While at the same time being more comical

"Entirely illustrated in a lovely black, white, and yellow, the book is a visual treat before you even get a handle on how delightful the cartooning is." — AIPT

Young Shadow & the Watchdogs by Ben Sears is out 4/21! https://ow.ly/LU7E50YLlWj

Exactly one year ago today:

The first theft is not wages, but time—the poor are denied the hours required to think. - Conway Twitty

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.

Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

So many of us are now textual Case Pollards, physically averse to pre-digested, mass extruded machine verbiage just as William Gibson's Pattern Recognition protagonist was made physically sick by fashion and brands.

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

‘Dame Jane Goodall.’ #Painting by Wendy Barratt #art

Right? How is this “from Europe”?

“Our energies are directed far more toward war. Hypnotized by mutual mistrust, almost never concerned for the species or the planet, the nations prepare for death. And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much.”

— Carl Sagan

Er, and watercolor

Stone Gargoyle Chair in Durham An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

www.atlasobscura.com/places/stone...

Pen and ink with light green, blue and sepia watercolor. Lots of hatching and cross hatching. Broken gargoyle face stacked on top of each other.

Pen and ink. Sculpture by Ken Wilbourn.

Pen and ink drawing of broken pieces of gargoyle faces put together like stone wall

Just realized I must be drawing a representation of my psyche. Drawing based on a sculpture by Colin Wilbourn.

Thank goodness. I love Eugene so much. ❤️❤️❤️

Too good

Signs of Overwhelm:

· Catastrophizing
· Feeling of helplessness
· Numbness
· Negative thoughts
· Freeze
· Exhaustion
· Inability to concentrate

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

I'm just gonna guess here that this will be nowhere near as great as @whitleystrieber.bsky.social 's classic 'Communion,' but will feature a bizarre creature we're not sure is an alien or a demon that has something terrifying about its eyes: way too much eyeliner.

Signs of Overwhelm:

· Catastrophizing
· Feeling of helplessness
· Numbness
· Negative thoughts
· Freeze
· Exhaustion
· Inability to concentrate

#foranyonewhoneedstoseethis

Thank you, The Needling, for not using the unfunny AI to illustrate.

This little beauty visited me today. About a two inch wingspan. California Tortoiseshell

Nice try, Plastic Man... #dcu #dccomics

Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.

Who didn’t read this as towelette?

It looks like the Fonz is remotely imbuing him with coolness.

I need to rewatch it. It sounds like it was a huge project to him.