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trying to do this whole artist thing...key word "trying" i do talk about the political and economic state of the world here creative techie, writer, data person, music enjoyer etc. (i have a lot to say) digitaltimebeing@tutamail.com 📍occupied land

"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...

Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set

The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.

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when someone asks me the best place on the internet and I say the p5js discord...I learn so much everytime and everyone is brilliant kind wonderful intelligent every positive word in the english language can be used to describe the p5js discord

sorry for being pedantic (i went to art school, kill me) but there are whole traditions of process art involving the design & use of systems of rules; jackson pollack being one famous example. to make this distinction, try and answer the question: Who designed the system? Can you explain the rules?

i hate that AI companies have muddied the word "generative" Generative art: procedural art created using a *system of mathematical rules designed intentionally* by the artist. AI-generated: created by automated systems (LLMs) using opaque, extractive processes unknown to both the user and viewer.

pretending I dont care about frost fest, the underscores fader mix, or acl to make myself feeling better about not being able to experience it live <3

This is a really great example of how standardised technological systems, processes, etc can cause all sorts of problems. There’s lots of STS research on this - I built on some of it during my PhD. Eg Susan Leigh Star on “being allergic to onions”z So many examples when one starts to look.