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Norman Rockwell's oil painting "The Problem We All Live With", showing a young Black girl carrying her books and a yellow ruler, wearing a white dress and sneakers, walking on a sidewalk past a wall covered by a large racial slur and the remnants of a hurled tomato. In front of and behind her are four white men in gray and tan suits and yellow "Deputy US Marshall" armbands escorting her; the composition is such that they are visible only from the chest down. Rockwell's signature is at the bottom center of the painting.
source: https://magazine.byu.edu/article...
Yesterday was Ruby Bridges' 72nd birthday; she's still alive and living in Louisiana and still working for civil rights. The past isn't dead; it isn't even past.
#painting by Norman Rockwell, 1964. #paintings
Yesterday was Ruby Bridges' 72nd birthday; she's still alive and living in Louisiana and still working for civil rights. The past isn't dead; it isn't even past.
#painting by Norman Rockwell, 1964. #paintings
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In Patagonia, Chile, a tree perpetually bent by persistent winds.
Pie Aerts’s striking images of horsemen who live an extremely solitary existence reveal hidden stories of loneliness, alcoholism and a fading heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
#photography #PieAerts
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
#photography #PieAerts
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Ad for the Coney Island Steamer, a hot dog cooker, with Shirley Jones
"a gentleman never kisses and tells, but i will suggest that a coney island steamer was on the table"
This morning
I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with
And so I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself
And never talk about it
And didn't I go and shout it
When you walked into my room
"I want a hot dog!"
(I want a hot dog.)
I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with
And so I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself
And never talk about it
And didn't I go and shout it
When you walked into my room
"I want a hot dog!"
(I want a hot dog.)
@nikkuneko +1
mmm, just like they make them in Albany
Hello, Cleveland!
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Photo of a toddler on a rope climbing playground.
Lydia is 2.
She is brave and tries to keep up with her older brother.
I love them both dearly and want to keep them safe. I also know that you have to let them experiment, have fun and graze an occassional knee.
She is brave and tries to keep up with her older brother.
I love them both dearly and want to keep them safe. I also know that you have to let them experiment, have fun and graze an occassional knee.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
@urlnotfound 100%. I like that phrasing.
@bencmeissner It was on a poster than hung in my classroom when I was in the fourth grade (age 9-10). It is a quote from some person of note.
i come from the hot stove school of education... you tell them that it is hot and let them figure out what that means.
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Pic of grandchildren on a slide.
I'm 70 now
These two keep me on my toes.
Embiggen for fun verging on panic.
Did I mention 70?
Mrs Roonie and I are off to Italy for 3 weeks to sort of celebrate.
Changing planes in Doha. Views of the scenic Straits of Hormuz. What could possibly go wrong?
These two keep me on my toes.
Embiggen for fun verging on panic.
Did I mention 70?
Mrs Roonie and I are off to Italy for 3 weeks to sort of celebrate.
Changing planes in Doha. Views of the scenic Straits of Hormuz. What could possibly go wrong?
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a small blocky striped cat runs to the right
while I can run oneko on this computer and rock it like a 90s Sun workstation, the little cat is far too small to see
source: https://xoxo.zone/@scruss...
source: https://xoxo.zone/@scruss...
I love that cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
I worked for a college and managed their web server. One april fools day I modified the config to inject javascript time that would plant oneko on the page chasing the user's mouse ~1% of the time for on-campus users. There'd been some windows virus in the news around the same time and I was asked to take it out pretty quickly. Ah well.
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Panoramic photo of a crowd gathered on a dusty desert beneath a stormy sky before a massive stage set made of two immense wooden sculptures representing the SS Titanic ripped in half by an iceberg.
An orchestra of 30 or 40 musicians sits on risers in the left half of the sculpture, and a few dozen choir singers in white clothing stand on the right half.
The white-bearded photographer of the image is seen at far right in an aluminum firefighter’s helmet and red kerchief.
An orchestra of 30 or 40 musicians sits on risers in the left half of the sculpture, and a few dozen choir singers in white clothing stand on the right half.
The white-bearded photographer of the image is seen at far right in an aluminum firefighter’s helmet and red kerchief.
It was the best of the burns, it was the worst of burns.
Gorgeous times and a lot of hard work (building the observation tower for Hobo Camp, six 6hr shifts on Gate/Perimeter/Exodus) and a suicidal shortage of sleep wrapped around a gooey core of deep conversations with old friends (👊@zeitgeist) and new acquaintances - and three straight days of utterly shit weather.
Bonus: I got to join the Playa Choir (https://playachoir.com - right, and me at far right) and the Black Rock Philharmonic (https:/blackrockphilharmonic.org - left) to perform “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem atop the tippy-top of the vertiginous risers out at “Titanic’s End” for an audience of easily 1,200 people in a stiff dust storm.
I thought it was pretty epic … until El Pulpo Magnifico (center) rolled up to play propane percussion, somebody started triggering the two gut-punchingly colossal flame poofers in the Titanic’s funnels, and the whole scene went straight off the hook and into fking orbit.
Re-entry right now 5 days later in a dusty, trash-filled car heading north towards Seattle past the asphalt stench of road crews repaving I-5 is kinda … awful by comparison.
I still can’t entirely believe I got to do that.
Gorgeous times and a lot of hard work (building the observation tower for Hobo Camp, six 6hr shifts on Gate/Perimeter/Exodus) and a suicidal shortage of sleep wrapped around a gooey core of deep conversations with old friends (👊@zeitgeist) and new acquaintances - and three straight days of utterly shit weather.
Bonus: I got to join the Playa Choir (https://playachoir.com - right, and me at far right) and the Black Rock Philharmonic (https:/blackrockphilharmonic.org - left) to perform “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem atop the tippy-top of the vertiginous risers out at “Titanic’s End” for an audience of easily 1,200 people in a stiff dust storm.
I thought it was pretty epic … until El Pulpo Magnifico (center) rolled up to play propane percussion, somebody started triggering the two gut-punchingly colossal flame poofers in the Titanic’s funnels, and the whole scene went straight off the hook and into fking orbit.
Re-entry right now 5 days later in a dusty, trash-filled car heading north towards Seattle past the asphalt stench of road crews repaving I-5 is kinda … awful by comparison.
I still can’t entirely believe I got to do that.
Epic.
That's all exceedingly cool and exciting, but I am awaiting some answers about a certain mythical creature's underwear?
Memories of the early days when they used to do an opera
@heyitsal uhhhh … wha?
@bug138 Yep, those were equally nuts - a costumed cast of hundreds dancing around blazing 25-foot/high flame chimneys built from rebar and playa mud. (Ref: http://www.burningmanopera.org/)
@bug138 Yep, those were equally nuts - a costumed cast of hundreds dancing around blazing 25-foot/high flame chimneys built from rebar and playa mud. (Ref: http://www.burningmanopera.org/)
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spam ad with the caption "HAPPIEST MEAT FOR CASSEROLES"
I'd been wondering what the happiest meat for casseroles was
Contrast it with the saddest meat for casseroles - Vienna sausages.
"Thrust in half-slices of SPAM" *fans self*
@MackReed tbh either or both is perfectly cromulent in a hearty budae jigae.
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a grid of 12 striking typographic logos:
Newman Steel - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas - Chris Yaneff
Cooper - Chris Yaneff
Commodore - Chris Yaneff
The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Canada Trust - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Fisons Canada - Chris Yaneff
Towers Merchants - Chris Yaneff
Blue Mountain Pottery - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Association of Canadian Distillers - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Thomas I. Hull - Chris Yaneff
Rogers Broadcasting - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Newman Steel - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas - Chris Yaneff
Cooper - Chris Yaneff
Commodore - Chris Yaneff
The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Canada Trust - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Fisons Canada - Chris Yaneff
Towers Merchants - Chris Yaneff
Blue Mountain Pottery - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Association of Canadian Distillers - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
Thomas I. Hull - Chris Yaneff
Rogers Broadcasting - Chris Yaneff, Manfred Gotthans
not shown: Conko the Clown, the scary geometric clown used at The Ex midway, because it's more than one colour.
source: https://logobook.com/designer...
source: https://logobook.com/designer...
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The band Unsane performing at the Duck Room in St. Louis, Sept 8, 2026
Caught Unsane last night on their Occupational Hazard tour, celebrating the remaster of the '97 album. Chris's guitar was giving him fits (and I guess he just tours with the one, which is a little odd), so it was a tad loose/disjointed, but still a fun night of crunchy bangers.
Tour just started, plenty of dates to come: https://newnoisemagazine.com/news-uns...
Sept 8, 2026, Blueberry Hill Duck Room, STL
Tour just started, plenty of dates to come: https://newnoisemagazine.com/news-uns...
Sept 8, 2026, Blueberry Hill Duck Room, STL
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What a lovely photo😊
@bencmeissner Thanks Ben!
It was a lovely morning and a fitting end to one of the longest weeks I've had in a long time.
Be well.
It was a lovely morning and a fitting end to one of the longest weeks I've had in a long time.
Be well.
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The Ricardo Levins Morales "8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will" poster, only done as a Nancy comic by Caroline Cash (work is drawing Nancy comics, apparently; what we will is being rowed in a boat by Sluggo while reading a union newspaper).
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Me wearing a sweatshirt that says "Read books. Drink coffee. Fight evil."
I'm down at my sister's place for my birthday, being an extra set of hands while she recovers from surgery (she's doing well! it's a weird bone thing not a "get the cancer out" thing) and we did a very low key birthday hang here. Jim got me this sweatshirt and I really like it.
Congratulations!
But also, what’s the story with the weird wooden device clearly meant to torture cats behind you?
But also, what’s the story with the weird wooden device clearly meant to torture cats behind you?
Happy birthday. I’m just a few weeks older, 58 is alright.
@vosechu It's a large loom with a small cat tunnel in front of it.
Happy birthday, @jessamyn! You are an amazing human, and I’m glad to know you!
Happy Birthday!
🎂
Happy birthday and I hope my card arrived safely 😊
@vosechu considering how much my cats hated being extricated from my weaving, “device to torture cats (by not letting them inside it)” is exactly right!
Happy Birthday
Great Shirt!
Great Shirt!
Many happy returns of the day!
Happy Birthday!
Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
Happy bidet!
Buon compleanno!
I am happy you are here. Keep it up! Happy birthday times!
Happy birthday!
🦛🦜
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!!
It's kind of cool how reading books and fighting evil tend to correlate.
Looking good!
Happy birthday!!
Happy birthday!!
@Argie I just got home and got my mail after a few weeks of being at my sister's and it was there, thank you! The funny joke is that of the two of us, she's the llama fanatic but the person on the card looks a lot more like me. Thank you :D
@jessamyn hahaha just covering all bases 😁
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A cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago.
Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean. The mosaic was a key feature of a villa, which archaeologists recently unearthed from beneath the ancient city of Adramytteion on Turkey's Aegean coast.
The impressive villa included three mosaic-paved halls, a number of secondary rooms, and a network of pipes and drains that may have connected to a latrine. Visitors approaching from the courtyard of the villa would have been greeted by the largest, most elaborate mosaic in the residence.
Only two of the animals depicted in the mosaic are named. As someone entered the room, the first mosaic panel they would have seen to their left was a pale cat seated on a blue-green cushion. Above the cat are the Greek letters ΖΜΑΡΑΓΔΙΝ (Zmaragdin), meaning emerald. The relaxed cat sitting on a cushion suggests that Emerald may have been a pet rather than a stray.
On the right side as someone entered the room was a mosaic panel depicting a running or leaping dog. This animal is labeled with the Greek letters ΩΚΕΑΝΟΣ (Okeanos), meaning ocean.
Emerald and Ocean were likely familiar to the villa's residents, even if they weren't specifically pets.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/archaeol...
#roman #archaeology
Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean. The mosaic was a key feature of a villa, which archaeologists recently unearthed from beneath the ancient city of Adramytteion on Turkey's Aegean coast.
The impressive villa included three mosaic-paved halls, a number of secondary rooms, and a network of pipes and drains that may have connected to a latrine. Visitors approaching from the courtyard of the villa would have been greeted by the largest, most elaborate mosaic in the residence.
Only two of the animals depicted in the mosaic are named. As someone entered the room, the first mosaic panel they would have seen to their left was a pale cat seated on a blue-green cushion. Above the cat are the Greek letters ΖΜΑΡΑΓΔΙΝ (Zmaragdin), meaning emerald. The relaxed cat sitting on a cushion suggests that Emerald may have been a pet rather than a stray.
On the right side as someone entered the room was a mosaic panel depicting a running or leaping dog. This animal is labeled with the Greek letters ΩΚΕΑΝΟΣ (Okeanos), meaning ocean.
Emerald and Ocean were likely familiar to the villa's residents, even if they weren't specifically pets.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/archaeol...
#roman #archaeology
at least they're better drawn than The Wonky Wolf of Aldborough — https://mltshp.com/p/1QPU4
@scruss but we all love Wonky Wolf
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The face of a very large and grizzled snapping turtle called Fire Chief looking up at the camera.
looks like a big old sweetie.
source: https://www.forestsociety.org/blog-pos...
via: https://www.metafilter.com/214418...
source: https://www.forestsociety.org/blog-pos...
via: https://www.metafilter.com/214418...
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My daughter invited me to her puppet show
If I've told them once, I've told them a thousand times...
Haaaaa. Did you go?
what were the little red dots up to?
@minimumsafedistance just marker bleed-though from an earlier drawing
@jessamyn of course! I laughed, I cried, I kissed five bucks goodbye. Two thumbs up 👍 👍
@jessamyn of course! I laughed, I cried, I kissed five bucks goodbye. Two thumbs up 👍 👍
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A black-and-white photograph of four people. In the front, a man in shirtsleeves and tie is looking through a spyglass at the camera; just behind him, a woman in a black dress is holding a life preserver labelled "Help!". In the background are a besuited man standing behind an old-fashioned cash register and a man in shirt sleeves sitting at a drafting board. In front of them all are a small number of Christmas tree ornaments. It's captioned "Merry Christmas from the staff of Help! Magazine: James Warren Harvey Kurtzman Gloria Steinem Harry Chester".
source: facebook
Gloria Steinem and Mad Magazine's Harvey Kurtzman, with publisher James Warren (of "Famous Monsters", "Creepy", and "Vampirella", among others) and the influential art director Harry Chester in the background. Steinem was the assistant editor at Kurtzman's first post-Mad effort, which had big crossovers with America's burgeoning comedy scene (it's where John Cleese met Terry Gilliam, for one) but folded in a few years.
Gloria Steinem and Mad Magazine's Harvey Kurtzman, with publisher James Warren (of "Famous Monsters", "Creepy", and "Vampirella", among others) and the influential art director Harry Chester in the background. Steinem was the assistant editor at Kurtzman's first post-Mad effort, which had big crossovers with America's burgeoning comedy scene (it's where John Cleese met Terry Gilliam, for one) but folded in a few years.
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Oil painting of a woman walking through a field of flowers. She appears to be succumbing to something (crouching over) and the floral pattern on her skirt is merging with the field below.
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A young girl holds her hand up against an aquarium wall, behind which a few sharks and several fish can be seen. The overall scene is deep blue, and the girl’s details are obscured by the backlighting of the aquarium.
I took a bunch of photos at the Oceanogràfic de València yesterday, but this one is my favorite by far.
Went to Valencia in the spring. What a city!!!
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trump unveils the new Space Form uniform, with no sense of irony saying they are inspired by the canonically fascist forces in Starship Troopers.
"But stop calling us fascists!"
Big Spaceballs vibes.
I worked with Space Force officers for a couple years. I doubt they’ll want to give up their standard-issue camo khakis for this Empire Nazi horseshit.
Just noticed how similar their logo is to the current Pontiac logo (albeit upside down)
powerful painting of a powerful girl who became an amazing woman.