Ben Franklin, on why you should get your kids vaccinated:
“In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation.
this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
I'm not sure my French is good enough to understand the full subtleties of Libé's review of the Michael Jackson biopic
Art & Beauty is at once a satirical take on aesthetics and a continued exploration of R. Crumb’s subversion of sexuality and mainstream values--out today! https://ow.ly/NXRb50YNbjV
the penne opticon
Come on Manvel, learn to manage your "wow"...
As a London cyclist, I know a lot of people surf social media while driving. i also know a lot of people surf social media while on the toilet… so here’s an opportunity to combine the two!
this guy is great! I laughed three times.
I have the strongest feeling that they had to cut the finish line tie before it ran into it, because if it had ran into it, 'twould have shat the bed.
On this day in 2019, I witnessed one of the coolest things ever. A lenticular cloud lit-up by a setting sun over the Perito Morena Glacier in Argentina.
Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. That’s right: it’s all in the alt text. If you’re clever enough to check here, I know you don’t need your hand held through every joke. It’s the people who don’t read these and immediately comment ‘that’s the wrong photo’ who can’t be saved
Born on this day: Sean Bean is an acclaimed English actor known for intense, grounded performances in The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and Sharpe, earning a reputation for unforgettable roles across film and television
Perfect name for something you use for your science and not give any credit
I’m grateful for the alt text, because my pre-caffeinated thought was “the pope has a foot-operated lightsaber now?”
That’s an interesting description, I’ve recently started to feel like scrolling through social media is daydreaming to someone else’s tune. (I say this as someone for whom daydreaming is an important part of their creative process and was therefore horrified)
Something dry similar in a playground in the pacific palisades circa 1984…
Finding it hard to accept this isn't a very *very* subtle sketch about terrible biopics. Especially funny considering Hersheys tastes like rubberised cat sick.
I really wanted him for a role in a film I directed, he auditionEd, but then turned me down… 😩
STEP 1: BURY YOUR COMPUTER AND PHONE IN THE YARD. THESE DEVICES STEAL YOUR ATTENTION, EMITTING RADIOACTIVE PLEASURE QHOSTS INTO YOUR BRAIN. THESE GHOSTS LATCH ONTO YOUR FRONTAL LOBE AND SLOWLY EAT AWAY AT IT. GET THEM AWAY FROM YOU UNTIL YOU LEARN TO REJECT ALL PLEASURE.
it is once again @roryblank.bsky.social Zine Day, this time I'm learning THE SECRETS TO UNLIMITED ULTIMATE PRODUCTIVITY
I highly recommend arranging to regularly get nice things in the mail
Sounds strangely like David Foster Wallace…
A line of Nazis at the Nuremburg rally, throwing Nazi salutes. Their backs are to us. Facing them is a hand-tinted group of child laborers from the early 20th century, squinting suspiciously at them.
I'm worried about AI psychosis. Specifically, I'm worried about the psychosis that makes our "capital allocators" spend *$1.4T* on the money-losingest technology in the history of the human race.
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Nope you've done it now, Mondays to 4pm Thursday Affordable Art Fair, 430 to 432 Thursday write Substack, rest of week Strait Talk!
I think Jon's definition of an anti-hero is also quite peculiar.
The quality of photos from Artemis II of the moon surface is incredible to witness in real time.
A picture of a cat. It says, “4 years ago lived in a bush and hunted my own meals. Now I have 2 passive incomes, my own house, & a personal chef. Follow me for more financial advice.”
date inscribed Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1951
Cecil Collins, The Sleeping Fool, 1943
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114632
I have built load-bearing portions of my personal philosophy and theology on ideas that were in the footnotes of the books I read. You can't assume that the "important stuff" is clearly identifiable, because the meaning of "important" is "important to me, a unique human reader."
This this this this this. Ideas are easy and cheap and ten-a-penny. Turning those ideas into actual work is the valuable thing.
The second doctor who pictured on a news article mentionning the arrest of a second doctor in a FGM case
Reposted with ALT cos its funny .
How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going:
