A crumbling western ghost town beneath a brooding, reddish sky. In the foreground is a tilted, scorched 'Welcome to Las Vegas' sign. 'Las Vegas' has been replaced with 'Facebook.' The Mark Zuckerberg metaverse avatar's face has been superimposed over the starburst motif at the sign's top.

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   Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 06:59:39 JST Cory Doctorow

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   Someday, we'll all take comfort in the internet's "dark corners"

   This one combines three sources: a public domain image of the Las Vegas sign, a CC 0 image of a western ghost-town, and a fair use gank of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar. I spent a lot of time hand-cropping the blades of grass around the sign's footing to create the illusion that it was planted in the ground. I'm also pretty happy with the dirt effect I managed on the sign.

   https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/23/evacuate-the-platforms/#let-the-platforms-burn

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