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#VFX supervisor for film and TV. You've probably seen my work, but probably didn't think it was VFX. I'm most active on mastodon, but I'm here for the news and fun. @[email protected] https://imdb.me/cristin https://sobo7.com
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Well, the trick would be getting elon's shit to Iran without them blowing up on the launch pad or along the way. I've been led to believe that an important bomb design requirement is not blowing up until you want it to blow up.

He predicted it.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Los Angeles! I'll be reading a comic with some other fantastic folks this Saturday night...ticket sales support the LGBT center, there are also puppets! www.eventbrite.com/e/outloud-co...

Wi not trei a holiday in Sweeden this yer ? See the loveli lakes The wonderful telephone system And mani interesting furry animals Including the majestic moose

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

dayumm.

"I've covered protests in Europe, in Asia, in Africa. What I've seen here in the US is by far the most unprofessional shit show." Money quote from Nick Stern in report by TRT World (Türkiye). Excellent insights from @bencamach0.bsky.social as well. U.S. is no shining example for the world on this.

Protesting? Don't sit down. There is some propaganda going around telling people to sit down at protests. That is dangerous. infographic to share with alt text:

i don’t need my law degree to tell you that telling a police officer to “honor your oath bitch” is protected first amendment speech this dude needs to sue expeditiously

Seems relevant.

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

ICE wanted the San Francisco Standard to blur the faces of agents who were taking immigrants into custody. The Standard told them "no." "...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."

If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.

@occlupanid.bsky.social I have found a rare specimen of TRIDENTIDAE that appears to be in Phylum Titaniae, not in Phylum Plasticae please advise, is this a new metal-based mimic? countycomm.com/products/for...

Be careful, friends, when you read accounts of what is happening in LA. We will hear a lot about violence, and it is essential to remember who is defining that term. "When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)

recaptcha is getting more difficult. especially for russians

I keep seeing people say Musk “failed” in his government takeover. No, he did not fail. He shut down investigations into his businesses, he garnered huge contracts, and he stole the personal data of everyone in the US. That’s not a “failure.” This motherfucker won, and won big.

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Brain worm must have hit his memory processing centers. Why is no member of the Kennedy clan calling this eugenecist/murderer out?

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

“We were saying many times that this [deportation] is illegal. But the response from the officers was, ‘this is an order from Trump.’” From a new @humanrightsfirst.org and @refugeesinternational.org on "grave" abuses toward asylum seekers humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/u...

Here's a demo of a flight analysis tool I wrote to help analyze ICE Air flights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WIV...

Live in California? or don't live here and love #MonoLake? Looks like the DWP is trying to get out of their agreement to restore creeks. Send the State Water Board a letter by May 8 to let them know that they need to regulate the DWP. www.monolake.org/tucpletterwr...

did I mention that the facebook execs were horrible recently? #zuckerberg has decided to stop funding two schools he set up for communities of color. the schools will close in a year. everyone needs to remember how terrible a person he is. #oligarchy sucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

My suggestion: Log into research.gov. (1) Proposals > Proposal Status, screenshot or pdf this page; click each active & pending grant, print pdf; (2) Awards & Reporting > Award Documents, screenshot or pdf this page; click each active grant, download Award Letter pdf

FBI arresting a judge for demanding a proper warrant to arrest someone in her courtroom is a fascist move. Rally. #DefendJudgeDugan

Kennedy is a killer. First a measles outbreak in Samoa, now he is focusing on killing kids here in the USA with #measles and removing #LGBTQ health resources. republicans: your votes caused this.

@juliettekayyem.bsky.social and I disagree on disability access to public life and common sense vector control, but she is 100% correct here about Hegseth being an insecure boy who never got over his mommy issues.

I applaud The #Academy for changing the voting rules so that a voter must have seen all the nominated films in each category. But I dislike the wishy-washy wording about #generativeAI. In my opinion, generative AI does not belong in award-making filmmaking.

Heads up! One Finding The Funny with Mary Lou Belli Audience Auditor Regular Ticket left! womennmedia.com/event/findin...

Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.