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failed librarian, archivist, celticist, medievalist, and linguist; long covid and m.e. enjoyer fix your hearts or die pfp: martin prince admiring the first snapdragon of the season banner: siamese cat tucked into bed watching tv

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Outlook
San Francisco 

Grindcore is the new hustle culture

Outlook San Francisco Grindcore is the new hustle culture

Grindcore β€” you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

04.02.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a very sturdy and very fluffy gray and white cat in front of a box

A photo of a very sturdy and very fluffy gray and white cat in front of a box

Guys I know everything is incredibly bad but please stop for a moment and enjoy this photo of my fucking amazing cat. Look at this shape. The box behind him is his thinking box, he sits in it and thinks

04.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 455    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 6

hey cheenie

04.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Graceless pivot to survival: I’m launching

THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE

A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) β€” an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener

04.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

as a species we peaked with the invention of ctrl+f/z/c/x/v, didn't we

04.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I’m lying in bed watching videos of cute animals on my phone and my cat is next to me and I’m not petting her I feel like a cheating spouse

04.02.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

inside you are two Donnies

03.02.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Virgin Suicides

03.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beak looking like a Far Side character talking

03.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UPDATE ADDENDUM: he’s one of those cats whose meow sounds like quacking

02.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

marmooomg

02.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My (parasocial) friend Marmo who is a cat,

02.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sleep paralysis demon (ideal)

02.02.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

sorry can't come in today boss i hyperfocus-locked myself into my medication spreadsheet and

02.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two bunnies have a log cabin on a wooded mountain. One goes for firewood, as the other stands atop a cliff, watching a flock of birds flying north for the spring.

Two bunnies have a log cabin on a wooded mountain. One goes for firewood, as the other stands atop a cliff, watching a flock of birds flying north for the spring.

Daily bunny no.3217 watches the flock come home

02.02.2026 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2055    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies

02.02.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8452    πŸ” 2674    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 93
insane chest of drawers made of precariously tension balanced mismatched drawers circular strapped together. I can't really get into it it's Too Intense. just consult the object label in pic #2

insane chest of drawers made of precariously tension balanced mismatched drawers circular strapped together. I can't really get into it it's Too Intense. just consult the object label in pic #2

object label 

"Tejo Remy, a founding member of the Dutch design group Droog, emphasizes salvage and reappropriation in his work. This chest of drawers, with its sculptural quality and precarious feel, seems more like an art installation akin to Marcel Duchamp's ready-made pieces than a functional piece of furniture. Recycled drawers from home or office furniture are fitted into custom-made maple compartments secured by a strap. The design invites reflection on memories of the objects' former users, consumption and waste.
15
Tejo Remy
Born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 1960
You Can't Lay Down
Your Memories
Chest of Drawers
1991
Maple, recycled drawers, cotton
Produced by Droog Design, Amsterdam
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection,
D99.159.1.1-41"

object label "Tejo Remy, a founding member of the Dutch design group Droog, emphasizes salvage and reappropriation in his work. This chest of drawers, with its sculptural quality and precarious feel, seems more like an art installation akin to Marcel Duchamp's ready-made pieces than a functional piece of furniture. Recycled drawers from home or office furniture are fitted into custom-made maple compartments secured by a strap. The design invites reflection on memories of the objects' former users, consumption and waste. 15 Tejo Remy Born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 1960 You Can't Lay Down Your Memories Chest of Drawers 1991 Maple, recycled drawers, cotton Produced by Droog Design, Amsterdam Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, D99.159.1.1-41"

I do not think I have ever felt more understood by an object and it's fucking me up a little

09.01.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

ridiculously charismatic head and ear shapes

01.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
My friend marmalade who is an orange cat on the top shelf of a book case looking chagrinned

My friend marmalade who is an orange cat on the top shelf of a book case looking chagrinned

Marmalade Update: marmo just got shouted at for knocking shit off the book case at 3am

01.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

SQUAD

01.02.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is who runs this account

01.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black cat sleeping on the couch but his leg is hanging off it

Black cat sleeping on the couch but his leg is hanging off it

What the hell

01.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1692    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 7

they hate each other but are confused about it

01.02.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still not over John Candy

31.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not much, what’s up with you?

31.01.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This shit should burn CALORIES. Shout out to all my menstruating homies

30.01.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A news report screenshot. There's a grim reaper. The chyron says "Yikes! Stay tuned."

A news report screenshot. There's a grim reaper. The chyron says "Yikes! Stay tuned."

Me every morning in this fucking country

30.01.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4247    πŸ” 1126    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11

Worst Toyotathon of your lifetime SO FAR

30.01.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

at some point you’re gonna say to yourself β€œhow do I go to work and pretend everything is normal” and the answer is that you can’t and you gotta figure out how to merge the reality you live in vs. the one corporate America is trying to hallucinate where everything is fine

30.01.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10
drawing of a big headed cartoon cat tucked into bed shouting in all caps, IF YOU LET ME INTO YOUR HOUSE I WILL CRAWL UNDER YOUR BLANKETS AND I WILL GET COZY AND DROWSY!!!! I am unsure of the cartoonist.

drawing of a big headed cartoon cat tucked into bed shouting in all caps, IF YOU LET ME INTO YOUR HOUSE I WILL CRAWL UNDER YOUR BLANKETS AND I WILL GET COZY AND DROWSY!!!! I am unsure of the cartoonist.

WORLD IS A SNUG

MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN TODAY 2026

30.01.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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