Nate Silver wrote a post-mortem on the business side of FiveThirtyEight and there's probably all kinds of stuff people will argue with but an interesting upshot seems to be that on big media balance sheets having a Really Really Popular Website still counts for fuck-all

While this dichotomy applies broadly to an idea like "What world do you build? 'Relevant' dystopia or 'escapist' utopia/funhouse?" I think there's more to it than just reflect or distract: art can push audience's minds into a space where they learn skills and habits of thought that'll help survive.

its a lot more fun to yell that something's over the line than to say where the line is

"You Really Should Shut Up" acrylic paint, resin, mixed media

there was a tiger under the stairs

riae

What is it like to serially announce political positions that are trivially obvious to everyone you hang out with irl and then they go viral? Is that a fulfilling hobby?

red ninja house

I remember guys like that writing similar wishes to me, back when I lived in a city that was bombed by Russia on a regular basis.

a very small painting

another day another 4chan nazi recommending i specifically be murdered

BlueSky is the only platform where people will complain about my art being ‘sexualised’ omg get a grip… even if that were true, u guys realise sex and sexuality are not Bad right. It’s okay to have body parts and to draw desirable characters like

Alan Moore made every single comic book ever made seem worse then Grant Morrison made every single comic book ever made seem better

is she reflecting

in this very serious french cop show, the provincial police chief is a grumpy middle-aged woman who likes death metal, the detective is a hot trans blonde and when they make the conspiracy wall they cut out the victim's head like a little valentine

a wild guy, and crazy

steve martin

one of the great sadnesses of my life is realizing you can twist yourself into knots and try to be as clear of a communicator as possible... and some people will just always be determined to feel resentful and angry at you and misinterpret what you say, no matter what.

annabelle at the piano

i would simply resolve all cinematic anxieties by watching The Phoenician Scheme

if this is supposed to be a crazy book-hoarder house i have terrible news for me

if you don't wanna talk about a thing, don't don't type it into the talking about things website

Alektra twerking on her best friend while urging me to call me ex

i love this painting

more alektra in the hotel

a number of increasingly common gestures people feel the need to use to express that what they usually are or hear is default full of shit--realtalk let me be real for a second "that's real" real keeping it real mask-off truth

alektra blue et al in the hard rock hotel

alektra blue in vegas

‘The Trump administration has told consular officers not to issue visas to applicants who have worked on fact-checking, combating misinformation, online safety or content moderation – activities it characterises as “censorship”.’ @jameeljaffer.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Do people not know that was/is a thing? It's like the only thing half of Bluesky does

The thing about the sex conspiracy is that it was full of people whose public profile was not sexy. Thats why they had to make an evil island to fuck on.

Painting of pg 20 from Pictures of What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel, Gravity's Rainbow by Zak Smith

Portrait of Marie Henneberg https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28500

NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium. Even the commentators can’t hide it…

They EXPEDITED the deportation hearing of the 5 year old in the Spider-Man backpack with the parents who are here legally and have no record. They decided they NEEDED TO DO IT FASTER. We are in Hell.

"Trafficking" was an absolutely intentional & successful rebrand by the right of their longstanding anti-prostitution crusade to regain liberal support on the issue by reframing sex workers as unwilling dupes. That image had taken a beating due to 90s feminism & vocal porn actors on the internet

Ah, if it isn't my old foe once again

Bluesky if you're good for anything you should be good for RTing

man if you like insane things read '70s House of Mystery

If you want to change Bluesky’s default moderation settings, go to your moderation settings on the web - bsky.app/moderation. Apple limits adult-content controls inside iOS apps, so you won’t see those options on the iPhone app itself. 1/2

penny with coffee mug (big version) acrylic paint on paper

maybe its funny if you *didn't* spend the last 10 years warning everyone this would happen?

stop sucking the elephant's dick

penny w coffee mug

Anthony Lister has been released from jail after 5 fucking years because of some bullshit accusations, I am glad to hear it. Now who wants to write the story about how this keeps happening?

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

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