nicholas theisen

When you're only a little evil:

From a half remembered late 19th century scroll painting (Japanese, maybe?):

I fucked up the coloring on the others, so this one will have to be representative.

I swear to grot her eyebrows were that big in the reference photo.

When your coworker suggests teaming up to take of something you already handled:

From an old Vogue pictorial (circa 1950), I think...

I'm going to start collecting these in a thread, mostly so I can find them later.

After Waterhouse:

Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant

Our friend Fobazi could use our help. And all of our good energy for a complete recovery. gofund.me/11eb33bb

So it's depressed and can't get a job

Not only are they licensed, but pubs limit the number of times it can be checked out, so if you reach the limit, you have to purchase yet another license.

when these companies try to claim this is about what’s legal or not, they’re lying. none of the games that were removed from steam or itch broke the law. financial companies are making subjective decisions based on what might inconvenience them

aftermath.site/steam-itch-p...

Frame of preference A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.

Frame of preference: Marcin Wichary made an astounding history of Mac settings using 10 different embedded emulators, including easter eggs and bonus tasks https://aresluna.org/frame-of-...

Line art drawing of the angel Gabriel with twisty hair

The angel Gabriel, after Luca Signorelli

Paypal form submission steps: 1) “ Submit a complaint about PayPal” 2) “I can’t see my complaint reason”.

3) “Submit a complaint without logging in” (Note you MUST be logged out for this to work) 4) Fill out the form, you can copy/paste the complaint letter here.

Mastercard:
Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372

Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111

www.mastercard.com/us/en/person...

Visa:
Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911

Non-US numbers:
usa.visa.com/contact-us.h...

Online form:
usa.visa.com/Forms/contac...

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Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about the ongoing rampant restrictions your company has placed on legal sales made by legitimate businesses. These restrictions are not only counter to the concept of freedom of speech and expression, but they harm consumers, businesses, and they harm your company’s bottom line. The following actions are absolutely necessary to protect the freedoms of your client base and the sustainability of legitimate business practices: Remove from your Terms of Service any mention barring the use of your service for sale and purchase of legal products. Contact Steam (Valve), Itch.io, and any other company you have previously put pressure on to retract your content restrictions. Put in place protections to prevent such restrictions from being put in place in the future without ample warning and time to contest them. If these changes aren't made then I, along with many others will be forced to seek other options for processing payments. Sincerely, A Concerned Customer.

Contact Information Mastsercard Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 Online Form Submission Visa Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911 Click Here For Non-US Numbers Online Form Submission Paypal Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161 Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 Hours: 6am - 6pm PT Online Form Submission (UK site is linked as you’re able to submit a complaint without an account).

Complaint letter! You can copy/paste or edit

You can use the same info for a call!

Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161

Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050

Hours: 6am - 6pm PT

Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users): www.paypal.com/uk/cshelp/co...

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Digital graphic with the text "anti-censorship campaign" and screenshots of headlines about how multiple storefronts have removed NSFW content due to pressure from payment processors and Collective Shout.

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones

Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign

But we can EASILY top 1,000!

I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!

↻💬♡ to boost

We CAN make a difference 💕

#itch #censorship

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Naiad and her shitty husband

🎙️ Yaaas having to reboot and install the old Halo not remastered was a joy I didn’t ask for (but am glad I was asked!)

Seriously Halo’s development cycles and level design are great lessons even today. Check us out!!

Box art for Halo: Combat Evolved

In this episode I shock @espressocat.bsky.social with the possibility that Halo>Half-Life.

But seriously, we talk about shooter protagonists and #halo 's insinuation that the stoic super soldier is, deep down, a broken person looking for human connection.

open.spotify.com/episode/2Z4u...

Profile portrait of a monk with white hair by the Italian painter Fra Bartolomeo

Reference image:

Profile of a middle aged balding man and weirdly curling beard

Accidental self portrait, after Fra Bartolomeo

State government pamphlet with the title Guid-o-gram

I get that this is supposed to be read as "Guide-o-gram," but I can't not see "Guido-gram."

Bring your kid to work day at the library of congress, circa 2002

Family abolition is about asking why families are expected to do everything alone. Asking why housing, food, medical care, love, education and even basic safety, are things you earn through the “right” kind of family. Why family can be the pretense by which these things are denied to people.

Stylized profile drawing with crazy hair growing out to "no more yielding" in cursive

No more yielding

a green booklet shaped like a knife against a background of wood planks

the green booklet is now opened to showcase the pages which flip out like a pocket knife blade

greetings i have made another zine, this is about how i got my hands on a knife at age ~9 (individual pages in the replies) #internationalzinemonth #minizinejuly2025

Another one of my weird dudes

Oddly relevant to the Furidashi episodes coming out later this week, lol.

Burnout is clinically understood as a combo of 6 factors—work overload, lack of control, insufficient rewards, breakdown in community, absence of fairness, & value conflicts—and only a fraction of it is under your control. Burnout is a systemic problem, so be kind to yourself and hard on the system.