This is big: one of the xz-utils / liblzma *upstream maintainers* added malicious code to the last couple of releases. This is the person who actually publishes and signs the tarballs. If you are using liblzma 5.6.0 or 5.6.1 make sure to update your packages asap and consider reinstalling the OS or recreating the container.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

#Sciart in fresh green and blue #watercolor #art Originals, not prints, one of each

https://artologica.etsy.com

“Are you sure want to commit to this? Once you’re a made being there is no leaving.”

“Of course, boss. I’ve always been loyal to this thing of ours.”

“All right. Members, if any one of you has doubt about admitting this candidate to the Elucidated Sibren of the Ebon Night, let them speak-“

“*achoo*”

“What was that?”

“Sorry, the dust. *choo*”

“No it came from lower down. Like your pocket. Is that an Imp? They’re wearing A FUCKING IMP. It’s the Watch! Kill it, then Execute Plan Scram!”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

another weird one from the early issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction....

Made a silly game in downpour https://downpour.games/~terry/do-you-want-to-play-a-boardgame-with-me

-Mom, mom, can I have a fugue?
-No, we have a fugue at home!

The fugue* at home:
https://xymmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-fugue-at-home

#MyMusic

Oh nice, you can add die rolls to #downpour games. If for example you want an 80% chance of a choice leading to outcome A and a 20% chance of outcome B, just add A to the random choice link 4 times and add B once. Was hoping this would work and it does!

The Emergence

#illustration #digitalart #mastoart

Uncanny artwork by mother nature. This foliage had grown on the rear window of our car during my working hours yesterday, with nothing out of the ordinary in the weather (–5°C and cloudy) to explain it. Yet in some subtle way the conditions must have been just right for it to occur.

#art #dustart #foliage #frostart #incidentalart #naturalart #ornament #pattern #windowart

SPIRIT
🔮
#ttrpg
#illustration

Last year I wrote up a mega thread with lots of links about mending textiles. I’ve compressed and reorganized it as a very old school webpage on neocities in hopes of making it a bit easier to use:

When Textiles Go Bad:
https://gannet.neocities.org/MendingTextiles

#FiberArts #mending

⭐ RsS iS dEaD LOL https://rss-is-dead.lol/

"Explore RSS feeds in your network."

Glorious. Pop your Mastodon username in, get a big list of everyone's feeds. Excellent use of the .lol TLD as well.

📌 https://rknight.me/links/rss-is-dead-lol/

Conjuro

lino print, 2 inks

I created #p5js animations for a very cool project by Lujain Ibrahim & Alia Elkattan that just launched as part of the Mozilla Fellowship!

The Algorithm demystifies social media algorithms by letting you play with the inputs and see how it populates your "feed". All of the content is populated with algorithmic animations by me!

This was a blast to work on and I wish I could have spent months making little animations for them!

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/the-best-way-to-understand-an-algorithm-build-one/

After much trial and error, @yaxu and I have our first prototype of a structurally-supported kolam in textile :) We used an embroidery machine for creating the grid structure that supports hand-weaving a kolam using a whipped stitch.

The kolam (and its structure) was algorithmically generated and brought into this world by a tiny kolam printer designed by @arturo182.

Very grateful for wonderful collaborators and support from @thentrythis 🙏🏾