can you imagine it, setting up a foliage gentry and aristocracy

I remember a Wired article in the late 90s about a team of Israeli Rabbis responding to the rapid proliferation of cellphones with a guidebook. it contained suggestions like "PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER CALLS ON THE SHITTER" because of this exact situation:)

their algorithm seems REALLY convinced you were born to garden:)

Three panel comic. Panel 1: person who has post-op bandages wrapped around their nose, nervously holding someone’s hand. Another speaker off panel says, “alright… let’s get these bandages off.” Panel 2: the person is gleefully looking at themself in a handheld mirror, their friends are overjoyed. Their new nose is a gigantic, elongated and pointed sword shape. Panel 3: they are jumping out of the ocean with a smile on their face, in unison with two swordfish who are also breaching the water.

Every time I bring up the idea of a tshirt that says
ABE LINCOLN
PROOF THAT THE ONLY GOOD REPUBLICAN IS A DEAD ONE
I get told I'd get hassled as a security risk. Is it time yet?

Shakerism?

I'd never heard of him until the lawsuit became news?

so like they're darkly muttering about you being a Decepticon or something 😂

in a bygone age, his tweets would have been left on seen, or worse, pandered to in some way. Capcom BLOCKED HIM. They may have reported him too because they BANNED HIM.

Thanks Capcom. We need to do more to slap some sense into the kinda people who've made being online such a chore.

I havent played @capcomusa.com 's Pragmata, but I'd like to give them a shout out for doing the right thing,
Today, one of the many weirdo gooners from the internet was howling about how the upcoming large vinyl figure of Diana (the little girl android) lacked visible panties.

a parody illustration of a big pink Zakku mech from the G Gundam series, except the legs are muscular human legs wearing glossy pink high heels

a 60cm tall model of the parody Zakku mech, with fine airbrushing to accentuate the leg muscles. it stands on a table surrounded by retro japanese memorabilia from the late 70s. at its feet stands a 10cm tall painted model of the infamous helmet wearing ace Char.

at last, a Gundam I can get behind

btw, what rag was this printed in?

The whole annual produce of the land and labour of every country, or what comes to the same thing, the whole price of that annual produce, naturally divides itself, it has already been observed, into three parts; the rent of land, the wages of labour, and the profits of stock; and constitutes a revenue to three different orders of people; to those who live by rent, to those who live by wages, and to those who live by profit. These are the three great, original, and constituent orders of every civil. ized society, trom whose revenue that of every other order is ultimately derived. The interest of the first of those three great orders, it appears from what has been just now said, is strictly and inseparably connected with the general interest of the society. Whatever...

either promotes or obstructs the one, necessarily promotes or obstructs the other. When the public deliberates concerning any regulation of commerce or police, the proprietors of land never can mislead it, with a view to promote the interest of their own particular order; at least, if they have any tolerable knowledge of that interest. They are, indeed, too often defective in this tolerable knowledge. They are the only one of the three orders whose revenue costs them neither labour nor care, but comes to them, as it were, of its own accord, and independent of any plan or project of their own. That indolence, which is the natural effect of the ease and security of their situation, renders them too often, not only ignorant, but incapable of that application of mind which is necessary in order to foresee and understand the consequences of any public regulation.

Good. BTW here is a banger of a landlord smackdown from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations".

Good thing houses can’t flee (more landlords should tho) 🤩

The Dems had four years to throw Trump and collaborators in jail and they didn't do it, I don't believe they'll do it the next time they have the chance either.

Under Biden pro-Palestine protestors were arrested and beaten while Trump remained free 👍

Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

Hahaha that's CRAAAAZY :D

bsky.app/profile/fain...

Are Japanese Teens Leaving Manga Behind? - Unseen Japan One prominent journalist argues the youth market is slipping away. Others say they've heard this false cry before.

A Square Enix manga editor points out that 61.3% of Japanese 10-20 year olds have read comics. The 'youth manga decline' may just reflect a shift from print magazines to digital apps.

man, I ruined so many of those back in the day.

I bought a book “rendering with pen and ink” published in the 70s and this edition is the 80s and it’s filled with details of technical drawing tools that are like reading about a lost and distant land. I’ve just discovered there’s a tool for drawing vanishing points BEYOND the table! CENTROLINEAD

this is a truly mystifying combination 🤣

Kissaten: Are Japan's Old-School Coffee Shops Fading? Japan’s kissaten are fading fast, but their retro charm is drawing new fans. Explore what's keeping these old-school coffee shops alive.

Japan's kissaten peaked at nearly 155,000 shops in 1981. By 2021, just 40 years after that peak, the number had taken a nosedive to 58,700. Aging owners without successors were one of the biggest reasons.

Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) * ... @magyarpeterMP Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then - on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office.

Hungary’s Péter Magyar issues an ultimatum.

a roadside electronic sign reads "DURG DRIVING CAN COST YOU YOUR LICENCE, CAR JOB AND LIFE"

that's right - DONT DO DURGS

they read the FAQ
so you dont have to?

but they're not seen as core to product development. So much of Silicon Valley is just "founders", quants and tech people talking to each other, deriding actual humanities epistemology in favour that guy they go with to Burning Man or Tahoe. Their $$ convinces them nobody knows more than them.

Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?

from the annals of getting high on your own supply (gift link) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

Hoo boy, that was a tough listen. Two women in a department store, browsing racks right next to me, discussing 'immigrants'. I had to walk away when one said '...and you know what? We'll never get them all out of here either'.

There's just no helping some people. 🙄 #Its2026