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

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997

Forgot to post some High on Fire at the time, but they were monstrous (in the best possible way)

It's that time of year again and my top artists are: 1. High on Fire 2. @shura.gg 3. @deathvalleygirls.bsky.social 4. @thisisdeepseadiver.bsky.social 5. @cmatbaby.bsky.social I've had the privilege of seeing 3 of them live this year. Very different gigs, but all were amazing.

Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...

it's a secret so don't tell anyone, but I painted an orange last year

Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

As I left the beach earlier, there was someone in the shallows, swimming in the moonlight. It must’ve been ice cold but I can understand the lure of the shining path out to sea. youtu.be/z4Ig-85bZfw

Possum jar in progress

stop thinking right now

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Mdou Moctar - “Live at Smokey’s Wedding – Agadez” filmed by Nelson Antonio Espinal full video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Pf... stream / purchase 'Funeral For Justice' : lnk.to/ffjustice stream / purchase 'Tears For Injustice' " mdoumoctar.mat-r.co/injustice

The day is finally here; my new album ‘Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark’ is out right now! DIGITAL: ffm.to/gweniferraym... PHYSICAL: gweniferraymond.bandcamp.com ffm.bio/lastnightihe...

In three days...

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, LotR, Marvel.

I increasingly feel certain that the thing that has driven politics insane is the growing ability of people to find ways to validate their beliefs, no matter how incorrect and irrational. It started in right-wing media but has become central to all political discussion.

Just got back from @thisisdeepseadiver.bsky.social and hot damn, that was amazing! The band are fantastic, top to bottom, but those drums and the energy! Those beautiful guitar tones and little squalls of noise! Absolutely delicious, and my ears ate it up. Everyone - go see them.

Wooo - @shura.gg at Bush Hall, tonight! Let's go! 🙌

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

The synchronous fireflies are beginning their annual light show in the Great Smoky Mountains right about now. And like an insatiable thirst, my soul aches to be there.

firstly thank you to the person reading this. you. 6 years is a long time. but here we are. doing this again. somehow. thank you for preordering, presaving, sharing, listening & crying 😭 & of course to my family, fronds and the amazing humans that helped make this albom ⚔️🍃🧡

SHE HATH LANDED. there’s no way to summarise 6 years of my life and making this record in a single post but an attempt will be made! i’m so happy that this album gets to exist in your ears as it has done in mine for quite some time.

I Got Bored and Painted the Three Amigos Blue Shadow Song #martinshort #stevemartin #chevychase

This bird is trying to break into my house

Starmer's language was deplorable. It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy. But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵

Johnny Marr's advice for aspiring musicians, reposted from the excellent @epidemicsound.bsky.social

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

I love this man

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

Everyone's favourite dromaeosaur.

In memory of the great and unforgettable Pete Shelley, born April 17, 1955 Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video) #punk #punks #punkrock #peteshelley #buzzcocks #history #punkrockhistory

Kurt Vonnegut man

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Very, VERY rare to witness men—especially wealthy white men—talk so openly about grief and suffering. Have long appreciated this moving aspect of who @stephencolbert.bsky.social is. 🖤🖤

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

"Don't Be a Sucker" by the US War Department (1947) The film follows a young American, drawn in by a speaker promising an end to jobs for minorities and removing foreigners. He encounters a Hungarian professor who explains this is how Nazis grab power for themselves. archive.org/details/Dont...

GNU Terry Pratchett. #Speakhisname

Such a great album. I'm not sure he got the recognition he deserved, but he's definitely a huge inspiration and one of my all-time guitar heroes.

Findings from publicly funded research should be publicly available.

🌷trash🌷 (2020)

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money. I'm not 100% sure and it's a bit random, but I think it was...

It's very important that you tell someone in your life that might not know how cool the B-52s were. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_E...

The lead prosecutor in the Eric Adams case has resigned over DOJ's order that the case be dismissed. "I expect you will eventually find someone who will be enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...