one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism
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I have made some memes to commemorate the day
Official Post of Massachusetts
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I can’t speak for other social media webbed sites but I really enjoy how tumblr seems to just completely spin a wheel on whatever media is hot right now. Like yeah sometimes it’s a new show that’s big and actively coming out but also sometimes there will be a solid month where half my dash is Columbo memes. Defy authority. Get really into an book from the 1800s. Watch shows that haven’t aired in 40 years. Celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Molasses Flood. Become unmarketable
oh shit i almost missed it!
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There are many benefits to being a marine biologist
By this point Loch Ness is probably the inland body of water we can be most sure doesn’t have a monster in it.
When I was 16, I went of a trip with a bunch of other G/T high schoolers to the UK and Ireland.
We visited Loch Ness. The guy who was in charge of our tour seemed to be an exhausted university intern who, with deep annoyance, informed us that NO there is not a monster…..but the tourist money *meaningful look at all of us* was too good to not play into.
And I respect that.
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every time I think about Dilbert I think about this comic and how the question being asked is Not Stupid and its answer is genuinely interesting and arguably very important information anyone using a computer should know
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Dinosaurs: A Fantastic New View of a Lost Era (1981), by William Stout, is the first in what would become a series of books and sketchbooks by the famed artist. Unlike The Flight of Dragons, the foundation of this book was real, cutting-edge paleontology of the day that was radically changing the way scientists viewed dinosaurs. But, either by design or coincidence, the book fits into the wider web of Larkin’s white books and their imitators — it’s a complete field guide, covering behavior, social group, various types of dinosaurs and prehistoric lizards and the physiological features that made each unique, accompanied by a near-decadent amount of Stout’s artwork and wrapped in a, well, beige cover, but it sits next to the white dust jackets just fine.
Stout’s art is phenomenal. His dinos tend to be a bit gaunt and knobby, often emphasizing a kind of monstrousness. I’ve no idea how plausible his designs are, but they convey a lot of personality, as well as size and power, which is maybe just as important as accuracy — these guys are more alive than the ones in the Princeton field guides. Stout balances this with a design sense that leans heavily into Art Nouveau conventions, which subverts that monstrousness. It’s an interesting, exciting choice.
I was ga-ga about dinosaurs when I was a kid and I am genuinely a little bit annoyed I only got this book for the first time a couple years ago. My annoyance is assuaged somewhat by the fact that my second-hand copy happened to be signed and accompanied by a sketch of a brontosaurus! (Brontosaurus forever!)
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Is it normal to have so much die off?
ya! this happens as a succulent grows, the old bits naturally dry out as the succulent gets bigger + redirects the water to new growths. a lot of my succulents would look like this!
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a new updated and significantly worse version of The Game (sorry) directed at a specific subset of chronically online people has infact been circling since the mid-2010s. and it is lost when one fumbles while attempting to plug their phone in to charge at night
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woke up this morning, rolled over, and very confidently tried to blow out my alarm clock like a candle. absolutely no precedent for that.
Ebeneezer in 1742 wakes with a start as for some reason he has put out his guttering candle by slapping atop it ith the palm of his hand. His hand is burned and his nightgown and cap are spattered with hot wax.
Fascinated by the perceived necessity of an Equivalent Exchange
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man come on. it’s colours
THIS IS OUR RADIUM. you’re absolutely right
How it feels to use any tool, app, or website right now
Worse, it’s our asbestos. It’s being put into things we’re going to have to keep using long after everyone has to finally accept it was a bad idea, in such a way it will be almost impossible to remove.
Radium suppositories and asbestos might both be in museums but the radium’s in the exhibits, the asbestos is in the walls.
