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Murphy & Mitzi // Breaking News
Murphy’s mom Delia reports all of the latest shocking developments in New Lennium City.
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Links of interest 2/26/24
- Good news:
- Computing tech:
- Zoom will have additional features for their VisionOS version: usage of visionOS personas based on face scans, pinning faces of meeting participants with transparent backgrounds in the real-world environment, and 3D object file-sharing.
- Meta Quest 3 to support iOS/visionOS Spatial Video.
- Interview with Metalenz
- Reports: Meta Quest Pro 2 set to ship in early 2025 with LG as hardware partner. Hopefully going to build on top of lessons from both Quest 3, original Quest Pro and Apple Vision Pro.
- Reports: Apple considering competitor to Meta Ray-Ban, other AI glasses. Apple also looking at options for augmenting other devices, including cameras in AirPods.
- Vision Pro release party in San Francisco, complete with multiple people wearing VP headsets while partying (more on the organizers)
- Disney Research invents HoloTile, a multi-user omnidirectional treadmill.
- Feds to Insurer: AI cannot be used to deny health care coverage.
- IFTAS takes action against deadnaming and misgendering in the fediverse.
- ideas on visionOS 2.0 features (sourced from this concept, these comments, this video)
- Engadget: Researchers at Cornell built AI-infused sonar glasses that track facial movements for silent communication. Also Engadget: These AI-infused sonar-equipped glasses from (again) Cornell could pave the way for better VR upper-body tracking (paper)
- Civil rights and elections
- Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture to become the 21st to create a same-sex partnership registry on 1 February (news in Japanese). More prefectures to create similar registries throughout the year, but no news as to more mutual recognition agreements between prefectures as of yet. Keep track on Wikipedia.
- PA Supreme Court rules that the state’s Equal Rights Amendment protects Medicaid coverage of abortion procedures.
- Governor Tony Evers signs last-ditch legislative district maps from the Republican-supermajority legislature who want to avoid a WI Supreme Court unilateral redraw. New maps, which are very evenly divided, take effect for the November 2024 elections for all Assembly seats and half of Senate seats. Evers is seeking judicial override of a portion of the new law prohibiting use of the new maps for an earlier special election. Big Republican concession nonetheless, a decade and some change in the making.
- Sightline Institute on even-year local elections.
- Same-sex marriage now legal in Greece. The Wild Hunt reviews reactions from local polytheists.
- Polish public TV reporter apologizes on air for carrying homophobic, transphobic water for the former PiS government.
- Reconciliation within the Alabama Democratic Party?
- Florida Officials Confirm Abortion Legalization Ballot Measure Qualifies for the Ballot Pending FL Supreme Court Decision
- How indigenous leaders saved Guatemalan democracy
- Alabama union membership increases for 2nd year
- Weed legalization passed in German Parliament
- POTUS’ Plan B on student loan debt forgiveness and its success
- Climate, housing and infrastructure
- Decatur declared “most bikeable city in Georgia” by Redfin. Still a long ways from Portland OR though.
- Researchers achieve breakthrough in solar technology: system can capture and store solar energy for up to 18 years and can produce electricity when connected to a thermoelectric generator (EuroNews Green, paper)
- SPUR Urban Center publishes white paper recommending the creation of a California Housing Agency and California Planning Agency (PDF).
- Spain’s cabinet supports bill to ban domestic flights which can be replaced with a high speed rail ride.
- Australia’s cars emit more cumulative CO2 than elsewhere. Pressure on the Albanese government to make voluntary emission standards mandatory.
- How Los Angeles is becoming a sponge city and overcoming the ongoing atmospheric river.
- Professor Michael Mann wins big in court against climate denialists in defamation case.
- Streetsblog USA: Why Jaywalking Reform is an Unhoused Rights Issue.
- Half of 2022 bike rides in US were for social or recreational use.
- Amsterdam is the first European city to endorse the Plant-Based Treaty.
- Superfund for Climate Change?
- Nanowerk: sound-powered sensors could save millions of batteries.
- Strong Towns on how Sacramento City Council ended single-family zoning in city limits by increasing the Floor Area Ratio and switching to a form-based zoning code. This is on top of laws passed by the state to override city laws to abolish parking minimums within a 1/2 mile of transit and allowing for homeowners to split their home lots into ADUs.
- Washington State House passes lot splitting bill.
- Researchers find way to use AI to slash energy use of carbon capture.
- States are preparing to use Medicaid for rental assistance for the first time.
- Climate concerns shifting some voting preferences/patterns
- Health
- Computing tech:
- Bad news:
- Study (PDF): African Americans freed from slavery in slave states after the Civil War had worse, multi-generational economic outcomes afterward than those freed from slavery in free states prior to Civil War, and Jim Crow added compound economic interest. Makes sense.
- From Erin Reed: A full-on assault on bodily autonomy for anyone is plotted by religious bioconservative legislators, including against abortion and gender confirmation treatment.
- Study: We blew past 1.5C degree of warming 4 years ago. Yikes.
- Power companies paid civil rights activists in the South. Sad, frustrating.
- Spam attack wave hits the Fediverse, erupting from a stupid feud in the Japanese-language Web. Investigations from Cappy at Fyra Labs, Techcrunch (and another article on how Discord failed to take any action against the perps)
- Big trouble for electrified transport in Germany.
- CNBC tries to explain why these tech layoffs keep happening
- Ohio families seek funds to flee Ohio after veto override on transphobic legislation
- NYC Marathon refuses to give nonbinary prize money to winner. Rule: “a runner eligible for prize money in the nonbinary group had to be a member of the NYRR for at least six months, and compete in several club-sponsored events. The same rule applies to professional and invited athletes.” Winner: “They added this stipulation to this division following the registration period. It was not there last year.”
- Somber news:
- Sonar detection found an object which may be Amelia Earhart’s plane somewhere near Howard Island in the Pacific. It took years and millions of dollars, and will take even more to lead an expedition to confirm.
- The mass murders of Jews and Romani people by Nazis and their collaborators were deeply interlinked.
- Study: Transphobia hurts trans women’s health.
- How the word “voodoo” became a racial slur.
- How America failed to defend liberal values abroad.
- LGBT rights groups bring complaints against Texas to UN
- Air pollution linked to dementia
- The Non-Emergent Democratic Majority?
- Interesting
- BlueSky opens up their AT protocol, shining a light on the ongoing beef that many Fediverse users have with BlueSky and their protocol.
- Mozilla walks away from Hubs and Fediverse projects, tries to chase AI and profit. At least they’ve open-sourced both.
- Toward a unified taxonomy of text-based social media use.
- The New Republic: Quit Hating on California
- How conservatives are finally admitting they hate MLK
- Abolish the $100 bill
- Time for Democrats to Make Some Enemies. Cue Drake.
- Wikipedia links:
- Role of mothers in Disney media
- Slate voting
New Electoral Theory Just Dropped
“new electoral theory just dropped: the 40 year reverse theory…. 1944 (D) -> 1984 (R), 1948 (D) -> 1988 (R), 1952 (R) -> 1992 (D), 1956 (R) -> 1996 (D), 1960 (R) -> 2000 (D), 1964 (D) -> 2004 (R), 1968 (R) -> 2008 (D), 1972 (R) -> 2012 (D), 1976 (D) -> 2016 (R), 1980 (R) -> 2020 (D)”
“btw yes, this does mean Biden will be winning Kansas in 2024, and Kamala will become president after that, where she will then proceed to lose re-election in an EC landslide to some random moderate Republican in 2032”
Posted 6:45pm, Jan 22, 2024 by Twitter user @RuNoseP
As noted by someone, this gets 1960 and 2008 backward in terms of party. Also, it’s missing “1940 (D) -> 1980 (R)”, although it likely wouldn’t work for 1936 (D) -> 1976 (D).
but still. This is very interesting to think about. This could mean that Dems have eight more years in the White House.
But a bigger question: does that mean that Democrats are headed to winning full control of Congress in a 2034 Democratic Revolution? And does that mean that Democrats will win back the majority of state legislative seats by the 2040s?
Fancasting About the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
At the very least, the following should be nominated or shortlisted this year:
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Wish
- Craig Before the Creek
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Last year, in addition to Wendell & Wild (the winning entry), the following should have been nominated:
- Entergalactic
- The Sea Beast
- Lightyear
- Strange World
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WebXR and Safari. What it means for the Metaverse and Apple Vision Pro w/ Dulce Baerga
Join Bob Cooney and Dol BGA as they delve into the exciting realm of WebXR, discussing its implications for the metaverse and Apple’s role in this evolving technology. From their encounter at an Apple launch party to deep-diving into WebXR capabilities, this conversation explores the future of virtual experiences.
💡 Discussion Highlights:
Insights into Apple’s support for WebXR and its integration with Safari and Unity.
The potential of WebXR in empowering individual creators and reducing reliance on large corporations.
Understanding the technical nuances of file formats like gltf and usdz in the context of WebXR.
Privacy and economic aspects influencing the development and adoption of WebXR.🔗 Connect with the Speakers:
Follow Bob Cooney: [linkedin.com/in/bobcooney/]
Connect with Dol BGA: [@dce303 on various platforms]
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Meta Has Just Shown Us The Future Of VR!
Douglas Lanman Director of displays at meta has just shown the entire research line at meta. from incredible prototypes showing us the future of optics to what looks like an early prototype of the quest pro 2 called the mirror lake. with the vision pro coming in January this could be a viable product to compete with the vision pro and would be a serious upgrade from he quest 3.
KatWalk C2 Core **$899
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https://ift.tt/RgbWZPt✨ Key Highlights:
00:50 🎮 Overview
1:25 🌌 Boz on prototypes
1:55 🚀 Visual Turning test
2:45 🎮 Holocake lenses
3:34 🕹️Resolution
4:05 🌌 Varifocal technology
4:40 🚀HDR
5:45 🎮 Social and passthrough
7:29 🕹️Mirror Lake ConclusionVideo referenced 👇👇
#quest3 #vr #vrnews #meta
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Shygirl – BLU
BDE ft. Slowthai, the new single, out now ➞ https://shygirl.lnk.to/bdeyo
Debut album ‘Nymph’ out now ➞ https://ift.tt/opL3iYI
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Featuring Slowthai00:00 – SIREN (prod. by Happa + Sega Bodega)
02:37 – SLIME (prod. by SOPHIE, Sega Bodega, Kai Whiston)
04:08 – TWELVE (prod. by Sega Bodega)
05:45 – FREAK (prod. by Sega Bodega)
08:19 – BAWDY (prod. by Karma Kid)
10:29 – BDE ft Slowthai (prod. by Karma Kid)
TASTY (prod. by Oscar Scheller)
BB (prod. by Sega Bodega)
UCKERS (prod by Sega Bodega)Creative Direction – Shygirl and Mischa Notcutt
Musical Direction – Shygirl and Blue May
Producers – Claire Burman and India Lee
Production Company – CEBE Studio
Production Manager – Celeste Kennedy Doig
Executive Producer – Because Music
1st AD – Yasmin Godo
1st AC – Stephanie Kennedy
2nd AC – Ellie Spigariol and Danny Williams
DIT Moses – Jeremiah
Playback Operator – Nat Valente
Crane OP – Jason Clayton
Grip – Carl Dunn and Mark Morley
Gaffer – Chris Dowling
Electricians – Lee Hatcher,Matthew Martin and Conrad Russell
Car Rig Technicians – Andrew Morgan and Chris Lynch
Rigger – Niall Spierin
Camera Trainee – Apolo Wilson
Motion Control – Justin Pentacost
Production Designer – Sarah Asmail
Production Design Assistants – Giorgio Lieuw-on, Mayleen Faye and Moralita Lilas Souksomboune
Stylist – Nell Kalonji
Makeup Artist – Isamaya Ffrench
Hair Stylist – Virginie Moreira
Manicurist – Lauren Michelle Pires
Movement Director – Saul Nash
Styling Assistant – Rebecca Perlmutar
Makeup Assistant – Jenny Glynn
Hair Stylist – Assistant Danielle Igor
Production Assistants – Katie Beddoe, Amber Turner Ramsay and Asia Ahmed Creative Director’s Assistant – Barbara Broadley
Paramedic – Mark Charlesworth
Covid Supervisor – Lukas Mansfield-Allum
Car Drivers – Jas Rahul and Omar Oliver
BTS Videographer – Angela Steps
Editor – Lainy Black
Colourist – Megan Lee at The Mill
Post Producer – Elle Lockhart
VFX – Hayden Martin, Ysabel King and Puneet Aggarwal
“Shygirl Blu” Font Design – Jonna Mayer
Credits – Maurice Andresen
Sound Design and Mix – Blue May
Audio Playback – Joe Hawley and Oswald Henderson
Special thanks to Burberry, YouTube and Because Music.#Shygirl #BLU #LiveStream
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