m w bowman
@mw.brutalism.space
brutalism.space guy /// born, raised, and currently living in the beautiful Cascadia bioregion /// ask me about unionizing your workplace
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
gonna go Loomer Mode and chain myself to the doors of the HUD building if they try to tear it down
Longtime NCPC member Mina (Mydelle) Wright is alleging that the White House—not the GSA—is soliciting bids to demolish four federal office buildings in SW, including Marcel Breuer's HUD and the Egyptian-ish New Deal era Wilbur Cohen Building.
Agency Denies Alleged Plans to Demolish Federal Buildings
A General Services Administration official disputed allegations that the White House may demolish four historic buildings in Washington, claiming instead the agency is considering transferring or sell...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
gonna go Loomer Mode and chain myself to the doors of the HUD building if they try to tear it down
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NEW: Rich people waste much more money than poor people, and it's not even close www.peoplesline.org/p/rich-peopl...
Rich people waste much more money than poor people
Another round of glazing the rich online is completely detached from reality.
www.peoplesline.org
December 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW: Rich people waste much more money than poor people, and it's not even close www.peoplesline.org/p/rich-peopl...
more like The Lame Awards amirite folks
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
more like The Lame Awards amirite folks
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We need to "do something" about landlords, man. Whether it's the best bar in Midtown or your local art gallery, nothing worth doing; nothing generative; makes enough money to keep these wolves satisfied. How many "save our space" fundraisers can the culture weather? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
One of the Last Times Square Dive Bars Faces Eviction
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We need to "do something" about landlords, man. Whether it's the best bar in Midtown or your local art gallery, nothing worth doing; nothing generative; makes enough money to keep these wolves satisfied. How many "save our space" fundraisers can the culture weather? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
gross
@sfu.ca contends that the School of Medicine is "an entirely new undertaking and functions very differently from SFU’s other faculties" and "the existing employment categories and language in the collective agreement do not fit the medical school model.”
SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
pressprogress.ca
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
gross
not to be anti-woke or whatever but Calibri is a terrible typeface
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
not to be anti-woke or whatever but Calibri is a terrible typeface
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
they're calling it the ugliest film photography setup of all time
(works great tho lol)
(works great tho lol)
December 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
they're calling it the ugliest film photography setup of all time
(works great tho lol)
(works great tho lol)
"Robot Taxi Company Lies About Running Down Beloved Neighbourhood Cat" is the platonic ideal of a 2025 headline
new video shows Kit Kat did not “dart underneath” the vehicle as waymo originally claimed. he was sitting under the car in front of the right wheel before it just ran him over. someone even approached the vehicle to try and get him to move seconds before it happened. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Robot Taxi Company Lies About Running Down Beloved Neighbourhood Cat" is the platonic ideal of a 2025 headline
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It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
RIP Frank Gehry. maybe the most important postmodernist architect to ever live. 96 years is a good run!
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
RIP Frank Gehry. maybe the most important postmodernist architect to ever live. 96 years is a good run!
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the photo used in this story is of I.M. Pei's Silver Towers. i visited it last year and it was a nice quiet little neighbourhood, with its own playground and daycare. get those fuckin ICE goons outta there.
brutalism.space/sets/2024/un...
brutalism.space/sets/2024/un...
NYT reporting federal strike teams to carry out raids on neighborhoods with high concentrations of Somali residents: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Twin Cities
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the photo used in this story is of I.M. Pei's Silver Towers. i visited it last year and it was a nice quiet little neighbourhood, with its own playground and daycare. get those fuckin ICE goons outta there.
brutalism.space/sets/2024/un...
brutalism.space/sets/2024/un...
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Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
when I was like 12 I cajoled my parents into donating to this org. at the time there were only like 20 of these guys left. a rare W for local conservation efforts.
The Marmot Recovery Foundation announced on its social media page that the population of the Vancouver Island species has reached a new high of 427 marmots.
Charity celebrates milestone as Vancouver Island marmots rebound to 427 in wild
The Marmot Recovery Foundation announced on its social media page that the population of the Vancouver Island species has reached a new high of 427 marmots.
cheknews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
when I was like 12 I cajoled my parents into donating to this org. at the time there were only like 20 of these guys left. a rare W for local conservation efforts.
lol Kneecap is suing that Liberal Party fuckhead who made them cancel their Canadian shows. i hope this asshole loses his shirt in court.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
lol Kneecap is suing that Liberal Party fuckhead who made them cancel their Canadian shows. i hope this asshole loses his shirt in court.
idk why there's piracy discourse in 2025 but this below is incontrovertibly true. i keep a collection of a couple hundred records & almost a thousand paper books. i also have a pirated music library of 1100+ lossless albums. i intend to continue both pirating and buying physical media indefinitely.
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
idk why there's piracy discourse in 2025 but this below is incontrovertibly true. i keep a collection of a couple hundred records & almost a thousand paper books. i also have a pirated music library of 1100+ lossless albums. i intend to continue both pirating and buying physical media indefinitely.
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We have the watch, and I'll see you in Valhalla
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We have the watch, and I'll see you in Valhalla
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
'90s nostalgia is out of control. they made another del sol.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
'90s nostalgia is out of control. they made another del sol.
you know your survey methodology is top notch when anyone who has ever worked in the industry looks at this and goes "lol yeah right"
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
you know your survey methodology is top notch when anyone who has ever worked in the industry looks at this and goes "lol yeah right"
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.