So damn shocking that we can see the little silhouette of entire galaxies outside of our own on those space photographs. So shocking and inspiring.
Can we get a little closer? Like to see them better.
So damn shocking that we can see the little silhouette of entire galaxies outside of our own on those space photographs. So shocking and inspiring.
Can we get a little closer? Like to see them better.
Does anyone ever end up completely randomly on a nice blog reading a cool take on one of your favorite tv shows (Sherlock) but the author doesn’t have any about page or any way to contact them, so you can’t reach out and tell them how cool their take was?
We all agree privacy is great. (And possibly, a fundamental human right.) But which specific topics are you only comfortable talking about on a privacy-respecting platform/medium?
Super nice to talk intentional inclusion with @cygnoir @jean @patrickrhone @pratik yesterday. Maybe we can bring back to the rest of the community some bits of our discussion? 🙂
I like it a lot when it’s the end of the day and I’ve run out of ink. 🖋
I wanted to try something regarding data. Data science enthusiasts, data analysis professionals, evidence-informed activists and decision makers, machine learning and AI researchers, data visualization designers and developers, and more… Are you here on Micro.blog? 🔬
Welcome to all new faces. I hope some of you become passionate about the indieweb and our slice of it 🙂
I think that @jakelacaze asked some months ago for good cards for thank-you notes friendly for fountain pens, but I can’t find that thread. Any reccomendations? 🖋☺️
HTML question and paging all web designers 🔧 what’s your preference for the href=""
url in a link? my.url/folder
or my.url/folder/
? (assuming that I have an index.html in that folder that will get displayed.)
I feel a pit in my stomach. Waking up to this is heart breaking …
I think I can do a sweeping statement. I don’t like any tabletop role play game which features a master’s screen.
We’re not two opposite sides of the table. We’re all equal, we’re just all playing different roles. 🕹
Want to read: The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain by Gina Rippon 📚 reccomended by Italian journalist and data feminist Donata Columbro.
I wish that all app designers and makers shared publicly what languages, libraries and other technologies they used to make them. That’d be particularly interesting for me for macOS/iOS apps since I’m starting to look into learning about that. 🖥
Sometimes it’s hard. Questions to ask yourself 🔖 - thanks to original author and to @kimberlyhirsh for sharing
With spoilers.
Out of 10, this movie gets a score of one. Is that too harsh? I would actually give it a negative score if possible. That’s because the very existence of this film as canon in the Matrix universe would debase the incredible story and deep philosophical questions that the films, particularly the first, pose.
A review in bullet points because my brain is screaming at a keyboard right now and my fingers can only catch thoughts in list form. 🤣😅
This will be a part so big it needs subsections. Let’s jump straight in.
makes no sense. There are so many incomprehensible things that baffle the mind. The original Matrix (trilogy) was sometimes weird, but every plot point made sense, sometimes not straight away, sometimes in a convoluted fashion, but it always made sense. Not only that, but the choices undertaken by the various parties were clever. Now?…
Whole sections of the movie feel written only to showcase a particular CGI scene.
Ignorance is bliss. ~A good movie, 1999
Bugs looks to be a pretty important character starting the film out, but then she fades out in the background. Why the hell was she so hell-bent on freeing Neo? The answer the movie gives us: “because you changed my life”. And then they push the red pill onto Neo. He’s not sure he wants to take it, he’s hesitant, he’s constantly questioning what the hackers show him. In the first movie he had much less to go on, and he took the red pill anyway and very eagerly. In this one, he witnessed tons of unnatural things and still was on the edge. The red pill on him feels forced. And you’re really questioning why are we even watching a story that starts by pretty much press-ganging Neo into the real world.
The last we saw Niobe was in 2003, in a moving scene, grateful to Neo, understanding his sacrifice while the Sentinels slowly left Zion. Now, we find her imprisoning him straight away with no apparent reason at all. And when Neo laments that choice, her response is
I know it doesn’t seem fair, but neither does growing old. But you don’t hear me complaining. ~The Matrix Resurrections, 2021
No, I’m not joking here: that’s the line delivered by the leader of the humans. She’s old now, and this is her line when asked about why she’s imprisoning Neo. Also, is antagonising everyone around her the best that Niobe can do to protect the new human city? Why is she even the guide and hope of the remaining human race if she’s such a weak and nonsensical character?
The “new” agent Smith is not Smith at all. I’m not in principle against recasting roles, however the new Smith has nothing of the old one. His choices make no sense whatsoever. He held as much of a hatred towards our hero Neo as anyone can hate anyone. And now, he’s toying with him, and when that is interrupted, he helps him. Cue funny circus music here.
Neo is a shell of his former self. Not that he had tons of personality or character development in the trilogy, but right now he’s basically a walking frowny face that needs to save Trinity. Dude.
Was this done only to distribute paychecks around at the expense of Warner? It would explain so much, really, from the awful inserts to the shaky cam to the story making zero sense.
Can all of these be “explained” away by the eventual sequel to this sequel? Possibly. But that’s missing the point. The original movie, and even the original trilogy, were a compelling, interesting story about technology, philosophy, life, spirituality, fate, freedom, faith, and the human spirit.
This one - I really can’t place. It’s a strange look over a story that’s based on nonsensical choices by all parties and how those stories might evolve if nobody had a personality and realistic motivations. It leaves you with questions yes, but not of the good kind. Nothing of the philosophical themes of the originals. Some explosions but really nothing that looks good. Some scenes that seem to happen only to showcase a visual effect that’s original to this movie.
I’m sure that I will have missed a few points and misunderstood others. Do write me on micro.blog or over at the twitter.
Let me conclude with a super talented youtuber giving his take → on this beautiful cash grab unfortunate fourth chapter to one of the most groundbreaking franchises in movie history.
What is the most terrifying movie/TV character, creature, object, idea, plot point? 📽📺
One of my big passions is tabletop role play games 📚. Someday I’ll make a page with links to my favourites, however today I’ll just recommend one of them! The Gauntlet, one of the most innovative new indie rpg publishing houses out there, has released a pay what you want (no minimum) version of Brindlewood Bay, a game of cozy mysteries and murder-fighting elderly ladies. It vibes with me so much and it’s great fun to play. Get it here until Jan 1st 2022! (edit: link dead)
Micro.camp: This is the cutest little envelope I’ve ever received. Thanks @jean
… and, as soon as meet-up is over, he scuttles off. 🥲
Micro.camp stories - when your new kitten, who usually ignores you, decides during the pen meet-up that he needs to play by chewing the earbuds cable and clawing the thighs.
Micro.camp: can my fellow microbloggers help me find the song 🎵 by hollyhoneychurch that was playing in the intermission during the 1st books meetup? I loved it loved it loved it
Micro.camp: I really like and want to see more diversity online and in tech sectors. Thanks @jean for the attention you pay to this issue. Can we make a thread of ideas on how to help and give our humble contribution towards increasing diversity? 😀
Just registered for micro.camp’s pen & ink meetup 😀🖋 looking forward to meeting some of you!!
Do my fellow 🖋️ enthusiasts know about the Lamy brand? Is the al-star a good, smooth writer? I was thinking of getting one.
I love love love love love love love love love love love how many women are presenting this year in the WWDC’s keynote.