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public library pollinator garden
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some very tall bee balm and other plants in a small garden with a sign saying "All pollinators welcome here" with a butterfly on it. It's a bright sunny day
Getting back on my "try to visit all of Vermont's public libraries" project (despite someone already doing a speedrun of it on Instagram this past year). Library 66 was in Corinth Vermont, was my "local" when I first moved to Vermont and is now in the far side of my county from where I live. Too nearly an hour to get here. The brand new library director went to the same library school as me, in Seattle.
@misslivie and @trey May try coming to yours next week.
@misslivie and @trey May try coming to yours next week.
we're like a mile away. come say hi!
Bonnie
Akihiko Okamura
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Women crossing through British Army barricade, Northern Ireland, c. 1969
source: https://akihiko-okamura.ie
"From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, renowned Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created a remarkable, compelling and largely unseen body of work in Ireland, north and south. After covering the Vietnam War, Okamura went to Ireland in 1968 and soon after, in 1969, he decided to move to Ireland with his family. From then on, he continually photographed the Troubles in the North and his life with his family in the South, until he suddenly passed away, in 1985."
"From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, renowned Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created a remarkable, compelling and largely unseen body of work in Ireland, north and south. After covering the Vietnam War, Okamura went to Ireland in 1968 and soon after, in 1969, he decided to move to Ireland with his family. From then on, he continually photographed the Troubles in the North and his life with his family in the South, until he suddenly passed away, in 1985."
Wow.
This is an incredible photo.
So I've always found Irish history super fascinating and have read quite a few books about it; of course the Troubles loom large as part of it. (I particularly liked "The Troubles" by Tim Pat Coogan if one is looking.)
Now - I read hundreds of books a year (no kids + no T.V. for the win!) so for books to lodge in my head they have to be pretty special. But there are certain books that I can't get *out* of my head and I brood over them for *years* after reading them; such books I refer to as "books that changed my DNA". There aren't that many.
ANYWAY maybe 5-6 years ago I read "Say Nothing" by Patrick Raden Keefe, which on the surface (and also underneath - it's a masterful bit of storytelling architeciture) was about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972, weaving in the story of a few notorious Troubles era folks like Gerry Adams and particularly the Price sisters, who are most well-known for going on a hunger strike in prison. But really, it's about the most holistic coverage of the entire Troubles era I've ever read, and it's also about *Ireland*. (It also engages the reader with the problems of how to document certain kinds of history.) Just fantastic stuff.
And it just knocked my fucking socks off while also slapping me in the face. I would have read it in a day if I hadn't had to keep stopping and go take a walk so I could thinking about what I just read. I immediately re-read it and have several times since. And still, though it's been years, I regularly think about it - it was truly a book that changed my DNA. Tldr: read it!
*Cough* circling back, a huge part of the book - and one of the themes and he framed it that I've been unable to stop thinking about ever since concerns how protest and then radicalization happens, and especially how it happened in Ireland. It asks some very huge questions about violence - how it's framed & narrated; particularly the morality of (including *forgetting*!); and the spaces in which both condemnation and condoning occur and circle around each other. Which might not seem like new subjects but he definitely makes the reader ask questions of themselves in very interesting ways. (All of this very much hit home in the wake and then re-election of The Shithead.) And from that viewpoint this photo is *everything*. It's about half the book in one image. Incredible.
This is an incredible photo.
So I've always found Irish history super fascinating and have read quite a few books about it; of course the Troubles loom large as part of it. (I particularly liked "The Troubles" by Tim Pat Coogan if one is looking.)
Now - I read hundreds of books a year (no kids + no T.V. for the win!) so for books to lodge in my head they have to be pretty special. But there are certain books that I can't get *out* of my head and I brood over them for *years* after reading them; such books I refer to as "books that changed my DNA". There aren't that many.
ANYWAY maybe 5-6 years ago I read "Say Nothing" by Patrick Raden Keefe, which on the surface (and also underneath - it's a masterful bit of storytelling architeciture) was about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972, weaving in the story of a few notorious Troubles era folks like Gerry Adams and particularly the Price sisters, who are most well-known for going on a hunger strike in prison. But really, it's about the most holistic coverage of the entire Troubles era I've ever read, and it's also about *Ireland*. (It also engages the reader with the problems of how to document certain kinds of history.) Just fantastic stuff.
And it just knocked my fucking socks off while also slapping me in the face. I would have read it in a day if I hadn't had to keep stopping and go take a walk so I could thinking about what I just read. I immediately re-read it and have several times since. And still, though it's been years, I regularly think about it - it was truly a book that changed my DNA. Tldr: read it!
*Cough* circling back, a huge part of the book - and one of the themes and he framed it that I've been unable to stop thinking about ever since concerns how protest and then radicalization happens, and especially how it happened in Ireland. It asks some very huge questions about violence - how it's framed & narrated; particularly the morality of (including *forgetting*!); and the spaces in which both condemnation and condoning occur and circle around each other. Which might not seem like new subjects but he definitely makes the reader ask questions of themselves in very interesting ways. (All of this very much hit home in the wake and then re-election of The Shithead.) And from that viewpoint this photo is *everything*. It's about half the book in one image. Incredible.
^Uh, sorry that's so long, I'm very tired
Williwaw, London Falling is on my TBR list, and I’ve been meaning to read Say Nothing for ages.
It's just a flesh wound
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The Wound Man from Hans von Gersdorff’s Feldbuch der Wundarznei (1530)
via https://publicdomainreview.org/essay...
via https://publicdomainreview.org/essay...
Man, life was rough back then.
I used to be an adventurer like you but then I took an arrow to the knee.
What are you gonna do, bleed on me??
Unacceptable Lobster
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Sticker of a hand holding a droopy lobster with title as the caption
Regarding
https://mltshp.com/p/1RSR5
https://mltshp.com/p/1RSR5
I used to play base for
I used to freebase with
(argh.. typo!)
I used to make baste for?
I used to make baste for?
me_irl
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Screen shot of social media post.
Me watching some high fantasy shit: I would simply not be corrupted by the magical object. If it is actively harming you why don't you just put it down.
Idiot
Me receiving psychic
damage 23 hours a day from my phone: Ouuughhhh oouuuuwwwwaaaaaa
ooaaaaghuuuuuhhhowwgah
hhhh guuuuuwah
Me watching some high fantasy shit: I would simply not be corrupted by the magical object. If it is actively harming you why don't you just put it down.
Idiot
Me receiving psychic
damage 23 hours a day from my phone: Ouuughhhh oouuuuwwwwaaaaaa
ooaaaaghuuuuuhhhowwgah
hhhh guuuuuwah
we hatesss it, but we can't stopsss useing itsssss
"All rivers should be free."
Electric Company - The Plumber
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Made me what I am.
The histrionics my brother and I would go through when reenacting the plumber's death...
"Dave's not here, man."
look at this nice yak
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A large yak with curved horns being milked a young child in traditional red clothing and headscarf.
Pretty cool yak dude
planes of existence
the annual running of the lumpy tortillas
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square 2x2 image collage: unphotogenic flour tortillas 1) being rolled out, 2) cooked on a griddle, 3) piled in a kitchen towel and 4) sitting on a plate with black beans, red rice, roast squash, and tofu scramble.
my fourth of july tradition in recent years is making tortillas, beans, and rice at home. i always try to do everything by hand the way my grandma would do; it's a time suck but well worth it.
not the best or best-looking this year, but comfort food nonetheless. this time around i threw in roasted summer squash, peppers, and zucchini, as well as some leftover tofu scramble.
not the best or best-looking this year, but comfort food nonetheless. this time around i threw in roasted summer squash, peppers, and zucchini, as well as some leftover tofu scramble.
Grandma would be proud. I can say this because I am a bona fide grandpa.
I think they look fantastic!
ANGINE DE POITRINE plays LED ZEP (Amazing Rare Footage)
stump ceramics
luna’s luna moth
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child looking at a moth about to fly away from hatching
That’s just so lovely.
My six year old, Orchid, says Luna's moth is "SO BIG" and "PRETTY". Please let Luna know.
@robotmachine she was so excited!!!
all of the dots
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Fixed width dot matrix font sample
source: https://scruss.com/blog...
direct download: https://scruss.com/wordpres...
after: https://mltshp.com/p/1RSMD
direct download: https://scruss.com/wordpres...
after: https://mltshp.com/p/1RSMD
@jhld @dogwelder it is done.
to quote a dot matrix printer i once knew:
berGLEEEEEEEEbop
berGLEEEEEEEEpabop
taktaktaktak
berGLEEEEEEEEbop
berGLEEEEEEEEpabop
taktaktaktak
@nikkuneko Hehehehehe
Weekend OneShot Vimeo
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A single-take, one-shot, 7:40 scene of a traffic jam caused by a fatal wreck, as seen in Jean-Luc Godard's 1969 comedy "Week-End."
The beautiful camera-dolly work must have been insanely tedious to set up, and the camera passes a fine variety of extremely European rolling stock and aggrieved-motorist actors, as well as a healthy dose of very, very French oddité.
It's really kind of batshit.
Via https://www.theautopian.com/this-nea...
The beautiful camera-dolly work must have been insanely tedious to set up, and the camera passes a fine variety of extremely European rolling stock and aggrieved-motorist actors, as well as a healthy dose of very, very French oddité.
It's really kind of batshit.
Via https://www.theautopian.com/this-nea...
So many interesting cars.
It really is a bonkers scene, it's so long that it goes from amusing to bonkers to wow is this still happening to bonkers to poignant before it's done. A real hit parade of beautiful (and not all that safe) car design.
@wjcstp I had the 2-door of that Volvo, a grueling story of costly endurance I’ll share should we ever meet over beer or coffee.
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fake coyote stands in a curbed triangle on a plaza before a sign reading “FAKE COYOTE - GOOSE DETERRENT,” behind which two geese waddle back and forth.
Stupid humans think geese can't read.
I PLAYED DULCIMER FOR GOOSE DETERRENT, '93-'99 ASK ME ABOUT THE TOURBUS ON THE POWER VACUUM TOUR
@shitleopard +++
balancing act
For your consideration
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"Oh no! Another hideous generative AI flyer. Looks like they:
-Don't care about the harm to the planet and our drinkable water
-Devalue human artists and creativity
-Are fine with theft
-Lined a billionaire's pocket instead of hiring a local artist
-Wanted everyone to become more lazy, stupid and misinformed
How Embarrassing"
-Don't care about the harm to the planet and our drinkable water
-Devalue human artists and creativity
-Are fine with theft
-Lined a billionaire's pocket instead of hiring a local artist
-Wanted everyone to become more lazy, stupid and misinformed
How Embarrassing"
Lucy Knisley doing the work for us. Link for it formatted for sticker printing: http://www.lucyknisley.com/oh-no-st...
What's really wild is how many art events I've seen do this and it automatically looks cheap and amateurish before you take the larger issues into account.
Example: an event for Salvation Mountain, the folk art project by the late Leonard Knight.
Example: an event for Salvation Mountain, the folk art project by the late Leonard Knight.
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
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A meme with the top text BORN TO PICK FONTS FROM THE FONT MENU and the bottom text CURSED TO LEAD USERFLOW WHITEBOARDING WORKSHOPS
Nostalgia for when I was 8 and graphic design consisted solely of "this font looks cool"
I still miss WordPerfect
when computers were fun
It's legitimately funny that Apple chose the name "San Francisco" as their modern system font.
yo, bring that beat back
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black and white illo of Jesus standing at a Dj rig with vinyl album in hand, the other hand raised in blessing gesture. Inscription: “GOD IS A DJ”
Thanks for the ear worm I guess ✊
Tonight's Movie
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Dazed and Confused
I thought I would go back in time for tonight's movie watching, Dazed and Confused (1993).
After this I might watch Fast Times and Ridgemont High. They just don't make films like this anymore.
After this I might watch Fast Times and Ridgemont High. They just don't make films like this anymore.
I keep getting older, and this film keeps staying the same age.
@urlnotfound win reference
@urlnotfound ★
henry rollins and his record collection
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a trim, older, barefoot man stands on a short stepladder filing an LP into an immense wall of albums
Hero of mine.
His show is here, and it’s a reliably tasty cornucopia of sound: https://www.kcrw.com/shows...
img source: https://www.tumblr.com/maddaddy...
His show is here, and it’s a reliably tasty cornucopia of sound: https://www.kcrw.com/shows...
img source: https://www.tumblr.com/maddaddy...
Wow, Rob Gordon. THE Rob Gordon.
WHATEVER YOUR OPINION OF HR, +100 FOR HIS KCRW SHOW
FANATIC WELCOME!
But are they running?!?
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Sited in Albany.
do the hot lobsters get paid more?
Room temperature need not apply
@wjcstp Enquiring minds want to know!
Went berry picking this morning.
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Every year during the early summer, my youngest and I went berry picking. We have driven into the surrounding counties, we have picked in the rain (including this morning). And we have our cleanup and storage down to an art.
Sadly, we were incapable of picking strawberries this season. My daughter had a life altering surgery and I had walking pneumonia just before and during the season opened here. While she’s still not back at work, her fiancée joined us this year in picking blueberries. It was just lovely.
It was a light rain, 20C and no bugs. We picked a little over a peck (~10 L) and delighted in hearing all of the wee ones there make exclamations regarding the size and sweetness of the berries that they were alternately picking for the basket and eating.
And, yes, I was one of those who purchased this shirt from a member of this fine collection of electronic contributors.
Sadly, we were incapable of picking strawberries this season. My daughter had a life altering surgery and I had walking pneumonia just before and during the season opened here. While she’s still not back at work, her fiancée joined us this year in picking blueberries. It was just lovely.
It was a light rain, 20C and no bugs. We picked a little over a peck (~10 L) and delighted in hearing all of the wee ones there make exclamations regarding the size and sweetness of the berries that they were alternately picking for the basket and eating.
And, yes, I was one of those who purchased this shirt from a member of this fine collection of electronic contributors.
Around these parts we call that hand movement the "Hopoate finger"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
During a 2001 game with the North Queensland Cowboys, Hopoate inserted fingers in three players' buttocks and anuses. The first incident occurred during the seventh minute of play. The matter was referred to the rugby league judiciary on 28 March. Hopoate was suspended for 12 weeks for what one commissioner described as "disgusting, violent, offensive behaviour".
Hopoate claimed, in front of the panel of judges, that he was just trying to give all three players a wedgie with his fingers, denying he had done anything wrong and that he was "a great believer in what happens on the field should stay there"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
During a 2001 game with the North Queensland Cowboys, Hopoate inserted fingers in three players' buttocks and anuses. The first incident occurred during the seventh minute of play. The matter was referred to the rugby league judiciary on 28 March. Hopoate was suspended for 12 weeks for what one commissioner described as "disgusting, violent, offensive behaviour".
Hopoate claimed, in front of the panel of judges, that he was just trying to give all three players a wedgie with his fingers, denying he had done anything wrong and that he was "a great believer in what happens on the field should stay there"
@Argie Bwahahahahaaaa!!! How MANY fingers?
@m3moellering we'll never know 😁
Dune: Part Three
Snuggles
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Four-panel comic of an angry girl in a skirt and bow, shouting in frustration. She complains about transitioning from an upbeat song to a sad story about a dog.
Road trip
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Nighttime photo of a priest in a car looking at the GPS; in the passenger seat is a skull in an elaborate reliquary.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
"SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE"
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
"SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE"
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Fossanova Abbey. What a name. Now I've got this image stuck in my head of Bob Fosse doing the Bossanova in monk's robes.
Hot priests are driving around in your area with articles of sainthood in the passenger seat. Dial 0800 HOLY GHOST
