Daniela Pinto

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Canada and the UK formally "recognizing" the state of Palestine with massive terms and conditions that gives them no self determination is going to be the strongest example of the dangers of centrist attempts at appeasing everyone while appeasing no one; leading to the far right taking over

Are you really "not making enough progress" or is it just that your expectations of yourself outpace both what you'd expect of anyone else *and* the laws of physics

this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time

excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other

Special edition Criterion blu ray for Saving Face, a film by Alice Wu from 2004

First ever Criterion Collection purchase 🥰

The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe

Composer milestone - got my first ever PRO royalties payment today 🥳

love how these guys are all obsessed with toughness and hypermasculinity and yet post every single day about how small and afraid they are of absolutely everything

Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure on Steam A Victorian Steampunk Roguelike Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted bea...

Here's the Steam page if you want to wishlist it!
store.steampowered.com/app/3877790/...

YouTube video by Crimson Herring Studios Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure Announcement Trailer

I wrote the music featured in this trailer for Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure! It's an upcoming deckbuilder RPG in a spooky Victorian setting 👻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9Y...

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

The cruelty of this is, genuinely, staggering. This is a policy that saves virtually no money whatsoever whose success is measured in the number of children it kills.

Earlier this week I released my soundtrack for the short film JACKIE'S HAVEN out into the world! Catch it wherever you listen to music 🐠

Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/23FEO7...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/ca/album/jac...
Bandcamp: danipinto.bandcamp.com/album/jackie...

Motion Picture Sound Editors Ban Generative AI for Golden Reel Awards Eligibility The MPSE's response to the threat of AI is one of the firmest taken by a guild to date

So proud of the MPSE to be the first to take a stand! www.thewrap.com/motion-pictu...

Ahhh I love the whole vibe of this!! Looking forward to playing it and hearing the full score 🥳

SO excited to finally be able to share the first trailer for this game! go wishlist 👀👀👀

Hey Dropvbox users. If you've been using it for like... 10 years or something and haven't updated your privacy controls, sign in --> account settings --> privacy--> do not sell. If you want to see what you are sharing via links to do some clean up, go to home--> shared.

Charlie Angus is a national treasure.

If i had to perceive JD Vance in person I would also instantly die

Steven Universe vs. Hitler. Steven appeals to Hitler "what if you could change your mind, Hitler?" Hitler stares at Steven with angry intent. Garnet puts her hand on Steven's shoulder and says "I think we're gonna have to kill this guy Steven." Steven says "Damn."

Reposting this for no particular reason

I'm drawing my line in the sand - 50/50 chance I get fired from my job as a Business Representative tomorrow.

An excerpt from my open letter to the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers regarding their endorsement of Pierre Poilievre.

#cdnpoli #elxn2025 #elbowsup

6:05 p.m. EDT: Bloc Québécois calls for ‘buy Canadian’ act to counter U.S. protectionist measures Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has called for Canada to adopt a law that encourages the federal government to purchase goods made in the country.

americans what the fuck did you do to the bloc quebecois

Potluck Ladies, a TV series I scored, is nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards this year - Best Drama Series and Best Writing in a Drama Series!

If you’re an Academy member, perhaps consider voting for it? 😇

Someone loving what they do isn't the bargaining chip for lowballing some think it is. It adds value.

Always hire ppl who are unabashed nerds for their thing. They know more, are faster, probably have better tools, etc. Applies the same to composers as it does to accountants.

This guy’s constant pandering to the surface level aesthetics of blue collar workers while having a consistently anti-labour voting record in Parliament - all while accusing other people of playing “identity politics” - would be so funny if it weren’t incredibly heinous.

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

I had a blast scoring, sound designing, and mixing COLD - an equal parts witty and disturbing dark comedy/body horror short directed by @lizwhitmere.bsky.social, which you can now watch on YouTube! 🥳

It’s finally out!

Dark comedy, body horror, menopause, cult of wellness, medical gaslighting and so much more.