Size matters, and it matters to Donald Trump more than most. Trump kicked off his presidency by exaggerating the modest turnout at his inauguration; now, hes desperate to diminish the crowds showing up for his 2024 opponent.Over the weekend, the former president posted on Truth Social a typically unhinged rant about the large crowds at Vice President Kamala Harriss recent rallies. But instead of simply attributing the high turnout to guest spots from the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, as he has done previously, Trump went a step further and claimed Harriss campaign is using AI to digitally forge huge crowds. (As proof, he offered a tweet from a right-wing strategist, which has since been community-noted into oblivion.) Trumps claim has sent an unmistakable signal to supporters not to trust their lying eyes about Harriss surging popularity, and the message quickly resonated on TikTok. Its something both he and those supporters may soon come to regret.Well before Trumps weekend post on Truth Social, he has been openly obsessed with the robust turnout at Harriss rallies. He spent an ill-advised chunk of time last week reiterating the size of his own crowds at a hastily assembled press conference, culminating in a pants-on-fire claim that the attendance at his January 6, 2021, speech dwarfed the crowds that turned out for Martin Luther King Jr.s I have a dream speech.Now Trump is talking about how he drew a bigger crowd at Jan. 6 than MLK Jr. just in case you want to know how this is going. pic.twitter.com/8mtSbuBtNZ Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 8, 2024The escalation of accusing Harris of digitally manipulating a crowd photo is just the latest, and perhaps most significant, proof of how much the Democrat pivot from President Biden to VP Harris has upended Trumps campaign.Until just recently, the difference in crowd size between the candidates at the top of each ticket was a red-hot data point confirming a substantial enthusiasm gap. Biden was not exactly packing out his sparse campaign events, even before the disastrous debate performance that prompted his exit from the race. In contrast with Trump supporters, many of whom are demonstrably fired up about their candidate, a CBS/YouGov poll from June found that a majority of Democratic voters were mainly fired up about defeating Trump. Lackluster support for Biden himself made it easy for Trump to claim, yet again, that the only way he could lose would be if his opponent cheated.If everythings honest, Id gladly accept the results, Trump told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel back in May. If its not, you have to fight for the right of the country.Fox News echoed Trumps suspicions of imminent cheating as Biden continued to drag down the prospects of a Democrat victory, with host Greg Gutfeld asking in June: If by some weird, miraculous chance [Biden wins,] how do you convince anyone thats real?Now that Trump is squaring off against an opponent who is legitimately popular in her own rightor at least one who has benefited tremendously from novelty and newnessthe enthusiasm gap looks more like a patched-up pothole. With Harris drawing crowds of 15,000 or more at her events, Trump no longer has a charisma-vacuum counterpart he can point to as an inexplicable victor. Whining that crowds only turn out for marquee guests like Megan Thee Stallion wasnt getting any tractionperhaps because it was an admission that people were, in fact, turning outso now Trump has found an expedient way to account for those crowds: AI.1) This is an actual photo of a 15,000-person crowd for Harris-Walz in Michigan2) Trump has still not campaigned in a swing state in over a week Low energy? pic.twitter.com/VgTfoMAcuk Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 11, 2024The rapidly developing AI space has primed us for the possibility of disinformation in this election, but mostly in the form of people passing off AI images as real. The hype around text-to-image generators like DALL-E and Midjourney has left us ill-prepared to respond to hoaxers trying to pass off real images as AI. Many Trump supporters might readily believe claims that visual confirmation of an inconvenient fact is actually fake. As scary as it may have been to imagine what the guy who once altered a hurricane path with a Sharpie could do with recent AI capabilities, it turns out Trump doesnt even need them in order to turn AI into a weapon.AI appears poised to become Trumps new fake news. For nearly a decade now, his use of the latter phrase has generally been enough to debunk any reported story in the eyes of his followers. Many of them still believe the 2020 election was stolen, that Trump never said there were very fine people on both sides about the deadly Charlottesville rally, and that the many indictments against him are all political attacks with no merit. Given that context, believing that the Harris campaign would digitally alter some photos isnt that far of a stretch.Up until this past weekend, many Trump supporters seemed to believe that the Harris hype was just in its honeymoon phase and would blow over soon. Now, Trump has given them permission to not believe that the hype ever existed at all.Unfortunately for Trump, if his followers buy into this latest falsehood, it may affect him adversely as well.Many of Trumps supporters seem to be living in a bubble right now. For instance, some conservative pundits argue that Tim Walz has been so damaged by Republican attacks that he may be on the verge of dropping out, when in reality none of those attacks have prevented Walz from enjoying a phenomenally successful rollout. Living inside an info-environment claiming Walz has already been neutralized is going to leave some Trump supporters woefully unprepared for what may be coming in November. Some of them might even believe Harris is so unpopular that Trumps victory is all but assured, and that they can comfortably stay home on election day.If Trump supporters living in a bubble actually do depress the vote, though, it would be a perfect bookend to his political career. After all, part of the reason Trump got elected in the first place was because Hillary Clinton supporters were living in a bubble. And as Mark Twain famously said, history doesnt repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

A university building in Toronto by Handel Architects has received formal recognition as a Passive House project, making it "the largest Passive House building in Canada".Harmony Commons is a dormitory buildingat the University of Toronto Scarborough that accommodates 746 first-year students and contains a dining hall and offices.A university dormitory by Handel Architects has received Passive House recognition. The photo is by CORE Architects. The top photo is by Fengate Asset ManagementLocated in the northern area of the campus, the building is composed of three volumes organised in a U-shape, with a raised, central courtyard placed in the centre.The courtyard sits on top of the dining hall, which is bordered by a glass facade.The building contains dormitories, a dining hall and offices. The photo is by CORE ArchitectsIts shape and orientation were driven by "the organisation of a traditional low-rise campus quad" as well as a desire to provide a connection to nature for students."Taking advantage of the natural surroundings, the building has been sited and shaped so that as many occupied spaces as possible feel a connection to the outside," said Handel Architects, which is headquartered in New York.The building is made of three major volumes organised in a U-shape. The photo is by Handel Architects"A preserved, historic grove of trees to the north becomes a focal point for many of the units, common rooms, and the large dining hall at ground level."Completed in 2023, it recently received designation as a Passive House building, recognised by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt, Germany, a certification that means it meets certain energy use standards.A ground-level dining hall is bordered by a glass wall and its underneath a courtyard. The photo is by Ryan FungThe certification marks the building as the largest Passive House building in Canada and the largest dormitory building in the world to receive the recognition, according to the team."The announcement marks yet another addition to Handel's growing portfolio of Passive House projects, and makes Harmony Commons the largest Passive House building in Canadaas well as the largest dormitory anywhere in the world to qualify for certification," it said.Compared to an older building on the campus, it uses 70 per cent less energy. The photo is by Tom ArbanThe team used a variety of strategies for the building to achieve the certification, including a"high-performance envelope, low-energy systems, and heat recovery from ventilation exhaust and wastewater".It also runs on all-electric and was outfitted with windows sized to maximise natural light, while reducing heat loss.Read: Handel Architects completes "world's largest Passive House office" in BostonCompared to another dormitory building on the campus built in 2003, Harmony Commons "uses close to 70 per cent less energy in peak heating conditions" according to Handel Architects.In studying the building over eight months, the studio found it also uses energy more consistently, which it noted is an important factor in reducing overall cost and exertion on an electricity grid.It recently received its Passive House building certification, making it the largest in Canada according to the team. The photo is by Tom Arban"What's astonishing is how consistent the energy use is from month-to-month," said the team."This is an important note because designing buildings to have demand curves that are consistent is critical to building out a renewable grid."Handel recently completed the "world's largest Passive House office" in Boston and also wrapped another Boston building in a white, textured facade.The photography is courtesy of Handel ArchitectsThe post Handel Architects completes "the largest Passive House building in Canada" appeared first on Dezeen.

This TernX invention solves a highly specific problem for parents. Specifically, parents traveling with small children. Like wheelchairs, strollers have to be checked in as luggage; this leads to stress at the luggage conveyor, as there's a chance the stroller may arrive damaged or worse, not arrive at all.Australian couple Tak and Hoe Ping, who frequently traveled with their kids, thus invented the TernX. It's a stroller that transforms into a carry-on, allowing it to fit in the overhead bin. And despite its stroller functionality, it still provides a modicum of storage space (18 liters, or about 4 gallons). Impressively, it was designed for a parent to be able to unfurl it one-handed, while holding a baby:While the Pings invented it, they didn't actually design it; that task fell to industrial designer Andrew Crawford and his team at Tricycle Developments, an ID and engineering consultancy based in Melbourne. While Tricycle doesn't have the project listed as a case study on their site, thankfully TV show Europe ByDesign did a down under episode where they featured the project. Here's industrial designer Crawford describing the technical challenges they need to solve: So great to see a TV show where the host says "So you thought you had a good idea, but you needed some industrial design grunts to flush it out" and then they actually take to you to the studio.

Fashion brands and movie franchises have had long-term associations that consumers have appreciated and happily embraced. One of them particularly is the Reebok and Alien movie franchise that has been as cherished in the fight against the Xenomorphs as it has been back here on Earth.The two brands first got into a collaboration for one of the most iconic pairs featured in the 1986 Aliens movie in 2016. Now with the new edition of the movie on the brink of hitting cinemas on August 16 the two are again combining to release a new sneaker collab in the form of the Reebok Alien Romulus.Designer: Reebok x AlienThe new retro-inspired sneaker worthy of contemporary sneaker culture is arguably one of the finest in the three brand collabs in 2016, 2020, and now in 2024. Reebok Alien Romulus shares the similar aesthetics of the 2016 Alien Stomper sneaker pair, and arrives in a worn-out white and red colorway. The tattered appearance is touted to have several Easter eggs concealed throughout the shoe.This distressed Romulus sneaker features an all-leather upper, and Reebok banding on the lateral and tongue, while it has a Weyland-Yutani logo on the heel. The midsole is EVA foam and the silhouette has a grippy traction sole in red. The sneakerheads will recognize the shoe from the upcoming film Alien: Romulus.Arriving in a similar style to what you would see in the movie, the Reebok Alien Romulus sneaker is scheduled to release on August 27, 2024, about 10 days after the movie premiers. The official images are out and will likely retail at $170.The post New collab Sneaker Reebok Alien Romulus to Launch on August 27 first appeared on Yanko Design.

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