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Hawaiian Cheeseballs
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Well? We're waiting.
agree
exactly!
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shiny black sticker that says in all caps, "why would I ask ChatGPT when I could ask my local queer ADHD autistic bike mechanic"
Seriously, any bike mechanic will have better answers than an algorithm.
if they are queer and neurospicy, the answers will be even better!
source: https://mastodon.social/@kayseri...
if they are queer and neurospicy, the answers will be even better!
source: https://mastodon.social/@kayseri...
This is awesome! I'm sending this to my queer, ADHD, autistic bike mechanic friend, Mason right now.
when I socialize
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cartoon of a door labelled MONSTER being beaten down by some creature
An interesting monster needs an *interesting* hairdo.
"Oh no, a giant monster!"
My I'll bet you monsters lead interesting lives. I said to my girlfriend just the other day ... gee ... I'll bet monsters are interesting, I said. The places you must go and the things you must see.
On the Charles.
we noticed your vibe from across the garden
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vintage photograph of a couple wearing matching purple and yellow floral short-sleeved shirts and very short shorts, with scrunched up socks and brown leather shoes. They are standing in front of a lavender and green house, with a flower garden behind them and a small rose bush to their right. They're smiling at the camera, and the woman seems more pleased than the man.
The Problem We All Live With
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Norman Rockwell's oil painting "The Problem We All Live With", showing a young Black girl carrying her books and a yellow ruler, wearing a white dress and sneakers, walking on a sidewalk past a wall covered by a large racial slur and the remnants of a hurled tomato. In front of and behind her are four white men in gray and tan suits and yellow "Deputy US Marshall" armbands escorting her; the composition is such that they are visible only from the chest down. Rockwell's signature is at the bottom center of the painting.
source: https://magazine.byu.edu/article...
Yesterday was Ruby Bridges' 72nd birthday; she's still alive and living in Louisiana and still working for civil rights. The past isn't dead; it isn't even past.
#painting by Norman Rockwell, 1964. #paintings
Yesterday was Ruby Bridges' 72nd birthday; she's still alive and living in Louisiana and still working for civil rights. The past isn't dead; it isn't even past.
#painting by Norman Rockwell, 1964. #paintings
I was so lucky to have been able to see this painting last month, it is currently on loan to the lucas museum in los angeles.
powerful painting of a powerful girl who became an amazing woman.
powerful painting of a powerful girl who became an amazing woman.
It's worth noting, on the same point, that Barbara Henry, the Bostonian teacher at William Frantz Elementary School who was the only teacher willing to have Bridges in her classroom (having had experience teaching integrated classrooms to children in the military), is also still alive at 94. She spent every morning of the 1960-1961 teaching Bridges and Bridges alone, because every white child transferred classes. Here's a photo of them in 2014: https://i.guim.co.uk/img...
The Tower
every page of Byte magazine (detail)
Nothing makes any goddamn sense so I'm printing an eye ball
getting phở-cked up in San Jose
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I needed to go to San Jose for work. I just finished a12 hour day with a UAT kickoff with two separate presentations to cover time zones. Several marathon meetings on New with requirement gathering, and fixing a bunch of issues the users reported already.
I'm about to feast at Pho Bel Air.
I'm about to feast at Pho Bel Air.
In front of pho in San Jose is a happy place to be.
Decent pho is one of the dishes I miss most about not living on the West coast.
@m3moellering the are “phở islands” in the oddest places sometimes, though. When I was living in Madison Heights (Michigan) there were three decent places serving it within walking distance of my apartment.
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Find yourself somebody who doesn't look at you like Robert F Kennedy Jnr looks at Cheryl Hines.
Clearly lizard people
Clearly lizard people
Nigerian food in Columbus
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A plate of delicious jollof rice, fried plantains, and riast goat
We live in the northeast part of Columbus, which is where a lot of immigrants set up shop. Found this place on Cleveland Ave, Pat's Delicious African Restaurant. It is real-deal Nigerian food. It felt like going to someone's Nigerian mom's house for dinner. Give it a try if you are in town!
I'll put that one on our list!
I'm constantly impressed by the variety of amazing food we have around Columbus, especially in that part of the city. Last year my wife came up with an "eat through the alphabet" idea where we pick a restaurant or cuisine style starting with a different letter of the alphabet every week. We found some great places, and it was no problem finding something for each letter. One of the favorites was Brazilian Grill & Bakery, also on Cleveland Ave.
I'm constantly impressed by the variety of amazing food we have around Columbus, especially in that part of the city. Last year my wife came up with an "eat through the alphabet" idea where we pick a restaurant or cuisine style starting with a different letter of the alphabet every week. We found some great places, and it was no problem finding something for each letter. One of the favorites was Brazilian Grill & Bakery, also on Cleveland Ave.
They keep me young
My daughter is pregnant and my son is the father!
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GPOpizza dough
GPO pizza dough.
It's true!
I love telling people and watching their reactions.
Dramatic facial distortions. (Should we call Family Services?)
There is more to this story than just a headline, you'll be relieved to hear.
For those late to the party, my son and his wife have been trying for a baby for seemingly forever, without success, obvs.
They spent a small fortune on treatments including IVF.
They produced viable embryos but my DIL could not carry them to term.
Frustration, stress, emotional upheaval, we've had it.
My daughter puts her hand up, "Let me try."
After jumping through many many many hoops, legal and psychological, especially, first embryo is implanted and sticks!
In Australia, you are only allowed to try one at a time, you cannot exchange any money, outside of basic medical costs, and once this baby is born - it's a boy and he's called Angus, yes they are getting ahead of themselves, yes they are excited, yes excited is not a strong enough word - my daughter can still turn around and keep the baby.
My son and DIL will need to adopt him!
I cannot stress strongly enough how proud I am of all the participants.
Son aand DIL for staying strong for so long, Daughter for being so goddamned brilliant and even my SIL for agreeing to this as well.
It's a big deal for everyone and we're all pretty excited.
Can I mess with you for just one more moment, please?
My granddaughter, Lydia, has the same birthday as my DIL.
If things fall into place, my new grandson may have the same birthday as my daughter, the awesome person in whose womb he grew for 9 months.
As the Boss says, it will make it easier to remember all the birthdays!
I love telling people and watching their reactions.
Dramatic facial distortions. (Should we call Family Services?)
There is more to this story than just a headline, you'll be relieved to hear.
For those late to the party, my son and his wife have been trying for a baby for seemingly forever, without success, obvs.
They spent a small fortune on treatments including IVF.
They produced viable embryos but my DIL could not carry them to term.
Frustration, stress, emotional upheaval, we've had it.
My daughter puts her hand up, "Let me try."
After jumping through many many many hoops, legal and psychological, especially, first embryo is implanted and sticks!
In Australia, you are only allowed to try one at a time, you cannot exchange any money, outside of basic medical costs, and once this baby is born - it's a boy and he's called Angus, yes they are getting ahead of themselves, yes they are excited, yes excited is not a strong enough word - my daughter can still turn around and keep the baby.
My son and DIL will need to adopt him!
I cannot stress strongly enough how proud I am of all the participants.
Son aand DIL for staying strong for so long, Daughter for being so goddamned brilliant and even my SIL for agreeing to this as well.
It's a big deal for everyone and we're all pretty excited.
Can I mess with you for just one more moment, please?
My granddaughter, Lydia, has the same birthday as my DIL.
If things fall into place, my new grandson may have the same birthday as my daughter, the awesome person in whose womb he grew for 9 months.
As the Boss says, it will make it easier to remember all the birthdays!
The pizza dough is my current baby!
Congratulations!
KALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim™ from IKEA.
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A video of a strange expansion for the video game Skyrim in which an IKEA Kallax (a white 2x4 storage shelf) is your companion.
as someone who hoards EVERYTHING in all of the bethesda open world games, this made me cackle.
YOU ARE CARRYING TOO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO RUN
YOU ARE CARRYING TOO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO RUN
Matt Berry can voice anything!
The name is spoken like a secret oath in any board game group when a newbie asks for advice on board game shelving. A sibilant whisper through the message board. Kallax the great. Kallax the modular. Kallax the indispensable.
Very sneaky, VoxPop Labs ...
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survey question:
Most modern theories of decision making recognize that decisions do not take place in a vacuum. Individual preferences and knowledge, along with situational variables can greatly influence the decision-making process. To facilitate our decision-making research, we are interested in knowing certain factors about you. Specifically, we are interested in whether you actually take the time to read directions. To demonstrate that you have read these instructions, please select only \u201creading instructions\u201d from the list below, instead of any of your actual hobbies.
Fishing
Watching movies
Gardening
Reading instructions
Walking
Exercising
Listening to music
Other (please specify)
None of the Above
Most modern theories of decision making recognize that decisions do not take place in a vacuum. Individual preferences and knowledge, along with situational variables can greatly influence the decision-making process. To facilitate our decision-making research, we are interested in knowing certain factors about you. Specifically, we are interested in whether you actually take the time to read directions. To demonstrate that you have read these instructions, please select only \u201creading instructions\u201d from the list below, instead of any of your actual hobbies.
Fishing
Watching movies
Gardening
Reading instructions
Walking
Exercising
Listening to music
Other (please specify)
None of the Above
I saw what you did there
All of the above, except Fishing and Reading Instructions.
Other: You can't tell me what to do.
Other: You can't tell me what to do.
Joke's on you VoxPop Labs! Reading instructions was *already* my favourite way to avoiding addressing my crippling self doubt
@hertz Saaaaaame!
Miss Determined, the daredevil
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Photo of a toddler on a rope climbing playground.
Lydia is 2.
She is brave and tries to keep up with her older brother.
I love them both dearly and want to keep them safe. I also know that you have to let them experiment, have fun and graze an occassional knee.
She is brave and tries to keep up with her older brother.
I love them both dearly and want to keep them safe. I also know that you have to let them experiment, have fun and graze an occassional knee.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
@urlnotfound 100%. I like that phrasing.
@bencmeissner It was on a poster than hung in my classroom when I was in the fourth grade (age 9-10). It is a quote from some person of note.
mmmmm
earlier
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Panoramic photo of a crowd gathered on a dusty desert beneath a stormy sky before a massive stage set made of two immense wooden sculptures representing the SS Titanic ripped in half by an iceberg.
An orchestra of 30 or 40 musicians sits on risers in the left half of the sculpture, and a few dozen choir singers in white clothing stand on the right half.
The white-bearded photographer of the image is seen at far right in an aluminum firefighter’s helmet and red kerchief.
An orchestra of 30 or 40 musicians sits on risers in the left half of the sculpture, and a few dozen choir singers in white clothing stand on the right half.
The white-bearded photographer of the image is seen at far right in an aluminum firefighter’s helmet and red kerchief.
It was the best of the burns, it was the worst of burns.
Gorgeous times and a lot of hard work (building the observation tower for Hobo Camp, six 6hr shifts on Gate/Perimeter/Exodus) and a suicidal shortage of sleep wrapped around a gooey core of deep conversations with old friends (👊@zeitgeist) and new acquaintances - and three straight days of utterly shit weather.
Bonus: I got to join the Playa Choir (https://playachoir.com - right, and me at far right) and the Black Rock Philharmonic (https:/blackrockphilharmonic.org - left) to perform “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem atop the tippy-top of the vertiginous risers out at “Titanic’s End” for an audience of easily 1,200 people in a stiff dust storm.
I thought it was pretty epic … until El Pulpo Magnifico (center) rolled up to play propane percussion, somebody started triggering the two gut-punchingly colossal flame poofers in the Titanic’s funnels, and the whole scene went straight off the hook and into fking orbit.
Re-entry right now 5 days later in a dusty, trash-filled car heading north towards Seattle past the asphalt stench of road crews repaving I-5 is kinda … awful by comparison.
I still can’t entirely believe I got to do that.
Gorgeous times and a lot of hard work (building the observation tower for Hobo Camp, six 6hr shifts on Gate/Perimeter/Exodus) and a suicidal shortage of sleep wrapped around a gooey core of deep conversations with old friends (👊@zeitgeist) and new acquaintances - and three straight days of utterly shit weather.
Bonus: I got to join the Playa Choir (https://playachoir.com - right, and me at far right) and the Black Rock Philharmonic (https:/blackrockphilharmonic.org - left) to perform “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem atop the tippy-top of the vertiginous risers out at “Titanic’s End” for an audience of easily 1,200 people in a stiff dust storm.
I thought it was pretty epic … until El Pulpo Magnifico (center) rolled up to play propane percussion, somebody started triggering the two gut-punchingly colossal flame poofers in the Titanic’s funnels, and the whole scene went straight off the hook and into fking orbit.
Re-entry right now 5 days later in a dusty, trash-filled car heading north towards Seattle past the asphalt stench of road crews repaving I-5 is kinda … awful by comparison.
I still can’t entirely believe I got to do that.
Epic.
That's all exceedingly cool and exciting, but I am awaiting some answers about a certain mythical creature's underwear?
Memories of the early days when they used to do an opera
Lucky Fried Grandma Skewers
Umm...
58
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Me wearing a sweatshirt that says "Read books. Drink coffee. Fight evil."
I'm down at my sister's place for my birthday, being an extra set of hands while she recovers from surgery (she's doing well! it's a weird bone thing not a "get the cancer out" thing) and we did a very low key birthday hang here. Jim got me this sweatshirt and I really like it.
Congratulations!
But also, what’s the story with the weird wooden device clearly meant to torture cats behind you?
But also, what’s the story with the weird wooden device clearly meant to torture cats behind you?
Happy birthday. I’m just a few weeks older, 58 is alright.
@vosechu It's a large loom with a small cat tunnel in front of it.
Installing the new front wildflower bed
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A garden bed in progress, waiting for soil, mulch, and plants
Knocking off a few yard goals here: less lawn, more space for native plants, and I hate mowing under the Redbud tree.
Team less lawn high five!
In Patagonia
nervous energy
Aww yiss!
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Nottinghamshire Police A mountain bike which has been customised with rudimentary wiring, a battery held on by tape and a small, solid back wheel.
source: https://www.bbc.com/news...
Powderhorn Park
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Various trees lit by the morning sun against a blue sky with small clouds in it. The whole scene is reflected, and slightly blurred, in the water below.
that tree looks like a giant green Scotty walking on the water
You Dirty Rat!
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A black and white splash page showing a woman in a low cut dress, showing off a long stretch of leg, being flung out of a car by a man in coat, jacket, bow tie, and fedora. "G'wan, squeal yer head off!" She yells, "You rat! You dirty rat! You won't get away with this!" The caption reads "It took a simple, evil, brutal act to generate the sparks from which a monster sprang! It was a fast-growing, voracious monster!! Frustrated, angry, murderous, and surprised by sudden power! The cries of a young girl were its birth-pangs! She had been criminally assaulted and thrown from a car! But she was only a pawn in the larger, deadlier game that would become--" The story is called "Murder, Inc!"
source: https://capnscomics.blogspot.com/2015...
Splash page from the unreleased In the Days of the Mob no. 2 (1971). More on In the Days of the Mob at The Comics Journal: https://www.tcj.com/reviews...
#kirbythursday
Splash page from the unreleased In the Days of the Mob no. 2 (1971). More on In the Days of the Mob at The Comics Journal: https://www.tcj.com/reviews...
#kirbythursday
G'wan!