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Does whatever a spider can
National Zoo Pamphlet 1978
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BennyTheIcepick
I don’t think it can be overstated what a profound and immediate effect the 1968 Olympics had on graphic design worldwide, and what a timeless visual language it introduced to the world.
thank you for the link to the full LOC scan! i love that they even used one of the icons as the second "o" of "zoo"
So well done. I just love the subtle-yet-immediately-recognizable distinctions between 'bear' and 'polar bear', or 'swan' and 'goose', 'jaguar' & 'cheetah', etc.
perhaps the most entertaining interview ever
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a swimmer grins broadly at the camera
seriously, read it:
B.C. swimmer crosses the Strait of Georgia in under nine hours — https://www.cbc.ca/radio...
B.C. swimmer crosses the Strait of Georgia in under nine hours — https://www.cbc.ca/radio...
this is so great
What an excellent attitude and sense of humor!
"I guess I thrive on self-loathing."
[gooble gobble]
Top marks.
[gooble gobble]
Top marks.
Kingfisher
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Close-up photo of a small blue and orange bird clinging to a stick; its beak is terrifyingly long and sharp for its size.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in India; photo by Vishesh Kamboj. The person who posted this to Bluesky titled it "Leg press", but it hit my feed as "Knicks in five".
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in India; photo by Vishesh Kamboj. The person who posted this to Bluesky titled it "Leg press", but it hit my feed as "Knicks in five".
see, now *that's* what kingfishers look like. Not the big grey boring north american ones
I've only seen them in the wild a couple of times but the intensity of the blue feathers on their back is extraordinary. Properly stopped me in my tracks in amazement. Beautiful creatures
1930s sample case for a traveling neon salesman
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An open suitcase with lit neon tubes glowing shades of red, orange, green, blue, and yellow.
titled as found: https://www.tumblr.com/notpulpc...
One of the first things I saved to https://mltshp.com/neon !
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)
This looks like it could be a Laura Kampf creation: https://www.youtube.com/@laurakampf
What fresh hell is this?
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a hand holding a takeout box with a hot dog offensively jammed diagonally into the top of a bun. Sad and lonely dollops of ketchup and mustard sit in the corner, apparently punished for daring to exist near this abomination.
All I know is this bullshit definitely isn't a sandwich.
mfw
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"Best Regards,
Hiring Team"
is just a small piece of the evidence that job hunting and work in general is completely broken in 2026. I really don't look forwards to needing a job in 4-6 months.
Hiring Team"
is just a small piece of the evidence that job hunting and work in general is completely broken in 2026. I really don't look forwards to needing a job in 4-6 months.
Local company’s been trying to fill a role for at least 6 months. I’ve had at least 3 different offshore recruiters call me about it. They’re offering at least 20k less than the qualifications and experience level of the role would merit. I feel like placing a bet as to whether it’s still unfilled at Christmas.
I've been trying to find a role for six months. Whole market feels very very broken right now.
A postcard from South Korea
tuesday, 6:24 am
false idol
Literally, street art
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Aerial shot of a large painted skeleton, in shoes and holding a phone; pink brains are flowing from the skull to the phone
In Melbourne, apparently
https://www.threads.com/share...
https://www.threads.com/share...
best bit is that this isn't just carpark and pavement its a few rooftops as well. Very nice. Not sure if it's still there, was painted over a year ago.
Artist is @kitt_bennett on Insta if anyone is keen, he's done a few like this
Artist is @kitt_bennett on Insta if anyone is keen, he's done a few like this
That seems like a lot.
—Where are you parked?
—L3.
—L3.
doing my part
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a close-up view of a pink-bubblewrapped electronic device on a blue surface. A prominent circular sticker reads MADE IN CANADA and FABRIQUÉ AU CANADA in red around a red maple leaf.
new mixer from Canada's finest synthesizer manufactory - their tagline is "made with love by robots in canada"
apologies from california for all the trade bullshit
apologies from california for all the trade bullshit
I'm deeply torn between genuinely caring for all the people it would hurt who are already hurting so I don't want it to happen and my strong hate driven desire for Canada to place an export tax on all the energy they send our way in order to hurt the clowns in their shit palace literally standing on their heads right now/near panic *as it is* to keep energy prices low going into the midterms. OTOH maybe some Americans need to learn a thing or two about what our so called "energy independence" and fertilizer imports like potash actually mean. UGH. Maybe just for a week or two before the elections would be a compromise.
Either way Canada, hold the line and don't back down. Bully that fucking bully back.
Either way Canada, hold the line and don't back down. Bully that fucking bully back.
I'm retroactively happy that the EVSE (charger) i got for our garage EV charging was made in Canada.
@williwaw Mark Carney seems to have plenty of backbone to stand up to our idiotic administration. I enjoyed this analysis from Australia:
https://ifloz.substack.com/p...
@williwaw Mark Carney seems to have plenty of backbone to stand up to our idiotic administration. I enjoyed this analysis from Australia:
https://ifloz.substack.com/p...
royal executioner, rehwah india, 1903
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enormous bearded man in spiked armor standing barefoot, holding a round shield, resting the tip of an enormous curved sword on the floor.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
Rewa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ) was a Central India principality, then part of the 'Rajputana Agency' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) in what would eventually become Madhya Pradesh. This picture is by the Bourne & Shepherd studio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...), was apparently taken in Bombay/Mumbai, and appears in at least one 1902 work, so must be earlier than 1903.
No hugging, no begging for mercy.
seen some shit
RIP Noël 'Gloop! Gloop!' Godin
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Belgian comedian Noel Godin, who made a name throwing custard pies at celebrities from French film legend Jean-Luc Godard to tech titan Bill Gates, has died at the age of 80.
Nicknamed "the Glooper" for his cries of "Gloop! Gloop!" after each strike, Godin spent more than three decades lobbing pies at rich and famous targets he felt needed bringing down a notch.
Describing himself as an "anarcho-confectioner," Godin began his campaign with a pie in the face of author Marguerite Duras in 1969. His high-profile targets went on to include the future French president Nicolas Sarkozy in 1997.
Godin's target of choice over the years was the flamboyant French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, hit no fewer than eight times between 1985 and 2015, not counting copycat attacks by others around the world.
"To be honest, when he is no longer around, I'll be at a loss," Godin quipped to AFP.
https://www.france24.com/en...
Nicknamed "the Glooper" for his cries of "Gloop! Gloop!" after each strike, Godin spent more than three decades lobbing pies at rich and famous targets he felt needed bringing down a notch.
Describing himself as an "anarcho-confectioner," Godin began his campaign with a pie in the face of author Marguerite Duras in 1969. His high-profile targets went on to include the future French president Nicolas Sarkozy in 1997.
Godin's target of choice over the years was the flamboyant French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, hit no fewer than eight times between 1985 and 2015, not counting copycat attacks by others around the world.
"To be honest, when he is no longer around, I'll be at a loss," Godin quipped to AFP.
https://www.france24.com/en...
"Bernard Henri-Levy" 8 more pies would not even be enough for that person.
Saved to the Blog of the Dead
https://mltshp.com/cactuscity
https://mltshp.com/cactuscity
@Argie that was the actual part that made me decide to post this 😄
Stopped Into A Church...
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Image from a damaged Ukrainian church. The eye of an icon is looking out from rubble.
Article about traveling with a group of Ukrainian freedom fighters, taking out drones. Lots of images, and a few in damaged churches.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
Coyote vs. Acme
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Film still of cartoon character Wile E. Coyote holding up a sign in court that reads "ACME SUCKS", sat next to his lawyer played by Will Forte.
Great trailer: https://coyotevsacme.com/videos/
Not Outside the Tastee Freez at Chez Wells
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A plate of chili dogs
Unremarkable pan fried hot dogs and pretzel buns covered in remarkable cinnamon lamb chili made with niban broth, copious fresh bay, and garlic greens, aged sharp cheddar, and hatch jalapenos
The Moon from the Artemis 2 mission
Stacks of this
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Photo of a library with caption 'This is the only data centre I want funded'
source: https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
So good!
by the power of this hat, i am your grandpa
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selfie of worn-out middle-aged mostly-white dude who is thrilled to be alive. of note is the old denim baseball cap subject is wearing, which has a fire-engine red and mustard yellow rectangular patch with stitched cursive script reading “country music hall”
nothing else, just i’m your pawpaw now and i love this hat (found amongst the “thrifted” stuff hanging in a nook at my favorite coffee shop)
every time i saw it, it reminded me of similar stitched denim caps my maternal grandfather wore in the 80s and 90s (though usually with dekalb, international harvester, or some other farming company on the crown patch)
every time i saw it, it reminded me of similar stitched denim caps my maternal grandfather wore in the 80s and 90s (though usually with dekalb, international harvester, or some other farming company on the crown patch)
"The Unbeatable Game from the 60s: Dr NIM"
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shortform youtube video from Stand-up Maths. Preview screen is of the host holding up the 1960s board game box for "the amazing dr. nim"; to his right is the red plastic mechanical board, which consists of 12 marbles set atop a zigzagging vertical path, which includes several white routing switches
ran into a description of this game the other day (falling down a rabbithole of toy mechanical computers).
based on the game of nim:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
original video also linked the entry for the game on Computer History Museum:
https://www.computerhistory.org/collecti...
based on the game of nim:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
original video also linked the entry for the game on Computer History Museum:
https://www.computerhistory.org/collecti...
Farewell Tonka
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A picture of the most handsome brown tabby you could imagine , sitting on a green couch, looking at the camera
RIP Tonka
Tonka was a rescue we took home in May to help heal the hole we had in our hearts after our kitty passed after 19 years with us.
He apparently had a heart condition, and out of nowhere today had an aneurysm, and we had to put him down.
He was big , beautiful , and we didn’t have enough time with him.
I just thought everyone should get a chance to see how goddamn handsome he was.
Tonka was a rescue we took home in May to help heal the hole we had in our hearts after our kitty passed after 19 years with us.
He apparently had a heart condition, and out of nowhere today had an aneurysm, and we had to put him down.
He was big , beautiful , and we didn’t have enough time with him.
I just thought everyone should get a chance to see how goddamn handsome he was.
I'm sorry for your loss. May his memory be a blessing.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxooooooo
What a handsome fellow! You gave him a good life, he was well-loved. RIP good kitty!
Flashback
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Cleaning up my closet. This is not only feels so long ago, but it’s almost like a parallel reality. I’ve made some of my best interactive animations that were slightly incomprehensible, yet poetic, in Flash. It’s almost impossible to let other people enjoy them now. Flash was awful, yet fantastic and nothing has taken up the baton.
(And before you ask: they were very interactive, so exporting them as movies doesn’t work. And yes, I know of workarounds and projects to convert it, but it’s all very limited and unsatisfactory)
It was the best of tools, it was the worst of tools.
All I did was Flash for the first 10 years of my career. I have fond memories.
Our Lady of the Historical Society
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Me standing in front of a tuba in such a way that it frames my face like a halo, a little, I am a 57 year old white lady with brown hair that is greying at the temples. I have blue eyes and my hair is in a braid
Did some work at the historical society yesterday. Could not miss this photo op.
"Keep smiling, never mind the Bills."
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illustration art features a frog with a red knit scarf on its neck being chased by geese
Is this ©1929, ©2008, or ©2026?
@bocaj And here I am thinking "Where's the buffalo?"
Golden Brown by the Stranglers on a mechanical organ
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<image of a person building some kind of structure out of metal pipes>
"Treat your body like a data centre
Consume as much water and literature as possible
Upset local city councils with your existence"
"Treat your body like a data centre
Consume as much water and literature as possible
Upset local city councils with your existence"
Make a loud humming noise at all times.
Hallucinate sporadically
Strength Card
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The Strength Card. A young woman with pink hair is holding a bowl of rosemary in front of her. She is standing in the doorway leading to her backyard deck. There are several animals sitting, waiting for her: a possum, a red fox, a coyote, and a raccoon.
Another card completed for my upcoming Feral Path Tarot™. This is the Strength card, featuring my friend Gina (@tittygitter) who is now a proud Kiwi. Gina is not a witch. Not is she a tarot reader. But Gina possesses a magick that many of us have lost. This woman can tame almost any wild animal with her voice and demeanor.
I’ve watched video clips of her for years when she lived in a very woodsy part of Oregon. She would walk out to her deck and there would be possums, raccoons, squirrels, foxes—you name it—just sitting there waiting for her. Not fighting. Sitting together like friends.
This one of the deeper meanings of the Strength card. The ability to overcome our wild nature, and even our desires, as seen by the coiled serpent (Kundalini) which corresponds to the Hebrew letter Teth (snake). I chose a spiderweb for the lemniscate (infinity symbol) as spiders have so many connections to the universe, bridging liminal spaces and so many other meanings. I hope you like this very wild departure from the expected look of the Strength card.
I’ve watched video clips of her for years when she lived in a very woodsy part of Oregon. She would walk out to her deck and there would be possums, raccoons, squirrels, foxes—you name it—just sitting there waiting for her. Not fighting. Sitting together like friends.
This one of the deeper meanings of the Strength card. The ability to overcome our wild nature, and even our desires, as seen by the coiled serpent (Kundalini) which corresponds to the Hebrew letter Teth (snake). I chose a spiderweb for the lemniscate (infinity symbol) as spiders have so many connections to the universe, bridging liminal spaces and so many other meanings. I hope you like this very wild departure from the expected look of the Strength card.
This is awesome
Already my favorite deck ever
I don’t even do tarot but when this is finished I’m buying the heck out of it.