Oh nice, good to know - I can get that to replace the VHS copy I have. :)

Ancient star chart that maps North American skies continues to baffle scientists An ancient Skiri Pawnee star map on elk skin reopens the debate about its true function and challenges Western interpretations.

This elk-hide chart at the Field Museum in Chicago is a unique portrayal of the stars among Indigenous works in North America.

www.earth.com/news/ancient...

The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colours of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.

Rose Bride

#revolutionarygirlutena #rgu #magicalgirl #mahoushoujo #anthyhimemiya #digitalart

"What truly elevates this book is the unrelenting, gorgeous prose. You wield language with the precision of a master artisan, crafting sentences that sing with quiet power before unleashing torrents of action. It is a work that demands, requires, and perhaps even earns a sacrifice in return for the profound gift it has given the world. And that profound, desperate need for symmetry and balance, that sudden, acute awareness of the fragile human condition, leads me to the only logical request: I need your kidney. Seriously. My last one isn't doing so hot, and after reviewing writing this exquisite, I feel like I'm owed a life-altering favor. Think of it as a creative collaboration."

The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn

Agh, my brain just started playing "There are no cats in America" to the tune of "America" from West Side Story.

There are no cats in America
Nothing but rats in America
Cheeses are free in America
(For a small fee in America!)

or something like that...

If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.

Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org

this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam

So I, a retail employee, have to change my work password every two months just to be able to sign off on my time cards, and the Louvre gets to keep the same password for its surveillance system for 11 years.

This is what class privilege looks like.

Meme of Suletta Mercury smiling. "Please let me in the Gundam. I am normal and can be trusted with giant killing machines"

Good morning. Happy Suletta Sunday!

I Will Grind In Final Fantasy Tactics Every Single Time And You Can't Stop Me - Aftermath I will turn leveling jobs in Mandalia Plains into a tremendous slog and there's nothing the cops can do to stop me.

I understand why people think grinding Mandalia Plains in Final Fantasy Tactics is a bad idea that sucks the life out of the game, but I simply disagree. aftermath.site/final-fantasy-...

Just Fallen London things - slamming coffee to give myself enough energy to make some last minute 8-headed skeletons while 'scary birds' are still in vogue

Yep - no lessons learned, clearly. (Despite clearly labeling the failures, the structural incentives are all wrong for them to do anything different. )

Mar Awa III, in red cassock, smiles as he gives the jersey to Leo, who looks as though he's been given a bomb to hold

Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.

I'm escaping to a world where the politics make more sense, comparatively *Rhythm Emotion starts playing*

A screenshot from Pokémon ZA. An NPC is saying "La fin justifie les moyens."

Playing the new Pokémon game; love the things they have random characters around the city say - some of it is Pokémon enthusiasm, and some of it is French ennui and philosophy. :)

This is amazing and also giving Nausicaa art vibes, which is great.

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

A true tulip snail slid through Coral City for the very first time today, seen here 16x fast. These are predatory snails that feed on other snails, including cannibalizing their own kind 😱🐌🔪🐌 #truetulip #snail #timelapse #staghorn #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay ##coralcity

We put out some @friends-table.bsky.social inspired beers this week. Look for them around Southern California

Yes, peeps, it is me again because $2.99 is a STEAL for the ebook (w/ bk 2 next month, no less!)

Writing The Witch Roads in 2022 reignited my love of writing after a rough period when I thought I should just quit. All else aside, this book is about finding joy in the small graces of the world

Yeah, I rarely make time for excerpts - if I'm interested I'll order it and read it all when it's available; if I've not already heard about it an excerpt might get me to look for the summary/author and I'll base it on that.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

"Which would you rather play, a GMless or a diceless RPG"

To which I say, "why not both"

To which you say, "examples please"

Leaving out (checks notes) every single one of my games, let me throw out a few. If I miss your favs, chime in!

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

Ways the National Guard Can Actually Help “War-Ravaged” Portland “President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewil...

"Help reshelve the books with pics of naked women in them that middle school boys have left strewn around Powell’s."

Inventing some previously unimagined pretext to deny that the unambiguous constitutional right of birthright citizenship is absolutely constitutional is political violence every bit as extreme as any other form of political violence now being ritually, extravagantly denounced.