#vats — Public Fediverse posts

Exploring #VATs more and more these days. Wrote my own #OSL shader for #Arnold so we can actually utilise them directly in the render engine itself. I am excited to stress test it more, and see how reliable they are!

#squatters #squatting #punks #Vats #SanFrancisco #history

"Known simply as the Vats, the concrete seven-story building served as a quasi-permitted living and practice space for more than 100 young punks, plus other 'mixed use' tenants like a dominatrix studio and a cannabis advocacy group. Formerly used to store the beer, each cylindrical 'vat' was huge — depending on the source, up to 40 feet long. The band MDC (short for Millions of Dead Cops) held court from the top floor, where they stayed rent free in exchange for keeping a semblance of order amid the punk rock ethos."

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/strangest-200-dollar-apartments-sf-history-20381556.php

While tariffs and value-added taxes seem similar, a VAT would be a more effective, long-term solution for boosting the U.S. economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/04/world/europes-vat-hurts-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #europe #us #trade #euusrelations #tariffs #valueaddedtaxes #vats #donaldtrump