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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.
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billturner
And then little dots of calamine lotion on the mosquito bites.
@billturner we were just talking about that the other day. In Wisconsin they sold that stuff in gallon jugs and my mom and grandmother applied it with a mop...
😊
😊
I still remember the unholy sting of grandma's mercurochrome on all my cuts and scrapes.
@Xedrik OMG, yes!
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A black and white photo of Léa Seydoux by Jason Hetherington for Variety. Seydoux is facing right with her eyes closed; her face is obscured by a ribbed pane of glass that causes her features to be repeated and distorted.
for France
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man gesturing at a phone book while the pages turn
that guy blows
you can do the same with a round pencil
now do it with the book closer to you.
"...Sarah Connor?"
The only thing I remember about this guy is how The Amazing Randi tore him a new one and exposed all his tricks
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A black and white illustration by Moebius. It shows several figures in space suits among many small asteroids. In the middle floats a giant statue of what looks like Anubis sitting in a chair.
Zero-G Monday!!
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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
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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.
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I saw Laraaji perform in Vancouver on Friday!
wow!
envy envy envy
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The actor Yul Brynner, in a film called Westworld. The film deals with a fantasy resort for the ultra rich, which kind of blends into the future of AI + robots. (We don't have to capitolise robot, yet.)
I made this post to stick in this delicious quote, from a well, and archly written article.
"Only Westworld has the potential to foresee that the ultimate fantasy of the AI age could be the chance to spend the rest of our lives being told we’re really, really special by a gorgeous robot ranch hand on a billion-dollar luxury retreat for people no longer emotionally equipped to handle reality."
Mltshppers think I'm special, don't they, don't they???
https://www.theguardian.com/film...
"Only Westworld has the potential to foresee that the ultimate fantasy of the AI age could be the chance to spend the rest of our lives being told we’re really, really special by a gorgeous robot ranch hand on a billion-dollar luxury retreat for people no longer emotionally equipped to handle reality."
Mltshppers think I'm special, don't they, don't they???
https://www.theguardian.com/film...
I do!!
(raises his hand)
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A six-panel Sunday "Nancy" comic strip by Caroline Cash.
PANEL 1: Nancy seated on a stool, Sluggo standing, both against an orange wall with window. They're both listening to their phones with wired earphones. Nancy's has a jagged music note; Sluggo's is smoother.
PANEL 2: Their faces. NANCY: We should go to a concert some time! Sluggo looks surprised.
PANEL 3: Sluggo removes a (white) earbud. Music notes. "Uh... Nancy..."
PANEL 4: SLUGGO: We don't like the same kinda music… [Nancy is labelled "listens to hardcore"; Sluggo is labelled "listens to Sabrina Carpenter"]
PANEL 5: A shared speech balloon: "..."
PANEL 6: They have both returned to listening to music and both look happy.
PANEL 1: Nancy seated on a stool, Sluggo standing, both against an orange wall with window. They're both listening to their phones with wired earphones. Nancy's has a jagged music note; Sluggo's is smoother.
PANEL 2: Their faces. NANCY: We should go to a concert some time! Sluggo looks surprised.
PANEL 3: Sluggo removes a (white) earbud. Music notes. "Uh... Nancy..."
PANEL 4: SLUGGO: We don't like the same kinda music… [Nancy is labelled "listens to hardcore"; Sluggo is labelled "listens to Sabrina Carpenter"]
PANEL 5: A shared speech balloon: "..."
PANEL 6: They have both returned to listening to music and both look happy.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
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tailgate of a pickup truck with a company logo and dancing hippo character, with the company functions of Turns, Rent Collection, Evictions, Leasing.
as seen at a stop light the other day
I don't have my contacts in yet... looks like that says, "Please key this truck!" (squints)
I prefer the personal touch you can only get with hired goons
Hippopigamus!
Grrrrrrrrr!!!!
@Xedrik +++
I think it says "use spraypaint on this truck" but I don't have my glasses on yet.
I can see perfectly fine that it says burn this fucker down now.
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three expressive individuals in front of a sign that says “privy.”
We made it to the faire on the final weekend. A lot of fun but WOW is the parking situation in Irwindale fucked! It took us more than an hour and a half to get out.
No crossbows allowed.
Irwindale has always been fucked. True story.
Yay ren fair!
So, does the Women's have two V's?
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Portrait of a tech editor in color, making a point about loading AI with misinformation.
This guy is sharing his cunning, and I am sure about 99% of you wizards know this. I am not altogether unsure certain sites aren't designed to spoon feed misinfo to AI's (leetle jok.) This guy posted the results of a made up hot dog eating contest, in which tech journalists competed, (he added real names with permission,) AI's picked it up, though he was the only source for the article. He is now the number one hot dog eating tech journalist.
I had to switch texting/messaging programs prior to Samsung, dropping it's SMS in July. OK so I have all kinds of pop ups I never had, body sensors are still hardwired on for Google Play Services, dang so I turned it off, along with Gemini. I have notifications turned off for Google, but they are nagging, nagging, nagging via notifications I have to turn that back on. And, I visually loathe their messenger icon, I want it to match with my set. Now, I think I want a different messaging program, tsk. It is interesting it is notifying, no end, even with notifications turned off.
https://www.bbc.com/future...
I had to switch texting/messaging programs prior to Samsung, dropping it's SMS in July. OK so I have all kinds of pop ups I never had, body sensors are still hardwired on for Google Play Services, dang so I turned it off, along with Gemini. I have notifications turned off for Google, but they are nagging, nagging, nagging via notifications I have to turn that back on. And, I visually loathe their messenger icon, I want it to match with my set. Now, I think I want a different messaging program, tsk. It is interesting it is notifying, no end, even with notifications turned off.
https://www.bbc.com/future...
It's impressive enough that there's one hot dog eating tech journalists, but for there to be enough hot dogs to have a ranking, that's amazing.
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woman on a watch face saying something
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an e-ink display at a supermarket donut display, showing NaN (not a number) in large letters. in the bottom corner in smaller text, it reads "NaN per LB"
local supermarket chain likes to use these e-ink price tags, which occasionally leads to pure magic.
Priceless
NaN is the price on the contract that Satan hands you with a brimstoney flourish
Means they're free, then
Baked fresh by
So go up to the counter and ask them what the change is if you pay with your grandmother.
It just means you have to pay in "favors"
Not flat enough to be naan
That's what I was thinking, @bennytheicepick
Never wanted a flipper zero more than when I saw these at IKEA in Palo Alto
@dreyfusslugado two carmel candies and a couple of buttons from her danish cookie tin
@dreyfusslugado two carmel candies and a couple of buttons from her danish cookie tin
in california, markets must honor the price tag shown.
these e-ink price tags might be a boon for those with low funds and a flipper zero as @idogcow pointed out :)
these e-ink price tags might be a boon for those with low funds and a flipper zero as @idogcow pointed out :)
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A dark night: a grayish sky, with a bright green full moon. In the foreground is a tall, blocky tower that looks like a tenement building with no windows and only one arched door. On the side facing the viewer is a green, glowing eye. At the pinnacle of the pointed roof is a small rod with a sphere and three crossbars. Behind the tower is a row of trees, illuminated by the moon. This is a primarily indigo and green painting, signed "Chris Silverman".
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Thanks I hate it
Death to fascists and their enablers.
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black and white photograph of a bull bison standing on snow.