The Jester Crow

THOSE things can be "edible"??

I see "red" & instantly assume "50 seconds & you're dead".

Special shout-out for the wings, the claws and the close attention to the dentition in the jaws; feels "honest" & real - true to life. The branch/horns come off well, too. 👍👍👍

..the following year, after the rains have come, a seed will sprout from the pile of ash & bone, & in due time the King of the Forest will return to its throne”

A very captivating work with many influences that it highlights to best effect. Evocative, dynamic, classical but fresh.

Excellent work!

“When the time is right & the storm reaches its zenith, the creature climbs to the top of the highest tree in the forest & spreads its wings. When the inevitable bolt of lightning strikes, its flammable belly explodes; the dragon self-immolates in a blazing pyre.

But! -

"Iron Lung"

Surprisingly solid and brilliantly executed. Definitely worthy of a theatrical presentation if you can catch it there. Mark's come a long way since his early days and hit this one out of the park.

As the lady says, "This sparks joy."

The NFL has a rep for not paying the talent they 'hire' for halftime shows. I guess the idea is "we're paying you with EXPOSURE", which is something i know many artists love.

But if a singer is doing the job for free, what about the sets? Costumes? Does the NFL cover those or is it on the artist?

Look up "Passive Aggressive" in a dictionary and this is the caption.

Ms Hart might be an evangelist now, but wait until the horde jumps in & Bots are directing bots to produce "novels" en masse. How will her "material" stand-out from the other 5,000,000 offerings generated this week?

They're about to enter an era where "success" is measured in pennies.

The ultra-light handling of the J6 insurrectionists & their enablers proofs the truth of the statement.

The gov's weak response didn't move the line in terms of what was permissible under a flag of "politics", it only revealed how accommodating the System was all along - like the Epstein files.

I was just making the point that you're sounding an alarm about a cliff up ahead when we've already fallen off.

Fundamentally, you can't play democratic games with fascism. Autocracy doesn't share power and it certainly doesn't follow anyone's rules but its own.

The way to win is not to lose.

Remind me how we got the current Supreme Court

Elon's "Optimus" can't even manage to stand up. Meanwhile, the bot from Boston Dynamics is about to take Gold in, uh, half the Olympic events?

Elon's a cash-powered joke but these things? they make you wonder about the future.

Good or bad, a radical change of some kind is coming.

Remember when Team Fash feigned fury over "Peanuts" the squirrel being put to sleep?

I do.

The incident below is just one of hundreds we have of Regime Brownshirts abusing animals, often leaving them to die in abandoned homes & cars.

Talk is cheap, monsters-
Actions show us what you really are 👹

NO TAXPAYER BAILOUTS FOR THE CRYPTO SPECULATORS AND CON ARTISTS.

If you gambled and lost, don’t ask the American people to bail you out.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Just gunna say, but they don't even boo the North Koreans at the Olympic opening ceremonies.

Indignation at a higher resolution

The Regime has long had Springfield in their gunsights. A lower court blocked them but the Regime will appeal, and in any case, Brownshirts don't listen to the courts or follow the law. They make their own version of the law and Springfield is a plum they've been dying to pick.

So ICE has declared a retreat from Minneapolis.

But like the man once said, "We're not retreating, we're just attacking in a different direction."

My fear is that the Proudboys are being redeployed to depopulate Springfield, Ohio- they of "Cats&Dogs" fame. 25% of residents are 100% legal Haitians.

Having automatic doors is fine- so long as you have a manual release on BOTH sides.

It's hard to believe multi-billion dollar car companies had to learn this and even harder to believe that safety authorities ever allowed it.

Rot over Reason
Denial of the Obvious

We live in a time of make-believe

Damn! By far THE best dragon i've seen in months! Striking! Energetic! Menacing and dynamic! It feels like a scene cut from from the best animated movie you've never seen.

Huge, mad props -
👍👍👍👍

if "Garfield" was assimilated by the thing in "The Thing"

It's always blown my mind that a painting of people being happy, free, and well-fed was intended as a depiction of evil and sin.

... and that the owl, of all things, symbolized that sin & stares at "us" in a knowing, silent admonition. Never would've guessed Old Europe saw owls that way.

Among all that, it's the skeleton preparing to land the killing blow across the praying man's neck that 'strikes' me the most.

Agreed. It turns a standard presentation into a masterful subversion of the expected power balance, playing into old fears and forbidden fantasies.

A very Goth death, wearing an Ankh for the irony, i guess.

From the Sandman comics? I seem to remember "her" from the 90's. Something about "when the end of the Universe comes i'll be the one to put the chairs on the tables & turn off the lights" or such. A gentle take on mortal doom.

How about that vulture in the corner who isn't wearing a hat? Kinda bald-headed and lanky with a sour mug. That wouldn't happen to be everyone's most favorite escaped "SCP" Steven Miller, do you think?

Gracefulness, personified -

They had some great numbers on "Wolfmother" and "Cosmic Egg". I remember expecting & looking forward to hearing so much more from them ... but it felt like the mic just went dead. Some of the greats never catch on, some blow apart from the inside & never recover.

I'm not sure which took them.

did you see him?

no

a rider on a red mount; he came this way
looking for something
something hiding

and what was in his eyes? did they give the game away?

no
there was no man in there
just a beast in uniform
haunting in a bag of human skin
with the rot of carrion on his breath

So Texas–

Something people dont consider(?) is that while 34-42% of the public might support the Regime only a portion of them are die-hards who cheer doing Fash things.

The other 60+% of the public?

they don’t just “dislike” the Regime, they *HATE* it & are TERRIFIED

That👏
Difference👏
Matters!👏