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illustration of a racoon standing on two legs while wearing a cowboy hat and boots, looking at the viewer with uncertainty, with the text, "My body hurts and I'm mad at the government."
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Spent the weekend in a Yurt near Newport, Oregon. It was a super low tide weekend with lots of beach to comb and tide pools to explore!
Ain't no yurt like Pistol Yurt!
I want that!
Spent the night in Newport
In a yurt up in the hills
In a yurt up in the hills
Yurts at the Oregon Coast are the best!
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A child's chalk drawing of a car on an asphalt walking path. The chalk is blue, there are shadows of thin tree branches crossing it and a single brown leaf covering the windshield or rear window of the car.
I went for a walk this afternoon. For the first time in a long time, my walk was completely unrelated to either patrolling my neighborhood, dealing with anxiety, or both. I made the specific decision to return to a former (rough) route that is outside my immediate neighborhood and to listen to music instead of be on high alert.
It was glorious. I listened to Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee, prompted by a friend who I reconnected with last night over dinner after a relatively short, yet significant deliberate stretch of time apart.
There were many chalk drawings on sidewalks, undoubtedly from yesterday when the afternoon was warm and families were gathered for Easter. Those all made me smile, but I was moved to photograph this lone car drawing on the walking path along Minnehaha Creek.
It was glorious. I listened to Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee, prompted by a friend who I reconnected with last night over dinner after a relatively short, yet significant deliberate stretch of time apart.
There were many chalk drawings on sidewalks, undoubtedly from yesterday when the afternoon was warm and families were gathered for Easter. Those all made me smile, but I was moved to photograph this lone car drawing on the walking path along Minnehaha Creek.
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I am totally in. I want to live in a world where we think about doing this for each other all the time.
It's April 1st somewhere in the space time continuum
"... from chimpan-A to chimpan-ZEE..."
The hard part will be burying the Statue of Liberty up to its chest.
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A page from an 1862 issue of Harper's Weekly showing, on the left, an engraving of Robert Smalls, a bearded young Black man in coat and tie looking forward, and on the right, the Planter, a small ship at rest on the water in front of a pier.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Robert Smalls' birthday was yesterday; Smalls, who became one of the most remarkable figures of the Civil War, was born into slavery on April 5, 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina.
After working as a sail-maker and longshoreman, Smalls achieved a position of responsibility as a pilot in Charleston Harbor. On the evening of May 12, 1862, Smalls and the enslaved crew of the CSS Planter, a small Confederate transport, had been left aboard the ship overnight.
They arranged for their families to visit and bring them dinner, then hide on the wharf. In the pre-dawn hours of May 13, they picked up their families and, with Smalls mimicking the Planter's captain (wearing his uniform and a straw hat) and delivering the correct hand signals, sailed out through Charleston Harbor past Fort Sumter. They then raised a white flag and delivered the Planter, four artillery pieces, and a naval code book into the hands of the US Navy.
Smalls, with his excellent knowledge of the harbor (including mine placement), began serving with the Navy as a consultant and civilian pilot. In August, 1862, he traveled to DC to help convince Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to allow Blacks to enlist in the US Army.
In 1864, Smalls was invited to Philadelphia to serve as an unofficial delegate to the Republican National Convention; following the war, he purchased his former enslaver's house in Beaufort after it was seized for non-payment of taxes. He used his savings, including significant prize money from the capture of the Planter, to form a short-haul horse-drawn railroad (with an almost entirely African-American board of directors) and start a newspaper in 1872.
Beginning in 1875, Smalls, who had learned to read while in Philadelphia, served five non-consecutive terms in Congress as a Radical Republican, including sponsorship of a (failed) amendment to integrate the Army.
Smalls is commemorated in a number of ways, including the Army transport vessel USAV Major General Robert Smalls and the Robert Smalls House, a National Historic Landmark in Beaufort. Smalls died of complications from diabetes in 1915.
Robert Smalls' birthday was yesterday; Smalls, who became one of the most remarkable figures of the Civil War, was born into slavery on April 5, 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina.
After working as a sail-maker and longshoreman, Smalls achieved a position of responsibility as a pilot in Charleston Harbor. On the evening of May 12, 1862, Smalls and the enslaved crew of the CSS Planter, a small Confederate transport, had been left aboard the ship overnight.
They arranged for their families to visit and bring them dinner, then hide on the wharf. In the pre-dawn hours of May 13, they picked up their families and, with Smalls mimicking the Planter's captain (wearing his uniform and a straw hat) and delivering the correct hand signals, sailed out through Charleston Harbor past Fort Sumter. They then raised a white flag and delivered the Planter, four artillery pieces, and a naval code book into the hands of the US Navy.
Smalls, with his excellent knowledge of the harbor (including mine placement), began serving with the Navy as a consultant and civilian pilot. In August, 1862, he traveled to DC to help convince Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to allow Blacks to enlist in the US Army.
In 1864, Smalls was invited to Philadelphia to serve as an unofficial delegate to the Republican National Convention; following the war, he purchased his former enslaver's house in Beaufort after it was seized for non-payment of taxes. He used his savings, including significant prize money from the capture of the Planter, to form a short-haul horse-drawn railroad (with an almost entirely African-American board of directors) and start a newspaper in 1872.
Beginning in 1875, Smalls, who had learned to read while in Philadelphia, served five non-consecutive terms in Congress as a Radical Republican, including sponsorship of a (failed) amendment to integrate the Army.
Smalls is commemorated in a number of ways, including the Army transport vessel USAV Major General Robert Smalls and the Robert Smalls House, a National Historic Landmark in Beaufort. Smalls died of complications from diabetes in 1915.
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An illustrated hippo with the top of their head and eyes poking out of the water.
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A black and white illustration by Moebius. It shows several human figures watching some weird alien-looking thing with a lot of tendrils. They are surrounded by a large number of bunny people.
Monochromatic Monday?
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Mrs. Otaman was busy creating pysanky for customers & clients. I think she made about 36 just in the past week! I only got a few snaps of the leftover ones here. Top right is my favourite – a new design for this year. I also love the wonderful accident on the bottom left. This egg got some moisture inside during one stage of dyeing (my wife works on emptied eggs), and the moisture negatively affected how the blue dye adhered. The resulting starry-sky effect is really cool though, and I'm calling this the Artemis II egg.
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Screen capture from the 1984 film 'Night of the Comet.' Two young women sit on the hood of a police car, both of its front doors open. Downtown Los Angeles is behind them, the sky an eerie red. Subtitled dialogue text reads "Hey, I'm sorry if the end of the world makes me a little nervous."
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A rocky mountainous landscape under a desert sky. On the left is a dark, drab, rocky face with a smaller, round rock placed against it. Climbing up towards the round rock are two figures wearing robes. One of them is pointing to the rock, on which is hung a white sign that says "Do not disturb." The round white sun sits high in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Happy Easter.
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meatloaf and tim curry on a card titled "Meat Loaf with Curry" and "Follow me for more recipes"
source: https://www.tumblr.com/...
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Is Jack Black, Meatloaf's love child?
@0y3ahSansAcut3 and if so, did Meatloaf leave a long-time bandmate to dangle after stating what everyone was thinking? Is that where Jack learned it?
I used to draw the figure a lot. My comment was from watching Jack Black on SNL, then seeing a portrait of Meatloaf, in here. My brain came up with a striking resemblance. I have never followed or listened to either of these performers, except in a peripheral way.
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a nighttime scene in Los Angeles showing a parking sign with a palm tree, utility pole, and power lines visible in the back ground. The parking sign reads 2 hour parking, 8am to 8pm except sunday. under that is a sign made to look like a street sign posted: "No ICE Chinga La Migra At All Times" with a universal No symbol over an ice cube.
source: https://lataco.com/anti-ice...
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Photograph of Joanna Lumley from Absolutely Fabulous. She is lighting a cigarette and looking very startled, wide-eyed with smudged lipstick, mascara and bedraggled hair.
Today’s find! Signed Joanna Lumley, otherwise known as Patsy from Ab Fab, what an icon 🤩 (£2.50, frame included) 👍🏼
https://www.reddit.com/r...
https://www.reddit.com/r...
Signed! Score.
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Nobody wants to mop up cheesy puke
UK snd WI head-to-head would be something
I was born in Minnesota but am of Wisconsin blood. It is true, those of Wisconsin can mop it up like no others I've ever known.
@mcmjolnir My family is from Wisco. In the mid-90s my sister married a UK military man. His entire crew, all ex-military, came to Madison, WI for the wedding.
It was something else.
It was something else.
coughs in Australian
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looking at a parking sign on a post in los angeles, with blue sky, powerlines, and a building visible in the background. under the parking sign is a sign in the style of a parking sign: "NO I.C.E. PLEASE GET A REAL JOB"
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Plate with steamed baby broccoli and roast chicken thigh over roast russet potatoes.
in sheet lined with parchment paper, peeled and sliced a large russet so it fits under a wire rack in roast sheet. season with s/p, chopped rosemary and light oil drizzle. place wire rack over.
2 whole on bone w/skin chicken thighs seasoned with s/p, a splash of dijon to get it fully coated, some freshly chopped rosemary leaves, 2tsp of paprika, splash of oil and mix to coat evenly.
place chicken over potatoes on wire rack, light sprinkle of montreal steak rub on skin side, 425F for 45. serve .
steamed some baby broccoli with drizzle of hoison.
2 whole on bone w/skin chicken thighs seasoned with s/p, a splash of dijon to get it fully coated, some freshly chopped rosemary leaves, 2tsp of paprika, splash of oil and mix to coat evenly.
place chicken over potatoes on wire rack, light sprinkle of montreal steak rub on skin side, 425F for 45. serve .
steamed some baby broccoli with drizzle of hoison.
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I stumbled on this big ass clock in the entryway of the Barcelona History Museum while exploring. It was built in 1576 and ran in the cathedral until 1864.
I’ve watched blacksmithing videos for years. I’ve always wanted to try forging but never really got around to it. Seeing this machine built almost entirely of forged steel was breathtaking. To give a sense of scale, I’m 5’10”/178cm and I was maybe crouching a little for this shot.
I thought the image was more interesting in negative so I didn’t convert to positive. Shot on a Minolta XD-11 with Kodak Tri-X pushed to 3200 and a 35mm lens.
I stumbled on this big ass clock in the entryway of the Barcelona History Museum while exploring. It was built in 1576 and ran in the cathedral until 1864.
I’ve watched blacksmithing videos for years. I’ve always wanted to try forging but never really got around to it. Seeing this machine built almost entirely of forged steel was breathtaking. To give a sense of scale, I’m 5’10”/178cm and I was maybe crouching a little for this shot.
I thought the image was more interesting in negative so I didn’t convert to positive. Shot on a Minolta XD-11 with Kodak Tri-X pushed to 3200 and a 35mm lens.