ami
@amidst.bsky.social
[ uh - m ee ] eccentric auntie | art maker & enabler | former new yorker
Reposted by ami
Matt Pincus is helping aging punk rockers get their music rights in order and reissue major albums from the genre. on.wsj.com/49W19TX
The Troubled Youth Turned Punk Rock Label Executive
Matt Pincus is helping aging punk rockers get their music rights in order and reissue major albums from the genre.
on.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Matt Pincus is helping aging punk rockers get their music rights in order and reissue major albums from the genre. on.wsj.com/49W19TX
Reposted by ami
Many countries pledged disability access, yet outdoor spaces still fall short.
A review of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves found that while over half offer some physical accessibility, most lack features for sensory, cognitive, or mental disabilities.
A review of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves found that while over half offer some physical accessibility, most lack features for sensory, cognitive, or mental disabilities.
Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities
Sprawled along the Pacific coastline near San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is full of wildflowers, beaches, and old-growth coastal redwoods, shrouded with a thin layer of marine…
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Many countries pledged disability access, yet outdoor spaces still fall short.
A review of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves found that while over half offer some physical accessibility, most lack features for sensory, cognitive, or mental disabilities.
A review of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves found that while over half offer some physical accessibility, most lack features for sensory, cognitive, or mental disabilities.
Reposted by ami
Also, this is your periodic reminder that I maintain the worlds longest list of accessibility tools for developers and I want more
Thank you carry on
dr.eamer.dev/accessibility
Thank you carry on
dr.eamer.dev/accessibility
Awesome Accessibility — Luke Steuber
A comprehensive accessibility resource and testing platform by Luke Steuber, featuring tools, guidelines, and best practices for creating inclusive digital experiences.
dr.eamer.dev
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Also, this is your periodic reminder that I maintain the worlds longest list of accessibility tools for developers and I want more
Thank you carry on
dr.eamer.dev/accessibility
Thank you carry on
dr.eamer.dev/accessibility
Reposted by ami
Giving credit where credit is due #FIFA #FIFApeaceprize
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Giving credit where credit is due #FIFA #FIFApeaceprize
Reposted by ami
I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’ve been nominated for the FIFA prize for literature, oh wait, I just found out I won. Imaginary prizes are it turns out, very easy to win.
Reposted by ami
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno on Poetic technologies, December 8, 2025: This discussion will explore social technologies - how technology and social relations shape each other
New York 1pm / London 6pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Al...
New York 1pm / London 6pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Al...
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno on Poetic technologies
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno on Poetic technologies, December 8, 2025: This discussion will explore social technologies - how technology and social relations shape each other
New York 1pm / London 6pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Al...
New York 1pm / London 6pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Al...
Reposted by ami
Bulgaria Responds to Mystery as Sanctioned Tanker Drifts Toward Shore
maritime-executive.com/article/bulg...
maritime-executive.com/article/bulg...
Bulgaria Responds to Mystery as Sanctioned Tanker Drifts Toward Shore
The mystery around the sanctioned tanker Kairos (149,989 dwt) is continuing to grow as the vessel, which was attacked with a drone last week, is now...
maritime-executive.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bulgaria Responds to Mystery as Sanctioned Tanker Drifts Toward Shore
maritime-executive.com/article/bulg...
maritime-executive.com/article/bulg...
Reposted by ami
Return to Suez could stifle intra-Asia container rate boost
China and India are the main drivers behind the continued growth of the intra-Asia trades, but freight rates could be hit by return to Suez transits.
www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/r...
China and India are the main drivers behind the continued growth of the intra-Asia trades, but freight rates could be hit by return to Suez transits.
www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/r...
Return to Suez could stifle intra-Asia container rate boost
China and India are the main drivers behind the continued growth of the intra-Asia trades, but freight rates could be hit by return to Suez transits.
www.seatrade-maritime.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Return to Suez could stifle intra-Asia container rate boost
China and India are the main drivers behind the continued growth of the intra-Asia trades, but freight rates could be hit by return to Suez transits.
www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/r...
China and India are the main drivers behind the continued growth of the intra-Asia trades, but freight rates could be hit by return to Suez transits.
www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/r...
Reposted by ami
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
Reposted by ami
Across NADA Miami, artists returned to the question: What does it mean to hold onto identity when the world itself feels unstable?
Hyperrealism Meets Queer Futurism at NADA Miami
The strongest booths at the fair suggested that the future is seeping into the present and that mundane objects can carry the weight of worlds.
hyperallergic.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Across NADA Miami, artists returned to the question: What does it mean to hold onto identity when the world itself feels unstable?
Reposted by ami
Here's Frank on the Simpsons, which he voiced while I worked for him. I can not tell you how often I walked around the Gehry partners office saying "yo Frank Gehry, like curvilinear forms much" after this aired www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyT...
Frank Gehry as featured in The Simpsons
YouTube video by Arch2O
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Here's Frank on the Simpsons, which he voiced while I worked for him. I can not tell you how often I walked around the Gehry partners office saying "yo Frank Gehry, like curvilinear forms much" after this aired www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyT...
Reposted by ami
Throwback to the Allen's big-eared bat that came to us. Arizona is home to many remarkable ears. 🦇
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Throwback to the Allen's big-eared bat that came to us. Arizona is home to many remarkable ears. 🦇
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
#bats #arizona #wildanimals
Reposted by ami
In other words…
Make Culture Weird Again
Even failures and half steps will be more interesting than the boring stuff.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In other words…
Reposted by ami
Pop culture has always been dumb and derivative but I still encourage folks to push the boundaries of culture, because it makes life far more interesting and enjoyable
Pop culture is steadily getting simpler, dumber, more repetitive, and less innovative, mainly because giant piratic entertainment conglomerates don't like to take risks.
You don't have to passively accept this! Fight it!
You don't have to passively accept this! Fight it!
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pop culture has always been dumb and derivative but I still encourage folks to push the boundaries of culture, because it makes life far more interesting and enjoyable
Reposted by ami
Reposted by ami
Reposted by ami
With Trump slated to win the FIFA Peace Prize today, revisit @timothypmurphy.bsky.social's look at how oligarchs, private-equity moguls, and petro states took over soccer—and the world.
How the story of soccer became the story of everything
Oligarchs, private-equity moguls, and petro states took over the sport—and the world.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
With Trump slated to win the FIFA Peace Prize today, revisit @timothypmurphy.bsky.social's look at how oligarchs, private-equity moguls, and petro states took over soccer—and the world.
Reposted by ami
Great BBC captions of our time
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Great BBC captions of our time
Reposted by ami
Really far off topic but I think Zoe Bread is doing real investigative journalism that we haven't seen since corporate media took over.
This is comic book level, Gotham style, evil. Yet it's reality in Manchester.
This is comic book level, Gotham style, evil. Yet it's reality in Manchester.
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Really far off topic but I think Zoe Bread is doing real investigative journalism that we haven't seen since corporate media took over.
This is comic book level, Gotham style, evil. Yet it's reality in Manchester.
This is comic book level, Gotham style, evil. Yet it's reality in Manchester.
Reposted by ami
“Migration is less a matter of free choice than the symptom of a broken order: people move because conditions in their homes have been made unlivable.”
@leaypi.bsky.social opens our latest forum:
@leaypi.bsky.social opens our latest forum:
The Real Border Crisis - Boston Review
The problem isn't immigration. It's the failure of liberal democracy itself.
www.bostonreview.net
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Migration is less a matter of free choice than the symptom of a broken order: people move because conditions in their homes have been made unlivable.”
@leaypi.bsky.social opens our latest forum:
@leaypi.bsky.social opens our latest forum:
Reposted by ami
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
Reposted by ami
The decisions AI make about us are often discriminatory.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
AI is Infringing on Your Civil Rights. Here’s How We Can Stop That | ACLU
By supporting the AI Civil Rights Act of 2025, Congress can take a monumental step to protect our civil rights in the digital age.
www.aclu.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The decisions AI make about us are often discriminatory.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
The AI Civil Rights Act of 2025 would help ensure developers and deployers of artificial intelligence don't violate our civil rights.
Reposted by ami
In a couple of hours Gianni Infantino will be handing him a peace prize.
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In a couple of hours Gianni Infantino will be handing him a peace prize.
Reposted by ami
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...