Chris Coleman
@digitalcoleman.art
Artist, Professor, Critical Arts Engineer, OS Advocate.
Director of ACCAD at OSU. Views expressed here do not represent OSU. (he/him/they)
Director of ACCAD at OSU. Views expressed here do not represent OSU. (he/him/they)
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We just shipped a desktop version of Rowboat that runs fully offline: rowboat.net
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
We just launched a desktop version of Rowboat!
* Open much larger files (offline!)
* Own Desktop as a one-time purchase.
* Use a double-clickable app that’s even faster than the web version.
Browser or desktop, your data never leaves your machine.
Read more: www.fathom.info/notebook/251...
* Open much larger files (offline!)
* Own Desktop as a one-time purchase.
* Use a double-clickable app that’s even faster than the web version.
Browser or desktop, your data never leaves your machine.
Read more: www.fathom.info/notebook/251...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We just shipped a desktop version of Rowboat that runs fully offline: rowboat.net
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
It's silly fast, the app loads almost instantly, and you can plunk a multiple gigabyte dataset into it and it just starts spilling out answers.
Lots more in the pipeline; try it out and send us your feedback!
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p5.js version 2.1 has been released! github.com/processing/p...
Release v2.1.1 · processing/p5.js
Use this link to load the library: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/p5@2.1.1/lib/p5.js
What's new in p5.js 2.1 🌱
...TypeScript integration
...p5.strands branching if/else and looping for
...Addon Even...
github.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
p5.js version 2.1 has been released! github.com/processing/p...
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Reposted by Chris Coleman
Who will speak for the merely oppression-curious
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Who will speak for the merely oppression-curious
What if none of our IDs had “sex” or “gender” on them. Why the is that even in the system?
(Entering from stage right, historian explains why…)
(Entering from stage right, historian explains why…)
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What if none of our IDs had “sex” or “gender” on them. Why the is that even in the system?
(Entering from stage right, historian explains why…)
(Entering from stage right, historian explains why…)
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CBP has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
CBP has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
Full scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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🔴🔵🟢 New Color Picker allows you to find that color you are obsessed with, and convert it to HEX/RGB/HSB/HSL format in a snap!
Now, you can also save your color palettes to use in your future
@p5xjs sketches.
Try it here: openprocessing.org/sketch/27571...
Now, you can also save your color palettes to use in your future
@p5xjs sketches.
Try it here: openprocessing.org/sketch/27571...
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🔴🔵🟢 New Color Picker allows you to find that color you are obsessed with, and convert it to HEX/RGB/HSB/HSL format in a snap!
Now, you can also save your color palettes to use in your future
@p5xjs sketches.
Try it here: openprocessing.org/sketch/27571...
Now, you can also save your color palettes to use in your future
@p5xjs sketches.
Try it here: openprocessing.org/sketch/27571...
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"Actually existing AI" is a phrase I use a lot, to separate reality from hype. "Actually existing solarpunk" is one I might start using. Because I genuinely believe that a general energy transition is *more possible* than general artificial intelligence, and more exciting and more equitable.
May 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Actually existing AI" is a phrase I use a lot, to separate reality from hype. "Actually existing solarpunk" is one I might start using. Because I genuinely believe that a general energy transition is *more possible* than general artificial intelligence, and more exciting and more equitable.
New piece from Alan Warburton about creative Worldbuilding in the arts and games spaces
open.substack.com/pub/outlanda...
open.substack.com/pub/outlanda...
Worldbuilding Problems
Al Warburton defines the role of the artist in the age of the GPU
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New piece from Alan Warburton about creative Worldbuilding in the arts and games spaces
open.substack.com/pub/outlanda...
open.substack.com/pub/outlanda...
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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“…you’re much better served as a student by getting a degree in an “irrelevant” subject that motivates you to put in real, high-quality work than by shuffling through something more relevant on a surface level doing only the bare minimum to meet the requirements.”
open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
College Isn't About Course Content
What matters is learning how to learn
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“…you’re much better served as a student by getting a degree in an “irrelevant” subject that motivates you to put in real, high-quality work than by shuffling through something more relevant on a surface level doing only the bare minimum to meet the requirements.”
open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
open.substack.com/pub/chadorze...
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Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
Assistant Professor Digital Arts, Game Arts 2026 (71102)
The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Game Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in Fall 2026. The successful ca...
www.schooljobs.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Come work with me!
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
We've opened the search for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Game Arts at Pratt Institute.
A good match would be an artist, game developer, or educator with an active creative practice in indie games, game studies and theory, playful coding, or art games.
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Reposted by Chris Coleman
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Enjoyed this analysis of where and why/why not Generative AI is playing a role in fine art.
There is something truly remarkable about Generative AI.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Enjoyed this analysis of where and why/why not Generative AI is playing a role in fine art.
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I am not a "tech critic". I am an antifascist, a feminist, an anticapitalist, an engineer. My criticism of tech flows from my politics and values. Not from a desire to save or destroy tech. Tech is an expression of power and that's what the whole conversation is about.
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I am not a "tech critic". I am an antifascist, a feminist, an anticapitalist, an engineer. My criticism of tech flows from my politics and values. Not from a desire to save or destroy tech. Tech is an expression of power and that's what the whole conversation is about.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Reposted by Chris Coleman
Helping junior contributors used to be like gardening, helping people grow and gain responsibility. I feel like AI use is hurting my ability to do that. Anyone else in open source dealing with this and have ideas on how to make it better? www.davepagurek.com/blog/ai-and-...
AI and Open Source - Dave Pagurek
www.davepagurek.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Helping junior contributors used to be like gardening, helping people grow and gain responsibility. I feel like AI use is hurting my ability to do that. Anyone else in open source dealing with this and have ideas on how to make it better? www.davepagurek.com/blog/ai-and-...
Spent 2 days trying to get Lora training going on my desktop with 5090. Battling all the CUDA and PyTorch and other tools all coordinated in their versions. Fluxgym never saw the 5090 and so I switched to AI-toolkit. It is finally training but I have serious doubts about running this in the Uni lab.
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Spent 2 days trying to get Lora training going on my desktop with 5090. Battling all the CUDA and PyTorch and other tools all coordinated in their versions. Fluxgym never saw the 5090 and so I switched to AI-toolkit. It is finally training but I have serious doubts about running this in the Uni lab.
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I'm about to publish something that suggests universities should lean into open data / models, but may sometimes need a CC BY-SA license to ensure the results of our work *remain* open (not enclosed and sold back to us at markup by for-profit companies).
Tell me why I'm wrong and CC BY-SA is bad.
Tell me why I'm wrong and CC BY-SA is bad.
October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm about to publish something that suggests universities should lean into open data / models, but may sometimes need a CC BY-SA license to ensure the results of our work *remain* open (not enclosed and sold back to us at markup by for-profit companies).
Tell me why I'm wrong and CC BY-SA is bad.
Tell me why I'm wrong and CC BY-SA is bad.