Dave Pentecost
@davepentecost.bsky.social
Nature, tech, music. Maya (civilization), Unity, OpenSpace, visionOS, planetariums. Previously: composer, TV editor, jungle explorer.
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Dave Pentecost
@davepentecost.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Reposting this from my replies. It's the dome theater, also known as a planetarium, at CultVR in Cardiff, Wales, and the technology I am currently researching to build my second one...
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Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
Our pal makes the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
(Still working on our doc, "Amram Returns! The East Village Sessions")
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
(Still working on our doc, "Amram Returns! The East Village Sessions")
At 95, David Amram Still Makes Music. And Nobody Can Put Him in a Box.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Our pal makes the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
(Still working on our doc, "Amram Returns! The East Village Sessions")
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
(Still working on our doc, "Amram Returns! The East Village Sessions")
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A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the U.S. and garner support for Russia. nyti.ms/3JVxQGB
Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the U.S. and garner support for Russia. nyti.ms/3JVxQGB
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It's hard to overstate the thrill of having your reporting grace the cover of Rolling Stone's website.
It definitely never gets old.
Thanks @rollingstone.com!
read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
It definitely never gets old.
Thanks @rollingstone.com!
read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's hard to overstate the thrill of having your reporting grace the cover of Rolling Stone's website.
It definitely never gets old.
Thanks @rollingstone.com!
read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
It definitely never gets old.
Thanks @rollingstone.com!
read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh.
An ancient Maya myth finds new life in a Mexican circus company’s performance
Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh.
Pushing my understanding of Resolve and Fairlight.
Using an external controller:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OytQ...
Recording Automation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rV-...
Using an external controller:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OytQ...
Recording Automation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rV-...
Control Fairlight with 3rd Party MIDI Controller or Tablet
YouTube video by VFXstudy
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Pushing my understanding of Resolve and Fairlight.
Using an external controller:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OytQ...
Recording Automation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rV-...
Using an external controller:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OytQ...
Recording Automation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rV-...
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Oh my gawd
👀 Zohran Mamdani used some of his final remarks to encourage the role of the federal government in social welfare and basically pitch a new New Deal. He praised Trump’s inclusion of a portrait of FDR in the White House. Trump talks about how Mamdani asked for a photo in front of it when he arrived.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Oh my gawd
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"The better he does, the happier I am," Donald Trump says about Zohran Mamdani as he congratulates him.
Trump speaking with a warm tone towards the new mayor of New York City.
Trump speaking with a warm tone towards the new mayor of New York City.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"The better he does, the happier I am," Donald Trump says about Zohran Mamdani as he congratulates him.
Trump speaking with a warm tone towards the new mayor of New York City.
Trump speaking with a warm tone towards the new mayor of New York City.
Midtown Manhattan from Hallets Cove, Astoria, Queens.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Midtown Manhattan from Hallets Cove, Astoria, Queens.
I listened to the Giles Martin 2022 remix of this last week. Wonderful but this mono mix hits harder somehow. The best Beatles album and possibly my favorite of their songs.
Today's vinyl, after a Thought Bubble break, is Revolver, the album I have more (four) vinyl copies of than any other -- 80s stereo pressing, mono box version, and the mono and Giles Martin mixes in the deluxe box set.
Today I listened to the box set, including the outtakes and EP.
Today I listened to the box set, including the outtakes and EP.
Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I listened to the Giles Martin 2022 remix of this last week. Wonderful but this mono mix hits harder somehow. The best Beatles album and possibly my favorite of their songs.
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This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
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Please do yourselves a favor and listen to these birds mimic R2-D2. (And learn something about how some species are able to do it better than others!)
(by Kate Graham-Shaw for @sciam.bsky.social)
(by Kate Graham-Shaw for @sciam.bsky.social)
These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the Uncanny Results
The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Okay, I might have to check this out.
Dr John Piano transcriptions Vol. 1 & 2
Dr John Piano transcriptions Vol. 1 & 2, sheet music.
Dr John Piano transcriptions Vol. 1 & 2, sheet music.
Dr John Piano transcriptions Vol. 1 & 2
Dr John Piano transcriptions Vol. 1 & 2, sheet music.
sheetmusiclibrary.website
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Okay, I might have to check this out.
Chacmool for @ejalbright.bsky.social - piñata exhibit at Museo de Arte Popular
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Chacmool for @ejalbright.bsky.social - piñata exhibit at Museo de Arte Popular
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I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I like how these guys get to have it both ways
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
they get to inflate the bubble via broad product misrepresentation and bogus math
then dole out sage warnings about a looming problem they created as if they played no role in it
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Please read this wonderful and important piece by Chris. (It’s short.) I had never read the words of E.B. White that Chris quotes here, and I’m extremely glad I now have.
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Please read this wonderful and important piece by Chris. (It’s short.) I had never read the words of E.B. White that Chris quotes here, and I’m extremely glad I now have.
I’ve become obsessed with making a low cost, DIY planetarium dome with a negative pressure screen. With the right pattern of gores, the screen (and outside cover) could be made of Tyvek. Here’s the math.
www.themathdoctors.org/making-a-sph...
www.themathdoctors.org/making-a-sph...
Making a Sphere from Flat Material – The Math Doctors
www.themathdoctors.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I’ve become obsessed with making a low cost, DIY planetarium dome with a negative pressure screen. With the right pattern of gores, the screen (and outside cover) could be made of Tyvek. Here’s the math.
www.themathdoctors.org/making-a-sph...
www.themathdoctors.org/making-a-sph...
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Happy birthday Wendy Carlos 🎂
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Happy birthday Wendy Carlos 🎂
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
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Here is an alpha release of Fabric, my open source node based creative coding & prototyping env.
github.com/Fabric-Proje...
Enjoyed Quartz Composer, or want a more intuitive node based tool? Check it out, & help build w me!
#swift, #swiftui #metal, #realtime, #gpu #graphics
github.com/Fabric-Proje...
Enjoyed Quartz Composer, or want a more intuitive node based tool? Check it out, & help build w me!
#swift, #swiftui #metal, #realtime, #gpu #graphics
Releases · Fabric-Project/Fabric
Node Creative Coding / 3D / Image Processing tool inspired by Quartz Composer - Fabric-Project/Fabric
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Calle Real de Guadelupe, last night
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Calle Real de Guadelupe, last night
Great thread on this wonderful composer. We are proud to know another truly American composer, David Amram - 95 this month, still composing, performing, inspiring.
Remembering Aaron Copland on his birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
📷 Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Great thread on this wonderful composer. We are proud to know another truly American composer, David Amram - 95 this month, still composing, performing, inspiring.
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We need videos from optical gas imaging cameras for CO₂ emissions.
What you see without an OGI camera vs what you see with an OGI camera.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We need videos from optical gas imaging cameras for CO₂ emissions.
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From: One by One (2004), dir. Pixote Hunt and Dave Bossert, Walt Disney Feature Animation
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
From: One by One (2004), dir. Pixote Hunt and Dave Bossert, Walt Disney Feature Animation
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Alexander Calder, Cat Lamp, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136802
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136802
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Alexander Calder, Cat Lamp, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136802
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136802