Sana

@evolutionise.bsky.social @duckalini.bsky.social new sana's mom story

i didn't have to have a conversation about heated rivalry at least. she went to the pyeongchang winter olympics to watch the men's figure skating (my Sana's Mom Gift that year was the olympic mascot stuffed animal), so this was a genuine concern

she also said that we (me, her, my gf) should go to sydney for the BTS tour next year. i said i'd consider melbourne.

popping back in here to say that i called my mom last night. the hospital called me to try and schedule minor surgery for her mid-may, to which her response was "wait, i have tickets booked for a boy band concert at Tokyo Dome 5 days after, can i still go?"

okay i should’ve kept my original wording of “complaints of varying levels of validity”

you know they’re still british citizens bc they gave them a valid thing to really complain about and good lord that article is long. bonus points for “bureaucracy gone mad”

it only opened like a month ago so it’s the first time anything’s even been available here. i’ll have to keep an eye out.

ooof that was big #asteroidnz

a black floor rug with text in a fixed width font, showing an online chat between two users, Super2 and COOL14

the last time i was in an IKEA was in Sydney a decade ago, where i saw the most amazing/terrible rug. nothing of this calibre this time unfortunately

an articulated wooden mannequin hand. the index and middle finger have been zip tied together in order to prevent people from making it give people the finger.

yeah so it turns out everyone else had this idea at IKEA too

6 arms!

ok upgrading that up to 8 arms

they've started one of those insane rhythm game showcases on AGDQ. we're only 5 minutes into a 1h15m run and I'm already pretty sure you need at least three hands for this game

Ringu (1998). And then I went to sleep in my bedroom, which had a big CRT TV directly opposite the bed 😬

if you want to feel old: AGDQ is currently running Mario Kart 64, which was released 29 years ago

honestly, just fantastic couch commentary from CrimsonCasts for that Path of Exile run in general - 3 hours straight of extremely informative, easy to follow, and entertaining talk from one guy

photograph of a yamaimo or Dioscorea japonica, or Japanese mountain yam

ok but tbf that yam is a japanese yamaimo not a sweet potato so it’s more a translation issue

AGDQ couch guy doing a good job explaining the pronunciation of the “nga” phoneme for an american

I’ve been mopping up shit like this for longer than most of you have been alive and I cannot recommend this thread enough. It’s a masterclass.

MYTH: Going through menopause is a miserable experience. FACT: Many women actually enjoy the opportunity to try a bunch of new drugs.

Menopause: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/menopause-myth-vs-fact/

good lord that's a parfait

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

oh right yeah, murdering the audience is generally frowned upon

i‘ve been thinking this would make a great double feature with Pan’s Labyrinth

google street view screenshot of a sign for a company Oral Dynamics, advertising Ceramic Studio and Denture Clinic on the same sign

i’m at the denture clinic. i’m at the ceramic studio. i’m at the combination denture clinic and ceramic studio

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

obligatory

Apropos of...everything a reminder that I have a list of accounts that regularly post relaxing and random stuff. It features NO NEWS. If you're trapped scrolling and need to shift your attention to something calmer it's a good way to do it. You can also pin it to your feeds

bsky.app/profile/did:...

an exhibit room in an art gallery. dark tiled flooring, white walls. there are square white canvases hung on the walls, with no other decoration. this is my own photo of the actual exhibition.

the struggle of trying to look thoughtful and cultured through room after room of this

TBF it's about how all painting can ultimately be reduced down to paint on a material, so all of the paintings are different kinds of paint on different kinds of material. BUT STILL there were like 40 of these painted white squares in various sizes all named "untitled" and we looked them all