Quick dump
Enemies
An appreciative tribute from one science fiction giant to another
Truth and Beauty
1910s movie theater courtesy PSA
Marie Luneva aka Supinatra makes art photography by sticking bits of plants to herself
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Good morning, to those who celebrate.
They aren't naming the clients because they are the clients.
If the Hippodrome still stood in Istanbul
Wildfires in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Perfection belongs only to the gods
Buttery
This Trompe L'oeil street art by Dutch mural artist Leon Keer in Ostend Belgium, via Helen Warlow on Bluesky
Nothing Burger
They aren't naming the clients because they are the clinets.
For your disdain disdaining needs
Dump of random art photos, via NOIR on X
Redact that, please
I don't look forward to what's coming next for the franchise.
Just in case someone asks you about the evolution of the 2009 H1N1 strain of influenza
Wedding Sniper - I was not actually told to never let this die, but here it is again anyway.
Bestselling music acts for each London borough, via Brilliant Maps
TGIF
Just in case you find yourself in an unexpected French language conversation about the inner and outer solar system
I don't know who needs to hear this...
Librarian
Which way, modern man?
This marginalia illustration from a yearbook from 1891
Plausible Deniability
Well there's your problem, right there...
That was three Presidents ago?
Steady does it!
INCIDENT: Southwest #WN2504 (Boeing 737-800 N8517F) in near miss 1448UTC/0848CST today @ Chicago/Midway as FlexJet #LXJ560 (Challenger 350) crosses Runway 31C.
Power Boost
You can't give all the help that the world needs, but the world needs all the help you can give.
Healthful and hilarious
In Tehran airport, a cleric harassed a woman for not covering up, so she grabbed his turban used it for a hijab.
Clever trash panda
The Illusion Of Free Choice
Everyone should just leave him to rot in peace
How to unwind with you pet after work
And now I have to decide whether to reply...not that I'm ashamed of being terminally online my whole life or anything...
Survive...
Answer: Cake. Question: When are depression diagnosis and treatment the same thing?
Just so you won't be stumped if The Yarkovsky Effect comes up unexpectedly in conversation.
This marginalia illustration from an 1885 college yearbook
*This* is how you Americanize the Gulf!
En el espacio nadie puede oírte gritar.
Just in case you missed this mud volcano in the Caspian Sea creating an island, which then washed away
Meme Man: "Innovayshun!"
Yes, you are getting old
Helen Day with a wall of Ladybird comic books at Peterborough Museum
Five years ago this weekend the COVID-19 lockdowns began. Here are some vintage memes from back then, for those who want to reminisce.
Morning exercise
Like dozens of handbills stuck under your windshield wiper while you're still driving.