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Nine Inch Nails "Art is Resistance" flyer, 2007. The Art is Resistance flyer, designed by 42 Entertainment with art direction by Trent Reznor and me, was plastered around cities to draw players of the NIN “Year Zero” ARG to real-world gatherings, secret meetings of “the resistance” in the Year Zero fiction, but also a very real mechanism to plant the seeds of real-world activism into a story about what the future might look like if more people didn’t “wake up and give a shit.” Unfortunately, the future turned out almost exactly like what we imagined in Year Zero, but the message - that art is resistance, and you have a voice - is more important than ever.

Question (u/tiktock34): What do you think is the most powerful combination of art and music today, given our political climate? Im thinking of movements similar to the "Art is Resistance" type of message. Lots of music and lots of artists but its clear you are passionate about the blend. Also, thanks for the years! Huge fan Rob Sheridan: I think about this a lot, and wonder what the role of art should be in this particular moment of resistance. It's weird to look back at the NIN Year Zero ARG and "Art is Resistance" campaign from 2007 and see that the future took the bad path anyway, almost eerily to a tee. Not that I expected an album to change the future or anything, but at the bleakest of times I couldn't help but second-guess if art did matter anymore in terms of actually affecting change; if I should have been more involved with organizing or with direct action, if we were deluding ourselves in thinking we were doing anything more than a cool art project. But then, year in and year out, again and again, right now included, fans tell me - more than any other project I ever worked on, by far - how much Year Zero meant to them, how much the Art is Resistance campaign inspired them, how it changed the way they viewed the intersection of music and politics. They show me the AiR flag tattoos, their numbers from the ARG, the friends they made through the process, the paths they took after - some even met their future spouses! And it reminds me that yeah, what we did mattered, because a lot of fans were radicalized by that experience to be more politically-aware and think more like activists, and a lot of artists were emboldened to speak out more. 1/3 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

These days artists/celebs are expected to have an opinion on everything and will even get called out for not speaking up on some things, but back in the early 2000s there was this real cynicism about music being "political." Bands would get so much backlash and told to "stick to music" if they voiced political opinions. I'm proud I helped NIN be one of the bands of the era to really break through that barrier on With Teeth and then demolish it completely on Year Zero, and help a lot of fans come around to how fundamentally intertwined art and politics have always been. And today? I don't think there's any right or wrong way to combine art / music with message, because I think just making art - any kind of art - is a crucial part of the resistance we need right now. At the core of the fascist project is the removal of intellectual and artistic freedoms, and that tells you all you need to know about how much art matters. Between the billionaire techbros & CEOs showing how much they revile creators by racing to gut their livelihoods, and the grotesquely ugly, unfunny, uncreative anti-aesthetics of the right-wing movement, a systemic disdain for the arts and sciences is stronger than it's ever been. In a moment like this, we all have to keep making human art and connecting around human art, whether it's aggressive music that calls the fuckers out directly or just cute drawings of cats that make people smile. I know artists who are making very direct and provocative protest art; speaking truth to power loudly and directly is important, but it's not everyone's lane and it's not the only way to use art right now. 2/3 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

I also know musicians who are just carrying on with their shows without really speaking out specifically, because they know how many vulnerable people are in their audiences going to their shows for strength and community, and they don't want to put additional targets on those peoples' backs. Protecting your community matters, too. For my own part, thinking about all of this over the past year was a big motivation in doing my art book right now. The feeling of not being sure who I should be or what I should say as an artist in this moment, how much it matters, and finding along the way that some of the art I was making that was really connecting with people and helping them, was art that wasn't literal with a specific message, it just honestly evoked the way I was feeling and the way I think a lot of people are feeling. The catharsis of feeling together, of knowing you're not alone in the way you feel, of seeing artists who matter to you also feeling the same thing; that gives strength, and strength is power. It's okay to check out to take care of yourself. And it's okay to find joy in music, art, movies, games, books, sports right now. I'd say it's crucial to find joy, more than ever. They're counting on you sacrificing joy, because then you lose hope, and then you lose the strength to fight back. Art is resistance, and joy is defiance. If your little drawing of a cat brought you or someone else some joy today, that matters. They want you to give up. Keep. Making. Art. Rob Sheridan, 16 Oct 2025 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊

The illegal fence in front of ICE is set to come down Tuesday by midnight. Help me stay through Wednesday to cover it!

Currently headed to my third protest of the day, so watch for updates.

A picture of the Alt text settings in the Accessibility section of BlueSky's settings.

My "Require alt text before posting" setting got randomly cleared, at some point. If you use this setting, you may want to make sure it's still turned on.

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

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#chrome #aibullshit

A group of Garbage fans with the band behind them on stage. Shirley Manson has her mouth open and flashing a peace sign with her left hand.

Michele and Erik with a photo border that says Garbage on top and on the bottom The Sylvee | Madison, WI | October 3, 2025

A group of longtime Garbage fans with the band on stage behind them. Shirley Manson and Duke Erikson both have their arms outstretched, with Shirley pointing and Duke's palms up.

Michele and Erik with a photo border that says Garbage on top and on the bottom First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN | October 4, 2025

Had a perfect weekend with @eminus.bsky.social seeing @garbage.com with fellow trash-talkers and beloved freaks. While it's likely the band would play Madison again sometime, there was a visceral feeling especially from people who traveled that this might be the last gathering.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

We’re Walling Off The Open Internet To Stop AI—And It May End Up Breaking Everything Else A longtime open internet activist recently asked me whether I’d reversed my position on internet openness and copyright because of AI. The question caught me off guard—until I realized what h…

From @mmasnick.bsky.social: "Across the tech policy world, people who spent decades fighting for an open, accessible internet are now cheering as that same internet gets locked down"

Kinda see this in the fair use debate too.

super mario galaxy for holodeck

And yes, we died! 🤣

Enjoying a low pressure weekend at #PAXWest. Amused by the audience at the Let's Read a Choose Your Own Adventure Book panel being split evenly for each choice we encounter.

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Before transitioning I was a respectability-politics lesbian. Even post-transition my career, my manner of dress, and my work is very palatable to the mainstream.

Because of that I think it's particularly important to talk about why I reject respectability politics and you should too. Short 🧵

YouTube video by YouTube Movies The Animatrix

The Animatrix is free on YouTube in the US right now. It's a great collection of shorts and features material from people that worked on Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Aeon Flux, and more. Check it out if you've got 100 minutes to spare.
youtu.be/QNVeOWDOvvU

YouTube video by Benn Jordan I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.

(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...

Gonna miss talking to Stephen about not at all nerdy things.

Repost this if Trans people should have Samus Arm Cannons (below, a diverse collection of implicitly trans people wielding trans pride flags and also huge scifi arm cannons)

is boba fett a kind of tea

It's that time of year again

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Photo of two horses standing together outside, their heads hanging over a wooden fence. The one in the foreground has a white face/head and is a medium brown. Another horse stands beside and slightly behind her and it is darker brown with a white spot on her forehead.

This is Suzi and she could really use your help right now. Last Friday we noticed she wasn't feeling well and worried it might be colic - which can be deadly for older horses like her. donorbox.org/mmfs-vet

screencap of an email that reads: Hello, We’re excited to share that you’ll get early access to Smart Disputes starting July 2025. We’ll automatically enable this new product on your account DeviledDobes. Smart Disputes will help you save time managing eligible disputes on card transactions and recover revenue - with no action needed from you. Benefits to you Managing disputes is time-consuming, and it can be difficult to know what evidence to submit. Smart Disputes helps: Save time: We automatically compile evidence and respond to disputes, so you don’t have to spend time fighting them. Recover revenue: Our evidence is compiled using AI trained on real dispute data from the more than $1 trillion in payments Stripe processes annually, to help you recover disputed revenue. Get started with no integration required: Unlike other automated dispute management solutions, Smart Disputes is built into Stripe so there’s no extra work to integrate.

Part 2 of the email which reads: How it works We’ll notify you when you receive an eligible dispute on a card transaction and automatically compile evidence for you. If you don’t take action before the dispute deadline, Stripe will automatically submit this evidence on your behalf. You can always choose to accept the dispute or counter it manually before the deadline. Only pay when you win If you win a dispute using Smart Disputes, you’ll pay 30% of the recovered disputed amount. If you don’t win, then no fees for Smart Disputes apply. The fee for receiving a dispute still applies to all disputes, including ones countered with Smart Disputes. How to turn off auto-submission If you don’t want to use Smart Disputes, then you can turn off auto-submission in your Dashboard. If you opt out, you can still manually submit evidence generated by Smart Disputes once it is enabled for your account. Questions? Please visit our support site—we’re here to help.

Artists and small business owners who use Stripe- there's a new "AI" feature for payment disputes, it's auto-enabled and will charge a 30% fee if you win a dispute using it. You might want to turn this off. I personally don't trust a slop feature to handle disputes for me either.

Great American Music Hall sign with Fri Sat Dance Hall Crashers Bite Me Bambi sold out. A few people are in line and Michele is in the foreground screaming.

Two nights of Dance Hall Crashers coming right up. I can't believe it.

Screenshot of FB feedback form with comment "I should be able to post 'they don't care' you imbeciles"

FB sucks

Lumines Arise bursts onto PlayStation 5 this Fall Built-from-the-ground-up successor to a beloved classic also includes optional PS VR2 compatibility.

"...our aim is to hit you right in the feels." 🥰

Go to the PS Blog to read more about this reinvention of the acclaimed puzzle game Lumines from director Takashi Ishihara.

📖 Read it here: blog.playstation.com/2025/06/04/l...
📋 Wishlist on #PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885

Hold. 🫂

“He Deserved So Much Better” The Life and Comics of Peter David, and the Industry That Failed Him By David Gallaher Let’s not eulogize Peter David with a whimper. Let’s not wrap him in soft linens of praise and gently lower him i...

I had a couple of things to say about Peter David: www.linkedin.com/pulse/he-des...

I’m still on for like the next hour and a half!!