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This is great stuff.

you mad about the politics yeah me too

Corfu: Lights and Shadows, 1909. John Singer Sargent. Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper.

An advertisement depicts a smartly dressed man navigating a busy city street with a Samsonite briefcase. The scene includes taxis, pedestrians, and city buildings, conveying a sense of urban hustle. The advertisement emphasizes the briefcase's durability and suitability for the demands of the business world. SAMSONITE THE SURVIVOR Today's business world is a jungle. To survive, you've got to be strong. You've got to be tough. That's why smart business people travel with the Samsonite Accord® Attache. The Accord features a strong, yet lightweight frame, tough molded shell, sleek comfortable handle, and a durable three-wheel combi-nation lock that opens only when right side up. Sure the business world is tough. But Samsonite's attaches are even tougher.

From America, Apr 1984: Accord Attache ad from Samsonite

«SAMSONITE THE SURVIVOR»

Japanese Rooster and Hen Pattern (1901) This striking woodblock print from the 1901 publication Shin-bijutsukai features a highly stylized and graphic depiction of a rooster and a hen. The composition is divided by bold, diagonal black bands that slash across a pale green background patterned with a delicate interlocking diamond grid. These dark sections are further decorated with trailing white cherry blossoms, creating a high-contrast environment for the central subjects. The rooster is positioned in the upper left, rendered with a bright red comb and wattle that pop against its cream and grey feathers. Its tail feathers are splayed in a sharp, fan-like arrangement, emphasizing the print's geometric aesthetic. Below and to the right, a hen is tucked into a corner, its body curved into a soft, circular shape that balances the more angular lines of the rooster. The overall design exemplifies the Meiji-era transition toward bold, modern decorative patterns while maintaining traditional Japanese motifs like the cherry blossom and auspicious poultry.

Japanese rooster and hen pattern created in the year 1901. Japan. Shinbijutsukai1. The overall design exemplifies the Meiji-era transition toward bold, modern decorative patterns while maintaining traditional Japanese motifs like the cherry blossom and auspicious poultry.

According to The National Snow and Ice Data Center the Snow-covered area in February across the western United States was 62 percent below average, at 387,000 square kilometers (149,000 square miles), ranking last in the 26-year satellite record.
#snowpack #drought #climate
#water #wildfire #change

In Denver we’ve barely had a winter. Little snowfall, most days 60-77°F. Got 5” of snow Thursday-Friday and it’s quickly melting. Next few days back to those springlike temperatures.

**Attention**

As of today, the Denver metro area has only had about 13.4 inches of total snowfall recorded so far this winter.

We had 38 inches by the same time in 2025.

I hate snow but I hate this stat even more

March is typically our snowiest month, but…this weeks forecast:

Setting up a test for another skycam for friends, this one is travel friendly so very small and self contained with solar cells - they'll use it when camping.

Skycam got a visitor lol, the setup is on an old stump so easy for the squirrel to jump up onto the setup.

Scientists: "Food gives you energy"

Me after eating:

Such a sweet gif!

It makes me so, so furious that listed buildings in Glasgow keep *mysteriously* being destroyed in massive fires, which *mysteriously* benefits property developers. Something's got to be fucking done about this. I'm so angry.

Tinderbox: The Bell launches a new map of Glasgow's many fires The propensity for so many buildings to catch fire has stoked conspiracy theories galore. Is there anything to them?

Why are there SO many fires destroying historical buildings in Glasgow? Tonight’s tragedy is just the latest.

@glasgowbell.bsky.social mapped them. ‘With every conflagration there are whispers that there’s slightly more to things than meets the eye’.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/tinderbox-fi...

a cartoon of snoopy reading a book while woodstock looks on ALT: a cartoon of snoopy reading a book while woodstock looks on

Adults are allowed to have fun. Play video games. Read sci-fi and fantasy. Watch horror movies. Buy superhero comic books. And if anyone tells you otherwise, tell them to grow up.

#reading #gaming #cinema

Well, that was fun! Thanks, everybody! #Riffotronic

Howard: Does this mean I'm gay? #Riffotronic

Howard looks a bit like Peter Capaldi. #Riffotronic

Howard has strange new feelings. #Riffotronic

Not if she keeps wearing Halston! #Riffotronic

She's invented the Halston dress. #Riffotronic

That murder had echoes of the murder of Mary Jane Kelly, thr final canonical victim & the only one killed indoors. #Riffotronic

The actor who plays Howard had a small role in I Start Counting (1970), a cult fave of mine, and was the one of the Britosh tourists hunted by murderous children in Who Can Kill a Child? (1976). #Riffotronic

I'm confused. Are Burke and Hare in London, or are they hanging Whitechapel murdered posters and speaking in cockney accents in Edinburgh? #Riffotronic

Freaking morning people. They run the world and they're always so smug. #riffotronic

The loss for me comes Monday, when I actually have to get up and be somewhere. #riffotronic

It's like those studies showing quickly people adapt to getting a few hundred dollars more but feel getting a few hundred less as an unacceptable loss. I adapt quickly to the fall hour of extra sleep but am totally thrown by its loss in the spring. #riffotronic

Noooooooooo!!!!!!! #riffotronic

Amen. #Riffotronic

Going all in on the Ripper angle -- I just watched a documentary about that case a few nights ago. #Riffotronic

Thanks!