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New gnome house
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a heavyset, apparently Latino man in cobalt blue t-shirt with a goofy smile stands hugging his elbows and scrunching his neck into his shoulders as if he’s chilly in front of a supermarket freezer labeled “FROZEN HISPANIC”
this whole set tho: https://www.tumblr.com/gingerha...
🤣
logging in
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the word "asshole" repeated on a vintage screen
10 PRINT "ASSHOLE "
'Cause I'm an assholeeeyoooleeeoooleeoleooo
Voice-to-text technology is amazing
public library pollinator garden
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some very tall bee balm and other plants in a small garden with a sign saying "All pollinators welcome here" with a butterfly on it. It's a bright sunny day
Getting back on my "try to visit all of Vermont's public libraries" project (despite someone already doing a speedrun of it on Instagram this past year). Library 66 was in Corinth Vermont, was my "local" when I first moved to Vermont and is now in the far side of my county from where I live. Too nearly an hour to get here. The brand new library director went to the same library school as me, in Seattle.
@misslivie and @trey May try coming to yours next week.
@misslivie and @trey May try coming to yours next week.
we're like a mile away. come say hi!
Akihiko Okamura
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Women crossing through British Army barricade, Northern Ireland, c. 1969
source: https://akihiko-okamura.ie
"From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, renowned Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created a remarkable, compelling and largely unseen body of work in Ireland, north and south. After covering the Vietnam War, Okamura went to Ireland in 1968 and soon after, in 1969, he decided to move to Ireland with his family. From then on, he continually photographed the Troubles in the North and his life with his family in the South, until he suddenly passed away, in 1985."
"From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, renowned Japanese war photographer Akihiko Okamura (1929-1985) created a remarkable, compelling and largely unseen body of work in Ireland, north and south. After covering the Vietnam War, Okamura went to Ireland in 1968 and soon after, in 1969, he decided to move to Ireland with his family. From then on, he continually photographed the Troubles in the North and his life with his family in the South, until he suddenly passed away, in 1985."
Wow.
This is an incredible photo.
So I've always found Irish history super fascinating and have read quite a few books about it; of course the Troubles loom large as part of it. (I particularly liked "The Troubles" by Tim Pat Coogan if one is looking.)
Now - I read hundreds of books a year (no kids + no T.V. for the win!) so for books to lodge in my head they have to be pretty special. But there are certain books that I can't get *out* of my head and I brood over them for *years* after reading them; such books I refer to as "books that changed my DNA". There aren't that many.
ANYWAY maybe 5-6 years ago I read "Say Nothing" by Patrick Raden Keefe, which on the surface (and also underneath - it's a masterful bit of storytelling architeciture) was about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972, weaving in the story of a few notorious Troubles era folks like Gerry Adams and particularly the Price sisters, who are most well-known for going on a hunger strike in prison. But really, it's about the most holistic coverage of the entire Troubles era I've ever read, and it's also about *Ireland*. (It also engages the reader with the problems of how to document certain kinds of history.) Just fantastic stuff.
And it just knocked my fucking socks off while also slapping me in the face. I would have read it in a day if I hadn't had to keep stopping and go take a walk so I could thinking about what I just read. I immediately re-read it and have several times since. And still, though it's been years, I regularly think about it - it was truly a book that changed my DNA. Tldr: read it!
*Cough* circling back, a huge part of the book - and one of the themes and he framed it that I've been unable to stop thinking about ever since concerns how protest and then radicalization happens, and especially how it happened in Ireland. It asks some very huge questions about violence - how it's framed & narrated; particularly the morality of (including *forgetting*!); and the spaces in which both condemnation and condoning occur and circle around each other. Which might not seem like new subjects but he definitely makes the reader ask questions of themselves in very interesting ways. (All of this very much hit home in the wake and then re-election of The Shithead.) And from that viewpoint this photo is *everything*. It's about half the book in one image. Incredible.
This is an incredible photo.
So I've always found Irish history super fascinating and have read quite a few books about it; of course the Troubles loom large as part of it. (I particularly liked "The Troubles" by Tim Pat Coogan if one is looking.)
Now - I read hundreds of books a year (no kids + no T.V. for the win!) so for books to lodge in my head they have to be pretty special. But there are certain books that I can't get *out* of my head and I brood over them for *years* after reading them; such books I refer to as "books that changed my DNA". There aren't that many.
ANYWAY maybe 5-6 years ago I read "Say Nothing" by Patrick Raden Keefe, which on the surface (and also underneath - it's a masterful bit of storytelling architeciture) was about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972, weaving in the story of a few notorious Troubles era folks like Gerry Adams and particularly the Price sisters, who are most well-known for going on a hunger strike in prison. But really, it's about the most holistic coverage of the entire Troubles era I've ever read, and it's also about *Ireland*. (It also engages the reader with the problems of how to document certain kinds of history.) Just fantastic stuff.
And it just knocked my fucking socks off while also slapping me in the face. I would have read it in a day if I hadn't had to keep stopping and go take a walk so I could thinking about what I just read. I immediately re-read it and have several times since. And still, though it's been years, I regularly think about it - it was truly a book that changed my DNA. Tldr: read it!
*Cough* circling back, a huge part of the book - and one of the themes and he framed it that I've been unable to stop thinking about ever since concerns how protest and then radicalization happens, and especially how it happened in Ireland. It asks some very huge questions about violence - how it's framed & narrated; particularly the morality of (including *forgetting*!); and the spaces in which both condemnation and condoning occur and circle around each other. Which might not seem like new subjects but he definitely makes the reader ask questions of themselves in very interesting ways. (All of this very much hit home in the wake and then re-election of The Shithead.) And from that viewpoint this photo is *everything*. It's about half the book in one image. Incredible.
^Uh, sorry that's so long, I'm very tired
Williwaw, London Falling is on my TBR list, and I’ve been meaning to read Say Nothing for ages.
Getting tree work done so....
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A john Deere Tractor in my back yard near a small tree
This is my back yard. I woke up and it looked like this. Basically, I have a 40-50' tall dead spruce tree (not pictured) in my back yard. Tree guys were going to come today or, if they needed more time, tomorrow since they were doing other work in my neighborhood. I woke up to them cutting down a big tree in Doris's yard (my across the street neighbor) and then later noticed 1. they were gone 2. there was a tractor in my backyard with their logo on it. I *assume* that they left it in my yard because they had the flatbed out today and dropped it off so that they can bring the logs out to the road and either pass them along to someone for firewood or chip them with the chipper in the street. But it would have been nice if they'd let me know.
Pictured next to my sweet baby catalpa tree which is getting no work done because it is perfect.
Pictured next to my sweet baby catalpa tree which is getting no work done because it is perfect.
It is best they know how you feel about, your catalpa, before they turn the key on tomorrow.
Free tractor!
Basil Wolverton
Spokane
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scablands my beloved
My old stomping grounds - I used to bus from downtown Spokane to EWU in Cheney, through lands such as these.
Unacceptable Lobster
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Sticker of a hand holding a droopy lobster with title as the caption
Regarding
https://mltshp.com/p/1RSR5
https://mltshp.com/p/1RSR5
I used to play base for
I used to freebase with
(argh.. typo!)
I used to make baste for?
I used to make baste for?
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Screen shot of social media post.
Me watching some high fantasy shit: I would simply not be corrupted by the magical object. If it is actively harming you why don't you just put it down.
Idiot
Me receiving psychic
damage 23 hours a day from my phone: Ouuughhhh oouuuuwwwwaaaaaa
ooaaaaghuuuuuhhhowwgah
hhhh guuuuuwah
Me watching some high fantasy shit: I would simply not be corrupted by the magical object. If it is actively harming you why don't you just put it down.
Idiot
Me receiving psychic
damage 23 hours a day from my phone: Ouuughhhh oouuuuwwwwaaaaaa
ooaaaaghuuuuuhhhowwgah
hhhh guuuuuwah
we hatesss it, but we can't stopsss useing itsssss
It's just a flesh wound
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The Wound Man from Hans von Gersdorff’s Feldbuch der Wundarznei (1530)
via https://publicdomainreview.org/essay...
via https://publicdomainreview.org/essay...
Man, life was rough back then.
I used to be an adventurer like you but then I took an arrow to the knee.
What are you gonna do, bleed on me??
look at this nice yak
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A large yak with curved horns being milked a young child in traditional red clothing and headscarf.
Pretty cool yak dude
John Brannon with a plush John Brannon
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Same as the title, John Brannon holding a plush doll of John Brannon with both clutching a Miller light.
Saw the Laughing Hyenas thrice, their show opening for Sonic Youth at Webster Hall being the best of 'em. I love that Brennan is still about.
60 of em sold out in a day today.
60 of em sold out in a day today.
Saw Hyenas in Tucson, like 1991ish? "HELLO TUK-SON" fantastic show, though
the annual running of the lumpy tortillas
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square 2x2 image collage: unphotogenic flour tortillas 1) being rolled out, 2) cooked on a griddle, 3) piled in a kitchen towel and 4) sitting on a plate with black beans, red rice, roast squash, and tofu scramble.
my fourth of july tradition in recent years is making tortillas, beans, and rice at home. i always try to do everything by hand the way my grandma would do; it's a time suck but well worth it.
not the best or best-looking this year, but comfort food nonetheless. this time around i threw in roasted summer squash, peppers, and zucchini, as well as some leftover tofu scramble.
not the best or best-looking this year, but comfort food nonetheless. this time around i threw in roasted summer squash, peppers, and zucchini, as well as some leftover tofu scramble.
Grandma would be proud. I can say this because I am a bona fide grandpa.
I think they look fantastic!
Both rooting *and* tooting
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A full comic book page showing "Your basic rootin'-tootin' Western Captain America". Cap is wearing a version of his uniform reimagined as a Western shirt, buckskin pants, a cowboy hat (with "A" on it), and a shield decorated to look vaguely Native American. Behind him are three gunmen. "Careful, boys! He looks like a dangerous dude!" "Faste rthan a gunfighter's trigger finger, who would be more qualified to tame the old Wild West than Cap himself! Of course he'd have to dress for the occasion--and he might look like this!"
source: https://50yearoldcomics.com/2026...
A pinup from "Captain America's Bicentennial Battles" (1976). #kirbythursday
A pinup from "Captain America's Bicentennial Battles" (1976). #kirbythursday
me_irl
"All rivers should be free."
Bonnie
Electric Company - The Plumber
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Made me what I am.
The histrionics my brother and I would go through when reenacting the plumber's death...
"Dave's not here, man."
Transatlantic voyage, day 1 - Introducing the crew & sailing out of Florida.
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If you've been following this project at all you know it's a big milestone. Leo and various crew rebuilt this wooden yacht from basically nothing, and he is now embarking on a month-long trans-Atlantic crossing in that boat with 3 other crew. Should be quite a trip.
@wjcstp "...from basically nothing..." is putting it mildly.
It has been quite the trip so far - looking forward to this.
It has been quite the trip so far - looking forward to this.
Erdogan's Gift
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A photo of an opened black gun case with a revolver inside. The top is open and held vertically, so we see a Turkish a flag and a NATO flag inside of two circles, stuck on the inside of the top.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan handed each NATO leader an engraved revolver with live ammunition at the alliance's summit in Ankara. The personalized weapons came with letters waiving Turkey's export controls, but several leaders chose not to take them home due to strict gun laws.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer disclosed the unusual gifts to journalists on his flight home from the Turkish capital. Each revolver bore the recipient's name and included a box of ammunition. Starmer left his weapon with British officials in Turkey to be deactivated, as importing it to the UK would violate the country's strict firearms legislation.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also received a revolver. A government spokesperson told the German Press Agency: "The revolver was handed over to the embassy so that it can be properly imported and then inventoried in the collection of official gifts."
https://www.upday.com/uk...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer disclosed the unusual gifts to journalists on his flight home from the Turkish capital. Each revolver bore the recipient's name and included a box of ammunition. Starmer left his weapon with British officials in Turkey to be deactivated, as importing it to the UK would violate the country's strict firearms legislation.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also received a revolver. A government spokesperson told the German Press Agency: "The revolver was handed over to the embassy so that it can be properly imported and then inventoried in the collection of official gifts."
https://www.upday.com/uk...
Presenting pistols. Very old school.
Although they should be ivory handled dueling pistols to do it properly. In a ray skin case.
Given that NATO is a military alliance maybe a weapon is an apt gift in some way.
But here in NL, DE, B, ... only police and military (and criminals) carry pistols.
And we're probably better for it.
(apparently Belgium only opened the bag when they were home. Or so they say)
Although they should be ivory handled dueling pistols to do it properly. In a ray skin case.
Given that NATO is a military alliance maybe a weapon is an apt gift in some way.
But here in NL, DE, B, ... only police and military (and criminals) carry pistols.
And we're probably better for it.
(apparently Belgium only opened the bag when they were home. Or so they say)
Pretty sure Yasser Arafat once turned up to a conference brandishing an olive branch in one hand and a rifle in the other. All very extreme.
WHAT DID TRUMP DO WITH HIS
luna’s luna moth
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child looking at a moth about to fly away from hatching
That’s just so lovely.
My six year old, Orchid, says Luna's moth is "SO BIG" and "PRETTY". Please let Luna know.
@robotmachine she was so excited!!!
Oh my, Dog.
planes of existence
ANGINE DE POITRINE plays LED ZEP (Amazing Rare Footage)
all of the dots
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Fixed width dot matrix font sample
source: https://scruss.com/blog...
direct download: https://scruss.com/wordpres...
after: https://mltshp.com/p/1RSMD
direct download: https://scruss.com/wordpres...
after: https://mltshp.com/p/1RSMD
@jhld @dogwelder it is done.
to quote a dot matrix printer i once knew:
berGLEEEEEEEEbop
berGLEEEEEEEEpabop
taktaktaktak
berGLEEEEEEEEbop
berGLEEEEEEEEpabop
taktaktaktak
@nikkuneko Hehehehehe
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fake coyote stands in a curbed triangle on a plaza before a sign reading “FAKE COYOTE - GOOSE DETERRENT,” behind which two geese waddle back and forth.
Stupid humans think geese can't read.
I PLAYED DULCIMER FOR GOOSE DETERRENT, '93-'99 ASK ME ABOUT THE TOURBUS ON THE POWER VACUUM TOUR
@shitleopard +++
finally, i understand the lyrics
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screenshot of the music video for "the new noise" by refused, depicting three of the band members in frame, all dressed in black sweaters with collared shirts. the vocalist is right near the camera center frame, and the autogenerated caption reads "get ice cream" [instead of the actual line "can i scream?"]
auto-generated captions, turning refused's "the new noise" into a li'l treat. i also cackled because most of the remainder is transcribed as "oh [music]"
screencapped from ~1:07:
https://youtu.be/NkAe30aE...
screencapped from ~1:07:
https://youtu.be/NkAe30aE...
That's amazing. I won't be able to hear it as anything else now.
@billturner related:
when this record came out and was circulating amongst my friends, the woman i was dating absolutely H A T E D scream-y music. if this happened to be playing when she got in my car, she would go "what the hell is he saying?" and make up new soundalike lyrics.
to this day, i still have a bunch of them floating in my head, including "motor forty bees bees!" and "da chew pig! da chew pig!"
when this record came out and was circulating amongst my friends, the woman i was dating absolutely H A T E D scream-y music. if this happened to be playing when she got in my car, she would go "what the hell is he saying?" and make up new soundalike lyrics.
to this day, i still have a bunch of them floating in my head, including "motor forty bees bees!" and "da chew pig! da chew pig!"