since when is being anti-fascist controversial in the USA?
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Multidisciplinary artist, remixer, curator, and xr world builder from the pacific northwest of the American continent (and her avatar) Interests: zoosemiotics, biodiversity, virtual worlds, archives, open source, coffee... https://melodyowen.net/
since when is being anti-fascist controversial in the USA?
this is correct
woman holding a sign that reads 'stop illegal raids by immigration dept' she is on a street passing stores and a parked car
'Los Angeles (1937)'
www.commondreams.org/views/2018/1...
Aug 26, 1965 - βClimatic Change appears to be underwayβ β the commencement speech that should have rocked the world
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results β not overnight, but slowly and surelyβ
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
happy birthday, pearl hyacinth - born 8/16/16
A week from today in #Portland, Oregon, I'll be hosting my 3rd Annual #ClimateAdaptation Ride for our #Pedalpalooza Bike festival. Consider joining us on 8/24 if you want to hear about real strategies for improving your resilience to climate calamities.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
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I published 41 interviews from 2018 to 2025 on the Voices of VR covering Augmented World Expo Past & Present. I cover XR & AI like a hyperobject over space & time through the modality of oral history, and this series is 24.5 hours long spanning lots of topics. See my cheat sheet with tags & metadata
Did I ever mention that @resonite.com has native Gaussian splat support?
.PLY & .SPZ both supported - just drag & drop them in.
Full rendering (including spherical harmonics). Basic editing support too (not shown). VRAM compression.
#Resonite #gamedev #3DGS #socialVR
Monochrome photograph of a white woman sitting at a desk with her black cat
"I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude" - Colette,
French author, actress and journalist
#WomensArt
that place is a treasure
i 3D scanned the oregon country fair #oregoncountryfair #scaniverse
foresty
Crucial to the protection of biodiversity, βOur public lands nurture wildlife, sustain drinking water, offer sublime scenery, protect cultural and historic landmarks, and replenish our spirits.β We need to protect and cherish these profoundest of gifts.
#insects #invertebrates πΏ
Why the federal government is making climate data disappear.
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.
grist.org/language/tru...
#Climate #Data #Trump #Science #Policy #Politics #Environment
The Heat Advisory for Portland over the next 10 days. Current temp is 92. Highest this week is Wednesday at 97.
COOL TIPS for biking in extreme heat from our Slack + @bikeportland.org + @shift2bikes.bsky.social
Bike slow
Ride thru fountains
Get bags off your back
Choose shady routes
Bike in coolest times of day
Freeze your drinks
Soak your shirt, bandanna & hat
Shorten route & add stops
Bring extra water
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Trumpβs EPA put 130+ employees on leave for sending a letter opposing the administrationβs anti-science policies.
Punishing federal employees for speaking out is un-American.
The workers must be reinstated immediately.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#Art Kurt Perschke, RedBall Project.
#Sculpture
Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd
Two girls (in a silent film) stand in front of the doorway to a house. One nearest to the door points to the other, who has been carrying a bucket. There are a few trees in the background.
The microfiche digitization livestream from the Internet Archive also includes silent films, home movies, and other random things with lofi archive radio playing in the background for your listening pleasure. On a day like today, how cool is that?
www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R... via @archive.org
The big winners with Republicansβ Big Ugly Bill?
Rich people. Corporations. And β¦ polluters.
Check this out.
I'm conducting a public intervention tomorrow here in Edinburgh, on the 4th of July, as an act of atonement as an American living abroad. I'll be sitting at a desk with an American flag I have festooned with the word "sorry" made from wool. Read more details here: www.delappe.net
Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
I support Palestine Action.
I hate all forms of violence.
I wish no harm on anyone.
I just want a kinder, fairer, greener world.
Apparently this makes me a terrorist.
But I am the opposite of a terrorist.
The brilliant @phoebewahl.bsky.social has made her ABOLISH ICE poster available as a free download for protest signs.
phoebewahl.shop/products/fre...
For #NationalPigeonDay, some very fancy pigeons courtesy of Emil Schachtzabel's Illustriertes Prachtwerk sΓ€mtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/schachtzabel-pigeons
my tumblr dodocurio turned 13 in april. i haven't tended to it in years: dodocurio.tumblr.com