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DavidB
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· Dec 10
This bears repeating, because it was written a long time ago and is more apt than ever:
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
—Turkish proverb
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
—Turkish proverb
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
Can you really say a director is a good director if they’ve only directed one film that was good and every subsequent film is a total dud?
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Can you really say a director is a good director if they’ve only directed one film that was good and every subsequent film is a total dud?
TORUS RADIUS 1, 0.9 🥯
Fresh, chewy, golden‑crusted bagels… straight from your kitchen. 🥯✨
Yes, you. The bagel boss. The carb queen. The woman who can turn flour and water into a full‑blown bakery moment before 9 a.m.
www.loulougirls.com/homemade-bag...
Yes, you. The bagel boss. The carb queen. The woman who can turn flour and water into a full‑blown bakery moment before 9 a.m.
www.loulougirls.com/homemade-bag...
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 AM
TORUS RADIUS 1, 0.9 🥯
Time to rewatch Alex Garland’s Civil War movie. For reference. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Time to rewatch Alex Garland’s Civil War movie. For reference. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every VFX artist should download Touch Designer and play with it. It’s mindblowing.
youtu.be/12J2XH2UxDc?...
youtu.be/12J2XH2UxDc?...
How I Create Audio-Reactive Art | Touch Designer Crash Course
YouTube video by pwnisher
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Every VFX artist should download Touch Designer and play with it. It’s mindblowing.
youtu.be/12J2XH2UxDc?...
youtu.be/12J2XH2UxDc?...
In (much better) alternate universe
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 AM
In (much better) alternate universe
I’d love to know how these companies expect to earn trillions of dollars from AI so they can start paying off this debt.
It’s a house of cards.
It’s a house of cards.
January 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I’d love to know how these companies expect to earn trillions of dollars from AI so they can start paying off this debt.
It’s a house of cards.
It’s a house of cards.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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This IS the best one yet...
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
This IS the best one yet...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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New music posted on.soundcloud.com/30hMPmsd22gz...
The Temple of the Sun: Remastered
90s demoscene techno. Originally composed in 1999 in Impulse Tracker, I was never happy with the quality of the samples at the time. Now over 25 years later, I've rebuilt it from the ground up the way
soundcloud.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:20 AM
New music posted on.soundcloud.com/30hMPmsd22gz...
The Dilbert Douche died
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The Dilbert Douche died
This should probably be talked about a bit more www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader ...
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This should probably be talked about a bit more www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at the 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” upset “Sinners” to win best film, drama.
'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet' take top honors at Golden Globes
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” and Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes, where the up-for-sale Warner Bro...
apnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at the 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” upset “Sinners” to win best film, drama.
Chad the Bird is the Sage we need in these trying times. I highly recommend going through all his videos youtu.be/wlStvskhk6Q?...
South Bye, Southwest [FULL] 03/15/25
YouTube video by Chad The Bird
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Chad the Bird is the Sage we need in these trying times. I highly recommend going through all his videos youtu.be/wlStvskhk6Q?...
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This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.
Just watched a screening of Avatar Fire and Ash and there was a panel discussion afterward where Cameron said that he respects artists and generative AI cannot create anything new. This was encouraging but I’m remaining somewhat skeptical
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Just watched a screening of Avatar Fire and Ash and there was a panel discussion afterward where Cameron said that he respects artists and generative AI cannot create anything new. This was encouraging but I’m remaining somewhat skeptical
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Please support Michael de Adder, who does great work:
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Please support Michael de Adder, who does great work:
AI is useful for some things
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
AI is useful for some things
Posting AI recreations of other artists’ work and adding insult to injury by not crediting the original artist serves no purpose than rage bait. What kind of artist does that?
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Posting AI recreations of other artists’ work and adding insult to injury by not crediting the original artist serves no purpose than rage bait. What kind of artist does that?
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Uneducated voters will always be a greater danger to this country than immigrants.
January 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Uneducated voters will always be a greater danger to this country than immigrants.
Something new to listen to on.soundcloud.com/09Lwk6cqtmlX...
The Nothing
I used to be active in the Demoscene and #trax in the 90s, writing music with Impulse Tracker in DOS on a 486. I occasionally get inspired to make new music. These days I use Logic Pro and Spitfire, V
soundcloud.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Something new to listen to on.soundcloud.com/09Lwk6cqtmlX...