Since all worlds have them, who do you think invented them...?
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Since all worlds have them, who do you think invented them...?
A kitchen counter with a cursed square waffle and cursed waffle iron on it with that βoptimally packed 17 squaresβ layout that is deeply unsettling to look at. The outer parts are aligned to a square but there are 7 squares in the middle at various angles and it looks like complete nonsense but it is in fact the most compact way to store 17 squares in a larger square. I have no idea where this came from and whoever made it should go to jail.
You may not like it, but this is the optimal way to construct a waffle with exactly 17 squares.
Hayao Miyazaki's The Silmarillion.
OK, I did a bad thing. I just won this Auction. I need to pass the hat. Please DM me if you want to throw money at this so I can actually make bill payments.
ooooo historical radio performances of books archive.org/details/radi...
I got this on like 12 CDs as a kid and it was foundational! Andy Serkis is great and all, but this will always be my Gollum.
art reveal π€
Squarepusher announces new "orchestral" album 'Kammerkonzert'; hear lead single "K2 Central"
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cow #smbc
how strange it is that this is still the best character arc ever put on television and as such probably the best "character" who has ever been on television
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
I cannot speak as to the accuracy of the piece yet I found it a fascinating exercise @adamroberts.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social
Me too! It's hard to get a group together these days.
Literally Cardinal Shit Disturber (complimentary).
You have good taste in TV and board games! Taj Mahal in particular is underrated.
Andor (2022-2025)
Showrunner Tony Gilroy: βYou get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible. How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the...β
Paging @akapastorguy.bsky.social...
Finance guyβs guest op-ed in the local gazette: We donβt need libraries, we have Amazon
anyone with a pulse: LIBRARIES ARE FREE YOU DORK
me, cataloger: Amazonβs uncontrolled keyword search interface is HORRIBLE at supporting the core user tasks of Finding, Identifying, and Selecting π
Between Shelved by Genre and @morecivilized.bsky.social arriving at my doorstep this morning, I have nearly 7 hours of @austinwalker.bsky.social and friends talkin' books to listen to. I am very much okay with that.
A cover of an illustrated book featuring a gigantic humanoid
A spread from a book showing alien creature illustrations
A spread from a book showing alien creature illustrations and aircraft
A spread from a book showing alien creature illustrations
I have received my copies of my first ever book: 'Other Words' and it looks amazing! I have taken some photos for a /thread/ below
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!
Bees π
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for
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graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
Heathcliff Panel: Heathcliff watches two mice peek out of their hole from around a corner, hiding his new chest tattoo. The mice notice a bottle labeled with an image of cheese sitting on a mouse trap. One mouse says "Donald Trump decides that he also needs the Westminster Kennel Club trophy to feel whole."
New Yorker Panel: Penny the Doberman Pinscher bites Donald Trumps right arm while he holds the Westminster trophy in his left arm. The caption explains that his is because of cheese cologne.
2/5/26
Eight-legged chinchillas!
Xenomorphs are to alpacas as face-huggers are to...?
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i guess my cartoon cartoons short came out! i finished it in 2021 when i was still very new to blender...but i still like it!
youtu.be/WAnzOHcOl_g?...
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think itβs because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
May I introduce you to www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/pu...?
Free, and ported to pretty much every platform!