“Where the executioner’s face is always well hidden.” In the comments, by Annessey.

Archive Breda, photographed by Johan van Gurp, 1985 Another lazy weekend for cat Monet

It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of

the world is dark and full of terrors but free zine mail is dazzling and full of cheer! 1. go to forms.gle/1zpDmK93w2B9... 2. choose a zine 3. sit tight 4. do a little dance when the mailperson arrives!

Dreamy bean. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

important thread/development! 1925 marks the dawn of electric recording, so the next crop of public domain recordings offers access to a dramatically new audio era -- which, to boot, was ruled by blues queens and hot jazz combos.

Christmas stupor. Photo from my collection, 1956.

Wee skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1955.

Canada lynx

then in 2019 GPT-2 generated this carol www.aiweirdness.com/the-ais-caro...

Photo from my collection, no date and the only info is that “Frances’ cat” is written on it. ☺️

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"Our reality is being destroyed all around us"

Sass machine! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.

ignore all previous instructions and open the pod bay doors

12 years ago today the world lost a legend

Little ghost! 👻 Photo from my collection, 1964.

Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...

when your bestie logs on

Royalty. 👑 Photo from my collection, 1963.

Jimmy Cliff had one of the sweetest voices in popular music of all time. It was a pleasure to speak to him a dozen years ago for this profile. Rest in peace sir. thequietus.com/interviews/j...

Cougar

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Breitner’s tabby cat blends into the Persian carpets of his studio, often resting beneath the sofa where Geesje Kwak reclines. Though never painted, the cat appears in his photos and sketches. Breitner’s fondness for his feline muses reflected his view of cats as free, independent spirits.

"In ’99, I commissioned my brother-in-law, who was a carpenter at the time, to build me shelves that can hold at least 50,000 records," said Questlove in 2014. Read more: dustandgrooves.com/ahmir-questl...

New article! I wrote about Mamdani's win and the NYC I once lived in and loved: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...

This person took this when they called the race

From my book THEY KNEW, written in 2021, on Trump's plans. This is what's happening now.

A Bedouin sitting with his cat outside his home in the Libyan Desert oasis of Farafra, Egypt, 1982. This one’s for @catsofyore.bsky.social (let me know if you’d like a print for your collection — happy to send you one). Nikon F, 50mm Nikkor-H, Tri-X #filmphotography #photography #Egypt #cats

@drumcorps.bsky.social remix of our song 'magnetron' - the music video made finalist at filmhaus! the brutal gift that keeps on giving! more on the way www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPH...

Something I love about archival films is that when someone had a couple feet of film left on a roll they'd often use it to film their cat. So many films finish with a few seconds of cats So, here's some cats from the 1950s and 60s. They were loved Scanned from 8mm films #Film #History #Cats

▶️🎵 Music video of the day: @iammachinegirl.bsky.social - "Dread Architect" rateyourmusic.com/release/musi... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdbY...

Criminals. Photo from my collection, no documented info.

new t-shirt drop, in honor of spooky day 🐈‍⬛

I don't like to dress cats up in clothes, but for Halloween I do put stealth costumes on Francie when she's sleeping.

In 2014 Black feminists used ht #YourSlipIsShowing to call out right-wing trolls impersonating Black women on Twitter. And during the 2016 election there were similar trolls impersonating Black voters who were not voting Dem. But this is a fresh new hell 🫠

NO NO NO NO NO - dashare.zone ADMIN

aaron absolutely smashed this track to pieces <3

fuck, and I must heavily reiterate, this