50 years ago today 🔥❤️⚡🥂
The Runaways released their debut studio album, The Runaways. It features the singles "Cherry Bomb," "Blackmail," and "Secrets."

#punkrock #womenofpunk #womenofrock #therunaways #allfemaleband #history #punkrockhistory #otd

No surprise: "Avatar: Fire and Ash" has won the Oscar for best visual effects. Here's Gold Derby on why that's a notable achievement in the category.

https://flip.it/kmVBqY

#Oscars #Movies #Film #Cinema

Nice shout out to ILM as well

Avatar: Fire and Ash wins the #Oscar for best #VFX ##VisualEffects #AcademyAwards

My other biggest hate for AI and all these companies is how they are stealing others' work. Just because someone put their art, song, book, or forum post/wiki contribution online doesn't mean it is free to steal. Not to mention environmental issues. If you really want to train your shitty AI, pay up to all these people first. You have money in trillions. Instead, they are stealing, firing workers, and building massive data centers and surveillance networks to drag down everyone. So fuck off!

Whatever happens remember they're just #movies #Oscars #Oscars2026

this ai bubble is going to burst any minute now, and we all know what that means: cheap data centre rack space in huge quantities.

can we use server racks to grow salad instead of swindle? i set out to find out: https://sa.lj.am/rack-mount-hydroponics/

#StarTrek

Watching VFX Artis React featuring Joe Letteri. There's a BTS shot on the original avatar and there's friend of the show David Stripins (although we never got him on). I need to find the Avatar CG crew shirt he sent me and take some pics. Back then I couldn't show pics of it b/c spoilers (it has parts of the AMP mech) and then later I just forgot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wpXOIPl0wo

NEW PODCAST!

Rob Bredow shares ‘Solo’ stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM -->

The latest in from our special ILM series of podcasts as part of the release of my book, Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation.

https://beforesandafters.com/2026/03/14/rob-bredow-shares-solo-stories-and-how-ilm-inspired-him-before-he-was-even-at-ilm/

reprehensible

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116217036163563595

“Criticism of the government is illegal in the UAE.”

Lots of reasons to be wary of visiting here, especially if a woman.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-woman-tourist-arrested-charged-jail-dubai-gang-rape-extramarital-sex-hotel-uae-police-a7420616.html

or…

"AI's not the enemy, it's the key" - this is proof, if it were needed, that there's no substitute for human creativity. It is execrable, an abomination, one of the worst songs you will ever hear. I will be cringing for days. (Even if the video itself has some technical merit)
Please give it a thumbs down.
https://youtu.be/G7V2Biy3omw
#TillyNorwood

@jeffjarvis don't threaten us with a good time

Yes, Rupert, many people are not ashamed of being left-wing. If only more were ashamed of being right-wing.

This is from 1975.

#StarTrek

@doppioslash haven't gotten a response yet, but maybe I should email the Conference Chair instead

@doppioslash I did use their contact form, but I guess I can contact the registration chair directly to get some clarity. Plus having the conference just after the world cup might make LA a mess