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Logan Williams

@obtusatum.bsky.social

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Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. NYC/Amsterdam via Oregon.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3h

I started working on this research in my spare time with a small group of fellow journos/artists — Nicole Vögele, @jakecharlesrees.bsky.social , & Robin Kötzle — after noticing recurring patterns in IDF 3D videos last year

The Ferret (via @billybriggs24.bsky.social): theferret.scot/idf-scottish...

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, I can easily hear traffic (especially sirens) even in the center of Prospect Park. Elevation changes mitigate this, but only somewhat.

I just appreciate quiet spaces and was curious. The ceaselessness of traffic noise has been getting me down here.

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 2d

Are there any outdoor places in NYC (subway/bikeable) where traffic noise is not audible?

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Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 5d

did you get anything? I had one that I decided to prioritize (listening for water leaks at midnight) and after going to the next tab the second was already lost (admittedly likely very popular NYCT shop tour)

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 5d

successfully got tickets for 1 (one) OHNY event

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 5d

omg

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 7d

2 toed sloth holding sign that says move slow and fix stuff

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Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 7d

This doesn’t provide any additional info either. It just doesn’t work for non-OMNY cards.

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Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 8d

My OMNY account does not provide this information. Where are you getting this?

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 8d

Even if you have an account, it's really confusing. You might think that each of these $2.90 charges corresponds to a subway ride towards the cap. You would be wrong! Two of them are AirTrain charges (from the same ride but processed on different days, and weirdly bundled with other trips.)

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Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 9d

fruit flies

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 9d

found a tiny jumping spider on my keyboard, so I made her a little terrarium

a macro photograph of a spider with striped hair legs, staring upward with a pleading expression in its 4 eyes

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11d

Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital

Israeli troops say they targeted a Hamas camera in an August strike, but a Reuters investigation found the device belonged to one of the news agency’s journalists. An Israeli official now says troops fired without required approval. The five journalists who died in the strike are among 200 killed by Israel that it has yet to fully explain.

www.reuters.com

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Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social · 12d

Israel is razing Gaza city, continuing its practice of mass demolitions and leaving nowhere for people to return to. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

www.nytimes.com

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Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 13d

4 Million Emotional Possibilities Powered by Proprietary Al

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, but also: any student organization you might have donated money to, any event you might have attended even if you weren't a member of the organization running the event, etc. Make sure not to forget anything!

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 20d

Not even, have you ever been "in any way associated with" a group?

Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social · 20d

I challenge anyone to answer this question in a way impervious to a sufficiently motivated inquisitor.

From the I-485 form:

Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in any way associated with any organization, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society, or similar group in the United States or in any other location in the world?
If you answered "Yes" to Item Number 1., complete Item Numbers 2. - 9. If you were a member of more than two organizations, use the space provided in Part 14. Additional Information.
Organization I
2. Name of Organization
• Yes No
3. City or Town

State or Province
Country
4. Nature of Organization, including its purposes and activities, whether illicit or legitimate.

Nature of involvement in organization, including role or positions) held, whether illicit or legitimate.
5. Dates of Membership or Dates of Involvement

From (mm/dd/yyyy)
Organization 2
6.
Name of Organization
To (mm/dd/yyyy)

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Krish Raghav @krishraghav.bsky.social · 29d

🎉 Don't Get Your Hopes Up is out Tue Sep 16!

A short game about housing shortage and horror in architecture. A wayward history of Amsterdam that has evaded archival capture. A weird, disquieting, experimental non-fiction piece.

Free on Steam / PWYW on itch: store.steampowered.com/app/3795490/...