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TX-2: MOONSHADOW now on view at W139 in Amsterdam as part of "Taking Root Among the Stars": https://w139.nl/en/event/taking-root-a mong-the-stars/

Open until 2 February 2025!

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TX-2: MOONSHADOW now on view at W139 in Amsterdam as part of "Taking Root Among the Stars": https://w139.nl/en/event/taking-root-a mong-the-stars/

Open until 2 February 2025!

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It's trans day of remembrance today. Please light a candle for those we have lost last year that we know, and those we have lost that we don't know.

Ask Venus, the wanderer of transition (from morning to gone to night, from night to gone to morning, from the world of the living to the world of the departed to the world of living again, from existing as one being to existing as another), for guidance in these times when so much hate against us infuses the very fabric of our societies. Recognize the toll it takes on people to wake up every day and read major news outlets reporting on--and sometimes cheering on--people who want to eradicate you.

But, just as Venus disappears from view for a while, as they transition from night to morning, know that trans people too will always be here, no matter how many of us others try to destroy. We will always return, we will be forever blazing, just as the evening star or the morning star heralds the transition of one day to the next. Do not mess with the cycles of the cosmos.

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It's trans day of remembrance today. Please light a candle for those we have lost last year that we know, and those we have lost that we don't know.

Ask Venus, the wanderer of transition (from morning to gone to night, from night to gone to morning, from the world of the living to the world of the departed to the world of living again, from existing as one being to existing as another), for guidance in these times when so much hate against us infuses the very fabric of our societies. Recognize the toll it takes on people to wake up every day and read major news outlets reporting on--and sometimes cheering on--people who want to eradicate you.

But, just as Venus disappears from view for a while, as they transition from night to morning, know that trans people too will always be here, no matter how many of us others try to destroy. We will always return, we will be forever blazing, just as the evening star or the morning star heralds the transition of one day to the next. Do not mess with the cycles of the cosmos.

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I'm pleased to say that TX-2: MOONSHADOW will be a part of the exhibition "Taking Root Among the Stars", opening this Friday at W139 in Amsterdam, at 19:00 (goes until 22:00). The show will be up until 2 February 2025.

Thanks to everyone at W139 who helped with the install (and went up on scaffolding to the 7,5m ceiling to install MOONSHADOW). And thanks to Anne Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz for curating this show and inviting me to be a part of it.

Hope to see some of you there!

https://w139.nl/en/event/taking-root-a mong-the-stars/

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I'm pleased to say that TX-2: MOONSHADOW will be a part of the exhibition "Taking Root Among the Stars", opening this Friday at W139 in Amsterdam, at 19:00 (goes until 22:00). The show will be up until 2 February 2025.

Thanks to everyone at W139 who helped with the install (and went up on scaffolding to the 7,5m ceiling to install MOONSHADOW). And thanks to Anne Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz for curating this show and inviting me to be a part of it.

Hope to see some of you there!

https://w139.nl/en/event/taking-root-a mong-the-stars/

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Trying to watch any of the live coverage of the starship launch today is intolerable. Because both of those men will be at the launch the MAGA people have come out in force. And none of the hosts of the streams dares to call it out, nor do they dare to infuriate their audience by calling out the hate of those men who are at the launch. What used to be a somewhat enjoyable pasttime that intersected with my research has now become impossible to watch because of the fact that those men don't want people like me to exist.

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Trying to watch any of the live coverage of the starship launch today is intolerable. Because both of those men will be at the launch the MAGA people have come out in force. And none of the hosts of the streams dares to call it out, nor do they dare to infuriate their audience by calling out the hate of those men who are at the launch. What used to be a somewhat enjoyable pasttime that intersected with my research has now become impossible to watch because of the fact that those men don't want people like me to exist.

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While watching the tweets go by as they were deleted, I saw this one, where I was talking about solar sails. And on Friday my solar-sail artwork TX-2: MOONSHADOW will be on view in its fourth exhibition. Sometimes it takes a while to materialize an idea :)

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While watching the tweets go by as they were deleted, I saw this one, where I was talking about solar sails. And on Friday my solar-sail artwork TX-2: MOONSHADOW will be on view in its fourth exhibition. Sometimes it takes a while to materialize an idea :)

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In the end, I actually decided to re-activate the accounts but delete all the tweets. Don't want someone to be impersonating me there.

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In the end, I actually decided to re-activate the accounts but delete all the tweets. Don't want someone to be impersonating me there.

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re: from starter packs to harassment packs in 10, 9, 8..

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@Tim_Eagon @bss @rra has anyone found a way to discover with starter packs you're on? I know I'm on one but I feel like I must be on another because there is no logical reason my follower count has gone up so quickly....

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@Tim_Eagon @bss @rra has anyone found a way to discover with starter packs you're on? I know I'm on one but I feel like I must be on another because there is no logical reason my follower count has gone up so quickly....

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Well, that's four xiitter accounts deactivated and on their way to deletion. I was never a big user but I know a lot of trans/media/art people were, so it's quite sad to see it degrade so much over the previous years.

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Well, that's four xiitter accounts deactivated and on their way to deletion. I was never a big user but I know a lot of trans/media/art people were, so it's quite sad to see it degrade so much over the previous years.

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Made my old zeitkunst.org website a static website because it was on a **cough cough** extremely old version of drupal that I had no plan of updating (and in fact, I tried updating and everything broke, so I had to revert to a backup). Grateful to not have that potentially major security threat not nagging me anymore.

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Made my old zeitkunst.org website a static website because it was on a **cough cough** extremely old version of drupal that I had no plan of updating (and in fact, I tried updating and everything broke, so I had to revert to a backup). Grateful to not have that potentially major security threat not nagging me anymore.

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TX-2: MOONSHADOW begins to rise again...more images in the coming days.

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TX-2: MOONSHADOW begins to rise again...more images in the coming days.

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I complained to them and this was part of their response: "While we are unable to discuss specific regulatory details, please know that our decision was made to ensure full compliance with applicable EU laws and regulations. We are committed to maintaining a high level of legal and ethical responsibility."

FFS, regulations are public, I have no idea why they can't tell us what the regulations are that prevent them from allowing search.

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I complained to them and this was part of their response: "While we are unable to discuss specific regulatory details, please know that our decision was made to ensure full compliance with applicable EU laws and regulations. We are committed to maintaining a high level of legal and ethical responsibility."

FFS, regulations are public, I have no idea why they can't tell us what the regulations are that prevent them from allowing search.

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My goodness, just discovered today that Vimeo doesn't allow you to search the site anymore if you're in the EU. "We can confirm that it is not a bug. Public Search will no longer be available in some regions as part of our compliance with local regulations." That's BS.

More here: https://www. reddit.com/r/vimeo/comments/1g phh8k/vimeo_search_outside_of_library/

Just cancelled my Vimeo subscription.

The enshittification of the web continues. Anyone have a non-YouTube site for artists since Vimeo is not that anymore?

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My goodness, just discovered today that Vimeo doesn't allow you to search the site anymore if you're in the EU. "We can confirm that it is not a bug. Public Search will no longer be available in some regions as part of our compliance with local regulations." That's BS.

More here: https://www. reddit.com/r/vimeo/comments/1g phh8k/vimeo_search_outside_of_library/

Just cancelled my Vimeo subscription.

The enshittification of the web continues. Anyone have a non-YouTube site for artists since Vimeo is not that anymore?

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Okay Mastodon/BlueSky hive, point me to people doing amazing commentary about the contemporary space industry but who are NOT space bros. I've had it with the obsequiousness towards a certain billionaire (well, billionaires I guess, but one has lots more money than the other). Too many of the people I used to watch/read fervently have not stepped up post-US-election for the people that will be hurt by this billionaire's actions and have rather proceeded as if nothing has changed. That I cannot countenance.

I know a lot about the academic work around this topic, so I'm not looking for that material that responds on a slower timescale. But who out there is responding in more real-time to all that is going on in the industry? And is not just limited to the US? And is hopefully also considering this from broader lenses than just military/commercial/scientific?

I need a Contrapoints/Philosophy Tube for the space industry. Please tell me there's someone out there like that :)

Thanks in advance!

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Okay Mastodon/BlueSky hive, point me to people doing amazing commentary about the contemporary space industry but who are NOT space bros. I've had it with the obsequiousness towards a certain billionaire (well, billionaires I guess, but one has lots more money than the other). Too many of the people I used to watch/read fervently have not stepped up post-US-election for the people that will be hurt by this billionaire's actions and have rather proceeded as if nothing has changed. That I cannot countenance.

I know a lot about the academic work around this topic, so I'm not looking for that material that responds on a slower timescale. But who out there is responding in more real-time to all that is going on in the industry? And is not just limited to the US? And is hopefully also considering this from broader lenses than just military/commercial/scientific?

I need a Contrapoints/Philosophy Tube for the space industry. Please tell me there's someone out there like that :)

Thanks in advance!

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Downloaded Thunderbird for my mail, check.

Downloaded an RSS reader, check.

Posting on the open-source social network Mastodon (like identi.ca used to be): check.

Living the internet of 2024 like it's 2010: priceless.

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Downloaded Thunderbird for my mail, check.

Downloaded an RSS reader, check.

Posting on the open-source social network Mastodon (like identi.ca used to be): check.

Living the internet of 2024 like it's 2010: priceless.

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@guyintheblackhat Indeed...seems like we have to spread ourselves around to multiple platforms so as to prevent complete lock-in.

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@guyintheblackhat Indeed...seems like we have to spread ourselves around to multiple platforms so as to prevent complete lock-in.

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The more I read about Bluesky's funding (see recent repost), the sadder I get that so many people are jumping on that bandwagon rather than coming here. We're going to be facing the same damn issues on Bluesky as Twitter in a short while when the crypto bros come home to roost.

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The more I read about Bluesky's funding (see recent repost), the sadder I get that so many people are jumping on that bandwagon rather than coming here. We're going to be facing the same damn issues on Bluesky as Twitter in a short while when the crypto bros come home to roost.