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Headline from Harvard Crimson: "Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump."

Text of story: Harvard prez Garber says report of a deal "was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials." NYT ran with it as a story.

Important details from this story:

1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."

3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

It was the collective ImmersiveExperience “you”! Anyway - sleep well, and thank you!

You did it. You pulled off an amazing conference that I loved every moment of. The people that were there were the people I needed to meet face to face and talk to. You changed my life. Probably others. We’ll be enjoying this creative harvest, letting it nourish us, for years to come. Thank you.

The #CultureHouseImmersive team had a panel at #NextStage25 on Location Based Experiences (LBEs) L-R: Diana Williams, Mikhael Tara Garver, Jonathan Sanford, Jumai Yusuf, Courtney Ozaki, AmBer Montgomery, Geoffrey Jackson Scott, me, and Carl Faber. I love our minds when we create together.

Hey bro I don't wanna sound like I don't trust you but I can't help but notice that you're acting as a friend and guide to our party yet you aren't in the box art

Five people sit on chairs facing out to an unseen audience. Big Ideas on Limited Resources Salon April Soetarman, Jordan Chlapecka, Kendra Slack, and Jack Alidisert Moderated by Jessica Creane Interactive stories. One on one moments. Meaningful audience agency. Stunning performances and costumes. Highly detailed sets and props. Cinematic lighting and special effects. Immersive audiences want it all but, as we all know, that gets expensive really quickly. What are the tips and tricks creators on a budget can use to create wow moments? What aspects should creators prioritize so they don’t overextend themselves, mentally, emotionally, or financially? Join us for a participatory discussion on doing a lot, with a little. Note: all salons are considered off the record.

Andy Crocker gestures in an uplifting motion, wearing a super cute patterned romper, and behind her is one of her projects in a slide: Ghost Town Alive. Playful Open Worlds Panel Ariel Rubin, Juliana Moreno, Jared Butler, and Andy Crocker Moderated by Sara Thacher Room: Piazza (Lobby Level) The dream of many immersive creators is to achieve what feels like an open world video game, but with tactile elements located in a real world space. Of course, this comes with many challenges. How do you design for a participant who is free to wander in and out of your story? Is it possible for each person to have a hero moment or feel like the main character? What does it take to populate a world cohesively and make it feel alive? How many people can play simultaneously without shattering the illusion? How do you serve those who just want to lean back and vibe or those who purposefully want to break the game? Enjoy these topics and more in this dynamic discussion between immersive creators working at the forefront of interactivity in physical experiences.

A brunette woman stands on a proscenium stage with a slide behind her: CULTURE. HOUSE IMMERSIVE A Smart Slate of tourable immersive experiences combining leading creative with an innovative distribution network. CULTURE HOUSE How We Human Together – Mikhael Tara Garver (Culture House Immersive)

Jack Aldisert, a white brunette man gestures while speaking to a pink haired person, Cass Bailey, which enacting a small section of his work The Manikins in front of a stage audience.

That’s a wrap (for me) at #NextStage25 - I’m headed to Urbana Champlain for #WorldsInPlay25! What an amazing conference- the amount of talent and ideas at Next Stage is intoxicating: what a perfect way to arrive to a week of creative play!

U.S. intel vets helped crypto firm soar, unaware of infamous hacker behind it Employees said they weren’t told that the co-founder of Unciphered was Morgan Marquis-Boire, a once-celebrated spyware foe who was accused of sexual assault.

I wish I was surprised by this.

Morgan Marquis-Boire, a well known hacker who has faced multiple credible accusations of sexual violence, was secretly running a crypto security company.

Since this is blowing up - this is my band Brass Queens playing at C’mon Everybody in BK last night (sharing a bill with fab Selena tribute band Cinco12)! We’re local to NYC but play all over the US/Canada and I can’t promise DB will be there but I CAN promise you’ll have a blast tr.ee/YwV9F6yjcl

A woman wears a black embroidery jacket and has long dark hair and eyeliner

A woman is on a boat a sunset standing next to a man with a white t-shirt

A pale woman is very wet and rained on and smiles at the camera

A woman stands in an elaborate silk and gold robe in front of a woolly mammoth in a museum

I have very few photos of myself from 2000-2006: moments in time that are lost. Being at Bennington. Field work term in Nepal, Japan, the Middle East, Russia. Working in Boca. I have 10 photos of myself from that time that aren’t selfies from a point and shoot. My undocumented era.

Following my Washington Post report on Eric Michaud's secret partnership in a crypto-recovery business with fallen hacker hero Morgan Marquis-Boire, Michaud joins him as one of five people permanently banned from #DefCon. defcon.org/html/links/d...

DEFCON has banned Eric Michaud. You need to be an exceptionally toxic sleazebag to get banned from DEFCON. There are literally only 4 other names on the list: John Draper, Jake Appelbaum, Morgan Marquis-Boire, and Chris Hadnagy. defcon.org/html/links/d...

I miss him

I donated my promo box to @cancergetslost.bsky.social - but another just popped up on eBay for over $1000! ebay.us/m/HbK5aL

Place is beautiful and empty this morning other than a cute table of 4 women celebrating a 90th birthday

A 1930s style stone grand entrance with wooden doors.

I love visiting 1930s ‘California style’ mansions in LA. The aesthetics are sublime. Caltech has a nice members club.

a man wearing a suit and tie is looking at the camera in a black and white photo . Alt: Leslie Howard, a prim white man dressed in a British style wearing a suit and tie is looking at the camera in a black and white film

Watching Scarlet Pimpernel (1934). Might watch Pygmalion (1938) next. Leslie Howard was unreasonably great.

Nothing better than a little meetup at the neighborhood ice cream shop. Humphrey’s is a little too far.

Happy 67th birthday to Kate Bush, who holds the Guinness World Record for “First artist to write every song on a million-selling album (female)” and who, early in her career, set up her own publishing and management company so she can be running up that fucking hill.

Okay. Now he says he doesn’t want me to leave for my trip.

This is an incredibly common thing to happen on the road to Point Reyes - and typically if I follow behind safely, I get honked at and the car behind me will pass me, and them, and inevitably they do it in front of oncoming traffic. This happens on curves and turns all summer.

That thing where you step on your cat and they run and hide and look at you like you are a monster. Hi. It’s me. I’m the monster.

ALSO! Not sure if university STUDENTS use this platform, but if so I want to hear from you too. What is working, or not working, with AI in your classes? What do you want from it, and how does that relate to what your professors are doing?

The Matrix | Cosm The world’s first-ever cinematic Shared Reality experience is coming to Cosm’s venues in Los Angeles and Dallas, featuring the blockbuster *The Matrix* in honor of the film’s 25th anniversary.

I have two tix for tomorrow’s 1pm show The Matrix immersive experience at Cosm in LA- would anyone like them? cosm.com/events/the-m...

The research about this, charitably, does not say what it has been sold as saying. I know developmental psychologists who were having trouble with parents who worried that looking at screens for 5 minutes while doing a psych experiment would permanently damage the kids. People should chill!

A woman has a droid’s hand wrapped around her- the droid is d3-09 from the Starcruiser halcyon

Seven saja and two guests stand in a large event space

Hello! Of course I’m aware of the event that happened in February, and I’ve spoken to Gabi a bit in the past. Have you tried the app? I am
Glad people continue to enjoy the fandom. may the stars light your way!!

oh no.

i have astigmatism, so I can’t just rotate them any way I want. I am surprised just flipping them upside down worked - but, it did so I am satisfied.

I am embarrassed to say it took me a bit to figure out how to use my glasses with a washcloth over one eye. This seems to be the best way. If this happens again, I’m investing in a monocle like a real villain.

A woman has a white washcloth over one of her eyes and holds it in place with her hand and in her fingers she’s holding a pair of eyeglasses upside down so that she can see out of one side.

This is how I read my iPad with my good eye while holding my glasses and a hot compress on my other eye.

Pinnacle of Music crit:
“Too many notes! Just cut a few, and it will be perfect!” - Emperor of Music