i have not seen that last image since the fucking Slavic Vampire class i took in fucking college what the HELL dude? That is some OG vampire lore, wish I could remember the name. Great mashup.
Ah, that film is Viy (1967), a very weird Soviet film but an excellent watch.
You know what, fuck it, I don’t *want* some frivolous, artisanal, lighter-than-air computer with no customizability, no upgradeability, no reparability, no ports, and a lifetime of *maybe* 3 years if you’re lucky. I want a fucking great BEAST of a computer that’s designed to last a minimum of 50 years, with ports up the wazoo and optional drives for every kind of media! I want modular components that you can drop in a bog for a year, dry them off, and have them still work fine! I want them to make a noise like “ker-chunk!” when you slide them into place! I want a switch that you pull to turn it on! And I don’t want software that constantly forces you to get a pointless, cosmetic “upgrade” every few months either! I want durability! I want longevity! I want satisfying haptics! I want Silicon Valley to go fuck itself!
I told Cyrus that I was thinking about taking a break from Columbo to watch Good Omens season two, and they sent me this, and I’ve been thinking about it for a week straight
Okay- okay, but the FUNNIEST THING about this is that in Wim Wenders’ film “Wings of Desire” (Der Himmel über Berlin), the angel Damiel falls in love with both humanity in general and a trapeze artist in particular, and decides to “fall” in order to live as a human….
…. and his mentor for at least part of that is literally Peter Falk, playing himself, as a former angel whose human career of choice was to become an actor.
Look, I think it is important that as many people as possible see these phenomenal photos of Melanobatrachus indicus, because they are damn rare, but truly spectacular.
If anyone wants to know my favourite frog, this is probably in the top five.
You’re a Warlock. But instead of drawing power from a higher being, people can choose to donate a portion of their magical power to you. In exchange, they can scry on your adventures and can send telepathic messages to you, as well as make requests. It can get annoying, but you make it work.
“Alright, we’re about to head into the dungeon. Daz has gone ahead to check for traps, but we’re pretty confident – hey, M’stha’venalth the Destroyer, thanks for the three months, really appreciate it – yeah we’re pretty confident we got the, uh, we got the thing in the bag, shouldn’t take more than a few sessions at best. Who needs a long rest, am I right? Oh, just got a Sending from Gleek, ‘are you gonna need Darkvision again’, nah, comrade, torches all the way. You know we gotta keep it real around here. Plus I love the burning pitch smell. Okay, good vibe emojis only, viewers, we’re going in!”
oil paintings and picture frames, installation dimensions variable
Horizon (Leeds) is made up from a selection of 19th and early 20th century landscape paintings chosen from Leeds Art Gallery’s collection. Fitzmaurice has installed the paintings to create a single painted horizon, forming a graphic line cutting across the ornate frames.
we can debate back and forth over whether “our ancestors” would think we were soft for living in luxury or be delighted that their descendant lived like a king but i think we could all agree i could make a Venetian spice merchant ca. 1400 cry by showing him how low spice prices are
I love the x-men so much because that’s just what leftist infighting is like! that’s literally all it is! xavier is a sellout and they all hate him but he’s the only one with any money. everyone complains about “they keep switching sides and dating each other it’s so fucking confusing” like my dudes have you never been a part of any socialist organisation, ever. then people will go “magneto is so strong how has he not killed a bunch of teenagers” HE DOESN’T WANT TO KILL THEM! this started in a goddam basement over coffee he does not want to hurt them he just wants them to shut up and listen and will fling cars to do so
Magneto one drink in: I love Charles but hes such a kiss ass we don’t need to be FRIENDS we just need mutual aid communities and to be left alone
Professor X one drink in: what the fuck is his self sustaining mutant community going to do for all the mutants born to human parents, which is MOST OF THEM, he’s so gay he’s forgotten how babies are made and I want to kiss his stupid face
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