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Kim's '82 Vision Gator
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We met Kim (pronounced "keem") on one of the Barcelona breakwaters yesterday. We saw him practicing wind surfing with his skateboard and immediately b-lined to ask if we could take some photos with him.
He talked with us for quite a while. He's a windsurfing instructor, ski instructor, and something else I can't remember. He's also 65 years old. I'd have guessed no older than 50.
I was immediately drawn to his board. I love the 80's board shapes. I asked him if it was an '85 (random guess), and he said it's from '82. I can't recall if he picked it up in California or Florida.
I submitted this for review today with the hopes it'd get picked up for the project, but it didn't, which isn't surprising. It doesn't really fit our brief. I wanted an upside down american flag to go up in an exhibit for the next year, though.
He talked with us for quite a while. He's a windsurfing instructor, ski instructor, and something else I can't remember. He's also 65 years old. I'd have guessed no older than 50.
I was immediately drawn to his board. I love the 80's board shapes. I asked him if it was an '85 (random guess), and he said it's from '82. I can't recall if he picked it up in California or Florida.
I submitted this for review today with the hopes it'd get picked up for the project, but it didn't, which isn't surprising. It doesn't really fit our brief. I wanted an upside down american flag to go up in an exhibit for the next year, though.
ufez
I'm really digging the way the wheels pop in the shadow.
Artemis
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Black cat with yellow eyes relaxing in a basket.
aka Inky
Possibly the sweetest, most affectionate cat we have ever owned. I hear this is often a trait of black cats.
#housepanther
A++ would stare into this void
"again"
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๐
yeah...why? maybe we'll NEVER know.
At least he didn't pretend to have a dead wife like Raymond Burr did.
god meats.
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strange people exist, and they are awesome.
The next head of the US Department of Public Health, right there.
Has someone alerted the Beef and Dairy Network?
@ardgedee +++
Brisses, Bar Mitzvahs, and Shenanigans
The reluctant spring
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Weather forecast showing temperatures in the 60s-70s Fahrenheit on weekdays, and in the mid 40s for Saturday and Sunday.
This is the 3rd weekend in a row where the weekday weather is beautiful and the weekend is garbage. This is typical for Minnestota, but wow it's getting old.
Co-sign
Sheba RIP
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My neib's kitty, who passed away, after they moved. She was a righteous cheetah soul, trapped in a housecat's body.
Sheba, RIP
My neib's kitty, who passed away, after they moved. She was a righteous cheetah soul, trapped in a housecat's body
My neib's kitty, who passed away, after they moved. She was a righteous cheetah soul, trapped in a housecat's body
i see you and raise (seedlings)
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photo of a very small plant pot, trowel, and shovel on an outstretched palm with a very small greenhouse in the background. the shovel and trowel are about the length of the personโs pinky finger.
i have a very brown thumb but i am trying to make plants grow with a Tiny Gardeningโข๏ธ set that a friend gifted to me years ago. i have tiny purple basil sprouts peeking through today!
your move, @wombatman70
@tweedlydo Hahaha I love it!!! I really wanted to have half of our basil garden be purple basil this year because itโs so pretty, but we so prefer sweet basil that we kept it 100% sweet this year again (one year we did half Thai basil which was fun, but we used SO little of it that in the end we realized itโs best if we stick to sweet), so Iโm living vicariously through your tiny liโl garden! Keep up the tiny good work!
It's a trap
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Sure, "anonymous" survey, sure.
"Oh, and HR says you haven't completed your anonymous survey yet, so finish that up."
@Xedrik ++
Do not cite the old magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.
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And Ancient Egyptian!
...and Elamite, whose last speaker died some time between 1000 and 2300 years ago.
some underpaid web developer imported an extremely thorough language set.
@dreyfusslugado A dev (a member of a team) was assigned the task of connecting the SPA (single page application) to a third-party translation service, and since they can't test how it works without adding any languages they added all of them, assuming that the client or product owner was responsible for the final list of languages they were supposed to use. And then the client or product owner, who is not beholden to the same Agile Project schedule pressures that the rank-and-file are, couldn't be arsed to complete their own task of writing a list of the three or five languages they actually intended to use.
Which is kinda the worst-case scenario mostly because it means the app handling your medical intake information is connecting to offsite servers not managed by the app's operator. What's equally likely is despite the massive length of the list only English (default) actually works, every other option (including those one might reasonably expect) don't, or every option only displays English because the SPA went live without any language modules that actually contained the relevant languages, only English because that's what the devs used for testing.
signed, someone who's been through this bullshit before.
Which is kinda the worst-case scenario mostly because it means the app handling your medical intake information is connecting to offsite servers not managed by the app's operator. What's equally likely is despite the massive length of the list only English (default) actually works, every other option (including those one might reasonably expect) don't, or every option only displays English because the SPA went live without any language modules that actually contained the relevant languages, only English because that's what the devs used for testing.
signed, someone who's been through this bullshit before.
I've made a huge mistake
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i can smell this post
I love erasers, and I have too many, because I hate using them. "I'm caught in a trap, I can't walk out"
Have made many a race car out of Pink Pearls erasers and spent many hours racing it around various made up tracks doodled on desktops snd notebooks to crowd noises and hyped announcers echoing within my own skull.
me_irl
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๐๐ฉท๐๐๐ฉต๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค๐คโค๏ธ
that kid is going places. I don't know where, but they are definitely going places.
Actual, 100% real LOL from me. Love this!
!NEW SHK ALERT! : "Cats I Have Known"
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photo of a grey cat sitting in a cardboard box, looking grumpy
why? because i love taking pictures of cats, and i love people showing me the cats they hang out with, live with, or spot being weirdos in the wild.
if you catch a shot of a local cheese goblin, window spy, or porch weirdo, this is the place to show it off. (pls no memes or other people's photos, though.)
pls join me if you're the same kind of weirdo as me:
https://mltshp.com/CatsIHav...
if you catch a shot of a local cheese goblin, window spy, or porch weirdo, this is the place to show it off. (pls no memes or other people's photos, though.)
pls join me if you're the same kind of weirdo as me:
https://mltshp.com/CatsIHav...
this cat: "thisbe", who lived with me in four or five different places between 2009 and 2017. violent little warrior princess
this be the verse
My new duplex neighbor has a very handsome cat that likes to perch in the windows (and a small and rather anxious gremlin-mutt). I'll see if I can't snag a good picture of him.
๐ด๐ช๏ธ๐ง๐ผ
B*tch
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Hahahaha.
The advice we give our children is really advice we give ourselves!
The advice we give our children is really advice we give ourselves!
Do as I say, not as I do.
What if I put all of the materials from one project into a shoebox and stick it in my closet and forget it exists for years and years, am I good?
pspsps
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Your cat is smarter than a flat earther.
iโm the
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A black cat poised at the mouthpiece of an enormous purple sousaphone, the round brass bell of which is labeled FUNK ENGINE
TOOT
Play That Funky Meowsic
Neighbour passed on an unwanted fridge
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Housewifing the shit out of it
Nice color!
@snarkout that's really why I said yes!
@snarkout ditto on the color!
Nico's ballet
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My favorite frame from today's shoot. This is Nico. Nico saw me photographing my kids at the skatepark back in August or September and approached me asking if I'd like to do some photos together. We shot a few frames in that park and I took his portrait. Really warm, kind human.
A couple of months later I reached out and asked if he'd be interested in doing some portraiture for one of my classes. He immediately agreed. We did some wild light painting and acrobatic stuff (he used to do Capoeira). It was a really fun shoot and we agreed to do more in the future.
Jump to about a week ago. I was talking to my team about maybe getting in touch with him for a shoot on the coast for our project. The very next day he reaches out to let me know he's back from Argentina. It's either a universe thing or he's the life force behind targeted ads.
Today's shoot was so much fun. We emulated some iconic shots from J. Grant Brittain and played around on these breakwater blocks. He's not fearless but close to it. Very balletic, yoga-etic, punketic, etc etc.
Among many talents, he's a tattoo artist as well. I plan to work with him on a piece soon.
A couple of months later I reached out and asked if he'd be interested in doing some portraiture for one of my classes. He immediately agreed. We did some wild light painting and acrobatic stuff (he used to do Capoeira). It was a really fun shoot and we agreed to do more in the future.
Jump to about a week ago. I was talking to my team about maybe getting in touch with him for a shoot on the coast for our project. The very next day he reaches out to let me know he's back from Argentina. It's either a universe thing or he's the life force behind targeted ads.
Today's shoot was so much fun. We emulated some iconic shots from J. Grant Brittain and played around on these breakwater blocks. He's not fearless but close to it. Very balletic, yoga-etic, punketic, etc etc.
Among many talents, he's a tattoo artist as well. I plan to work with him on a piece soon.
that's awesome, and a great connection you made. nice when the good ones just pop up in the wild.
this is a really lovely pic; the composition is exquisite, and i especially love that you resisted the urge to directly center him. really beautiful color palette too. that gentle gradient from the sky down to the sea is *chef's kiss*
unsolicited advice from someone who is obviously not as good a photographer as you, but part of me would want to either push the shadows deeper so he's a bit more of a silhouette, or blow out the shadows a bit so we can see the detail of his tats and musculature.
this is a really lovely pic; the composition is exquisite, and i especially love that you resisted the urge to directly center him. really beautiful color palette too. that gentle gradient from the sky down to the sea is *chef's kiss*
unsolicited advice from someone who is obviously not as good a photographer as you, but part of me would want to either push the shadows deeper so he's a bit more of a silhouette, or blow out the shadows a bit so we can see the detail of his tats and musculature.
adding to the love: the angles you chose to include in frame with the concrete barriers are just fascinating. contrasting him against this sea of angry triangles that the concrete barricades make up is such a cool concept
@nikkuneko thank you so much! I agree about the shadows. Iโm going to tweak that a bit.
iykyk
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Snowclone of the popular "distracted boyfriend" meme in which the jealous girlfriend's head is replaced by Klek from Angine de Poitrine, and the head of the woman the boyfriend is staring at has been replaced by one of the cryptically labeled Boards of Canada VHS tapes.
Only April and it's already a bumper year for middle-aged men who've spent their whole lives being annoying about music.
All that's missing is another MBV EP.
source: friend via private chat and probably came from somewhere else.
All that's missing is another MBV EP.
source: friend via private chat and probably came from somewhere else.
ok for anyone else who has no clue: "In April 2026, electronic music duo Boards of Canada sparked comeback rumors by mailing mysterious, unlabeled VHS tapes to fans. The tapes, often sent via Warp Records/Bleep, feature a logo with seven tessellated hexagons and contain cryptic audio with shortwave-style voices, potentially indicating new music, a reissue campaign, or a "Hexagon Sun" project."
@thelonius new song dropped this morning:
https://mltshp.com/p/1RO5E
https://mltshp.com/p/1RO5E
i showed this image to some colleagues today and spent 5 minutes trying to unpack it for them. 100% fail
Ratboys!
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At the Fine Line! Holy sh!t are they good live!
YESSS!
they truly are such a delight live.
they truly are such a delight live.
(this post caused me to immediately put on "singin' to an empty chair" the moment i sat down at my computer this morning)
@nikkuneko I had only listened to it a couple times through before last night, but I found myself already knowing most of the songs and came away from the show with a greater appreciation of the album.
Bunny
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My hand holding a bunny over a cluttered work bench
This my first attempt at representational wood shaping (outside of awhittlin' round the campfire). I used a Dremel.
Pretty pleased. Going to need some finer tools.
Here's me geared up to work on it
https://mltshp.com/p/1RO00
Pretty pleased. Going to need some finer tools.
Here's me geared up to work on it
https://mltshp.com/p/1RO00
NOW
That's What I Call
STRIVING
That's What I Call
STRIVING
Get yourself some metal chain mail gloves. And/or wooden handscrews. https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca...
@mare metal chain mail gloves wouldn't be a bad idea, particularly since I was an improbable survivor of a chainsaw accident.
I have several wooden hand screws that are over 100 years old. They wouldn't help here. I'm trying to find the article I saw recent about a super flexible/extensible bench vice.
I have several wooden hand screws that are over 100 years old. They wouldn't help here. I'm trying to find the article I saw recent about a super flexible/extensible bench vice.
She's so pretty <3
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A watercolour painting from a while ago.
oooh dang this is cool. i especially love those brush textures crossing the volcano
This is amazing.
Seems legit.
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I can never remember terms for these (and most of the descriptions either) so I love things like this that help nudge my brain to a better understanding.
@bubbalumpkis I'm positive I've seen a list of logical fallacies here on MLTSHP before, maybe someone will kindly repost.
@WikiAdam Not really designed for meme-ability or mnemonics, but this is a good reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ
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During the height of the ICE occupation here in MPLS, some of the singing resistance efforts were aimed at telling agents they could change their minds and leave.
Waiting for these to show up in Utah to echo the Leaving Mormonism billboards.
||| Done |||
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square crop of a sidewalk chalk drawing: wavy lavender colored lines emanate up from the bottom of frame to a box which reads โdone.โ
thursday status, as provided by neighborhood kids.
(this was part of a very cute hopscotch layout in front of my building)
(this was part of a very cute hopscotch layout in front of my building)
i just hopped a chalk hopscotch in my neighborhood today!
Reach Out Touch Lace
the great unknown
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A knight in armor, carrying a shield and sword, stands on the edge of a greenish brown, perfectly rectangular cliff. The shield is red, with a gold cross on it. Across from the cliff, hovering in the air, are 10 gold coins, arranged in two perfectly parallel columns. The overall scene suggests a classic video game such as Mario. Below, in the distance, are some purple mountains, and there are a few white clouds in the otherwise blue sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
If you collect 100 of them you get a 1-UP!