teacherbuknoy

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Your favorite web developer's favorite web developer.

I am a super graphic ultra modern Filipino who makes things on the web and teaches other Filipinos to do the same. I produce content for @antaresphdev

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- Religious trauma as an ex-Jehovah's Witness
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- Philippine politics
- Living alone

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Surprise! My website releases one week earlier! It goes live tomorrow, June 20 at 12 MN Philippine Standard Time. I can't wait for you all to see it, I worked very hard for this revamp and I hope you like it!

Here are some images to tease you (I read on some marketing blog that you gotta have teasers of some kind 🤣). Can you figure out the lore I wrote for this one? I know it's very extra but whatever!!!

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A mysterious visionary leaning forward in a light blue dress shirt and black tie, exuding sharp focus and quiet confidence. His raised hand suggests he's scanning the horizon, eyes fixed on something ahead. That same mysterious visionary echoing the same pose in a bolder transformation—draped in leather, mesh, and chains, with fierce makeup and piercings. The gaze remains intense, but now charged with unapologetic edge and raw attitude.
Francis Rubio francisrub.io returns june 20, 2025 A web designer, developer, and educator from the Philippines

Sassa Gurl comes with another banger concept.

"Kaya siguro hinubog ni capital H-I-M ang tao sa abo dahil alam niyang hindi dito matatapos ang mga bading. Alam niyang sa putikan kami tunay na mahuhubog at sa kalsada mabubuo."

Kami ang tinatawag na mga BAKLANG KANAL!"

Sassa Gurl stands at the front of a crowded room with green walls and a damaged ceiling, wearing a patterned dress and holding a cigarette. The muddy floor is strewn with scattered furniture, a television, a fan, and various people in costumes, including angel wings and high heels.

Stupid Love, the album's lead single, misleads the public by being different in sound and lyrics from the rest of the album. Its music video is among the least liked among the fans, owing to it being shot with an iPhone in partnership with Apple for the campaign.

Despite that, the music video's low fidelity matched the concept design of it referencing art direction from Power Rangers and Sailor Moon from the 80s and 90s.

Title card for the music video of Stupid Love by Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga and her dance team in bright pink in the desert. A camera man is shown holding a bunch of videography equipment, with an iPhone attached to it instead of a profesisonal camera.

If anyone asks me, "which Lady Gaga music video should I watch to get an idea of what she does?" the answer is this:

The 911 Short Film (youtu.be/58hoktsqk_Q). Inspired by the art film The Color of Pomegranates, goes through a psychotic dream, watching a scene of her life in a distorted dreamscape.

I won't spoil the reveal, but if you are looking for something to watch while you eat, you gotta add this to your watch list.

Lady Gaga and Michael Bassano in the 911 Short Film.
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Before the day ends, happy birthday to Lady Gaga's 6th studio album, Chromatica! This is by far the best album cover she's had, and probably ever will have. Her fans may have a lot of conflicting opinions about her music or how she's steering the wheels in promos, but this album cover united all of us.

The album cover for Chromatica features Lady Gaga suspended in a futuristic, cyberpunk-inspired setting, encased within a metallic, pink-hued structure resembling a dystopian portal. She is dressed in a striking ensemble of black leather and armor-like accessories, with bold makeup and an intense gaze, embodying the album’s themes of resilience and transformation. The background is textured with industrial elements, including wires and metallic surfaces, reinforcing the album’s aesthetic of a synthetic yet emotional world.

When came to the as part of her Born This Way Ball Tour in 2012, she was met with protests from religious groups criticizing her use of religious and sexual imagery, calling it obscene and disrespectful to their faith. She was warned not to perform her song Judas and to change some of her wardrobe for the concert or she will get arrested, to which she answered:

"I am not a creature of your government, Manila."

She has not been back to the country since.

Lady Gaga at the Born This Way Ball Tour, performing her song Highway Unicorn (Road to Love). Religious groups from the Philippines gesturing a thumbs down at Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball Tour.
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I'm in the mood for some drama, kaya nag-post ako ng sagot about sa bagong narrative ng mga DDS against Bam Aquino and the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.

Tapos nilagay ko as CC ang tita ko para lumabas sa feed ng mga DDS naming kamag-anak na hindi ko in-accept ang friend request. 🤣

Francis Rubio on Facebook: Kung hindi yan pinansin ni Duterte, magiging batas pa rin yan after 30 days. Walang ambag si Duterte jan kundi pirma niya para mas mabilis maging batas ang bill na si Bam Aquino ang author. cc: Robina Rubio
Malubhang pagmumura

Tangina pet peeve ko talaga yung mga bading na sobra ang pagka-"pick me" eh what do you mean you don't vote based on your sexuality nuknukan ka ba ng tanga lahat to para sa approval ng mga straggots kingina mo

Nikki Zhang on Facebook: "I am bi, yes I am gonna say it straight, but I am not going to use my sexuality as a basis of voting. I am voting what is good for the general public and the future of other people. And maybe in the future, a day or two, our rights to wed the same gender will be allowed by the same people who set the stone."

Look at this app I screenshot. Gnome also does this where the screenshot only takes a window and adds a drop shadow behind it. Now if only Windows also does this omg.

Ivory app on macOS.

Another look that needs time to cook comes from A$AP Rocky. Leaning on the more simple side, he looks like a dad on his way to get his kids from school on a rainy day. But make no mistake, this is a detail-focused look. His hair, his accessories, and even the umbrella is studded! And what's more, it fits the theme.

A$AP Rocky rocks our fifth 🟢 Toot! of the thread.

Asap Rocky in an oversized black coat on top of a black vest that covers a white undershirt with black tie. His collar is embellished with a fractal-style necklace of silver and diambonds. He holds a black umbrella whose handle is styled to look similar to a gun and the rest of the umbrella's stem is studded with crystals.

Ego Nwodim serving structural elegance in this glam dandy office look. She's like if your CEO was Effie Trinket from the hunger games. Gorgeous. 🟢 TOOT!

Ego Nwodim wearing a black cropped suit on top of a corset-like bodice that extends into a puffed up short skirt. She wears a pair of trousers underneath with a pair of glossy red stilletos.

Zendaya's taking it, I fear. Leaning towards the more simple styles, Zendaya evokes a mysterious side with this all-white outfit. This actually reminds me of a Michael Jackson look. 🟢 TOOT!

Zendaya wearing a wide-brimmed white hat, a cinched tuxedo on top of a white shirt and white satin tie.

Kendall Jenner. This is cute. I would wear this, honestly. But it isn't on the level of others in here just because of how she's wearing the outfit; I don't feel any kind of being drawn into the look. So this is a 🤔 Noot.

Kendall Jenner wearing a dark gray cinched suit and a long tight skirt.

Ayo Edebiri. The play with textures is impeccable! She's got leather, she's got cotton (?) she's got a sheer black pair of gloves, then she has that beadwork…

🟢 TOOT!

Ayo Edebiri is bringing bold elegance with a structured white gown adorned in dramatic red beadwork that loops down the torso and flows to the floor, creating a striking contrast. Paired with a sleek black coat featuring exaggerated shoulders and satin lapels, the whole look is powerful, modern, and unapologetically fashion-forward.

Raúl Domingo. This is giving 80s disco! He's like what would Daphne from Scooby-Doo look like if she was a man. Love it. Would wear it. Would be happy to wear it. A 🟢 Toot!

Raúl Domingo wwearing an all-purple ensemble of tux and trousers with a bow around his neck.

Rihanna debuts her latest baby bump instead of a new album in this year's Met Gala.

As always, no notes for the queen of the Met Gala. This is a 🟢 TOOT!

Rihanna wearing an oversized black hat, a cropped black suit on top of a denim body suit with a long pencil-cut skirt with a slit.

Pharrell Williams. You may say the devil is in the details for this look. This is a meh on first glance, but the longer you look the better it gets. Notice the cut of his trousers, or how his coat is almost like a chain mail material, or how he is wearing gold teeth to match his gold earrings and the gold accents on his sunglass.

This is a look that needs some time to cook. It's the tea that needs steeping. This is a 🟢 Toot!

Pharrell Williams

A battle between Lady Gaga (played by a body double in white) and Mistress Mayhem (played by Lady Gaga in black). The entire scene plays out as a game of chess as she sings Poker Face.

A battle between a lady in white (on the left) and her team in black against Lady Gaga as Mistress Mayhem (on the right) and her team in white.

There is this circulating image of what appears to be 's stage in today's Coachella. I'm taking this with a huge grain of salt, because the last time she did something like this was back in 2011 during the Born This Way Ball Tour where she had a fucking castle as a stage. 😭

An under-construction structure made of a concrete-like material. The structure consists of corinthian pillars and angel gargoyles. The image is taken from outside a set of barricades.

And my queen Amihan, Kylie Padilla, finally free from the clutches of that bitch ass man and infamous hotdog endorser Aljur Abrenica 💀 I used to pray for times like this 😭 and Amihan's new costume looks fire!!!

Kylie Padilla reprising her role as Amihan in the upcoming Philippine TV series Sang'gre.

Rhian Ramos playing some kind of an ice queen villain! I just know she will body this role 🤯 And it's about damn time. When the original Encantadia trilogy finished, they planned a follow-up series that would've included her in the cast. So happy to finally see her after more than a decade.

Rhian Ramos playing an ice queen villain in Sang'gre.

Bianca fucking Umali!!!! She seems to be playing Danaya's daughter and another guardian of the Earth Gem. When they revealed the cast a few years ago, I couldn't care less about anyone else except her!

Bianca Umali wearing a mask and having glowing brown eyes in Sang'gre.

is currently facing a copyright/trademark lawsuit because the font she used for her new album MAYHEM is very similar to another "Mayhem" brand, possibly causing this sudden change in the aesthetic of the era.

And I am loving the new one. This is really bringing the chaotic vibe considering, despite being a devout Catholic, Gaga had historically been shunned by the Catholic church and other Christian denominations..

Billboards for Lady Gaga's upcoming MAYHEM concert in Rio de Janeiro. The billboards are mostly sepia/monochromatic with fonts that give vintage vibes as in 50s to 60s. First billboard says "Welcome to MAYHEM. Dance or die!". The second one is a photo of Lady Gaga in her Abracadabra "Lady in Red" costume with the text "MAYHEM will SAVE you. 04/11 & 04/18." The third one is similar to the second with the text "MAYHEM has SAVED you / No return." Christian billboards that Lady Gaga seems to be copying. First panel is a popout image of Jesus stuck to a billboard with the text "Jesus is coming soon! Are YOU read? Call UPtown 1-8980." The second one is an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the text "Jesus I trust in you." The third one is another image of Jesus with the text "June is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Christ is King!"

Sorry, may pahabol! 🤣 This is a look that's soooo bad we just gotta get it in 🤣

I don't care for the guy, just another boring suit-wearing man on the red carpet. But Francine Diaz omg. What the hell is up with that wig 😭💀

Francine Diaz wearing a very obviously stiff wig on the red carpet.

So... June is around the corner, which means my website's Pride March design refresh is also around the corner. I wanted to share a sneak peek into the footer I made for the new website.

I initially planned on just including a badge from notbyai.fyi/ like I do now in the current iteration of my website. But I decided I wanna be Woke™ about it so I can shoo away yucky people.

A snapshot of my work-in-progress website design refresh. It features my new logo and the following disclaimer in bold: "Designed, created, produced, developed*, photographed, edited, and reviewed by an actual human being." The disclaimer includes a fine print: "Okay, some of my VS Code extensions use LLMs for like git commit commit messages and stuff, but I swear this wasn't built through yucky vibe coding."
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Kicking the second part with two of our Pinoy Pop Culture Icons, Sharon Cuneta and Melai Cantiveros.

I guess talagang walang ningning ang bituin ni Ms Sharon for this ball because this dress does NOTHING for her. 🛑 Boot!

Momshie Mels, you're not exactly famous for your fashion choices, but I've seen you in better looks than this. This is a safe 🤔 Noot.

Sharon Cuneta in a nude-colored dress and Melai Cantiveros in a black ball gown with floral prints.

Up next is Kai Montinola from Pinoy Big Brother Gen11. I've never been a fan of corsets with exposed bones as bodice, but the fluff skirt is doing wonders for this look. This is a soft ✨ toot.

Also, the colors of the skirt is *heavily* reminiscent of the lesbian flag. Is she, you know—🌈?

Kai Montinola in a ball gown. The bodice is a nude-colored corset with exposed bones, while the skirt is a bouffant-style fluff of nudes and pinks.

So happy that several *men* turned up with something more! Jarren Garcia came with Kai Montinola on this night wearing a leather suit with a long-ass train that makes it a suit-cloak hybrid. The pants is of the same leather as his suit. His cream shirt underneath his suit is knitted (I think) and totally pulls this look together.

This is what men should be doing for these fashion events. Show up and show out!!! ✨ Toot!

Jarren Garcia at the ABS-CBN Ball 2025.

Up next, we have Miss Bella "You think you're funny?" Padilla serving Pechay Baguio realness.

I have no notes, but it doesn't mean I'm impressed. I'm giving this a 🤔 noot.

Bella Padilla in a green backless dress.

Our gymnast icon Carlos Yulo with his partner, resident baddie, and enemy of manipulative money-hungry stage moms, Chloe San Jose.

Carlos Yulo's suit is… hmm… let's just say it's confusing. It's not long enough to be traditional, and not short enough to be interesting. This is a 🤔 noot.

Chloe's look is simplistic, save for the fur* in her back, with the studded straps making it more interesting. But what saves this look is her hair!!! I'm giving this a modest ✨ toot.

*Those are feathers 😆

Carlos Yulo wearing an all-cream suit and pants. Chloe San Jose wearing a backless long gown decorated with fur at her back. Her hair is dark burgundy, with her bangs colored almost platinum blonde.

Fresh from being evicted last week from the Big Brother house is AC Bonifacio in a velvet two-piece.

Consider this your second eviction because this is a Boot! 😡

AC Bonifacio wearing a black velvet top to cover her bust area and a long skirt of the same fabric. She has an oversized golden flower blossom as her centerpiece around her chest.

VICE GANDA. Trust a queer person to bring camp to any and every function because why did everyone come in evening glam only for Meme Vice to arrive in bright colors looking like a peafowl??

A magnanimous ✨ toot!!!

Vice Ganda in an outfit that can only be described as a more glamorous and fabulous blue and fuschia version of the Big Bird. Attached to their right hip is an oversized pink bow.

Dominic Roque serving ✨ Nothing ✨ with the glamorous Sue Ramirez studded in a chain-mail-style long dress made of pearls.

Sue's long dress is just enough of a see-through to make out her black underwear underneath. I like the provocativeness of it in contrast with her overall old Hollywood aesthetic. This is a ✨Toot!

Dominic Roque: 🛑 Boot! Gtfo.

Dominc Roque in a very normal, very regular, very typical tux. Sue Ramirez in a fabulous long dress made entirely with pearls, a thick band of pearls as her necklace, dangling pearl earrings, and a pair of sheer white gloves hemmed with at least five rows of pearls.

Julia Barretto and Gerald Anderson.

Julia, I'm sorry, but this looks like one of the makeshift dresses I used to make out of blankets as a kid. 🛑 Boot!

Gerald, this look could've been *something*. Where are the accessories?? Not even a necklace? Or a silver watch? 🛑 Boot!

Julia Barretto in a lavender dress with her hips exposed and a black satin bow in the center of her waist area. Gerald Anderson sporting a burgundy velvet suit on top of a satin purple button-up shirt.

Ian Veneracion. 🛑 Boot!

Richard Gutierrez. You are safe baby. Thank your satin shirt and scarf for that. 🤔 Noot.

Daniel Padilla. DEATH ROW 😡 4 years of solitary confinement for your lawyer, and 10 years of community service for your prosecutor. 🛑 Boot!

Daniel Padilla in a cream suit and pants look. Ian Veneracion wearing a button-up shirt with tropical print underneath a dark grey suit and pants. Richard Gutierrez in an all-brown look.

Paulo Avelino. Hmm sige na nga beh. 🤔 Noot.

Kim Chiu!!! This is probably just my mental image of the actress, but I don't think this type of sexy look suits her. HOWEVER! The dress looks so cunty on her. I think she should've worn a different color of lipstick, my eyes are pulled away from the dress to focus on the sexy deep red lips, which again I don't think suits her. This look is giving a femme fatale vibe. I probably just need to see her more in these. ✨Toot!

Paulo Avelino in a white tux, with its right collar covered with white flowers. Kim Chiu in a long fluid dress made of bronze-colored metallic material. Her sides and her back are exposed, further emphasizing her figure.

Nadine Lustre and Kathryn Bernardo!

Nadine looks like a wife of a business tycoon coming for a vengeance against their business rivals who killed her husband.

Kathryin looks like the wife of the main character who dies of cancer before the story begins now just appears in flashbacks and dreams.

Both a ✨ toot!

Nadine Lustre in a structured flowy pearly white dress. Kathryn Bernardo in a beige sheer long dress.

Cianne Dominguez serving palengke plastic bags realness. I don't know what to make of it. It's like I love it and I hate it at the same time 😭 The dress is very camp and colorful, but nothing else in this look leans into that campiness. 😭

I'm gonna give this a 🤔 Noot.

Cianne Dominguez in a long dress made of sparkly fabric printed with brightly colored red, blue, yellow, and green patterns. The dress has a high slit that exposes her buttocks.

And for our final entry for this thread: Heart Evangelista serving elitist philantropist looking for poor children from the provinces to adopt.

I first saw this look on the red carpet and I thought it looked unappealing, especially with the length of the sleeves. However, this photoshoot brought out the elegance of the look. This is a ✨toot!

Heart Evangelista in a velvet blue backless long gown.

Okay, I change my mind, I just saw Fyang's full look. I thought the tulle part of her dress is like one of those ball gowns, but it's her fucking train styled to look like a ball gown, with the actual skirt part being a tight one. This is wild work.

Fyang is now a full ass ✨ toot!

Fyang in a sparkly blue long gown with a thick pile of tulle in deeper blues as her train that makes it look like she is wearing a bouffant-style ball gown.

Okay, NOW we're talking. Criza Taa. Very interesting presentation. Again, the slit in the middle is not to my liking. However the other choices make up for it. I love how the huge bow she wears as a train also acts as a background for her dress so the curves are emphasized. This is a very flattering look that deserves a ✨ toot!

Criza Taa wearing a gold-studded dress with an oversized oversized bluish-silver satin bow train.

Miss Cherry Pie Picache arriving like a stage mom trying to get her own spotlight, as if she was Gypsy Rose Lee's mother herself 😭

I'm sorry Miss Cherry Pie, I don't think this is a flattering look for you. 🥹 A soft 🛑 boot.

Cherry Pie Picache in a glittery gem-studded nude dress with long sleevs and a hemline that stops a few inches above her knee.

Am I just gay, or is Argel Saycon bringing something to this dining table?? This is such a simple look, there's a huge window for it to be boring—and yet, it isn't!? A soft ✨ toot.

Argel Saycon wearing an ochre coat on top of a white button-up shirt with its first three buttons open to let the viewers a peek of his muscular chest accentuated by a simple silver chain.

Another soft ✨ toot comes from Jameson Blake. Another example of an outfit having a huge window to be boring but is saved by little choices that elevate it. Yes, I am talking about that tulle puff he wears to the side of his neck. The fabric of his suit also gives a very interesting texture.

Jameson Blake in a white double-breasted suit on top of a satin white shirt accentuated with a tulle puff where a bow should be and is placed to the right side of his neck. He wears black pants.

"Nasaan si Fyang?" Eto nandito. Ex-PBB housemates Fyang and JM are serving these looks straight out of a fashion magazine.

Although I recognize the elegance of Fyang's look, I am more drawn to JM's outfit. This is a very interesting take on the typical shirt-tie-suit combo. Firstly, the suit is heavily textured. Then the shirt underneath is tucked into high-waist pants. Then the collar only covers the front part of the bow tie so you see the rest of it go around his neck.

First off, we got Fifth Solomon, director of Drag Race Philippines.

Well... it's cute! srofl It is definitely not ugly, and something I would definitely wear. But if you go through his Instagram, this is one of those on the more (for lack of a better term) simpler side.

A soft ✨ toot for me.

Fifth Solomon wearing an olive-green double-breasted suit on top of a light blue collared shirt and a graphic tie. He wears pants of similar fabric and color to his suit.

Up next we have the queen of all coughs herself, Susan Africa. 🤣 This veteran actress has decades' worth of acting experience and this look reflects that.

I'm gonna say, if someone else wore this, it would be less interesting for me. But on her, it's regal and representative of who she is in the industry, while also giving her a youthful glow because of the cut of the dress.

One thing I don't like is how the slit is in the middle. Kinda looks like an open zipper.

Susan Africa wearing a teal satin gown. The gown hangs on her right shoulder hugging her body with a huge bow of similar fabric on her right hip.

Sorry, I do not know who this baddie is, but she is giving princess! Love the shape of this bodice and the illusion of the sparkles moving toward her right hip instead of the middle. The fluff of tulle at the bottom balances that out by leaning towards the left side. The makeup is also outstandingly simple but gives her a very youthful glow, adding to the work her hair is doing to frame her gorgeous face.

In lilac, she amazingly blends in with the foliage—in such a fabulous way. A full ✨ toot!

A celebrity arriving in a glittery and sparkly lilac gown.

Chutney, bakit natanggal ang kulot ni Tracy Marcinko pagkatapos siyang mabuhusan ng tubig?

"Kasi nabasa."

Tumpak! Dahil hindi ba't ang unang tuntunin ng pangangalaga sa pagpapakulot ay bawal mong basain ang iyong buhok mo nang di-kukulangin sa dalawampu't apat na oras pagkatapos itong kulutin nang hindi matanggal ang ammonium thioglycolate?

From GMA Integrated News: "The first woman to receive a defree from Harvard law school is a Filipina."

Mga "batang 90s" posting talaga, any-any na lang ang post makagawa lang ng pedestal na tutungtungan 💀 posting so loud na para bang hindi totoo ang climate change at iba ang init ngayon kumpara sa init no'ng 10 yrs old kayo nung 1972.

Facebook Post reading: "Mga bata ngayon kapag mainit, suspended klase. Kami noon tanghaling tapat, naggagarden."

I thought the cracked glass on 's MAYHEM cover was an effect added in post, but apparently the entire thing was a literal cracked glass put on top of a distorted photograph that was then shot as is 😭 queen of analog I guess

From the behind-the-scenes of creating the MAYHEM cover, showing a distorted monochrome image of Lady Gaga under a piece of cracked glass.

If anything, this is not new. In 2011, Lady Gaga confessed that the single cover for Judas was created in Microsoft Word then photographed from her Blackberry "for texture".

You can even see her reflection holding her phone up.

The single cover for Judas from Lady Gaga's third studio album Born This Way.

Came across JetBrains' new code editor Fleet to day while looking into customizing my VS Code install. It looks very promising in terms of the design. It reminds me of Obsidian but more… refined, I think? Won't be using this on the regular, but will definitely be checking for updates.

JetBrains Fleet code editor in light mode within the context of a Windows 11 desktop.

Because look at that! It looks like it could last a full week 🤣 and it was very tasty too! Not too sweet, and the avocado and buko pandan are distinct, like you actually taste it.

This is my aunt btw.

My aunt holding her avocado-flavored sago't gulaman. It's in a clear plastic cup that's like almost double the size of a typical iced drink cup.
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