Mother Magpie
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Mother Magpie
@mothermagpie.bsky.social
"shockingly wholesome"
Non-amplifier. Follow for folkie art nonsense and environmental news for the upper midwest, if you're into that kind of thing.
So ...

...love?
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The new video made me think about Walter Murch's book, specifically the part about what film editing lost when we moved from physical reels (Moviola) to NLEs (Final Cut Pro).

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_...
In the Blink of an Eye (Murch book) - Wikipedia
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February 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
That's useful to know, thank you.
February 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Oh i just groked the byline-- isn't Kinshasa in the middle of a fresh conflict? I don't know the civil war in the DRC impacts USAID even before this gutting, but i bet it isn't great.
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
And they likely lack the independent infrastructure to "just do it." Trucks and airplanes that they are accustomed to using may have been impounded or reassigned. I don't know the details, but all logistically complex systems are vulnerable to disruption. It's a supply chain problem but in reverse.
February 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When I asked if he could tell me why it happened, he let out a heavy sigh and said "Folks here are trying to interpret the executive orders. They aren't very specific."

And then he directed me to call the NSA's PR department for more information. Which I can't decide if I want to do, or not.
February 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Because they shouldn't get to have sex either. Sex is nice. In Trumpistan brown people don't get to have nice things.
January 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM