Larissa Kelly

No, this has just been the experience going through regular security.

Black and white portrait drawing of a leopard gecko in a tie and a vest.

a dapper gecko for no particular reason

I think it's a very cynical attempt to counter right-wing narratives that present California as socially dysfunctional and hyper-liberal. Newsom is sacrificing principle and good governance in the present, for the sake of talking points that he hopes will play well in a 2028 debate or campaign ad.

Greek comedy also seems like a more natural fit for the discussion, but also the world doesn't need those particular takes on Lysistrata.

The phrasing is confusing, but I think he's saying that because Antigone is presented as the hero of the play, he had not previously considered that she could be woke/bad.

(This is also specific to domestic flights, I haven't tried to opt out of the cameras when passing through immigration, and assume that would be much more difficult.)

Plenty of caveats apply - I have privilege along various axes that make it easier to opt out, and the airports were mostly in blue states. But for others who are uncomfortable with increasing levels of electronic surveillance, it's worth knowing that airport face scans aren't yet mandatory.

Don't know how representative this experience is, but for what it's worth: every time I've asked to opt out of the face-recognition cameras at U.S. airports, there has been zero pushback. I say "I'd like to opt out, please," the TSA official says something like "sure, no problem," and that's it.

Quote from Wuthering Heights: " “There, I’ve found it out at last!” cried Hindley, pulling me back by the skin of my neck, like a dog. “By heaven and hell, you’ve sworn between you to murder that child! I know how it is, now, that he is always out of my way. But, with the help of Satan, I shall make you swallow the carving-knife, Nelly! You needn’t laugh; for I’ve just crammed Kenneth, head-downmost, in the Black-horse marsh; and two is the same as one—and I want to kill some of you: I shall have no rest till I do!” “But I don’t like the carving-knife, Mr. Hindley,” I answered; “it has been cutting red herrings. I’d rather be shot, if you please.” “You’d rather be damned!” he said; “and so you shall. No law in England can hinder a man from keeping his house decent, and mine’s abominable! Open your mouth.” He held the knife in his hand, and pushed its point between my teeth: but, for my part, I was never much afraid of his vagaries. I spat out, and affirmed it tasted detestably—I would not take it on any account."

(To be clear, the comedy is deliberate; Emily Brontë knew exactly what she was doing when she wrote passages like this.)

Huge chunks of the novel are basically Cold Comfort Farm on the moors.

Wuthering Heights is overrated as a romance, and vastly underrated as a comedy.

Wikipedia header revealing that actress Andie MacDowell's full name is Rosalie Anderson MacDowell.

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a black and white drawing of a spinosaurus perching on a stone plinth shrine. He wears atef crown and the markings on his sailed spine resemble ankh.

Sobek 🐊

#paleoart #berensart2025

It's pretty vague, but Frankenstein mentions getting "bones from charnel-houses" and collecting materials from "the dissecting room and the slaughter-house" when making the original monster.

What a generous act from someone who deserved so much better from the United States.

Digital painting of a wild boar with babies in the forest, but they are all shaped like lumpy pumpkins in varying degrees.

precocious pumpkin-lings
#guild11mysterium
#Art

Chivington really deserves more recognition as one of the worst Americans.

Seeing this dynamic with U.S. immigration policy last year was maddening.

If a Democratic victory seems likely in 2028, I suspect some of the stays and shadow docket rulings will be preemptively superseded by more formal opinions limiting presidential power. (Which will also help Roberts to argue that the Court is once again nonpartisan, so expansion isn't necessary.)

A black-and-white drawing of a very cute little rabbit at night, plunging its tiny fangs into a beet. At the points where the fangs piece the beet, there is a spurt of red ink.

A Halloween-y take on the #Inktober prompt “pierce.” #SciArt #penandink

"Portland isn't a war zone, it's a bookstore with a city around it."

Can confirm. I've been there.

I'd vote for the bottom slogan, but either one is fun!

Gor - Wikipedia

John Norman's Gor?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor

Lyrics from Ritter's song "Kathleen," which read Well, I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me But I’m here and I’m ready and I saved you the passenger seat And I won’t be your last dance, just your last goodnight Every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied I’ll be the one to drive you back home, Kathleen, yeah

Feels like Josh Ritter is somewhere in the mix.

Our household also benefits a lot from the subsidies - I understand the "touch the stove" arguments, but am not exactly eager to be the hand that performs said stove-touching.

Screenshots from the sitcom THE GOOD PLACE. The character Jason Mendoza is saying "I'm telling you, Molotov cocktails work. Any time I had a problem, and I threw a Molotov cocktail...Boom, right away, I had a different problem." The final image shows the character Eleanor saying "He makes a strong case."

Formulated well by Jason Mendoza.

Chevron, Richmond Settle Lawsuit Over 2012 Refinery Fire | KQED The deal ends a legal dispute over one of the Bay Area's worst recent refinery accidents.

Don't know anything about this incident, but there's recent precedent for a major accidental fire at a Chevron refinery in California.

www.kqed.org/news/1166599...

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It's such a cool design! You can see how much thought went into all of the gear and outfits.

Cinderella's pumpkin sword is such a great detail!