Blind Alley No. 432

Oracle of Delphi: 2 Rich despots: 0

King Croesus of Lydia:

A classic Wondermark from 20 (or 2000????) years ago Wondermark #176; In which Satan enjoys Matzoh

The things I felt when I realized this was the Earth and not the Moon

strange naval transport helicopter

more tan sketchbook shenanigans

Fr. Paolo Benanti to Pope Leo XIV

the gnome

"the power of Righteousness in our hearts, seeking the livelihood of others as well as our selves, hath drawn forth our bodies to begin to dig, and plough, in the Commons and waste Land" art by the beloved @selkiebosun.bsky.social

Kiss Diarchy at capacity

"look sam, we're gargoyles!" "actually max, we're grotesques. gargoyles have drainage or a fountain in them that makes them shoot water out of their mouths" "ooh! so like that one time with the giant anaconda and the fire hose!"

I always smile when I remember this 900 year old Sam & Max fanart, carved into some old twelfth century church in england

Economic Order Quietly Shelved As Numbers Behave Differently Now bit.ly/4d3Gj6O

whenever i see people gloat about how they "don't use references" for art i just think about this bit from sam and max

I can't believe I might be in part responsible for this

wessex defeating the invading danes is proof that autism is better at war than adhd

"THE TECHNICOLOR ROAR OF THE SLIPSTREAM"

Realised I should post & talk about more Black Swan Ace stuff. Here's the #art that showed up in the comic PDF. #blackswanace

15,000 followers on twitter 🎉

When you have the verified checkmark on Bluesky they let you drone-strike one annoying reply-er a day. I usually wait until evening to be sure to I’m picking the worst one.

It’s nice to have a ride from the airport but I’d also like a little respect.

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

To recycle an old twitter take, there's something very funny to me about seeing people give ancient mesopotamian creation myths a mediocre score on goodreads.

Blind Alley No. 422

Lo Rainard de Fois, Segnor de Montalhon

TIL I learned that the ratatouille dish was created in Occitania

Réveillez vous, picards! Picards et Bourguignons! Apprenez la manière d'avoir de bons bâtons.

15th century poem by Oswald von Wolkenstein listing the 12 types of drunkard

Life moves so fast. Take a breath and slow things down, like a group of people walking five abreast at the airport.

How a Samurai shall be armed-Western Japan ca. 1580

Samurai from the Genpei Wars, during the Late Heian Era

How a Samurai Shall be Armed, Genpei Wars

modern warfare is so uniquely horrifying because it is unbelievably totalitarian in its destructiveness but not really any more effective at achieving political objectives than when you just gave ten thousand guys muskets and told them to walk into the other ten thousand guys

Blind Alley No. 421

Season of love, season of change

Fortress Demon, a major Commonwealth military installation on Jan Mayen in the North Atlantic

The administration is the enemy of heaven.

There's so much I haven't posted here on bluesky yet lol, here's some sketches for my Song of the Albigensians comic project

Winnie on her lunch break

When you have an audience or a business you have to ensure that you always provide a lot more value to people than you extract from them. If you don't then, long term, it all breaks down. Young people I talk to today...they feel like the whole entire world has broken this contract with them.

A python's heart grows up to 40% bigger within 48 hours of eating a meal. Researchers found that their blood had a specific cocktail of fatty acids that turns their blood milky white. When researchers injected a low dose of this mixture into mice (carefully and over time) the mice hearts grew too!

genAI is dying repost to make it die faster

Clawdbot, here's all my personal data, now go visit all dating sites and find me the perfect woman. englishliterature.net/isaac-asimov...

Liu Bei speaking in Comic Sans is the greatest thing I have ever seen

Imagine being the guy who played Deedlit in the record of lodoss war game and seeing how bad everyone wants to fuck your D&D character for decades after

sketch of a commonwealth bodyguard armed with one of those weird calico guns