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Painting of red leaves trees reflected in a distant pond. Color from the leaves and lines from the branches stream towards the viewer along perspective lines emanating from the horizon.
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Painting of an enormous motor yacht on fire, smoke streaming up from orange flames into a clear blue sky
It came through Crittenden Locks into Lake Union this week - all 390 billionaire-orgiastic feet of it - the very same day Meta announced it was laying off 1,400 people.
This good man plein-air painted its portrait and added some combustive commentary: https://www.reddit.com/r...
This good man plein-air painted its portrait and added some combustive commentary: https://www.reddit.com/r...
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Photograph of a store front with text:
YOUR
NEW
FAVORITE
HOES
YOUR
NEW
FAVORITE
HOES
Source: the missus
wjcstp
A love of footwear is different than the love for other clothing
The love of hoes is for gardeners.
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8 panel comic
Panel 1: Yellow guy is working on a laptop in the background. In the foreground is a Brand Manager. Yellow Guy: “Sir, shall I put up our rainbow profile picture?”
Panel 2: Brand Manger snaps his head round and hisses “Cool your jets, Eugene. I’m checking the Profitometer”
Panel 3: Gonna do my best to explain this. We see The Profitometer. A huge machine that whirs and ticks. A digital display at the top of the machine reads “Supporting Pride equals”Beneath this display is a huge gauge with “Max Loss” on the left and “Max profit” on the right. There is a needle that is pointing exactly half way between the two extremes.
Panel 4: Close up on Brand Manager’s face. His teeth are gritted. Sweat trickles down his brow.
Panel 5: Close up on gauge. The needle remains exactly central
Panel 6: Close up on Brand Manager’s eyes. They are concentrating intensely. Also, more sweat.
Panel 7: Close up on the gauge. The needle clicks ONE DEGREE towards profit
Panel 8: Brand Manager screams like a football coach “GO GAY EUGENE”
Panel 1: Yellow guy is working on a laptop in the background. In the foreground is a Brand Manager. Yellow Guy: “Sir, shall I put up our rainbow profile picture?”
Panel 2: Brand Manger snaps his head round and hisses “Cool your jets, Eugene. I’m checking the Profitometer”
Panel 3: Gonna do my best to explain this. We see The Profitometer. A huge machine that whirs and ticks. A digital display at the top of the machine reads “Supporting Pride equals”Beneath this display is a huge gauge with “Max Loss” on the left and “Max profit” on the right. There is a needle that is pointing exactly half way between the two extremes.
Panel 4: Close up on Brand Manager’s face. His teeth are gritted. Sweat trickles down his brow.
Panel 5: Close up on gauge. The needle remains exactly central
Panel 6: Close up on Brand Manager’s eyes. They are concentrating intensely. Also, more sweat.
Panel 7: Close up on the gauge. The needle clicks ONE DEGREE towards profit
Panel 8: Brand Manager screams like a football coach “GO GAY EUGENE”
Careful with that axe
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public service announcement sign in a public park showing two alerted, unhappy fish.
text reads: "'Ahhhh!! You scared us!' Throwing rocks + and sticks at us scares us and makes it harder for us to find a mate before we die"
text reads: "'Ahhhh!! You scared us!' Throwing rocks + and sticks at us scares us and makes it harder for us to find a mate before we die"
Sticks and stones may make it hard to bone.
same for me
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breakfast empanadas
I experimented with making breakfast empanadas this morning; a little chopped bacon, fresh chives from the garden, scrambled eggs, garlic, herbed parboiled potatoes with a little cheese; close them up and a little maple syrup wash over the crust (since I ran out of eggs for the egg wash). big success. everyone loved.
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r/interestingasfuck - In 1897, three Swedish explorers attempted to reach the North Pole in a hot air balloon and disappeared. Their fate remained unknown until thirty-three years later, when their frozen bodies were found on a remote Arctic island along with these photographs.
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A male red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) eating a Douglas fir needle.
source: https://www.flickr.com/photos...
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See you space cowboy.
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Scan of a book or magazine article, showing a woman with three children around her, all looking at an early-2000s laptop. "Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one." Below that in smaller letters, "There is always another fun new blog to read online."
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
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Big Aussie Units Series #75
Humpty Dumpty in pre crack (although you could argue...) mode
Carnarvon, Western Auistralia
Have not visited
More Big Units https://mltshp.com/bigunits
Humpty Dumpty in pre crack (although you could argue...) mode
Carnarvon, Western Auistralia
Have not visited
More Big Units https://mltshp.com/bigunits
That is certainly an impressive unit, but can we talk about that structure in the background? :O
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Hi mltshp!
I'm 6'4" and was edging into 220lb territory at my last physical. But I wasn't worried about that at the time.
What got me to lose weight was the nagging fact that my parents and their parents and so on, although exceedingly nice and amusing could often just be completely full of shit.
So when my cholesterol test came back alarmingly high, again, I immediately told my new doctor that it was genetic... before it FINALLY dawned on me that there is no way in hell any of my relatives actually tried to lower their cholesterol by changing their diet - that's not what a family of bullshitting butchers does. But what they did tell me, was that high cholesterol was a genetic problem I could do nothing about.
So the weight loss is really a byproduct that I'm exceedingly psyched about. I mean, I need pants! Pants!
The actual win is that I totally called it. It'll be a while before I'm totally in the safe zone, but my stats are dropping :)
If you are interested in my diet, it's been pretty easy. Guilt is a very strong motivator, so I've leaned into it. I basically ask myself if a certain food's cholesterol would make me A) Feel guilty. B) Not feel guilty or C) Fuck it. I'm eating this entire pizza now. ... And then I eat accordingly.
I'm 6'4" and was edging into 220lb territory at my last physical. But I wasn't worried about that at the time.
What got me to lose weight was the nagging fact that my parents and their parents and so on, although exceedingly nice and amusing could often just be completely full of shit.
So when my cholesterol test came back alarmingly high, again, I immediately told my new doctor that it was genetic... before it FINALLY dawned on me that there is no way in hell any of my relatives actually tried to lower their cholesterol by changing their diet - that's not what a family of bullshitting butchers does. But what they did tell me, was that high cholesterol was a genetic problem I could do nothing about.
So the weight loss is really a byproduct that I'm exceedingly psyched about. I mean, I need pants! Pants!
The actual win is that I totally called it. It'll be a while before I'm totally in the safe zone, but my stats are dropping :)
If you are interested in my diet, it's been pretty easy. Guilt is a very strong motivator, so I've leaned into it. I basically ask myself if a certain food's cholesterol would make me A) Feel guilty. B) Not feel guilty or C) Fuck it. I'm eating this entire pizza now. ... And then I eat accordingly.
@heyitsal Well done! I am on a very similar journey.
My goal is to avoid prescriptions and mrs roonie kick-started me by pressuring me to stop drinking. And I'm glad she did.
I've lost 20 pounds (in your funny numbers!), from 185ish to 165, from Christmas last. I'm 6ft almost on the button so starting with a smaller frame.
I feel so much better - being both sober and lighter.
Pants have become an issue!
And the Guilt Motivator is definitely a thing!
Woo-hoo! Now I want a pizza, all of it.
My goal is to avoid prescriptions and mrs roonie kick-started me by pressuring me to stop drinking. And I'm glad she did.
I've lost 20 pounds (in your funny numbers!), from 185ish to 165, from Christmas last. I'm 6ft almost on the button so starting with a smaller frame.
I feel so much better - being both sober and lighter.
Pants have become an issue!
And the Guilt Motivator is definitely a thing!
Woo-hoo! Now I want a pizza, all of it.
Wow, congrats man, that's amazing! I feel inspired.
High f'in' high five, Al! Your level of stoke is just awesome! Here's to the future and longevity.
Well done @roonie! Staying off prescriptions as I age is a strong motivator here too.
@otaman @samh Thanks for the support!
@otaman @samh Thanks for the support!
Hell yeah
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An undressing in South Bend, IN
Much much more of thos sort of thing please
More Then & Nows here https://mltshp.com/thenandnow
Much much more of thos sort of thing please
More Then & Nows here https://mltshp.com/thenandnow
Hell yes
❤️💙💚🩵💜🩷🤍🤎🩶
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Fixed width dot matrix font sample
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Audrey reclines stylishly
Audrey Hepburn on the set of Roman Holiday, 1953
https://lemmy.world/post...
https://lemmy.world/post...
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A close up selfie shot of small 16-year-old Macy the Cavapoo and me in the grass in the front yard. Some dramatic clouds shine in the background
She’s still with us, but Macy only has about a week, MAYbe two left on this earth. My wife and I have been weepy and doing our best not to have a breakdown multiple times a day as it’s gone from “she’s 16 and her kidneys are failing and she doesn’t hear or see so well and her spinal bridging is starting to cause neurological symptoms so she isn’t going to live a LOT longer, to “sometimes she can’t get up on her own and sometimes we have to hold her up to poop and we can’t leave the house without her because she’ll tip over and panic so the end may be sooner than we hoped,” to “it’s time to schedule the end,” as the last few days the pain meds and kidney meds are clearly less effective and even walking is a struggle for her and she only sleeps a couple hours at a time.
So, since our furry family member’s rainbow bridge moment will make it hard for us to function for a bit, I’m doing my best to savor every last minute with her, and posting this selfie of us in the front yard just now.
Love y’all, MLTSHPers. ❤️
So, since our furry family member’s rainbow bridge moment will make it hard for us to function for a bit, I’m doing my best to savor every last minute with her, and posting this selfie of us in the front yard just now.
Love y’all, MLTSHPers. ❤️
All the love to Macy, very good dog
@wjcstp ❤️❤️❤️
💙 Give Macy extra scritches for us. Thank you for taking care of her.
@bezt ❤️❤️❤️ just did. Told her it was from you. Thaaaanks!
I feel for you, friend. There is some solace in knowing that you have given her the best possible life with you. Be well.
@m3moellering ❤️❤️❤️ Our sweet vet has made special effort to point out that the reason she’s thrived THIS long is because we’ve always done our damndest with her. Here’s to the sweet animals we love!
Thinking of Macy and hugging my furry boys.
16 years is a double-edged sword - it's a long time to have them in your life but when they get ill it happens really fast.
16 years is a double-edged sword - it's a long time to have them in your life but when they get ill it happens really fast.
@roonie ❤️❤️❤️ It was a bit more of a slow burn in her case, but the progression has been undeniable and at this age you can’t really escape the fact that the end is nigh.
Love to your furry boys from our house!
Love to your furry boys from our house!
It ain’t fair I tell ya.
@ckoerner Truth! But 16 years of persistent unconditional love is pretty great.
aw, geez. much love.
Much love to all of you in the Macy crew.
@MackReed ❤️❤️❤️
@B6FA798A3449 ❤️❤️❤️
Awww, a great beauty. Skritches from Vermont for her (and you)
@jessamyn She really is! We take lots of photos and videos of her. ❤️
Thanks for the sketches. We both appreciate it. 😁
Thanks for the sketches. We both appreciate it. 😁
<3
For you, she's a portion of your life. For Macy ... she had you all forever. What a gift.
Much love to you all
❤️
@spingo <<<333
@BooBounder I think often of the bit about how, from dogs’ perspective, people are these un-aging multi-generational magical creatures who care for them like they did their forefathers. We’re very glad we got to be her people for so long!
@ellieBOA Thaaank youuuu! ❤️
@LocalStain ❤️❤️❤️
It is always hard to let go. You have given her the best life, and she has gven you all her love. Peace and comfort to you all.
@BMK ❤️❤️ thank youuu! We don’t want her to suffer, but obviously do t want her to go - unavoidable trade off when letting a pet’s love into your life! ❤️
Say hello to my Lisa on the other side of that bridge Macy, she'll show you the ropes ❤️
@Argie ❤️ I’ll let her know!
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three stuffed red bell peppers with shredded cheese on top, surrounded by various foods and other countertop kitchen items, about to go in the oven
I’ve been missing beef since it started getting so expensive, but I got three nice little stuffed peppers out of some leftover rice and a single Trader Joe’s hamburger patty last night. Felt like a win!
I was looking for some of those can covers the other day, and two people at the grocery store knew what I was talking about, but didn't think they stocked any. We finally found them in the pet food aisle. Mine have a picture of a very happy doggo embossed on the lid!
@Xedrik I got these ones to go on ceramic yogurt containers, but they seem to work on small cans as well.
It may be that storing food in opened metal cans is meant to be discouraged and that's why they're hard to find in people-food locations, but I guess I just choose to live dangerously. 🥫
It may be that storing food in opened metal cans is meant to be discouraged and that's why they're hard to find in people-food locations, but I guess I just choose to live dangerously. 🥫
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Old dude and teenage son in background of selfie by proud mom/wife. They are all on an asphalt path through a lava field under a blue sky with puffy clouds.
One of my favorite areas in Oregon, so cool to walk around there
i’ve watched him grow up, but only in pictures
HEY THAT PLACE!!!!! I love that place too.
As someone intending to visit oregon soon, @wjcstp how do i find this area?
@minimumsafedistance It's a bit of a car trip, near Bend, about 3.5 hours drive from Portland. A ton of beautiful hiking around that whole area, and some beautiful waterfalls.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...
@rhettlee For all the valid criticisms of and issues with online communities, this is what keeps me posting and consuming! There's a whole cadre of folks you spend decades "knowing." Sometimes you meet them in the wild; Sometimes they invite you to stay at their homes; More often, you just know their kids' name or what bands they like. And it happens whether the initial community is built on pirating music, "blogging," or posting cat memes. Eventually it ends up with people knowing and maybe liking each other by accident. I imagine it's similar to the town square in a former, less fragmented society, or the "water cooler culture" in a post war corpoate office.
TLDR: I'm glad you're here sharing the my joy.
TLDR: I'm glad you're here sharing the my joy.
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Chart showing population in Australia is clustered heavily in urban areas
Via Facebook
Seeing Tasmania down under, the land down under evoked a memory. In 4th grade ~1959, I raised my hand in class and told my teacher, Mrs. Timmins, "It isn't pronounced Tahz-mah-nah, It is pronounced Tasmania." That didn't go well for me. She continued to teach untruth.
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very odd, slightly disturbing.
via b3ta
via b3ta
💪 🦆
Not, as far as I can tell, related to Kate Beaton.
@Mr_Encyclopedia I made the same assumption.
That must be what they call a biblically accurate duck
This did get me to go back and read a bunch of Hark! A Vagrant. Still really good!
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^ Pictured above: Billionaire Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel went to Coachella with his supermodel wife, and then two days later laid off over 1,000 employees. I was one of them. So was my entire team of about 40 people.
We were the Bitmoji team at Snapchat, and except for a few people in LA, our team was completely eliminated. Acquired by Snapchat, Bitmoji remained, at least in spirit, a somewhat semi-autonomous republic within the larger company. But eventually the Bitmoji founders departed or were ousted, along with some long-time artists, and the corporate tech tentacles slowly creeped in to smother what was once a quirky creative team. I joined part way through the process, so I got to taste that fun/creative culture, but also witness its decline.
Honestly, we were all there by accident - artists, animators, and illustrators hiding in the corner of a Tech Company, quietly shocked at the generous salaries and benefits (and free lunches) we received, a contrast to the poor-paying studios and freelance illustration gigs that had come before.
The 5 years I spent there were amazing and horrible. Amazing because (1) Big Tech Salary, and (2) I got to work with some of the most fun, creative and intelligent people. No dead wood on this team. It was also horrible, because ultimately I was just making digital crap to keep users' eyes glued to an app and its advertisers. The pressure to perform and scale production was really high. I lost sleep and gained weight, and got to suffer from anxiety for the first time.
And now suddenly it's done. We're all out. Ostensibly "because AI", despite the fact that we barely used any AI in our creative pipelines, and only for non-creative tasks. I didn't lose my job because of AI, I lost it because of the *idea* that AI could do it all. And of course because Snap's stagnating stock price needed a boost.
It's honestly a relief. I've spent the last month relaxing and decompressing; I had accumulated a month's worth of unused vacation anyway. I'll eventually try to figure out what's next, but for now I have a generous severance to give me some breathing room. I'm free now, as are my fellow artists. I'm happy they can go use their creative gifts for things that are hopefully more meaningful to our society and culture.
thanks for reading my brain dump mltshp friends. That concludes my ted talk.
We were the Bitmoji team at Snapchat, and except for a few people in LA, our team was completely eliminated. Acquired by Snapchat, Bitmoji remained, at least in spirit, a somewhat semi-autonomous republic within the larger company. But eventually the Bitmoji founders departed or were ousted, along with some long-time artists, and the corporate tech tentacles slowly creeped in to smother what was once a quirky creative team. I joined part way through the process, so I got to taste that fun/creative culture, but also witness its decline.
Honestly, we were all there by accident - artists, animators, and illustrators hiding in the corner of a Tech Company, quietly shocked at the generous salaries and benefits (and free lunches) we received, a contrast to the poor-paying studios and freelance illustration gigs that had come before.
The 5 years I spent there were amazing and horrible. Amazing because (1) Big Tech Salary, and (2) I got to work with some of the most fun, creative and intelligent people. No dead wood on this team. It was also horrible, because ultimately I was just making digital crap to keep users' eyes glued to an app and its advertisers. The pressure to perform and scale production was really high. I lost sleep and gained weight, and got to suffer from anxiety for the first time.
And now suddenly it's done. We're all out. Ostensibly "because AI", despite the fact that we barely used any AI in our creative pipelines, and only for non-creative tasks. I didn't lose my job because of AI, I lost it because of the *idea* that AI could do it all. And of course because Snap's stagnating stock price needed a boost.
It's honestly a relief. I've spent the last month relaxing and decompressing; I had accumulated a month's worth of unused vacation anyway. I'll eventually try to figure out what's next, but for now I have a generous severance to give me some breathing room. I'm free now, as are my fellow artists. I'm happy they can go use their creative gifts for things that are hopefully more meaningful to our society and culture.
thanks for reading my brain dump mltshp friends. That concludes my ted talk.
Onward and upward!
When I left my job at JP Morgan the sudden drop of cortisol in my system turned into losing ~10lbs in as many days.
Hopefully the break is refreshing and fulfilling and leads quickly and easily into the next project which is hopefully more fun and fulfilling than the last! Lachaim!
Hopefully the break is refreshing and fulfilling and leads quickly and easily into the next project which is hopefully more fun and fulfilling than the last! Lachaim!
oof, man, i'm so sorry, but also... escape velocity! i'm glad you have some runway to consider your options now. vibing for a much more fulfilling next stage for you.
All power to you. Thank you for sharing and excited to see what is next for you whenever that happens.
FWIW I'm certain AI will eat itself.
FWIW I'm certain AI will eat itself.
Getting laid off from a tech company in 2008 was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Onwards!
Good luck and Gosh
Godspeed!
Godspeed!
I appreciate your outlook on all this but if you’ll pardon me I need to turn my attention to Evan for a moment and address him directly.
“Hey dingus. She only likes you for your money. You are a soul sucking leech on society and the people you abandoned deserved better. I hope you got tinnitus at the festival. Eat shit. 🖕🖕”
Thanks. I feel better.
“Hey dingus. She only likes you for your money. You are a soul sucking leech on society and the people you abandoned deserved better. I hope you got tinnitus at the festival. Eat shit. 🖕🖕”
Thanks. I feel better.
That's my experience with AI at work too, about 90% hope it'll become something, 8% projects that won't go anywhere, and 2% actual useful work (mostly writing code).
Sounds like you broke free in a good place to enjoy the break, best of luck on the next adventure.
Sounds like you broke free in a good place to enjoy the break, best of luck on the next adventure.
My experience in AI with a very large well known software developer is similar to what's been stated: it makes pretty shit for people who don't understand the actual pipelines they think they're replacing, and that pretty shit then needs to be touched by more hands than have the time to fix it. It's a boondoggle and I'm not scared of it any more that I was scared of the 3D tvs, AR and VR revolutions that never came, NFTs, crypto and on and on and on. Rich white men with too much money and too little understanding.
@owl it's telling that the NFT set are all convinced that AGI is already here
I am glad you are able to see all the positives and negatives in this. Losing a job in such a heartless way is shit but you're handling it all very well.
Has there been supermodel inflation? That word used to denote like three people.
Congratulations on escaping The Life, and here’s to the next brilliant chapter. I did that last November (intentionally) and Real Life is so much more rewarding.
Fuck that guy. Good luck to you with what's next.
Thanks for the words, all!
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four owls with chocolate brown feathers, yellow chests, and white eyebrow lines are lined up on a branch. bright sun filters through green leaves of the tree. one owl is nestled up against another, whose face is turned away from them.
check out these sweet fledgling northern saw-whet owls who for some reason were up way past their bedtime. (photo credit Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
#round #borb #fluffkins #cuddlemurderers
#round #borb #fluffkins #cuddlemurderers
tiny owls are the best:
https://mltshp.com/p/1PDP4
https://mltshp.com/p/1PDP4
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stonework table lamp made from light porous stone (travertine). The top is machined into a round geometric grill, projecting the pattern upwards across the room
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A tall boulder with a craggy, frowning face carved into it stands under a clear blue night sky. On the left side of the boulder is a small arched doorway casting pale green light out onto the ground. Hovering above the boulder's head is a glowing green halo. A few foggy trees are visible in the background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".