Rye

i ain't gon' smile if i don't want to

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.

[Adam Hlaváč @adamhlavac]

I created a spreadsheet with all of the locations and formats playing THE ODYSSEY! This is a living document that I'll update if new locations are added.

Available here: https://t.co/Lkzb2AtHBY

This is sourced from the film's website and by u/NickLandis on the IMAX Reddit.

[mi ♱ @thursdayiexist]

my personal philosophy

[︎ ︎ ︎ @heartonmypalms]

this also applies to those who have crossed paths for a short time and have never spoken since, whether with closure or with things left unsaid. their kindness still lingers in my mind and stays in my heart, leaving traces that continue to spread even today, like fairy dust.

[blue @bluewmist]

Uncommon advice: If you don't know what to pursue in life right now. Pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself.

[my book is better than my tweets @MichellCClark]

even if you have been disappointed before, let yourself want things again. your hope is not embarrassing. your desire is not naive. your heart is allowed to stay open after being tested.

[Rye @ryangusling]

OBSESSION in SM Cinema Davao tonight 10 minutes before screening is almost full house. Hu u 7.8 magnitude earthquake???

[Adam Hlaváč @adamhlavac]

Keep seeing people post that IMAX 70mm is just 4:3 TV or that the extra top and bottom of the frame doesn't add anything. You just have a misunderstanding of IMAX photography.

To accomodate other formats, Chris Nolan and Hoyte Van Hoytema use ground glass (Pic 1) etched with guides to appropriately frame every shot. This ensures Nolan can mostly center punch for every deliverable.

That's also why IMAX tends to be center-framed (Pic 2). The filmmakers want you looking dead center at what's happening while the rest of the image melts away into your peripheral vision. The idea is that when you're watching IMAX 70mm on a massive 60-100' screen, all you see is the movie. No masking, no screen frame, nothing. It's meant to fully immerse the viewer.

The size of the film negative and use of wide open lenses supports this in intimate moments because of the shallow depth of field. The image is tack sharp exactly where your eyes should be.

For wider shots and action sequences, there will usually be an important object(s) close to center frame that helps guide your eyes to surrounding parts you need to focus on (Pic 3). This is also why Nolan's movies translate well to widescreen formats like 70mm, 35mm, and other 2.39:1 screens.

He's not thinking about the height or width of the image independently, but as one giant canvas.

There's negative space above peoples heads because if you pushed their heads to the top of the frame and the next shot had an important action in the lower third, you'd spend the majority of the movie pivoting your head up and down and across the massive screen (Pic 4). Exhausting.

This is also why Nolan and other filmmakers crop from 1.43 to 1.78 for Blu-ray. The idea with the IMAX sequences is that they expand and use every inch of screen real estate. Pillarboxing 1.43 footage when intercut with 2.39 scenes makes the IMAX images appear smaller since they don't take up the full width of your screen. Footage should expand vertically, just like in theaters.

I get that tons of people watch stuff on their phones and laptops these days, but you have to understand the original intention - the theatrical experience - and not you sitting at home watching the movie on your 15" Macbook, 6" phone screen, or TV that's probably 5 ft too far from your couch.

Apologies for the long rant. 🤘🎞️

[Barnaby Lo 吳宗鴻 @barnabychuck]

Senator Marcoleta later said he claimed most journalists in the Philippines were “paid hacks” out of frustration and that he didn’t mean it.

But just moments later doubled down and lamented we didn’t highlight his speech during the anti-corruption rally of Iglesia ni Cristo.

So that’s really what he meant. Bayaran kami dahil hindi umaayon sa kanya ang mga report.

Well, we have editorial standards and our own editorial judgment. To abandon those is to abandon our duty to the truth and to the public.

Pag sumunod lang kami sa gusto ng mga pulitiko, ang tawag po dun propagandist hindi journalist. At ang propagandist po ay bayaran.

[marv @mvn_dn]

Thinking about this today.

[Rye @ryangusling]

HAHAHAHAH YAWA NARCISSIST

[Philstar.com @PhilstarNews]

He then proceeded with airing his frustrations with the coverage of the Philippine Star and Philippine Daily Inquirer during in one of the peace rallies of Iglesia Ni Cristo, saying that he was not mentioned in news reports despite his appearance in the event. | via @IanLaquiPatrick

[Political Vibes @PolVibes]

REMINDER: Asawa ni Rodente Marcoleta ay nasa board of directors ng Insurance Company na may hawak sa maraming Ghost Flood Control Projects. 🤣🤣🤣

[Rye @ryangusling]

Ta is nga

[DZBB Super Radyo @dzbb]

Marcoleta on @iampinglacson’s partial flood control report: Partial nga, eh. partial. Alam mo ibig sabihin ng partial? Ang kailangan natin, impartial.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

You can now listen to an audiobook of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Magnifica humanitas!
https://t.co/q7Ug6IY55I

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

i wish more people allowed themselves (or were allowed!) to lean into the absurdities in everyday life. because everyday life IS often absurd. and i think one of poetry's functions is to encourage us, embolden us to embrace or at least recognize absurdity a bit (or a lot!) more.

[Jackson @Jacksonsrule]

Billionaires don’t have bank accounts like you and me. They have art collections, Yachts,Mansions,Stocks. None of it gets taxed until they sell it. So they just never sell it. They borrow against it instead. Live off the loans. Pay almost nothing. Then when they die, their kids inherit it all tax-free. The wealth never gets taxed, It just gets passed down. And we wonder why the gap keeps getting wider.

[mie @girlpov]

we're half into the year already. here's a reminder that you still linger even though you don't intend to do so.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas