Jesse Mostipak

Pictorial detail from an illuminated manuscript page of C16th music, depicting a haloed, brown-haired, beardless male figure within a decorative letter C, against a blue background. He wears a red robe with green trim. His elbows are bent so that his forearms are in front of him, held perpendicular to his body. Toward the right side of the picture as the viewer sees it, his left hand rests on top of a gridiron, the symbol of his martyrdom. The letter C is contained within a square with a background of gold paint.

Initial C, Confessio et pulchritudo – Saint Lawrence, c. 1515, by #EufrasiaBurlamacchi (Italian, c.1482-1548). Gradual MS 5, fol.155r; source, “Eufrasia Burlamacchi,” by Loretta Vandi, www.lundhumphries.com/products/euf... #FeastOfStLawrence #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists

One of the things I’ve realized in years (somehow, years?) of listening to folks talk about their work, is that the thing people don’t realize is how much time it takes — not just in workflow, but in all the hours (accrued over months, years, decades) that it took to hone & refine those skills. And:

He 100% is!

I wept for it was like the first turning of the leaves, the promise of a new and better season, full of possibilities

I went with Briggs for readability (I did the Maude translation of Anna Karenina and it was so good, but wish I had done Bartlett first).

I thought it was incredible! I definitely plan on re-reading, but trying a different translation.

I told the mushrooms what you did, good luck trying to benefit from the mycorrhizal network this summer you bastard

Yes!

Penguin Classics copy of War and Peace, with a navy blue cloth cover with printed white comets on it. This copy is the Briggs translation.

Sonya deserved better.

It's always an adventure here. So what if half my stuff has been chewed up?!

I'm obsessed. Like sure, he ate a hole in the couch and likes to torment voles in the yard, but he's also cuddly and an absolute ham.

Let's be extremely clear that trans folks and immigrants are their banner scapegoats and that the rest of us have a daily-deepening moral obligation to fight back against what is absolutely a genocidal project targeting these populations

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

signs of cats who are running for cat mayor of somerville, massachusetts

a sign for a cat running for cat mayor named hermes squirmies

a pink sign for a cat running for cat mayor named beatrix. her slogan is “no kings, only princesses”

a sign for a cat running for cat mayor named Luna. her slogan is “pro zoomies, chaos, and attention”

there’s an election for Cat Mayor currently happening in Somerville, Mass. and every cat deserves to win

Bjorn, a black and tan Schipperke mix, sitting on his hind legs and holding his paws in a prayer position.

found this little guy who was described as 'medium energy'.

took him to training classes, where I found out he's a Schipperke mix.

the nickname for Schipperkes is 'little black devils' and hoo-boy does that check out.

Illustration of the emerald city from wicked in a midcentury style with lots of textures and shapes. Elphaba and Glinda are in the foreground on a path walking towards it in the background over rolling hills. Lots of green!

Close up of the emerald city.

we’re off to see the wizard!

@wickedmusical.bsky.social

AI is now capable of designing a record-breaking deep sea submersible on its own. This marks a new age of exploration and I encourage all my fellow AI champions to build one and get in it so they can celebrate this achievement from the bottom of the sea.

Beige jumper on a white background, the front panel shows harold holding a spear under an archway (scenes from bayeux tapestry)

Beige jumper on a white background, the focus is a sleeve with an image of a tower and halleys comet overhead in blue, gold and red

Beige jumper on a white background, a tree motif on a sleeve in blue, gold and red

🧶 bayeux tapestry jumper is finished, blocked and sewn up! Please don’t ask me about weaving in ends I don’t want to talk about that right now. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted ever #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting

Jinx, a freshly-shaved red and white tabby cat is sitting in a kennel at the vet's. The ID card on the outside of the kennel has his information, along with the word 'spicy' highlighted in pink. Next to the word spicy is the drawing of a pepper.

that's my boy!

Nope! He said he didn't feel like waiting.

Imagine walking into an established writers room with a list this vague and acting like you just saved TV.

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showed up to a dinner date (on time!) and he was halfway through his meal.

I think we’re on the cusp of mass attempts to automate teaching, and I also think it is going to be a massive wasteful failure in ways that will make the “learning loss” of the pandemic look like a speed bump next to a mountain.

same/same tbh

please Sean let's reschedule this existential crisis for another day I can only do so much

YouTube video by Letterkenny Problems Letterkenny | Season 3 | Opening

Have you ever watched the bravura third season cold—and I mean cold—open of Letterkenny? Canadian winter ABCs!

It’s weird that we all accepted “ghosting” means vanishing to avoid breaking up with someone, when gothic horror tells us ghosts do the exact opposite!

Edited screenshot from Disco Elysium that reads: RHETORIC [Heroic: Failure] -- Alright, here we go. We're devoting all your available brain cells to coming up with a question about video games. Scratch that, to coming up with *the* question about video games, the alpha and omega of video games questions, and that question is: 1. - (Whisper.) "Are games art?" 2. - Oh god, that's bad. Surely I can think of something better.

Every time.

That's how you can tell human authors from AI.

AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.

Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.