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A color photograph of a person's hand holding up a model train car; behind them is the full-size train its based on. The train has some colorful bubbly letter grafitti, in purples; the model train has a scaled-down approximation of same, in similar colors.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
A lovely little thread (with photos) about taggers, trains, and model train builders.
A lovely little thread (with photos) about taggers, trains, and model train builders.
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A brown dog with a white nose lays on a fuzzy dark gray dog bed. He has one eye open as the other side of his face rests smushed against the bed. The photo is taken close to his face and his head takes up most of the space.
It’s been about a month with Titan in the house. He’s very well settled in. He’s also a very good boy.
When folks talk about how nice it would be to win the lottery, I think of how lucky I am with the smaller things in life working out.
When folks talk about how nice it would be to win the lottery, I think of how lucky I am with the smaller things in life working out.
spingo
<3
That face! I just wanna smooooosh it!
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The profile of an angel attached to a crush against the sun and sparse clouds
I've ended a small break from What I Saw. Like my Finding Things podcast, thinking of it ruined my walks, and there are.damned few things worth ruining my walks. I think of Language Is A Virus "Hey are you talking to me or are you just practicing for one of those performances of yours" I've been reading Situationist stuff so maybe I'm being too particular about it.
Anyway, this is from favorite artist, a guy who has been maintaining a yard full of Odd Objects for decades.
Anyway, this is from favorite artist, a guy who has been maintaining a yard full of Odd Objects for decades.
I stopped my Thursday Morning Movies because they made making fun stuff into a chore.
@dogwelder it's a beautiful thing to just leave something that is only beautiful to others
@dogwelder I'm gonna miss you doing your chores 😑 but I get it
Also I had been unsubscribed from your channel! I've noticed this happening over time to a few channels I foillowed, I wonder if this is a youtube thing where they uinsubscribe you?
Also I had been unsubscribed from your channel! I've noticed this happening over time to a few channels I foillowed, I wonder if this is a youtube thing where they uinsubscribe you?
google says it happens to a lot of people (youtube unsubscribing them... well that sucks)
@Argie I'll still post stuff when the mood strikes, but I'm not going to force it. Pushing too hard on the things I love drives me away from them (see also: photography).
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: after 15 years in ABA, i decided to save myself and quit my job. now i work in a greenhouse and plant shop. my nervous system thanks me.
cheers to new beginnings!
cheers to new beginnings!
I can smell this photo. And I love that you get to live it.
Aw nice! 🪴🌱😊
I am jealous. I need to add 'work at greenhouse' to my list of careers to consider once AI kills this one...
Oh that's splendid
How lovely for you! Plants give life.
congrats, that sounds like an a++ change. enjoy.
i'm at that precipice now, trying to figure out how to get out of this industry madhouse before i lose it totally.
i'm at that precipice now, trying to figure out how to get out of this industry madhouse before i lose it totally.
@nikkuneko madhouse to the hothouse... the (garden) path is clear
good luck with it all. I did the same many years back from chef to archaeologist. A bunch of pain with that journey but well worth it in the end
good luck with it all. I did the same many years back from chef to archaeologist. A bunch of pain with that journey but well worth it in the end
Our son (working on his 3rd graduate degree and supporting himself with loans) likes to work in the greenhouse at school when he comes home to visit. It pays a lot less than gigging, but he likes the work.
💚💚💚
HOORAY
Congratulations!!
Hell of a leap. Nice jumping!
Hell of a leap. Nice jumping!
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image of three brown bears standing at the edge of a fall in a river. to the left is a rather tired looking bear, resting its head on the backside of another next to it. behind them another bear is looking down into the waters for fish.
me, just resting my head with one more fun article before i get going on my work, i swear
image via the 2026 fat bear week landing page.
https://explore.org/fat-bear...
image via the 2026 fat bear week landing page.
https://explore.org/fat-bear...
It's not Fat Bear Week without Stephen Colbear
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source https://bsky.app/profile...
I just love Tom Gauld!
WEEK SEVEN: NOW THERE ARE MORE SATELLITES THAN STARS
@shitleopard 😩
Advanced Philosophical Astronomy:
"My God, it's full of stars!"
"My God, it's full of stars!"
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Big Aussie Units Series #77
Located in Canowindra on the NSW Central Tablelands
The Big Peg's for sale, so if you've ever wanted to own your own Big Unit, here's your chance
Story and more pics https://www.abc.net.au/news...
Have not visited
More Big Units https://mltshp.com/bigunits
Located in Canowindra on the NSW Central Tablelands
The Big Peg's for sale, so if you've ever wanted to own your own Big Unit, here's your chance
Story and more pics https://www.abc.net.au/news...
Have not visited
More Big Units https://mltshp.com/bigunits
This one is actually gripping the landscape:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places...
@dreyfusslugado
> Owner Peter Stacey came across a photo of a giant peg pinching the ground in Belgium and decided to replicate it.
> Owner Peter Stacey came across a photo of a giant peg pinching the ground in Belgium and decided to replicate it.
@bezt that'll teach me not to click the story links!
Aww. A wasknijper.
My kid used to refer to a clothespin as a “clothes pinch” and honestly that makes more sense
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'Take a photo - it'll last longer!' says Girl, her ice cream dropped on the sidewalk. 'But not very long', she says. Cat takes a picture. 'Our digital footprints are vapor trails - all our photos stored on platforms with no obligation to preserve them. All the music we made - the movies we loved - locked away on corroded disks and unrecoverable hard drives. All our emails, our conversations, our relationships - disappearing - app by app - until no record of us remains.' Cat and Girl look at each other, worried. In the final panel they skip happily together through a field a la Akbar and Jeff.
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I’m available.
When you’re back on the market
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Screenshot of a tweet from Suraj Sharma saying, "Bro I'm so sick of pretending this isn't weird. The internet spent 20 years creating tutorials, open-source projects, blog posts & answers for free. Al companies turned all of it into products worth billions. And now the same people who created that knowledge are being told they're replaceable. We built the library. Someone else started charging admission." To which another person "fractally" replied (on Tumblr), "This has been my main argument against "Al" from the very beginning. OpenAl scraped the entire web. All of which had been a labor of love from humans. Wikipedia is the backbone of a lot of LLMs, and that was volunteer human labor. They stole it and now they're selling it back to us. And worse, they're trying to destroy the free sources that they stole from. It's destruction of human knowledge on an unprecedented scale. The burning of the library of Alexandria has nothing on this."
Insert a comment here about my personal dislike of screenshots of screenshots of social media posts on other social media sites, but I thought this was a lucid point worth sharing.
The machines and processes of the industrial revolution were powered by the forests and swamps of the Carboniferous period, which left deposits of coal for later exploitation. LLMs are powered by deposits of human ingenuity and ordered knowledge, and presently run in a way that inhibits and contaminates the renewal of those resources.
The worthless business assets must be converted into valuable capital for discretionary bonuses as quickly as possible.
The MBA was the worst thing to happen to business.
The MBA was the worst thing to happen to business.
@urlnotfound
As someone who earned an mba, I agree. By the end of the program I hated my peers, my profs, and the discipline itself.
As someone who earned an mba, I agree. By the end of the program I hated my peers, my profs, and the discipline itself.
I mean... generally agree but I always have to show up to argue that there were libraries before the internet. WE built the library, the internet improved upon it by leaps and bounds, and then someone else started charging admission to that last part (the library is still free) </pedant>
Last month, I found out all of my journalistic work has been sold to an 'ethical' AI-company, without my permission and without paying me (I own the copyright, but the newspaper I used to work for has a distribution-license, that they chose to interpret in the wildest manner). Every day, more and more bots arrive at my website, hogging the lane to suck out all of its content. I put a lot of stuff on there, background info for students who want to learn more, goodies for clients. And just fun stuff I like to make and share, which often turns into nice connections with new people.
But more and more I feel that I am working for free for people that believe the opposite of what I want to be and stand for. I am seriously considering stripping my website, keeping a bare minimum to prove that I exist and work. I just wrote an article where I propose, only half-joking, to quit the internet and do all of my research in libraries, archives, and by talking to people in physical places. Not joking at all now when I say: can we build a parallel internet? I am ready to pack my bags and go.
But more and more I feel that I am working for free for people that believe the opposite of what I want to be and stand for. I am seriously considering stripping my website, keeping a bare minimum to prove that I exist and work. I just wrote an article where I propose, only half-joking, to quit the internet and do all of my research in libraries, archives, and by talking to people in physical places. Not joking at all now when I say: can we build a parallel internet? I am ready to pack my bags and go.
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<image of a squirrel on a green background with the title "New Guy">
<Squirrel is sitting on a fence next to a tree; a male presenting human with short hair and a moustache walks up to Squirrel>
Human: "Hey. Never seen you around before."
<Close up of Squirrel on the fence>
Squirrel: "I've been very anti-social lately."
<Squirrel stretches their arms out to each side>
Squirrel: "But I'm putting myself out there.>
<Close up on Human>
Human: "What changed?"
<Close up on Squirrel; eyes closed>
Squirrel: "The loneliness began to take a toll."
<Close up on Human; eyes closed>
Human: "Been there."
<Close up on Squirrel; brow furrowed>
Squirrel: "And I felt a sudden urge to compulsively bury nuts and seeds in order to survive the coming winter."
<Close up on Human; scratching their chin>
Human: "Have not been specifically there..."
<Both Human and Squirrel shown together by the fence>
Human: "But I buy extra chips at the store sometimes."
Squirrel: "It is similar."
<Squirrel is sitting on a fence next to a tree; a male presenting human with short hair and a moustache walks up to Squirrel>
Human: "Hey. Never seen you around before."
<Close up of Squirrel on the fence>
Squirrel: "I've been very anti-social lately."
<Squirrel stretches their arms out to each side>
Squirrel: "But I'm putting myself out there.>
<Close up on Human>
Human: "What changed?"
<Close up on Squirrel; eyes closed>
Squirrel: "The loneliness began to take a toll."
<Close up on Human; eyes closed>
Human: "Been there."
<Close up on Squirrel; brow furrowed>
Squirrel: "And I felt a sudden urge to compulsively bury nuts and seeds in order to survive the coming winter."
<Close up on Human; scratching their chin>
Human: "Have not been specifically there..."
<Both Human and Squirrel shown together by the fence>
Human: "But I buy extra chips at the store sometimes."
Squirrel: "It is similar."
This may not be safe for viewing at work.
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Ding-dong!
Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!
HOW'D HE GET THE BEANS ABOVE THE FRANK?
The Creation of Adam
Hung jury.
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Sword fighting
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meme of Andy from Parks and Rec with text overlaid that says, "I don't know who ed heranran is and this point I'm afraid to ask"
obviously at this point I do know the make-up of his character tho
although I did see a picture and he looked like if mayonnaise was a person
although I did see a picture and he looked like if mayonnaise was a person
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An illustration in a vaguely Beau Arts style of a unicorn encircled by stones. The foreground is olive green, the background is an orange-red. Above and below the illustration it reads "I am inspired / to be nothing like them"
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wow, TIL about racka sheep! love these weirdos 🐏👀
Do I make you horny baby?
krampus konvention
In Hungary even the goats are metal 🤘
As someone who grew up with a flock of sheep on his farm, I absolutely would not want to have given them each a pair of weapons.
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Cover of a MAD Magazine calendar from 1993 which has a progression of monkeys to neanderthals to Alfred E Neuman. Also includes the instructions that it's recycleable or you can save it until 1999, 2010, 2021, 2027, 2038, 2049, 2055, 2066 or 2077 when it can be used again.
Jim had this from 1993 and found it in his stuff. Now I'll be using it next year.
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smiling clown cookie jar
Got my blood pressure down after successfully getting my blood pressure below High.
So now I can go back to a steady diet of bacon and gas station boner pills.
So now I can go back to a steady diet of bacon and gas station boner pills.
Where did you get this photo of me?
I am not offended. I am at peace with my pastry addiction.
I am not offended. I am at peace with my pastry addiction.
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“Oh cool, you’re in a band? What do you play?”
“Staff of Fireball”
“Staff of Fireball”
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video of a live performance from quebecois math rock duo angine de poitrine on the tonight show: the duo dress in outlandish polka dot costumes that obfuscate their identies, with the (double-neck) guitar-bassist wearing a huge inverted pyramid hat, long-nosed mask, and rope-like wig, and the drummer wearing a tall floppy-nosed mask and wide-shouldered tunic.
new song!
ooh, with their fancy new instruments!
Nice that Godin (a Quebec company) made Khn's new guitar
Nice that Godin (a Quebec company) made Khn's new guitar
@scruss brilliant move by them to do this. Interesting to see how well worn it is already after a few months
https://youtu.be/I_IkLkyjYXE
https://youtu.be/I_IkLkyjYXE
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MAGA man with arsehole face tattoo
"dong pac satire"
Some have pointed out that the two identical framed wall hangings suggest the image is AI generated.
Satire is getting lazy these days
Satire is getting lazy these days
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A natural formation of craggy stone rises up from the desert. The top is a flat, table-like surface, on which a person stands in front of a campfire. Smoke from the fire rises into the evening sky. The sky is a dull greenish color, with a yellow glow around the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
Time enough at last.
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Magnets on a refrigerator spelling "Your AI flyer looks like shit from a butt"
A butt that was constipated.
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I received a spam text that said:
Darling, what are you doing? I noticed you haven't replied to me.
I replied:
Sorry, it took longer than expected to dismember the body of the last spammer.
Darling, what are you doing? I noticed you haven't replied to me.
I replied:
Sorry, it took longer than expected to dismember the body of the last spammer.
I was in a mood.
🖤
Not saying you shouldn’t embrace catharsis, but no one will ever read this text. It’ll just make your number have a tick next to it to the effect of “active number”.
@robotmachine True. I usually delete and move on, but my frustration gets the better of me sometimes.
@devilsrancher I applied for a home loan in August of last year and I still get at least one voicemail from a new number every single day about the line of credit I asked about (I did not). So trust me when I say I get it completely.