can't stop thinking about this local street art i stumbled across today

There’s the old allegory where all the mice get together &say “something has to be done about this cat, he’s killing so many of us.” & a younger mouse says, “What if we put a bell on the cat?” & everyone thinks that’s a great idea. & one of the older mice says, “Which one of us will put it there?”

The Hobbit, acrylic on canvas

Birthday Gift for a nephew

Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵) Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM. Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

when you set out on a journey of self-discovery, dig two graves

"If they come for us in the morning, they will come for you in the night" Sticker spotted in Seattle

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

Hey artist! Quote with something dramatic 🎭 Dramatic is kind of my whole vibe so for once I had to stop and consider what to pick for one of these QRT things, but I went with something happy-dramatic since it seemed like the last few were darker :)

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

words of wisdom from moon

You used to be able to "inspect element" in this country. You used to be able to download video

YOU JUST GOT IMMOBILIZED REPOST TO IMMOBILIZE YOUR WEAK MINDED FRIENDS

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

Snail helm is go

good shit www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaPP...

@skullpiratemike.bsky.social you were respectful and tried admirably to say your piece, but you can't reach people who aren't open to listening to you, and their comments are more about their own insecurities and projections than they are about you

“We are approaching an average of 5 infections per person since pandemic onset.” This level of exposure has significant implications, given the millions of people infected, the toll of long Covid, and the quickly growing knowledge of long-term damage from infection.”

This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)

Spending time & money trying to find a “cause” or “cure” for autism is not just a waste of resources—it is actively harmful. It makes up a large amount of the research that has been done historically. It still makes up most of the budget for autism research now. autisticadvocacy.org/debunking-au...

Hey #portfolioday! I'm Kim, a fantasy artist in gaming and publishing who loves light and mood. Currently I work primarily on Magic: The Gathering and am actively seeking more book cover work! Portfolio: kimsokol.com

Reminded of this today for no reason

Kobold tools

in honour of the new year and whatever hopes you might have for what lies ahead: the best art advice available on this whole internet:

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

so another thing that Serpico captures really well is that people with the kind of integrity and stubbornness needed to be dissidents or idealists in corrupt institutions are often kind of hard to get along with.

They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab

We as a society did Ahmed Best so fuckin dirty, man.

Remember the reason for the season

still my favorite christmas post

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

For #MuppetMonday, let's have some Statler and Waldorf flashbacks! #1: Statler, Waldorf and Fozzie in the TV series THE PRISONER! Mixed media on 9 X 12" bristol board.

I will die for you, A 4-Hour Long Video Essay on A Theme Park.

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

To Get a Man's Attention, Meow Harder

lmao

This, by Glenn Baxter, is my favorite comic of all time.

What I’ve been trying to point out for years now is that there is a money maker behind this sentiment, invested in it staying set this way. You can’t have billion dollar industry forcing autistic children to mask without scaring everyone about autism first

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/

This is the best explainer on what Lovecraft’s elder gods actually do to your mind—they don’t instantly drive you insane, they force you to comprehend the futility of human society. He uses covid lockdown as an example. It’s brilliant.