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1960 Dutch edition of The Hobbit. Bilbo's just a lil fella, one of the team!
Greatest cover of all time
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A man's cap with turned up cuff, of off-white linen embroidered in a pattern of rainbows arching over clouds with rain falling, with snails and caterpillars interspersed. In blue, green, yellow, red and pink silks and silver metallic yarns.
tumblr tag: "my heart goes out to this late 16th century guy born too soon for Lisa Frank"
also as an aside did anybody see that documentary on Lisa Frank? that was *wild*
source: https://www.si.edu/object...
also as an aside did anybody see that documentary on Lisa Frank? that was *wild*
source: https://www.si.edu/object...
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I hate every wave of the ocean.
-Charles Darwin to W. D. Fox 15 Feb 1836
Oh my God how I do hate species & varieties.
-Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 11 Mar 1858
I am very tired, very stomachy & hate nearly the whole world.
-Charles Darwin to Thomas Huxley, 10 Sep 1860
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything.
-Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1 Oct 1861
I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees.
-Charles Darwin to John Lubbock, 3 Sep 1862
I am languid & bedeviled & hate writing & hate everybody.
-Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker 23 Jun 1863
-Charles Darwin to W. D. Fox 15 Feb 1836
Oh my God how I do hate species & varieties.
-Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 11 Mar 1858
I am very tired, very stomachy & hate nearly the whole world.
-Charles Darwin to Thomas Huxley, 10 Sep 1860
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything.
-Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1 Oct 1861
I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees.
-Charles Darwin to John Lubbock, 3 Sep 1862
I am languid & bedeviled & hate writing & hate everybody.
-Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker 23 Jun 1863
source: https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha...
omg so same
Fckin bees 😡
Finally! I can say "I'm just like Charles Darwin!" and mean it!
“I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything” is my new auto reply.
For those interested, all of Darwin's correspondence has digitized and placed online for perusing: https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/full-edi...
@bencmeissner for over a decade I kept a framed photo of Darwin on my work desk with that quote at the bottom
@bencmeissner for over a decade I kept a framed photo of Darwin on my work desk with that quote at the bottom
The 1836 quote would've been written while he was still on the Beagle. He was a martyr to seasickness, despite the years he spent at sea
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Giant Marlboro cigarette lamp in a modern interior
Philip Morris's reception area.
Those Marlboro Miles finally paid off.
"Got a light?"
I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE
Title +++
It's a major award!
@MackReed Genuine lol!
One day when I was young, I went with my father and some relative to visit a used car lot a long way away from our house. This was the early 80s sometime and the lot was decorated with long streamers of multi-color flags. On one corner, the streamers were tied on just some light pole. But on the other, it was a giant pen. Fifteen feet tall, made of unpainted and rusted iron, it had a four foot wide circular base and was some kind of fancy pen that had obviously been welded up as an advertisement at some time in the past.
I decided then when I got rich, I would collect very large art versions of things and have a special museum built for them. I am still not rich, so you can't visit my museum yet.
I decided then when I got rich, I would collect very large art versions of things and have a special museum built for them. I am still not rich, so you can't visit my museum yet.
Representing about 5 years' income in Australia
@joffaboy "Pack a Marlboro reds, please."
"Yes, I have spoken to the bank."
"Yes, I have spoken to the bank."
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augh, I've seen this floating around and haven't been able to discover if it's authentic or not- it looks a little AI - but maybe I'm just using the wrong search terms
source: cinecitta2030 on the bad place
source: cinecitta2030 on the bad place
each nation would have to compete with native cheeses, and Italy would destroy with those enormous wheels of Parmesan
@wjcstp
Meanwhile the French would make an absolute mess of things with Brie and Roquefort
Meanwhile the French would make an absolute mess of things with Brie and Roquefort
mmmm, curling
@wjcstp and again it would fall to Ayrshire - the birthplace of curling - to save hapless team GB. A small wheel of Dunlop — a sweet-cream cheddar-like cheese of incredible bunginess — would bounce off everything
It is, indeed, AI. And apparently (as one would expect) something AI pretty much stole. https://www.msn.com/en-us...
Is this a one-off or part of a series? It doesn't have any of the branding developed for the '26 winter games so my charitable read is it's somebody unaffiliated, having fun with the imagery.
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A water reflection scene, with a small cloud broken up by wavelets.
upside down...
@bitslayer I shot it to be upside down. There is no cut off lower half to this photograph.
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close up of the frosted rear window of a car. The frost flowers are extremely large, and are almost forming a floral pattern of their own. Some of the crystals are slightly raised, and appear white with the reflected sunlight. Others are more flat, giving a grey or silver appearance.
frost flowers on the back window this morning. I felt bad clearing them off, but I like being able to see road hazards
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A Bob The Angry Flower comic, in which an odd-looking anthropomorphized flower explains a new user experience.
"Hello, Bob the Angry Flower customers! Welcome to your new FORCED UPDATE! Didn't ask for it? Don't want it? Ha! Too bad!"
"Everything looks different!"
"We hid your favorite stuff!"
"We crammed it with AI!"
"Hello, Bob the Angry Flower customers! Welcome to your new FORCED UPDATE! Didn't ask for it? Don't want it? Ha! Too bad!"
"Everything looks different!"
"We hid your favorite stuff!"
"We crammed it with AI!"
source: https://angryflower.com/1647...
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Post from blusky
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.so...
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
2:56 PM Feb 11, 2026
Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.so...
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
2:56 PM Feb 11, 2026
search result "AI Doctor"
Doctronic
CodyMD
not like
Doctronic
CodyMD
not like
AI didn't read.
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the dashboard of a 1980s Renault 5TL. The odometer shows 000012
source: https://www.vintag.es/2026...
Oops, forgot I owned a car...
Love the shift point markings.
Ugh, Renault 5. close the door again
@roonie what, they were great cars
@scruss Great, if you liked Renaults. Yes, they sold plenty but, 2 doors, tiny engine and this one appears to be a diesel.
Not wanting to shame anyone but this one's filthy and has papers scattered on the floor. The rego plates aren't even screwed on!
Not wanting to shame anyone but this one's filthy and has papers scattered on the floor. The rego plates aren't even screwed on!
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Panel 1:
Bob looks angular and digital and says: "Hello, Bob the Angry Flower customers! Welcome to your new FORCED UPDATE! Didn't ask for it? Don't want it? Ha! TOO BAD!"
Panel 2:
"Everything looks different!"
Angular/digital Bob is depicted.
Panel 3:
"We hid your favourite stuff!"
Image of many nested menus.
Panel 4:
"We crammed it with AI!"
Image of generic AI animated looking angry flower in a pot with the leaves shaped to look like arms.
Bob looks angular and digital and says: "Hello, Bob the Angry Flower customers! Welcome to your new FORCED UPDATE! Didn't ask for it? Don't want it? Ha! TOO BAD!"
Panel 2:
"Everything looks different!"
Angular/digital Bob is depicted.
Panel 3:
"We hid your favourite stuff!"
Image of many nested menus.
Panel 4:
"We crammed it with AI!"
Image of generic AI animated looking angry flower in a pot with the leaves shaped to look like arms.
source: https://angryflower.com/1647...
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Four panel comic.
Panel 1:
A fist grabs the handle of a sword that is in a stone.
Panel 2:
A muscle-bound figure lifts up the sword and lightning strikes it. Two hooded figures look on.
Panel 3:
One of the hooded figures says "Finally, a warrior with the strength to wield the sword of legacy code maintenance"
Panel 4:
The muscle-bound person is holding the sword and looks cartoonish now and says "The sword of what?"
Panel 1:
A fist grabs the handle of a sword that is in a stone.
Panel 2:
A muscle-bound figure lifts up the sword and lightning strikes it. Two hooded figures look on.
Panel 3:
One of the hooded figures says "Finally, a warrior with the strength to wield the sword of legacy code maintenance"
Panel 4:
The muscle-bound person is holding the sword and looks cartoonish now and says "The sword of what?"
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Computer-animation loop of a blue 12-lobed star-shaped blob absorbing and regurgitating itself like a 3-d asterisk
Added to /asterisk, of course.
source: https://www.tumblr.com/howloopy...
source: https://www.tumblr.com/howloopy...
Meanwhile, back at the cheeseball party,
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You've been seeing this fabulous person, now known as Nor, since they were tinier than you can make out in this image even at full zoom. It's time to order the physical print of this photo so we have it on hand for round SIXTEEN in March, and I realized that (I think) I forgot to share it here last year! Stay tuned for the next one soon.
This is such a fantastic idea.
@bencmeissner What you said!!
Oh, I love this idea!
I did this with iPads for each of my kids birthdays but yours has turned out much better!
@3rdparty the very first one of ours was with an ipad too!
Happy belated quinceañera, Nor!
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head of vlad the impaler on an inhaler
*smh*
*nathanfillionconsideringinterruptingandthenreconsideringgif*
Ventepes
damn it
But why not both
Vlad the inhaler.
hahah
@d09m4t1c albutepes if your get the generic
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The view from a Zoom meeting: a dark gray background with two people in the meeting. The video screens are stacked one on the other. The upper person's video screen is completely black, with a small, red crossed-out-microphone icon that indicates they are muted. The label on the screen says "God" in small, white letters. The lower video screen shows a girl with long dark hair and a dark short-sleeved shirt. She is in a small room with a few dimly visible posters on the wall. The entire scene is rendered in shades of pale blue that suggest a dark room lit only by a computer screen. Her name is displayed as "Margaret", and there is a green border around her video screen, indicating that she is speaking. Someone familiar with classic children's novels will recognize this as a reference to the book "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret", by Judy Blume, whose birthday is today. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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The bible verse that got me through school
[On a white board] Lunch 11:35
[On a white board] Lunch 11:35
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A black and white screen print of an image of Uncle Sam using his left hand to roll up his sleeves on his right arm with the clear intention of using fisticuffs. His vest is made of stars and his pants are made of stripes. To the top right are the words "ICE OUT of MN". In the lower right are an image of the Nazi flag, an ICE agent and two KKK members in full hoods.
A designer friend made this poster and some stickers.
I'll bury in this post two things: (1) ICE is still here, terrorizing the city; news reports of drawdowns or them leaving "within days" are bogus.
(2) I made a suggestion to the Minneapolis Institute of Art that they should hold an exhibition of community art, like in this post, after the occupation is over and we told fascism to go fuck itself.
I'll bury in this post two things: (1) ICE is still here, terrorizing the city; news reports of drawdowns or them leaving "within days" are bogus.
(2) I made a suggestion to the Minneapolis Institute of Art that they should hold an exhibition of community art, like in this post, after the occupation is over and we told fascism to go fuck itself.
We could also make a hell of a compilation album of protest songs.
There was a nasty crash a couple of miles from me yesterday when ice chased someone through a residential neighborhood and destroyed their car, the driver taken away by ambulance. Indeed, nothing has calmed down yet.
There was a nasty crash a couple of miles from me yesterday when ice chased someone through a residential neighborhood and destroyed their car, the driver taken away by ambulance. Indeed, nothing has calmed down yet.
@wjcstp Hell yes! A protest album would be fantastic.
I've noticed that finding current videos/photos of protests & ICE in MN has gotten extremely difficult, even ones I know exist. The algorithm killers have suuuuure turned up preventing news getting out there. :(
Which makes this morning's news even more doubtful - please keep us updated on how many ICE agents actually remain behind after they end their "surge".
Which makes this morning's news even more doubtful - please keep us updated on how many ICE agents actually remain behind after they end their "surge".
@williwaw I'm not on social media but I've heard that as well.
I haven't watched the press conference yet, but yes, the general consensus around here so far is "we'll believe it when we see it for our own eyes and then still keep watching and protecting our neighbors". We are certainly not stupid enough to believe the folks who continually lie about basically everything.
I haven't watched the press conference yet, but yes, the general consensus around here so far is "we'll believe it when we see it for our own eyes and then still keep watching and protecting our neighbors". We are certainly not stupid enough to believe the folks who continually lie about basically everything.
Putting this here for the record: ice is very much active today, a day after the press conference full of lies.
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Epstein survivors who haven't had chance to meet with DOJ to raise hands as AG Bondi testifies
All the Epstein survivors in the room stand up and raise their hands when asked to do so if they've not been asked to meet with the DOJ as Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. on February 11, 2026. The man holding his hand up is Virginia Guieffe's brother. When twice asked to look at the victims, Bondi refused to do so, and just took a sip of her water or started yelling about stock market numbers.
photo by Roberto Schmidt
****If you live in a state where many of these crimes took place, reach out to your state reps! There's plenty of power in states and municipalities doing their own investigating that is apparently, as opined by those who know more than I do how things work, being under-utilized. Even if you're cynical about anything happening *cough Florida cough*.
photo by Roberto Schmidt
****If you live in a state where many of these crimes took place, reach out to your state reps! There's plenty of power in states and municipalities doing their own investigating that is apparently, as opined by those who know more than I do how things work, being under-utilized. Even if you're cynical about anything happening *cough Florida cough*.
In the last few days a number of women in Congress have been on video or audio talking about what they saw in the unredacted files. Every single one of them, from both parties - including fucking Lauren Boebert - were furious and horrified. Many of them had been crying and were barely keeping it together to not cry again. Some seemed outright traumatized.
And yet this woman, who has seen *all* of the files, has had the most despicable, morally reprehensive, and unprofessional behavior from a witness I think I've ever seen in a Congressional hearing. She puts even Kavanagh to shame with her theatrics, DARVOing, and outright arrogant ignoring of questions. She truly is Trump's Ghislaine Maxwell.
And yet this woman, who has seen *all* of the files, has had the most despicable, morally reprehensive, and unprofessional behavior from a witness I think I've ever seen in a Congressional hearing. She puts even Kavanagh to shame with her theatrics, DARVOing, and outright arrogant ignoring of questions. She truly is Trump's Ghislaine Maxwell.
The moment @williwaw is referring to: https://youtu.be/nVyN4Fsj...
I’ve never been prouder of my awesome congresswoman, nor more disgusted by the duplicitous shittiness of a criminal-enabling Trump lickspittle.
I’ve never been prouder of my awesome congresswoman, nor more disgusted by the duplicitous shittiness of a criminal-enabling Trump lickspittle.
@williwaw +++
@MackReed And as vile as Bondi's behavior was, the bravery of those women behind her for standing up and being there created an incredible contrast.
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MY BODY IS A MACHINE meme edited to be about Discord.
Original image is a skeleton squatting with a barbell. The image is edited to have the Discord logo over the skull.
It reads:
My body is a
MACHINE
that turns
Image from Discord which reads “Quick deletion: Identity documents submitted to our vendor partners are deleted (quickly)– in most cases, immediately after age confirmation.
into
Image of a head line which reads “70,000 government IDs leaked in Discord data breach”
Original image is a skeleton squatting with a barbell. The image is edited to have the Discord logo over the skull.
It reads:
My body is a
MACHINE
that turns
Image from Discord which reads “Quick deletion: Identity documents submitted to our vendor partners are deleted (quickly)– in most cases, immediately after age confirmation.
into
Image of a head line which reads “70,000 government IDs leaked in Discord data breach”
I'm already looking for alternatives. So far, Stoat and Matrix are on the short list. Any other suggestions?
@Xedrik irc?
@Xedrik a coworker setup a hosted Matrix + Element on a linod server that he likes except the noise suppression on voice calls isn't great.
Stoat is being hugged to death. Not sure if they will wind up being a good alternative, but it is taking days for them to send out the email verification links.
Matrix seems to be okay, but I can't imagine non dorks feeling too happy with it. They make you verify sessions and such between devices and flag unverified sessions which results in it always seeming like there is some kind of security nightmare happening.
Matrix seems to be okay, but I can't imagine non dorks feeling too happy with it. They make you verify sessions and such between devices and flag unverified sessions which results in it always seeming like there is some kind of security nightmare happening.
@Xedrik IRC: https://www.neatnik.net/setting-...
IRCv3 has been adding many modern chat elements, like emoji reactions and easier replies.
IRCv3 has been adding many modern chat elements, like emoji reactions and easier replies.
A few of us sort of jokingly suggested IRC, but we have several users in our friends group who already struggle to keep up on Discord, so I worry that might be just too much. And, we've come to rely on certain features like posting images, and scrolling way back in chat history, which I honestly don't know if modern IRC supports or not. I'll admit, it's been 30 years since I've used IRC, so much may have changed!
It took us literally years to get our old people to understand using Discord instead of Facebook was not going to ruin their phones or be so confusing they wouldn't be able to participate in discussions. I'm so tired. 😞
@Xedrik Honestly not joking about IRC.
Check out https://www.neatnik.net/setting-... to see how easy it is to set up and host an IRCv3 server that supports message history (no bouncer required), emoji recations, image uploads, and other IRCv3 features.
After that, it's as simple as recommending a good IRC app with decent IRCv3 feature support, like https://goguma.im (my daily driver) or https://halloy.chat
IRC today has far surpassed what IRC was decades ago.
And, while setting up and managing a server is a bit more difficult than moving to someone else's service, owning your own community will prevent surprises in the future (like what Discord is doing right now).
Check out https://www.neatnik.net/setting-... to see how easy it is to set up and host an IRCv3 server that supports message history (no bouncer required), emoji recations, image uploads, and other IRCv3 features.
After that, it's as simple as recommending a good IRC app with decent IRCv3 feature support, like https://goguma.im (my daily driver) or https://halloy.chat
IRC today has far surpassed what IRC was decades ago.
And, while setting up and managing a server is a bit more difficult than moving to someone else's service, owning your own community will prevent surprises in the future (like what Discord is doing right now).
@macmanx hmm: 34 steps, including DNS setup and cryptic weird shit like "established network name" (wot?) ... is this a "just use linux!" thing?
(I've been a Linux user since 1995. I realized that about quarter of the way through, I stopped understanding what each stage did, so I'd be copypasting stuff I didn't understand.)
(I've been a Linux user since 1995. I realized that about quarter of the way through, I stopped understanding what each stage did, so I'd be copypasting stuff I didn't understand.)
@scruss Yep, small price to pay for owning your own community, still easier than it was decades ago. Not cryptic if you move from step 1 to step 2, and so on.
oh ffs
@scruss Sorry, that was a bit rude of me, but you also could have just not drive-by shat on my attempt at a helpful comment.
Seems like that’s happening more in general around here anyway.
Seems like that’s happening more in general around here anyway.
@macmanx wasn't a drive by. I'm thinking of my own Discord community of ageing C64 users. "Where's the + add media button?", "How do I see all the threads on a server?", "Where have my PMs gone?" would be the sort of questions users would ask if we moved to IRC.
The technical part is not the work. The cultural part is everything.
The technical part is not the work. The cultural part is everything.
@scruss IRCv3 has media uploads and threads, and and the IRCv3 server in the guide full message and PM history. I mentioned that in the comment. I guess, obviously, they don’t transfer from Discord if that’s your point, but nowhere transfers from Discord.
If you want to stay on Discord, that’s cool, but shitting on Discord alternatives because they aren’t Discord, when people are considering moving away from Discord isn’t the answer.
If you want to stay on Discord, that’s cool, but shitting on Discord alternatives because they aren’t Discord, when people are considering moving away from Discord isn’t the answer.
Not like us.