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A selfie taken in front of a fifteen foot tall knight in a Renaissance styled black and purple costume with a jeweled crown. There is a crucifix on a necklace, a chain of office, other jewelry, and an engraved metal pin that reads "this father is proud of you".
On our opening day I took this in 'The Royal Glade' where we have our human combat chess match. I am a player in it this year, as, obviously, the black king chess piece. I have a short sword fight with Madame Sapphire, proprietor of the brothel. I end up disarmed with my arm around her waist fanning her while my Queen Isabella and Louisa, the third member of our Spanish court, beat the other two brothel women.
I used to know the name of the Knight. It was built in 2000 bet the SCA for some obscure reason that I don't remember, either.
I used to know the name of the Knight. It was built in 2000 bet the SCA for some obscure reason that I don't remember, either.
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Some flowers I saw on a walk yesterday
Stunning!
I can’t get enough of this! Wish it was a painting!
I love this.
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source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
meep meep
dream truck
A short week.
penny racer
EV?
@dapete It’s a shortened VW Type 2, so probably just the usual air cooled flat-four.
@bezt I _think_ there’s enough space at the back.
Posted in response https://mltshp.com/p/1RW4G
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This guy, Tony Rogers, is a helluva musician. He's also a member of my science-fiction book club. He and his band(s) performed for his 60th birthday at Martyr's the other night. highly suggest checking him out.
https://tonyrogers.bandcamp.com/
https://tonyrogers.bandcamp.com/
I was playing sax on the last song at that show.
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The lavish interior of Glasgow City Chambers.
....the set for the movie "Baroque Backrooms"
M.C. Escher on acid.
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In the style of a birth announcement, a graphic at the top with flowers and chickens alternating. Below, "Olivia & Trey are happy to announce Foggy Laid Her First Egg the morning of September 15, 2026. We're 95% sure she is the first of the young 'uns to lay. She's the only one with white eggs so we know it was her...and this is the first very tiny egg!" There is a photo of said white chicken looking head on at the camera and a graphic of a tiny white egg interspersed.
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Picture of a laminated sheet with bilingual instructions. At the bottom there are instructions for free WiFi that requires a long random string of letters for the password
That’s a wicked password for free WiFi.
Oh, and Hi! I’m in Mt Fuji area to go for a long bike ride
Oh, and Hi! I’m in Mt Fuji area to go for a long bike ride
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Photo of a poster in a Guitar Center: Open for Legends / You Could Open for Ed Sheeran! With a photo of Sheehan singing and holding his guitar against a pink background.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
Guitar Center is sponsoring a contest that has become very, very funny.
Guitar Center is sponsoring a contest that has become very, very funny.
holy shit NOT ai:
https://openforlegends.guitarc...
https://openforlegends.guitarc...
@ardgedee Nope, this was a preexisting contest that current events have waved a magic wand at.
Forwarded this to a friend and he said, "Kid Rock’s not doing anything…"
Yeah, that's going to go great.
@artwells TIL from that 404media story:
"All four of Sheeran’s supporting acts and his backing band for this tour have dropped out of the tour this week in support of Macklemore."
Damn, session musicians have a lot at stake to walk out of a major gig like that. Not just the loss of income on this job, but they get a rep for being willing to walk out on a job that makes future bookings harder.
"All four of Sheeran’s supporting acts and his backing band for this tour have dropped out of the tour this week in support of Macklemore."
Damn, session musicians have a lot at stake to walk out of a major gig like that. Not just the loss of income on this job, but they get a rep for being willing to walk out on a job that makes future bookings harder.
okay nevermind. I assumed he had a bunch of American session musicians, but they're Irish, and apparently they're being treated as heroes at home
@ardgedee His backing band Beoga turns out to predate him (they were founded in 2002 and have been collaborating with him since 2016) and be founding members of Irish Artists of Palestine, so… uh, good work, Ed.
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A color illustration of Peter Falk as the young Lieutenant Columbo, in a rumpled gray suit with his trademark raincoat, standing next to a clapped-out car. Beside him is Dog, his basset hound.
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Portrait by the comic book artist Sean Phillips; Peter Falk was born on this day in 1927.
Portrait by the comic book artist Sean Phillips; Peter Falk was born on this day in 1927.
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: now i feel like i have to know the name of everything and they're all long latin names and i'm brain damaged....vegetable farming is what I know. annuals and perennials and houseplants, oh my!
I see there are a ton of different digital and physical botany flashcards out there, and those might be helpful, though the printed ones are spendy. However, what (very) little I know about the scientific names of plants comes almost entirely from watching videos from https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/. The thickest Chicago accent in the world makes it a lot of fun.
@jer : thank u!
Hey, I've had to memorize latin names for literally thousands of species for my job . . . along with being able to recall pertinent info about each one, which I imagine would also be a useful skill for you. If you would like some tips on how I did that I'd be happy to pass them along. (When I was taking my native plant & master gardener etc. certifications those skills enabled me to learn dozens of species in half a day during field trips and classes, so I feel confident those tips would apply.) Let me know if you're interested!
@williwaw ooh! I can’t be the only one wanting to tip the vessel of Latin naming knowledge here!
@williwaw : oh my gosh that would be incredible!! i passed my boards w mostly flashcards but that was pre-tbi. Anything you could share to help me excel in my new position would be tremendous!
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: after 15 years in ABA, i decided to save myself and quit my job. now i work in a greenhouse and plant shop. my nervous system thanks me.
cheers to new beginnings!
cheers to new beginnings!
I can smell this photo. And I love that you get to live it.
Aw nice! 🪴🌱😊
I am jealous. I need to add 'work at greenhouse' to my list of careers to consider once AI kills this one...
Oh that's splendid
How lovely for you! Plants give life.
congrats, that sounds like an a++ change. enjoy.
i'm at that precipice now, trying to figure out how to get out of this industry madhouse before i lose it totally.
i'm at that precipice now, trying to figure out how to get out of this industry madhouse before i lose it totally.
@nikkuneko madhouse to the hothouse... the (garden) path is clear
good luck with it all. I did the same many years back from chef to archaeologist. A bunch of pain with that journey but well worth it in the end
good luck with it all. I did the same many years back from chef to archaeologist. A bunch of pain with that journey but well worth it in the end
Our son (working on his 3rd graduate degree and supporting himself with loans) likes to work in the greenhouse at school when he comes home to visit. It pays a lot less than gigging, but he likes the work.
💚💚💚
HOORAY
Congratulations!!
Hell of a leap. Nice jumping!
Hell of a leap. Nice jumping!
Wonderful!
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Fav time of day is going to the dog park near me to watch other people’s dogs. It’s super chill (and cute).
There's a dog park directly across the road from my place. I love hanging on the fence to watch them. For months I was hearing this loud dog bark around 4pm every day, sounded like it had to be a Great Dane with such a loud deep bark. Popped over to see it and it turned out to be a Bassett Hound. I had no idea they barked like that
Anyways, visit dog parks gang, its good therapy
Anyways, visit dog parks gang, its good therapy
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A color photograph of a person's hand holding up a model train car; behind them is the full-size train its based on. The train has some colorful bubbly letter grafitti, in purples; the model train has a scaled-down approximation of same, in similar colors.
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A lovely little thread (with photos) about taggers, trains, and model train builders.
A lovely little thread (with photos) about taggers, trains, and model train builders.
a kid I used to work with does this too! maybe it's him??
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Coloured pencil drawing of a woman with long hair, a striped French boat neck shirt and red lips singing into a microphone. She has her right hand raised in a dramatic gesture. The background is dark, but in the back you can still see the small figure of a guitar player with dark glasses and a moustache.
Catherine Ringer, iconic singer of French rockers Les Rita Mitsouko, dies aged 68
I don't know how well their music crossed the ocean, but for me it was a huge part of growing up in my 20s here in Europe and I've loved them ever since. Their best work was filled with abandon, humor, poetry, sadness and hooks that stayed with you for decades. Her partner Fred Chichin died in 2007.
'Catherine Ringer has died at 68 after a battle with cancer. A defining figure in French rock and half of the iconic duo Les Rita Mitsouko alongside Fred Chichin, the singer leaves behind more than four decades of music, from Marcia Baïla to C’est comme ça, and a prolific solo career.'
https://www.sortiraparis.com/en...
Drawing by Benjamin Chaud (I love his work)
https://www.instagram.com/p...==
I don't know how well their music crossed the ocean, but for me it was a huge part of growing up in my 20s here in Europe and I've loved them ever since. Their best work was filled with abandon, humor, poetry, sadness and hooks that stayed with you for decades. Her partner Fred Chichin died in 2007.
'Catherine Ringer has died at 68 after a battle with cancer. A defining figure in French rock and half of the iconic duo Les Rita Mitsouko alongside Fred Chichin, the singer leaves behind more than four decades of music, from Marcia Baïla to C’est comme ça, and a prolific solo career.'
https://www.sortiraparis.com/en...
Drawing by Benjamin Chaud (I love his work)
https://www.instagram.com/p...==
I don't know their music well any more but decades ago it was part of my college radio experience.
It was big on the dance floor for certain clubs in the US, and of course the videos!
I saw them live, pretty sure it was at Starck Club.
I saw them live, pretty sure it was at Starck Club.
Aww. Les Rita Mitsoukou. So very weird in a good way
They were big for me in high school, such great stuff.
My fave off No Comprendo: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
My fave off No Comprendo: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
@B6FA798A3449 I am most likely not telling you anything new, but you are aware it’s a reference to Saint- Exupéry?
Was introduced to "C'est Comme ça" via MTV way the hell back in the day. Ringer was an amazingly charismatic performer (by accounts I've read, probably due at least a little to the vats of drugs that she and Chichin consumed at the time, I bet she slept less in a year than most of us do in a month.)
@ardgedee this is her live in 2020, so she’s 62 years old: https://youtu.be/-r2l-KWk...
@waa I did _not_ know that! <3 <3 <3
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two goth deer, one young, meeting strange spirit things in a fall cemetery. Ink and watercolor
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Does this have a smell?
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HATS COLLECTED BY THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK GEOLOGY TEAM AND OTHER PARK STAFF FROM HYDROTHERMAL AREAS DURING THE SUMMER 2026 SEASON (TRUCK FOR SCALE).
MARGERY PRICE/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MARGERY PRICE/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HATS COLLECTED BY THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK GEOLOGY TEAM AND OTHER PARK STAFF FROM HYDROTHERMAL AREAS DURING THE SUMMER 2026 SEASON (TRUCK FOR SCALE).
MARGERY PRICE/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MARGERY PRICE/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
“Flames! Flames shooting up the side of my face!” Kinda mad about the assholes who ruin parks for everyone else because they cannot or will not follow the rules.
Seeing the footsteps that you have taken off trail in the hydrothermal beds is what starts me off.
Seeing the footsteps that you have taken off trail in the hydrothermal beds is what starts me off.
In defense of the owners of the hats pictured here, @m3moellering, these people probably DIDN'T trample where they shouldn't have and that's why their hats were picked up by the Park Service. I've watched plenty of hats blow off someone's head and into a thermal area in Yellowstone and rather than walk out there and pick it up (risking both their own safety and the fragile ecosystem) the hat gets left where it lands.
Yeah hats blow off, they collected a bunch of other stuff that shouldn't have been brought into the area to begin with.
@samh Aiiight. I'll take your word for it. I still have vivid memories of those encrusted foot gouges in the crust of the newly formed rock. That and the asshat who was trying to climb the travertine to get to the Screaming Mouth.
Coming soon to a Yellowstone gift shop near you: Hat Straps! They Don't Make You Look Silly™
@m3moellering you're not wrong. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of idiots doing all sorts of idiot things and going all sorts of idiot places every summer in Yellowstone.
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A brown dog with a white nose lays on a fuzzy dark gray dog bed. He has one eye open as the other side of his face rests smushed against the bed. The photo is taken close to his face and his head takes up most of the space.
It’s been about a month with Titan in the house. He’s very well settled in. He’s also a very good boy.
When folks talk about how nice it would be to win the lottery, I think of how lucky I am with the smaller things in life working out.
When folks talk about how nice it would be to win the lottery, I think of how lucky I am with the smaller things in life working out.
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Screenshot of a tweet from Suraj Sharma saying, "Bro I'm so sick of pretending this isn't weird. The internet spent 20 years creating tutorials, open-source projects, blog posts & answers for free. Al companies turned all of it into products worth billions. And now the same people who created that knowledge are being told they're replaceable. We built the library. Someone else started charging admission." To which another person "fractally" replied (on Tumblr), "This has been my main argument against "Al" from the very beginning. OpenAl scraped the entire web. All of which had been a labor of love from humans. Wikipedia is the backbone of a lot of LLMs, and that was volunteer human labor. They stole it and now they're selling it back to us. And worse, they're trying to destroy the free sources that they stole from. It's destruction of human knowledge on an unprecedented scale. The burning of the library of Alexandria has nothing on this."
Insert a comment here about my personal dislike of screenshots of screenshots of social media posts on other social media sites, but I thought this was a lucid point worth sharing.
The machines and processes of the industrial revolution were powered by the forests and swamps of the Carboniferous period, which left deposits of coal for later exploitation. LLMs are powered by deposits of human ingenuity and ordered knowledge, and presently run in a way that inhibits and contaminates the renewal of those resources.
The worthless business assets must be converted into valuable capital for discretionary bonuses as quickly as possible.
The MBA was the worst thing to happen to business.
The MBA was the worst thing to happen to business.
@urlnotfound
As someone who earned an mba, I agree. By the end of the program I hated my peers, my profs, and the discipline itself.
As someone who earned an mba, I agree. By the end of the program I hated my peers, my profs, and the discipline itself.
I mean... generally agree but I always have to show up to argue that there were libraries before the internet. WE built the library, the internet improved upon it by leaps and bounds, and then someone else started charging admission to that last part (the library is still free) </pedant>
Last month, I found out all of my journalistic work has been sold to an 'ethical' AI-company, without my permission and without paying me (I own the copyright, but the newspaper I used to work for has a distribution-license, that they chose to interpret in the wildest manner). Every day, more and more bots arrive at my website, hogging the lane to suck out all of its content. I put a lot of stuff on there, background info for students who want to learn more, goodies for clients. And just fun stuff I like to make and share, which often turns into nice connections with new people.
But more and more I feel that I am working for free for people that believe the opposite of what I want to be and stand for. I am seriously considering stripping my website, keeping a bare minimum to prove that I exist and work. I just wrote an article where I propose, only half-joking, to quit the internet and do all of my research in libraries, archives, and by talking to people in physical places. Not joking at all now when I say: can we build a parallel internet? I am ready to pack my bags and go.
But more and more I feel that I am working for free for people that believe the opposite of what I want to be and stand for. I am seriously considering stripping my website, keeping a bare minimum to prove that I exist and work. I just wrote an article where I propose, only half-joking, to quit the internet and do all of my research in libraries, archives, and by talking to people in physical places. Not joking at all now when I say: can we build a parallel internet? I am ready to pack my bags and go.
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Red Zap three-wheeled vehicle
Zap three-wheeled vehicle. In response to https://mltshp.com/p/1RW2U Picture from 2013 in University Heights, San Diego. More info on the car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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Rainbow liquid pours from a large pipe in a dark interior space. The pipe is held up by dark gray cross-beams. Behind it, figures observe from glowing green windows set high on a dark wall. Another scaffolding stands by the windows. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".