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Producer & Director of AR, VR and XR, volumetric video. Director of "The Tent" an Augmented Reality volumetric narrative that premiered at SXSW 2024.

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Rory Mitchell 🇲🇽🇬🇹🇳🇮🇭🇳🇪🇸🇺🇲🤝💪 @rorymitchell.bsky.social · Aug 20
Back from @acmsiggraph.bsky.social where my presentation in the Spatial Storytelling track got a warm welcome from a standing room only audience 🙏 I'd like to turn it into a video series, as well as give that presentation elsewhere if anyone is interested? Posting some pics and slides below!
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Hope everyone has a wonderful, merry Christmas and a great new year
a picture of a snowy christmas scene with the words merry christmas below it
ALT: a picture of a snowy christmas scene with the words merry christmas below it
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December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.

✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
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December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
rorymitchell.bsky.social
Really enjoyed @mattdpearce.com write-up here, might have to check out Memoirs of Hadrian
mattdpearce.com Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 4d
In reviewing Marguerite Yourcenar’s “Memoirs of Hadrian” I thought about the psychological weirdness of our own imperial ruler guys.

mattdpearce.substack.com/p/dead-dream...
The stranger character is Donald Trump, our developer-king. I wonder what he dreams about at night. The rest is public domain. One of the luckiest people ever, in every sense of that word, who, unlike Musk, seems to enjoy life, with its Pavarottis and Andrew Lloyd Webbers - so how come this president never gets less angry? He spends the days remaking the world in his likeness, gifted like one of the X-Men with an amazing power to transmute desire into concrete reality: He wishes the Kennedy Center were named after him and simply makes it so. Trump's psyche is the only permanent structure in his vicinity. He talks shit like he's going to live forever. A year ago an assassin almost blew his brains out, and this 79-year-old seems no more circumspect about death than if he were still in his twenties.
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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cooperlund.online
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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repbeatty.bsky.social
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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"SEASONS BEATINGS"
mattufford.bsky.social Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social · 13d
it’d be bad for society but I’m in favor of more fights at Whole Foods. elite news read from the anchor here, too.
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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sesmith.lol
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social this doesn’t qualify as weirdtok but it’s too delightful not to share. Pure joy at one of life’s most wonderful experiences.
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
rorymitchell.bsky.social
D’oh www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Acclaimed Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Detained in Japan on Drug Allegations
The Tony-nominated playwright has been detained in Okinawa since mid-November and was quietly dropped from Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, where he was due to appear for his indie road movie 'Er...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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catbus.phd
Hi, we're Silicon Valley- you probably recognize us from classic inventions like 'Chatbot That Drives You Crazy', 'The App That Gives You An Eating Disorder', 'A Bus, Except Worse', and 'Doorbell That Reports Directly to the NSA'
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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amanbatheja.bsky.social
“In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.

At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid.”
time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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harrywallop.co.uk
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Have seen a few people passing around this story by Tom Stoppard from just last year, talking about how he learned he was Jewish and also much about his family history, and it's quite a read. He really knew how to write. www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...
Tom Stoppard: On Turning Out to be Jewish | Huntington Theatre Company
www.huntingtontheatre.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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nellscovell.bsky.social
“--it's not gasps and blood and falling about---that isn't what makes it death. It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all ---now you see him, now you don't, that the only thing that's real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back...”

--Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
rorymitchell.bsky.social
These guys are such losers.
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · Nov 24
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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kottke.org
Real Photos That Look Fake. I’ve seen a bunch of these before, but it’s cool to scroll and get your tiny mind blown over and over again. Human cognition and perception is such a trip. [kottke.org]
Real Photos That Look Fake
I’ve seen a bunch of these before, but it’s cool to scroll and get your tiny mind blown over and over again. Human cognition and perception is such a trip. (via neatorama)
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October 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Hahahaha wtf
karaswisher.bsky.social Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Nov 22
This might actually make Trump’s abysmal poll numbers go up.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Nov 6
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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nbcnews.com
Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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haymarketbooks.org
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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samd.bsky.social
we did it, Zo
BREAKING: Cuomo has fled the NYC mainland following its fall to socialist Zohran Mamdani. Sources say he will establish a new govt on Staten Island with the goal of eventually reclaiming the entire city. Mamdani has promised to purge all remaining Cuomintang on the mainland.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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theguardian.com
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide. The report warns that Trump administration policies risk driving US inequality to new heights, but points out that both Republican and Democratic administrations have exacerbated the US’s growing wealth gap. Continue reading...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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tranniehathaway.bsky.social
This is how you get a Yoshinobu Yamamoto
tranniehathaway.bsky.social Anne 🩵🩷🤍 [נעמי יעל] @tranniehathaway.bsky.social · Oct 26
How Dodgers became a hotbed for Japanese talent: respect
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"It was only a matter of time before the All-Star level players in Japan would want to come to the United States, and I was able to parlay that self-study to a job with the Dodgers in the Dodgers' Asian operations department." . Scott Akasaki, center, with Kaz Ishii (left) and Hideo Nomo (right) in 2002. Photo by Jon SooHoo. While some may point to Hideo Nomo's landmark move to the Dodgers as the beginning of the current connection between the Dodgers and Japanese baseball, that relationship actually began many decades earlier thanks to the vision of Akihiro "Ike" Ikuhara My vision -- supported by [Dodgers executives] Bob Daly and Bob Graziano -- was, 'Why should we be dependent only on the free-agent market and the draft? Let's get into every area in the world that's producing baseball, and let's be aggressive about it again. This is the team of Jackie Robinson. It's the team of Hideo Nomo.'" Thanks to a staff led by Acey Kohrogi, now the director of Pacific Rim Operations for the Padres, the Dodgers put together a team that featured Akasaki covering Japan along with Curtis Jung, who handled Korea, and Vincent Lau, who was responsible for Taiwan and China. When Korean or Japanese scouts came to Los Angeles, the Dodgers hosted them just as they would any representative from a big league organization. "We treated them as one of our brethren. We thought there were 50 pro teams, not just 30," Evans said. "And subsequently, we treated them well. We had documents that were bilingual. I knew their customs. I was always introduced in their native language." When the Dodgers signed Ishii before the 2002 season, the team didn't make the announcement in Los Angeles. Instead, the brain trust flew over to host it in Japan. "Our reasoning was he was one of the best pitchers over there," Evans said. "He was an elite guy. Let's honor him, and let's continue to grow and, very honestly, re-establish our brand. So, we went over there for the announcement. We did a lot of the press conferences with the idea of catering toward the Japanese media. I'm thrilled we did because it was about respect." While the Dodgers may have an edge thanks to their location and financial might, Evans argues that there is a much more human role that goes into it. "This game is all about relationships," Evans said. "You spend 10 to 14 hours a day at the ballpark for eight and a half, nine months together. The game is a worldwide game. It is certainly not a North American game anymore. It's played in more than 25 nations. The World Baseball Classic is evident. It's not money. It's cultivating and maintaining and nurturing relationships. You can't buy relationships." "You hear [Yoshinobu] Yamamoto and Shohei [Ohtani] and Roki [Sasaki] talk about one of the reasons they chose the Dodgers is because of its history," Akasaki said. "Obviously the proximity to Japan and the community that we have here helps, but we have a really unique infrastructure. We have Japanese-speaking trainers. We have Japanese-speaking staff in the front office. I'm bilingual. Will Ireton was Kenta Maeda's interpreter -- Kenta Maeda was [with the Dodgers] a long time ago, but he's still on the support staff. You drop a Japanese player in our Dodgers clubhouse and that will be seamless."
November 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM