the essence of Buddhism. Originally published i…https://t.co/kDfmPS10oG

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So you spend $2Bn on a movie screen. What will you spend on the movie? Actually two of them: outside and inside. We shall see... 24x7x365 on the outside...

The U2 residency is certain to draw a few people! We will all be watching... https://t.co/dyiD2BP12v

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Somebody is running first test graphics on MSG Sphere! Have fun guys! https://t.co/r6NNRol02m

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90% of the AI images we see are less original and less interesting than dogs playing poker. Please stop sharing your picayune efforts with zombies and Sci Fi Ladies and robots and cats and apocalypse. Stop. Now. Please. The tools a…https://t.co/KnmlcCuVgJ https://t.co/F6hnAjd6i6

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Eric Vyacheslav . You work for Google? I suggest you get an opinion from Google’s legal department about the legality of copying IP without permission. https://t.co/8Gl6K41RtW

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Legal Nightmare. The technical virtuosity of the auto fill does not change the fact that this is Copy and Paste. What IP is being copied? Who created it? Did they give permission? https://t.co/rz506CcRV5

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Why am I not surprised that Russian Hackers cut into the Louisiana State Motor Vehicle records database-- like a hot knife through butter--and stole the records of every driver in the state? Two reasons. Because I drive the roads h…https://t.co/61oaAKNTpP https://t.co/TR5384VnGw

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So much said here. So much unsaid. This article based on wonderful research. It speaks with clarity about issues regarding preservation of heritage data, once acquired, and its monetization, and distribution. But it says nothing a…https://t.co/0o59XBET4D https://t.co/5XPJF5MU1h

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The latest indictment too complicated for you? Then just consider Our Saudi Sword Dancing President. Any American who can watch this and think anything about the loser's latest indictment is potentially not a felony.... is... .…https://t.co/JK8TF3DaPX https://t.co/57qG47zI72

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Not as contrarian as the click bait headline makes it out to be. But it is a different take worth digesting as mild sedative and potential antidote for the hyperbole that is being fire hosed out at us from every platform. #artifici…https://t.co/ZaNsNpY0E3 https://t.co/GhdffrOTiQ

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Daniel Goleman literally wrote the book on #emotionalintelligence
back in 2005: before that became a global meme. His timely comments about the lack of emotional intelligence being displayed by management in Silicon Valley during…https://t.co/rYvG2FcBZm https://t.co/WTNBTiQVVY

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If you will not summon the focus to actually sit and follow breath, you could perhaps read about such practice? A support to encourage you to do the doing. Then again, reading (as with breathing or any process of body, speech, or m…https://t.co/0L0ngILWgv https://t.co/az7p14irAt

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At the apex of the central dome in the tomb of the Isa Khan Niazi (in the Humayun's Tomb complex in Delhi, India) a tiled medallion ornamented with Persian floral designs, surrounded by Quranic verse. The tomb and and decorative medallion in dome, circa 1…https://t.co/umgChsWVqF

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Mt Gurla Mandhata (Tib. Namu Nani) , and the Barkha Plain, Western Tibet, 2011--as seen from above Darchen, Mt Kailash. This gigapixel panoramic image, 129 x 16 inches, was created from more than 75 individual images, captured with a 300 MM lens, then han…https://t.co/Adkz9MHaAf

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Toling badlands; Mt Kamet on the India Tibet border. Saka Dawa, 2011. These badlands are part of the upper reaches of the Sutlej which eats its way into the floor of the Tibetan Plateau. The Sutlej is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River-- which f…https://t.co/2ecOeFJPqe

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382 US university students studied in China in 2021 vs 262,992 Chinese university students in USA 2023 ? Really are those numbers correct? No they do not give an apples to apples comparison: yes Covid is part of the decline... but…https://t.co/EZrqtZZBZI https://t.co/iZKH7j6Gy0

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Thank you @Goldsmithphoto... fighting for our copyright is not a war that's won, its constant battle. https://t.co/lELpBg7SSd

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In 2007 the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal-- and I was lucky enough to witness the ceremony. Watching the US Government honor His Holiness that day, in  the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, was in my mind a high point for th…https://t.co/pYdiDUwnX4 https://t.co/M8vtFbo1fb

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Someone in Google seems to think the future is open source AI.
And its already here. #ai #opensource #google https://t.co/DSsyNTP6Wf

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Always nice to see libraries acquire Murals of Tibet.

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