“The scheme provides unconditional, regular payments to eligible artists and creative workers, allowing them to focus on their practice without the pressure of commercial viability.” “A cost-benefit analysis by Alma Economics found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 in return.”

I will never not repost this (Sound on for maximum effect)

Sharktober: 07. Tropical Shark 🌴 A zebra shark. 🦓 You might think: Hey Elli, this shark doesn't look like a zebra at all! - Just look up juvenile zebra sharks. #sharktober #sharktober2025 #digitalart

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

I have been blessed! (Excuse the photo quality; it's hard to take a pic of your own shoulder without moving too much)

Comic

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

[my local beach is building post-season berms] Guy:"What's with all the diggin'?" Lifeguard letting the digger through: "Oh, yanno, it's a thing they do for the winter. Makes a barrier; just gives the storms something to crash on that's not, like, the town..." (NOTE: read in a New England accent)

I don't yet have candy corn in the house & this can't start eating it the second it ticks over into being October this year, so I guess this guy'll have to do

How did you spend your Tuesday? I spent the day manually queueing over 300 Halloween posts to run throughout the month of October on my Tumblr. Basically nobody follows me on social media anywhere; this is for me. I have no regrets. 👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇🕸️👻🎃🦇

The problem with spending all weekend at a maritime folk festival is now the inside of my head is 80% shanty choruses by volume & will continue to be for the rest of the week

Hey. Hey, wtf just *clacked* against my window? I live on the top floor of a ≈6 story building surrounded by parking lot on all sides...

A primavera vem aí 🌷 #art #BRart

I am the gar I long and thin I have a jaw things fit within Yet sometimes shapes are wrong for head so do my best & lik the bread

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

Was listening to Pandora & kinda dozing off so I have no idea if I dreamed the ad I heard for a cryptocurrency online slots game/social platform or if that's a real thing & I don't wanna know if it is

TODAYBORDAY

Ring, ring! 🔔 Frank the 2-year-old puffin is having a blast with his bell enrichment. At just two, he’s full of playful energy and curiosity, perfect for testing out new toys! ✨ 📹: Keeper Kristyn

TFW you wanna post about a weirdass coincidence but to do so you'd have to dox yourself so you can't

Dear whoever is sitting at the red light outside my apartment making their motor go ruh-RRRRrrrrrr over & over again, it is THREE IN THE MORNING! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Sincerely, me

Forgot my apartment had people maintaining the brick of the building today; really glad I put on pants before walking past my windows earlier...

anyone else read "it doesn't hold up" and "it didn't age well" as two different criticisms? like, "holding up" is about enjoyment while "aging well" is about appropriateness.

They've started texting me now too, Paul. I should not know this much about your legal issues & debts, Paul. It's been, like, 4 years; get your shit together, Paul.

Who tf brought a BJ'S shopping cart over 3mi then went out of their way to walk through my apartment's parking lot to dump it near -but not in- our trash compactor?! I didn't even know there WAS a BJ'S around here; I had to look it up...

lemon sharks 🍋🦈

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

Happy crows 🐦‍⬛

begging, positively on my knees, sniveling, pleading for a return to the idea that the purpose of a company is to employ people to make goods and/or offer services.

I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it: This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.

On the one hand, I hate DCA in general. On the other hand, most of the bathrooms have stalls big enough to bring your carry-ons in with you & not be crowded, so...

Orange aficionado 🍊 #art #traditionalart #cuteart

"Our product creates such little value that it is simply not viable in the marketplace, not even as a niche product. Therefore, we must be allowed to unilaterally extract value from the work of others and convert that value into our profits."

Well damn. That was the easiest DC traffic I've ever experienced. Despite the fact it's /raining/!

LOONCAT

Little Ume, our endangered tapir calf, has loved meeting so many of you over the past two weekends! 🩷 This growing baby needs lots of rest, so she’s been catching plenty of zzz’s behind the scenes and in her habitat. 😴

magneto was right.

😱 NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! 🤯 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Witnessed a minor miracle today: the electrician said he'd be by Dad's house between 1 & 4 and he arrived at 1:05! (Which means we'll be able to go out to dinner tonight with my sister who's always busy! Yay!)

Here we go again! Our first baby emu of the year just hatched out! We will have a hatchwatch stream starting up soon :) 🪶

Idk about you, guy I saw at the airport, but I think wearing a shirt mocking the TSA when you're flying is maybe gonna get you an antagonistic attitude from airport security. (The shirt is also homophobic btw)

I can't wait for summer to come But not 'cause I think that it's fun; I eas'ly sunburn, From heat I adjourn, But autumn's here when it is done! Happy #NationalLimerickDay!

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Gotta love that I found out about the new pope being chosen because I've managed to train my Facebook to show me posts about the Chicago Cubs

Damn the band my LCS has out front for Free Comic Book Day is REALLY good!

Very pleased with the NFL draft this year. Not because I care about football, but because for the first time in years they didn't go horribly overtime & make me stay up almost an hour later than normal to watch the local news.

Funny how folks like to say that humanities degrees are “useless” while the world is being actively destroyed by people not knowing about history, ethics, media literacy, or how to think critically. But sure, tell me again how STEM alone will save us.

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