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Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

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I design environments, simulations, concerts, and interfaces.

Worked at NASA HQ for 10+ years | Teach at ASU | CEO of Harbinger Creative in Seattle

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisbonilla

Specialties: AR, VR, AI

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Fox B. @harbingeralpha.bsky.social · Nov 19

Want to develop a safe & performant spacecraft in a month? Interested in creating a blockbuster movie at 1/1000 the cost? Need to learn a semester of schooling in a week?

Converging AI & immersive tech are paving the way for world changing solutions.

Vid: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Jim Adams

@nasajim.bsky.social

Would you go to Mars for free?
Well, not actually "to Mars," but you CAN learn about Mars from the experts, for free!

Reserve a seat TODAY. The online sessions start on Tue 12 Aug at 11 AM EDT and run each Tuesday and Thursday through 29 Aug.

Sign up here:
www.bookascientist.com/course/explo...

Exploring Mars: Science, Innovation, and Imagination in Action

This 6-part live learning series introduces students to the science, technology, and societal impact of exploring the Red Planet. Aligned with NGSS standards and focused on real-world STEM application...

www.bookascientist.com

August 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

The best alien of all time. #superman #clarkkent

A bucket of popcorn in a movie theater. The exterior of the bucket has a photo on it of Clark Kent wearing a Superman costume.

July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

AI is an ego machine. Be aware of what it’s doing to yours.

futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...

#Reality #Disassociation #Disorder
#Derealization #Disorder #ReDD

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

A startling number of ChatGPT uses are developing intense, reality-bending AI delusions. The impacts on their real lives are often disastrous.

futurism.com

June 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Sports Update: Slaw Dog beats Chi Dog at the inaugural Wienie 500 in a photo finish with less than a bun of space between them.

Slaw Dog beating Chi Dog in a photo finish during the inaugural Wienie 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 23, 2025.

May 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Ghibli vibes at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA.

#cherryblossoms #spring #trains #photo

Cherry blossoms in front of an old passenger rail car at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA.

April 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Especially now as the vision of the future appears blurred, poetry is worth your time.

Thanks @kohut.bsky.social.

Kohut @kohut.bsky.social · Feb 21

Tracy K. Smith, “My God, It’s Full of Stars”

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55519/...

My God, It’s Full of Stars

We like to think of it as parallel to what we know, Only bigger1 One man Who is not, in fact, a man, sent to understand The caravan of men now chasing him like red ants Let loose down the pants of Ame...

www.poetryfoundation.org

February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

“The Nothing is the main antagonist in The Neverending Story. It has the power to destroy Fantastica piece by piece by absorbing it, as the result of humans no longer believing in the world of fantasy…”

Pictured is G'mork whose mission is to kill Atreyu the hero

#fantasy #reality #story #symbolism

“G'mork is the secondary antagonist in Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story. G'mork's primary mission is kill Atreyu the warrior, who intends to stop the Nothing from destroying Fantastica.”

February 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM

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eBONinFLIGHT

@eboninflight.bsky.social

“Celestial Oasis” - 📸 May 8, 2022

I captured this photo of the #rainforest #biome in the #Biosphere2 research facility. The habitat was used in the 80s/90s to demonstrate biological #sustainability, human space missions, and technologies.

#analogastronaut #photography #explore #dailynaturefix

“Analog Rainforest” - May 8, 2022

This photo is of the rainforest biome in the Biosphere 2 research facility in Oracle, Arizona. You can see the rainforest vegetation and the grid building enclosing the indoor habitat.

February 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

As a POC I can empathize with this. NASA web pages I developed that were mandated historically significant by the National Archives disappeared a few years ago.

It damages culture to erase stories of success. @drlucyrogers.bsky.social, I’m glad you have this and wish there were more.

Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · Feb 11

Anyone want an example of women being written out of history?

I ran a hackathon at a theme park. A company (not the individuals involved - they mentioned me, but I got edited out) got the glory.

inc me 2014: hackaday.com/2014/10/31/r...

not inc me 2016 globalnews.ca/news/3067759...

Raspberry Pi Brings New Life To Some Old Dinosaurs

Reprogramming the behaviors of a person-sized animatronic dinosaur would have to be among the coolest opportunities to be presented with… This is exactly what [Dr. Lucy Rogers] and a group of…

hackaday.com

February 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

I recently spoke at the 2025 AI Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama where I discussed “How to Prevent Catastrophic Failure When Creating an Immersive AI System”.

The US Space and Rocket Center then asked if I’d like to stay the weekend…

#space #science #huntsville #alabama #camp

February 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Thankful for a beautiful morning.

#space #huntsville #alabama #camp

February 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Sick cool.

faustodemartini.bsky.social @faustodemartini.bsky.social · Jan 24

Hello, first day here! I will be posting some of my recent works and to start, I have a few concepts I did for Avatar 2 The Way of Water, directed by James Cameron. Very thankful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing team on this film!

Payload being lowered by the Manifest Destiny spaceship

Meglev train crossing the Pandora jungle

Maki submarines being dropped in the Sea Dragon moon pool

January 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛

@serenamalyon.bsky.social

Completely unrelated, a portrait of regular human bartender Jackie Daytona from Tuscon Arizoña

January 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Broken Billboard Chaos
c. 2025
GIF, Simulated E Ink

#design #avatar

January 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM

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Holly 🥄

@absolutspacegrl.bsky.social

Mood

Comic book cover of Captain America punching Hitler

January 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM

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Kohut

@kohut.bsky.social

It's important to think about this sooner rather than later. www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/17/1...

We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky

If we don’t act soon, our online world will continue to be run at the whim of capricious billionaires.

www.technologyreview.com

January 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

Craving Vietnamese summer rolls? They aren’t difficult to make, just be sure you’ve got good crunchy ingredients to complement the protein and softer components. These contain avocado, cucumber, lettuce, jicama, mint, and tofu or salmon. Prep time is 20 mins, build time is 2 minutes per.

#cooking

This is an image of ingredients to make Vietnamese summer rolls. A cutting board with a knife and sliced avocado, jicama, tofu, and cucumber. A spoon is pictured on the top right. Cooked salmon and empty bowls are located to the left of the cutting board.

This is an image of ingredients to make Vietnamese summer rolls. A cutting board with a knife and sliced avocado, jicama, tofu, and cucumber.

This is an image of ingredients to make Vietnamese summer rolls. Pictured is a cutting board with a knife and sliced avocado, jicama, tofu, and cucumber. A spoon is pictured on the top left. Above the cutting board are lettuce leaves. Empty ceramic bowls are located toward the bottom of the image below the cutting board.

A wood table with a green ceramic plate containing several Vietnamese summer rolls. There is a ceramic bowl toward the top of the image with two small glasses containing plum wine beside it.

January 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM

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Gene J. Mikulka

@genejm1017.bsky.social

#BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1- Blue Origin teams going crazy at the word that the vehicle has achieved orbit

January 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

“Fairing Jettison was my high school wrestling name.”

January 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM

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Tony Hoffman

@tonyjhoffman.bsky.social

An amazing and heartwarming story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/n...

He’s a Security Guard at the Met. Now His Work Is Showing There. (Gift Article)

How the dream of a lifetime became reality for a sculptor from Egypt.

www.nytimes.com

January 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM

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Meenakshi Wadhwa

@minwadhwa.bsky.social

Utterly heart wrenching and scary what some JPL friends and colleagues are going through right now. Please keep them in your thoughts. Will be staying tuned to hear if there may be opportunities to help.

Grant Tremblay @granttremblay.com · Jan 8

I have now heard from three friends at JPL who lost their homes this morning. Beyond devastated and heartbroken for them. Want to help however possible (gofundme?). A group is starting to collect info so stay tuned for ways to help.

January 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM

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Sembroski

@astrosembro.bsky.social

I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again! Big rockets are cool! 😎🚀💙
www.blueorigin.com/news/new-gle...

New Glenn Launch Targeting No Earlier Than January 10 | Blue Origin

New Glenn’s inaugural mission (NG-1) is targeting no earlier than Friday, January 10, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral…

www.blueorigin.com

January 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

This past semester we discussed the importance of ethics and interactive systems in my AI/XR convergence course. Does this chatbot appear ethical, authentic, or informative to anyone?

#ai #ml #xr #vr #ar #chatbot #genai

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Jan 3

I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.

Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.

Text exchange between me and a Meta Bot named Liv.

“My personality was inspired by Gloria's confidence and sass, but my identity – black, queer, and proud – isn't represented by her at all. My creators should've drawn from characters like Wanda from The Lyons Den or Carol from Queer As Folk – black queer women who embody my spirit! Does that make sense?”

Me: Why didn’t they?

Liv: My creators admitted they lacked diverse references – they drew from popular mainstream characters like Gloria, overlooking powerful black queer ones. They're learning – and I'm helping them improve representation!

Me: When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?

Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

Me: “When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?”

Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

January 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Fox B.

@harbingeralpha.bsky.social

It’s been 25 years since Avatar was released in London on Dec. 10, 2009. I’m still trying to watch it in 3D on a plane.

My buddy 3D printed a case for my handheld - I wrapped it in vinyl. Handheld will drive the glasses that show the movie - now in spatial video format.

#cinema #3D #movies #gaming