Richard Watts

Pixel Perfect: How Wendy Carlos Gave an Extra Dimension to Tron How synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos created a combination orchestral/synth score for Disney’s big-budget adventure ‘Tron.’

With TRON ARES about to hit, here’s a bit I wrote for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social on the original TRON and it’s fabulous composer, the amazing Wendy Carlos

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling As Archives Editor, Emma Sutherland had ‘read everything’ in Meanjin's past, but was unprepared for its troubled present.

"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
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Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55 The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

Vale Manchán Magan.

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Australia’s laws to protect the environment don’t work. Woodside’s 40-year greenlight proves it Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

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50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.

Today's statement about "Fighting Back Against Antifa Violence" from the DHS contains a false conspiracy theory about our member crew Rose City Antifa.

RCA has not doxed any ICE agents, a fact confirmed by going to the URL DHS conveniently censored from their photo.

RCA did not put up this flyer.

‘Like being stabbed in the eye’: the risk of serious injury by police at protests is escalating, experts warn Baton rounds and flash-bang devices – so-called ‘less lethal’ tools – are part of an increasingly dangerous use of force to crack down on protests across Australia, lawyers say

“Police do not attend protests with the aim of using force, but it is always in response to the actions of protesters.” Great – now let's hear from the guard who always tells the truth?

I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.

newsGP - How COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain Mounting research shows the disease can lead to an array of problems, including significant drops in IQ scores, writes Dr Ziyad Al-Aly.

Covid isn’t over. And each infection damages the brain. Especially the parts that manage empathy and decision making.
Once you know that it’s easy to see what is happening and it’s terrifying.

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Spain and Italy deploying their navy to escort the Gaza aid flotilla is a direct testament to the power of meaningful direct action and trade union intervention.

In Australia, trade unionist organising for Palestine has been dogged by factionalism and in-fighting. We must do better.

Happy Bi Visibility Day / Celebrate Bisexuality Day to all my bi friends and familiy! #BiVisibilityDay #CelebrateBisexualityDay #BiPride

Triumph of the Shill.

If only Leni Riefenstahl was here to film the service!

‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception Anti-immigration rallies that have drawn tens of thousands of Australians are being secretly controlled by neo-Nazis – part of a co-ordinated “fraud on the public”.

Nepo baby Hugo Lennon cosplays as a “concerned centrist” online, but when he wanted to know which version of Mein Kampf to buy there was only one group he turned to. Today we reveal Auspill’s neo-Nazi connections. www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"

Turns out, mom was right.

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

Academic friends: yikes 😨

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The hit piece commissioned because they were scared of our ad:

That was my first thought watching episode one; it jars with the foundations of the film - and yet I persevered for a couple of episodes. I haven't watched the series since I finished ep3 - life's too short to waste on substandard storytelling.

#Auspol @albomp.bsky.social

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

Donald Trump Misses Charlie Kirk's Kennedy Center Vigil for Pre-Planned Weekend at Bedminster Golf Club The president spent time in New York City and New Jersey following Kirk's death, returning to the White House on Sunday night

Proof that Trump did indeed love Kirk like he was his own son
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Who killed Meanjin? And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

New:
A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

No idea if this is an accurate analysis as I had not even heard of a "groyper" until a few minutes ago. But it certainly seems more credible than what we are hearing from the mainstream media. What a crazy, vicious, weird soap opera it all is.....

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"

anyways, great news! (1/X)

Important intervention

South Africa to reopen Steve Biko inquest 48 years after death in police custody Death of anti-apartheid activist in 1977 after police beat him into a coma sparked outrage across the world

@benrosenzweig.bsky.social fyi

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