Moving walkway as metaphor for systemic racism
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Racism is a system and we are all just along for the ride.
Posts by luminous beans 🍉
fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM
illustration for a postcard, a painterly stylized image split into many smaller boxes with one item each. Main image is a cat, others are summer plants, a watermelon, a mouse, a sun, a bottle of Rainer beer
spot illustration of a bottle of beer with a big Rainier R, framed with eyes
Spot illustration of a dandelion, framed by stars
illustration for a postcard, a painterly stylized image split into many smaller boxes with one item each. Main image is a rabbit with a cut leg. Other boxes feature a bat, a candelabra, moon, skull, gourd, key, dandelion
Tricking the postcard and spot illustrations I did for my calendars last year.
It cannot be overstated what a competitive candidate Astronaut Christina Koch would make to carry mantle of the Green Lantern of the Earth Sector. Wouldnt you agree? @dc.com
the fire lord’s hair was its own character
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#AdamDriver
As fuel prices soar, climate leaders urge Democrats to equate clean energy with affordability [via @theguardian.com]
Turns out the phrase “America First” is preceded by the words “Sell Out.”
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë An engraved portrait of Charlotte Brontë with auburn hair, wearing a dark dress with lace cuffs and collar and a red ribbon at the neck. She holds a small book and gazes directly at the viewer with a calm, composed expression. Painted by Evert A. Duyckinck, based on a drawing by George Richmond https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB#/media/File:Charlotte_Bronte_coloured_drawing.png
"Liberty lends us her wings and Hope guides us by her star."
Villette (1853)
~Charlotte Brontë, born #OTD in 1816, was an English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters.
Charlotte Brontë at PG:
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#books #literature
A tweet from Stew Peters features a video still of Tucker Carlson in front of a bookshelf, captioned with a fabricated quote about regretting helping elect Donald Trump. Text on the video overlay reads, "EVERYONE ELSE WHO SUPPORTED".
I guess you were wrong, Tucker. 'Daddy' coming home and taking his belt off hurt you quite a bit as well.
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
illustration of what might be some kind of fantasy funeral rite. The illustration is two colors and stylized, in the foreground is a group of robed priestess holding hands over a long sword. In the background a bandaged corpse lays on an altar among arches shelves of bottles and detritus.
Thanks so much to @portablecity.bsky.social for being a great AD, here's one of two of the illustrations I did for Swords Without Master and you guys have no idea what cool shit you're in for. People have been cranking out the most gorgeous work for that thing
A poster for Mondo I made a year ago. AD Josh Manderville and beautiful typography by Nolan Fleming
Microsoft Lied to Us About Removing Copilot
youtu.be/deQrMp5t7iY
#Linux
the inclusion is great but how much you want to bet disney used ai to generate all those “extra animated scenes” of characters signing their iconic songs in american sign language
Scientists warn that no adaptation measure can sustain Venice as rising sea levels threaten to swallow the city.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/ZzbG
Kids bedding with dinosaur skeletons neatly labelled science style
I will never understand Instagram Influencers who do their kids bedrooms in shades of greige because like. stuff designed for kids actually slaps
Wildly ahistoric and this gets trotted out every single time rich people are scared of working class anger lol
you rise with the moon, I rise with the sun #zutara
A Federal government that settles with a sitting President for a monetary fund, should be an automatic impeachable offense!
zuko had more hairstyle and outfit changes than katara in that movie i stg also the countless shots of his chest
Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...
Pale green aurora in the skies above an icy cove in Iceland. Snowy mountains line the shore, and a violet streak runs through the center of the aurora.
Morning lights above an icy cove at Iceland's Þingvallavatn lake.
I like to imagine that he sometimes actually appears in a little bubble next to her laughing like the Great Gazoo in the Flintstones
little bug
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.
“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”
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The Free Speech Coalition is serious about starting an adult industry credit union. Part of this is being able to show regulators that enough people would use it, so please fill out this form if you're interested!
(Yes, credit unions can issue credit cards!)
www.freespeechcoalition.com/survey
Hey, this is worth taking like 60 seconds to fill out. Its not a commitment towards anything, its just to help the Free Speech Coalition gauge interest in such a credit union
Please share this around! This could end up being huge!
I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"