Flip Phillips
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Professor of Motion Picture Science at RIT. Ex Pixar. Visual Effects Society. Sensory neuroscientist. Snare drummer. Protanomalous trichromat. Appalachian. 1st Gen.
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· Apr 5
While I was waiting for a call from the auto mechanic, unpacking records, I thought of something. #jazzsky.
But but but ... that massive paragraph at the bottom! The legal disclaiming of all things! Should we even be -seeing- this? Are we all violating laws re: SCI/TS materials here? Oh lord we're all in so much trouble.
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
But but but ... that massive paragraph at the bottom! The legal disclaiming of all things! Should we even be -seeing- this? Are we all violating laws re: SCI/TS materials here? Oh lord we're all in so much trouble.
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“Of the 16 U.S. counties that have experienced the most frequent federally declared flooding disasters since 2004, 11 of them are in Kentucky, … In three of those Kentucky counties, there has been an average of one federally declared flooding disaster every year for the past two decades.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Of the 16 U.S. counties that have experienced the most frequent federally declared flooding disasters since 2004, 11 of them are in Kentucky, … In three of those Kentucky counties, there has been an average of one federally declared flooding disaster every year for the past two decades.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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For twenty years I made a living pretending to know everything while hallucinating wildly and drawing dirty pictures but now AI has taken my job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
For twenty years I made a living pretending to know everything while hallucinating wildly and drawing dirty pictures but now AI has taken my job.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Murder, she typed into ChatGPT and got a bunch of bullshit about how interesting murder is
Murder, She Journaled
Murder, She Footnoted
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Murder, she typed into ChatGPT and got a bunch of bullshit about how interesting murder is
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Brewster Kahle says that in the aftermath of the copyright attacks on the Archive, “the world became stupider.” I agree.
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Brewster Kahle says that in the aftermath of the copyright attacks on the Archive, “the world became stupider.” I agree.
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Agnes Morehead is reading “Harpies Bizzare” in the second episode of Bewitched.
The jokes work better for me now that I’m a few years older.
The jokes work better for me now that I’m a few years older.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Agnes Morehead is reading “Harpies Bizzare” in the second episode of Bewitched.
The jokes work better for me now that I’m a few years older.
The jokes work better for me now that I’m a few years older.
This is ominous. Errol Morris “Believing is Seeing” territory.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is ominous. Errol Morris “Believing is Seeing” territory.
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Happy birthday to #inventor Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000) & Hollywood star. 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histsci Born Hedwig Keisler in Vienna, she gained fame after her risqué & notorious starring role in Machatý’s ‘33 film Ecstasy. Mandl, 1st of 6 husbands, objected & tried unsuccessfully to buy all copies of film.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Harey Average
United States, Census, 1940
United States, Census, 1940
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Harey Average
United States, Census, 1940
United States, Census, 1940
“in October [Ford] launched the $200 Truckle, an ornate Western-style belt buckle with a cavity to fit the oversized F-150 fob, so it need never get lost or spoil the line of your jeans.”
apple.news/AAliIvuyYQJW...
apple.news/AAliIvuyYQJW...
Why Are We All Still Carrying Around Car Keys? — WIRED
Ford wants you to stash it in your belt buckle, but there’s absolutely no need to be lugging around a bulky fob. Trouble is, phone-as-a-key tech could be superseded before it even gets going.
apple.news
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“in October [Ford] launched the $200 Truckle, an ornate Western-style belt buckle with a cavity to fit the oversized F-150 fob, so it need never get lost or spoil the line of your jeans.”
apple.news/AAliIvuyYQJW...
apple.news/AAliIvuyYQJW...
In further Jean Baudrillard news -
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In further Jean Baudrillard news -
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
Women are out there laying ruin to everything it seems!
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Women are out there laying ruin to everything it seems!
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Whenever someone new comes to the house, Clyde always likes to show off his mailman collection.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Whenever someone new comes to the house, Clyde always likes to show off his mailman collection.
Guy Klucevsek was definitely creative with his composition titles, but this one will stand out forever to me -
#jazzsky #musicsky #modernmusicsky #accordionsky #klucevceksky
#jazzsky #musicsky #modernmusicsky #accordionsky #klucevceksky
![1. Life, Liberty and the Prosciutto Happiness 3:35 [Guy Klucevsek]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nzwlt6i34ddr3tvkz4xdiygu/bafkreigqwx6acajuf3fx3rpl3zljhb3wmsur2clczdjhr6s5uqbf3zsffq@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Guy Klucevsek was definitely creative with his composition titles, but this one will stand out forever to me -
#jazzsky #musicsky #modernmusicsky #accordionsky #klucevceksky
#jazzsky #musicsky #modernmusicsky #accordionsky #klucevceksky
I really liked these Winter and Winter issues, the packaging and especially the typography-forward design.
The music is pretty good too :)
#jazzsky #budpowell #herbrobertson #winterandwinter
The music is pretty good too :)
#jazzsky #budpowell #herbrobertson #winterandwinter
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I really liked these Winter and Winter issues, the packaging and especially the typography-forward design.
The music is pretty good too :)
#jazzsky #budpowell #herbrobertson #winterandwinter
The music is pretty good too :)
#jazzsky #budpowell #herbrobertson #winterandwinter
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Are there any Vintage Computer Fair events that happen in/around/Rochester NY?
I sort of passively look but never notice anything.
I sort of passively look but never notice anything.
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are there any Vintage Computer Fair events that happen in/around/Rochester NY?
I sort of passively look but never notice anything.
I sort of passively look but never notice anything.
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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