My linocut Yule Cat, a giant cat on a tiny snow covered cabin in a pine forest is printed in dark blue with “Yule Cat” above & “Jólakötturinn” below.

As the days get colder & the nights get longer here in the northern hemisphere, folktales are full of the eerie, the creepy, the supernatural & the slightly sinister Yuletide characters. I have an ongoing collection of linocut prints (and holiday cards!) full of festive characters like the Yule Cat

Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles.mp4 YouTube video by SamCam2011

When I was on @looksunfamiliar.bsky.social I chose this sequence from a 1979 Sesame Street episode - probably the first time I ever heard Philip Glass was this exclusive piece he wrote for this animated sequence, Geometry of Circles. It's never appeared anywhere else.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JWw...

"Wolfman Can’t Come" by Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band Halloween Single YouTube video by bigdamnbandofficial

Time to get in the right mindset…

youtu.be/1MPRv7WEHYQ?...

Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]

Shielding Chart

xkcd.com/3158/

Welcome home!

The new mission patch for Jeremy Hansen's Artemis II mission that will fly around the moon!
🔭🧪
The animals designed by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond represent seven sacred teachings
www.supercluster.com/editorial/ca...

Calvinist Klein: a buff John Calvin in Calvin Kleins

Stolen from FB, absolutely howling

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

newatlas.com/infectious-d...

Damn, that’s hot!

Really simple instructions for how to turn off the auto AI on your web browser. I use Firefox and it does indeed work and only took a second! 🔥

Raoul Servais - Chromophobia [1966] YouTube video by AnimaClassic

This absolutely charming animation from 1966 popped up in my IG feed this morning; it's a marvellous allegory about the dangers of fascism and the power of resisting.

youtu.be/F6shmFRE40U?...

BREAKING NEWS: This video will likely improve your day.

This is so fucking good

The Other Large Thing

The Other Large Thing, the story of a cat and a robot written by John Scalzi, is unsurprisingly very funny.

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Thanks, Paul. He was 16, so he had a good run.

Snoopy, the black cat, and Sophie, the tabby, are sitting on a cat post and looking around curiously.

And they're both at peace now. Sophie passed last August and Snoopy passed today. Rest well, little loves.

A blue Tesla Model 3 has been crushed by an Olmec statue. A man with long black braids leans against the hood of the car with his arms crossed, staring down the camera.

Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social

Cooking pasta? Buy Canadian.
🍝
Italpasta: "The finest 100% Canadian wheat combined with modern technology and made in Canada with the utmost care."
Also🍁Catelli, Primo Foods, and Prairie Harvest.

NOT American Mueller's, Ronzoni, Creamette, Buitoni, American Beauty, and Skinner.

Canada Strong!

Passion fruit tart decorated with triangles of mango and kiwi.

Ginger and plum pie covered with a crust woven into a houndstooth pattern.

Happy Pi Day! I don’t have anything for this year, but enjoy some of my previous projects!

There's a #LunarEclipse tonight! If you're in the dark region here, and if you have a view of the Moon at the right time, you'll see the eclipse. Check www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... for more info and timings for the eclipse in your location. (Here on the East Coast, totality peaks around 3am.)

Looks like someone took it upon themselves to update the product descriptions in at least one Toronto location.

(Via Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/ontario/co... )

Now THIS is what I’m talking about 🔥
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

Fuck it. Let’s run a give away. This dice box can be yours if you
-follow me
-repost
If you are live in Canada let me know and you get 3 entries. I got shipping. Giveaway ends on Sunday March 9th!
Good luck!

Canadian here… I love your work and I’ve shared it with a hardcore dice collector (apparently called a cubist - who knew?) that I work with. She’s also amazed by your artistry.

picture of a printed sheet of paper titled "SORRY ABOUT YOUR SWASTICAR" with advice on how to sell the car and what other cars they might replace it with

Things you get with a Tesla that you don't with any other car:

This high ground made me explode with laughter. 😍

Thank goodness for humor.

Scream Cipher xkcd.com/3054

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

Hey @aptshadow.bsky.social Are you disappointed that it wasn't ants 😏