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A friend of mine built this thing called Pysey:
"A desktop emulator and development environment for Pygame-based video synthesis. PYSEY is for visual artists, musicians, and developers who work with EYESY-style video synthesis."
https://pysey-synth.com/

PYSEY Video Synthesizer - A desktop emulator and development environment for Pygame-based video synthesis
A desktop emulator and development environment for Pygame-based video synthesis. Audio-reactive visuals, Syphon output, MIDI control. Free and open-source.

💝 Scientists camouflage heart rate from invasive radar-based surveillance
#sensors

Scientists camouflage heart rate from invasive radar-based surveillance
It's a typical workday and you sign onto your computer. Unbeknownst to you, a high-frequency sensing system embedded in your work device is now tracking your heart rate, allowing your employer to monitor your breaks, engagement, and stress levels and infer alertness. It sounds like a dystopian scenario, but some believe it's not so far from current reality.

Sontag’s Two Doors, Campbell’s Underworld
In a television interview that has circulated for years, Susan Sontag offers a small theory of storytelling. She points out that the English word "story" carries a double valence. We say "tell me the real story" to demand truth, and we say "that's only a story" to dismiss invention. Stories, she argues, face two directions at once, toward fact and toward fantasy, and this doubleness sits at the center of what s…

Sontag’s Two Doors, Campbell’s Underworld | David Boles, Blogs
In a television interview that has circulated for years, Susan Sontag offers a small theory of storytelling. She points out that the English word “story” carries a double valence. We sa…

As a scientist myself, I have been wondering, if there was a pattern of #Epstein's support to research. In addition to support for "AI" research, there's this:
"One disturbing explanation for Epstein’s support of science comes from his interest in genetic determinism. This idea, which dates to the eugenics era, is still fashionable in some wealthy circles [...]."…

Why did Jeffrey Epstein cultivate famous scientists?
The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself

Scientists Create Giant Fire Tornadoes That Could Save Our Oceans
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-giant-fire-tornadoes-that-could-save-our-oceans/

Tyree Wilson: Five Things to Know about new Saints edge https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/tyreee-wilson-edge-saints-roster-2026-5-things-to-know

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Santigold:
🎵 Lights Out
#Santigold
https://djmehdi.bandcamp.com/track/santigold-lights-out-dj-mehdi-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0480zldyxMPfcy8brNQUTT

Citizen Historians fighting the regime's revisionist history efforts
#resist

About | Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian
Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian is an all-volunteer effort to document everything on display at the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, the national zoo, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial museum. ​ Founded August 21, 2025, in its first 4 weeks volunteers for this project have donated 17,500+ photographs and videos and documented 37% of current Smithsonian exhibits.

„Botox-Skandal bei Beauty-Wettbewerb im Oman!“ 🤯 „Die Preisgelder für diese Art Wettbewerbe können bis zu 60 Millionen Dollar betragen“. 🤯🤯🤯 https://www.swr3.de/aktuell/nachrichten/kamele-botox-schoenheitswettbewerb-oman-100.html

Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans https://www.404media.co/scientists-reveal-the-surprising-sex-lives-of-neanderthals-and-early-humans/