Dustin Haviv
@fish770.bsky.social
He/Him - Film, Anime, Gaming, & Comics buff. Junkie for History and World Electrification. -
🟦 🌻🌈 #readbannedbooks #goelectric
🟦 🌻🌈 #readbannedbooks #goelectric
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
What's up with Japan's youth and the cornucopia of plushies attached to their bags? A recent survey says the plushie bag charm trend can be traced back to oshi-katsu and a centuries-old Japanese religious tradition.
buff.ly/9ls8Bp0
buff.ly/9ls8Bp0
The Hidden Culture Behind Japan’s Bag-Charms Craze - Unseen Japan
Experts say "oshi-katsu" and this age-old religious trend have helped fuel the rise of character dolls dangling from bags and backpacks.
unseen-japan.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
What's up with Japan's youth and the cornucopia of plushies attached to their bags? A recent survey says the plushie bag charm trend can be traced back to oshi-katsu and a centuries-old Japanese religious tradition.
buff.ly/9ls8Bp0
buff.ly/9ls8Bp0
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
🎬 Meet a winner: THE SITUATIONSHIP reimagines a 1920s silent film & took third place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest.
Now it’s your turn—create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier.
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Now it’s your turn—create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier.
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎬 Meet a winner: THE SITUATIONSHIP reimagines a 1920s silent film & took third place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest.
Now it’s your turn—create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier.
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Now it’s your turn—create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier.
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
To clarify, there's nothing in this game that wouldn't pass muster in an M-rated film.
There are people spreading malicious rumors about it, claiming that it is more extreme.
It reminds me of Night Trap, supposedly one of the most transgressive games of its age. Reality: Milder than Power Rangers.
There are people spreading malicious rumors about it, claiming that it is more extreme.
It reminds me of Night Trap, supposedly one of the most transgressive games of its age. Reality: Milder than Power Rangers.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To clarify, there's nothing in this game that wouldn't pass muster in an M-rated film.
There are people spreading malicious rumors about it, claiming that it is more extreme.
It reminds me of Night Trap, supposedly one of the most transgressive games of its age. Reality: Milder than Power Rangers.
There are people spreading malicious rumors about it, claiming that it is more extreme.
It reminds me of Night Trap, supposedly one of the most transgressive games of its age. Reality: Milder than Power Rangers.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
As the mom of a five-year-old reading this and imagining what this family is going through made me physically ill. Unimaginable evil is being perpetrated before our eyes and with our tax dollars.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 2 is now available in print!
Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4rjDzXq
Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4rjDzXq
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 2 is now available in print!
Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4rjDzXq
Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4rjDzXq
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Surviving footage from the 1917 Theda Bara CLEOPATRA. Theda's costumes were held on with tape, glue and prayers. The Fox studio insisted that the pasties were essential for historical accuracy. After multiple viewings, many censor boards agreed.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Surviving footage from the 1917 Theda Bara CLEOPATRA. Theda's costumes were held on with tape, glue and prayers. The Fox studio insisted that the pasties were essential for historical accuracy. After multiple viewings, many censor boards agreed.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Images from films shot by cinematographer William H. Daniels - BOTD in 1901
Greed (1924)
Queen Christina (1933)
The Naked City (1948)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Greed (1924)
Queen Christina (1933)
The Naked City (1948)
Winchester '73 (1950)
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Images from films shot by cinematographer William H. Daniels - BOTD in 1901
Greed (1924)
Queen Christina (1933)
The Naked City (1948)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Greed (1924)
Queen Christina (1933)
The Naked City (1948)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
That funny goat women from that metroidvania
#pseudoregalia #sybilpseudoregalia #metroidvania #fanart #digitalart #krita #indiegame #art #sybil
#pseudoregalia #sybilpseudoregalia #metroidvania #fanart #digitalart #krita #indiegame #art #sybil
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
That funny goat women from that metroidvania
#pseudoregalia #sybilpseudoregalia #metroidvania #fanart #digitalart #krita #indiegame #art #sybil
#pseudoregalia #sybilpseudoregalia #metroidvania #fanart #digitalart #krita #indiegame #art #sybil
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
The big data center buildup - High Country News
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Jubilee by Daniel Picciotto
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Jubilee by Daniel Picciotto
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Future ballerinas of the American Ballet Theater (1937)
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Future ballerinas of the American Ballet Theater (1937)
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Detective Instinct is selling more copies in Japan than any other country 😮
It moves me deeply that something we created is resonating with audiences globally, and I can't thank our JP translator Lone and editor Toku enough for their amazing work!
Let's keep up the momentum 👍
It moves me deeply that something we created is resonating with audiences globally, and I can't thank our JP translator Lone and editor Toku enough for their amazing work!
Let's keep up the momentum 👍
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Detective Instinct is selling more copies in Japan than any other country 😮
It moves me deeply that something we created is resonating with audiences globally, and I can't thank our JP translator Lone and editor Toku enough for their amazing work!
Let's keep up the momentum 👍
It moves me deeply that something we created is resonating with audiences globally, and I can't thank our JP translator Lone and editor Toku enough for their amazing work!
Let's keep up the momentum 👍
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Ninja Gaiden (1988). Nintendo Power art by Masato Kato.
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ninja Gaiden (1988). Nintendo Power art by Masato Kato.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
The Wild World of Anime CD-ROMs in North America - Mark McDonald explores the anime CD-ROM micro-boom of the 1990s, looking at the history format and their rise and fall, while highlighting exemplars of the format like the Anime Hyperguide and The World of U.S. Manga Corps.
#anime #history #tech
#anime #history #tech
The Wild World of Anime CD-ROMs in North America
When looking through the lens of the current era, it can be difficult to imagine that anime was once a fairly scarce commodity outside of Japan. It wasn’t
www.animeherald.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
Agnès Varda segura a mão de Jacques Demy durante a produção de "Jacquot de Nantes", em 1990.❤️
Extremamente debilitado, Demy - objeto central do longa - morreria semanas depois.🎥
#jacquesdemy #agnesvarda #jacquotdenantes
Extremamente debilitado, Demy - objeto central do longa - morreria semanas depois.🎥
#jacquesdemy #agnesvarda #jacquotdenantes
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Agnès Varda segura a mão de Jacques Demy durante a produção de "Jacquot de Nantes", em 1990.❤️
Extremamente debilitado, Demy - objeto central do longa - morreria semanas depois.🎥
#jacquesdemy #agnesvarda #jacquotdenantes
Extremamente debilitado, Demy - objeto central do longa - morreria semanas depois.🎥
#jacquesdemy #agnesvarda #jacquotdenantes
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
"GAMMERA: THE INVINCIBLE", cover star of "The Monster Times" No.37 (1974). #Kaiju #Gamera #horror #horrorfam #scifi
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"GAMMERA: THE INVINCIBLE", cover star of "The Monster Times" No.37 (1974). #Kaiju #Gamera #horror #horrorfam #scifi
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🫶🏼🎈 Amazing love the history of parade.
10 decades of Thanksgiving Day parade balloons. #NYC #Thanks #HistoryNerd
10 decades of Thanksgiving Day parade balloons. #NYC #Thanks #HistoryNerd
Up, up and away! See 10 decades of Thanksgiving Day parade balloons
CNN floats down memory lane with some of the iconic balloons, and how the New York landscape has changed, alongside the beloved American holiday event.
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🫶🏼🎈 Amazing love the history of parade.
10 decades of Thanksgiving Day parade balloons. #NYC #Thanks #HistoryNerd
10 decades of Thanksgiving Day parade balloons. #NYC #Thanks #HistoryNerd
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
Reposted by Dustin Haviv
'Tomb Raider Chronicles' was released on the PlayStation 25 years ago today in the US.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
'Tomb Raider Chronicles' was released on the PlayStation 25 years ago today in the US.