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Not according to the unelectable.

05.11.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd be one of your best customers.

Occasionally, I'd come in after an unusual absence, using a cane, with my arm in a sling, and carrying an ancient book in an unidentifiable language and ask you if you'd take it in trade for that Zerzuran amulet I'd been looking at a couple of months ago.

04.11.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The guiltiest of my guilty pleasures! I'm pretty sure that the "meat" part is mostly "meat by-products" and coarsely ground beans.

I don't know if it's true today, but Jack in the Box was once owned by Ralston Purina and qualified as Purina People Chow.

04.11.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice... bones.

04.11.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh this is fun! The researchers of this paper 3D scanned the ruined columns on top of the El Castillo pyramid, in Chichen Itza, along with the remaining fragments scattered around, to create a virtual reconstruction of how they actually portrayed the feathered serpent K’uk’ulkan!

04.11.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
An urgent message is sent by delivery raven (a la Game of Thrones). The royal recipient is concerned. Below cursive script, crude raven scrawl has been added to the scroll: β€œfeed food gud ravin”

An urgent message is sent by delivery raven (a la Game of Thrones). The royal recipient is concerned. Below cursive script, crude raven scrawl has been added to the scroll: β€œfeed food gud ravin”

03.11.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2367    πŸ” 496    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

How fun, living in mad king world. Not just Trump but every part of society is like this, with its own mad king at its own hierarchical level. Twitter is run by a mad king. Your boss is a mad king, and so is their boss.

04.11.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 320    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah, there's nothing good about it. When I learned about the ages of the workers, I wondered if they were retired volunteers, doing it for the love of the history.

I hope there are consequences, too. But knowing Italy, I have little hope of that.

04.11.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I can still smell them. Sometimes I wake up screaming, 'Hold the onions! Hold the onions!'"

04.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We were right there only a month ago. We both were very pleased that it was being restored and hoped to visit the museum some day. This is heartbreaking.

04.11.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, the heart icon is deceptive. I often have to remind myself that it means, "I love that you told me about this."

04.11.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They say, "...adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power."

What they mean by "Democrats" is "Old White Men of Our Tribe."

04.11.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What if someone got into in office who actually believed in the stuff we only claim to? How horrible that would be!

04.11.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

there has to be a courtroom reenactment of the sandwich toss plus at least 100 YouTube channels dedicated to various theories of the toss, all with their own reenactments and robust criticisms of slowed-down footage of the courtroom sandwich toss. we have been good & we deserve this

04.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 372    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5
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PTS(andwich)D

04.11.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

PANEL 1

A white man wearing a baseball cap looks around nervously as he walks on a city sidewalk. Behind him, we can see storefronts and pedestrians. All the people are brown-skinned, enjoying their day, including an adorable family with a toddler riding on her mom's shoulders.

PANEL 2

A residential city neighborhood. The same white man presses against a wall, trying not to be seen, as he watches a little girl playing hopscotch, while another girl sits on a stoop reading a book. Nearby, a middle-aged woman waters some potted plants on a low wall. Again, the white guy is the only white person in the panel.

PANEL 3

The white guy peers out from behind a tree at a piragua cart, where the piragua vender is smiling as he talks to a customer. In the background, we see a man walking a three-legged pitbull, and a couple of people playing basketball. Again, everyone but the white guy is a person of color.

PANEL 4

We see the white guy in a professional-looking podcast studio, clenching a fist and talking intently into the microphone.

WHITE GUY: I've been to the city, and it was full of, uh, crime.

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON PANEL 1 A white man wearing a baseball cap looks around nervously as he walks on a city sidewalk. Behind him, we can see storefronts and pedestrians. All the people are brown-skinned, enjoying their day, including an adorable family with a toddler riding on her mom's shoulders. PANEL 2 A residential city neighborhood. The same white man presses against a wall, trying not to be seen, as he watches a little girl playing hopscotch, while another girl sits on a stoop reading a book. Nearby, a middle-aged woman waters some potted plants on a low wall. Again, the white guy is the only white person in the panel. PANEL 3 The white guy peers out from behind a tree at a piragua cart, where the piragua vender is smiling as he talks to a customer. In the background, we see a man walking a three-legged pitbull, and a couple of people playing basketball. Again, everyone but the white guy is a person of color. PANEL 4 We see the white guy in a professional-looking podcast studio, clenching a fist and talking intently into the microphone. WHITE GUY: I've been to the city, and it was full of, uh, crime.

The Cities Are Full Of, uh, "Crime"

By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social

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08.09.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1340    πŸ” 328    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 17

Given the tone of the times, it's been in the back of my mind, sure. I hope not, because there's no good outcome for half-way reasonable people if it happens.

03.11.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does your team work on both shows interchangeably? If so, I'm seriously impressed! The vibe and focus for each is so unique!

03.11.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They could have at least gone with "L0urv3!"

03.11.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.

The media landscape shrinks even further.

03.11.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2832    πŸ” 831    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 27
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November section of a Roman mosaic in El Jem, featuring Hermanubis, a fusion between Hermes and Anubis. 
Archeological Museum of Sousse.

November section of a Roman mosaic in El Jem, featuring Hermanubis, a fusion between Hermes and Anubis. Archeological Museum of Sousse.

Btw, you know what month is it? That's right, we are in Hermanubis Season!!

03.11.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Find your footing; twist and turn! And luck... Of course!

03.11.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1980s reconstruction of the Mechanical Turk, by John Gaughan.

1980s reconstruction of the Mechanical Turk, by John Gaughan.

It is 1770, in the royal palace of Vienna. The court is gathered around a curious machine, an automaton called the Mechanical Turk. Several guests are playing a game of chess against the Turk, who is able to choose the pieces, move them, and win multiple games.
How was this possible? It wasn't. πŸ§΅πŸ”½

02.11.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon's work-for-hire service that essentially hires artists and writers to "enhance" AI-generated works is named "Mechanical Turk." They know.

02.11.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, reading is not a spectator sport. It's active rugby. It's capoeira. It's each brain cell doing jeet kune do. It plays in the rain, in the mud, in the snow or on the sunniest day of a flower-filled year, but it does so with a wild smile on its face knowing nothing will stop it. Power forward.

02.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.

It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

02.11.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5422    πŸ” 1678    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 139

Sometimes i get sad at those β€œI wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there

02.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2297    πŸ” 633    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 14

Sending good vibes...

02.11.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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