In most cases, I expect that moves like this are by the record company/rightsholders/whoever as a cheap cash-grab rather than the artist themselves. Peter Gabriel is a vocal exception to that.

The origin is one thing, but even a cursory read of lyrics reveals the meaning, which the music video misses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Syme#Controversy_and_criticism

Re: his 2025 Dream Theater album art from that band’s drummer

Thank you! He’s shrugging apathetically because he thinks that’s the most effective thing he can do in response to what’s going on next to him.

They’ve required it since September. You can enter any year from 1900 up to 18 years prior to the current date and gain access. I spam 1999 since it’s the fastest valid number for me to type. It’s tedious but I doubt they’re tracking any of this information since there is no verification and the entries are so frequent per non-signed in user.

Lego’s own website has previously also required a similar age filter in order for adults and kids to proceed to the store or to the play zone, respectively. Some sites ask if you’re over 18 because it is illegal to track certain browsing data for minors in some jurisdictions, plus Lego doesn’t want minors making purchases for toys using their parents’ credit cards.

BrickLink as a business sees itself as a marketplace first and an index second, which is why they want to ensure the users are adults in order to buy or sell. There are no ads on the site, so if you’re not already a buyer or a seller (which require you to specify your age), your boycott means just about nothing to the site.

I don’t like it, but I don’t think it’s as bad as you’re making it out to be.

Thank you! I’m incredibly flattered. It is indeed mine. I was thinking just today of how to go about finding a proper gallery for this.

Side note: Does anybody know why the additional photos are in lower resolution or how to upload them in a way that retains their original resolution?

So bye bye BrickLink! I contacted their customer service and told them that I'll simply avoid the BrickLink website if it requires my birth year. Their loss. If you also disagree with this I encourage you to get in touch with them as well.

That’s pretty much a textbook boycott and call to action.

That website means just about nothing to me

It means enough to you for you to have made this post and to attempt to persuade others to take similar actions.

If you’re only now noticing the age filter, then you’re also not a regular enough site user for them to care if you stay or go.

There is no negative consequence to lying about your year of birth to gain access to the site. The only real problem for users is the routine moment of inconvenience.

Sorry if my title didn’t communicate that clearly but I do agree!

Thank you!

If simple were my style, then I wouldn’t be shoving minidoll legs into a croissant

Neil is proverbially rolling in his grave (I can’t determine if he was cremated or not)

Thanks! No context or backstory — I just made it for the sake of the pun.

Thank you!

I found a high resolution scan of the first page of the Constitution. After deciding on my scale, I superimposed a 78x64 square grid over the scan, as well as a separate 65x64 rectangular grid for when I was building in the vertical dimension. After hemming and hawing for about year about over how to best to depict the paragraph text, I eventually decided that random shaping was the only viable option with the medium. However, using the grids as a reference allowed me to place the larger text, the indentations, new lines, and empty spaces in nearly their precise locations as on the original document.

Side note: the scale wasn’t determined by the text, but rather by needing the thickness of the stripes to be evenly divisible by the width of the brick separator. I opted to be 15% undersized rather than 13% oversized since it would be an easier task plus I thought it would look better scaled to the brick separator.

Thanks! I don’t think any other medium could be nearly as conducive to conveying the critical parts of this piece as Lego is, especially with orange being by far the most common color for the modern brick separator and red being by far the most common color for the crowbar piece.

I don’t see what needs to be edited?

Are you able to determine the density of the powder you have by measuring a known volume and weighing it? And then compare this density to the molar mass of the compounds in question?

Also not quite what you’re asking, but do note that Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Bisglycinate are chemically different even though some brands market them as the same. If you’re taking this for health reasons, Magnesium is the active ingredient and the glycinate helps your body absorb it; bisglycinate is more effective at the absorption but you get significantly less Magnesium per serving/molar mass. Disclaimer: not a doctor/scientist but I have tried and researched both for my own health usage

If you’re concerned about the taste, Mg glycinate/bisglycinate/citrate are all available in pill capsule (and I think flavored gummy?) form.

What was the extent of Syme’s efforts on this? Making each detail and movement, or simply typing what he wanted to see into an image generator? I don’t see it fitting what I’ve seen of his historic style

It was this or a static image of their album cover

The word “or” here is incorrect. Reuploads of the same song is an apparent method to stimulate views and thus get ad revenue. “Between the Wheels”, for example, has

• Static image of album art

• Static image of 2026 super deluxe album art

• AI visualizer 1

• AI visualizer 2

all uploaded through Rush’s official channel

I had also found the modern 2x2 macaroni brick works, but it doesn’t feel good to connect the two since it is a tight squeeze.

Another Threadiverse user has found a few others on the crosspost.