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Fake posters for 257 movies I saw this year
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(Technically, one of these is for the live action short film nominees.)
Some really good stuff in here, including seeing one of my favorite films of the year yesterday.
Now I need to figure out a new project for next year!
Some really good stuff in here, including seeing one of my favorite films of the year yesterday.
Now I need to figure out a new project for next year!
MackReed
This was absolutely great. A daily Thing is really inspiring me for 2026. Thanks for sharing your obsession/talent with us.
I've also enjoyed (and will miss) the series. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
01-01-26
A roar of disgust
Knitted Hilbert curve, triptych
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Picture of a knitted artwork, about eight inches wide and twenty-ish inches long, showing three increasingly complicated iterations of the Hilbert curve fractal executed in yellow, orange, and red yarn respectively, all over an off-white background yarn. The edges of the piece and the horizontal rows separating each of the colored curves are done in garter stitch; the curves themselves and the negative space around them in each figure is done in stockinette.
Finished this piece a few days ago, getting around to posting as I try to clear off my metaphorical desk for the year (the physical one is hopeless). Being knitting, I worked from the bottom, which means that it got both less interesting (fewer changes to think about) and faster to execute (fewer changes to think about!) as I moved upward.
Glad I pushed through and just made it instead of trying to perfect it; learned a bunch of things to think about for future work from what wrong in subtle ways, which is helpful, but also the overall thing works pretty well regardless, which is also satisfying!
Glad I pushed through and just made it instead of trying to perfect it; learned a bunch of things to think about for future work from what wrong in subtle ways, which is helpful, but also the overall thing works pretty well regardless, which is also satisfying!
this is giving me the inspiration to restart something I've let go.
tomorrow and tomorrow
it smells weird.
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Andrea was unfamiliar with the legend of the Cat Snake so we were hysterical for a good portion of the evening.
You say weird. I say nasty.
Plongée sur scène
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A woman in is suspended over New Year's Eve guests. Everyone is joyful and old school classy, straight from Last Year In Marienbad. Almost feels like the woman is stage diving.
I never get invited to those parties. 😭
“I love to laugh!”
Great scott. That's when my older brother was born.
My parents were not that boisterous by far.
What a great festive picture.
My parents were not that boisterous by far.
What a great festive picture.
On a scale of 1 to 10...
2025, meet 2026.
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An animated gif from Batman: The Animated Series, showing a bandaged Batman clinking coffee mugs with Commissioner Gordon, captioned, "Well, here's to survival."
Hopefully we'll be doing this again next New Year's Eve. From The New Batman Adventures' "Holiday Knights" episode (adapted from Bruce Timm and Paul Dini's comic book story in "The Batman Adventures Holiday Special").
all good guys are named steve
Who's With Me?!
Penelope Poops 2026
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A calendar with a photo on one side and the days/month on the other. The photo for October is showing, with a white curly-haired little dog pooping into colorful leaves in the ground while making eye contact.
My lovely wife specifically asked her parents for a custom calendar of their puppy pooping as she got older from the time we got them the dog last year.
They thought it was weird but did it anyway. So now we have 12 full-color pages of “Nelly” doing her business in the grass and leaves and snow.
Happy New Year!
They thought it was weird but did it anyway. So now we have 12 full-color pages of “Nelly” doing her business in the grass and leaves and snow.
Happy New Year!
Still, it's cute as all get-out.
nelly does not look as amused as i am right now 😂
It's awesome that they're not afraid to make eye contact
Concerts in 2025
My reading list for 2025
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Books appearing over a background that reads: "2025"
As I do every year now, here's everything I read this year, and me calling out my favorites. Read a lot of old favorites, but still managed to find some new ones.
https://kmalexander.com/2025...
I also tracked all other types of media I consumed as well, movies, tv, etc: https://kmalexander.com/2025...
https://kmalexander.com/2025...
I also tracked all other types of media I consumed as well, movies, tv, etc: https://kmalexander.com/2025...
Hey neat, I signed up for the poem of the day. What made you decide to read Gravity's Rainbow this year?
@jessamyn It had been on my list for a while, and I decided to jump in at random. Nothing specifically triggered me to seek it out.
balls
2025 shows
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list of shows i saw in 2025. hopefully scannable with a screen reader
i spent a lot of time watching @wjcstp’s band, naturally, and every show we saw together was a winner, especially deerhoof—phenomenal. also delighted to see viagra boys again and flash them my flappy giblets. wearing my shirt from the devo show today! time to get some tickets booked for the new year
I saw !!! open for Deerhoof in 2005-ish and it was the best show I’ve ever experienced. Both were excellent, but Deerhoof was absolutely stellar. I’m pretty sure you could power the world if you could harness Greg and Satomi’s energy somehow.
@robotmachine oh man, i saw !!! ages ago and they were SO GREAT. that’s a beautiful bill with deerhoof!
A Crow Watching a Mosquito
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Black-and-white woodprint; in front of a leafless branch, a crow sits on the ground, its head craned straight up to look at a bug.
Tag yourself
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TIL NASA is still posting on Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/nasa... (click through for an animation of the, um, Galactic Bulge)
go NASA!
shopping!
Michelin French Toast at Home
weekend plans
A couple of selfies at Puako Beach
2025 shows
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Only made it to 3 shows this year. And I'm OK with that. It's getting expensive. I'm getting old. :)
Anyways, clockwise from upper left:
1) TVoTR + 2) LCD Soundsystem @ Remlinger Farms
3) Beta Band @ Showbox
4) Viagra Boys @ Showbox SODO
Anyways, clockwise from upper left:
1) TVoTR + 2) LCD Soundsystem @ Remlinger Farms
3) Beta Band @ Showbox
4) Viagra Boys @ Showbox SODO
if you know what I mean
it's below zero
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Had to wrap up the dog because it's so cold out (-10 F/-23 C). This photo's actually from a few years ago because I couldn't get the dog to be still long enough for a photo after dressing her today. (She's going to be 17 in April so she has no patience for our shit anymore.)
(If I did upload this previously my apologies, couldn't find it if I did so.)
(If I did upload this previously my apologies, couldn't find it if I did so.)
So cuuuuute! Our silly old lady dog is 15 going on 16. Here’s to catering to good old dogs!
😭😭😭
❤️
2025 live music
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Jan 10, various tribute bands, Turf Club
Feb 14, Kiss the Tiger, Turf Club
March 7, Glenrustles, Turf Club
April 7, Amyl & the Sniffers, Palace Theater
April 9, Magnetic Fields, Fitzgerald Theater
April 18, MSSV, Turf Club
May 1, Deerhoof, Walker Art Center
May 29, Cake, Surly field
July 26, Palmfest (Daikaiju!), Palmer's Bar (RIP)
Sept 17, Viagra Boys, Palace Theater
Sept 29, Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Dakota
Oct 11, Stereolab, First Avenue
Nov 6, Buck Fifty Boys, Aster Cafe
Nov 15, Devo, Palace Theater
Feb 14, Kiss the Tiger, Turf Club
March 7, Glenrustles, Turf Club
April 7, Amyl & the Sniffers, Palace Theater
April 9, Magnetic Fields, Fitzgerald Theater
April 18, MSSV, Turf Club
May 1, Deerhoof, Walker Art Center
May 29, Cake, Surly field
July 26, Palmfest (Daikaiju!), Palmer's Bar (RIP)
Sept 17, Viagra Boys, Palace Theater
Sept 29, Hiromi's Sonic Wonder, Dakota
Oct 11, Stereolab, First Avenue
Nov 6, Buck Fifty Boys, Aster Cafe
Nov 15, Devo, Palace Theater
It was a pretty good year for music, seeing Amyl, Cake, and Hiromi for the first time, all great in their own way. Magnetic Fields was fun but so low-key that we actually skipped night 2. Deerhoof was somehow even more at home at the Walker than the small club i saw them at last. Stereolab seemed re-energized in the wake of their new album. The Buck Fifty Boys are a country unit that i briefly played with in the mid-'90s, this was their first show back together in 27 years.
Just realized i forgot to include Oct 17, Neko Case, First Ave.
The band i'm in played 9 shows this year too, including 2 shows at all-time great local dive bar Palmer's, which closed this year after over 119 years at the same location.
Just realized i forgot to include Oct 17, Neko Case, First Ave.
The band i'm in played 9 shows this year too, including 2 shows at all-time great local dive bar Palmer's, which closed this year after over 119 years at the same location.
Deerhoof at the Walker sounded like a fun night!
Scottish Baked Goods have entered the chat
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a package of two iced (frosted) cream-filled buns in a supermarket. They are labelled "Cream Cookies", as a cookie is traditionally in Scotland a name for a large iced bun
just to throw a further spanner into the North America/UK cookie/biscuit confusion, in Scotland the term "cookie" is sometimes used for a large soft bun
2025 shows
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Copying @ufez here. I had some health issues earlier in the year which prevented me from doing much of anything. But the last half was pretty good.
That Calgary fest in particular sounds great.
MY REVIEWS
Calgary Folk Fest: the artists were all fantastic. My health was still not great at this point, but having a weekend where the only thing I had to do was sit in the grass and listen to music was a healing experience. La Lom and Nick Shoulders in particular were really great live. Finally seeing Cake healed my inner child. They shot hot dogs at the crowd with a tshirt cannon.
Wilco: good show, but was at the Saddledome which is a shit venue - shaped like a saddle (duh) so everything echos horribly. Was debating even going but got some free tickets from a friend. Mixed feelings here.
The Descendants: blew my socks off. I've seen some other older punk bands and it's always been a subdued and kind of depressing affair, but not the case here, they still go so insanely hard. Lots of kids there ripping it up in the pit, which warmed my old heart. Best show of the year.
High On Fire: the venue here was a bar I used to work at which is pretty small (400 people max) and in a basement. Absolutely awesome to see Mike Ness and the gang in an small setting like that (I've seen Sleep a few times but only in bigger venues).
The Deep Dark Woods: I've seen these guys so many times over the years and they are always great. I don't think they're known much outside of Canada. Give them a listen if you're into dark, kinda weird, gloomy folk music.
Ben Caplan: listen, if you know you know. And if you don't, it's time to change that. Love him and the show was unreal.
Calgary Folk Fest: the artists were all fantastic. My health was still not great at this point, but having a weekend where the only thing I had to do was sit in the grass and listen to music was a healing experience. La Lom and Nick Shoulders in particular were really great live. Finally seeing Cake healed my inner child. They shot hot dogs at the crowd with a tshirt cannon.
Wilco: good show, but was at the Saddledome which is a shit venue - shaped like a saddle (duh) so everything echos horribly. Was debating even going but got some free tickets from a friend. Mixed feelings here.
The Descendants: blew my socks off. I've seen some other older punk bands and it's always been a subdued and kind of depressing affair, but not the case here, they still go so insanely hard. Lots of kids there ripping it up in the pit, which warmed my old heart. Best show of the year.
High On Fire: the venue here was a bar I used to work at which is pretty small (400 people max) and in a basement. Absolutely awesome to see Mike Ness and the gang in an small setting like that (I've seen Sleep a few times but only in bigger venues).
The Deep Dark Woods: I've seen these guys so many times over the years and they are always great. I don't think they're known much outside of Canada. Give them a listen if you're into dark, kinda weird, gloomy folk music.
Ben Caplan: listen, if you know you know. And if you don't, it's time to change that. Love him and the show was unreal.
That High on Fire show sounds like it must have been awesome!
weekend plans
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sign saying "Asparagus Advice Wireless Internet Honey"
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C-c-c-c-c-cocaine!
Name a subreddit, a technology that did not exist 25 years ago, and something you should never call your proctologist.
@octaneTom ++
jerry uellsman
Mushroom in the Wild Playing Keyboard
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// This is a mushroom playing in the wild in some woods near Glossop in Manchester. The attached sensors measure bio-electrical fluctuations in the mushroom. The fluctuations are converted into signals that control the robotic arms. The keyboard playing a synth in Ableton Live.
Our art reveals the hidden world of nature. Plants and fungi are often overlooked, but they're not so different from us. Scientists have found they can communicate with each other, remember things, and solve problems.
We are very proud to say that this video was featured by Nature in Sept 2025. //
A click through to the YT page is recommended for the top comments
Our art reveals the hidden world of nature. Plants and fungi are often overlooked, but they're not so different from us. Scientists have found they can communicate with each other, remember things, and solve problems.
We are very proud to say that this video was featured by Nature in Sept 2025. //
A click through to the YT page is recommended for the top comments
55 times pleading, "Get these clamps offa me!"
I know,
I know it's serious
My, my, my, my, my, my baby
Goodbye
I know it's serious
My, my, my, my, my, my baby
Goodbye
Other neighbourhood mushrooms complain about the racket.