Steve Pomeroy

@xxv
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maker of things; blinker of lights; trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️💖 (he/him). 📍Somerville, MA
Projectshttps://staticfree.info/
About mehttps://staticfree.info/steve/
Githubhttps://github.com/xxv/
Printableshttps://www.printables.com/@cxxv/

My Musical Crystal Cave interactive music & light art installed at Future Lab(s) Gallery in North Adams, MA as a part of their annual Glow Show collaborative tapestry.

Participants interact with the two levers on the wall which lets them "DJ" the artwork, independently controlling the generative rhythm and melody. Music is generated in real time with VCV Rack and animated as lights with TouchDesigner.

Video with music: https://youtu.be/dP8L1xdPFFI

#music #vcvrack #touchdesigner #lightart

@bipolaron Adafruit has started using some in their products. I'd personally start there and crib from them. Sparkle Motion is one of the latest that does.

Oh and apparently it's also Fred Rogers' birthday. Nice fella.

> And this is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child to help him realize that he is unique.
>
> I end the program by saying, "You've made this day a special day by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you and I like you just the way you are."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers

#MrRogers #FredRogers #birthday

May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers, host of the (then) recently nationally syndicated children's television series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (named Misterogers' ...

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@gvy_dvpont gonna miss hanging with at BTP! đź’–
@LaserMistress really digging the heart swirl! It gives it that extra boost of classiness

This Afroman trial is giving me life.

Cops raided Afroman's house for no reason. They pointed guns at him and his kids, ransacked his house, and tried to disconnect his home security cameras. They didn't disconnect them all, and so were allegedly caught on camera stealing his money.

He then made a series of music videos using footage from his security camerasz and body cam footage. Now the cops are suing him for making the videos. The ACLU is defending him.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/2m8NpGplUOM

Lawyer Asks Afroman If He’ll Stop Talking About Cops Who Raided Home

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📢 New Essay:

"What if the exhaustion everybody feels isn't a moral failure but the completely rational response to being made responsible for an ecosystem of objects that never stop asking?"

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

The Last Quiet Thing

Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.

Terry Godier

@MLE_online perhaps a key difference between a religious belief and what you describe is that you *can* attain the understanding if you want to, following a method that's pretty rigorous. Of course that takes a whole lot of work on your part to get there.

But yeah, you hit on Clarke's, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".

There's a word to describe Brendan Carr's attempt to throttle the free press and make it dance to the tune of the state. US media and history textbooks have been very willing to use that word when it comes to other nations.

The word is fascism. Brendan Carr and other authors of Project 2025 want fascist control of American government and society.

#BrendanCarr #Trump #FreeSpeech #media #FreePress #FCC #propaganda #fascism
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/brendan-carr-wants-to-yank-licenses

Brendan Carr Wants To Yank Licenses From Stations That Won't Make Dear Leader’s Iran War Look Good

This is America!

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I know 8 trans people well and many more as acquaintances. The 8 people I know well range from being an old childhood friend, to coworkers, to students, to neighbors.

I'm mostly aware that they are trans at all due to the increase in anti-trans laws and blatant transphobia in the US. Were it not for that? I might not know or even care. I worry about them.

In each case the fact that they are trans is one of the less interesting things I know about them.