there’s a huge difference between watching someone ski a... cliff and actually standing at the top of one. from the camera angle it looks almost manageable, but 80 FEET OF EMPTY SPACE changes the whole thing. you have to commit, stay composed through the drop and trust that you’ve judged the landing correctly. i can understand why people watch this and immediately think “yeah… absolutely not.”show more

The Sabotaging Practice of Over Supply and Sameness in... the NFT Space. The current zeitgeist of the NFT space is that the same artists are doing the same kind of work five times a year, with project after project leaving a trail of disappointment and discontent among collectors and all of us watching in disbelief as huge resources are extracted from the space over work that feels like it could be left as an "artist study." I understand that you can do what you want with your money as collectors, but we are killing the whole space with this incestuous practice. No artist is that prolific to be able to do 5 collections of 100+ pieces each every year and actually deliver innovation and some kind of creative evolution. Of course, they can pretend play that the work has something new, but there is no precedent nor proof that that has ever happened in the speed that it happens in the NFT space. Again, people are free to through away their resources on whatever they want but with this way of doing things, we more and more are going to start seeing the consequences. Oh! There are consequences? Yes. Maybe unintended, but there are. Let's see. Let's start with the loss of belief in the NFT space as somewhere where emerging artists can come and find support for their experiments. Why even bother to bring experiments, innovation, and new ways to think of art on the blockchain if the same people have all the collectors hypnotized with their magical flutes? Why even try to come to a space where taking risks and challenging the status quo (the mission of art!!!) is overlooked? This makes the NFT space a social club and not a space for art. I guess it is fine, but IMO it is a recipe for disaster. New collectors stay away because the art will slowly but surely become stale and un-challenging. Why even bother to come and see what is happening here if you can't, as a collector, see new weird and up-and-coming artists? The amount of noise emitted by the same artists doing the same art over and over, drowns out any new voices. Again. A recipe for disaster. The NFT space is becoming a space of disappointment and doubt. We think that collections going to zero one after the other, over and over, is not damaging? I feel we are kidding ourselves. Disappointment piles up, and again, the people who will hurt are the emerging artists, the new blood, the ones who are willing to risk the most and, in return, put fire in this cold space of sameness. I love this space—don't get me wrong—it has changed my life, and I believe it has a ton of potential, but things need to change for it to become a beacon of light in art. But we need to support new voices. We need to support new ideas. The challenge is huge. I hope to contribute all I can to this change. I hope more and more see how exciting it is to go out and try to discover what else is out there and move this space forward. But again, I understand the leaps of faith needed, but if there is a space that is based on that, it's the NFT space...so there is hope. We will see. 📺by Boldtronshow more

There is a room in Málaga that was built... to be the closest thing on earth to standing inside heaven. It is called the camarín of the Virgin of Victory, and it is hidden at the top of a tower inside the Santuario de la Victoria. To reach it, you climb and the ascent is the entire point... The building you are climbing through was completed in 1700, and it was designed as a single argument made in stone. At the bottom lies a crypt: a black chamber crowded with white plaster skeletons, a meditation on death and the brevity of life. From there a staircase rises, and as you climb it the light grows stronger and the imagery changes from bones to saints. The architects of the time understood this ascent as the soul's own journey, the dark crypt as the stage of penitence, the staircase as the stage of spiritual progress, and the room at the very top as the final stage: the union of the soul with the divine. That room at the top is the camarín, and its dome is one of the most extraordinary interiors in Spain... Every surface is covered in white and gold plasterwork. There is no empty space anywhere. The Baroque called this horror vacui, the horror of the void: the conviction that a space meant to represent heaven should not contain a single bare patch of stone. Out of that plasterwork emerge angels, flowers, birds, and mirrors. The mirrors are not decoration alone. They catch the light pouring in through the windows of the drum and throw it around the chamber, so that the gold seems to move and the whole room appears to shimmer and breathe. This wonder was built by people who believed that if you wanted to show a human being what heaven might feel like, you did not describe it to them. You built a room, and you let them climb into it... -- -- -- If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: If you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.show more

This is why people think the moon landings and... this Artemis II is fake. How do you cut from one camera angle to the next and the person is already in the air in a split second if it’s live? Not possible.show more

I’m almost certain that the only reason people even... give Sonic electric is cause it’s probably the closest thing we have to a “speed” type. But I know when you see it you immediately think of this LMAOshow more

🚨 Ain’t no way there’s a new camera angle... from this viral clip from last year. He could have killed someone and didn’t even have to pay the full cost of the sofa.show more

Here's that Conklin play at the end. You can... see Saleh up top, standing 4 yards to our left from the ref. The end gets cut off, but you can see the ref start to run downfield toward the play and Saleh chasing behind him. I think the ref couldn't hear/see Saleh. Not great on the ref's part at all (he should be assuming Saleh wants to call it there and be more prepared for it: also how can you not hear him?) but why is Saleh not standing right next to the ref? Should be hovering over the man. Could've made this a whole lot easier To me this is a mix of both subpar officiating and a coaching mistake. Definitely not a great job by the ref, but also slightly on Saleh for making this harder by standing 4 yards away from the ref instead of right next to him. IMO But still, even at the very end of this clip there's ~17-16 seconds left. I find it very hard to believe Saleh didn't get the timeout in until 13 seconds. I say 80% bad officiating, 20% Salehshow more

I just noticed that Andy Pages has a new... "best catch of the year" according to catch probability, and it's a great example of how watching the advanced stats can tell you things you won't get from watching on TV. This was the last play of the game last Wednesday. Bogaerts hit the ball 102.3 MPH at a 15° launch angle, and Pages covered 45 feet in 2.9 seconds and did it so efficiently he didn't even have to leave his feet. Statcast has it at just a 5% catch probability.show more

"Dating a white man basically means at the end... of a long day you talk about all the ways you were microaggressed and he looks at you in the face and says, 'yeah but I don't think they meant it like that.'"show more

Another thing Looking at the animation, it looks like... the mimic was in a bit of a "panic". The way he gets out of dollie is so frantic, and you can see a bit of struggle.. I love it One of the few times a monster actually prioritizes it's own safety over killing someoneshow more

Here are 2 streets in Europe and the camera... shows as far as the eyes can see There is not one person, and I mean not one single person who looks like they’re actually from Europe in this video and there are thousands of people…. This is the Islamic takeover of The Westshow more

🦊: are there any behind stories about the song... (stay)? 🐿️: seungmin can you tell one 🐶: this is a song that you and i composed about three years ago, yeah i think it’s been three years, it is a nice opportunity to finally show stay about itshow more

Here is a video that shows why I am... not concerned with the #ParkFire reaching Chester and Lake Almanor. Much of the space between the fire and Chester has been salvage logged following the Dixie Fire and looks like this:show more

“A lot of people hate Trump, and that's fine.... But if you're watching a news network that refuses to air the president of the United States, they're not giving you a chance to think for yourself. They're telling you what to think.” Couldn’t be more true!! If you hate Trump and watch the news, you’ve probably been programmed 🎯show more

Last post on this I'd appreciate if people took... the time to read it and share it because I think when people listen they deserve credit but TRNSMT have done more than that I complained about the disabled situation TRNSMT Festival and I think the fact that they listened and made changes is the kind of progressive attitude we need towards disabled facilities. I wasn't complaining to come across as some sort of Karen, it just genuinely would've been a health and safety risk. So I think it's only right that I commend them for the work they've done with the platform this year. The platform has many key things that I think make it the best at any festival I've been at. 1.Clear marked out lanes for people to move out to the toilets and back to their seat to avoid congestion and create space 2. A bar for disabled people beside the platform this is amazing. 3. Toilets well spaced out as well as a changing places toilets for people who more severe disabilities beside the platform. 4. Plenty of space in the toilets. 5. It's huge and you feel really close to the stageshow more

This morning the first thing on my phone was... a message from my friend at the front: “Is grandma okay?” I didn’t understand. Then I opened the news. Seven people killed. One street away from mine. I called granny. She’s alive. She says the building shook. Then the lights went out, everything went out, just darkness and explosions, and she thought the whole house was falling into an abyss. She said: I can’t talk right now. I need to come back to myself. Call me later. So I sit here, far away, thanking God it wasn’t her building. And immediately after that: next time it can be. Next time she is inside it. 27 ballistic missiles came at Kyiv last night and we could not stop them. Because we do not have what it takes to stop them. Patriots are the difference between an old woman making her morning tea and an old woman under concrete. I know the ritual by now. Shock. Condolences. “Unacceptable.” And Russia draws the only conclusion that matters to it: that it can keep doing this, and nothing will change. We need Patriots. And the licence for Europe to build these interceptors is not technology being given away. It is the difference between a family standing in a stairwell and a family under one. If this is not what alliances are for, then what they are for. My grandmother survived tonight. Someone else’s did not.show more

There's a difference between fame and influence. Before social... media, the 2 used to be almost synonymous, but in a world where almost anyone can create the illusion of fame via view botting, very few actually have the influence to mobilize an audience.show more

The penguin standing alone at the top of the... stairs? That’s you. 5M+ views for a reason. Rugs. Red days. Endless charts. Now you’ve arrived at the exit, all you need to do it push. This isn’t escape. It’s activation. You were never a prisoner of the matrix. You were standing in front of the exit the whole time. There’s only one move left. $PUSH X community:show more