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STICKER IN A BAR TOILET, DECEMBER 2023
Awww mommy AND daddy issues, poor baby, f*off.
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A soft patchwork of muted spring colors, rectangular, 12 X 14 inner squares. The edges are soft, the painting seems more the comfort of spring, rather than jubilation. Also, it is a torso.
This is a portrait show, so now I see the torso.
#painting #PaulKlee May Picture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
#painting #PaulKlee May Picture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
this painting was my work machine desktop for many years!
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A picture of my Soul Red 2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF with the top retracted. It is parked on a parking lot facing to the left in front of a lake. There is a sun setting behind the car with the sun and horizon visible through the window and open top.
Below that another photo of a document that reads "PNC Auto Loan Statement Final payment congratulations! This is your final loan pay...
Below that another photo of a document that reads "PNC Auto Loan Statement Final payment congratulations! This is your final loan pay...
I got this on the mail today. My final payment was made by auto-withdrawal yesterday. It is actually mine. 🎉
On another note, Google stuff is getting worse by the day. Google photos on my Pixel decided to be weirder than usual about cropping a photo to not include my home address or the car price on it and saving it. I used Firefox and tried to upload the crowd photo and the phone gave some error about the picture not being available. I thought it failed. I was wrong. It successfully uploaded the uncropped photo with my address and car price, and I didn't figure it out until an hour or two later. I deleted it but now I'm afraid the AI now knows where I live.
On another note, Google stuff is getting worse by the day. Google photos on my Pixel decided to be weirder than usual about cropping a photo to not include my home address or the car price on it and saving it. I used Firefox and tried to upload the crowd photo and the phone gave some error about the picture not being available. I thought it failed. I was wrong. It successfully uploaded the uncropped photo with my address and car price, and I didn't figure it out until an hour or two later. I deleted it but now I'm afraid the AI now knows where I live.
Congrats!
THE BθRG KNEW WHERE YOU LIVE A LONG TIME AGO
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The Cheney Sentinel, Kansas, May 29, 1913
I would love to see this apparently regular newspaper factoid feature revived.
I would love to see this apparently regular newspaper factoid feature revived.
Coulda sworn there was a Tumblr or Blogger account dedicated to the topic, because there was a period in the late '00s when these were frequently circulating.
@ardgedee https://www.tumblr.com/yesterda...
@karmakaze ❤️
most of your arm would be frozen solid, anyway
Sensory pain (type III sensory fibers sending signals to nociceptors of neospinothalamic tract) travel at 3 - 30 m/s ( ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ). I'm guessing the increased speed is from the wider fiber diameter, which I presume are pretty large for a person's hands and fingers, so let's presume the higher velocity.
1 AU == 149597870700 m
You'd feel the pain a little over 158 years later.
1 AU == 149597870700 m
You'd feel the pain a little over 158 years later.
@cristin @neuracnu
I KNEW someone here would be nerdy enough to bring facts to the matter. Thank you for your service!
I KNEW someone here would be nerdy enough to bring facts to the matter. Thank you for your service!
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A long-exposure color photograph, showing a man (in shirt, tie, black hat, and gray pants) sitting in the middle of three shiny upholstered chairs on top of a set of stands where his feet are propped, while a ghostly blurred figure works on his shoes.
source: https://harpers.org/archive...
"With this early daguerreotype in mind, I traveled across New York City and asked people of different professions how long it takes them to earn one dollar. I then used their responses to calculate the exposure time for their respective portraits."
A dollar's worth of time from the lives of a sex worker, a pastor, a city council member, a butcher, a union organizer, a dry cleaner, and more, at the link. #photography
"With this early daguerreotype in mind, I traveled across New York City and asked people of different professions how long it takes them to earn one dollar. I then used their responses to calculate the exposure time for their respective portraits."
A dollar's worth of time from the lives of a sex worker, a pastor, a city council member, a butcher, a union organizer, a dry cleaner, and more, at the link. #photography
that's a cool set of photos!
Neat idea, well done
Fantastic. What a beautiful project.
Added to /nyc
Added to /nyc
Wow I'm into doing long exposures so it's awesome having a concept to go with it.
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Still living under the city windmill I see.
(fellow Lauwerecht inhabitant here)
(fellow Lauwerecht inhabitant here)
Nice! I can’t go back to gas cars. I even bought an electric riding lawnmower mower so great.
Xc40 recharge driver here. Full ev, all the time. In year 3 now. Love it. Best car I’ve ever owned. Volvo has provided great service and experiences the few times I’ve needed it. Happy for you!
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a fake product by creator obviousplant, in this instance a thin volume that is titled "every jazz sound". below that, an image of a balding man with his eyes half closed, playing a trumpet, with the adjacent text column: "featuring: TOOT, SQUEE, BOP, WHAH WHAH, TOOT TOOT, FLUTE VIBRATO, BOOM BIP, TOOT TOOP, BASS, SNARE, KICK, RIM SHOT, SQUONK, ...AND MORE". below that, an inset of a fedora that reads "inlcudes *fedora rustle*" and a cartoon crab playing a fedora with the footer "a jazz crabs hearing aid"
via obviousplant on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p...
https://www.instagram.com/p...
Currently scatting
Forgetting the triple tongued “takkita takkita takkita”
Computer, give me a hat wobble
related- https://youtu.be/MsQYzpOHpik
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people dancing in McDonalds
Mac and Me!
https://youtu.be/NdvO0tmN...
(and yes, this is the same dreadful movie Paul Rudd used in every movie interview with Conan)
https://youtu.be/NdvO0tmN...
(and yes, this is the same dreadful movie Paul Rudd used in every movie interview with Conan)
@BennyTheIcepick Certainly one of the greatest pieces of comedy ever conceived.
Yes, I love the Rudd/Conan bit, but not enough to watch the movie.
One interesting thing about this clip and the whole number was that it was so branded to McDonalds. This was a blatant E.T. knock off. In E.T. they wanted to use M&Ms as a lure for E.T. but the corporation refused. Reece's Pieces was right on with it, and as a result became hugely successful. So, Mac And Me got McDonald's 100%.
One interesting thing about this clip and the whole number was that it was so branded to McDonalds. This was a blatant E.T. knock off. In E.T. they wanted to use M&Ms as a lure for E.T. but the corporation refused. Reece's Pieces was right on with it, and as a result became hugely successful. So, Mac And Me got McDonald's 100%.
Hell, I couldn’t even really stomach the MST3K version lampooning the movie. It’s just that bad.
And also it’s pronounced Reesey Pieceys and I don’t care what anyone else says.
And also it’s pronounced Reesey Pieceys and I don’t care what anyone else says.
@BennyTheIcepick Preach!
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Newspaper illustration of an octopus hairdo. “Mr. Punch’s Designs After Nature. Great Sensation for the Aquarium - _Coiffure Octopus_
Squid hat _avant la lettre_. @nikkuneko @cristin
@bezt well, i'm only calling it a "coiffure octopus" from now on
Related: https://mltshp.com/p/1GPS9
@bezt ha!
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gravestone reading "POET PHILOSPOHER & FAILURE"
I need this on the back of a hoodie.
C'est moi.
@0y3ahSansAcut3 I totally thought this was a back-of-the-neck tattoo
@jpk I saw it that way too!
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album art for boy harsher's 2019 album "careful". a vertical diptych of video screenshots, with very obvious artifacts. in the top frame, a female-presenting person in a tank top and combat pants falls back onto a bed. in the lower frame, she is looking upward with her head on the bed
i fell down a deep assed hole of darkwave/synthpop/electropop over the weekend. overplayed the first CHVRCHES record, guiltily spun the crystal castles albums and alice glass' solo stuff, sifted through some s u r v i v e and more of that ilk.
somewhere on a bleak, empty side road off those genre highways are boy harsher. their grimy, glitching minimal synth lines and sharply cold vocals drill right into you. they haunt you. they bring to mind early 80s synthpop and industrial, albeit with a different kind of emotional weight.
i'd never heard of them until their vocalist guested on the last deafheaven album, but they are now thoroughly lodged into my brain. going back soon to get their earlier "yr body is nothing" and their immaculate soundtrack work.
stream // purchase // download:
https://boyharsher.bandcamp.com/album...
somewhere on a bleak, empty side road off those genre highways are boy harsher. their grimy, glitching minimal synth lines and sharply cold vocals drill right into you. they haunt you. they bring to mind early 80s synthpop and industrial, albeit with a different kind of emotional weight.
i'd never heard of them until their vocalist guested on the last deafheaven album, but they are now thoroughly lodged into my brain. going back soon to get their earlier "yr body is nothing" and their immaculate soundtrack work.
stream // purchase // download:
https://boyharsher.bandcamp.com/album...
Yeah this is an album I've enjoyed playing in it's entirety, which I think is unusual these days.
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Promo shot for the Red Castle Motel Hotel here in Perth. 1984
I am diggin that robe
I am diggin that robe
check the lease, baby, you're living in fruit plate city
That overhead detail with the blackout drapes! Nice space!
INTERIOR - JJ ARCHITECTS - 1968 - SUBURBAN CINCINNATI
Two actors. Greg, the lead architect is across the table from Ricky, the client.
Greg, takes a long drag from his cigarette. He pauses in contemplation. Camera slowly pans down to reveal an overflowing ashtray with 7 butts. Greg's hand comes into frame and smashes the 8th one in.
CUT TO:
CLOSEUP - GREG'S FACE
GREG has a puzzled, almost pained look on his face.
CUT TO:
CEILING
Camera pauses on the glare of an fluorescent overhead light. An audible buzz increases in volume.
CUT TO:
CLOSEUP - RICKY'S FACE
RICKY:
"and...yes...I think that's it!"
CUT TO:
CLOSEUP - GREG'S FACE
GREG let's out a long sigh.
Pauses.
Squints.
GREG:
"Wait...you want the what located where?"
Two actors. Greg, the lead architect is across the table from Ricky, the client.
Greg, takes a long drag from his cigarette. He pauses in contemplation. Camera slowly pans down to reveal an overflowing ashtray with 7 butts. Greg's hand comes into frame and smashes the 8th one in.
CUT TO:
CLOSEUP - GREG'S FACE
GREG has a puzzled, almost pained look on his face.
CUT TO:
CEILING
Camera pauses on the glare of an fluorescent overhead light. An audible buzz increases in volume.
CUT TO:
CLOSEUP - RICKY'S FACE
RICKY:
"and...yes...I think that's it!"
CUT TO:
CLOSEUP - GREG'S FACE
GREG let's out a long sigh.
Pauses.
Squints.
GREG:
"Wait...you want the what located where?"
@homerj ★
There's a better than zero chance I stayed in the Red Castle Motel Hotel
I did not read that as promo.
@jordanbrock It was great for parties towards the end of its life. Never did see the revolving restaurant actually revolve, but have spewed off the turret.
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I most definitely have already posted this to my personal SHK but I couldn't find it so I'm reposting it directly here since it's one of my favs
<sensible chuckle>
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A tenement building against a bright blue night. A white crescent moon sits in the top right of the sky. On closer inspection, the tenement is actually a book, with two greenish bars on the spine. There are multiple windows on the cover of the book, with different colored light. Some of the windows are dark or have curtains or blinds drawn. In the windows are various entities: a person, a cat, a monster, a teacup. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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A matte black ant that has a very flat body with gothic details. It's like a series of black plates and spikes. The eyes are on the side of the head as it rests on a leaf. Photo from iNaturalist by melvynyeo
Gorgeous!
Confirmed. No regrets.
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The logo for Boski's Market, which features a steaming cup with the letters BM on it.
I drove by a store in Worcester MA today with accidentally the worst logo. Found the logo online. 😬
It's a great logo. It's got the dynamic stink fumes and everything!
POW! I shit my pants!
"Our coffee tastes like shit!"
@jpoulos ++
No public restroom
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I remember watching this when it aired
I say "blah blah Ginger" every couple days
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The rookie here just completed her vaccinations and went down to the beach with me for the first time.
Early apprehensions was overcome when she reverted to her current teeth-forward approach to life and discovered that the beach is covered in stuff like kelp and seaweed that can be chewed on and torn apart.
Early apprehensions was overcome when she reverted to her current teeth-forward approach to life and discovered that the beach is covered in stuff like kelp and seaweed that can be chewed on and torn apart.
Yay puppy!
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A color illustration by Moebius.
That's just glorious.
At this point I'm convinced Björn has access to another dimension where Moebius is still alive, churning out masterpieces on the daily. I hope this isn't causing some slow rupture in the space-time continuum. OTOH, might be worth it.
@gwint Haha, I think I'm just lucky he was an incredibly prolific artist (or maybe that's just my cover story)
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Animation of a middle aged man riding a skateboard in a suburban parking lot. He is not moving all that fast.
I haven't skated, really, since I was 17. Last month I picked up my kid's unused longboard and have started relearning how. It is great. (Two years of weekly yoga practice has improved my balance significantly, that has made it a lot more fun.)
I'm not looking to do any tricks of any kind, just happy to carve a little.
Midlife crisis are underrated. Get out there an feel something again.
I'm not looking to do any tricks of any kind, just happy to carve a little.
Midlife crisis are underrated. Get out there an feel something again.
Yes!
You know if you keep circling the camera like that …
Picking up your skateboard again is rad as hell.
Conga Rats 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀!!!
Coooooool!
Doing fun things is fun, and it's cool to have some time in middle age to rediscover fun things.
@LocalStain Oh dang, old skaters is kind of inspiring. TY
I was a roller skater in my youth. Before rollerblades, even. Wore many a toe stop to the nub. Anyway, I briefly considered lacing up my skates again recently as my granddaughters have taken it up, but then I remembered that my aunt broke BOTH her wrists in a fall skating at about my age and had to have her mother (my grandmother) come live with her for a month to help with things like WIPING HER BUTT and I came to my senses pretty quickly.
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L-4 style forest service fire lookout (14x14) on a 20 foot tower. Rough, rocky ground in the foreground, with shorter evergreen trees in the near distance. The sky has moody storm clouds that brought more than an inch of rain in the last 24 hours.
Double Arrow Lookout on the Lolo National Forest near Seeley Lake, MT. This is my first of four for lookouts I have rented for the summer. You can drive right up to this one vs having to hike in, although the road is pretty dodgy. I'm still sick, so climbing up 34 stairs felt like A LOT. Turns out I have bronchitis that's maybe getting better now, maybe not? Anyhow, it was a pretty cool deal being up on a mountain top.
Oh hahahaha ! . . . one summer in my early twenties some friends and I went on a "lookout road trip" and at the time I was desperately in love with someone who barely knew I existed so in heartsick despondence I buried a certain R.E.M. lyric on a scrap of waterproof paper under fire lookouts all over the North American west as one of those things you do when you're that age I guess. This was one of the 1st ones we visited - because of Norman Maclean, natch - so somewhere in the ground in the photo there must be the mouldering remains of said lyric (if it even still exists). Oh Youth ahahahaha!
@williwaw 🖤😢
@MackReed aw thanks but the humor at the Pretentiousness of Youth is the core memory here - as well as getting to see some cool lookouts! It's neat other people get to see them too like in this here post!
@williwaw amazing, I love it! Funny thing: I listened to some old REM (Reckoning) on the way home, but alas, not while at the lookout.
@williwaw @zork thank you both for sharing your stories. It's neat that you both will have visited the same place.
@zork ohhhh that's wild because that's my second favorite R.E.M.album and the lyrics I buried were from "Don't Go Back to Rockville"!
Life is so amazing!
Life is so amazing!
this is just so cool
That is a great photo.
you could have hidden something useful, like a strip of paper explaining what a "moral kiosk" is
@thelonius oh, that's in the wrong dog's life chest.
Great. Now I need to play Firewatch again.
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Comic panel, a bespectacled older gentleman opens the door to you revealing a roomful of male clowns in pleated skirts with pompoms, found red noses and bald caps sprouting orange-tufted hair. He says, “ COME IN, GENTLEMEN.
WEVE BEEN
EXPECTING YOU.!!
DO STEP
INSIDE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.” while the clowns all shriek, “ WELCOME! WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME!”
WEVE BEEN
EXPECTING YOU.!!
DO STEP
INSIDE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.” while the clowns all shriek, “ WELCOME! WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME!”
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part of Fig. 1 from Okuyama et al 2025, a paper about the convergent evolution of dimethyl sulfides in plants that attract gross fly and beetle pollinators by smelling like gross stuff. It is a cartoon of a hungry fly being enticed towards a Rafflesia, an Asarum, and an Amorphophallus by a putrid mix of sulfide compounds that smell like rotting carrion and poop. SEVERAL cartoon poops are featured.
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leslie uggams being carried in by human-sized muppets
Happy pride, y’all
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