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cropped phone pic: a translucent white plastic chicken sits within a recess of a bright red company logo, with a blonde wood grain panel behind it.
the saga continues! previously:
https://mltshp.com/p/1RPES
spotted roosting on the company logo next to the reception desk this morning as i cradled my precious cup of espresso shots
salutes to you, still-unidentified whimsy distribution vigilante!
https://mltshp.com/p/1RPES
spotted roosting on the company logo next to the reception desk this morning as i cradled my precious cup of espresso shots
salutes to you, still-unidentified whimsy distribution vigilante!
bencmeissner
I love this. We had a similar thing happen with little yellow ducks, but dozens of them. Plus we identified the perpetrator quickly.
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photoshopped image: the infamous shot from "twin peaks" in which the villainous entity BOB creeps over the couch in the living room toward the camera, except it has been overlaid with fake titles and prices in the style of an IKEA catalog. in white text, the overlays include "GLÖDLAMPA lamp $15", "KONSTFULL vase $4.30", "BEKVÄM couch $315", and "KAFFE table $119", as well as the blue and yellow IKEA logo in the bottom right corner.
"take home the trauma today!"
i saw this elsewhere in the recommended for you internet sludge and had a good cackle. saving the highest-resolution instance i could find through google image search.
via:
https://www.reddit.com/r...
i saw this elsewhere in the recommended for you internet sludge and had a good cackle. saving the highest-resolution instance i could find through google image search.
via:
https://www.reddit.com/r...
Those meatballs you like are back in style.
@snarkout - perfect.
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Photo shows an image of a medium small brown short-haired dog with her ears flapping in the wind as she gets all the smells on her way to the Rainbow Bridge.
We gave her the best life we possibly could. The unfairness of living longer than our companions is not lost upon me this day.
Peace and sweet memories to you.
<3
The hurt of having to make that decision never fully goes away, but if you did it right -- and it sounds like you did -- the joy and love of your life with her will always chase away the sad moments. Godspeed, best girl.
Good good girl.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss.
"I'm like a dog ear on the wind..."
ouch.
that baby had the best life possible. 🌈💜
that baby had the best life possible. 🌈💜
Vibes and hugs. This part always sucks.
Thank you for taking such good care of her.
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Oof. Not fair at all. Take care.
🖤🖤🖤
Aw, geez. It’s not easy. Wishing you solace.
Thanks to you all. There will be many firsts in the coming days. This morning was like that.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Huge hugs to you and your wife. What a good girl. No doubt she loved you, loved her life with you, and loved her life. We don't know deserve dogs, so it seems like the tradeoff is to do as right by them at the end as we can even though it's so hard. I know the ache is terrible, the empty spaces are terrible, and the quiet is terrible. We just want them back. May you find some peace in the upcoming days as you adjust and find solace in your memories.
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A screencap from the 1966 Batman show; a red-faced Adam West, in Batman cowl, pokes his head up through a hole in some foliage.
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A screenshot of a poem, entitled "Sputtering Flame," in simple white text on a dark background.
The poem reads:
Your wondrous spark set me alight.
A candle, burning against the darkness
Never so alive, never so full of warmth and purpose:
To illuminate your every move
And keep the monsters at bay.
You would dance in my light,
And with every flicker of my flame, the playful shadows would dance along with you.
You inspired me to burn brighter
Though neither of us seemed to notice
The wax melting
Dripping
Pooling on the tablecloth
In globs of color
Because, misshapen though I became,
I felt the warm joy of being able to watch you thrive.
As I began to sputter, rather than tend my flame
You grew upset at the fading light
And the long unflattering shadows it cast upon you.
The wax gathered at your feet now
Cold, hardened, no longer malleable
And you grew cold as well.
Reduced to ash and ember
Still I smolder
Though I can no longer brighten your smile,
No longer warm your skin,
No longer keep your demons from you.
The poem reads:
Your wondrous spark set me alight.
A candle, burning against the darkness
Never so alive, never so full of warmth and purpose:
To illuminate your every move
And keep the monsters at bay.
You would dance in my light,
And with every flicker of my flame, the playful shadows would dance along with you.
You inspired me to burn brighter
Though neither of us seemed to notice
The wax melting
Dripping
Pooling on the tablecloth
In globs of color
Because, misshapen though I became,
I felt the warm joy of being able to watch you thrive.
As I began to sputter, rather than tend my flame
You grew upset at the fading light
And the long unflattering shadows it cast upon you.
The wax gathered at your feet now
Cold, hardened, no longer malleable
And you grew cold as well.
Reduced to ash and ember
Still I smolder
Though I can no longer brighten your smile,
No longer warm your skin,
No longer keep your demons from you.
Pardon my angst and brooding. Going through a difficult breakup after a long and agonizing decline. Over the past few months as the relationship began to circle the drain I started writing poems to process my feelings.
After yet another sleepless night, I penned this one around 4am this morning.
After yet another sleepless night, I penned this one around 4am this morning.
Ach. I have been there. :-(
Hang in there. It's a dark tunnel. But I see light glimmering.
Hang in there. It's a dark tunnel. But I see light glimmering.
('Ach' is related to jiddisch 'oy'. Perhaps scottish 'och'. Same guttural g. Interjection of empathy. So not like 'argh')
Nice poem, and metaphor. Best to you, and the new day's light.
peace and serenity, brother.
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i mean, where IS goldbug, doctor?
Not a single car shaped like an apple in sight!
To be fair: The pig butchers selling sausages to pig mom's was kind of a hint.
My kids adore What Do People Do All Day and much of is delightfully innocent and pro-worker. But there's also plenty I go out of my way to skip, "Mother's Work Is Never Done," with its rigid gender roles, and the police one are always a pass for me.
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE
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A smiling man sits in the rear seat of a long blue tandem kayak, a small black terrier between his knees.
the dog (L) told us he loves lakes so much that we needed to get a tandem kayak, so we did. Used, with all the gear, at a great price.
She is not named yet - we’re waiting for her to name herself while afloat.
Proper nautical log entries to follow at some point.
She is not named yet - we’re waiting for her to name herself while afloat.
Proper nautical log entries to follow at some point.
Waiting for the flood!
three-hour tour
This is going to be delightful! In related news, we named our trusty canoe The Western Star.
Kayak McKayakface
All lake kayaks are called bobby
Mine is named Big Freedia, because it's a kayakayakayakayakayakayaka ;)
Ripple.
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That’s Jimmy Jack for ya!
Hahahahahaha
The driver being charged with "...not having a valid boat registration" is just /chefskiss. Congrats, dumbass. You just totaled your wankpanzer.
Texas aren’t sending their best
"You got Jimmy Jammed!"
double-0 zero here
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I've done this a bunch of times now, but always to friends. This time I decided to send myself one for fun last December. These days it takes a lot longer to get to where it has to go as Mali is in the midst of a bad civil war. So the postcards are trucked or camelled or bused or however they can to Senegal and then plopped in envelopes for the final leg.
The whole process is helping out a team of now unemployed tourist guides in Timbuktu, they hand write the cards and set them on their way. Because it takes so long I had kind of forgotten about it and so it was a cool surprise when it arrived. If you want to partake and asist you can do so here https://www.postcardsfromtimbuktu.com/en-au
The whole process is helping out a team of now unemployed tourist guides in Timbuktu, they hand write the cards and set them on their way. Because it takes so long I had kind of forgotten about it and so it was a cool surprise when it arrived. If you want to partake and asist you can do so here https://www.postcardsfromtimbuktu.com/en-au
I would be careful in this age of various ebolas, and hantaviruses. Even the saliva used on old school stamps could be a vector. Really.
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Strong thunderstorms with 70 MPH winds and hail hit my funky house today. We’re fine. No damage.
You have a cool lookin house!
Yes, very tidy house, like an earthy sort of midcentury brutalism
In it's last life it was a blanket fort.
Funky Little Shack!
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A gray-box-shaped musical effects pedal with a central black knob surrounded by four footswitches labeled “Drugs,” “Girls,” “Metal,” and “Flying Objects.”
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A leering, black-bearded man with wings and gold horned helmet in studded leather singlet hefting a massive mace
his autobiography is a great read
No, thank you, I am not interested in spectrum internet.
who wants to live forever?
He gave one of my favourite commentaries about Drumpf him and Rebecca Solnit.
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A storefront window with white vinyl signage reading Harmonies Pizza & Ice Cream.
My friend Will, late of Handsome Pizza on Killingsworth, has against all odds opened a new parlor in St Johns, PDX.
He was kind enough to ask me to design a logo for the new spot and managed to get vinyl installed in time for last week's friends & family opening.
He was kind enough to ask me to design a logo for the new spot and managed to get vinyl installed in time for last week's friends & family opening.
Will's a friend of mine as well! Love the logo design, great work on that. Happy to have access to his pizza again, even if the new location is quite a hike for me out in Gresham.
came back to say that this photo has the vibe of fred herzog shot. nice.
and nice work on the logo! it looks great!
@WikiAdam Small world! Though not small enough to make it easy to get to St Johns, I guess.
@nikkuneko That's very kind! I was planning on getting some photos for my portfolio, I feel like I got lucky that some folks had just sat down.
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Postcard of a volcano erupting and a small glass jar with light gray ash and a damaged handwritten label that says "St Helens erupted May"
A couple of souvenirs from the eruption that i recently found while cleaning out a corner of the basement. The postcard is to my mom from her sister, who lived in Seattle at the time. It was mailed in July, so the printers wasted no time getting merch together after the eruption.
The jar is ash that we collected on a visit to my grandparent's house that summer in Hillsboro. I remember flying past the mountain on the approach to Portland and seeing the huge crater on the side. I don't remember the month we visited, but likely June, because school would have been out but it was fresh enough that their yard made ash plumes when you walked across the grass. My dad got on their roof with a garden hose to help clean it off.
The jar is ash that we collected on a visit to my grandparent's house that summer in Hillsboro. I remember flying past the mountain on the approach to Portland and seeing the huge crater on the side. I don't remember the month we visited, but likely June, because school would have been out but it was fresh enough that their yard made ash plumes when you walked across the grass. My dad got on their roof with a garden hose to help clean it off.
A) SO COOL, thanks for showing this!! B) JEALOUS
and C) I missed Mt. St Helens and even as a little kid was SO SAD I missed it when people talked about how the ash made it all the way to Wyoming (nothing like this, tho.) When Yellowstone burned in 1988 (36% of it!) everyone talked about how the ash on their cars and porches reminded them of when Mt. St. Helens erupted. So after Black Saturday when 150k acres burned in one day and the ash was really bad, I scraped up a bunch of ash from a windshield, put it in a jelly jar, and with my looney toon kid ass mind labeled it "Mt. St Helens ash," then took it to school to show off this "volcanic ash" with obvious pine needles and bark in it that smelled like a forest fire to a bunch of kids who lived in the same place I did.
So D) SUPER JEALOUS
NEAT!!!
and C) I missed Mt. St Helens and even as a little kid was SO SAD I missed it when people talked about how the ash made it all the way to Wyoming (nothing like this, tho.) When Yellowstone burned in 1988 (36% of it!) everyone talked about how the ash on their cars and porches reminded them of when Mt. St. Helens erupted. So after Black Saturday when 150k acres burned in one day and the ash was really bad, I scraped up a bunch of ash from a windshield, put it in a jelly jar, and with my looney toon kid ass mind labeled it "Mt. St Helens ash," then took it to school to show off this "volcanic ash" with obvious pine needles and bark in it that smelled like a forest fire to a bunch of kids who lived in the same place I did.
So D) SUPER JEALOUS
NEAT!!!
When I was in Cub Scouts (or maybe it was Webelos at that time), our scout master gave everyone in the troop little, clear plastic containers (like size of a roll of 35mm film) of Mt. St. Helens ash. I kept it for the longest time, but I think it's long gone now. Always thought that was such a neat memento.
@billturner the difference is that Cub Scouts fall down when they wobble
For years I used Mt. St. Helens ash to make a cone 10 glaze. It was great, all it needed was a clay body for opacity (I used Ball Clay) and a colorant (I used tin) made a gorgeous Bristol White and was crazy cheap.
@1f2frfbf whoa, that's super cool!
@williwaw I'm glad i kept it around all this time, luckily i have it in a reasonably sturdy jar.
@williwaw I'm glad i kept it around all this time, luckily i have it in a reasonably sturdy jar.
In a weird way, that jar of ash is also a souvenir from my parent's divorce. In retrospect, I think the only reason we were on that trip at all is because my mom needed to visit her parents and shop for a house ahead of us kids moving with her later that summer (she wasn't with us in Oregon), and my dad likely wanted to have a vacation with us kids before we moved out of state with mom.
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square phone pic: a closeup of a light blue shirt and royal blue hoodie, folded so their logos are adjacent. the light blue shirt has the cursive MLKSHK logo, and the royal blue has the MLTSHP deelux logo.
happy anniversary, you weirdos!
on this day in 2017, we went live thanks to the time and energy of so many wonderful people.
nine insane-assed years later, MLTSHP is still a source of daily joy, support, and discovery for me. i have art, music, and goodies from MLTSHPers all over my home. i’ve shared meals and adventures with many of y’all; i’ve commiserated and goofed with even more of y’all. here’s to many more.
(BTW, i happened to wear my lovely ol’ MLKSHK shirt to the farmers market this morning. tried to get a selfie in it for my celebratory post, but i was not lookin’ particularly sassy. instead you get an even older MLKSHK shirt and said beloved hoodie sans me. the hoodie and a bunch of other great stuff designed by heyitsal is still up in the webstore:
https://mltshp-store.creator-spring.com
for shits ’n’ giggles, my first post after we went live:
https://mltshp.com/p/1BFXC
on this day in 2017, we went live thanks to the time and energy of so many wonderful people.
nine insane-assed years later, MLTSHP is still a source of daily joy, support, and discovery for me. i have art, music, and goodies from MLTSHPers all over my home. i’ve shared meals and adventures with many of y’all; i’ve commiserated and goofed with even more of y’all. here’s to many more.
(BTW, i happened to wear my lovely ol’ MLKSHK shirt to the farmers market this morning. tried to get a selfie in it for my celebratory post, but i was not lookin’ particularly sassy. instead you get an even older MLKSHK shirt and said beloved hoodie sans me. the hoodie and a bunch of other great stuff designed by heyitsal is still up in the webstore:
https://mltshp-store.creator-spring.com
for shits ’n’ giggles, my first post after we went live:
https://mltshp.com/p/1BFXC
i need more of youse artwork fuckers
I think I still have the black on black shirt
I know I still have the black on black shirt
We should try to organize something for the 10th anniversary, maybe a global MLTUP day?
@wjcstp a great idea; i would love that!
Out of curiosity, when did MLKSHK launch?
@BennyTheIcepick i can’t remember an exact date, but i remember it being in beta late 2010 or early 2011? i think it did publicly launch in 2011
I know I discovered it at my first job, which I left in 2012, so your timeline fits with that.
@nikkineko @BennyTheIcepick I was going to say it was already a habit of mine when I started a job in 2011. I decided to check!
Archive.org has:
May 17, 2010
Two bad gateway captures. Probably Andre et al beginning work
https://web.archive.org/web...
February 2, 2011
An opening soon page:
https://web.archive.org/web...
May 23, 2011
First result with an open sign up page
https://web.archive.org/web...
As a whole, our 15th is one week away!
Archive.org has:
May 17, 2010
Two bad gateway captures. Probably Andre et al beginning work
https://web.archive.org/web...
February 2, 2011
An opening soon page:
https://web.archive.org/web...
May 23, 2011
First result with an open sign up page
https://web.archive.org/web...
As a whole, our 15th is one week away!
ps: Donate to Archive.org, who made this possible: https://archive.org/donate...
@pk ah, thank you for the sleuthing! to pin it down. (and for the donation link, that is important!)
i knew it was still in beta when i started posting (jan. 2011) and that other pilers had been using it for image embeds for a few months before i asked for an invite, but could not pin down better dates. i appreciate that framework!
i knew it was still in beta when i started posting (jan. 2011) and that other pilers had been using it for image embeds for a few months before i asked for an invite, but could not pin down better dates. i appreciate that framework!
pps: their blog shows they were open for some by the end of 2010: https://web.archive.org/web...
I know we could just ask them, but this is the way of the internet
I know we could just ask them, but this is the way of the internet
Still awesome.
My stealth shirt is so stealthy I cannot find it in my pile of dark tshirts
Y'all rule.
Never forget: https://mltshp.com/mlkshktheme
Been lurking around since the mlkshk days and so grateful.
Thanks to all who make this work. This place has been one of my internet homes since early mlkshk.
15 years?? Wow
Plate of shrimp: I grabbed my old mlkshk stealth logo tee to wear today for the first time in at least a couple of years.
BTW, I love y'all, but we need a member drive.
BTW, I love y'all, but we need a member drive.
@foist we've talked about membership drives in the past but it's never really solidified into anything. it would be good to get the conversation going again, see if we can capitalize on the growing demand for "unenshittified" web communities.
I also still have that black on black shirt. it's wonderful.
@foist Someone needs to build the code for a "have an account, give an account" widget. I think Al has the designs ready to go. I'd love to do that. Also let's be clear: we are fine with money. A member drive would just be to get new folks in here, share the love etc. <3 everyone.
Keep Circulating the Tapes
I always get the reminder on this day as my scoops renew
Hells yeh!
Happy MLTSHP/MLKSHK Day. Thank you for nearly ten years of happiness in this community that is so appreciated.
<3 <3 <3
I just re-scooped after I canceled my membership in a bout of cost cutting measures somewhere during last year. Mea culpa.
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Close up of a 10” margherita pizza
Not sure what the question was, but the answer is yes.
yes
Yes
YES
Oui. Si. Ya. Bitte.
I wanna lance the crust boil.
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An architectural model of a filtration Plant 1/50 & 1/25 scale
This is on ebay with no bids, and ends later today.
Item is collect only from near Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm...
Item is collect only from near Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm...
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A very large, tall portrait hangs in a darkened hall. The portrait shows an imposing figure wearing a dark suit and tie. The figure's head is just a black blur, with a large red X crudely painted over it. To the right of the portrait on the wall are a few lighter patches where other pictures once hung. Below and to the right, running away from the painting, is a person wearing gray overalls and a hat. The person is holding a paintbrush with bright red paint, and carrying a paint can. This is a mostly black and gray painting, except for the red paint. It is signed "Chris Silverman".
“But but but that is political violence!”
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A person stands next to an ice axe on an icy surface. In the distance is Mt. Saint Helens erupting. The second photo shows the same person now seated with their hand on their head and the eruption is now ominously larger.
Photos by John Christiansen from Mt. Adams when Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. Thread is here: https://mstdn.social/@History...
"Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!"
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You know, I saw every episode of M*A*S*H at least three times when I was a kid but I guess it's not until ~40 years later that you realize how deep an impact something like a tv show can have on how you treat those around you.
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
They gave this character a good arc of growth
Thanks for this. I had forgotten how much I liked this character.
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Grid of black lines on white shifting around a square depression
Bridget Riley meets Pac Man.
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A red text-based public artwork by Frank Riot displayed in a JCDecaux advertising panel outside Holborn Station in London, UK. The poster reads: "When you've got rid of all the mosques but the costs of life still rise and you'e built your fortressed borders but the NHS still dies and the Muslims are all gone and your town's a wall of white but corporate vultures are still pillaging every facet of our lives who will you blame then? What will you have gained? A badge for barbarism against a backdrop of decay." Pedestrians walk past the bus shelter on a busy city street.
Oh, there will be no lack of scapegoats.
Saves to /poetry.
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woman with the caption "Audrey. Former Satanist"
Evil Eye Audrey, they still call her.
Quit to do Twitch streaming?
I don't think that's something you can ever fully walk away from Audrey.
We're sorry to see you go, Audrey.
Please complete this short survey of your experience so we can make Satanism fun for everyone.
Please complete this short survey of your experience so we can make Satanism fun for everyone.
One does not simply walk out on Mordor
@LocalStain However, you can add neo-nazism as a side order: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki...