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Jupiter says trans rights

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

Once again, maxing out the number of reservations I can have at my local library

As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge "Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."

"The resurgent war on knowledge, academics, expertise, and critical thinking that AI is currently supercharging has its roots in the hugely successful recent war on “critical race theory,” “diversity equity and inclusion,” and LGBTQ+ rights..."

I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.

So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

@keiraandrews.bsky.social Love the new cover by Dar Albert on If Only In My Dreams! It looks so good! 💚

I had to search "craisin", and now I'm going to spend Sunday seeing if I can find any here #mycraisin

a page of twenty goblin drawings who are all numbered one to twenty. There is text which reads "Firstly which goblin are you? Roll a dice or choose one

A goblin chooser page, from a thing which I have not finished yet.

Listen I just don’t think there’s any other way to interpret this but I looked it up and Serious Art Historians are really trying to gaslight us into thinking this is about “the triumph of reason over irrationality”. I read Morning Glory Milking Farm like everyone else you cannot fool me

The problem with checking the 'New Books' emails is the neverending additions to the reading list. This is also the joy of checking the emails. Discuss.

I honestly did not realise that Evelyn Welch and Florence Welch were related until today

Hand written sign at shop reading “WE HAVE” “CHICKEN” “NOODLE” “SOUP”

Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do

Nature morte, oignons
Ozias Leduc
1892

Every Watson obituary should begin with some variant of "James Watson, whose uncredited use of Rosalind Franklin's research led to fame, fortune, and the Nobel Prize..."

william shakespeare was such an influential content creator

Screenshot reads, "A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey."

Not now, carnivorous death ball

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Lists of spirit names. The first starts "These be the Spirits in common between Asmodee and Magot" and lists a bunch of names like Sartabakim and Magiros. The next list, of spirits of Astarot, contains Gromenis, Bafamal, Schelagon... and Alan.

I was just leafing through 1725 occult tome The Secret Magic of Abramelin the Mage in search of scary invocations for the BOOK, and I came across this list of subordinate spirits to the princes of Hell.

early edward apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1900

early edward apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1900

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

Needlepoint text in fancy gilt frame. "I'm just trying to have a nice day despite knowing facts and information."

Me at work, every damn day.

when a song with (instrumental) in the title includes vocals ... 🧐

And this fictional character... he's having a hard time?

pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991

pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991

Quarrelsome is a great word