Evil.
Evil.
so instead of watching the SotU, a bunch of us spent last night doing silly presentations and raising fifteen thousand dollars (!!!) for a variety of good causes
if you'd like to see me rant about star wars in person, I'm at about the 2:15 mark in the video, but the whole thing is phenomenal
and probably no βThank youβ¦ Wonβt forgetβ¦ π€β this time
We are counter-programming the State of the Union with a fundraising telethon featuring everyoneβs favorite Bluesky posters doing short presentations and sketches on stuff they are passionate about. Will stream on YouTube starting at 8:30pm EST
postersmadness.wordpress.com
Ability βto grapple with nuanceβ and βhold multiple truths in tensionβ doesnβt seem like it would lead someone to major concern about βmoral driftββ¦
Ok, please give us more
Fun new-to-me Black History Month fact that I just learned while listening to public radio:
Langston Hughes, the famed poet and activist, was also a composer!
WQXR is doing a special tonight on his music
www.wqxr.org/story/271251...
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic β repression with goons β but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
screenshot of the INTERGALACTIC: THE HERETIC PROPHET video game trailer-- a very messy wall filled with maps, photographs, handwritten notes, etc
the cover of MANIFOLD GARDEN's iam8bit special edition Nintendo Switch cover. I illustrated the art and designed the packaging
a sheet of some of my favorite logos I've designed!!!!
mockup of 3W3M's SYSTEMS SOURCEBOOK language spread. I designed the book and the alien fonts.
HEY gang! I'm looking for work starting in JUNE.
ME:
- 10+yrs pub & print prod
- 4yrs game dev (graphic design, OS, UI)
- graphic design jack of all trades
- eagerly collaborative & enthusiastic teammate!
YOU?:
- FT comics, print prod/design, or UI work
- Contract UI work
www.sashamakes.com
Some parallels between these two insights today:
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This is a loss for us, but it's a bigger loss for Pittsburgh readers. This city deserves better.
Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
Thread. Hard to read (or it should be, at least) so prepare yourself.
A joint investigation by ProPublica and FRONTLINE identified more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someoneβs head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
NEW from me β I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
Photo of a βsportyβ forklift (Crown Equipment brand)
Close-up photo of forklift controls: swivel-crank thing in operatorβs left hand, joystick thing with thumb-actuated knob in the right hand, small screen near four mechanical switches and other buttons on the console
Nudge things farther. Buy one of these bad boys and drive it everywhere
ββ¦Saltedfuckingpork?β
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Noticing he doesnβt mention their inclusion of Jackson as βgreatβ, which doesnβt exactly support his framing of their bias
Uh-oh
matt & coβs theory of how public opinion on immigration would respond to new information was simply empirically wrong.
at this point the only reasonable conclusion is they refuse to update their priors w/ new data because the data is inconvenient for them
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
pdf, but worth the read
Seriously. Whatβs that term doing there? Theyβre papering-over his actual status in an article thatβs supposed to be a profile of him
Any recent The Coffin sketches? (Just ran back across that older fave on my shelf)
ββ¦ (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, β¦
(4) suggestions to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, β¦ e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.β
π Ethics concerns conspicuously missing
β¦and only in English, and βshould address one or more of the following four points:
(1) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, β¦
(2) accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of info, β¦
Apparently you can submit public comments on these proposed rules here. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
And after looking over the page, I think comments are accepted ONLY by email (sent to CBP_PRA <at> cbp.dhs.gov) with the correct OMB control # (1651-0111) and the agency (βU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Securityβ) in the emailβs subject line