Mike Mignola.

silhouette looks like someone trying to get the most out of their toothpaste

Ansel Adams Television Antenna, Moon, Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii, c. 1952

This looks excellent.

Jim Crow Didn't Die. It Went to Law School. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

This is a cold civil war. There is no more territory to expand as a release valve, there’s no Kansas-Nebraska Acts and more Indians to force onto reservations; the only frontiers are inward and slave power is forcing its hand to tilt the scales while it still can.

Shall we set about some revels?

Kellae and His Perplexing Cabinet of Mysteries, 1894 digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ddc51...

Reactions to gunfire at the Correspondents' Dinner ranged from taking active shooter selfies to eating a salad like nothing happened

Folks can’t afford homes or healthcare. Jobs lost to AI. Economy on tilt while one-percenters feast. White House gone full Orwell. Media neutered. Science devalued. Climate broken. Our neighbors look on in disappointment. That malaise you’re feeling? It isn’t unique. We’re all feeling it.

Spoiler: it does.

What The Guardian Got right. www.therebooting.com/p/the-guardi... The key: "A voluntary contribution model that has attracted 700,000 supporters, 500,000 of them recurring. Reader revenue has grown 35% a year for the past two years." And now they have a bigger audience than the Washington Post.

My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.

I have seen no coverage of this in the Anglophone news media.

Gibbous Titan - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/d7ydN9

He hates comedy because it speaks truth to power & a malignant narcissist can't handle that. Period. End of story. With many thanks to: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @latenightseth.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

And then they cry for being called fascists.

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) "Farm, Washhouse, Osny", 1883 Oil on Canvas, 73 × 54 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Saturn, Mimas and Dione - Cassini, 2009 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mJmU4n

ANDY GRIFFITH talks in 1972 about the possibility of celebrity power being turned into political power. Although he’s talking about the excellent A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) - this is about as prescient as it comes.

Well done sir, they're calling it your best interview yet

“The moral and strategic heart of the defense of liberal democracy doesn’t beat in Washington,” our columnist David French writes. “It’s in Kyiv, where a courageous leader and a courageous people have picked up the torch America has dropped.”

This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”

currently...

Happy birthday Al Pacino 🎂 📷 Irving Penn, 1995 “With rare, sweet stealth, he has insinuated himself as one of our great actors. He is so much more accessible and beguiling than De Niro or Hoffman.” - David Thomson

Bonsoir (Naomi Watts - 'Mulholland Drive')

Dark thoughts on a gloomy day. Feeling very Victorian horror.

David Guttenfelder, Boys playing football in an abandoned swimming pool, Afghanistan, 2006

Ella Fitzgerald by Yale Joel for Life, 1958 "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them." - Ira Gershwin www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJXO...

But we are all in the hands of the Gods

Mommy is ready for you, but are you ready for mommy? #mommy #mom #milf #milfy #domme #hotwife #naked

I’m not sure any film of the last decade tackled abuse and mental illness with as much depth and directness as Joker (2019) did. Phoenix deserved every ounce of that Oscar.

Cassanda Peterson (Elvira)

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

@daniellexxvv showing off her workout skills #asian #nude #naturaltits #asaintits #nakedworkout #nudeworkout

Sharing this update also… apologies for any confusion…

Pope Leo turned the question around like the boss he is.

Moulin Rouge (2001) Director Baz Luhrmann

It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.

Cherry trees in Kyoto. Not a subtle signal.

🎬 Goosebumps all over and pure nostalgia with Bishop's knife trick in "Aliens" (1986). Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton in James Cameron's masterpiece! "Hey, what are you doing, man?" 💀 #Aliens #Horror #16mmInferno

To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there’s naught beyond.

“Are you concerned about insider trading on these prediction markets re: the war?” TRUMP: “The world is a casino. It is what it is.” 🤷🏼 And there you have it, folks!

“As the NYU psychologist @jayvanbavel.bsky.social has pointed out, online conversations prize and reward negativity and out-group animosity, which convert people who might otherwise enjoy (or tolerate) one another’s presence in a bar or office into antagonists.”