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selfie of worn-out middle-aged mostly-white dude who is thrilled to be alive. of note is the old denim baseball cap subject is wearing, which has a fire-engine red and mustard yellow rectangular patch with stitched cursive script reading “country music hall”
nothing else, just i’m your pawpaw now and i love this hat (found amongst the “thrifted” stuff hanging in a nook at my favorite coffee shop)
every time i saw it, it reminded me of similar stitched denim caps my maternal grandfather wore in the 80s and 90s (though usually with dekalb, international harvester, or some other farming company on the crown patch)
every time i saw it, it reminded me of similar stitched denim caps my maternal grandfather wore in the 80s and 90s (though usually with dekalb, international harvester, or some other farming company on the crown patch)
drurystephanie
hell yes
I know that dude
That's too pretty for a gimme cap!
It’s a great hat on you
grandpa, tell me a story.
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Photo of a library with caption 'This is the only data centre I want funded'
source: https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
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Rear shot of my dad playing the new Sonic the Hedgehog pinball table by Jersey Jack.
Spent yesterday afternoon at an arcade in downtown Panama City, FL playing pinball with the old man (he turns 80 in December). First chance to play the new Sonic the Hedgehog table and we both had a blast with it. Upper play field is great, the loop is a tad clunky but it works, and it def seems more accessible to casual players than some of the tables being put out these days. Jersey Jack has been putting out some great stuff lately.
Designed by the legendary Steve Ritchie who has been at it since the late 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Definitely recommend seeking one out and giving it a few plays.
Designed by the legendary Steve Ritchie who has been at it since the late 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Definitely recommend seeking one out and giving it a few plays.
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Cleaning up my closet. This is not only feels so long ago, but it’s almost like a parallel reality. I’ve made some of my best interactive animations that were slightly incomprehensible, yet poetic, in Flash. It’s almost impossible to let other people enjoy them now. Flash was awful, yet fantastic and nothing has taken up the baton.
(And before you ask: they were very interactive, so exporting them as movies doesn’t work. And yes, I know of workarounds and projects to convert it, but it’s all very limited and unsatisfactory)
It was the best of tools, it was the worst of tools.
All I did was Flash for the first 10 years of my career. I have fond memories.
Whoa.
So many hours spent/wasted trying to master that glorious mess.
So many hours spent/wasted trying to master that glorious mess.
I had a lot of fun with it, mercifully never professionally. Indeed feels like 100 years ago.
I had a tech career because of Flash. I completely understand when you describe it as awful, yet fantastic.
"This not only feels so long ago, but it’s almost like a parallel reality" is exactly how I feel.
In terms of reviving old projects, the Ruffle Emulator works shockingly well: https://ruffle.rs/
It's definitely worth a look. I'm in the middle of reviving a ton of my early Flash experiments and they basically all work:
https://www.hirmes.com/bliss...
but in seeing them alive again, it did indeed feel dizzying, going so far back to a forgotten time, a hazy past life.
In terms of reviving old projects, the Ruffle Emulator works shockingly well: https://ruffle.rs/
It's definitely worth a look. I'm in the middle of reviving a ton of my early Flash experiments and they basically all work:
https://www.hirmes.com/bliss...
but in seeing them alive again, it did indeed feel dizzying, going so far back to a forgotten time, a hazy past life.
I think one of the big issues was that what you could do in Flash relatively easily was incredibly difficult in HTML5 once Flash became obsolete. I think even now with other libraries I don't think I'd have the patience to migrate an old Flash project.
I started my students on Animate (the replacement/update for Flash) last year, just in time for Adobe to announce they were killing it (then take it back and say it's in a "maintenance phase").
@MackReed Hahaha
I guess p5js is pretty fun albeit a slightly different application.
I guess p5js is pretty fun albeit a slightly different application.
Ruffle does work surprisingly well!
@gwint I used to play bass for “tilable flesh pattern”
@MackReed Same..
There's a great joy to be found in making a glorious mess using an inglorious mess.
@gwint thanks! You are not the only one to point it out. And I know of its existence. time to give it a try!
Same. Flash was my job for almost a decade. I truly miss it.
@waa Had some of these books too. Hours of reading spent so I could write the worst actionscript.
@waa Had some of these books too. Hours of reading spent so I could write the worst actionscript.
Fun fact: 2D Bitmojis in Snapchat were drawn entirely in Animate, as static paper-doll-style figures.
Front and 3/4 views had to be drawn separately, as well as bends for torso, arms, legs. Multiply that by 2 genders, then 6 different body types, and 3 sizes of breasts. Each new Bitmoji garment required like a hundred drawings.
Front and 3/4 views had to be drawn separately, as well as bends for torso, arms, legs. Multiply that by 2 genders, then 6 different body types, and 3 sizes of breasts. Each new Bitmoji garment required like a hundred drawings.
Did this professionally until Apple killed it but I miss those days and all the wonderful experimentation that people did and were able to share
@maztik8r Apple did indeed kill it, but it needed to go. It was an accessibility nightmare. It is too bad though. In many ways, the death of Flash led to this template-driven boring web we live with now.
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cover of a vintage porno titled "Arsehole Rendevous"
This arsehole again?
HTTPS://6.FILEPILE.ORG
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"r/Stonerfoods - Fried chicken biscuit and gravy!"
"Sometimes you gotta make it nice 😉. Buttery AF biscuits(35 percent frozen butter ran through a cheese grater and mixed with white lily self rising flour does amazing things), fried chicken thigh, eggs, cheese, and gravy!"
"Sometimes you gotta make it nice 😉. Buttery AF biscuits(35 percent frozen butter ran through a cheese grater and mixed with white lily self rising flour does amazing things), fried chicken thigh, eggs, cheese, and gravy!"
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
ZOMG
I've never had and always wanted
I have eaten this on a stack of pancakes, I'm pretty sure. Living in America is bad for you.
JUST ADD TABASCO
i'm going to go ahead and say no
If this isn’t served in the afterlife, I am staging a revolt
@urlnotfound no one lives forever
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And the footprints on all of our backs, and then, our souls.
Where is the Democratic leadership?
Where is the midterm platform messaging?
Where is the FKING JUSTICE???
Where is the midterm platform messaging?
Where is the FKING JUSTICE???
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Me standing in front of a tuba in such a way that it frames my face like a halo, a little, I am a 57 year old white lady with brown hair that is greying at the temples. I have blue eyes and my hair is in a braid
Did some work at the historical society yesterday. Could not miss this photo op.
"our perpetual saint of preservation" ☝️🤚🤌
Tuba, or not tuba...
Careful, J; any minute now, someone’s gonna blast you right outta your boots.
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newspaper ad clipped for a 1960s weekend festival featuring basically every bluegrass star around. Only $6 + $1 for a campground.
Someone put up recordings of this entire music festival from 1966.
source: Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, September 2-4, 1966 — https://archive.org/details...
via mastodon
source: Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, September 2-4, 1966 — https://archive.org/details...
via mastodon
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Behind the scenes photo from THE ODYSSEY of actress with puppet pigman.
Thought this was Svankmajer.
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A picture of the most handsome brown tabby you could imagine , sitting on a green couch, looking at the camera
RIP Tonka
Tonka was a rescue we took home in May to help heal the hole we had in our hearts after our kitty passed after 19 years with us.
He apparently had a heart condition, and out of nowhere today had an aneurysm, and we had to put him down.
He was big , beautiful , and we didn’t have enough time with him.
I just thought everyone should get a chance to see how goddamn handsome he was.
Tonka was a rescue we took home in May to help heal the hole we had in our hearts after our kitty passed after 19 years with us.
He apparently had a heart condition, and out of nowhere today had an aneurysm, and we had to put him down.
He was big , beautiful , and we didn’t have enough time with him.
I just thought everyone should get a chance to see how goddamn handsome he was.
I'm sorry for your loss. May his memory be a blessing.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxooooooo
What a handsome fellow! You gave him a good life, he was well-loved. RIP good kitty!
So handsome! I’m sorry you didn’t get more time with Tonka.
ufff Tonka! <3 <3 <3 so sorry for your loss
Beautiful boy!
What a beautiful boy, sorry your time with him was so short
To live in hearts that love is not to die.
what a beautiful big guy. that big, serious face reminds me of an older cat i adopted many years ago.
so sorry you lost him so soon, but bless you for giving him the stability and love for the time that you could
so sorry you lost him so soon, but bless you for giving him the stability and love for the time that you could
I'm so sorry. He looks like a big luvver.
Damn. Not fair.
That's rough. (In my case) I just keep telling myself that I made that animals life better for as long as I could.
<3
Godspeed you beefy beast. And good on you for making sure his life was packed full of love.
Thank you all. ❤️
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A man standing to the right wearing formal, military dress, with glasses and a beard he is the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. He is presenting a certificate of UK citizenship to the bearer, Jessica Harby, a woman stood in the centre of the image. She is wearing a cape made of paper ballots that voters cast on her citizenship status in various in person installations as well as an online exhibition.
A man is stood to the left (me) wearing a black linen suit. To the far left is a Union Jack flag.
More information can be found at www.jessicaharby.com
A man is stood to the left (me) wearing a black linen suit. To the far left is a Union Jack flag.
More information can be found at www.jessicaharby.com
Jessica Harby, my wife and partner in crime, became a UK citizen on Wednesday 5th August 2026.
See previous post for information about the cape. As well as www.jessicaharby.com
Chronology:
Referendum (Results)
2026
Cape made of fabric, ribbon, marker and paper
Referendum (Results) is a garment made with all 310 physical ballots from the 2016-2017 interactive installation requiring the viewer to vote on the artist’s citizenship, as well as signs for each election site.
Referendum (Results) was worn by the artist at her British citizenship ceremony 5 August 2026.
Referendum (Tell Me How Do You Feel) was an interactive installation requiring the viewer to vote on the artist’s citizenship.
POLLING PLACES
1 - 30 August 2017
Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
19 - 21 May 2017
Copeland Gallery, Peckham
26 - 27 January 2017
Fermynwoods Cottages, Brigstock
24 January 2017
St James’ Church, Thrapston
6 December 2016
Burns Street Studios, Northampton
See previous post for information about the cape. As well as www.jessicaharby.com
Chronology:
Referendum (Results)
2026
Cape made of fabric, ribbon, marker and paper
Referendum (Results) is a garment made with all 310 physical ballots from the 2016-2017 interactive installation requiring the viewer to vote on the artist’s citizenship, as well as signs for each election site.
Referendum (Results) was worn by the artist at her British citizenship ceremony 5 August 2026.
Referendum (Tell Me How Do You Feel) was an interactive installation requiring the viewer to vote on the artist’s citizenship.
POLLING PLACES
1 - 30 August 2017
Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
19 - 21 May 2017
Copeland Gallery, Peckham
26 - 27 January 2017
Fermynwoods Cottages, Brigstock
24 January 2017
St James’ Church, Thrapston
6 December 2016
Burns Street Studios, Northampton
Lol, I meant to pixelate the king.
That is beyond fabulous
And your wife is fabulous as well. I do love the about section on her website.
Congratulations to her and to you as well! And don't worry about blurring the king, he's been foggy for quite a while already anyway.
YAY
That cape tho!
Congratulations 🎉🎈🍾🎊
Magnificent!
Thanks y'all.
Im going to add some other notes here about the day in general as it was really special. But later.
Im going to add some other notes here about the day in general as it was really special. But later.
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<image of a person building some kind of structure out of metal pipes>
"Treat your body like a data centre
Consume as much water and literature as possible
Upset local city councils with your existence"
"Treat your body like a data centre
Consume as much water and literature as possible
Upset local city councils with your existence"
Make a loud humming noise at all times.
Hallucinate sporadically
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glossy, polychrome style sticker consisting of a high-contrast CRT console TV with clacky tuning knobs. on the screen is the text “i use technology in order to hate it properly” - nam june paik
found this sticker on insta but it was sadly sold out by the time i got to it
deeply, deeply applicable to my work life right now
shop link:
https://interferencer.bigcartel.com/product...
deeply, deeply applicable to my work life right now
shop link:
https://interferencer.bigcartel.com/product...
You think you can hate technology properly if you just USE it? LOL! ROFL!
Try SUPPORTING it! You'll find your hatred fanned into a white-hot incandescent rage, profanities pouring from your mouth like a dam opening up the sluice-gates, your blood pressure rising to levels that no human should ever have to tolerate. Your soul will be sucked out of your body on a daily basis. You will crave the approach of five o'clock like a dying man in the desert craves a drop of water.
Try SUPPORTING it! You'll find your hatred fanned into a white-hot incandescent rage, profanities pouring from your mouth like a dam opening up the sluice-gates, your blood pressure rising to levels that no human should ever have to tolerate. Your soul will be sucked out of your body on a daily basis. You will crave the approach of five o'clock like a dying man in the desert craves a drop of water.
@dreyfusslugado I’ve never heard a more elegant diatribe that so perfectly fits my life. Thank you.
@dreyfusslugado and that, my friend, is why I quit the tech business in November. 900% improvement in all aspects of my life.
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phone pic of a wooden record/media/book stand, made with stripes of different colored woods inlaid in a darker stained wood. on the stand are a blu ray case for herk harvey’s “carnival of souls” and the LP gatefold jacket for phoebe bridgers’ “lost weekend”
a woodworker guy who shows up every couple weeks at our farmers market always has the neatest stuff. understated but always cool colors and patterns. he set this one aside for me today so now i can more efficiently annoy the internet with my ostentatious media selections
a few more shots on my wordy instagram post (which tags the woodworker):
https://www.instagram.com/p...
a few more shots on my wordy instagram post (which tags the woodworker):
https://www.instagram.com/p...
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Or a cetacean if you’re not into the whole taxonomy thing
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This is my life.
You can't eat the scenery.
...finish the assignment...
yeah right
yeah right
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Four images of a bright orange Mat Hatter pepper from various angles. It has four or five lobes that sort of fold under and meet in the middle. Kind of look like wrapping a cloth napkin around a plate of food.
Was excited for these to be ripe - was made to understand that they were approximately as spicy as a jalapeño. I know full-well, though, that even jalapeños are an agricultural product and vary from plant to plant.
These googly little guys are ZERO spicy. No capsaicin. But lots and lots of flavor - quite citric, honestly. Not as in acidic, but as in it tastes a bit of oranges. Was fun growing them, but probably won’t bother next year. Mostly was charmed by the pictures on the little tag and they lived up to that!
These googly little guys are ZERO spicy. No capsaicin. But lots and lots of flavor - quite citric, honestly. Not as in acidic, but as in it tastes a bit of oranges. Was fun growing them, but probably won’t bother next year. Mostly was charmed by the pictures on the little tag and they lived up to that!
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Three panel gag strip with an owl called Hibou.
Panel one: Hibou is in a tiny little boat at sea, perfectly content and singing/mumbling 'la-di-da, la-did-da'
Panel two: Hibou put out a fishing rod. Says out loud: 'such blissful solitude'.
Panel three: Hibou catches a fish, and reels it in. The fish looks scared, with a hook in its mouth. Hibou looks angrily at the fish and says 'Leave me alone'
Panel one: Hibou is in a tiny little boat at sea, perfectly content and singing/mumbling 'la-di-da, la-did-da'
Panel two: Hibou put out a fishing rod. Says out loud: 'such blissful solitude'.
Panel three: Hibou catches a fish, and reels it in. The fish looks scared, with a hook in its mouth. Hibou looks angrily at the fish and says 'Leave me alone'
For the past 25 years, I've been making this gag strip with an owl called Hibou. It gets published about four times a year in Dutch underground Comix magazine Zone 5300. I still have to make my first book, but now and again, I managed to get a translation done. This is the latest one.
Also: watercolour, no retouch, apart from slight cleanup of the text.
Also: watercolour, no retouch, apart from slight cleanup of the text.
haha, oh i love this. if you ever published a book of them (or any of your art) i'd be first in line.
also, hah, this one has the vibe of "i only want to live life, plant potatoes, and dream!"
also, hah, this one has the vibe of "i only want to live life, plant potatoes, and dream!"
@nikkuneko thank you! It might be in Dutch though!!!!
I love you, Hibou
What @BennyTheIcepick said!
I was curious and just tested it. Machine translation can read your hand drawn lettering without issues and will save us all (after it destroyed us).
The text in the three comic panels translates to "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la...", "...une si douce solitude", and "Laisse-moi tranquille !" in French.
Terrible unsolicited response: ‘The artist signature in the bottom left panel ("waa") belongs to Wayne Anderson, a noted British illustrator known for his whimsical, watercolor-styled artwork.’
You *really* need to make that book, so AI can be better trained. /s
The text in the three comic panels translates to "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la...", "...une si douce solitude", and "Laisse-moi tranquille !" in French.
Terrible unsolicited response: ‘The artist signature in the bottom left panel ("waa") belongs to Wayne Anderson, a noted British illustrator known for his whimsical, watercolor-styled artwork.’
You *really* need to make that book, so AI can be better trained. /s
@mare 🤬⚡️$!#% Wayne Anderson (and AI)
Wow, I love the style, and it looks fun as well. I work as a comics editor in Norway, and my company currently publish three semi-monthly humor anthologies with mostly humor strips. It would be fun to see some more if you are ever inclined to put together a pdf of some of your favorites. 25 years and 4 times a year – is that just one strip per appearance, or several?
@hassebasse can you give me some links to your anthologies? Even if they're in Norwegian? I will try and put together a PDF, but I have only translated a handful of them. I still have to put together a book, but my style has changed a little bit over the decades so it'll be an odd book :-)
Note: I don't know what can of comic box your into, but also work for a comix festival in Rotterdam (Cross Comix) that is very much into more alternative independent comic artists. Just take a look and let me know if it's interesting to connect about that as well: https://crosscomix.eu | https://www.instagram.com/crosscom...
Note: I don't know what can of comic box your into, but also work for a comix festival in Rotterdam (Cross Comix) that is very much into more alternative independent comic artists. Just take a look and let me know if it's interesting to connect about that as well: https://crosscomix.eu | https://www.instagram.com/crosscom...
I love this!
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Variant of the Gadsden flag has Jimothy, a mutant raccoon with no neck, chopping down a surveillance-camera-festooned pole with a handsaw above the inscription “DON’T SPY ON ME” on a yellow field.
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recipe card for "coffee mold" with a picture of a balck and tan jello mold"
I'd do it
https://vintagerecipecards.com/2023...
https://vintagerecipecards.com/2023...
Betting just 3 bites of this would leave me chattering like a raccoon.
A coffee mold is a level 1 monster you don't need to roll for initiative against?
I had to look at the recipe cards.
There is a category, "Men's Favourites."
It's 2 ways of cooking potatoes.
Me, I'm only a spud boy?
There is a category, "Men's Favourites."
It's 2 ways of cooking potatoes.
Me, I'm only a spud boy?
DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN MOLD
I was just thinking about making sweet, black coffee, ice cubes today. Maybe cream on them, or cream soda poured over...
"Slimmers Card 30" works too
For 4 servings you will need:
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1½ cups strong hot black coffee
Sugar substitute to taste
½ cup milk
Blend gelatin with the hot coffee and sugar substitute to taste, stirring until the gelatin has dissolved.
Pour 1 cup of the mixture into mold rinsed with cold water and leave to set.
Add milk to remaining ½ cup coffee gelatin mixture to give a total of 1 cup. Keep this in a warm place so that it does not become set.
When the clear layer set, pour cold milk and coffee gelatin mixture gently over it.
TO SERVE: Turn out and serve with yogurt if wished.
TO VARY: An even lower calorie sweet can be made by using skimmed milk (44 calories for 1/2 cup).
TO STORE: In refrigerator
Approximate calories:
Gelatin – 34 for 1 envelope
Milk – 85 for 1/2 cup.
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1½ cups strong hot black coffee
Sugar substitute to taste
½ cup milk
Blend gelatin with the hot coffee and sugar substitute to taste, stirring until the gelatin has dissolved.
Pour 1 cup of the mixture into mold rinsed with cold water and leave to set.
Add milk to remaining ½ cup coffee gelatin mixture to give a total of 1 cup. Keep this in a warm place so that it does not become set.
When the clear layer set, pour cold milk and coffee gelatin mixture gently over it.
TO SERVE: Turn out and serve with yogurt if wished.
TO VARY: An even lower calorie sweet can be made by using skimmed milk (44 calories for 1/2 cup).
TO STORE: In refrigerator
Approximate calories:
Gelatin – 34 for 1 envelope
Milk – 85 for 1/2 cup.
Yogurt?!? wtf. blasphemy
The New England culinary tradition of using coffee as a condiment and flavoring predates the 1930s-80s era of terrible recipes in lifestyle magazines.
When I was in Boston in the 80s they still sold coffee flavored Jello (as in Jello-brand Jello) at local groceries, it wasn't sold anywhere else in the US except New England, not sure if that exists any more. And of course there is Autocrat Coffee Syrup, which is still available but a miserable corrupted version of its former self due of course to corporate mergers.
When I was in Boston in the 80s they still sold coffee flavored Jello (as in Jello-brand Jello) at local groceries, it wasn't sold anywhere else in the US except New England, not sure if that exists any more. And of course there is Autocrat Coffee Syrup, which is still available but a miserable corrupted version of its former self due of course to corporate mergers.
@cristin that's 'cause it's lo-cal. Otherwise it'd say sour cream.
Anything's a radioactive butt plug if you're brave enough ... note the flared base. #SafetyFirst
https://www.etsy.com/listing...
https://www.etsy.com/listing...
@ardgedee I love me some coffee milk, and sometimes make my own coffee syrup in its service.