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The #glitchGFXjam has been running for a whole week!
itch.io/jam/glitch-gfx-jam :da_dance:

Have you got your idea(s) going yet? :3

This is month-long #anythingJam focuses on using graphics from the (defunct and open sourced) game Glitch, and is hosted by @atjscreams and me!

Beginner friendly and there's resources listed for easy ways to make your #game or #zine or #ttrpg or whatever!)

itch.ioGlitch GFX JamA game jam from 2025-04-04 to 2025-05-19 hosted by Aldercone Studio & atjscreams. # Welcome to the GLITCH GFX JAM! Use Glitch graphics for your Itch Project! ## The graphics themselves! pngs: https://opengameart.org/content/glitch-s...

OK, Internet hivemind. I want to do a thing I've never actually done before. I want to create an archive of some #PublicDomain information, create a #torrent, and upload the torrent to a tracker.

I have no idea what #tracker to use or even how to find one. Help?

I currently operate a Transmission server that serves up copies of Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS, GNU Image Processor, LibreOffice, and some public domain books, but I got the torrents from other people. I've never made my own torrents.

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@markmccaughrean

The names/trademarks/insignia are definitely protected.

But I thought the content - images etc - couldn't be. Everything created by the US government and its agencies is ineligible for copyright - or at least that's been the common understanding.

The policy page you point to even seems to confirm this:

"NASA content – images, audio, video, and media files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format – generally are not subject to copyright in the United States."

🔔 UPDATE April 2025 🔔

6818 German federal laws and regulations now available #OpenAccess as a comprehensive corpus ⬇️

✅ 42 variables
✅ #OpenAccess
✅ #PublicDomain
✅ Regular snapshots of German federal law from May 2020
✅ Structural diagrams for all laws (dendrogram, sunburst, circlepack)
✅ Formats: XML, CSV, PDF, TXT, EPUB, GraphML

All downloads: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832111

Documentation: zenodo.org/records/15149110/fi

#Law #DigitalHumanities #LawFedi #OpenData #OpenScience #OpenSource #RStats @histodons @rstats @politicalscience @law @sociology

I've just edited together another soundtrack from modern creative commons tracks for an old silent film, this time for a cult surreal short. You can watch it on PeerTube at:

🍿 The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
fedi.video/w/kjjkKYs1k8jZunu8s

You can also check out my previous modern soundtrack edits for silent films:

🍿 Wings (1927)
fedi.video/w/mnxJLqxaS9yejUAnZ

🍿 The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
fedi.video/w/xAuNMvv5h2qVqtLn5

My personal favourite of these is "Wings", especially once you get to the main part of the story.

cc @silentfilm

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I started the #glitchGFXjam today, a day early, because I was extremely sure it started today haha

itch.io/jam/glitch-gfx-jam

It is a month-long #anythingJam focusing on using graphics from the (defunct and open sourced) game Glitch, hosted by @atjscreams and me!

Beginner friendly and there's resources listed for easy ways to make your #game or #zine or #ttrpg or whatever!

itch.ioGlitch GFX JamA game jam from 2025-04-04 to 2025-05-19 hosted by Aldercone Studio & atjscreams. # Welcome to the GLITCH GFX JAM! Use Glitch graphics for your Itch Project! ## The graphics themselves! pngs: https://opengameart.org/content/glitch-s...
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Reminder that the #anythingJam @atjscreams and me are hosting on #itchio starts on Thursday!

itch.io/jam/glitch-gfx-jam

It is a jam focusing on using graphics from the (defunct and open sourced) game Glitch!

Beginner friendly and there's resources listed for easy ways to make your #game or #zine or #music single or whatever!

It is a whole month long so lots of time to make a little thing even :D

itch.ioGlitch GFX JamA game jam from 2025-04-04 to 2025-05-19 hosted by Aldercone Studio & atjscreams. # Welcome to the GLITCH GFX JAM! Use Glitch graphics for your Itch Project! ## The graphics themselves! pngs: https://opengameart.org/content/glitch-s...
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Made three #Pride variations!
- freesvg.org/black-trans-pride-
- freesvg.org/pride-cripplepunk
- freesvg.org/trans-pride-crippl

and its a good day to remember us Aldercones are all #trans and Aldercone one of the ways we are visible! And that like many trans folks of color, are struggling mastodon.art/@aldercone/114230

-- :gay_cactus: