it is devastating to notice how few benches there are in the world and how some benches have been replaced by weird "leaning" things. the world is incredibly cruel to disabled, elderly, poor, pregnant, tired, homeless, and all people. there should be benches fucking everywhere for everyone
Is this student exchange program? I imagine this means Sunny is with the Yakuza guy?
one of the ideas that i am trying to develop is that modern reaction is distinctly different from premodern "conservatism," precisely because it is the Old System constantly confronted by its own failures, which should be impossible
a contradiction it *must* resolve but never can
Pantalore and Columbine were lovers, I think? I watched a video while I was reading KC but don’t remember much from it.
I’m going to be honest I only really know the Karakuri Circus characters.
one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus
I still do that lol. Clicking the random link is fun because I learn something new all the time.
The part about Mamdani not being always correct is important. Because he's gonna fuck up and make mistakes (like with the library budget thing) and we rightfully need to hold his feet to the fire for that.
But like. This is socialism. We want this for everyone.
I can't help anyone who is so indoctrinated that they really think the world is shitty because it has to be that way. It so clearly doesn't. We're not even talking about political activity in the world. We're talking a basic foundation to be able to say, this shit's not right, it could be better.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense.
Is that their kid?
Patlabor: The Movie
That’s my guy.
"Late Evening" - my oil painting
“(A)ll these wunderkinds trying to build the next product to take over the world haven’t thought about this?…They do not have much in common with normal people, and haven’t thought much about what normal people’s lives are like or what normal people value” (V good) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...
This. N95’s can save lives from wildfire smoke. The scientific evidence of the damage caused by Particulate matter is clear and terrifying.
in the American West, we've got totally nonsensical 174-year-old legal structures about water rights colliding with climate change-fueled drought, with the federal government AWOL prospect.org/2026/04/17/w...
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.
NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.
Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said today that his country must take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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older zeta doodles!
Screenshot of an X post from @clashreport: Trump posted a video of Frank Sinatra performing “My Way”. “And now, the end is near / And so I face the final curtain… Regrets, I’ve had a few / But then again, too few to mention… I did it my way.”
I do AV work for a funeral home and this is one of the most common song choices. It seems to be one of those songs that elderly boomers and silent generation folks turn to as they’re thinking about death.
Trump continues to crater. New NBC poll has his approval down to 37-63, which is 26 points underwater.
Crucially, 50% disapprove *strongly.* Has any other president had half the country strongly disapproving?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Oh wow I’ve heard of them.
What really?
it’s an interesting art form…
i think this is true and in evidence much more broadly. people are *really* averse to recognizing that others who make different choices about how to live do so reasonably. it confronts them with the contingency of their own lives in a profoundly (existentially!) uncomfortable way
This hanging scroll by Nagasawa Rosetsu, titled Scholars Crossing a Bridge, was created between 1788 and 1789 using ink and light color on paper. The composition is dominated by a sheer, vertical rock face on the left, rendered with bold, sweeping ink washes that convey a sense of immense scale and weight. In contrast, three figures dressed in vibrant red robes are depicted crossing a slender bridge in the mid-ground, their small stature emphasizing the vastness of the surrounding mountainous landscape. The use of atmospheric perspective, with softer ink tones for the distant peaks, creates a deep sense of space and tranquility.
Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799), Scholars Crossing a Bridge, 1788–1789. Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper, 119.4 x 54 cm, The San Diego Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Leon D. Bonnet