Nik
@brusselsproutsteen.bsky.social
2d/3d/tattoo artist
they/him, here mainly for movies/anime/games/kaiju news. mostly on instagram, starting on Patreon, often on letterboxd, sometimes on soundcloud
they/him, here mainly for movies/anime/games/kaiju news. mostly on instagram, starting on Patreon, often on letterboxd, sometimes on soundcloud
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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
One afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, met with the commander of Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief’s agenda: moving vast amounts of top secret intelligence material into the US company’s cloud.
Meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle, a former chicken farm turned hi-tech campus, the spymaster, Yossi Sariel, won Nadella’s support for a plan that would grant Unit 8200 access to a customised and segregated area within Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
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From final girls to monstrous liberation, horror has long been an avenue to unpack and subvert misogynist tropes—Katie dives in, sharing a starter pack of twenty feminist horror films that’ll rock your world. boxd.it/2EA
July 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
From final girls to monstrous liberation, horror has long been an avenue to unpack and subvert misogynist tropes—Katie dives in, sharing a starter pack of twenty feminist horror films that’ll rock your world. boxd.it/2EA
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The real-life married couple talks about their mutual love of David Cronenberg and making their own 'Eyes Wide Shut' with the new horror film
Alison Brie and Dave Franco Make Their Own Horror Version of ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ with ‘Together’
The real-life married couple talks about their mutual love of David Cronenberg and making their own 'Eyes Wide Shut' with the new horror film
bit.ly
July 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The real-life married couple talks about their mutual love of David Cronenberg and making their own 'Eyes Wide Shut' with the new horror film
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Celebrating the visionary mind of Jean Cocteau, born on this day. His dreamlike imagery continues to shape the language of cinema.📽️✨
July 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Celebrating the visionary mind of Jean Cocteau, born on this day. His dreamlike imagery continues to shape the language of cinema.📽️✨
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Call me a prude, but the beak and talons would scare me
June 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Call me a prude, but the beak and talons would scare me
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Finished up animation for today's #NightmareKart dev thread! The final shot is the big reveal shot of the bone bike so I wanted to get the camera all up in its business to show off the design as this is the only shot I can do so before it switches to gameplay.
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Finished up animation for today's #NightmareKart dev thread! The final shot is the big reveal shot of the bone bike so I wanted to get the camera all up in its business to show off the design as this is the only shot I can do so before it switches to gameplay.
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XII.XII.MMXXV on Netflix. More to come…
June 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
XII.XII.MMXXV on Netflix. More to come…
fun, diverse times
also Sinners is awesome, the last MI is really boring, but it has Katy M. O'Brian in it)))
also Sinners is awesome, the last MI is really boring, but it has Katy M. O'Brian in it)))
May 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
fun, diverse times
also Sinners is awesome, the last MI is really boring, but it has Katy M. O'Brian in it)))
also Sinners is awesome, the last MI is really boring, but it has Katy M. O'Brian in it)))
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With The Shrouds now in theaters, David Cronenberg talks to Mia Vicino about making a career out of bodies and creatures, humor as a survival tool and why he believes that all of his films are rom-coms. boxd.it/2vy
April 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
With The Shrouds now in theaters, David Cronenberg talks to Mia Vicino about making a career out of bodies and creatures, humor as a survival tool and why he believes that all of his films are rom-coms. boxd.it/2vy
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
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The Onion needs to get back to doing satire
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Onion needs to get back to doing satire
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Our new group show starts tomorrow, lots of great sculpts in it!
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our new group show starts tomorrow, lots of great sculpts in it!
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Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue has now joined the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club 🎤
March 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue has now joined the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club 🎤
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Something quite Svankmajer-esque about this…
This plating and cooking wouldn’t even pass a TAFE assessment in the first week.
March 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Something quite Svankmajer-esque about this…
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"New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt" : New Teaser.
Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi at Studio Trigger.
Coming next year.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPw...
Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi at Studio Trigger.
Coming next year.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPw...
December 24, 2024 at 7:58 AM
"New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt" : New Teaser.
Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi at Studio Trigger.
Coming next year.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPw...
Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi at Studio Trigger.
Coming next year.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPw...
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protests work
Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver International Auto Show over fears that the company's presence would incite protests.
Tesla Booted From Auto Show Over Protest Fears
The move comes as a number of Elon Musk’s electric vehicles are being vandalized.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
protests work
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Shout out to libraries, library workers, and library kids!!
March 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Shout out to libraries, library workers, and library kids!!
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PEOPLE OF BLUESKY! Ahhhhhh, it smells good here. Behold a trailer for season 2 of Poker Face! It’s gonna be a good one. May 8th on the almighty Peacock!
March 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
PEOPLE OF BLUESKY! Ahhhhhh, it smells good here. Behold a trailer for season 2 of Poker Face! It’s gonna be a good one. May 8th on the almighty Peacock!
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Yesterday Trump cut a vulgar ad for Tesla, and paired it with threats against those who would protest and boycott Tesla.
This is the pathetic brand of authoritarianism we’re being subjected to — used car salesman fascism.
Our response must be determined resistance.
www.jphilll.com/p/used-car-s...
This is the pathetic brand of authoritarianism we’re being subjected to — used car salesman fascism.
Our response must be determined resistance.
www.jphilll.com/p/used-car-s...
Used Car Salesman Fascism
Trump, Musk, and the effort to prop up Tesla
www.jphilll.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yesterday Trump cut a vulgar ad for Tesla, and paired it with threats against those who would protest and boycott Tesla.
This is the pathetic brand of authoritarianism we’re being subjected to — used car salesman fascism.
Our response must be determined resistance.
www.jphilll.com/p/used-car-s...
This is the pathetic brand of authoritarianism we’re being subjected to — used car salesman fascism.
Our response must be determined resistance.
www.jphilll.com/p/used-car-s...
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If you get a chance, do watch this film, #SomeonesDaughterSomeonesSon, an honest and heartfelt look at homelessness, with very real and achievable solutions for ending it. www.someonesdaughterfilm.org
Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son
A documentary by Lorna Tucker shedding light on Britain’s homelessness epidemic and how to fix the broken system — in cinemas 16 February.
www.someonesdaughterfilm.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If you get a chance, do watch this film, #SomeonesDaughterSomeonesSon, an honest and heartfelt look at homelessness, with very real and achievable solutions for ending it. www.someonesdaughterfilm.org
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if i lived in the 1800s and making dinner meant spending every waking hour baking bread and plucking a chicken or whatever and then my husband sat down and said "let's thank god for this meal" i think i'd poison him
March 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
if i lived in the 1800s and making dinner meant spending every waking hour baking bread and plucking a chicken or whatever and then my husband sat down and said "let's thank god for this meal" i think i'd poison him