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«Pass auf, was du ins Schaufenster stellst. Überleg dir, wen du einlädst. Halt dich zurück, wenn du Fördergelder beantragst. Der Datenaustausch befördert eine schleichende #Selbstzensur, die mit der Meinungs- und #Pressefreiheit unvereinbar ist.» #meinungsfreiheit #weimer #bkm
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This was a heartbreaking scene from Lost in Chaos SCAR at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim where Squirrel had left the team, with only a single note.
Art by Rdy
Chomper is played by https://www.twitch.tv/RexStrider
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #pokemon #fuecoco #totodile #fancharacter #hybrid #crying #sad #yelloweyes #bluescales #redspikes #skullhead #note
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This was a heartbreaking scene from Lost in Chaos SCAR at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim where Squirrel had left the team, with only a single note.
Art by Rdy
Chomper is played by https://www.twitch.tv/RexStrider
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #pokemon #fuecoco #totodile #fancharacter #hybrid #crying #sad #yelloweyes #bluescales #redspikes #skullhead #note
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Here are more TTRPG Group Art, this time from Lost in Chaos SCAR, a Pokemon TTRPG streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim
Art by https://zgf.art/artist/rdyjin/
This is Paz the Sobble, played by Raharu
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #LostinChaosSCAR #ZGFGaming #PazLostinChaos #sobble #pokemon #male #bluebody #necktie #necktieonly #fancharacter
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Here are more TTRPG Group Art, this time from Lost in Chaos SCAR, a Pokemon TTRPG streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim
Art by Rdy
This is Pyroclast and Edge, played by Gimund!
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #LostinChaosSCAR #ZGFGaming #pyroclastlostinchaos #edgelostinchaos #charmeleon #fancharacter #male #necklace #necklaceonly #blackbody #bluebody #blueeyes #honedge #pokemon #2024
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Here are more TTRPG Group Art, this time from Lost in Chaos SCAR, a Pokemon TTRPG streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim
Art by Rdy
This is Nim the Lycanroc, played by https://linktr.ee/Ra_Zim
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #LostinChaosSCAR #ZGFGaming #NimRaZim #Pokemon #Lycanroc #midnightlycanroc #canid #canine #canis #sabertoothanatomy #brownfur #tail
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Here are more TTRPG Group Art, this time from Lost in Chaos SCAR, a Pokemon TTRPG streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim
Art by Rdy
This is Squirrel the Dragon/Fighting Riolu, played by https://linktr.ee/Ra_Zim
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #LostinChaosSCAR #ZGFGaming #SquirrelRaZim #drackal #hybrid #kobold #pokemon #riolu #anthro #male #blackscales #paws
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Here are more TTRPG Group Art, this time from Lost in Chaos SCAR, a Pokemon TTRPG streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim
Art by Rdy
This is Squirrel the Dragon/Fighting Riolu, played by https://linktr.ee/Ra_Zim
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #LostinChaosSCAR #ZGFGaming #SquirrelRaZim #drackal #hybrid #kobold #pokemon #riolu #anthro #male #blackscales #paws
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More fanart done by our talented Rdyjin, this time featuring Pyroclast from Lost in Chaos SCAR at https://www.twitch.tv/ra_zim
Art by Rdy
Pyroclast is played by Gimund
#furry #furryart #ZGFArt #Rdy #pyroclastlostinchaos #edgepyroclast #pokemon #charmeleon #honedge #slashing #actionpose #blackscales #blueeyes #whitescales #claws #flamingtail #horn #male #malemale #slice #2024 #fanart
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Allegaeon – The Ossuary Lens Review
By Maddog
Allegaeon’s six albums have received tumultuous marks in these halls. After their fantastic 2010 debut Fragments of Form and Function broke the score counter, Allegaeon sank as low as a 2.0 for 2016’s Proponent for Sentience in the eyes of then-tadpole GardensTale. While their latest outing recovered to a more respectable score, Allegaeon’s techy brand of melodeath has polarized socialites and critics alike. The band excelled with their riffier onslaughts and soaring melodies, but fell for the forbidden fruit of proggy excess. The Ossuary Lens showcases a leaner, meaner Allegaeon. I won’t be listening to it in a decade, but it’s a worthy soundtrack for today.
Allegaeon have trimmed their bloat but not their ambitions. For the uninitiated, Allegaeon’s brand of death metal resembles a noodlier Arsis, with its melodicism matched only by its technicality. That said, Allegaeonites will recall that these Coloradans would rather cover Yes or Rush than classic death metal. Allegaeon’s career has sometimes descended into a vulgar display of prog, combining protracted tracks with a penchant for flamenco breaks. These proggy elements live on, as Allegaeon gallops from punchy riffs to melodic leads to clean jams and back again. However, The Ossuary Lens displays newfound restraint. At 45 minutes, this is the band’s shortest album by a full eight minutes. Allegaeon’s escapades no longer leave a salty aftertaste, and the band’s forays into other genres no longer feel like pleas for a yardstick. The Ossuary Lens preserves its identity without getting lost in its own reflection.
Accordingly, The Ossuary Lens hits across both its bigly riffs and its creative tangents. The album’s fierier cuts are a refreshing return to form, with “The Swarm” reviving Elements of the Infinite’s infectious riffcraft. As hoped, these sections still ooze technicality, as guitarists Greg Burgess and Michael Stancel dominate their fretboards even in their most explosive moments. Meanwhile, Allegaeon’s genre-bending experiments feel creative but not overwrought. Most notably, “Dark Matter Dynamics” pulls a First Fragment stunt of seamlessly transitioning between jubilant strumming (courtesy of Adrian Bellue) and formidable death metal melodies. Indeed, The Ossuary Lens hits hardest when these forces unite. For instance, “Carried by Delusion” voyages from serene melodies to Revocation worship to blackened tremolos to upbeat bass and guitar solos to downcast crunchy riffs, eviscerating both my heartstrings and my neck. The Ossuary Lens’ moderation goes a long way. Rather than clobbering the listener with decades-long Spanish guitar jams, The Ossuary Lens presents its creative side through measured four-minute tracks. Tech, prog, melody, and home sweet death metal unite into a potent concoction.
While each piece of The Ossuary Lens is impressive in isolation, the album sometimes loses my interest. One reason is its lack of climactic moments. During tracks like “Scythe” and “Wake Circling Above,” I zoned out and had to abuse the rewind button, because there weren’t enough valleys, buildups, and peaks to keep me engaged. Another reason is sequencing; while the five middle tracks from “Driftwood” through “Dark Matter Dynamics” shine, the bookends fall short. The most predictable reason is production. Despite aiming for creativity and dynamism in their songwriting, Allegaeon continues to brickwall their albums into tepid gruel. As a result, The Ossuary Lens often loses my focus despite its seemingly manageable length. Conversely, the album’s highlights show how it’s done. Most strikingly, “Driftwood” has colonized my brain with a soulful mix of melodeath and metalcore that recalls Venom Prison. With highs this high, it’s a shame that The Ossuary Lens often slips into uniformity.
Allegaeon is a relatively new band, but they inspire nostalgia. I vividly recall pimply nights with the addictive Fragments of Form and Function. I still think that “Accelerated Evolution” and “Genocide for Praise” are two of the greatest album closers of this millennium. And the iconic 2014 music video for “1.618” sealed Allegaeon’s place in my heart forever. Measured against Allegaeon’s first three albums, The Ossuary Lens falls short, hampered by its dearth of standout moments. Still, it isn’t a stinker. It still bangs; it still shreds; it still progs. Warts and all, it earns its keep.
Rating: Good
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 256 kbps mp3
Label: Metal Blade Records
Websites: allegaeon.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/Allegaeon
Releases Worldwide: April 4th, 2025Iceberg
Allegaeon are something of a known quantity around here, having been nodded at by Steel, eviscerated by GardensTale, and patched up by Cherd. The Colorado crew helmed by guitarist Greg Burgess have amassed a legion of rabid followers (who are sure to raise a ruckus in the comment section) for their signature style of Gothenburg-meets-tech-death. I’ll admit to being a fan of 2016’s Proponent for Sentience, one of the first reviews I read on this site, but got lost amidst the dense material of Apoptosis and frankly didn’t even give Damnum a shot. Allegaeon’s latest LP, The Ossuary Lens, sees the return of original vocalist Ezra Haynes and a much-welcomed stripped-down runtime, two intriguing changes in my book. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been excited about an Allegaeon release, can The Ossuary Lens be the record to change that?
Allegaeon’s style of melo-tech-death needs little introduction here, but for those of you who haven’t been following the past decade’s worth of drama, I’ll provide the CliffsNotes. Sweeping, scalar guitar riffs courtesy of Burgess and Michael Stancel form the backbone of most tracks, and the dual guitars make for an indulgent offering of solos (“Driftwood,” “Wake Circling Above”). The drums here, while dripping with modern production sheen, are compelling and energetic without being overly technical, a sincere compliment for Jeff Saltzman. Allegaeon have never strayed from highlighting their bass players, and standout moments in “Chaos Theory” and “Carried by Delusion” show Brandon Michael has as much a command of melody as he does of relentless, galloping rhythms. Ezra Haynes, of Elements of the Infinite fame, comes roaring back to life on The Ossuary Lens, employing a gritty death roar alongside commendable clean vocals on “Driftwood” and “Wake Circling Above.” The performances on The Ossuary Lens are everything one would come to expect from a band nearly two decades into their career, and make for a wholly engaging listening experience.
Allegaeon albums tend to have similar issues holding them back, and the band have largely addressed them on The Ossuary Lens. First and foremost is the 45-minute runtime, a nearly 25% reduction in music from their last three records. The renewed focus on editing shines, with tracks that hit fast and get out of the way while still managing to be memorable (“The Swarm,” “Imperial”). This represents the first major improvement in The Ossuary Lens; Allegaeon have not only figured out that less is more, but they’ve also magnified the parts that work. Sing-along melodeath choruses lurk throughout the album (“Driftwood,” “Dies Irae”) but none so impactful as penultimate track “Wake Circling Above.” Clearly the best Insomnium track released this year, Allegaeon’s ode to all things Gothenburg is a monumental testament to what this band can do when they stop doing so much and let the music dictate the song’s course.
The hits don’t stop there. The Ossuary Lens takes a while to really get moving, with the first three tracks treading familiar territory. But then comes “Dies Irae,” a barnburner that incorporates the three-note musical motif for the Dies Irae text of the Requiem Mass, a nice music nerd Easter Egg that only enhances the ripping triplet-infused breakdown sitting in the song’s center. And Burgess’ requisite flamenco guitar, something sorely overused in Proponent for Sentience, is here condensed into the driving groove of “Dark Matter Dynamics,” a powerfully infectious rhythm ripped straight from a Rodrigo y Gabriela record, or the breath-before-the-plunge moments of the darkly harrowing “Carried by Delusion.” Whereas previous Allegaeon records were dense, academic affairs that required shoveling through noise and notes to discern, The Ossuary Lens presents a barebones masterclass on Allegaeon’s modus operandi.
This isn’t to say that The Ossuary Lens is infallible. Early tracks “Chaos Theory” and “Driftwood” are technically proficient, but fail to reach the emotional highs of the rest of their brethren. Final track “Scythe,” while holding some excellent verse grooves, feels underbaked after the astonishing “Wake Circling Above,” and its cropped ending leaves the album on more of a question mark than a statement. And there’s the lingering issue of the DR5 master and production, which, while not as obscene as earlier records, is still crushed and fatiguing. But overall, The Ossuary Lens represents a massively successful repositioning for the Coloradoans, making it one of my favorite spins of the year for its precision, refinement, and memorability. If Allegaeon continue on this trajectory, we may see their best work yet just over the horizon.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
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Es gibt so viele Gründe zum Heulen, dass der #Weltschmerz schier überfordert ist mit der Entscheidung, welchen er beweint. Aber ich glaube, heute sind es die Worte von Irmgard Braun-Lübcke, der Witwe von #WalterLübcke, die mir immer wieder die Tränen in die Augen treiben. #merzFail #merz
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Warum so viele ältere Menschen bei Radunfällen in Deutschland verletzt werden? Weil die Fähigkeit die Fehler der Autofahrer durch Reaktionsschnelle und vorausschauenden Überblick auszugleichen im Alter abnimmt.
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Lauter Himmelfahrtskommandos am Vatertag.
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Zeitlich hängt die Schmuddelwerbungs-Häufung übrigens recht auffällig mit der Venedig-Biennale-Berichterstattung zusammen. Vielleicht bin ich ein Florentine-Holzinger-Algorithmusopfer?
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Ich dachte META wäre so Kompromisslos bei Nacktheit? Ich bekomme auf Insta z.Zt. viel Schmuddelwerbung (z.T. explizit), die so gar nicht zu "hier darfst Du auf keinen Fall was mit Brustwarzen Posten!!!" passen will.
Nervt tierisch und hatte ich bisher noch nicht. Wahrscheinlich gelten für bezahlte Werbung gaaaanz andere Regeln...
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Scheissromantisch, hier. Sieht ja aus, wie im Film. Also tatsächlich.
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Scheissromantisch, hier. Sieht ja aus, wie im Film. Also tatsächlich.
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Hat Merz eigentlich wegen der Einreise- und Aufenthaltsverbote schon den Botschafter der USA einbestellt?
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The importance of flight data can't be overstated.
"Lost in the chaos is just how successful Musk has been at suppressing that real-time flight data on the internet. In so doing, he’s taking aim at an incredibly valuable source of information—which has helped researchers, journalists, and experts with everything from tracking Russian oligarchs to investigating the fate of missing aircraft to tracking down international hitmen"
Story by Justin Ling on WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-elonjet-flight-tracker-transparency/
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Wow! The Gaslamp Killer is back - together with Jason Wool.
Their album is not even released yet - "just" 2 teasers.
But I already think my personal "Album of the year" has finally found me. This really happens like once a year when I'm 5 seconds in and think... WOW. Next track, 5s in, WOW.
Let's just focus at the first prereleased track "Chaos in the Brain":
What starts like a smooth St Germain coffee bar feel good track from the 90s soon develops into a strange Brazil space jazz alike something something, complete with the typical Gaslamp Killer monosynth 70s arps getting lost in the void. Full of sparkling ideas, even refreshing in this current summer heat. Cocktail jazzy as hell still.
WHAT A TRACK.
Listen for yourself.
https://thegaslampkiller.bandcamp.com/album/ananda
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To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to #Balaji #Srinivasan.
Before you do, steel yourself for what’s to come:
A normal person could easily mistake his rambling train wrecks of thought for a crackpot’s ravings,
but influential Silicon Valley billionaires regard him as a genius“Balaji has the highest rate of output per minute of good new ideas of anybody I’ve ever met,” wrote Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the V.C. firm Andreessen-Horowitz,
in a blurb for Balaji’s 2022 book, The Network State: How to Start a New Country.The book outlines a plan for tech plutocrats to exit democracy and
establish new sovereign territories.I mentioned Balaji’s ideas in two previous stories about Network State–related efforts in California
—a proposed tech colony called California Forever
—and the tech-funded campaign to capture San Francisco’s government.Balaji, a 43-year-old Long Island native who goes by his first name,
has a solid Valley pedigree:
He earned multiple degrees from Stanford University,
founded multiple startups,
became a partner at Andreessen-Horowitz
and then served as chief technology officer at Coinbase.He is also the leader of a cultish and increasingly strident neo-reactionary tech political movement that sees American democracy as an enemy.
In 2013, a New York Times story headlined “Silicon Valley Roused by Secession Call” described a speech in which he
“told a group of young entrepreneurs that the United States had become ‘the Microsoft of nations’: outdated and obsolescent.”“The speech won roars from the audience at Y Combinator, a leading start-up incubator,” reported the Times.
Balaji paints a bleak picture of a dystopian future in a U.S. in chaos and decline,
but his prophecies sometimes fall short.Last year, he lost $1 million in a public bet after wrongly predicting a massive surge in the price of Bitcoin.
Still, his appetite for autocracy is bottomless.
Last October, Balaji hosted the first-ever Network State Conference.#Garry #Tan
—the current Y Combinator CEO who’s attempting to spearhead a political takeover of San Francisco
—participated in an interview with Balaji and cast the effort as part of the Network State movement.Tan, who made headlines in January after tweeting
“die slow motherfuckers”
at local progressive politicians, frames his campaign as an experiment in “moderate” politicsBut in a podcast interview one month before the conference, Balaji laid out a more disturbing and extreme vision.
What I’m really calling for is something like tech Zionism,” he said,
after comparing his movement to those started by the biblical Abraham, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith
(founder of Mormonism), Theodor Herzl (“spiritual father” of the state of Israel), and Lee Kuan Yew (former authoritarian ruler of Singapore).Balaji then revealed his shocking ideas for a tech-governed city where citizens loyal to tech companies would form a new political tribe
clad in gray t-shirts.“And if you see another Gray on the street … you do the nod,” he said, during a four-hour talk on the Moment of Zen podcast. “You’re a fellow Gray.”
The Grays’ shirts would feature “Bitcoin or Elon or other kinds of logos …
Y Combinator is a good one for the city of San Francisco in particular.”Grays would also receive special ID cards providing access to exclusive, Gray-controlled sectors of the city.
In addition, the Grays would make an alliance with the police department, funding weekly “policeman’s banquets” to win them over.
“Grays should embrace the police, okay?
All-in on the police,” said Srinivasan.“What does that mean? That’s, as I said, banquets.
That means every policeman’s son, daughter, wife, cousin, you know, sibling, whatever, should get a job at a tech company in security.”#NetworkState #grayshirts
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Khazhaeim ya Ullmahei (2019)
Avatars are celestial beings that somewhat embody, and are the "anchor" or "source" for specific kinds of an innate magical ability called "mancies".
Khazhaeim, being the Avatar of Domination, was the source of psychomancy; the ability to directly control people's minds. She herself used this power on a galactic scale, imposing her will across dozens of civilizations at once. Her mistake was extending this reach across realities, where, in one not too dissimilar to ours, a seed of revolt against the tyrant grew through her neural web of control.
Importantly, Khazhaeim was also what is known as a "universal constant"; a being who exists simultaneously in (nearly) all possible realities, and in many cases, is psychically linked to their alternates.
Through careful, quiet communication snuck across her own subconscious, the innumerable civilizations she held under her forged a plan to briefly disrupt her control, and in that tiny window of opportunity, wage a minutes-long war against her across hundreds, perhaps thousands of realities at once.
Many entire civilizations were lost in the ensuing chaos, as not everyone was able to successfully interrupt the control, but regardless, Khazhaeim was no more. Her simultaneous deaths across numerous realities unleashed a psychic shockwave on all those she had control over, and even some she didn't, stunting their overall growth for thousands of years. But still, she was dead.There are... faint rumors, however... that she may have planted a seed before she was assassinated. A seed with part of her soul in it... After all, psychomancy may not exist anymore, but neuromancy does, and it is unsettlingly similar in function...
#slitherscribbles #kittyverse #Khazhaeim #zygotian