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Ibrahim Fatih Satilmis — Sukun
-25 lbs. today
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Hi mltshp!
I'm 6'4" and was edging into 220lb territory at my last physical. But I wasn't worried about that at the time.
What got me to lose weight was the nagging fact that my parents and their parents and so on, although exceedingly nice and amusing could often just be completely full of shit.
So when my cholesterol test came back alarmingly high, again, I immediately told my new doctor that it was genetic... before it FINALLY dawned on me that there is no way in hell any of my relatives actually tried to lower their cholesterol by changing their diet - that's not what a family of bullshitting butchers does. But what they did tell me, was that high cholesterol was a genetic problem I could do nothing about.
So the weight loss is really a byproduct that I'm exceedingly psyched about. I mean, I need pants! Pants!
The actual win is that I totally called it. It'll be a while before I'm totally in the safe zone, but my stats are dropping :)
If you are interested in my diet, it's been pretty easy. Guilt is a very strong motivator, so I've leaned into it. I basically ask myself if a certain food's cholesterol would make me A) Feel guilty. B) Not feel guilty or C) Fuck it. I'm eating this entire pizza now. ... And then I eat accordingly.
I'm 6'4" and was edging into 220lb territory at my last physical. But I wasn't worried about that at the time.
What got me to lose weight was the nagging fact that my parents and their parents and so on, although exceedingly nice and amusing could often just be completely full of shit.
So when my cholesterol test came back alarmingly high, again, I immediately told my new doctor that it was genetic... before it FINALLY dawned on me that there is no way in hell any of my relatives actually tried to lower their cholesterol by changing their diet - that's not what a family of bullshitting butchers does. But what they did tell me, was that high cholesterol was a genetic problem I could do nothing about.
So the weight loss is really a byproduct that I'm exceedingly psyched about. I mean, I need pants! Pants!
The actual win is that I totally called it. It'll be a while before I'm totally in the safe zone, but my stats are dropping :)
If you are interested in my diet, it's been pretty easy. Guilt is a very strong motivator, so I've leaned into it. I basically ask myself if a certain food's cholesterol would make me A) Feel guilty. B) Not feel guilty or C) Fuck it. I'm eating this entire pizza now. ... And then I eat accordingly.
Wow, congrats man, that's amazing! I feel inspired.
High f'in' high five, Al! Your level of stoke is just awesome! Here's to the future and longevity.
Graffiti Brush Set in use
Savoring every moment
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A close up selfie shot of small 16-year-old Macy the Cavapoo and me in the grass in the front yard. Some dramatic clouds shine in the background
She’s still with us, but Macy only has about a week, MAYbe two left on this earth. My wife and I have been weepy and doing our best not to have a breakdown multiple times a day as it’s gone from “she’s 16 and her kidneys are failing and she doesn’t hear or see so well and her spinal bridging is starting to cause neurological symptoms so she isn’t going to live a LOT longer, to “sometimes she can’t get up on her own and sometimes we have to hold her up to poop and we can’t leave the house without her because she’ll tip over and panic so the end may be sooner than we hoped,” to “it’s time to schedule the end,” as the last few days the pain meds and kidney meds are clearly less effective and even walking is a struggle for her and she only sleeps a couple hours at a time.
So, since our furry family member’s rainbow bridge moment will make it hard for us to function for a bit, I’m doing my best to savor every last minute with her, and posting this selfie of us in the front yard just now.
Love y’all, MLTSHPers. ❤️
So, since our furry family member’s rainbow bridge moment will make it hard for us to function for a bit, I’m doing my best to savor every last minute with her, and posting this selfie of us in the front yard just now.
Love y’all, MLTSHPers. ❤️
All the love to Macy, very good dog
@wjcstp ❤️❤️❤️
💙 Give Macy extra scritches for us. Thank you for taking care of her.
Card from older child
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Ballpoint pen drawing of a child on the shoulders of a man
Flora made a card from based on a photo of us. I think she's added a lot of feeling to it that accurately describes us
I love it.
"An Arby's near me that hasn't been ruined with a facelift yet. Eating here is so comforting to me"
Pizza Jungle
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Menu from the short-lived 1957 pizzeria called Francine's Pizza Jungle, located in Portland, Oregon.
During COVID, my friend unearthed the menu of a Portland restaurant from the 1950s called “Francine’s Pizza Jungle.” Its pizza selection was…eclectic.
As you can see, in most cases they just picked a trio of stereotypical foods from each country (and very likely unceremoniously dumped them on a plain red sauce pie). Some have some baffling topping choices (Chopped celery on the Alaskan pizza? Lobster on the Greek pizza?). And perhaps most interestingly, this is the oldest record of a pizza with pineapple on it (beating Canada’s claim by five years).
Anyway, my pizzamaking friends and I decided to get together over Memorial Day and recreate a bunch of these. I took on the Hungarian Pizza (beef, chopped celery, carrots) and Jungle Pizza (cocktail fruit, applesauce, chopped nuts). I’ll share photos of each separately.
As you can see, in most cases they just picked a trio of stereotypical foods from each country (and very likely unceremoniously dumped them on a plain red sauce pie). Some have some baffling topping choices (Chopped celery on the Alaskan pizza? Lobster on the Greek pizza?). And perhaps most interestingly, this is the oldest record of a pizza with pineapple on it (beating Canada’s claim by five years).
Anyway, my pizzamaking friends and I decided to get together over Memorial Day and recreate a bunch of these. I took on the Hungarian Pizza (beef, chopped celery, carrots) and Jungle Pizza (cocktail fruit, applesauce, chopped nuts). I’ll share photos of each separately.
Those are some wild combos, great idea for a pizza party
@wjcstp The group also made the Chinese, English, French, Kosher, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish pizzas. All were good except the Swedish one (they used a concentrated curry paste as the base sauce and it was just overwhelming).
I have been making scratch pizzas for our weekly date nights. A couple of our favorites:
BBQ Pulled Pork: Sweet BBQ sauce, mozza, leftover pulled pork, pineapple, lighly dusted with Flatiron's "Sweet Heat" pepper blend.
Carne Asada: Sauce is refried beans, sour cream, splash of hot sauce, mozzarella, cotija, leftover carne asada, green onions, pico de gallo (rest on paper towels while prepping to absorb some moisture), little bit of guac on my side, dash of Flatiron's Four Pepper Blend.
BBQ Pulled Pork: Sweet BBQ sauce, mozza, leftover pulled pork, pineapple, lighly dusted with Flatiron's "Sweet Heat" pepper blend.
Carne Asada: Sauce is refried beans, sour cream, splash of hot sauce, mozzarella, cotija, leftover carne asada, green onions, pico de gallo (rest on paper towels while prepping to absorb some moisture), little bit of guac on my side, dash of Flatiron's Four Pepper Blend.
Lava Lands
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Old dude and teenage son in background of selfie by proud mom/wife. They are all on an asphalt path through a lava field under a blue sky with puffy clouds.
One of my favorite areas in Oregon, so cool to walk around there
i’ve watched him grow up, but only in pictures
HEY THAT PLACE!!!!! I love that place too.
Make it Special
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Print advertisement for Burger King. Key art is a photograph of a young African-American couple laying on a red and white patterned blanket enjoying burgers, soft drinks in cups with straws, and (in the foreground in a place of honor, presumably to be eaten after the burgers) French fries.
Ad copy reads: "Make it special
The weather's 'specially nice, and there's only one way to lunch this day. Pick up your favorite burgers-flame-broiled, juicy and delicious. Take along a large order of fries-tender inside and golden crispy outside and something frosty cold to drink. See how Burger King is always ready to help make your special times even better.
Make it
BURGER KING"
Ad copy reads: "Make it special
The weather's 'specially nice, and there's only one way to lunch this day. Pick up your favorite burgers-flame-broiled, juicy and delicious. Take along a large order of fries-tender inside and golden crispy outside and something frosty cold to drink. See how Burger King is always ready to help make your special times even better.
Make it
BURGER KING"
Since the launch of the impossible whopper, BK has become my favorite guilty pleasure fast food joint.
It sounds strange to say this of fast food garbage, but the whopper is on the very short list of what I consider to be perfect foods.
It sounds strange to say this of fast food garbage, but the whopper is on the very short list of what I consider to be perfect foods.
@BennyTheIcepick 100% on the impossible whopper.
CRAFTMATIC COLOR T.V. GIFT OFFER
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Frame grab from an ad for Craftmatic adjustable beds featuring a young couple in sleepwear reclining on separate Craftmatic units (neither of which have sheets or blankets). A rabbit-eared color T.V. is perched on top of the woman's bed. It looks like they are in a product show-room, not a house.
Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas?
it's a load-bearing cathode ray tube!
i hate that i can feel those mattresses
sweet insomniac night borbs
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four owls with chocolate brown feathers, yellow chests, and white eyebrow lines are lined up on a branch. bright sun filters through green leaves of the tree. one owl is nestled up against another, whose face is turned away from them.
check out these sweet fledgling northern saw-whet owls who for some reason were up way past their bedtime. (photo credit Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
#round #borb #fluffkins #cuddlemurderers
#round #borb #fluffkins #cuddlemurderers
tiny owls are the best:
https://mltshp.com/p/1PDP4
https://mltshp.com/p/1PDP4
On The Charles.
Sherman Hemsley's wardrobe tailored by BOTANY 500
flyover country
T minus 10 seconds
Lucky Strike
Hungarian Pizza
whimsy distribution, 5-28-26
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a 3x3 grid of photos, depicting tiny translucent resin figures left in various places around an office (l to r, top to bottom):
1)a peach-colored dolphin, sitting on a black windowsill, looking out to a cloudy cityscape; 2) a pink ducky, sitting on a red bookshelf, with a paper sign behind it; 3) a pink chicken and a peach duck facing one another on a white cabinet shelf, with a cup of wood stirrers behind them; 4) a blue ducky sitting in an alcove for a fire extinguisher; 5) a yellow rabbit and green mushroom, sitting on a windowsill on a sunny day 6) a green frog, sitting in the shadows next to a microwave; 7) a blue chicken and purple frog sitting on a glass display case, next to an illuminated lamp; 8) a fuschia mushroom, sitting on the edge of a water fountain mounted on a deep red wall 9) a yellow rabbit sitting on a red counter, next to a digital dashboard
1)a peach-colored dolphin, sitting on a black windowsill, looking out to a cloudy cityscape; 2) a pink ducky, sitting on a red bookshelf, with a paper sign behind it; 3) a pink chicken and a peach duck facing one another on a white cabinet shelf, with a cup of wood stirrers behind them; 4) a blue ducky sitting in an alcove for a fire extinguisher; 5) a yellow rabbit and green mushroom, sitting on a windowsill on a sunny day 6) a green frog, sitting in the shadows next to a microwave; 7) a blue chicken and purple frog sitting on a glass display case, next to an illuminated lamp; 8) a fuschia mushroom, sitting on the edge of a water fountain mounted on a deep red wall 9) a yellow rabbit sitting on a red counter, next to a digital dashboard
li’l guys let loose in the building this week.
calgon, take me away
previously in the whimsy distribution / office chicken saga:
https://mltshp.com/p/1RQD2
https://mltshp.com/p/1RQ19
https://mltshp.com/p/1RPES
calgon, take me away
previously in the whimsy distribution / office chicken saga:
https://mltshp.com/p/1RQD2
https://mltshp.com/p/1RQ19
https://mltshp.com/p/1RPES
i should start doing this (i work at home)
dress for the job you want
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person in a black hood with the caption "THE ANTICHRIST"
If google is to be trusted it's "an antichrist"
Seems there's way more than just one and they ain't the devil.
Seems there's way more than just one and they ain't the devil.
see ya later snapchat
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^ Pictured above: Billionaire Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel went to Coachella with his supermodel wife, and then two days later laid off over 1,000 employees. I was one of them. So was my entire team of about 40 people.
We were the Bitmoji team at Snapchat, and except for a few people in LA, our team was completely eliminated. Acquired by Snapchat, Bitmoji remained, at least in spirit, a somewhat semi-autonomous republic within the larger company. But eventually the Bitmoji founders departed or were ousted, along with some long-time artists, and the corporate tech tentacles slowly creeped in to smother what was once a quirky creative team. I joined part way through the process, so I got to taste that fun/creative culture, but also witness its decline.
Honestly, we were all there by accident - artists, animators, and illustrators hiding in the corner of a Tech Company, quietly shocked at the generous salaries and benefits (and free lunches) we received, a contrast to the poor-paying studios and freelance illustration gigs that had come before.
The 5 years I spent there were amazing and horrible. Amazing because (1) Big Tech Salary, and (2) I got to work with some of the most fun, creative and intelligent people. No dead wood on this team. It was also horrible, because ultimately I was just making digital crap to keep users' eyes glued to an app and its advertisers. The pressure to perform and scale production was really high. I lost sleep and gained weight, and got to suffer from anxiety for the first time.
And now suddenly it's done. We're all out. Ostensibly "because AI", despite the fact that we barely used any AI in our creative pipelines, and only for non-creative tasks. I didn't lose my job because of AI, I lost it because of the *idea* that AI could do it all. And of course because Snap's stagnating stock price needed a boost.
It's honestly a relief. I've spent the last month relaxing and decompressing; I had accumulated a month's worth of unused vacation anyway. I'll eventually try to figure out what's next, but for now I have a generous severance to give me some breathing room. I'm free now, as are my fellow artists. I'm happy they can go use their creative gifts for things that are hopefully more meaningful to our society and culture.
thanks for reading my brain dump mltshp friends. That concludes my ted talk.
We were the Bitmoji team at Snapchat, and except for a few people in LA, our team was completely eliminated. Acquired by Snapchat, Bitmoji remained, at least in spirit, a somewhat semi-autonomous republic within the larger company. But eventually the Bitmoji founders departed or were ousted, along with some long-time artists, and the corporate tech tentacles slowly creeped in to smother what was once a quirky creative team. I joined part way through the process, so I got to taste that fun/creative culture, but also witness its decline.
Honestly, we were all there by accident - artists, animators, and illustrators hiding in the corner of a Tech Company, quietly shocked at the generous salaries and benefits (and free lunches) we received, a contrast to the poor-paying studios and freelance illustration gigs that had come before.
The 5 years I spent there were amazing and horrible. Amazing because (1) Big Tech Salary, and (2) I got to work with some of the most fun, creative and intelligent people. No dead wood on this team. It was also horrible, because ultimately I was just making digital crap to keep users' eyes glued to an app and its advertisers. The pressure to perform and scale production was really high. I lost sleep and gained weight, and got to suffer from anxiety for the first time.
And now suddenly it's done. We're all out. Ostensibly "because AI", despite the fact that we barely used any AI in our creative pipelines, and only for non-creative tasks. I didn't lose my job because of AI, I lost it because of the *idea* that AI could do it all. And of course because Snap's stagnating stock price needed a boost.
It's honestly a relief. I've spent the last month relaxing and decompressing; I had accumulated a month's worth of unused vacation anyway. I'll eventually try to figure out what's next, but for now I have a generous severance to give me some breathing room. I'm free now, as are my fellow artists. I'm happy they can go use their creative gifts for things that are hopefully more meaningful to our society and culture.
thanks for reading my brain dump mltshp friends. That concludes my ted talk.
Onward and upward!
When I left my job at JP Morgan the sudden drop of cortisol in my system turned into losing ~10lbs in as many days.
Hopefully the break is refreshing and fulfilling and leads quickly and easily into the next project which is hopefully more fun and fulfilling than the last! Lachaim!
Hopefully the break is refreshing and fulfilling and leads quickly and easily into the next project which is hopefully more fun and fulfilling than the last! Lachaim!
oof, man, i'm so sorry, but also... escape velocity! i'm glad you have some runway to consider your options now. vibing for a much more fulfilling next stage for you.
jays baseball
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sandwich
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Sandwich on a plate
Meatloaf on sourdough with smoked cheddar, hatch chile, jalapeno, fermented garlic, and barbecue sauce.
(Bonus shot of our Zojirushi, which has been working hard for over 20 years, I think)
(Bonus shot of our Zojirushi, which has been working hard for over 20 years, I think)
we have that same Zojirushi! Please send me the sandwich.
👋🏼
Ian MacKaye & Henry Rollins Releasing Shelved 1977 Cramps Album Produced By Alex Chilton
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Yeah, I had to read it a few times to make sure it was real too...
"Days later, all the tracks were at Infrasonic Sound, an excellent studio in Nashville, Tennessee for mastering under the careful watch of engineer Pete Lyman. I sat for hours and listened as Pete coaxed the frequencies to be at their best. The results were two six song sides of the Cramps, extracted from a 1977 amber block, de-fossilized and ready to be inflicted upon the ears of those who would rather Stay Sick and Turn Blue than hope for sunny weather."
#OHBOY
source: https://archive.is/w1tT1#se...
"Days later, all the tracks were at Infrasonic Sound, an excellent studio in Nashville, Tennessee for mastering under the careful watch of engineer Pete Lyman. I sat for hours and listened as Pete coaxed the frequencies to be at their best. The results were two six song sides of the Cramps, extracted from a 1977 amber block, de-fossilized and ready to be inflicted upon the ears of those who would rather Stay Sick and Turn Blue than hope for sunny weather."
#OHBOY
source: https://archive.is/w1tT1#se...
whoa.
"coaxed the frequencies to be at their best"
I understand the author's intent here, but I take issue with that phrasing. No frequency is inherently good or bad (except 4khz—that shit sucks!), the mastering engineer is merely...oh, never mind.
I understand the author's intent here, but I take issue with that phrasing. No frequency is inherently good or bad (except 4khz—that shit sucks!), the mastering engineer is merely...oh, never mind.
source article:
https://stereogum.com/2500226...
Archive.is has become problematic because the site owner is using it to DDOS their enemies (the captcha page executes javascript in your browser that spams their website), or people they consider their enemies.
They've also been caught editing content on the sites they archive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
I don't have a good alternative suggestion aside from the pages archive.org (unrelated) can successfully copy -- but we've got to treat archive.is and its various mirrors as one of the bad guys.
It sucks.
https://stereogum.com/2500226...
Archive.is has become problematic because the site owner is using it to DDOS their enemies (the captcha page executes javascript in your browser that spams their website), or people they consider their enemies.
They've also been caught editing content on the sites they archive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
I don't have a good alternative suggestion aside from the pages archive.org (unrelated) can successfully copy -- but we've got to treat archive.is and its various mirrors as one of the bad guys.
It sucks.
Larson "…the second one made its move"
Sandwich II: Meatloaf Boogaloo
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Sandwich on a plate
Your previous post made me so hungry, I cooked ground lamb with potatoes, celery, thin sliced cabbage, pepper, salt, basil, a little dill soy sauce, water to keep it all from sticking. Ate it all with 1/2 jasmine tea and vanilla soy milk to cool it down to drink. It's rainy and cold here, so perfect type stuff.
Meatloaf sandwiches are SO GOOD.
Have you tried art?
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source https://bsky.app/profile...
This is how it always starts.
it's not "intelligence" if you can't feed a prompt so embarrassing that a data center would die of shame
Is that what the kids are calling it these days
Flaming Tardigrade (fire bear)
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Metal tardigrade statue with flames coming from the limbs
Went to SOAK over Memorial Day weekend, had a good time hanging out with friends new and old. Great art.
this is excellent
My goal is to avoid prescriptions and mrs roonie kick-started me by pressuring me to stop drinking. And I'm glad she did.
I've lost 20 pounds (in your funny numbers!), from 185ish to 165, from Christmas last. I'm 6ft almost on the button so starting with a smaller frame.
I feel so much better - being both sober and lighter.
Pants have become an issue!
And the Guilt Motivator is definitely a thing!
Woo-hoo! Now I want a pizza, all of it.