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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
danelectro
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.
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"... and now we have an AI app on our phone that humiliates us for a monthly fee! Progress!"
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Reminds me of Czech illustrations. Like Elisabeth Ivanovsky https://www.stnicholascenter.org/media...
Maybe this link works better https://www.knightsoftheholyeu...
The Subscription of the Torturer
@joost well that's sent me down a rabbit hole all morning. Thanks!
@otaman :-)
The App of the Conciliator
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World map showing human migration from Africa, starting at 200K years ago and finishing about 10K years, with colours used to show approximately 15 K year segments
Except for the pretty well evidenced 30k year old human settlement in Brazil!
Shame nobody ever migrated to the British isles. I hear they were nice back then.
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Pic of a very good boy.
Sam wouldn't eat any dinner, which is not normal and would not go out for a last wee before I went to bed.
He had been whining at me a bit more than usual but I could not find a way to make him happy.
He is getting on and we are naive regarding pets aging. I really thought he was going to pass away over night.
Mrs roonie is away and I had to contemplate telling her over the phone what had happened.
I had to brace myself this morning when I woke up. It was so quiet.
When I found He was not only alive but seemingly quite happy, I cried.
He had been whining at me a bit more than usual but I could not find a way to make him happy.
He is getting on and we are naive regarding pets aging. I really thought he was going to pass away over night.
Mrs roonie is away and I had to contemplate telling her over the phone what had happened.
I had to brace myself this morning when I woke up. It was so quiet.
When I found He was not only alive but seemingly quite happy, I cried.
The bestest
Aging pets are hard, all you can do is pay attention and keep them as happy and comfortable as you can.
@wjcstp We've had like thousands of aging pets. And until these two, every single one of the MFers have died on us!!!
My skin has not grown thicker over time.
My skin has not grown thicker over time.
Oh goodness. So much love going out to y'all as you're working through this. : (
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a light colored cat sits at a counter top with a tiny laptop in front of it. across the top is the text “ever since she was a kitten she has wanted to transform unstructured data into actionable business insights”
Heehee
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I would lose my ever-loving mind if a lying rapist crook and pedophile got in my face and insulted me. I don't give a flying fuck if he works for the government.
I'm so sick of this shit.
So sick of it.
I'm so sick of this shit.
So sick of it.
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An early
Nintendo DS photoshopped to look like it’s running Microsoft Excel.
Nintendo DS photoshopped to look like it’s running Microsoft Excel.
Via the always excel-lent Nanoraptor account on Mastodon: https://bitbang.social/@NanoRap...
See the #nanoraptor tag for more of Dana’s stuff. https://mltshp.com/tag...
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Pic of a nature lover.
He loves to bring nature indoors. Usually when it is dead and he has finished playing with it.
He loves to bring nature indoors. Usually when it is dead and he has finished playing with it.
Maxie Taxi.
Big Goober.
Big Goober.
Oooooh big old cutie pie goober.
That was my response! Oooooooooh cuddly wuddly snuggle buddy, the best kind of goober.
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A photograph from the southeast part of Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. The foreground is all green grass. The middleground features two trees on either side of the frame. The background has many more smaller trees and a bit of the lake showing through them.
Its been a very weird time and I've been in a funk the last couple months processing the trauma of the ice surge here, the state of our country, the ever-closer end of my current job, the need to find a new one and some personal stuff.
But this morning, sitting in the park, things felt good and I liked it so I took a picture.
But this morning, sitting in the park, things felt good and I liked it so I took a picture.
. . . and that’s about all we can ask for. big hugs to you, friendo
It's a beautiful day to walk in the park and see the good bits among the mess.
Link the good moments, hold onto that chain of events. ♡♡♡
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A very tired looking woman holds up a copy of the book Infinite Jeffs. It has a cover like The Infinite Jest only all the words on it are "Jeff"
I had to explain to the woman at the post office what The Infinite Jest was and why I was laughing so hard.
Next on the shelf: Gravity’s Rambo
this is amazing. i am cacking.
also, obligatory "the cringing of lot 49" or "finnegans wanks" or something like that
also, obligatory "the cringing of lot 49" or "finnegans wanks" or something like that
I was actually thinking of Finnegan's Waaaaaaah
Two words: Moby Duck
My sister just sent this to her friend Jeff.
@joost I do so love Tom Gauld!
@MackReed
Yes!!! Picturing a cover of Ahab and his men yelling and pointing off the bow at a monstrous huge rubber ducky cresting a wave.
Yes!!! Picturing a cover of Ahab and his men yelling and pointing off the bow at a monstrous huge rubber ducky cresting a wave.
COULD REALLY USE AN INFINITE JESS REMIX
@shitleopard ++
@ba icymi
@jessamyn Yay! (and also this comment thread delivers!)
@jessamyn When I saw this I immediately thought you needed it. Maybe you can do some public readings...?
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Hippie guy opens the door and freaks out
I wonder if the internet has tracked this guy down for a "where are they now" moment.
Can you imagine his face when he finds out that he's been rediscovered on the internet
@Mr_Encyclopedia 😂
@Mr_Encyclopedia
I’m sure he’s aware. After Italian Spider-Man went viral, the Dariotown folks found mainstream success with Danger 5
I’m sure he’s aware. After Italian Spider-Man went viral, the Dariotown folks found mainstream success with Danger 5
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I am personally aware of the wonders of psychedelics as a means to clearing psychic blockages... and also of how dangerous, and terrifying, that clearing can be. I'm still working through some of the stuff that happened on my first dieta and the experiences I had following it...
And I can say with certainty that the vast majority of folks are not in any way, shape or form, prepared for what these medicines can show you... about yourself and the world we inhabit together.
From the source*
"If you look at AtaiBeckley’s investor presentations, they’re telling investors that DMT and 5meoDMT are like Spravato - two-hours, no therapy, just safety monitoring by a nurse. But 5meoDMT and DMT are not like ketamine. Nurses can do great work, but if traumatic content comes up like early trauma or ontological shock, that’s precisely the sort of content that only therapists are trained to handle."
I've never done Spravato or any form of K, and likely never will, but I've done the other two and there is nothing at all subtle about the effects of 5meoDMT. Not even a little. It's 20+ minutes of sitting at the center of your mind hoping the cracks don't get any bigger. A boon to some, an abject nightmare to others.
I'm sure someone is going to make a killing on the IPO, tho.
*https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p...
And I can say with certainty that the vast majority of folks are not in any way, shape or form, prepared for what these medicines can show you... about yourself and the world we inhabit together.
From the source*
"If you look at AtaiBeckley’s investor presentations, they’re telling investors that DMT and 5meoDMT are like Spravato - two-hours, no therapy, just safety monitoring by a nurse. But 5meoDMT and DMT are not like ketamine. Nurses can do great work, but if traumatic content comes up like early trauma or ontological shock, that’s precisely the sort of content that only therapists are trained to handle."
I've never done Spravato or any form of K, and likely never will, but I've done the other two and there is nothing at all subtle about the effects of 5meoDMT. Not even a little. It's 20+ minutes of sitting at the center of your mind hoping the cracks don't get any bigger. A boon to some, an abject nightmare to others.
I'm sure someone is going to make a killing on the IPO, tho.
*https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p...
Yeah that does seem sort of reckless, from what I have heard about DMT.
Psychedelic "Industry" - there's your problem.
i'm good thanks
I mean - if it ends up filling the black market with cheap, reliable, lab-grade oral DMT I can purchase without a prescription - then I'm all for it!
Panasonic on it.
it's a good thing that this is a good time to escape from this reality
@tonyb There are certainly some upsides!
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An assembly line in a drab gray room. Yellow spheres sit on a conveyor belt. Below the conveyor belt are various wires and machinery. Above the conveyor belt are robotic arms that spray red paint and draw eyebrows and frowns on the spheres, transforming them into the "angry" emoji one sees on Facebook. Above, a figure wearing a suit and tie observes from a glowing green window. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
Social Media (aka The Outrage Machine)
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This is a mockup of one of 12-18 images for my master's final project titled "Dreams and Hallucinations". The project is about white men in tech (such as myself) reckoning with the current job market and presence of AI. It follows a single character through a series of daydreams about career alternatives while getting his headshot taken.
The intention is to make the creation of these images as analog as possible. The photographs were captured on film. They've been scanned, and the intention is to print the final pieces using risography. I'm working on a line of text to include with the image. I plan to print these as flyers or posters and put them up in tech-centric areas of Barcelona. They will also be exhibited as a series at our degree show at the end of June.
I'll be experimenting with actual riso prints this week with a few different colors to see how the overlays interact and to get a sense of scale for the final prints. We're scheduled to present our projects to the faculty on June 4 and the show opens June 25.
Camera nerds <3 - Hasselblad 500c/m with an 85mm lens, shot at f8. The headshots use two speedlights, one with a beauty dish to the left and one bouncing off of a giant white card on the right. Shutter speed is 1/500 sec to account for pushing the Tri-x 400 to 1600iso (leaf shutter means I can use super high shutter speeds).
The work portraits were the same settings and a hand held speedlight unmodified. They came out looking like 1960's shop manual photos and I LOVE THEM.
The intention is to make the creation of these images as analog as possible. The photographs were captured on film. They've been scanned, and the intention is to print the final pieces using risography. I'm working on a line of text to include with the image. I plan to print these as flyers or posters and put them up in tech-centric areas of Barcelona. They will also be exhibited as a series at our degree show at the end of June.
I'll be experimenting with actual riso prints this week with a few different colors to see how the overlays interact and to get a sense of scale for the final prints. We're scheduled to present our projects to the faculty on June 4 and the show opens June 25.
Camera nerds <3 - Hasselblad 500c/m with an 85mm lens, shot at f8. The headshots use two speedlights, one with a beauty dish to the left and one bouncing off of a giant white card on the right. Shutter speed is 1/500 sec to account for pushing the Tri-x 400 to 1600iso (leaf shutter means I can use super high shutter speeds).
The work portraits were the same settings and a hand held speedlight unmodified. They came out looking like 1960's shop manual photos and I LOVE THEM.
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https://mltshp.com/p/1C9TX
https://mltshp.com/p/1RPM7
Sorry for the horrible clipping masks doing this in between things on a call
https://mltshp.com/p/1RPM7
Sorry for the horrible clipping masks doing this in between things on a call
Stunning!
is it because i'm a good boy?
That's amazing
<3
This is better than anything I've clumsily hacked together in ms paint
Every Good Boy...
hanging this over my desk as a daily affirmation ™
ASK YOU
WHY ME
DESERVE
CHEESE
ASK CHEESE
WHY YOU
DESERVE ME
WHY ME
DESERVE
CHEESE
ASK CHEESE
WHY YOU
DESERVE ME
When I was in the super market something drew my eye.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/y4acDum1...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/y4acDum1...
I'm cheese-worthy.
please
please
the true use case for ai
@joost nice balls.
Cheeses loves me.
i don’t know what a clipping mask is, but i know what i like
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woman at a huge card catalog
she in that help me obi wan position
Just think: there used to be an entire industry devoted to building these specific types of card catalog drawer cabinets. Kinda makes you wonder if there are abandoned factories with all the necessary tools in place to build more.
@dreyfusslugado There was a period around 2000-2005 when I was still renting when lots of these (and Globe Wernicke glass-fronted legal bookshelves) were available on eBay, too.
I know how to work this machine.
I was a high school library nerd, knew my way around those mysterious cards
@dreyfusslugado
I worked at OCLC for 23 years. We printed the catalog cards and shipped them to libraries. You’d think i’d have some connection that could hook me up with one of those beauties.
I worked at OCLC for 23 years. We printed the catalog cards and shipped them to libraries. You’d think i’d have some connection that could hook me up with one of those beauties.
Fun fact: I programmed a Catalog Card word processor for an Apple II hooked up to a daisy wheel typewriter AFTER I promised to never work in computers again.
This is what they took from us
Magic the Gathering nerds go ape for these; classiest way to store their collection.
I really like it, but I do wonder why the cabinet is concave. That is much more complicated and expensive to make. There must be a good reason for this, other that visually pleasing and less monotonous.
Is the library in a giant round building?
Is the library in a giant round building?
IIRC one library I frequented had a cabinet against a convex wall @mare
The card catalog had its drawbacks, but it worked. It was far better for browsing a topic than any UI I have ever seen, too. I think it was the writer Nicholas Baker, in an article defending the card catalog and railing against computerized catalogs, who pointed out how much better it is for researching authors whose names are not standardized in English (like Doestevsky) - all the variants are right near each other, and you can see the ones that you did not even know about. I suppose replacement by databases and search engines was inevitable. But it was a brilliant pre-electronic technology, and it should command respect.
@thelonius I was a librarian in accessioning and cataloging for a few years. Even the master librarian would punt and say "at least the cards will be close"
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I live at 2
I'll Curry favor with #1.
No Body better than #9.
I’ll be lee ving now…
I’ll be lee ving now…
I'm a plum fool for #4.
Also, @clockworkorangejuice , so good.
Also, @clockworkorangejuice , so good.
Depends on the ending, but something between 8 and 7.
I... am... your singing telegram.
Wishing I was feeling 5, actually feeling 100% 8.
4, always 4.
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square page from a 1989 "students guide" published by apple, featuring illustrations by matt groenig. across the top in green block letters reads "THE PROCRASTINATOR". below that, a bear-like creature sits back in a chair with its feet up on a desk. its speech bubble reads "paper's due at 8am... but first i must alphabetize my albums, refold my socks, and step out for nourishing pizza." below that is the caption: "traits: never makes decisions (except in restaurants)" and "warning" this will work for only so many decades"
a page from this came up somewhere in social media hell earlier today. i had forgotten it existed.
also, it me, i am the procrastinator, and i can absolutely put off that report for another week, i just gotta get through this wikipedia article
more info / scans of other pages:
https://flashbak.com/matt-gro...
https://www.openculture.com/2014...
also, it me, i am the procrastinator, and i can absolutely put off that report for another week, i just gotta get through this wikipedia article
more info / scans of other pages:
https://flashbak.com/matt-gro...
https://www.openculture.com/2014...
I am also the https://mltshp.com/p/1RDA8
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family at a vintage computer with a man juggling odd objects behind them
there is no better way
We’re going to ignore that guy in the peripheral?
there's a reason we need invite Kevin to happy hour.
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Haven't mained an M in ~10+ years, or any rangefinder since COVID. I felt it was time to right that wrong.
edit: Base line M10 in can you're asking
edit: Base line M10 in can you're asking
Oh my camera Deities, it has an umlaut. Will the cat let you use their camera?
Cat bats it off the table in 3 … 2 …
In all seriousness, this looks dröölworthy.
In all seriousness, this looks dröölworthy.
*drooling intensifies*
Aww. I have a 1950s Voigtländer camera that was my mothers favourite.
whoaaaaaa congrats! i've always wanted to try one (but sadly way out of my price range).
also WHOA, the lens! that's some fast-assed glass right there
also WHOA, the lens! that's some fast-assed glass right there
That's a beauty and killer combo with that lens
I'm a take fifteen digital pictures of the same thing kind of person. Actual film cameras make me feel anxious and make me always ask if my photographical whims are film-worthy before even putting the camera up to aim it.
I envy the confidence and commitment real cameras require.
I envy the confidence and commitment real cameras require.
amazing! congrats!
preface: i pinky promise this is not a shit-on-your-joy comment! i had an M4 for a few years and i just could not fall in love with it. i lusted after it for so long and i'm not sure why but we just never clicked (no pun intended).
i ended up trading it for a hasselblad 500c/m and two lenses. thankfully, i am in love.
i fully respect the leica game and i'm not sure why they're not for me. very excited for you!
preface: i pinky promise this is not a shit-on-your-joy comment! i had an M4 for a few years and i just could not fall in love with it. i lusted after it for so long and i'm not sure why but we just never clicked (no pun intended).
i ended up trading it for a hasselblad 500c/m and two lenses. thankfully, i am in love.
i fully respect the leica game and i'm not sure why they're not for me. very excited for you!
@robritz haha. No offense taken. The rangefinder experience isn't for everyone. I've been on the RF train this entire century up until ~2020 and they are my favorite system for spontaneous/casual photography. But give me a big ground glass if I'm putting my camera on a tripod.
@Sjixxxy mmmmmm large format is so fun.
what's weird is i love the RF experience with other cameras (the canonet and the fuji x100t). there was just something ergonomically about the leica i didn't love. and loading the film was always a challenge i couldn't practice enough to nail down without frustration.
BUT, i hope to get my crown graphic over here (from US to spain) this summer so I can start doing 4x5 again.
what's weird is i love the RF experience with other cameras (the canonet and the fuji x100t). there was just something ergonomically about the leica i didn't love. and loading the film was always a challenge i couldn't practice enough to nail down without frustration.
BUT, i hope to get my crown graphic over here (from US to spain) this summer so I can start doing 4x5 again.
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An albertan fox stands, facing the camera, with a mouth full of hotdogs and a startled yet unrepentant look.
one instance where it feels okay to use a fox link: https://www.fox43.com/article...
When you invite a fox to a barbecue.
It me
How's them sausages?
Oh shut up, silly woman, You knew damn well I was a glizzyfox before you took me in!
You know you are a cute little heart breaker
Foxy
Lady
Foxy
Lady
best day ever