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THE SOVEREIGN ARTIST MANIFESTO

1) Not the camera. The human. Machines replicate pictures; only you make meaning. 2) The feed is a cage; the street is freedom. Close the app. Open the door. Walk until your …

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Satin, Velvet & Rose Gold: A Luxurious Design Palette

Fashion Glamorous designers are playing up satin and velvet as the ultimate luxe fabrics. Runway shows and street style alike feature silky satin gowns and rich velvet blazers in jewel and neutral …

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How ERIC KIM will be able to lift 21x times his body weight

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Lifting 21× Bodyweight: Records, Limits, and Requirements

The idea of lifting 21 times one’s body weight is far beyond any known human feat.  For context, top relative lifts barely reach 5–6× body weight.  Eric Kim (a 75 kg lifter) recently …

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Photography is NOT the future — YOU are.

Here’s the distilled ERIC KIM take: Photography is NOT the future — YOU are. The camera is just a dumb hunk of metal. The future is your mind, your body, your courage, …

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Adult Content on Apple Vision Pro: Availability and Restrictions (Porn)

Apple’s Vision Pro is a high-end mixed‐reality headset running visionOS.  Like Apple’s iPhone and iPad, it inherits Apple’s strict App Store content rules.  Apple’s App Review Guidelines (which apply to visionOS) explicitly …

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