Cassandra and the Infinite Doomscroll

Psychologists have a term for a person who shows an inability to model how other people will respond to their actions

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Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire (Official HD Video) YouTube video by billyjoelVEVO

How could you stop before youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g?... ?

“Happy New Year”
Boring
Trite
Imperatively Optimistic
“May you enter the new year with warm feet.”
Sounds like a blessing
Might be a curse

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son YouTube video by CCRVEVO

well, i guess i'm spinning tunes this afternoon to close out the year in gen-x style.

feel free to mute this thread so i don't spam your tl :-)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWij...

A box that looks like Hamburger Helper, but it's called Lobster Secret, and the mascot is a lobster claw with the same face. It also says Maine Coast Casserole, Naturally Flavored, Finished in 30 minutes (after you make the lobster)

Remember this from the 90s? No??? That's because I woke up with a splitting migraine today, and my malfunctioning synapses invented this abomination. I hyperfixated on it for several terrifying minutes while immobilized in bed. It haunted me all day, so here's my rendition of it.

meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??

between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright

whatever it is, it should show signs of being read *repeatedly.*

those telltale discolorations where the hands have held it, flipped through it; perhaps he's fallen asleep with it in his hands on occasion.

A few favorite pages corner-folded, possibly with a purpose-made bookmark partway through.

happy New Year to my fellow vaccinated people about to make it to 2026

"Show me the energy you're leaving 2025 with" "Post a gif of the energy you're carrying into 2026" sweeties I am 40 or 50 years old, what on EARTH makes you think I have energy

I assume this is why Cheeto wants to destroy it.

a white cat with its paws up in the air is sitting on the ground ALT: a white cat with its paws up in the air is sitting on the ground

👍👍

The Cat at Stonehenge

The cat at Stonehenge…

We're watching Labyrinth which is in reality a Christmas Movie because David Bowie delivers his package

He has every right to, but if the headline writers at the WP would know if they had bothered to watch the whole clip, it really doesn’t take long, is that’s not what he’s saying. Appalling journalism, deliberate distortion?

Anyone in Austin who can help by fostering this beautiful boy or help his Mom with housing?

“Rain smacked Los Angeles. It splattered on the palm trees, sizzled on the neon, gurgled down the dirty boulevard. The town was sick. They hadn’t seen sunlight in almost a day. But I had the cure. A fifth of magic and a sack full of cold, hard joy. ‘Ho,’ I said once. It was enough.”

-Noir Santa

Compilation of 5 brightly colored paintings of cats. Top left is of a Siamese cat stretching. Top right is of a cat laying down looking up at the viewer. The middle painting is of a very round ginger cat glowing. Bottom left is of a cat with a derpy expression stretching on his back, showing his fluffy belly. Bottom right is of a cat wiggling, and the background is an orange circle.

Five of my cat paintings in the Feline Flows and Poses Collection: "Stretch," "Flop," Loaf," "Belleh," and "Squiggle"!

#cat #art #painting #catart

The first rule of crafting in the same house as a cat is that the first thing you make each session must be a cat toy. If you don't make a cat toy before you start your project, how is the cat to know the project is not the toy?

That black cat named Moon at Stonehenge surrounded by its adoring crowd during this year's winter solstice

Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice

A very handsome black cat with beautiful pale-gold eyes, glossy fur and, yes, lovely whiskers.

Oh, kitten-boy, oh, kitten-boy,
How lovely are thy whiskers!
Oh, kitten-boy, oh, kitten-boy,
How lovely are thy whiskers!
Thy silky ears and velvet nose
Thy swishing tail and pointy toes!
Oh, kitten-boy, oh, kitten-boy,
How lovely are thy whiskers!

Well done, everyone! We're halfway out of the dark!

A wide view of the planet Mars fills the frame, shown as a curved, rust-colored world against black space. The bottom edge fades into darkness, marking the planet’s night side, while the upper portion is brightly lit by sunlight. Near the right side are three large, round volcanic mountains of the Tharsis region, each with a wide circular base and a darker central caldera, resembling shallow craters pressed into the surface. North of these volcanoes, stretching almost vertically across the upper right half of the planet, lies Noctis Labyrinthus and Valles Marineris: an immense system of deep canyons and fractured terrain that appears as pale, branching scars and cracks, partly softened by hazy, cloud-like atmospheric features. Near the center of the image, positioned between the volcanoes and the canyon system, a small dark oval appears against Mars’s surface. This is Phobos, one of Mars’s satellites. Its tiny size stands out sharply against the vast scale of the planet below.

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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express

This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris

Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"

Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

Ginny's ears, eyes, and just the very bridge of her nose peeking out over the top of a paper bag that's on the counter to collect the recycling. She looks very pleased with herself.

Celebrating #Caturday by not being on the counter.

A closeup of a cat, Frank, sitting in an artificial Christmas tree. Frank has tabby stripes on his back and sides, and a white front with a few scattered splotches. He looks like a very happy cat, he loves a fake tree. #CatsOfBlueSky

Experiencing the magic of Christmas 💚

RIRO

Guillotines

A handsome tabby cat, Joe, lying on his side in rumpled white bedding. A bit rumpled himself, his eyes are mostly closed and his fat polydactyl paws are curled in bunny position. He’s completely content and relaxed. #CatsOfBlueSky

When Joe has had almost enough belly rubs, but not quite 🐾

Howard Phillip Lovecraft, you were told not to project your eldritch horrors through time and space. Put that back. You don't know where its been and *don't* tell me R'lyeh, no we are not sending an antarctic expedition to look at the weird geometry, we have ghouls at home. For the last time, Howie!