1950s and 1960s department store catalogues and pattern books, by my guess. At least in part.

Yes, it is weird. But note that the bust profile and position changes on all four. The three with added clothing also seem to have higher, pointier busts. Digital Maidenform bras, I guess.

Ken Dryden, Hall of Fame goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, dies at age 78 Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.

Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.

Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject

If any labor or monetary economists are reading this thread, you might want to get some of your grad RAs to download and back up BLS's datasets this week
www.bls.gov/data/

A white bowl with rice, radish pickle, and savory baked dumplings.

The Internet kept showing it to me, so I finally tried it: One-pan Dumpling Bake w coconut milk & baby bok choi. Pretty good. Will make again though I might tinker with it. Motorcycle Boy says 9.5/10. #RateWhatIMake

Motherfucking wind farms…

I admit, one of my first thoughts on hearing the news was, “but I thought he would live forever.”

The pigeons will miss him.

And so will I.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Well that's a couple of states away from me, so clearly at least two people thought they should paint their cybertrucks a really violent shade of pink.

Which neighborhood? I've been seeing one near me on and off as well.

Oh look: My local public radio station lets people make donations online in any amount over $5. And there's a little box to type in what motivated making a donation.

In completely unrelated news, I know someone whose former Paramount streaming account cost was definitely over $5.

"They're either really, really stupid, or they lie about everything." Or both.

Just assume it's both.

Hard not to be paranoid when you remember all the times your paranoia was justified.

TV:
Recently finished: Totenfrau(S1); Apothecary Diaries (anime); Love 020 (rewatch)
Watching: Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (32 eps, on ep 17); Totenfrau (just started S2)
Watching with Motorcycle Boy: My Happy Marriage (anime version); Murderbot (so good, rewatching as we go)
#WhatI'mWatching

🎶 Ther ys a place biyonde the wyrmhole
A place onlye to loveres knowne -
The brave, the hopeful, the lost, the worthye,
Peraventure me and thee!
Will not thou wende wyth these fooles and dreameres
To the planete we calle home?
We hope we wil greete thee soone
On Sanctuarye Moone 🎶

Marc Garneau, 1st Canadian astronaut in space, dead at age 76 — CBC News Former astronaut and cabinet minister Marc Garneau has died. He was 76.

An absolute Canadian icon and hero

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I couldn't see the cat. Couldn't figure out where he was. Heard something move on the back of the couch.

He's behind me, isn't he?

(Narrator: Dear reader, he is, indeed, behind them.)

Things I have learned on Bluesky (copper merchant edition):
1. Anything can evolve to reference Ea-nāṣir.
2. Ea-nāṣir has many fans.
3. So many ways to reference Ea-nāṣir!
4. Ea-nāṣir's bad rep may be a bad rap.
5. Eventually everything will devolve to reference Ea-nāṣir.

104 years ago today, one of the worst acts of racial violence in U.S. history unfolded in Tulsa.

We will never forget.

The books resonated strongly with me because of the voice of Murderbot, but the constellations of characters around Murderbot and the connections it makes to them were so important my overall enjoyment. I liked Mensah in the books, but in-the-show Mensah resonates with me more like Murderbot does.

That sounds like it would make a good cover blurb for the paperback edition.

A stopped clock is right twice a day... Doesn't mean it has any value other than as a paperweight.

Say what you will about his copper, but he kept his records!

I'm thinking this is a great potential tool for sf/f worldbuilding, but otherwise, continues to suggest current "AI" aint' all that.

This comment thread worth it just for this reference to my favorite metals merchant, the incomparable Ea-nāṣir.

Ich ❤️ Blue Skye, and thou shouldest feele moost welcome to repost thys yf thou dost also love Blue Skye

You have provided such a small moment, today and many other days. Thank you.

I don't specifically remember having this book or acquiring it. But I do know where it came from, and thus the general process of acquiring it, bc of the college alumni contact postcard tucked into it as a bookmark.

Found a book I don't remember owning (it happens) while half-heartedly decluttering today. Agatha Christie, The Golden Ball and Other Stories, 1984. Includes stories from 1920s & 1930s. Sat down and started it. Picked it up and put it down several times over the day. Finished it. #WhatI'mReading

Butter tart and nanaimo bar... tell me more....