Ebony the Black Dragon

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

In the words of the aforementioned Judas Averdeen Freefoot, "It's all good, baby!"

@seagoatscreams.bsky.social

"Advertising is the graffiti of the rich." is a profound statement.

@danagould.bsky.social should have opinions on this.

A Dunce, by John Kennedy Toole

Mini Meg.

The strange noise that you hear from the West is Disney's lawyers salivating at the thought of all those billable hours.

Thank you, Sen. Schiff, for staying focused and seeking always to hold him accountable.

Text reading Plagiarize Plagiarize Let no one else's work evade your eyes Remember why the good Lord made your eyes So don't shade your eyes But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize Only be sure always to call it please "Research"

Can't believe Tom Lehrer wrote a song about James Somerton

Daniel Craig as Lemming of the BDA.

In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future of Richard Scarry, there is only war....

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

For those who missed it a few years ago, Tom Lehrer released his catalog free into the public domain. You can find it here.

tomlehrersongs.com

screenshot of a bluesky post, unposted. A round icon then the text "Ozzy on his way to the underworld: "Charon!!!" "

didn't post this incredible joke (that only sort of works) yesterday as despite it being innoffensive it felt 'too soon'. But now it feels slightly too late and I missed whatever the sweet spot was.

Adam Savage's next SDCC cosplay.

The fourth NPC is "It would take too long to explain; let me sum up." And the summary is vague at best.

If you take that (or any mix of frozen veggies) and pour ramen soup (Maruchan, etc.) over them while frozen, you get a pretty good vegetable soup. The broth defrosts the veggies just enough without overlooking them.

Wendy Carlos: The brilliant but lonely life of an electronic music pioneer The musician helped create the Moog synthesizer and composed groundbreaking albums and film scores, but lived in seclusion for almost 10 years to hide her gender reassignment

Where’s the film about Wendy?

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“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”

— A. Whitney Griswold

I've been out of the X-loop for a while; who's the brunette with Scott? Aurora?

The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇

Even easier.

London is indeed very dangerous. Last time I was there I was robbed. Well, I ate at a Pret. Same thing.

One of the constants of the IT industry that I have learned is that there is an art to packaging computer hardware so that it returns to your IT Department in a functional state, and the majority of users have little or no clue how to practice that art.

YouTube video by John Kotrides GenZ repeating mistakes made by millennials and GenX. Took ya long enough.

Ah, memories. Terrible, terrible memories. Hey @dreaminggynoid.bsky.social, remember those days?

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There it is

A vitally important story, memorialized in Norman Rockwell's "Murder in Mississippi."

In a strange coincidence, there are actually no beans in Cajun red beans & rice.