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@Down10_ @crulge @KrangTNelson Robots for live action props and amazing animation department. Most hand-drawn animation is done at 12 frames per second, but they did 24fps to match live action. Richard Williams tells a story of being in a hotel room with plexi on his lap animating.

@garius "Jim and Tina bought this cottage in rural Northamptonshire and were stunned to find three hundred barely decomposed Napoleonic era Grande Armée grenadiers under the patio." "We've brought some students, a Worzel Gummidge impersonator and half of Steeleye Span to find out why."

One thing I love about Time Team is you get episodes that are just: "We're in a West Sussex garden that's just FULL of skulls. We have three days to find out why." And nobody is fazed by it. Everyone in the village will be all: "Oh yes. Janet's house. With all the skulls"

@CloseCallSports There was a balk in yesterday's Twins-Dodgers game. I only saw a very short clip, but I think it may have been a "third throw to the runner but don't get him out" balk which could be a good short video?

One traveler, multiple prohibited items. That's what @TSA officers at Daniel K Inouye Int'l Airport in Honolulu found recently during routine screening. Traveler had a 🔪 concealed in a comb, a collapsible baton & a butterfly 🔪 taped to his leg. Why didn't he just check these?🤦‍♀️

I'm done with @Wizards_DnD. This whole Pinkertons thing was just the last straw.

Wow, the original Wilhelm Scream! Only 67 downloads so far. Interesting piece of history. I just converted it to video for Twitter convenience.

It appears to be @mvpschools policy to trap 18-year-olds with anxiety disorders on busses that haven't moved in over 30 minutes despite being 6 blocks from her home. No safety issue, just the driver worried she'll be fired.

@PushinUpRoses I like the second one with the paint sloping downwards, feels like butterfly wings to me. The tension of the third is cool and I can see people loving it, but not my speed.

Which orientation do you like the most?

Elon tried to sell his acquisition of Twitter as a free speech issue. But the reality has been proven to be the opposite. He is using it algorithmically to censor ideas he doesn’t like, and promote ones he does. Exactly as his critics said would happen.

i hooked up chatgpt to a furby and I think this may be the start of something bad for humanity

@vaspider @Ranting_Trans Something like this happened to me when I transitioned (at 39) and went to Our Whole Lives training. It was a bit weird being the only one with a solo room, but they never once suggested I room with a guy.

Any trans people have nice little stories of gender affirmation or just being a good ally from cis people? One of my faves is when we had a work retreat with my office, and the plan was to have a house for the boys and a house for the girls.

Also, the twitter app and website are hot garbage and I hate them too.

I hate the term "dry brine."

The LA river is an absolute torrent right now

This is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show.

I wonder if a small town or suburb could harness waste heat from a data center in winter. Even if we didn't run it to individual homes, could what about indoor public spaces? Malls, rec centers, etc.

@wiredferret @snipeyhead Here's what it looks like on the bench. The lights got screwed into the wall, and a cable runs from the switch to the lights. youtu.be/rCbpc6CV3pk

@snipeyhead @silmarian It's not only physical, it's CLICKY.

I have an awesome light that lets my family know if I'm on air. We have now clarified the rules to make it clear that "things are literally on fire" does justify interrupting even the highest level of "don't interrupt me". Anyway, the snowthrower went out in a blaze of glory.