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Photograph of a black cat hiding (not very well) behind a couch
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
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This is the Missouri motto. It replaced "show me" sometime during the Reagan administration.
XXL Dildo Barn, "You've Got a Deep Discount on the Horizon"
Everything’s A Metaphor For Late-Stage Capitalism If You’re Brave Enough
Driving through West Virginia: Titty bar, titty bar, burn-in-hell, gun store, bloody-fetus-anti-abortion, Sheetz, titty bar, mesothelioma lawyer, gun store, Jesus, "massage", gun store...
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Homework is not this. Homework includes clearing off my bench so I don't have do adjust necks on the couch, but here we are.
I hear ya (replacing strings on my lap while the workbench behind me is piled with stuff)
Wow! Isn't that a pretty thing?
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I’m assuming the siren goes ‘ee-no, ee-no, ee-no, ee-no’
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Granville Picture Framing and Gallery Arts closed in 2017, but its signage served as a source for one of Steve Shanabruch’s fonts. Steve Shanabruch standing in front of the Granville storefront.
source: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-...
A Portage Park illustrator preserves Chicago’s past one letter at a time.
his Chicago inspired fonts are 'on sale' for free.
https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/fonts
A Portage Park illustrator preserves Chicago’s past one letter at a time.
his Chicago inspired fonts are 'on sale' for free.
https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/fonts
and his posters are awesome.
Lovely!
Wow! Those are fun. And...nice price!
These are excellent
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A bottle of Krystal water, a cup of filter coffee that says “te & kaffi,” and a half-eaten pain au chocolat
The familiar BAKAÐ brekkie in the airport welcome to Iceland. We’re here for a few days to celebrate m’lovely wife’s 40th. Huzzah!
Enjoy. We visited last summer. It’s a mindblower.
I've only had the delight of spending one night as part of a trip home from Europe and I very much wish to return to spend some quality time inland there.
@MackReed Truly! This is our 4th? 5th? 6th? Time here. We love it. Always make sure to see a mix of our favs and new experiences each time. Such fun.
@samh Totally should! And I have lots of opinions about good places to go! Hahaha
Also m’wife figured out ages ago that if you’re going to mainland Europe from the US, that going to Iceland first is 1) fun, 2) a shorter flight, 3) flights from there to other places in Europe are then “domestic” and short and dirt cheap in comparison, and 4) you’re already in the Schengen Zone, which can simplify things a bit.
Anyhoo… do it!!! 😊
Also m’wife figured out ages ago that if you’re going to mainland Europe from the US, that going to Iceland first is 1) fun, 2) a shorter flight, 3) flights from there to other places in Europe are then “domestic” and short and dirt cheap in comparison, and 4) you’re already in the Schengen Zone, which can simplify things a bit.
Anyhoo… do it!!! 😊
@wombatman70 I want to go to there! Would love to talk with you about a good first trip plan
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<blink>this had me all teary-eyed ‘n’ shit<blink>
If you don't view it on the HSR site you are missing all the easter eggs (just like the good old days!)
https://homestarrunner.com/toons...
https://homestarrunner.com/toons...
And that Flash emulator still delivers ultracrisp resolution free video that is better than YT.
#imissflash #imissflash #imissflash #imissflash #imissflash #imissflash
#imissflash #imissflash #imissflash #imissflash #imissflash #imissflash
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Seent
Baker is so weird and perfect.
Go to the real Mexican food place, not Taco Hell. First of all, no line, second, good food. We went into the real place and I bought mine. Daughter wanted Taco Bell, we waited in line 45 minutes there. This was that one, crappy weather of every conceivable kind, trip.
FYI they're tearing down what's left of that Royal Hawaiian Motel right now.
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Billboard on the side of a bus stop shows a laughing Jeff Bezos in a suit and Katy Perry in her space suit. Text reads:
If you can afford to send katy perry to space, you can afford to pay more taxes
If you can afford to send katy perry to space, you can afford to pay more taxes
Sending katy perry and chums into space is fine.
It's the bringing them back part that gets up my nose.
It's the bringing them back part that gets up my nose.
@roonie they didn't actually make it to space. the Kármán line is an arbitrary boundary that is part way in to the thermosphere, and it was chosen as a regulatory boundary between aircraft and spacecraft.
personally, I think halfway through the thermosphere should be considered "space" - about 400km up, 3x the altitude of this POS flight for bezos's fiancee's hen night.
personally, I think halfway through the thermosphere should be considered "space" - about 400km up, 3x the altitude of this POS flight for bezos's fiancee's hen night.
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looking up at the Old North Church in Boston, with its bell tower and steeple framed in the center of the photo. It is night time, and streetlights are visible.
Projected on the church are the words:
"One if by land, two if by D.C."
Projected on the church are the words:
"One if by land, two if by D.C."
source: https://northend.page/old-nort...
on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride, this was projected on the side of the Old North Church.
historical reference: https://www.paulreverehouse.org/the-real...
on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride, this was projected on the side of the Old North Church.
historical reference: https://www.paulreverehouse.org/the-real...
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A photograph of an older white man in a blue jacket and shirt meeting with a Latino man in plaid shirt and Chiefs baseball cap, at a patio table. They each have coffee and water in front of them; van Hollen, the white man, is leaning forward and listening to Abrego Garcia, the Latino, intently.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
"I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return."
Sen. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) flew to El Salvador to get proof of life for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegally deported and is currently being held in a deathcamp prison. Next step is to bring him home.
"I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return."
Sen. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) flew to El Salvador to get proof of life for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegally deported and is currently being held in a deathcamp prison. Next step is to bring him home.
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A gorgeous kitten with huge eyes at a window, completely covered with vegetable matter like it was the Swamp Thing.
[narrator: No lessons were learned.]
Catnip. Not even once.
"I IZ COMIK BOOK VILLAIN POYZIN IVY!"
Ch-ch-ch-chia!
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
@mcmjolnir 🏆
@mcmjolnir was ABOUT to make a reference to this.
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Chi Chi Rodriguez and his caddie Carl Howard at the 1975 @themasters
what these two are laying down in 1975 Augusta, GA. is up my alley
Are we not men?
Catherized.
Chi Chi!
Wah-Wah pedal intensifies
"Golf is the only game where men get to dress like pimps".
Robin Williams.
Robin Williams.
Goddamn it people used to dress better.
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Person dressed as The Mandalorian, except with Jeppson's Malört branding, and he's carrying a Grogu doll that has Old Style branding.
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piss is the way.
the bitter warrior
He figured out what to do with those yellow shoes.
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A robot figure the color of rusting iron stands upright, featuring a large round head and holes for eyes. The body is boxy, with only cylindrical stubs for arms and a tie that hangs from the neck area. The head is being partially lifted up by a figure that seems to be climbing out of the robots body. Above the head is a glowing white halo. The background is textured shades of blue and green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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via Reddit
Last night at the Old North Church in Boston
@BMK That is awesome, one if by land and two, if by sea, and I on the opposite shore shall be, ready to ride, and sound the alarm, to every village, middlesex, and farm.
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White spray painted words on a black surface. There are two columns with the words stacked vertically
"We're here we're queer" and "We fuck shit up"
but they're written side by side so it appears to read as "We're We Here Fuck We're Shit Queer Up"
"We're here we're queer" and "We fuck shit up"
but they're written side by side so it appears to read as "We're We Here Fuck We're Shit Queer Up"
We’re Shit
Queer up is the battle cry of '25.
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In all seriousness, I do a helluva lot of writing while lying in bed at 2 a.m. thinking about how to word the thing I'm going to write the next day, much to my wife's irritation.
@mikenmar I don't how many times I've gotten out of bed around 2am to get back on the computer because I've figured out the next section to write
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snow in foreground. a pond and a large hill in the bakcground. There is a black wall with white letters "THE ETHER BUNNY". In front of the wall L:R a propane tank labeled ether, a skeleton wearing a medical professional's scrubs with pink bunny ears on, a bed with a skeleton patient lying on it.
Is anyone else wildly curious as to why this performance piece is outside, in a snowbank, next to what appears to be a stream?
The work is by Manny Julio https://lassalleworks.com/janelle-...
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A black cube-shaped speaker cabinet with one large speaker and green text diagonally across on corner with the maker's name, Bergantino. One top is a silver aluminum amplifier that's much smaller than the cabinet with the usual array of knobs for volume and equalizer.
The amp and cab are not new, but they're both new to me today, and holy cow they're amazing. I've been shopping around for something more modular and flexible than the combo i've been using.
The Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 head has a tube preamp and class D power section, so it's really small and light (less than 4 pounds), but puts out 600 watts.
The cab is a Bergantino 1x12 with tweeter, which seems small but this thing absolutely fills a room. I'm looking forward to bringing it to practice this week for a good workout.
The Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 head has a tube preamp and class D power section, so it's really small and light (less than 4 pounds), but puts out 600 watts.
The cab is a Bergantino 1x12 with tweeter, which seems small but this thing absolutely fills a room. I'm looking forward to bringing it to practice this week for a good workout.
Ok, but let’s talk about that receiver at the top right. Pioneer?
Seriously, congrats! I bet that amp sounds awesome. Would love to get into some real tube grind that didn’t weigh 60 lbs. is that a 12 or a 15 cab?
Seriously, congrats! I bet that amp sounds awesome. Would love to get into some real tube grind that didn’t weigh 60 lbs. is that a 12 or a 15 cab?
Oh duh, caption.
@devilsrancher I was slow with the caption writing! It's a 12" cab, but it really sounds much bigger than that. The amp doesn't get a lot of grit from goosing the gain, but i've only played with it a 20 minutes or so. Great range of tones to work with, i'm just scratching the surface.
And yes, the receiver is an old Pioneer, i picked it up at a garage sale years ago with the matching speakers.
And yes, the receiver is an old Pioneer, i picked it up at a garage sale years ago with the matching speakers.
Ooof. I have only a 40 watt practice amp for bass and I am jealous.
Of course I only ever play in my office so even 40W can get pretty egregious, so I have no plans to upgrade. But I'm jealous anyway.
fwiw Andy Field, who designed the Shuttle series of amps, and less frequently Jim Bergantino, both hang out in the talkbass forum. I've learned a lot reading their posts.
Of course I only ever play in my office so even 40W can get pretty egregious, so I have no plans to upgrade. But I'm jealous anyway.
fwiw Andy Field, who designed the Shuttle series of amps, and less frequently Jim Bergantino, both hang out in the talkbass forum. I've learned a lot reading their posts.
It took me years to realize how much I really liked tube distortion on the bass- but it’s heavily dependent on the tone stage. Like, a 100 watt Marshall almost does it, but the low end gets farty when you really crank them- SVT’s get way too loud before the god tone happens, 200 watt Hi-Watt bass amps are crazy rare and expensive…
I had a Mesa Boogie D-180 for years, but the distortion on it was just kind of buzzy and fuzzy, which always stuck me as odd, because the tube structure and gain stages were not unlike a Marshall? Except more? It was a beast, but really only clean.
By accident I stumbled on a Peavey Rock Master 120 watt guitar amp made in the early 80’s, with a very similar gain structure to a Marshall, but the tone section it just… I dunno, different. I run the bass wide open, and there’s a shift on the treble that says “pull thick” which is damn, it’s like John Wetton on King Crimson. I am fucking home. But it weighs So. Much. Argh.
Anyway. /blog
Post a link to some music through that beauty- let’s hear it!
I had a Mesa Boogie D-180 for years, but the distortion on it was just kind of buzzy and fuzzy, which always stuck me as odd, because the tube structure and gain stages were not unlike a Marshall? Except more? It was a beast, but really only clean.
By accident I stumbled on a Peavey Rock Master 120 watt guitar amp made in the early 80’s, with a very similar gain structure to a Marshall, but the tone section it just… I dunno, different. I run the bass wide open, and there’s a shift on the treble that says “pull thick” which is damn, it’s like John Wetton on King Crimson. I am fucking home. But it weighs So. Much. Argh.
Anyway. /blog
Post a link to some music through that beauty- let’s hear it!
@ardgedee I got this amp from the talkbass classifieds (the cab i found locally). I agree, it's a great resource. Knowing that Andy still does factory service on the Genz-Benz amps was a big factor in getting this. I was seriously looking at the Mesa Subway amps, but nobody near me carries them and used postings for the smaller 350 i'd get isn't much cheaper than new.
@devilsrancher The tube on this doesn't give much breakup, at least with my pj bass and initial testing. I was able to get it pretty gritty through headphones, but i'm going to play around with some pedals to see what a little extra drive does. The EQ range is really useful, it's going to fun to play with on different basses.
That Rock Master sounds cool, never heard of that one.
That Rock Master sounds cool, never heard of that one.
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They sound fantastic. Watt is wearing a wool jacket designed like the Prisoner jacket, his sister gave it to him.
Packed house, but somehow not the same without @ba here this time.
Packed house, but somehow not the same without @ba here this time.
Be seeing him.
Excellent.