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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 3h

No matter how many hit clips you see from @govpritzker.illinois.gov, the fact remains that the Illinois State Police are actively protecting and aiding ICE in their terrorizing of our communities.

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

And if you don't have enough imagination or patience to do your work without having a program regurgitate your own previous work back at you, that tells me you aren't worth paying attention to anymore — so I won't.

Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

What gets me about artists reciting the "it's inevitable" mantra about scammy tech — besides the lack of resistance, the lies, and pushing snake oil — is that it signals that you, a creative person, don't have enough imagination or patience to do this kind of work on your own anymore.

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Guy whose most famous films take place in a social and ecological hellscape joins a festival using tech that'll make that a reality, doesn't care about the irony.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

...And having read the temple's website a bit more, where I see the Cantonese name, I could've saved myself a lot of trouble to simply say "Yes, it's Tin Hou". *siiiiiiiiiiiiigh*.......😩

Alright, I'm done with this thread! No more, I say!

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Whoops, meant to say "copper" instead of "brass". 😅

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 2d

Had a lot of fun on this gorgeous day running around downtown and taking photos — Union Station, Olvera Street, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo.

Pic 1: Sweet-looking brass doors in Union Station.

Pic 2: Incense at the entrance of Thien Hau Temple in Chinatown.

#photography

Double brass doors with small square windows in the center at head-level, rivets lining the sides of the windows and then down at foot-level along the door, with double handles towards the center where the two doors meet. Above the dark frame is "The Streamliner" in large all-caps font. The doors look naturally worn as brass does over the years.

An incense-burning altar of sorts at the entrance of Thien Hau Temple in Chinatown. Dragons adorn the sides and the pagoda-like roof, and lots of burning incense sits inside.

Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Sorry, but this post was bugging me as I ran out of room — the "current location" and "original spot" I'm referring to is Chinatown itself, not the temple.

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Doing a quick lookup, it's dedicated to Mazu the ocean goddess (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thien_H... ). I don't think it was ever near the ocean because the current location and its original spot nearby that was demolished to form Union Station are downtown, which is miles away from the Pacific.

Thien Hau Temple (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

D'oh, forgot to add a P.P.S. — Wikipedia's page on L.A.'s Chinatown: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinato...

Chinatown, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Didn't mean to make a mini thread, but suffice to say, the history of L.A.'s Chinatown and the changing concept of (a) Chinatown is interesting!

As a P.S., I had to get some dim sum as I haven't been to this neighborhood in years, and this place didn't disappoint!

www.timeout.com/los-angeles/...

Won Kok Restaurant | Restaurants in Chinatown, Los Angeles

A no frills mom and pop restaurant in the heart of Chinatown, Won Kok is a hidden gem that offers round-the-clock dim sum at hard-to-beat prices. Forget the gra

www.timeout.com

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

You may have heard about David Chan, an L.A.-born retired lawyer who is known for visiting Chinese restaurants around the country and reviewing them. He writes about Chinatown's history as well, and says L.A. has about five Chinatowns (the San Gabriel Valley is more active).

chandavkl.blogspot.com

Chandavkl's Blog

My Menuism Chinese Restaurant Articles Discussing Chinese Food in the Context of Chinese-American History, Demographics and Culture are at http://chandavkl2.blogspot.com

chandavkl.blogspot.com

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Incidentally, the current Chinatown was originally Little Italy, hence the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles in the area. I walked by it, but didn't visit as it was closed. The unintentional acronym of IAMLA made me laugh, it felt very Italian-American. 😄

www.timeout.com/los-angeles/...

Italian American Museum of Los Angeles

Before the construction of Union Station, the area that’s now Chinatown was home to L.A.’s Little Italy—this museum has taken up the mantle of recognizing that

www.timeout.com

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

As their site indicates, the temple also serves the Vietnamese-Chinese and Thai-Chinese communities, as you'll see on the main page, and inside I saw what I think were prayer or blessing papers written in Thai.

www.thienhautemple.com

Thien Hau Temple

www.thienhautemple.com

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 1d

Doing a quick lookup, it's dedicated to Mazu the ocean goddess (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thien_H... ). I don't think it was ever near the ocean because the current location and its original spot nearby that was demolished to form Union Station are downtown, which is miles away from the Pacific.

Thien Hau Temple (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 2d

Wow, 4 years? It's really good so far, I'm looking forward to the future chapters!

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 2d

Seconding this — I just finished watching and it's great. Getting into the meta weeds on animation without sounding like an academic and keeping it understandable is a fine line to balance, and Drew did a great job in this video.

Felicity Movieland @felicitymorland.bsky.social · 2d

Very good video by Drew (Smiling Friends, Green Eggs and Ham animator).

A deep-dive show ‘n tell about what makes hand-drawn animation special in an accessible way that still respects the viewer’s intelligence, whether versed in animation or not. A rarity.

WATCH www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPM3...

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 2d

This won't matter to anyone who hasn't spent time in L.A., but Kinokuniya moved! They're now in the Financial District — I didn't go today but I'll have to see the new place sometime soon.

I've no reason to go to Weller Court anymore since Kino moved and Curry House abruptly closed a while back.

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 2d

Had a lot of fun on this gorgeous day running around downtown and taking photos — Union Station, Olvera Street, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo.

Pic 1: Sweet-looking brass doors in Union Station.

Pic 2: Incense at the entrance of Thien Hau Temple in Chinatown.

#photography

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 3d

Yeah, that's not good. (Time-skipped to Porter's section)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4S...

Candidates for California governor talk congressional redistricting, Proposition 50

YouTube video by CBS News Sacramento

www.youtube.com

Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 3d

I didn't think Porter had a shot at getting the governor job after seeing her election results and her turning into a war hawk, but now? She's toast. (🤞 that a more progressive candidate steps in?)

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 3d

Thomas Hayden Church (then credited as Thomas H. Church), perhaps best known for his voice work as Goban Toba on Falcom's TG-16 CD version of Ys Book I & II.

Screenshot of Goban Toba from Ys I & II.

Credits in the game showing Thomas H. Church as Goban Toba.

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 3d

I'm too lazy to delete and repost that one with a better link, but here's a better link with more drawings: web.archive.org/web/20101020...

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 3d

The Big Lebowski also adapts well in Golden Books format.

(From Josh Cooley's Movies R Fun!: web.archive.org/web/20101020...)

A Golden Books parody painting of The Jesus from The Big Lebowsky pointing devil horns to someone, with a goofy expression on his face and the caption below saying, "'You said it, man. Nobody #$%!$ with The Jesus,' said The Jesus." Josh Cooley's signature is in the bottom-right corner.

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 3d

Have I just had bad luck with Japanese bathrooms??? 😅

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Boooooooowerks @bauwerks.net · 4d

What's creepy about this is his facial expression and body swaying doesn't skip a beat, he just shuts up like you pressed the B button in a game to skip the dialog audio but the character's still swaying in place, waiting for you to press the button again to move to the next dialog part.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

www.reddit.com/r/LateStageC...

From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

www.reddit.com

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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