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Writes for software companies, and sometimes the VFX/animation industries. Also an amateur animator and hobbyist photographer in my free time. #art #animation #photography Site: https://bauwerks.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/_bauwerks
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I haven't looked at this site much, but this drum machine's fun to set all 4 samples on for every beat and set the percentages all pretty low and hear what comes out. Fun to have play in the background if you're feeling indecisive about a playlist to put on! 10kdrummachines.com/machines/qua...

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😘 Still not getting any hits with quick searches so I really do think it might be new #mario art for the internet. Published by Tokuma Shoten by Wanpakku. Famicom Quiz Series, 1987 [テレビランドわんぱっく No.103] チャレンジ！！ファミコンクイズ

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

In stark contrast to the murder of the United HealthCare CEO, I might add.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Kinda wild seeing L.A.'s republican county supervisor voicing similar concerns already — though I'd be curious to see who she considers are "bad players". www.latimes.com/california/s... (non-paywalled version: archive.is/JW1ox)

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Something I've become aware of with the newsletter fad in recent months is a lot of the ones I read feel like they have similar structures, cadences, or writing styles amongst them that reminds me of indie writers from the 2000s or food writers w/ SEO essays before the recipe.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Former Eidos president Keith Boesky on Square Enix, from Polygon's Final Fantasy VII oral history (web.archive.org/web/20250115...)

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

submitted 5 days ago • 740 comments

I've only skimmed through this and haven't watched it in detail yet, but there's some good-quality footage of Mamoru Nagano (Five Star Stories author) wandering around Hong Kong (circa '90-'91) for a promotional appearance starting at the 14:21 mark: youtu.be/f1FHqQcJxng?...

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Police/authoritarian states framing their presence for anniversaries like this as a deterrence for observing historical events is so weird. Their presence itself is commemoration, so it’s about WHO gets to commemorate, who gets the final word, who “won” (for the time being).

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

using impact weapons against a crowd that is very clearly peaceful and totally unprepared makes things much more dangerous. What you're seeing is people's lives being put at risk so LAPD can farm overtime.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

I've gone to Grand Central Market a number of times over the years and have never seen it as empty as the photos show. The Covid shutdown is probably the only other time it's been quieter. Fuck the administration. No kings, etc. www.latimes.com/food/story/2...

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<sarcasm>Good thing mayor Bass's budget is removing 1600 city employees that handle garbage pickups, street light repairs, and city planning so we can afford to pay LAPD's bloated overtime.</sarcasm> www.latimes.com/california/s... (Photo is an excerpt from the QP article)

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

submitted 9 days ago • 99 comments

A reminder as we head toward a weekend of protests and violent police counter-protests that "tear gas" is a euphemism for chemical weapons banned in warfare. My report for Scientific American:

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

We went through this in Hong Kong six years ago. Look how that turned out. Our city is a warning of just how fast fascism is normalised.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Fun post from William Stout recalling the few brief times he encountered Brian, including helping him and Dennis load an English phone booth in their car on the Sunset Strip. www.williamstout.com/news/journal...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Another video of Senator Padilla’s violent arrest at DHS Sec Noem’s press conference in LA. You can see him thrown to the ground by FBI agents and handcuffed. (video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)

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