Notices by Jake in the desert (jake4480@c.im)

Next Bandcamp Friday is this upcoming Friday - March 6. I've been grabbing a thing or two since the last one in because I couldn't wait for a few things.. But I do love giving artists all the money, and I'll be grabbing at least a thing or two on Friday. Have plans to grab anything of your own?

https://isitbandcampfriday.com

#Bandcamp #BandcampFriday #IndieMusic

@dmandl it's probably one of these. 😂

Art by Bread Nugent. This one's for sale here: https://breadnugent.bigcartel.com/product/oh-deer

#art #BreadNugent #AI #FuckAI

Those 'conversation pits' from the 70s totally need to make a comeback

#design #architecture #retro #RetroDesign #70s #InteriorDesign #style #vintage

Vultures don't spread disease, and they don't circle because they're waiting for things to die -- they're just riding thermals
https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/why-do-vultures-circle

#vultures #birds #science

@killyourfm a rebel without a clue. Indeed. 🔥

@lain @kaia second porkbun

"..that old web, the small web, the indie web, whatever you want to call it, it still exists, it will still exist! People haven't stopped making websites, people haven't stopped blogging earnestly (i.e. not just for ad views), they (we) are still out there! Posting away on our little web sites, not really caring that we don't get a lot of traffic.."

Great piece by @roytang: https://roytang.net/2025/06/web-explorer

#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #blogs #blogging #RSS #PersonalWebsites #OldWeb #SmolWeb #internet #future

2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist photos 😍 https://www.popsci.com/environment/2025-ocean-photographer-of-the-year-finalists

#nature #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography

Webrings are still around, and @sarajw tipped me off to this large, essentially comprehensive list of them, here: https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm. This site lists over 400 webrings that are linked to over 16,000 websites total. Any kind of interest you may have, you'll probably be able to find a webring for it here.

The same site also has a great history of webrings, what they are, and how they started, here: https://brisray.com/web/webring-history.htm

#webring #webrings #WebHistory #InternetHistory

@inthehands ha! Well, lately they've found so many more advantages with mental health (that some people have always known) but yeah, who knows. It's already been vilified to hell in the USA but maybe in the future, less so. Still can't believe cannabis got legalized here in certain states.. hey, I ain't complaining haha

In a new study, psilocybin extends life of human cells by 50% 🤯 https://www.sciencealert.com/psilocybin-extends-life-of-human-cells-by-50-in-wild-new-study

#science #psychedelics #psilocybin #fungi #biology

Indie game devs who have made roguelikes, have them on Steam and want to be in the Steam Sale that @roguelike_con is doing in October (you don't have to be a speaker at their conference to get your game in the sale!) - the form must be filled out by August 1, and it's here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevmBmBZplGJxQY0Q8Ry0S8zFbTOJFN641nF1GuIg47MBPpKA/viewform

#IndieGames #roguelikes #IndieGameDev #GameDev #roguelike #Steam #SteamSale #SteamSales

Running Man trailer out! Might have to make it to theaters for this one. Glen Powell, Michael Cera and William H Macy? Wow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD18ddeFuyM

#movies #TheRunningMan #StephenKing #film #films #2025Movies #2025Films #SciFi

Anyone who's into riffy, doomy psych, stoner or heavy stuff (& some wild kinda mix-obscured vocals), you'll wanna check what I have #NowPlaying.

Rimouski, Québec's RIFFCHILD put out this ridiculous LP this year I keep coming back to, I believe @wendigo is fan as well. Maybe ffo Dozer, Fu Manchu, Sleep, Monster Magnet, Sabbath or something. Pumpkins tones? Some killer guitar shit, that's for sure.

https://riffchild.bandcamp.com/album/sun-will-follow

#doom #psych #stoner #riffs #Quebec #QuebecBands #PsychRock #StonerRock #Canada #CanadianBands #2025Albums #2025Records @HailsandAles @rtw @derthomas @skullvalanche @Banur @Rob

@captainarcee yesss I don't have time to try it on my phone yet but I put it on there and I'm imagining how the controls are gonna work, it's gonna be wild to see 😂 thinking about trying to connect a controller via Bluetooth for it.

Sega is discontinuing support for 9 retro games that were ported to iOS and Android years ago -they've made them all free and removed in-app purchases. I just grabbed Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe Classics, Super Monkey Ball - check out the list here and grab them in the app stores asap before they disappear, there's Streets of Rage and Sonic too, etc: https://www.theverge.com/news/688167/sega-retro-games-forever-program-free-download-ios-android-crazy-taxi-sonic

#SEGA #MobileGames #CrazyTaxi #GoldenAxe #MonkeyBall #StreetsOfRage #SonicTheHedgeHog #iOS #Android #RetroGaming #SegaGenesis #SegaMegaDrive #iOSGames #AndroidGames

#NowPlaying one of the greatest songs ever written
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA

Ctrl-ZINE is an independent smol web project, and its Issue 17 Vol. 2 happens to contain pieces by two of my favorite people on the fediverse. @rootcompute has a great piece here about his time on and thoughts about the fediverse, and @ttntm wrote a love letter to one of my own favorite games here, Diablo II.

Free PDF to read/download: https://ctrl-c.club/~singletona082/zine/2024/Ctrl-ZINE.Issue.17.pdf

#SmolWeb #fediverse #DiabloII #Diablo #zine #zines #FreeZine #FreeZines #TechZines #CtrlZINE #PDF #PDFs #decentralization #decentralized #fedi

Any time I hear anyone say 'content' or 'consume' when they're talking about looking at art or listening to music or watching a film, I instantly tune out and have no interest in what they have to say. When people think of things in those terms, it's gross and I'm out. Don't do that. Don't call it 'consuming' 'content'. Don't use that phony, bullshit lingo. Call it what it is-- art, music, or film and that you're viewing it, or listening to it, or watching it. Be a human. Not a corporation.