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artwells
I had to sit down when I saw this one
Cheeseball: The Meme That Keeps On Giving
Ping pong balls?
Oh to be a fly on the wall at that one 👀
Two of my fave singer-songwriters: Cher and Kee$han
Noooo!
Finally, the Christmas Special!
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Andrea and I are in Montreal for the weekend. Lovely spot up on the hill.
hell yeah
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Burnt out shopfront with signage THE ULTIMATE LASER ADVENTURE
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Me and a made up person excited about coffee
Me and my older child, Flora, in their masc drag persona, Dragon Thistle, after performing a routine to Venus in Furs and tearing the roof off the place. We're selling coffee for an international rights group.
So proud of them.
So proud of them.
How awesome!
this. this is good parenting.
Flora! Dragon Thistle! 👏👏👏
Now That's What I Call Striving
I am for this
Wish I was there
Flora of the House Dragon Thistle
good dad
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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A middle aged man in big spectacles and a black and white oversized jumper, holding a glass of white wine. To the back left is a mirror, and back right an old poster of Mao Tse-Tung.
A friend of mine was messaging me yesterday, having been in Berlin for a couple of weeks he told me "I'm flying home to darkest Peru today".
"What time is your flight?" I asked.
"I'm on the plane now, Air France and on my seventh glass of Chablis".
I don't know anyone that buys airline WiFi so I told him to send me a photo and this was my response.
Just before I made jambalaya. Plus on Thursday I got offered a new contract.
Salud.
"What time is your flight?" I asked.
"I'm on the plane now, Air France and on my seventh glass of Chablis".
I don't know anyone that buys airline WiFi so I told him to send me a photo and this was my response.
Just before I made jambalaya. Plus on Thursday I got offered a new contract.
Salud.
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao . . .
Contractulations!
@poorusher Happy that you have a new contract. Gefeliciteerd
American Airlines started giving away Wi-Fi on domestic flights recently. You just sign in and a couple of advertisements play and you get to do internet stuff. Nord vpn even works, so if you wanted to keep them from snooping on your browsing, you can.
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B&W photo of a desert signs and white building. Large sign says 'NOTHING"
Nothing to see here.
At last, a picture of what’s wrong with me.
Could be a great mantra, especially useful as an auto erase tool, while not listening..
_______ from _______ leaves _______
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still from the 1977 rankin-bass animated film adaptation of "the hobbit". in the frame, a mostly barren tree stands in the foreground as 14 small figures (the 13 dwarves and titular hobbit) and their two pack animals pass in single file. behind them clouds billow across a blue sky
people can hate on it all they want; it was a staple of my childhood and i still love it. the art style alone takes up so much space in my addled little brain. (not to mention those wild-assed songs, which i found myself somehow singing along to as i rewatched today)
there's a version on internet archive that attempts to restore the original broadcast audio with video from the last DVD release. it loses sync at a few spots, but is otherwise enjoyable:
https://archive.org/details...
there's a version on internet archive that attempts to restore the original broadcast audio with video from the last DVD release. it loses sync at a few spots, but is otherwise enjoyable:
https://archive.org/details...
I still get “where there’s a whip (snap!), there’s a way” popping up in my head occasionally.
Total foundational childhood memory. Let them hate. :)
Total foundational childhood memory. Let them hate. :)
The greatest adventurrrrrrre
@Robotron_smith "I don't wanna go to work today... *whip snap*" Has rotated thru my ears weekly for the past forever.
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close up on a gas station pump showing keypad and payment slot at top of frame, the prices for gas per gallon middle of frame, and the choice buttons for gas at the bottom of frame.
The price for plus reads $5.70 and premium reads $5.90
someone has placed stickers of the orange bawbag president trump pointing up at the price that say "I did that!"
The price for plus reads $5.70 and premium reads $5.90
someone has placed stickers of the orange bawbag president trump pointing up at the price that say "I did that!"
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
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"I saw this film [Solaris] late at night in a preview room in Moscow for the first time, and soon I felt my heart aching in agony with a longing to returning to the earth as quickly as possible. Marvellous progress in science we have been enjoying, but where will it lead humanity after all? Sheer fearful emotion this film succeeds in conjuring up in our soul. Without it, a science fiction movie would be nothing more than a petty fancy.
These thoughts came and went while I was gazing at the screen.
Tarkovsky was together with me then. He was at the corner of the studio. When the film was over, he stood up, looking at me as if he felt timid. I said to him, “Very good. It makes me feel real fear.” Tarkovsky smiled shyly, but happily. And we toasted vodka at the restaurant in the Film Institute. Tarkovsky, who didn’t drink usually, drank a lot of vodka, and went so far as to turn off the speaker from which music had floated into the restaurant, and began to sing the theme of samurai from Seven Samurai at the top of his voice."
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/akira-ku...
via https://bsky.app/profile...
These thoughts came and went while I was gazing at the screen.
Tarkovsky was together with me then. He was at the corner of the studio. When the film was over, he stood up, looking at me as if he felt timid. I said to him, “Very good. It makes me feel real fear.” Tarkovsky smiled shyly, but happily. And we toasted vodka at the restaurant in the Film Institute. Tarkovsky, who didn’t drink usually, drank a lot of vodka, and went so far as to turn off the speaker from which music had floated into the restaurant, and began to sing the theme of samurai from Seven Samurai at the top of his voice."
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/akira-ku...
via https://bsky.app/profile...
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Three bad-ass women hanging out with Nicholas Brendan.
#RIP
Nicholas Brendan has passed of (checks notes) natural causes at the ripe old age of (checks notes) 54? The two badasses hanging from his arms are my two oldest offspring. I got to see him at my first comic con, and have a video somewhere of him giving a high 5 to my ex's grandson who was two at the time and is named Xander after the Buffy character Mr. Brendon played.
Thanks for all the entertainment.
Nicholas Brendan has passed of (checks notes) natural causes at the ripe old age of (checks notes) 54? The two badasses hanging from his arms are my two oldest offspring. I got to see him at my first comic con, and have a video somewhere of him giving a high 5 to my ex's grandson who was two at the time and is named Xander after the Buffy character Mr. Brendon played.
Thanks for all the entertainment.
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A notebook with custom prints (not stickers!) on its keys - the enter key has a German Dönermann artwork on it, as known from literally every Döner wrapping paper. The U and O keys have UwU and OwO on them.
source: https://chaos.social/@NikTheD...
Öh no!! Duck shawarma!
Hehehehehe
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I went back out to the sea this morning to refine some shots based on class feedback yesterday. The sea was calmer today and made for some really nice slow shutter speed images.
This is work I'm shooting with our class to propose to Museu Can Framis here in Barcelona. The selected images get exhibited for a year in their outdoor exhibit space. Verrrrrry cool project. We have different styles and focusses that should fold into the broader exhibit. This is one I proposed. We have another 4-5 weeks of shooting and editing, so I don't know if it'll get picked up.
Same 10 stop ND filter and circular polarizer, 2 seconds, F14(ish?), not sure about ISO, Sony A7iii with the sony 85mm 1.8.
This is work I'm shooting with our class to propose to Museu Can Framis here in Barcelona. The selected images get exhibited for a year in their outdoor exhibit space. Verrrrrry cool project. We have different styles and focusses that should fold into the broader exhibit. This is one I proposed. We have another 4-5 weeks of shooting and editing, so I don't know if it'll get picked up.
Same 10 stop ND filter and circular polarizer, 2 seconds, F14(ish?), not sure about ISO, Sony A7iii with the sony 85mm 1.8.
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Autochrome of young Hélène Gélibert, engrossed in her crochet, sitting on a stool
Autochrome of young Hélène Gélibert, engrossed in her crochet and enveloped in such beautiful iridescent light! It was taken in Monplaisir, France, by the Lumiere brothers and it depicts their niece (the daughter of Juliette Lumière). It is an original colour process from 1910 and not colourised.
https://www.threads.com/@officia...
https://www.threads.com/@officia...
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Father and son in American military gear, strongly resemble each other, especially while smiling.
In Afghanistan. The son refuses to plead guilty to conspiracy, judge resigned over this case. Brave Americans.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...
Actual patriotism, unlike what the brawling, stupid hordes of MAGA think is patriotism.
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A single-panel comic of a man sitting in a chair reading a newspaper. He looks over his shoulder at a woman, who is standing at a window, holding open the curtains. She says "I see the Renegade Master's back once again with the ill behavior". This is a reference to the lyrics of the all-time great acid-house banger "Renegade Master" by the artist WildChild released in 1995. This song samples 1994's "One for the Trouble" by the hip-hop artist Eddy Castellanos Sr. aka A.D.O.R. from his unreleased album "The Concrete."
It made me laugh out loud; doesn't happen often.
In re: https://youtu.be/_oi4imsH...
In re: https://youtu.be/_oi4imsH...
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"Engineers build a space shuttle in a big hanger. Spencer Taylor art."
They were really wonderful machines and it makes me sad that we have nothing like it any longer.
No exact date unfortunately. Looks like 1960s.
More concept art: https://www.kuriositas.com/2013...
More concept art: https://www.kuriositas.com/2013...
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Yellow (I think it's a Bronco,) with the folded in half, front bumper, in the back. It has such a singular cadence, I had to go out for a look. A ton of fun.
Yellow (I think it's a Bronco,) with the folded in half, front bumper, in the back. It has such a singular cadence, I had to go out for a look. A ton of fun.
As he left he put it in gear, up on the tree. Gotta be 4 on the tree, maybe. It hasn't been around for a long time.
As he left he put it in gear, up on the tree. Gotta be 4 on the tree, maybe. It hasn't been around for a long time.
broncos did not look like that :) (I have a 73 bronco, so a bit of a subject matter expert on the form of early broncos : see https://mltshp.com/p/1PB6B )
this looks like an early 70s chevy blazer, maybe a '72 k5, by the height of the door to the bed, the height of the hood rise over the grille, and the fuel filler location.
anyway, that thing, no matter what it is, is for sure a beast.
this looks like an early 70s chevy blazer, maybe a '72 k5, by the height of the door to the bed, the height of the hood rise over the grille, and the fuel filler location.
anyway, that thing, no matter what it is, is for sure a beast.
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Wrapped in a cloak with ermine fur and wearing a jagged iron crown, a hulking skeleton rests one foot on a globe and knocks over a royal throne with a dramatic flick of its ivory wrist.
Entitled Mors Imperator (“Death is the Ruler”), the German artist Hermione von Preuschen’s 1887 symbolical painting was meant to express the transience of fame and power.
Entitled Mors Imperator (“Death is the Ruler”), the German artist Hermione von Preuschen’s 1887 symbolical painting was meant to express the transience of fame and power.
Mors Imperator (Death is the Ruler) is seen as a powerful allegory of death and power, and was misinterpreted in the late 19th century.
#Photography #MikaWisskirchen
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
#Photography #MikaWisskirchen
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...
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Power switchboard with rat skeleton
Via Tumblr
Found the same thing in the condenser at my old house once, except it was more intact and mummified.
Surprising lack of scorch marks on the wire insulation.
It happens. We had a press go down a few years ago and when I opened the panel, the rats had been nesting in an unfortunate place.
I have uncovered similar in my line of work.
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I can think of worse ways to go
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photo of a ceramic cup held in a caucasian-complexion hand, with the wavy text: "I LOVE BEING ADVERTISED TO BY ROBOTS EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY! I WISH DAYS WERE LONGER SO THEY COULD ADVERTISE TO ME EVEN MORE!"
via the always amusing @kwatrousceramics on instagram.
artist’s shopfront:
https://kwatrousceramics.com/
original IG post:
https://www.instagram.com/p...
(title is a reference to: https://mltshp.com/p/19O31)
artist’s shopfront:
https://kwatrousceramics.com/
original IG post:
https://www.instagram.com/p...
(title is a reference to: https://mltshp.com/p/19O31)
aaaaaand, i guess i can use this joke post to poll MLTSHP people:
what is your desktop and/or mobile browsing experience these days?
i guess it's come to front of mind setting up a new(-to-me) laptop lately and cleaning up configurations migrated from an ancient machine.
would love to know your preferred desktop and mobile browsers, your search engine prefs, readers/aggregators, extensions and hacks - all the good stuff that keeps your internet firehose palatable.
have at!
what is your desktop and/or mobile browsing experience these days?
i guess it's come to front of mind setting up a new(-to-me) laptop lately and cleaning up configurations migrated from an ancient machine.
would love to know your preferred desktop and mobile browsers, your search engine prefs, readers/aggregators, extensions and hacks - all the good stuff that keeps your internet firehose palatable.
have at!
For extensions: Ublock Origin all day, and I've recently added this "Staight to Web" extension that forces Google to default to Web Results: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US... As the dev says "This won't improve search results, but should give you a better access to the information you are actually looking for, without being drowned in recommendations, AI generated content, etc." I'm happy with it so far.
@ufez i love uBlock Origin! it absolutely save my life.
and whoa, thank you for the google addon! this will make things so much easier when i use google.
and whoa, thank you for the google addon! this will make things so much easier when i use google.
@ufez Thx!
Pi-Hole all day, every day, three times every weekend. A part of this nutritious breakfast.
Firefox with uBlock Origin, Orion with uBlock Origin as backup. Orion is the Safari browser core modified to support both Chrome and Firefox extensions, is fully featured in its free mode; subscriptions only provide access to Kagi for bug reports and developer resources.
noai.duckduckgo.com as default search engine everywhere.
Greasemonkey (Javascript) and Stylish (CSS) plugins for tweaking individual websites to my will. They work in both FF and Orion. Greasemonkey scripts in FF don't always copy and paste cleanly into Orion, but otherwise things work mostly OK.
Can email you my blocklist resources if you'd like. A pastebomb here would not be nice.
Firefox with uBlock Origin, Orion with uBlock Origin as backup. Orion is the Safari browser core modified to support both Chrome and Firefox extensions, is fully featured in its free mode; subscriptions only provide access to Kagi for bug reports and developer resources.
noai.duckduckgo.com as default search engine everywhere.
Greasemonkey (Javascript) and Stylish (CSS) plugins for tweaking individual websites to my will. They work in both FF and Orion. Greasemonkey scripts in FF don't always copy and paste cleanly into Orion, but otherwise things work mostly OK.
Can email you my blocklist resources if you'd like. A pastebomb here would not be nice.
Diving into the Greasemonkey scripts...
A bunch for handling Youtube:
* Adds "before:2999" to search queries because for some reason that prompts Youtube to stop inserting unrelated "recommendations" into search results.
* Removes "start_radio=1" from URLs to prevent autoplay.
* Redirects Youtube Shorts to Youtube video UI
* Strip Youtube tracker/referrer strings in links
Redirect Wikipedia mobile UI to desktop (for desktop browsers)
Insert links in Google and DDG to retry the current query in the other search engine.
Various tweaks to Bandcamp pages: Displays album's total playtime, makes the currently-playing track a little more noticeable.
A bunch for handling Youtube:
* Adds "before:2999" to search queries because for some reason that prompts Youtube to stop inserting unrelated "recommendations" into search results.
* Removes "start_radio=1" from URLs to prevent autoplay.
* Redirects Youtube Shorts to Youtube video UI
* Strip Youtube tracker/referrer strings in links
Redirect Wikipedia mobile UI to desktop (for desktop browsers)
Insert links in Google and DDG to retry the current query in the other search engine.
Various tweaks to Bandcamp pages: Displays album's total playtime, makes the currently-playing track a little more noticeable.
@ardgedee this is great, thank you! TIL about pi-hole. i think i will try setting that up when i get home.
i've been finding myself using the no-ai DDG far more often at home and it has become my default in FF. orion sounds great and i may give it a try to see how i feel about it.
i've been finding myself using the no-ai DDG far more often at home and it has become my default in FF. orion sounds great and i may give it a try to see how i feel about it.
I run DIVERSION off a USB stick on my router (ASUS flashed with Merlin). That keeps our household and my workplace generally ad-free. Search results enshitification still needs improvement.
@samh nice! that sounds like such a clean setup for the whole house.
Desktop: uBlock Origin
iOS: Wipr 2 (I bought it during a sale)
Misc: been meaning to get around to setting up PiHole on my NAS
iOS: Wipr 2 (I bought it during a sale)
Misc: been meaning to get around to setting up PiHole on my NAS
@spoetz ooh, Wipr 2 looks GREAT! thank you, i'd been looking for a good mobile blocker and this fits the bill perfectly.
Firefox with AI disabled except for local translate, and plugins: ghostery, privacy badger, and uBlock Origin. DDG for search.
@austinhaas nice, i may have to try adding ghostery and privacy badger to my extension stable. did not know EFF had their own extension!
@nikkuneko firefox with ghostery, adblocker ultimate, disconnect. ddg for search. I ran in to problems with privacy badger a few versions of FF ago, I should give it another chance.
no-AI Firefox with uBlock, Privacy Badger and AdBlock Plus. I have a lot of little extensions including a Greasemonkey script to make gmail look less shitty, one to let me check links in web pages (I still have some dubious "webmaster" jobs), paywall-bypassing, paste without formatting, DownThemAll, FB Purity, a Mastodon simplifier, Reddit enhancement suite, a user-agent switcher, YouTube enhancer and something that makes Google Images be less terrible. I have no idea what the web actually looks like anymore.
@nikkuneko Yup. And the (lone?) dev seems to update it regularly.
@cristin awesome, nice to see adblocker ultimate has an iOS app too; may try it out there. i'll look into disconnect too.
@jessamyn nice to see how many things you can clean up with greasemonkey scripts! i really should look into grabbing a few for my web usage now that you mention how useful they are to you day-to-day (it seems ardgedee mentioned some up above too)
@spoetz that's awesome. may have to give it the proper $5 try sometime to support the dev
@jessamyn nice to see how many things you can clean up with greasemonkey scripts! i really should look into grabbing a few for my web usage now that you mention how useful they are to you day-to-day (it seems ardgedee mentioned some up above too)
@spoetz that's awesome. may have to give it the proper $5 try sometime to support the dev
@nikkuneko oh, my setup was for desktop. disconnect.me prevents cross-site tracking, and tracking in general.