acgrad

keep it shut down until 2029

This “South East Asian Art Inventory” of Leon Black and his Narrows trust, dated 30 April 2014, appears in the Epstein Files. It suggests Black assembled an extraordinary collection of Khmer antiquities. THREAD www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

As always, Joy of Cooking stays winning and Salt Fat Acid Heat has the best reference diagrams.

Consulting the Tomes (looking for a recipe in my cookbooks)

a rollercoaster tycoon but for making friends could fix me

If these MFers actually wanted to "protect kids", they would:

Pass gun control
Stop demonizing vaccines
Fund education and healthcare
Punish every single creep in the Epstein files

Censoring the internet does nothing to actually help kids. It only makes them ignorant.

Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.

Imagining a guy who’s mad that Bad Bunny did the halftime show in Spanish instead of Quenya, the tongue of the high elves of Valinor.

A cartoon bear knitting - The horrors persist but I have my little crafts.

Me...😶

!! yes youtube music 😭 this is a no spotify zone

Tapped into a ytmusic playlist of r&b, blues, and jazz songs that are sampled in hiphop.

Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Older gay men built their own hockey fandom. Then came 'Heated Rivalry.' The hit show is an unexpected invitation for some older gay hockey fans to reflect on love, acceptance and coming out.

This is an absolutely delightful story by @slooterman.bsky.social about the older gay hockey fans who love Heated Rivalry.
19thnews.org/2026/02/heat...

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Panel 1: Exec: "Ok guys ok ok we won't kill Adobe Animate." Crowd: "Phew" "thank fuck" "That's better" "I'm still switching to something else." "No yeah you really should" Panel 2: Exec: "Unfortunately we will also stop adding new features to it." Crowd: "WOO!!!" "It's a dream come true!" "Yeah!" "Finally!" Exec: "... um. Why are they cheering"

maintenance mode

OKAY so I'm not sure how new this update is, BUT IF YOU HAVE INDESIGN:

Check Edit -> Preferences. There may be a "Generative AI..." option in that resulting submenu. You have to opt-out of Adobe using generative AI to guess at alt-text (and it puts a "Generated with AI" tag).

The cover of Blades in the Dark next to the cover of Blades '68

In celebration of the imminent Blades ‘68 campaign, I thought I’d talk a bit about its graphic design.

BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.

Type nerdery ahoy 🧐

*This still is from an article which includes multiple artists who are not specifically working in realism: www.cowboysindians.com/2024/07/the-west-starts-here-12-works-from-the-briscoe-western-art-museum/

LRT, painting examples are by the following artists:
Logan Maxwell Hegege, Mark Maggiori, Martin Grelle, Howard Terpning*, Maggiori again (less orange this time)

YouTube video by artlust denman original

lmao drag him

youtube.com/shorts/tiA3-...

ten years ago today no one clapped

What the Smithsonian Won’t Say About Grandma Moses The benign narrative of the beloved artist must be deconstructed, as she also embodies the US’s detrimental values.

What the Smithsonian Won’t Say About Grandma Moses
The benign narrative of the beloved artist must be deconstructed, as she also embodies the US’s detrimental values.
by Bryan Martin for @hyperallergic.com
hyperallergic.com/what-the-smi...

But does her dress fit in a walnut shell??

In b4 Benedict starts singing Agony

I still cannot meaningfully differentiate between Anthony and Benedict, thankfully Anthony is conveniently elsewhere.

Loving all the costumes and masks despite severe lack of hairbows. Eloise bob forever.

Historical Costuming people rushing to post about "letting down hems" and not Lady Featherington's commitment to her wild silhouette while wearing Bridgerton blue. (does she live with them?)

I miss Downton Abbey

Bridgerton season 4 (spoilers abound). Ep 1 catch-up.

reposting with alt text for accessibility:

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)