I have copies of the pension records of six civil war vets in my family tree, one was shot and had chronic debilitating infections until finally amputating his leg 20+ years later, the rest escaped injury but had lingering chronic diarrhea that eventually killed them

Two-thirds of the deaths of soldiers in the American civil war were due to disease

it’s so funny that the drunk tv host in charge of the military is like “real warriors don’t need vaccines” when all the greatest generals in history would have done anything for a jab that kept their armies safe from disease

Joy Division just came on in this Philz and absolutely activated this guy in front of me waiting for his order, he’s trying so hard to just be cool but can’t stop his body from moving I love music so much

Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits" Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers.

The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits."

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Great piece that reiterates something everyone who is not a weird bay area freak or sucked into the AI hype cycle understands implicitly. There's no magic left, these people have barren imaginations.

Brad Dourif as Lester Lee Boggs in The XFiles

(clears throat)

apparently the only picture on the Internet with a carnation frozen chocolate malt in it. It’s the 80’s (probably) and a stadium vendor on a sunny day at Candlestick park is carrying a red plastic tub of them with a strap over their shoulder that looks like a seatbelt and holding a malt out to someone sitting to the left of the person holding the camera. The malt is out of focus but you can still tell that the red and white paper cup is frosty. we used to be a country

bring back shame

Did I just argue with a joke? Part of a Bluesky educational series

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

Gustave Le Gray
Mediterranean Sea (Sète), 1857

The first screens in cars were to keep children entertained, and if they were placed so the driver could see them you’d get a ticket

I hate all touchscreens, no exceptions.

We must require ALL data centers and other extremely large corporate users of electricity to generate their own electricity at their own expense If we don't do this, we are either idiots and/or masochists.

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Gilbert the tanuki

[Id 1 to 4 : Different points of view of a wood carved humanoid tanuki wearing a tunic, hands joined on its belly. It stands on a workbench. Paint is used to make the pattern of the fur on the face, on the tip of the ears and for the eyes.]

A lot of people are still in the denial about how much the median Democratic voter, the median Democratic volunteer, and the median Democratic activist has shifted on a variety of issues. Well here's the handpicked candidate of Chuck Schumer being booed, about Gaza, at the Dem convention.

A mari in a harry clarke and Aubrey Beardsley style cloak with lots of patterns hands outstretched casting magic

The conjurer

A crocodile with a zig zag shape

Crocodile

Uber ballot initiative sparks showdown with lawyers, doctors Lawyers and doctors oppose Uber’s proposed ballot initiative, which would cap contingency fees and limit recoveries for medical costs from car crashes.

CALIFORNIA: Those scare ads for legislation limiting medical settlements that quote the LA Times are paid for by Uber because they want to limit how much they can be sued for when they hit you with their cars. calmatters.org/economy/2026...

If you make a good product someone from a huge corporation will come to your house and offer you ten million dollars to make it bad

Two lines of three dimensional sans-serif letters colored in gradients of blue and purple reading ‘Maybe it will/Happen today’. Above the ‘y’ in’ today’ and with its bottom point nestled neatly into the fork of the letter it’s a similarly dimensional golden pentagram with little flares of golden light glinting off its vertices. The entire lockup is superimposed over a glittering rainbow as it all streaks together through a black void.

Claude Monet, Fishing Boats at Sea, 1868

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Bumblebee queen learns how to use protective door in less than 24 hours

black and white drawing of an underwater scene. a large bird sticking it's head into the water, surrounded by shocked fish

WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS

may I interest you in a loon