This is Cape Canaveral - by Miroslav Šašek (1963). #wardsmorguefile

Depluralize a movie: Kramer

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.

Folks check on your friends that are fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are experiencing strange, foreign and confusing emotions

Once again 'tis the season for my annual endorsement of prosciutto on buttered matzo. (I won't eat chametz during Pesach but also don't keep kosher.) Set against the crisp texture of a flavorful matzo brand (such as well-charred Yehuda) the salty unctuousness of the charcuterie is a revelation.

We did our Easter Eggs with homemade natural dyes. Blueberry, cabbage, beets, matcha, onion skin and turmeric. Mysterious tones evoking nature and magic.

I'm disposed to like Prince, the twenty-six-year-old pansexual star of PURPLE RAIN, because he is, as a friend of mine put it, "the fulfillment of everything that people like Jerry Falwell say rock 'n' roll will do to the youth of America." (1984)

For your edification and enjoyment: a consideration of the font choices of 1990s Topps cards.

It’s not new but this photographic series of old computers is still exceptional. More here www.docubyte.com/projects/gui...

I have the perfect Procrustes joke for this thre

Es Con Field Hokkaido, home to the Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional baseball. Opened in 2023, this retractable roof stadium can hold 35,000 spectators.

Blue Shark, Prionace glauca, greyhound of the seas. #shark #cabinetofcurosities @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

Poster for the Milton Glaser solo exhibition at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris in 1977 Floating Pear (1968)

Small town vibes

Blowhard, 1995 Nylon and blower By Pat OlesKo #WhitneyBiennial

Fascinating to see the crew wetting the gravel trackway ahead of the crawler. This keeps dust down as the weight of assembly crushes the gravel to powder. This spares the workers involved in moving the rocket from potential silicosis.

Cover illustration to When Children Start Dating, by Edith G. Neisser. Illustrated by Janet La Salle. 1951. # 17 booklet in a series called "Better Living." This is from my own collection. #wardsmorguefile

I'm at a high school debate tourny, judging. The topic: possession of #nuclear weapons is immoral. Lots of back-and-forth in the rounds re: proxy wars, escalation, proliferation, etc. The kids are following the news and are starting to work an America - #Iran #war into their arguments in real time.

A contradiction in terms #travel #Belgium #europe

Medieval prince Elizabethan courtier Regency butler WWI soldier

I'm about to work the opening to closing 3 hour Sunday shift at the local library, just a few hours before a "potentially historic" blizzard hits town. If I live, I'm going to turn this experience into a spec script for the next Safdie brothers movie.

Die Hard With The Muppets

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

Ramadan starts tonight, so wishing all my friends and colleagues ṣawm maqbūl and Ramadan karim!

It just struck me that newspaper comic strips were sort of proto-posting: you come up with a joke every single day and eventually you either mellow out or become completely insane

Trying a project where I draw as many objects at the Met as possible. Here is (most of) Room 300

WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏

Probably the most famous alum of Shady Side Academy (also in Pittsburgh for those unfamiliar) USED to be the great historian David McCullough, though we could also claim a Secretary of Agriculture, an astronaut, and one of the Talking Heads. Unfortunately, now it's this villain of the Trump era...

A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️ Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me #Archaeology

@shakespeare.lol as Egypt's viziers wert deprived of staves by Zion's gloried brothers, so too hast thou been robb'd of thy schtick.

Gallivanting Gargoyles

Hmm, sounds like we need a refresher. The issue of whether everyone's favorite long-neck is called Brontosaurus or Apatosaurus (or both) has *nothing* to do with which skull was historically included on museum mounts! 🧵#FossilFriday

Back when Apple had an apparel catalog (1986)

“Fraenkel describes a system where on one side is the Normative State—that handles the routine business of a nation. But coexisting within that shell is the Prerogative State, a domain of absolute executive power that operates with unlimited arbitrariness…” www.theunpopulist.net/p/in-trumps-...

I just thought everyone should see this

Three of my latest Sketchbooks reprinted for my upcoming exhibition at @teckningsmuseet, designed by @sanatoriumforlag

Sketchbook

Research Uncovers Critically Endangered Shark Meat in the US Food Supply Researchers found that prohibited species may be sold under false labels. www.foodandwine.com/shark-meat-s... 🦑🧪🌍🦈

Brilliant from @mortenmorland.bsky.social

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

Diminish a band The A

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

i have some books from Ames' personal library (CIA gave his books to a used bookstore in McLean VA), and sent Ames' copy of a John le Carre' book to le Carre'

Americans right now:

Pulled up next to René Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek DS9) at a red light and told him he'd driven the last ten blocks with his left turn signal still on.

I think Mike Tomlin will be coaching for his job next Sunday. It's essentially a playoff game, and another premature exit - particularly after the Steelers had two separate chances to advance - will be too much for the fanbase to take. A parting of the ways with the Rooneys will surely follow.

Bookshelf

Muffled. #CemeterySaturday St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL ▪️ I just listed this original drawing in my shop if anyone is interested (link in bio). www.etsy.com/listing/4429...