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Dave Parisi
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Researching histories & futures of touch tech/haptics
Prof @ NYU Tandon TCS/IDM https://shorturl.at/0Wwzc
Archaeologies of Touch https://tinyurl.com/4kcxxkfk
Edit @ ROMchip journal https://shorturl.at/sDFI1
Mostly reformed goth
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Spotted a Novint Falcon randomly on an office worker's desk in this episode of Soulmates, making the setup look futuristic with a device discontinued over a decade before they filmed the show.
Picture of a tv screen showing a female office worker staring at a holographic screen, with a white and silver Novint Falcon 3d mouse of the desk. The Netflix interface is overlayed on the image.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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This guy
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Getting reports of a backup on the Jersey-bound lanes of the Holland Tunnel...
District by district map of the NYC mayoral election results showing lower Manhattan, taken from the New York Times, with heavily pro-Cuomo districts (shaded in brown) concentrated in Tribeca & the west side of the Financial District.
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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So "tax the fuck out of the rich" turns out to be a winning message.
Pie chart showing increased share of taxes that would be paid by to 1% in AGI under Mamdani's proposed tax increase. Current split is 60% paid by the bottom 99% and 40% by top 1%, under Mamdani's increase it would reverse to 39% paid by the bottom 99% and 61% by top 1%.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Dalton Varsho is the son of Gary Varsho & Gary's 1989 Topps card will always hold a special place in my perpetually juvenile heart
Baseball card showing Gary Varsho, a young white male wearing a Cubs uniform, holding his baseball bat outward from his crotch in a suggestive way
October 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Sultan Room is a beautiful venue
Older male singer wearing dark sunglasses (on the right) guitarist in the background behund him, and male keyboard player with long hair & glasses on the right, all on stage with pink and purple sunburst glass behind them.
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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7th Ave #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Yessssss
Promotional photo for Blue Jays-Mariners game 2, showing a boat on a choppy lake that says Seattle on the side with the Toronto skyline barely visible in the background
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Drawing of the character Arseface from the Preacher comic book series. A male face with a sealed shut mouth that has a thin line of drool dripping from it, and a large indentation in the middle of the forehead.
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Stumbled onto this thing at cityFoundry today & yeah ofc it came home with me
Antique medical electricity battery, a wooden box with a panel of numbered connectors and cables inside. Detailed instructions on the inside of the box top
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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#LOLMets
Fridge magnet showing various emoji faces, with a box around the scowling face that reads "today I feel...frustrated". Other expressions include embarrassed, surprised and ecstatic
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Had an 11:15 appointment this morning with Salt Hanks absurdly decadent French dip this morning. Normally not one to chase influencer food but this one time...
French dip sandwich cut in half facing camera being held by a woman's hands
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Well at least we still have this guy!
Jimmy Fallon putting his hand in Donald Trump's hair on an episode of the Tonight Show
September 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Nineteenth century medicine was fucking wild. From Geroge Beard's "A practical treatise on the medical and surgical uses of electricity including localized and generalized electricization".
drawing of a cutaway of the uterus. caption below reads: "Fig. 74.— Faradization of the Uterus.— One of the poles is connected with a bifurcated electrode, one branch of which is placed on the lumbar, and the other on the hypogastric region. The other pole is applied in the cervix (or at the os) by an insulated uterine electrode."
September 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The 9-11 anniversary up against some stiff competition this year, but nevertheless
City buildings with the World Trade Center in the distance and WTC footprint lights shining into the sky to commemorate the 9-11 anniversary
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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From last night's NIN show, night 2 in a few hours. 31 years since the first time I saw them, at a smallish theater in Rochester. Dude knows how to rock a tambourine & expertly sequence a set.
September 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I upsized the lobster roll today at Beal's & went with the "firecracker"/spicy option. Amazing. Also includes hidden pickle.
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Lobster roll with fries on a piece of checkered serving paper
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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40% off and still 100% overpriced for what it is
Spine of the Bill Maher book "What this comedian said will shock you" on the shelf of a bookstore with several other books around it Sticker on the spine of the book indicating that it's on sale for 40% off
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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First "moderate to strenuous" hike since developing old man arthritic hips & yeah those rock scrambles were an endurance test.
View from the top of a mountain, harbor and green wooded islands on the distance
August 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Like just in my neighborhood, it's a toss-up for me between Murray's, Greenberg's & Leon's. Slight recency bias lean toward Murray's bc of this beauty.
Cut in half bagel sandwich with a layer of lox, cream cheese, tomato & onion again the backdrop of brown paper wrap
August 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The OWO Discord FAQs have kind of an urgent vibe to them
Screenshot of the FAQ page on the OWO haptic shirt Discord. FAQs include "I AM NOT FEELING IN A MUSCLE", "THE SENSATIONS FEELS UNPLEASANT", and "I AM NOT FEELING WHILE PLAYING".
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Going back to material on early 20th c electric shock arcade machines, found this picture of a Mills Novelty Company shock machine being used to promote the film Too Hot to Handle. Nearly 100 years later, we're still using haptics to advertise movies...
Black and white photo of a woman in a movie theater lobby touching a Mills Novelty Company electric shock arcade machine, which has a sign over it asking "is this too hot to handle?" with a "coming soon" poster for the film "Too Hot to Handle" in the background.
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Want to write a whole ass essay about everything going on in this Polaroid ad
Large white billboard with a Polaroid picture in the middle showing a man laying on top of a woman at the beach. Her arms are wrapped around his back. Handwritten text around the picture reads "A.I. can't generate sand between your toes" A tag at the bottom reads "New Polaroid Flip The camera for an analog life" and shows a small image of the camera, an updated take on the classic Polaroid design.
July 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Wet & sloppy Christopher St/Pride Parade in Cologne
July 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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So it turns out that shift was so extreme that it *was* fake
June 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM