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New bot: Colorer
As it is described on my new bot index page:Looks at pictures; tries to see where color boundaries are, then takes a shot filling those boundaries in its own way.
I've been working on this with my friend Alex. In fact, we got together another approach to recoloring working tonight! It will probably be even weirder.
It's also on:
- RSS
- Mastodon
- Twitter
Unsure if I'm going to keep it on Twitter, but it was easy enough to do for now.
I feel like I should get away from bots for a bit, but I am really happy with this one. -
18 checks. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that stuff is not good for your brain.
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A few years later, I'm surprisingly good with the new A Better Tomorrow, despite it having the exact same name as the original, better A Better Tomorrow. The new one is a good feel-hopeful song when considered outside of the context of its odd naming.
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I read this again: Migrant Children Moved Under Cover of Darkness to a Texas Tent City
The damage being done to these kids is beyond words. How many people would settle for their kids being stored in a tent camp without them for even a day? That the American right wing does not see people of color as human could not be more clear now, though clarification was unnecessary. Whatever the smallest unit of credence is, never even pay that when a Republican says something about doing something for children. -
10-4-4-4-4-4.
Thought I might've miscounted the number of sets, but I alternated the walkaway directions between sets and know which direction I started with and what I ended with and am sure I did two in a particular direction (because of events I remember when walking in that direction). That direction was used on the "even breaks" — the way I went after the second and fourth sets. So, there were five total breaks and six sets! Always handy to be able to check your counting.
Felt extremely crunchy and stringy to start, but felt more normal after a few sets! -
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18 checks. I blame being on the subway in part.
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OK, the event was interesting! One talk, by Rosa Weinberg, was about the importance of incubation periods when working on art, and the other, by Nick Chelyapov, was on how he came to make an accessible hardware musical instrument (or toy; there was some discussion about that continuum).
An incidental thing that was good to hear in both talks was a discussion of time constraints. The first speaker mentioned feeling pressure because she was having trouble coming up with something during a few short days she had during the year to work on her own art. The second mentioned that he was squeezing in work on the device around kid stuff and client work. I always feel like I never have enough time for anything; it's reassuring to know that other artists — even those that teach art — deal with that class of problems.
Another mark for the "humanizing artists" column: I met someone that lives in my comfortable (but uncool) neighborhood! Also a dad that works at a software company that hacks on stuff when he can.
In the "intimidating column" (feel free to superimpose these on a Da Share Z0ne template in your imagination):
- They all seem really networky.
- Most of them seem to know how to promote.
- They all seem to have done exhibits and residencies.
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I decided to go to the tech art talks tonight instead of the community meeting about housing because there was a contradiction about where the meeting was, and I couldn't get confirmation.
Unfortunately, I'm also late.
Going to these things is kind of costly — you're hoisting evening childcare onto your partner every time you go. So, you want them to be worth your while. But if you never go to at least one instance of a kind of event, you'll never find out what the value of going is. You just have to eat it once. -
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I was just imagining one of those hand-motion line dances that school kids do, to Flight of Icarus.
FLLLYY
[flapping motions]
ON YOUR WINGS
[points to arms]
LIKE AN EAGLE
[thumbs wrapped, hands flapping]
FLY AS HIGH AS THE SUN
[big arms circle over head]
FLYYY
[flapping]
TOUCH THE SUN
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Remembering having my own "Berenstain Bears" moment a while back at work when I tried to correct Corporal Jigsore Quandary to "Corporeal Jigsore Quandary".
The proper title has always been "Corporal Jigsore Quandary"! And I have always remembered it as "Corporeal Jigsore Quandary". -
I guess people liked this essay?
It frankly sounds a White man saying, why are you criticizing the context in which stuff I like was made? That part should be immune so I can just keep liking it!
Maybe I'm misreading it? I don't understand why he can't just enjoy the Cosby Show without insisting people not criticize it. He even says art does not exist in a vacuum, then drifts away without explaining well why he thinks that doesn't matter. -
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10 checks today.
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Bones posts help with days in which I feel drained. Speaking of which, I suppose it could be because I woke up extra early today? I had a dream in which I fought a security guard. I don't know — there is no stack trace for feelings. Or if there is, it's like those really short async ones that only go back to the last processNextTick or setTimeout.
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The new episode of Ear Hustle is about immigrant prisoners. Not only about them having a hard time in American prisons, but about ICE camping out to get them when their sentences complete, in order to take them to camps that have worse-than-prison living standards.
It's very focused in its scope. It does not ask larger questions. But they did include the opinions of a non-immigrant White prisoner who felt all undocumented immigrants should be deported. He kept talking about the "sacredness" of citizenship.
Perhaps this was intended by the producers, but it did make me think we need to do a lot to push back on the idea that there should be that great of a difference between citizens and non-citizens. If citizenship is sacred, why is it arbitrarily handed out to people born in a certain place? If the worship of citizenship is keeping us from treating people — including children — with basic human dignity, then it should be destroyed. -
Man, motivation has been low lately, but it's somewhat offset by feeling good about having planned three months of stuff?
Also, I'm having doubts about whether it'll be worth my time to go to that meeting about housing. Is it going to matter what I say at a meeting where everyone is just going to whine about their views getting affected? I suppose I should at least go to one. -
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10-4-4-4-4. Last two reps were of questionable quality. My arms were quite "crunchy" after yesterday.
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Heh, someone from my neighborhood sent an email "warning" me about this awesome proposal to slice in 100% affordable buildings throughout Cambridge:
Dear Neighbors,
As part of their master plan process, CDD has proposed an Affordable
Housing Overlay that would cover all of Res. A and B. It would over-ride
all current zoning and allow developers to build 4-story, 8-unit apartment
buildings anywhere, as long as they are 100% affordable units, similar to
the State's 40B program. They are proposing 11-story buildings for Harvard
Square. Don't be fooled by the overlay's name. Both CDD and the planning
board admit that it will provide very little affordable housing.
The projects would be built "by right" and not allow communities to have
any input. This has not been tried anywhere else in Massachusetts. The
planning board voted against it on Thursday because they said it wouldn't
allow them to make design recommendations. CDD will accept input through
October. The city council will vote on this in March. Marc McGovern has
already come out in favor of it. There is almost 100% opposition from
neighborhood groups.
You can see an example on p. 19 of the attached presentation for our
neighborhood. Anyone who lives on either side of one of these buildings
would be subject to all current zoning, but that building could ignore
height and other restrictions. Because of the high cost of land we could
expect them to cover the entire lot and remove all yard and trees. They
will not be required to provide parking except one or two spaces so the
rest would spill out onto the street. Harvard Neighborhood Assn has created a map of how it could affect our neighborhoods.
If you can, please attend a meeting at …
Oh, ho, ho, dear neighbor, I think I just may attend that meeting, just not for the reasons you suggest! The only bummer is that it's at the same time as a tech poetics talk I wanted to see.