The thing with the luddites is that it didn't fade out, it was actively crushed by capitalist interests. These are people who stood against a future that they were absolutely correct to have fought against. There have been echoes of this ever since and the stakes keep getting more drastic.
Why do luddites have a reputation for being backwards hicks who can't understand technology? Have you heard how execs talk about folks that refuse to use chatGPT? It's in the best interest of capitalism to erase the vital history of protest, action, and heroism that defines these movements.
That's the point. It's always been the point.
One of the #MayDayStrong activities I recommend here is a #CancelParty to cancel/unsubscribe from billionaire-owned services you don't need.
Would any of y'all be interested in a virtual #CancelParty event???
the conservative reaction to the virginia results remind me quite a bit of their reaction to the 2012 presidential election, where they were offended that democrats ran to win
"Your job is so fun," yes, but did you know I have to single handedly fight no fewer than sixth algorithms every day for the privilege of telling people to not set their beds on fire.
just talking the actual cases and mysteries ,Elementary had better plotting and writing than basically any other show in the genre since it first started airing
A+ job holding that turntable cover down. Keep up the good work.
VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?
ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]
Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief" from Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego
Lock the fuck in, Gumshoes. Carmen Sandiego stole a priceless wax pressing of "One of These Nights" by the Eagles. You've got to stop her before she travels back in time to 149 BC Carthage and trades it to Scipio Africanus the Younger for a kilo of the good shit.
*Rockapella bops on stage*
“RISES UP LIKE A SALMON!”
@briandunseth.bsky.social always with the great call
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...
“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
Two Sylvanians/Critters amigurumi crochet plushies made out of super soft chenille yarn. They are both from the anime and manga HunterxHunter. On the left is Gon as a little doggy and on the right is Killua as a kitty!
Two crochet plushie Sylvanian Families / Calico Critters made to look like Jayvik from Arcane! On the left is Viktor, as a kitty, and on the right is Jayce, as a little doggy!
Reminder that I offer commissions for Sylvanian Families / Calico Critters of your OC's or favourite characters!! ^-^
#art #artsky #artpost #cuteart #plushart
“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is not being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience.
![“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:guthikarwozoldkzhueivkl6/bafkreihklvhtymho7wpemo5mj2f7xaiq6ulvfvcwnzo6hjstg3wixzgesy)
“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”
Wyle makes eye contact for his next point, delivering it with a Robby-esque matter-of-factness. “Fourth point: The election went the other way,” he says with a shrug. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe. But in the midst of that, fifth point—this is essentially competence porn. You’re watching really smart, dedicated people do what only they know how to do at a level that you don’t know how to do it, and you’re so fucking glad that they’re there doing it, and compartmentalizing their own stuff to put your broken pieces back together. You’re so reassured by knowing that there are people out there that laugh and joke and have the ability to lock in like that.”
this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...
Good morning, America! How are ya?
Don't you know me? We're the safety one.
I'm the agency you call the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
I'll post 500 recalls before the day is done.
Triceratops is absolutely the correct answer
So, what the hell is coaching for writers?
Above all, it's tailored to the needs of every individual writer--there's no one-size-fits-all summary.
It's one-on-one support, from troubleshooting a specific project, to body doubling, to addressing more complex issues like burnout. (cont'd)
(Neurodivergent writers don't necessarily hit more stumbling blocks than writers who aren't; but when we do, we're more likely to need homebrew solutions and workarounds, which can be really challenging to develop without support.)
Due to his importance to American society as a whole, underrated as an actual baseball player. 64 bWAR after the age of 28, led the league 3 times. Probably in the GOAT conversation with Mays, Aaron, and Bonds if he gets a full career in the Majors.
Also, baseball was his 4th best sport in college.
Jackie Robinson is correctly lauded as one of the most important Americans ever and doesn't get enough credit for being one of the greatest athletes ever
Yay it's #portfolioday! My name is Ayo, and I'm an editorial illustrator with over a decade of experience 💖
Website: ayojoy.com
email me at hello@ayojoy.com with any art inquiries!
Watercolor painting of a black raven with a ruby in his beak
Watercolor illustration of a baby crow and a baby bat having a birthday party. The crow has his beak widely open and looks very excited
Watercolor painting of what you see when you wake up from your grave. It's the night of a full moon, and your friends, two ghosts and two black cats, are here to wake you up for a play date. They look very happy to see you
Watercolor painting of a snowy field. There's an icy creek running in the middle. There are some mountains on the horizon. Radiant sunlight is peeping through the gloomy clouds
Hello #PortfolioDay ! 🎨
I'm Zoe The Tsitsa. I'm a #watercolor artist who paints just about everything, from dreamy scenery to animals to fantasy characters. Occasionally, I post my ink drawing sketchbook pages as well. Taking this time to post some recent-ish work. Thanks for visiting ✨
Raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Baby!
Jesus is a literal prophet in Islam, practising muslims hold him in pretty high regard. It's when you ask people in the West who make Christianity their personality about Islam that the disrespect flows
what the fuck is even going on
All of these pictures of the moon from Artemis are amazing, but y'all should really be including alt-text on them.
Man, he was a lot taller than I thought
How screwed are we? Frasier Crane edition
So I went to my favorite produce guy at the market for white asparagus, which has a v short season and is generally only grown in Europe, where they like fancy vegetables. Guy wraps it in fleece like it's an antique vase or a newborn baby or something. 1/?
I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.
I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee