Gary W. Olson

The Unspeakable Eldritch Horror is in.

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"Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States."

W.E.B. Du Bois, Speech at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, August 1906.

I think we all know how that turned out.

"Here, we show that the spider Hyptiotes uses its web like a catapult, loading multiple cycles of muscular contraction and then flinging its own body and the web forward to entrap prey. This is the only known case of a nonhuman utilizing an external device for power amplification."

Bungee Power!

Fake Spirit Halloween costume. “Irritating Coffee Shop Guy Playing Tiktok Vids.” It’s a man staring at his phone while holding a coffee cup.

Terrifying.

TEN YEARS AGO

WRITER: "How about a novel with a crazy president who can't stop talking about his new $300 million gold ballroom while millions of Americans go without food."

AGENT: "That's a little heavy-handed. No politician would be that stupid. Come up with a more subtle, believable scenario."

“I refuse to die until I’ve had coffee,” said Aunt Nadia. “I won’t do it.” (T. Kingfisher, ILLUMINATIONS) #qotd @tkingfisher.com

The Power Fantasy of Superman is you still have a staff job on a newspaper.

Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

🎶History shows again and again how June Squibb points out the folly of man 🎶

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.

The plural of anecdote is misinformation.

The Black Panther swings from a rope and says to someone off panel, "...as you can see, the enemy is no more. Join me for some biscuits--?"

"Photographing the Dark: Nadar’s Descent into the Paris Catacombs", @AllisonCMeier on Nadar’s determined efforts (involving Bunsen batteries, mannequins, and a good deal of patience) to document the beauty and terror of this realm of the dead: publicdomainreview.org/essay/p...

the duality of man

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

Roomba should have been a warning.

Change, Leopardon!

The H.H. Holmes Ballroom

a vintage postcard showing four pumpkin headed boys stealing a gate and kiltering everything that's straight

Who's up for some kiltering?

I dropped Spotify back when they gave Rogan a billionty dollars to be their poster boy, and between that, their ICE-fluffing, and the proliferation of extruded a.i. "music" product, I doubt I'll ever go back.

WHERE ARE YOUR ELDER GODS NOW?

Just know if you ever beat up a Nazi no you didn’t because I saw you clear across town feeding sick nuns and puppies.

"Do you get a lot of chicks? Groupies?"

"Bein' a puppet, it's sorta different— the president of my fanclub is an angora sweater..."

lil plissken, a comic book.showing a caricature of kurt russells iconic character

Every republican political figure talks like they gave themselves brain surgery in their buddy's garage

They're all slaters up here (Scotland) but I *really* like "crunchy bats"!

The vibe of this site is different in the morning, when my timeline is mostly British folks complaining about their shitty politicians instead of Americans complaining about our shitty politicians. It's good to have variety.