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onewordpoet, bodega cat, watercolor, 2026
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Justice Card
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Another card for my next deck is done. Justice, starring my friend Katy Swallow. All cards are ©️2026 by me and created entirely in Adobe Illustrator, on a Wacom Cintiq.
tonyb
fantastic!
@tonyb thank you! 😬
B side
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Crimson Desert game disk being held so finger tips seem to be bum cheeks
China Buffes
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Photo of a large rectangular sign in front of a commercial building. It says "China Buffes" In red letters over a white field, using a generic OS serif font.
That's the name. They also put it in big glowing letters on the front of the building.
source (with pic of the facade): https://www.reddit.com/r...
Having worked in a printshop for a while I can say that when we got the occasional job like this we would do an "Are you REALLY REALLY SURE? No refunds, redos or discounts because we did exactly what you asked" before starting work.
source (with pic of the facade): https://www.reddit.com/r...
Having worked in a printshop for a while I can say that when we got the occasional job like this we would do an "Are you REALLY REALLY SURE? No refunds, redos or discounts because we did exactly what you asked" before starting work.
I dunno makes it stand out. China Buffes sounds like it could be a verb. Buffing porcelain for example
@poorusher My guess is they were trying to make a portmanteau of "buffet" and "fest" but didn't grasp how native English speakers would take it. It's also plausible the misspelling is intentional to be eyecatching. There's a fishmonger in one of the smaller towns near here who does that with his street signs. Now and then somebody corrects them with a sharpie and shopkeeper promptly replaces them with new misspelled signs.
I don't really know.
I don't really know.
@poorusher The signs said "China Buffet" up through some time late last year. It's starting to look like this was deliberate:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FvcQddkK...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FvcQddkK...
Bonkers Board
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Another pic from my current research project on Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia.
This one titled: This bonkers 16ft toothpick surfboard is pictured in 1955 with champion board paddler John “Artie” Shaw alongside a Cottesloe SLSC pennant.
This one titled: This bonkers 16ft toothpick surfboard is pictured in 1955 with champion board paddler John “Artie” Shaw alongside a Cottesloe SLSC pennant.
That you can see the wood grain on that makes me shiver at heavy this board must have been (to modern boards).
He's got those guns not from surfing/swimming but from hauling that board around.
He's got those guns not from surfing/swimming but from hauling that board around.
It looks like a giant spear head.
@williwaw looks huge and heavy for sure
@poorusher there's a cool interactive 3D model of one used at Leighton beach , the next beach to the south of Cottesloe, that lives in our state museum
https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/toothpic...
@poorusher there's a cool interactive 3D model of one used at Leighton beach , the next beach to the south of Cottesloe, that lives in our state museum
https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/toothpic...
Balearic Sea
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Taken just after sunrise this morning at Nova Icaria beach in Barcelona. A 2 second exposure at F7 using a 10 stop ND filter.
Nice! Have we already bugged you to join https://mltshp.com/shutterbubs ?
Lovely!
@bezt ooooh I shall!
Iconceivable
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Hilarious. And I read that in his voice.
Reuters recently DID unmask him. Two guys that work together. One was Robin Gunningham, who started out as a stencil artist under the name Robin Banks, which became Mr. Banks, which became Banksy. The other is Robert Del Naja (frontman of Massive Attack). They worked together and separately. Banksy says that De Naja is the better illustrator, by far. So does Banksy’s former agent.
Reuters recently DID unmask him. Two guys that work together. One was Robin Gunningham, who started out as a stencil artist under the name Robin Banks, which became Mr. Banks, which became Banksy. The other is Robert Del Naja (frontman of Massive Attack). They worked together and separately. Banksy says that De Naja is the better illustrator, by far. So does Banksy’s former agent.
@Davezilla “ I'll stand in front of you
Take the force of the blow, protection”
Take the force of the blow, protection”
@Davezilla I maintain that there is a secret army of "Banksy's" trained in secret by Damien Hirst. It's like James Bond or the Dread Pirate Roberts. The original Banksy sold out years ago, now Hirst is gleefully living out his Warhol fantasies funded by his ill-gotten millions. I have no proof and I'm trying to make conspiracies fun again. Thank you for picking up my poorly xeroxed newsletter.
Keren at low tide, Cape Paterson VIC
Cottesloe Beach
another day, another planet
Curves
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A black 1950s car fueling up at an orange and yellow gas pump under a concrete canopy in a curved, mid-century, minimalist design.
Prague, 1956. Gas station designed by architect Josef Gočár
Photo: Frank Scherschel (1907 - 1981)
https://www.facebook.com/share...
Photo: Frank Scherschel (1907 - 1981)
https://www.facebook.com/share...
psa
Fair point
Weekend Plans
moon phases (for the first 50)
"This Charming Man" - EZ Band (The Smiths Norteño Cover)
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music video for EZ band's cover of "this charming man" by the smiths. performance video in which the band (2, guitarists, accordionist, bassist, drummer" in a backyard-style stage setup. they are all wearing red plaid cowboy shirts and jeans.
my people, colliding with my people
my brothers and i have been sending each other these guys' norteño covers for months now.
my brothers and i have been sending each other these guys' norteño covers for months now.
I wish Moz hadn't morphed so thoroughly into his final, asshole form. The songs are so good. This is so good.
@B6FA798A3449 yeah, it's depressing, especially considering how much i love their work. but on the upside, i read somewhere that morrissey is trying to sell his stake in the smiths! (and, at least the other three are/were seemingly pretty diametrically opposed to his asshattery)
plus, i mean, people making the music their own makes it all worth while.
órrale!
plus, i mean, people making the music their own makes it all worth while.
órrale!
@B6FA798A3449 There were a couple essays about that a few years back making arguments that he was always the terrible person he is now, he was just more coy about it in the 80s and when his dogwhistle sounded at frequencies people could hear, they mostly thought of him as yet another 20-something guy hustling for attention. No shortage of edgelords in arts and music at pretty much any point in history so he didn't stand out for it much.
That he was actually speaking his mind rather than playing a role as a contrarian didn't become obvious to most people until he kept doing these things at an age when his peers were trying to shift to more mature public images.
https://thequietus.com/opinion-...
There's a better one by somebody about his feelings as an Asian fan of Morrissey but I can't find it at the moment.
That he was actually speaking his mind rather than playing a role as a contrarian didn't become obvious to most people until he kept doing these things at an age when his peers were trying to shift to more mature public images.
https://thequietus.com/opinion-...
There's a better one by somebody about his feelings as an Asian fan of Morrissey but I can't find it at the moment.
Nostalgic poor food
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A bowl of baked beans and corn sits on a colorful glass cutting board on my kitchen counter. In the corner are the handle of a brayer and a print I’m working on right now.
Beans-and-corn.
When I was a kid this was one of the least expensive ways my parents found to get big bowls of complete protein to three kids.
My dad would get cheapo baked beans and add frozen corn and then add ketchup and mustard and barbecue sauce and brown sugar. I used Busch’s instead (ROLLLL that beautiful bean footage), but still ended up adding a little bbq sauce.
It was filling and hot and delicious and the corn adds both sweetness and more texture than just the smooshy beans on their own.
Even my kid who doesn’t like baked beans not only liked it, but spent a bunch of time talking about how much he liked it, so that’s kind of fun.
When I was a kid this was one of the least expensive ways my parents found to get big bowls of complete protein to three kids.
My dad would get cheapo baked beans and add frozen corn and then add ketchup and mustard and barbecue sauce and brown sugar. I used Busch’s instead (ROLLLL that beautiful bean footage), but still ended up adding a little bbq sauce.
It was filling and hot and delicious and the corn adds both sweetness and more texture than just the smooshy beans on their own.
Even my kid who doesn’t like baked beans not only liked it, but spent a bunch of time talking about how much he liked it, so that’s kind of fun.
My version of this uses the frozen corn that has other veggies in it like bell peppers and onions (*not* peas & carrots) , often called something like "Southwestern" depending on the brand, mayhap you'd like that as well?
(Sometimes I add some cumin & chili powder for an "instant chili" if you will.) Then if you have leftovers throw an egg on in the morning and/or put some in a tortilla for insta-burrito.
(Sometimes I add some cumin & chili powder for an "instant chili" if you will.) Then if you have leftovers throw an egg on in the morning and/or put some in a tortilla for insta-burrito.
@williwaw that all sounds good! Tonight it was mostly just for nostalgia’s sake, and m’lovely wife doesn’t love beans, so the fact that she’s out of town is the only reason I was happy to make it this evening’s entree, so prolly won’t riff on it much moving forward. 😂
That said, I DO love bean tacos/burritos!!
That said, I DO love bean tacos/burritos!!
In these parts, that's called succotash.
ready for adventure
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ET figure from Atari game
your fuzzy warbles
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Cover of 1920s magazine Radio Craft showing a tuxedoed man playing a new instrument called the Marimbalite by shining handheld flashlights at two arrays of glass bulbs or sensors arranged before him as if they were the white and black keys of a piano keyboard. His facial expression is one of smug superiority.
i would love to play the f*ck out of this thing - and it would likely be completely unplayable.
god bless hugo gernsback.
image from an extremely long, intriguing, chewy, and rather messy treatise by Bruce Sterling on how AI is evolving (currently) like music has evolved: https://bruces.medium.com/whatever...
god bless hugo gernsback.
image from an extremely long, intriguing, chewy, and rather messy treatise by Bruce Sterling on how AI is evolving (currently) like music has evolved: https://bruces.medium.com/whatever...
And now, a little light entertainment
Hecklers ruining the show with laser pointers.
Ottoman data viz
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This image is the cover of an issue of "Cerîde-i Adliyye" (The Justice Gazette), published by the Ministry of Justice in Turkey in 1926. The publication dates back to the Ottoman era and continued into the early years of the Turkish Republic. The image represents a sophisticated use of data visualization techniques, which were quite advanced for the time.
Cottesloe Beach Surf Club
long weekend selfie
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black and white image of a tired-assed middle-aged mostly-caucasian hipster doofus taking a selfie in a motorcycle side mirror. he is wearing a flannel shirt, windsor frame eyesglasses, and a stocking cap
spent the weekend checking in on my parents after their town was hit by (positively massive) hail and a tornado.
i was so relieved to discover that they were left mostly untouched when neighbors had totaled cars, broken windshields, broken roofs. hail did end up piercing their roof in one spot, but thankfully no water got through.
the hail did do some damage to my dad’s gigantic truck, which is a bit of a point of contention. he hasn’t been able to walk well since his stroke last year, let alone drive, and yet he keeps holding on to that truck. i want him to have a rehabilitation goal to work toward, but watching it rust in the driveway while they continue to pay insurance on it seems like such a waste. same with his motorcycle, the mirror of which you can see here.
since i didn’t have broken glass to clean up or windows to board up, i was able to do some cleaning for my mom, who is really overworked right now. there’s a balancing act between letting her cede enough control to be able to do things for her, keeping her easily-bruised pride intact, and keeping my cool with her distractability and avoidance dances. it’s slow work getting there, one piece at a time, but we are building to something.
i’m in a quiet place in my own life at the moment, but i know i need to take a lesson from my interactions with my mom - stop avoiding things, stop being too proud to ask for help. it’s time to unpack some tasks for myself so i can do better for them as they need more help.
anywho, that’s-a-me, that’s where i am. maybe next time you’ll get some pics of my still-intact lego creations i unearthed in their attic instead of my wrinkled-assed mug.
i was so relieved to discover that they were left mostly untouched when neighbors had totaled cars, broken windshields, broken roofs. hail did end up piercing their roof in one spot, but thankfully no water got through.
the hail did do some damage to my dad’s gigantic truck, which is a bit of a point of contention. he hasn’t been able to walk well since his stroke last year, let alone drive, and yet he keeps holding on to that truck. i want him to have a rehabilitation goal to work toward, but watching it rust in the driveway while they continue to pay insurance on it seems like such a waste. same with his motorcycle, the mirror of which you can see here.
since i didn’t have broken glass to clean up or windows to board up, i was able to do some cleaning for my mom, who is really overworked right now. there’s a balancing act between letting her cede enough control to be able to do things for her, keeping her easily-bruised pride intact, and keeping my cool with her distractability and avoidance dances. it’s slow work getting there, one piece at a time, but we are building to something.
i’m in a quiet place in my own life at the moment, but i know i need to take a lesson from my interactions with my mom - stop avoiding things, stop being too proud to ask for help. it’s time to unpack some tasks for myself so i can do better for them as they need more help.
anywho, that’s-a-me, that’s where i am. maybe next time you’ll get some pics of my still-intact lego creations i unearthed in their attic instead of my wrinkled-assed mug.
today’s global affairs metaphor
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animation loop of a hammer pounding a marching
line of flathead nails poorly into a hard surface, repeatedly bending them instead. nails and hammer are teal against a black background.
line of flathead nails poorly into a hard surface, repeatedly bending them instead. nails and hammer are teal against a black background.
moon phases (for the first 50), slightly better
me
I will protect these corn flakes with my life.
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Michael Caine with a gun and a grocery bag with a box of corn flakes.
Michael Caine finally finds out who pissed in his corn flakes.
@dreyfusslugado ++
me_irl
senate interns
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a comic cell with people in a cave captioned "They find themselves in a huge cellar with the horny men...."
