Month: December 2018

  • afrofuturisms many (mis)identifications

    Many Afrofuturist authors are described as sci-fi and Afro-surrealist, magical realist and fantasy, simply because their work links science, nature, and magic as one. Ytasha L. Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture (2013)

  • tumblr deploys naive AI to censor adult content

    bnq: janothar: sorensfw: What is almost certainly happening with Tumblr’s image classifier is that they’ve deployed the bot entirely untrained, and are relying on user complaints to train it what NSFW content on tumblr looks like. Making people participate in their own censorship in this way and punishing them with the threat of being silenced…

  • reposado

    despues de los tacos, un poco de añejo y chocolate bien oscuro ya que hace frío https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq_PLFRl5bZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p6eofg1t4lfu

  • But I’ve lately undergone a crisis of confidence: I find it hard to hit the road without consulting my phone. And while I’d like to think the recommended route (from Google, Waze, Hopstop, etc.) is just one influence among many—that I have other preferences their algorithms can’t perceive—I’m not too proud to confess that I…

  • View of Owning the servers: A design fiction exploring the transformation of fandom into “our own” | Transformative Works and Cultures

    View of Owning the servers: A design fiction exploring the transformation of fandom into “our own” | Transformative Works and Cultures cfiesler: cfiesler: I wrote this essay for the “future of fandom” issue of Transformative Works and Cultures.  It is written as a design fiction, which is a cousin to fanfiction in the same way that…

  • Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play | Prima Games

    Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play | Prima Games cypheroftyr: Featuring intriguing interviews from 100 influential women in gaming, learn how women have played – and will continue to play – important roles in the burgeoning video game industry. Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play is a celebration of women’s accomplishments in the…

  • downsampling NES classics

    it8bit: Minimal NES Series by Ty Lettau || Shop

  • on the suicide of Tumblr

    bowiesongs: I’ve wondered for a few years now what the endgame would be for this odd site: the black sheep of the social media venues. Tumblr is, and always has been, completely un-”monetizable”—i have no idea how it makes any money whatsoever . But at its best, it’s the last throwback to the internet that…

  • Ave Maria

    hymnsofheresy: Christ and the Female-Presenting Nipple (circa 16th century) ave maria

  • Rhube eulogizes tumblr

    rhube: The sad thing about this is that Tumblr had a unique platform that fostered a kind of inclusiveness not seen anywhere else. It’s interactions happened a different way. A way that encouraged sharing and inhibited dog-piling. The changes to increase interaction (without adequate blocking protections) in recent years had been leading to predictable increases…