The fact is that billionaires DON'T provide enough to the people who work for them. The government subsidizes billionaires through social services to workers. Tax the billionaires mercilessly.

I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

this…this could be you

in case you want the 14GB Prores file for the 4K 1.9:1 aspect ratio version of The Odyssey trailer: archive.org/details/the-...

Google’s gonna likely talk more about its smart glasses soon. We already know a lot: www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

Steam Controller CAD and 3d print files now available: gitlab.steamos.cloud/SteamHardwar...

expired: what is a sandwich? tired: what is a photo? wired: what is a popcorn bucket?

this iOS notification and action menu for YouTube’s studio app is so BAD

sure i guess this is as good time as any to look into new planar magnetics and portable DACs

PowerWash Simulator 2 | STAR WARS Pack - Announce Trailer (coming this summer) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-S...

Apple announces that John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman (Business Wire) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Very fun to see this @tippettstudio.bsky.social stop-motion model in Adam Savage's bts look at 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' with Jon Favreau. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijk4...

we spent a morning on the set of The Mandalorian & Grogu! the prop archive room was nothing short of breathtaking youtu.be/ijk4XMe7n_c

the street fighter trailer reminds me of watching the 2009 Watchmen movie: splashy colors, slow mo, and the silliness of its source material proudly worn on its sleeve www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt4X...

the Sprayser! youtu.be/gP11KgTewpg

And like... don't get me wrong, I like GOOD VR hands. The issue is that ACTUALLY GOOD VR hands are much more expensive to execute than people realize, and that cost goes up linearly with the number of objects and interactions in a game.

1701-G at Z minus 10,000 meters.

*Victory music*

the haters will say this video will NEVER reach 300K views don't let the haters win youtu.be/ERKEsIzTFas?...

we spent a day at IMAX headquarters learning how their technicans process and project 70mm film for an upcoming movie which shall not be named www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_g...

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

Coffee machines turned into tiny cafés by Wes Anderson’s model-maker Simon Weisse.

great week for Flickr

John Deere agreed to pay $99M into a fund to settle a 2022 right-to-repair class action lawsuit, and make digital repair tools available to farmers for 10 years (Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

quickie print and paint of Grace puppet! 1. printed in SLS Nylon--so lightweight it feels alien 2. tamiya gunmetal undercoat 3. heavy mirror chrome topcoat w/ raw sienna oil drybrush 4. screenshot from PHM trailer for reference

Douglas Trumbull (1942-2022) was born 84 years ago today. He directed Silent Running, produced The Starlost, and worked on VFX for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner (1982, below), and many other classics.

for folks 3d printing/painting their own xenonite models, here's a photo from our visit to the props department showing their paint and finish on one of Rocky's puppets

@helenlohara.bsky.social thanks for the shoutout for our Project Hail Mary production design video on the spoiler special! Big fan of the podcast!

great miniature replica of the Project Hail Mary cockpit using one of our set visit videos for reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP1m...

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild. "Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

for flipping E21?!?!

On this week’s @techpod.content.town, @nchan.bsky.social caught me up with the current state of the art for 3D printing, where to get started, and a whole lot more. techpod.content.town/episodes/333...

When ads came to ChatGPT, users were mad — those who had been using it as an editor or therapist suddenly saw ChatGPT as vulnerable to manipulation by brands and marketers. The reality is that it was happening the whole time. I wrote about the new SEO gold rush: www.theverge.com/tech/900302/...

Test Animations Made by me in Illustrator and After Effects bsky.app/profile/joer...

Star Trek project: I’ve been working on some handheld props with animated displays. These are a few early tests, including an animated version of the Relativity device. I also made a version that can turn the display on/off and run LEDs.

Happy First Contact Day! In 37 years, Vulcans will set foot on Earth. More importantly, the Phoenix will be the first human ship to reach Warp 1! Incidentally, it's also the birthday of the son of Ronald D. Moore, co-writer of Star Trek: First Contact (1996). Happy birthday, Jonathan.

I am making Pokémon cards now

Pluribus x Mario Kart www.reddit.com/r/pluribustv...

Today, the world's first and best pop culture art gallery announced it was closing. And no, it's not an April Fool's joke. Gallery 1988 has been a trendsetter for decades, but now, it's going away. Below, I go on a personal journey about what the gallery has meant to me and pop culture at large.

You know you've made some peak new tech when you have the exact same fine print disclaimers as Miss Cleo.

oh nice, made it in David Pogue’s Apple: The First 50 Years book

@reckless.bsky.social that last Brendan Care is a Dummy listener theme sure sounded a little bit like Stars’ Celebration Guns

NEW VIDEO! ‘Project Hail Mary’ creature effects creative supervisor Neal Scanlan on the magic of Rocky --> Neal goes behind the scenes on the puppets & animatronics, with some very fun b-roll also featuring puppeteer & performer James Ortiz. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3V9...

sora not sora

I wanda what storylines they’ll pursue in the second season variety.com/2026/tv/news...

CUSTOM KNIT FOX CARDIGAN (via co-costume designer Glyn Dillon)