Dei like “day”

A bottle of Orbitz, a beverage briefly sold min the 1990s. It’s viscous and has red, gelatinous balls suspended in it.

I still have a bottle from 1997. Nothing could’ve made me drink it. The viscosity, man, it would’ve been like drinking fingerwave lotion. 🤢🤮

As long as they’re all real books…

Writers: gen ai is theft

Artists: gen ai is theft

Narrators: gen ai is theft

Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet

Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet

Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT

An always-reskeet for me. (Not just because of the message, but because the animation’s nice work.) 😀

Face-eating leopards, man

Nate Silver: "Thinking ChatGPT is useless is midwit. It's a magic box that answers any question you ask it from levels ranging from modestly coherent to extremely proficient. If you haven't bothered to figure it out to derive some utility out of it then you're just being lazy tbh."

i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct

3D printed microscope | University of Strathclyde 17 January 2025

Scottish scientists have created the world's first fully 3D-printed microscope, capable of sub-cellular resolution. Built using open-source designs and common 3D printers making powerful microscopy accessible to researchers worldwide. https://buff.ly/4auW972
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Mr. Trump’s executive order indicates that in 30 days, all federal agencies will be required to confirm the immigration status of the parents before issuing documents like a passport.

If you are a visa holder/temp resident in the U.S., and your child was born here and doesn't have a passport, GET A PASSPORT FOR THEM IMMEDIATELY. Like, make the appointment this week.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower' The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

it is always morally correct to punch the nazi

“Down there - he said - are people who will follow any dragon, worship any god, ignore any inequity. All out of a kind of humdrum, everyday badness. Not the really high, creative loathsomeness of the great sinners, but a sort of mass-produced darkness of the soul. Sin, you might say, without a trace of originality. They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don't say no.” ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

#TerryPratchett #GNUTerryPratchett

I know this sounds weak, I know it.

But kindness is one of the few things we carry that can make a difference for each other.

We can’t undo all this hate, but we can still make life a little easier for others.

bc it is always correct to punch the nazi

Creatives, listen up.

I know it sucks. I know it's hard.

But art isn't about making things when it's easy and good and comfy.

Art is rebellion. Art is rage. Art is protest. Art is political fire.

Write it. Draw it. Sculpt it. Build it. If you cannot find the joy, do it out of spite and fury.

This is not a safe space for MAGA morons. Morality is a choice and they made the wrong one.

I have seen the dumb men throng to see him

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Not giving up. Every so often I write something on my newsletter about art that I think you might want to read even if art is not for you. Today may be one of those so I’m sharing it here just in case: It’s…

Not. Giving. Up. thebloggess.com/2025/01/20/n...

:) ;) #GoodOmens #GoodOmensMemes

afaic men have no needs when it comes to women's health care.

The British Museum is suing a former curator it says stole 1,800 items and tried to sell them The British Museum is suing a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online.

The British museum upset and scrambling because someone appointed to a position of authority over it stole artifacts from there and took them away for his own profit is the most hilariously ironic story of the last 10 years

apnews.com/article/brit...

IDK that I'll remember to look every day but this caught my eye & I had to add this.

Cover of LIFE SPECIAL EDITION FOR YOUNG READERS: THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

1/20:

Kinda like my childhood "duck & cover" drills. Because yeah, that wood and metal OSHA-hazard desk was definitely gonna protect my bones.

Well, they fed us Paregoric and we survived that. Mostly.