A heron in front of some reeds by a pond, with its hungry beak open, poking out its hungry tongue. It's facing left, which means it's not trying to eat you. Not yet. But you're next. Oh, so soon, you will be next.
The dinosaurs did not die out. They walk among us. And they are hungry.
Here is yet another astonishing live performance, and I prefer her vocals here to the studio version: youtu.be/f0m8HWTUvm4
Freedom! Amazing 70s sound. The drums at 1:48-2:07 (ish) are everything. If you don't know why the album is called Lemonade, and want to, the end of this song tells you.
youtu.be/7FWF9375hUA
I’ve only ever grown them in pots from starts (not from the tuber), but under those circumstances I found them easy fwiw
Yay! Dahlias are so great
![3-panel comic. (1) (A person with a picture of a spacecraft behind head.] PERSON 1: There are now three spacecraft headed to Europe: NASA’s *Europa Clipper*, which will investigate Europa’s subsurface ocean, (2) [Person is gesturing at a picture of a different spacecraft while talking to a person with a ponytail and a person with short hair.] PERSON 1: ESA’s *Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer*, which will study the topography and chemistry of Europa and the other moons, (3) [Person with a picture behind head of a Zamboni with a rocket launcher underneath] and the NHL’s *Zamboni Voyager*, which plans to resurface Europa. PERSON FROM OFF-PANEL: Oh no. PERSON 1: We tried to stop them, but the league is set on an expansion.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreieay2rb2wdojxjfc52gnhkpcrzzurq56wrumutuh5ye2pklqypvty)
3-panel comic. (1) (A person with a picture of a spacecraft behind head.] PERSON 1: There are now three spacecraft headed to Europe: NASA’s *Europa Clipper*, which will investigate Europa’s subsurface ocean, (2) [Person is gesturing at a picture of a different spacecraft while talking to a person with a ponytail and a person with short hair.] PERSON 1: ESA’s *Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer*, which will study the topography and chemistry of Europa and the other moons, (3) [Person with a picture behind head of a Zamboni with a rocket launcher underneath] and the NHL’s *Zamboni Voyager*, which plans to resurface Europa. PERSON FROM OFF-PANEL: Oh no. PERSON 1: We tried to stop them, but the league is set on an expansion.
Europa Missions
xkcd.com/3234/
in other words, this is a representation of what Venus would look like if your eyes could detect microwave radiation and also your eyes could do fourier transforms
I am skeptical in that I suspect this is electromagnetic radiation emitted from Venus that was transformed into sound
Forward. Gorgeous, haunting, too short. James Blake sounds great. The right transition from Sandcastles to Freedom. I have heard that this sound at the end (and at the start of the Lemonade film) is the planet Venus, and I am skeptical tbh
youtu.be/tPzCGZXULbQ
I left academia right before LLMs took off so I have not had a lot of direct encounters with this stuff. It is flabbergasting and horrible
I was casually browsing for a new laptop (it'll be a few more years till I need one) and one of its advertised features was for AI to summarise lecture notes. And like, this is old news for many of you but. I just, like...summarised lecture notes don't help you learn, the act of summarising does
aaaahhhhh!!
“That’s whatever you’re talking about for you” is still used at least once a week in my house
Hahaha I have no doubt!
That is a work of art there!
Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tim Curry in Clue
Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers
Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island
Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.
It was Legend for me too!
(he kept the rights to the song)
I recently learned that the writer of Sandcastles was homeless when he sent it to Beyoncé's team. I presume now he could retire off this song. I don't like when stories like this are framed as Why Capitalism is Good, Actually, but also: good for him.
Sandcastles, the most emotionally raw song on Lemonade so obvs I love it. It's not just my tv blorbos who I want to suffer 😅. I don't understand people who say Beyoncé is a technically skilled singer but not emotionally expressive. But a beyoncé fan would say that wouldn't they
youtu.be/AKd35mVftXY
Ahhhhhh I just watched the latest Hacks episode and am having very “was this made for ME??” feelings
If it is a US thing, it presumably comes from people not having a lot of vacation days to spare
I wonder if it's a USA thing. I don't recall ever being told that it was childish but am not surprised to hear people might think that. My birthday often coincides with time off anyway, but there have been points in my life when I'd have felt a bit sheepish taking the day off just for my bday.
Love Drought. God this song is so pretty. I love the vocals, I love the beat. A perfect song. The back half of Lemonade is where it's at
youtu.be/mgCjiutEgrw?...
You all are having an outrageous amount of it
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happy birthday Ella!
no kidding, that scene is intense
ooooh I am sure I have heard (or rather, read) you say that before but I didn't remember, that is so cool. Very excited for this sequel!!
Yessss one of my favourites. And also has some of the most beautiful cinematography in the entire show