PaperTowel

@PaperTowel54
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DevOps engineer, with an interest in NBA and other sports.

Interviewer: Can you perform under pressure?

Me: I can do the Bowie part, but I don't have the upper range to sing the Freddie part.

Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet
Sony's 1984 Betamax win helps Cox beat Sony in important online piracy case.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/supreme-court-rejects-sonys-attempt-to-kick-music-pirates-off-the-internet/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Hello!

I’m looking for work, either freelance or on a work contract.

I specialize in 2D animation and have good experience in isometric, pixel art, and puppet animation.

Every repost is appreciated :)

#pixelart #animation #jobsearch

Massie giving Newsom a run for his gold medal in Trump trolling.
“A group of nearly 400 prominent Christian leaders called President Donald Trump’s administration ‘cruel and oppressive’ and accused the government of being corrupted by an aberrant form of Christianity, in an Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18) statement.” https://religionnews.com/2026/02/18/400-christian-leaders-urge-resistance-to-trump-administration-on-ash-wednesday/
400 Christian leaders urge resistance to Trump administration on Ash Wednesday

The statement’s signers include a mix of denominational leaders, seminary presidents, scholars and leaders of prominent congregations.

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Right off the bat: I loved the #BadBunny halftime show.
Yeah, I could do without some of the over-the-top sexy shit — but let’s be real, that’s his bread and butter. I’m not excusing it, just saying: if that’s all you saw, you missed the whole damn point.

From the very first image — people cutting sugar cane — this was political as hell. Sugar cane isn’t some random aesthetic. It’s the industrial agriculture imposed by the United States after they took over Puerto Rico in 1898. That was the moment communal farming was destroyed and Puerto Ricans were forced into brutal export agriculture for U.S. profit. That history matters.

The entire performance was an homage to the island I grew up in. The neighborhoods, the sounds, the colors, the references — there’s so much nostalgia packed in there I honestly can’t even list it all. They went down the fucking list. Every Puerto Rican I know was watching this with tears in their eyes.

And maybe most important of all: he did the whole thing in Spanish. At a time when Spanish has basically been criminalized — when people are afraid to speak it in public, afraid of having the “wrong” accent, especially after years of Trump-era racism — that alone is a massive political act.

I need to rewatch it because there’s so much going on, but I wanted to put this out there now. Because I already know a lot of people aren’t going to get it at first glance.

But make no mistake: this wasn’t just a halftime show.
It was a huge cultural and political moment — and for Puerto Ricans especially, it meant a hell of a lot.

¡Pa'lante!🇵🇷✊

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we have signed rookie center Dylan Cardwell to a Standard NBA contract, congrats Dylan! 👏 👑