@bethesdaunion.bsky.social The latest layoffs are yet another demonstration of how corporate acquisitions and mergers are rarely good for customers, employees, or the economy -- only investors. There are *no* exclusives that would lure me to buy an XBox from the Microsoft overlords who did this.
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Computer engineer using gamedev tools (Unreal Enging, Blender, etc.) to build 3D apps for engineering and related fields. Specializing in data-driven content generation (parametric and procedural geometry, materials, environments). he/him/his
So, I hear there are some hydrology problems in Washington DC. Rumor has it the brilliant leader on mission to "drain the swamp" has somehow managed to *create* a swamp instead. The goal was figurative, the failure literal. He has pegged the needle on the incompetence meter.
As I type this, I'm playing D&D with friends. I'm not saying my luck has been poor, but a litle while ago one of my friends rolled her attack. My comment was, "Wait -- Are you saying a d20 has two-digit numbers, too?!" Draw your own conclusions.
U.S. citizens: Our best hope of stopping the dystopian catastrophe of MAGA is to *vote*. Protesting matters. Speaking out matters. Community organizing matters. Voting MAGA out of local, state, and federal elected offices *matters most of all*. Check your registration status. Vote early, in person.
Great new political satire from the Marsh Family, the same UK family who brought us "One Day More" lamenting their lockdown isolation during the early days of COVID. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gwB...
"The British King is Here!" - parody of "The British Grenadiers" about King Charles's US state visit
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I have a question for someone well educated in design theory. When I look at Trump's taste in decor, I see a tawdry attempt at grandeur, pathetically missing any true elegance. Some people see the same decor projecting power, prestige, and wealth. What accounts for such strong preferences?
The new #GeometryNodes features in Blender 5.0 and 5.1 (@blender3d.bsky.social) are awesome! I've got a working prototype (which I'll share soon) of procedural motion graphics I couldn't do in 4.x that were easy in Blender 5. Great job on documentation, too, so often overlooked in other software. 👍
This is what it looks like when government agencies set aside turf lines and act together in the public's interest. Well done.
This! All of this!! Send an email to legislators to support libraries today! buff.ly/aSRJRpD
Last weekend my #ArchLinux system's GUI stack broke after an upgrade, a side effect of changes to GDM in GNOME 50. There's a workaround, but I didn't like its side effects. Inspired by this video, I took the plunge and moved from Cinnamon Desktop to #KDEPlasma. [1/2] www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpWh...
I moved to Wayland :D
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A vintage mono classic from 1954 brought back to life in stereo!... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaV...
Mr. Sandman 📀 The Chordettes {DES Stereo} 1954
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I wrote both of my U.S. Senators and my U.S. Representative demanding Congress act to stop Trump's war crimes and threatened genocide before it's too late. My Representative is already on our side, so the wording there was supportive rather than confrontational. Protest. Speak. Vote. #NotInOurName
Watching live the POTUS radio call with the Artemis II crew. Trump babbles on and on, barely giving anyone else a chance to speak, then just lets the conversation dangle for so long that three of the four astronauts were *literally* twiddling their thumbs waiting. What a buffoon.
Zelenskyy is every good thing our chief executive is not: courageous, patriotic, compassionate, and ethical.
I love this man. Who cares what the Orange Failure thinks about this. When Volodymyr speaks of ammunition and weapons he's speaking about LITERAL physical defense of the people and the country he loves. And he'll never fail them. He's the Leader of the Free World. Give him the damn prize already.
ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months. Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs. Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food. Placed in solitary. Denied medical accommodations. They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!
Her husband is a double amputee in ICE prison. She confronted Kristi Noem over its cruel conditions: ‘I have a fire inside’
Mildred Danis-Taylor dropped everything to advocate for the release of her husband, Rodney Taylor. A brutal year of legal and health challenges led her to Capitol Hill
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According to #StephenColbert, the Trump administration is trying to scrub this photo because it is "unflattering" to the Press Secretary. I'm posting this public service announcement to help spread the word that this photo should be deleted immediately. "Refs unpersons doubleplusungood."
No authoritarian state imagery to see here. Move along. 🤣
Her grin knowing how this arrest looks (Published in The Atlantic today)
I've finished editing a short (3 minutes) video from the #NoKings rally in Canton, Ohio (USA) on March 28. CW: May contain occasional profanity on the protest signs. CW: Loud car horns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0aj...
No Kings 3 Canton OH
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Also at today's #NoKings rally, this woman's sign reads, "Somewhere in America, a young girl is in an attic writing about ICE." They have the thugs. We have the literate.
Here's another photo of the year candidate from Getty contributor Megan Varner:
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And I'm just about to fire up Blender 5.1 for the first time, having installed the upgrade last night.
'A moment of peace in this chaotic world' by Alan Luk https://blenderartists.org/t/a-moment-of-peace-in-this-chaotic-world/1632727?mtm_kwd=bsky #b3d #blender #blender3d #blenderrender #blendercommunity #3d
I love the analogy: "The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones." We can -- must! -- move to renewable energy with or without favorable government policy. Vote with your wallet, and the corporations will follow the money, not the party line.
Fancy that. A gas station. Where no car is tanking gas - but the EV chargring units are fully occupied. The stone age didn’t end because we ran out of stones – and the fossil‑fuel age won’t end because we run out of oil. It will end because better, more reliable technologies take over.