A very dangerous new nightmare we are living in Gaza City, and no one in the world is paying attention to it.
Days ago, the Israeli army installed huge military cranes, each about 30 meters tall, on the eastern areas it controls. These cranes are equipped with machine guns and cameras, and they fire randomly and almost continuously at tents, streets, and exposed neighborhoods.
Gaza City is extremely narrow, only 10 kilometers wide. A single crane at that height is enough to expose the entire city from east to west. Every street, every square, every tent, every house has become completely exposed. There is no place to hide, and not a single moment of safety.
In just the past two days, three people were killed by fire from these cranes. One of them was sitting quietly with his father in a small café, trying to breathe for a few minutes. Hours later, a 5year old girl was killed while playing near her home.
These cranes have turned the entire city into an open field. The latest military technologies are directed at civilians. We have become an open testing ground for their new weapons. The horror is not just in the sound… it is the constant feeling of being an exposed target at all times, where even children cannot run in the street without fear.
Her work was such a massive part of my childhood. Of course her voice acting was stellar, but her performance in The Ring genuinely changed the trajectory of my life. The world is a little dimmer without her in it.
Daveigh Chase has sadly passed away at the age of 35.
She was best known for her role as Samara in ‘The Ring,’ as well as voicing Lilo in Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and Chihiro in the English-language version of ‘Spirited Away.’
@meowjoshi97@mithoszelef She's also deeply internalized the homophobia of Ohtori, so she believes that there's no possibility for them to be together. I think she views Juri ending up with a man as inevitable as well, so she tries to make herself their target instead.
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@RalunixRose Exactly. If you want more info, I found this piece from the director's commentary, implied to be from Shiori's point of view, really helpful in understanding her motivations.
@RothSkye Of course they hunt for food, but it's also common for them to hunt when they aren't hungry. They're opportunistic predators, and they engage in hunting as play. That's all well and good if you need pests away from your crops, but bad for biodiversity when unleashed in the wild.
@sunshike1 Cars aren't living things with care needs or the ability to cause autonomous damage. A better analogy would be that you can't be upset if your toddler is removed from your custody because you regularly allow them to wander the streets unsupervised.
@RothSkye Domestic cats are effectively an invasive species to local ecosystems. They're also known to hunt for sport, so they'll kill prey far in excess of what they're able to eat. Native bird, rodent, fish, and insect populations can all take a serious hit from loose cats.
This pride month, can you help us get a lesbian single mom and her kiddo into a safe living situation? We have a place lined up but the costs associated with an emergent, last minute move are tough to come up with. If you can help in any way we are $redcedarcn on CA or (1/2) 🧵
@ironheeding@BadEggOnUTube Color symbolism in flags has been a thing since Zhou Dynasty China at least. They've meant things basically as long as we've had flags lol
@DomainDead According to Hulsing, they fed a bunch of his paintings into stable diffusion and used that to texture the 3D models. So it's not a zero AI production, unfortunately.
@jackattack7676@Alphons63 I disagree. Hand painting textures for 3D models is achievable without the use of gen AI. Look at the work Fortiche did to develop the style of Arcane, for example.
@notshoelxces i had to make fake blood for a student film once. it was initially a combination of dark corn syrup, chocolate syrup, and red food dye. but we ran low on location, so we had to cut it with agave and strawberry syrup a crewmate had. i put the leftovers on ice cream, it was yummy