"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"
This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.
praying they don't fix the headline
www.kctv5.com/video/2026/0...
Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you canโt do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut
Crow methodically shelling peanuts he found. #Crows, dude! #birds #peanuts
#bookreport: Carla Crujidoโs The Strange Beautiful.
#booksky #fiction #goodbook
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, ๐ธ by @ScottStrazzante
The punk council is gathering now to come to a consensus about stripping Green Day of their Gilman Street access.
Why in the world would a manatee wear a bikini?
Two figures in Devon, by Willem de Kooning, 1971, ๐ธ by Win Tam
In Churchill,Canada,1of the few towns where polar bears roam freely,it is common for residents to leave their car doors unlocked.This is not due to negligence but is instead a crucial safety measure:in the event of an unexpected encounter w a bear any1 can escape in a nrby auto.
Shemp Howard, age 25, and Moe Howard, age 22, in 1919, performing on stage as Howard and Howard in vaudeville.
The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
Happy to be a part of this firecracker of a #sci-fi anthology and psyched to see it long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards.
#fiction
#sciencefiction
#booksky
Lynch considers. "No. I don't have pets. Well, I had a dog named Sparky once, a Jack Russell terrier that I say was the love of my life. I like dogs, but then when you go out your worry about them." "Maybe you need something smaller," suggests the interviewer. "I have a mouse." Lynch perks up. "A little mouse, huh? And he's your pal! Well, isn't that great. I live near an overlook, and there was this guy who would put his mouse into the cockpit of a remote-controlled glider and float him out over Hollywood. I guess the mouse really dug it."
once again thinking of this david lynch exchange
I'm sick of it not happening
One of the best ways I know to sort Gen Xers/old Millennials into levels of trustworthiness is to take note of which beloved 80s/90s comic strip they never shut up about. Calvin & Hobbes? That's a good-hearted normie. Far Side? Probably annoying, plays hours of RPGs. Bloom County? Fully radicalized.
just saw a northern flicker on my porch!!!
A men with a scope and tripod in front of shingle beach and sea, with a foreboding dark sky and two rainbows over the sea. The red and white chimneys of the Pigeonhouse on the South Bull Wall In Dublin Bay is on the horizon. Pic credit - Niall Keogh
A great day on the Dublin Bird Race yesterday. 11 teams took part recording 109 species.
A decent tally given the persistent, (very wet) rain.
1st place went to โThe Troy Parrottsโ beating favorites the โSouthside Swiftsโ. Best name goes to โIrritable Owl Syndromeโ #SpeirGorm #IrishBirding 1/2
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, by Albrecht Dรผrer, 1508 (detail), ๐ธ via @johnewing
"ICE Out for Good" protest getting started in Portland. I'm on the ground reporting for @contrariannews.org
There has apparently been a shooting of Portland residents by federal agents. I'm on the scene here in east Portland
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
Der Holzschnitt von 1882 zeigt die neue Stadtbahn am Bahnhof Friedrichstraรe. Blick von der belebten Friedrichstraรe nach oben auf die Bahnbrรผcke und die Glashalle links. Auf der Brรผcke fรคhrt eine Bahn, Dampf steigt auf. Westermannโs illustrirte deutsche Monats-Hefte, Heft 309 Nachweis von wiki commons folgt
Am 29. Dezember 1881 fand die erste Probefahrt auf der Berliner Stadtbahn statt.
Im Februar 1882 wurde sie erรถffnet.
Out now from Brain Mill Press. ๐
Ab Terra 2024 delivers the fifth installment of an annual short story anthology that seeks to recreate the feeling of the moment when we first laid eyes on our world through stories of science fiction belonging to all, from Earth.
In DRM-free ebook format.
A picture showing the science fiction anthology Ab Terra 2024.
Fantastic new #sci-fi anthology Ab Terra 2024 from Brain Mill Press is now out in the world! Very happy to have a story in here. It's about #ai, #cryogenics, and stabbing. Get the book here www.brainmillpress.com/books/ab-ter... or at your favorite book store.
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaสปumaสปu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
Danseuse espagnole, by Joan Mirรณ, 1945, ๐ธ by Max Molina
Good nudge to go back and re-savor the Hartley catalogue. Still one of my favorites.
Hal Hartley Is Still Figuring It All Out Onscreen - defector.com/hal-hartley-...
