If you've never been here it's one of the most solemn places in the U.S. The place has an enormous weight to it that sinks into you even if you don't have someone there. And if you do. . . my grandfather was a Marine in the Pacific in WWII and all that entails, and he's buried in Arlington. Absolutely enraging . . . but it made me weep to see the MAGAs jumping in so quickly to "defend" it.
It's all so incredibly shameful it's unexpressable. And that's on top of the shame of just in the last few days watching this same guy be so proud he bombed little girls.
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surprising. i know.
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Bert and Ernie, Bert at the bottom of the slide with the words Bottom on his rear end. Ernie at the top, with Top on his chest.
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Hegseth Group Yelled At For Laughing By Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier Sentinel
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yeah, so. Veterans Day.
This like is for the tomb.
Imagine mugging for a photo shoot and cackling, here of all places, on fucking Veteran's Day. Every single person in this administration is an absolute disgrace. No morals. No class. No humanity.
Convergent evolution
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Owl and cat eyes next to each other
We’re owl very impressed. I had to paws for a moment.
“I should get a pea green boat.”
@bezt *snort*
He’s right behind me…
10/10
The glider of my youth.
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An advertising giveaway of a foam plane, printed in red on white foam. The most notable feature is the body of the plane looks like a classic coke bottle. The logo of that large multinational logo is printed on each wing.
Mine were balsa, not foam. But the bottling plant near me gave these out. They were s staple of field trips and often there was a basket of them next to the returns crate at the local store that still sold coke in glass deposit bottles. I had forgotten the detail of the taped penny, but that was what free cost you back then, I guess.
neenaw neenaw new shirt alert
metaphor
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A fully-accurate representation of the Great Googly-Moogly.
i like it when you can follow individual things on their little journeys
Let the right one in
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A tom turkey stands outside a set of glass doors, peering in as if waiting to be let in for Thanksgiving
A boy forms a unique friendship with his new neighbor, a peculiar bird with a dark secret.
They're after the place. They don't know why. They just remember that they want to be in here.
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Turkeys are a lot like vampires. Can't come in without being invited, throwing grain on the ground will stop tgem from chasing you, drinking blood, etc
US military medals
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A very long chart of US military awards and decorations
My grandfather's Legion of Merit is on the top of the missing items list in this house. This is the highest decoration that is given to non-combatant soldiers; my grandfather was awarded it for his work training crews to do photographic analysis and other intelligence work pertaining to invading islands in the Pacific. Mom put it, well, somewhere.
i have two or three of those
I have four or five. I did not get the Good Behavior ribbon.
Pep talk
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"Start in November.
Start in your 40s.
Start on Friday.
Start at 5pm.
Start on 31st.
Start late.
Start."
Start in your 40s.
Start on Friday.
Start at 5pm.
Start on 31st.
Start late.
Start."
thank you, i genuinely needed to see this today at this moment in time
Friday November 31st, 5pm, got it.
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
for all who celebrate
Fumée d'ambre gris (Smoke of Ambergris)
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Burning whale bile!
Sargent knew about white.
If you ever get to western MA, do not sleep on going to the Clark Museum. It is amazing.
Virtual fruit fly brains play doom trade bitcoin
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Dek for a Scientific American article, "Virtual fruit fly brains can play Doom and trade bitcoin: Reseearchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it." with a small illustration of the new fruit fly connectome.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article...
'“It’s certainly an unexpected application of producing a connectome, but it’s fun, and it puts a spotlight on the research and allows the general public to get an entry into an otherwise complicated and difficult topic,” says Gerald M. Rubin, head of biology at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus in Virginia and one of the researchers behind the dataset.'
'“It’s certainly an unexpected application of producing a connectome, but it’s fun, and it puts a spotlight on the research and allows the general public to get an entry into an otherwise complicated and difficult topic,” says Gerald M. Rubin, head of biology at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus in Virginia and one of the researchers behind the dataset.'
On the Workbench at Chez Wells
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Four pictures of progress in the creation of a spoon
I've been intimidated by woodworking, and I thought I'd do a lot worse at spoon making. It took a few hours. I don't like the results, but I learned a lot. I still have finish work to do
I used a Dremel, with a jigsaw for the rough cuts. The wood is lilac from our garden. Fortunately, I have more of that to work with
I used a Dremel, with a jigsaw for the rough cuts. The wood is lilac from our garden. Fortunately, I have more of that to work with
Looks great, man!
I’ve carved a couple of spoons, but it’s been years and I’d like to get back into it
@wjcstp I hope to use proper tools to carve a spoon, but before I bought them, I thought I'd try some point-n-click Dremel action.
Your ride is here
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Taco Bus, located on West Central in Albuquerque.
I had the Adobada, but there isn't a bad dish on the menu.
siempre tacos busco
I'm on the Taco Bus. I'm in the Torta Cab. I'm in the combination Taco Bus and Torta Cab.
i want to be...a taco bus!
Four years in March
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B&W photo of my hand holding my Mum's hand
Came across this in my Google Photos memories. I still miss her often.
To live in hearts that love is not to die.
Converpation Shit
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Maybe this will be funny to you, maybe horrific, but regardless, here you go: The first thought my brain spit out on seeing this image was "that needs more ADA grab bars."
You're welcome?
You're welcome?
First summer of national guard training had us in WII era barracks that had exactly this.
Well, not EXACTLY this but...ya know.
Well, not EXACTLY this but...ya know.
@1f2frfbf sfunny, my first thought was "ugh, AI again."
Chargenplan
all these decades later and i STILL don't have any vectors
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a screencap from "flight of the navigator" in which the young protagonist david sits in the shiny pilot chair of the alien craft, angrily replying "vectors? i don't have any vectors. i'm just a kid!"
screencapped from a watch of "the flight of the navigator" (1986, d. randal kleiser) a few weeks ago when i was laid up sick. somehow still kind of a fun movie, and this line still made me cackle.
(also, EDIT: apologies, i didn't realize how small the subtitles were!)
(also, EDIT: apologies, i didn't realize how small the subtitles were!)
I don't leak. You leak
One of my childhood favorites. I loved this deep dive into some of the special effects. https://youtu.be/tyixMpuG...
COMPLIENCE
who needs donuts?
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the previous post made me think of my all-time favorite children's book, Mark Stamaty's "Who Needs Donuts?"
YES!
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who's ever heard of this book.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who's ever heard of this book.
An absolute all timer for children and adults.
Total flashback seeing that cover
Paint the Moon
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A two panel comic by artist McLovenstein. In the first panel, an artist is set up with their easel in a nighttime forest glade with the moon hanging above the trees. The artist is saying, "The moon looks amazing tonight! I should paint it!"
The second panel shows the frustrated artist and their finished painting, with the moon an indistinct white dot in the way photographs of the moon invariably look.
The second panel shows the frustrated artist and their finished painting, with the moon an indistinct white dot in the way photographs of the moon invariably look.
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every single full-moon photo i've ever taken
Need a good telephoto brush
Learn the News
Feathery Gills Copy
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Cool guy axolotl, lounging on a car like in the poster for BEVERLY HILLS COP. The poster says, "Axolotl Foley is... FEATHERY GILLS COP"
I made this joke a while back and suddenly felt the need to draw it.
Heheheh
I look forward to the original
😻
Fat City, 1972
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The closing credits of John Huston's 1972 film 'Fat City.' Tully (Stacy Keach) and Ernie (Jeff Bridges) sit at a bar. Their clothes are filthy, their faces battered and dusty. They're lit from behind by a greenish fluorescent light.
Superimposed credit text reads: "Tully STACY KEACH Ernie JEFF BRIDGES
Oma SUSAN TYRELL Faye CANDY CLARK"
Superimposed credit text reads: "Tully STACY KEACH Ernie JEFF BRIDGES
Oma SUSAN TYRELL Faye CANDY CLARK"
RIP
RIP. This film features a fantastic sequence in opening credits on the 110 from downtown LA through the elysian tunnels.
Big fly swatter
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A giant fly swat displayed in the desert
Just dedicated in the tiny South Australian town of Kingoonya.
ABC Radio via Facebook
ABC Radio via Facebook
(fly shown life-size)
Could have used that fucker playing cricket on a kangaroo-shit-covered oval in Mundaring on the weekend.
@jordanbrock /r/brandnewsentence
alien
all of my allowance was spent feeding these to trees
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Super Ace balsa wood gliders
These and the rubber band powered version
one of the best birthday parties I ever had was when my mom and I bought maybe twenty of these and everyone at my party got one; we spent the afternoon flying them in our yard, it was bliss
I buy these in bulk to give out at Halloween. I feed the trees.
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