[nota bene: “The Roman author Aelian writes of a wealthy Iberian merchant who, puzzled by the gradual disappearance of the pickled fish stored in his well-stocked pantry, discovered it was being eaten bit by bit every night by an octopus that came up through the toilet.”]

If you're accused of being "all hat, no cattle," the solution isn't to get a bigger hat.

If you are a veteran, this kind of visible presence at anti-ICE protests is really valuable. These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.

This is fabulous because it is all, actually this stupid.

All real estate ads should be this good

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If I were a betting man, I'd give pretty good odds that we're going to attack Iran very soon. 3 will get you 5, it'll be this weekend.

This is delightful

Mnemonic for distinguishing the Rod of Asclepius vs Hermes’ caduceus/kerkeion: If the snakes be one, ‘tis Apollo’s son If the snakes be deuces, the son is Zeus’

Timeline cleansing

important message to all bluesky users

I don't want to stoke the fires, but I hope everyone with a functioning brain realizes that this is where we are now. According to local news and TV, the officer's name is Johnathan Ross. Following his fate will give you a good indication of how well (or poorly) our democracy is functioning.

A helpful guide to current American politics: All Republican accusations are actually confessions and all Democratic tough-talk is a just prelude to utter capitulation. Things need to change.

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

My adhd brain during your "let me explain things" speech

I spent an hour polishing my codpiece. No, that's not a metaphor!

Raise and raze are spelled differently, but pronounced the same. Do they count?

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Timeline cleanser.

"millennials yearn for nostalgia" "I know let's make a laxative called BlockBuster"

I just had a horrible thought. GenAI produces mediocre, flawed, but slick and glitzy slop. But what if that's what most people _want?_

I’m losing my goddamn mind

stop trying to make "future historians" happen. you can just say you've passed any hope of meaningful justice in this world onto an imagined secular afterlife. that's fine.

This is my favorite headcanon and it's a great example of how readers can offer a different reading of a text that the author never considered and did not intend, but is nonetheless validated by the text itself.

Deleted a repost of a thread. Looking closer, the person is comfortable sharing AI images & video. Was the thread also AI? Was it accurate? I’d rather not take the chance and share it. Journalists, keep this in mind. “Fun” AI videos & images undercut your credibility.

Thinking about it, in the film, the world in 2026 is a highly industrialized dystopia, where the poor are very poor and the rich are very rich, and the means by which the rich control the population is through an artificial intelligence with a human appearance... Hmm...

SANDWICH

Not even trying to hide it any longer.

Stop him? Good idea! But... HOW?

Screw you, slop-for-brains.

Renayrd - Stained glass collab with my bf. Tapestries will be available at NFC <3 [ #furryart #digitalart #stainedglass #art #illustration ]

"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"

"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.

Evergreen.

Look on the bright side! Maybe the Shah of Venezuela will be a kind and beloved leader.

I love tinkering. This is a little self-gasifying alcohol burner I made for backpacking. One fill will boil one quart of water. Soda can, copper tubing, bit of string for the internal wick, and some high-heat epoxy.

Canini!

The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.

Penny Arcade for January 2nd 2013, 13 years ago today! www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/0...

If you have time, read this article about medieval (and not medieval) dogs doing cute tricks!

Daily bunny no.3187 wants to be a robot

This was fantastic @laufman.bsky.social - such a great universe. Would make a great video game 👀 Really scratched an old school wind in the willows esque itch for me.

Part 10 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg Guillotine Earrings From France’s Reign of Terror

Part 116 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg 8800-year old ceramic horse. Han Dynasty

Anyone who has ever listened to Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW in LA will feel this in their hearts.

Happy New Year, everyone! This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.

Scandal: Socialist understands and acts upon Vimes' Boots theory.