Josh KovachJun 13, 2024
Tom Walker
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies...
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Show threadChris EspinosaJun 9, 2024
@tomw Nothing else remains.
Show threadzenkatJun 12, 2024
@tomw "Look upon my works, Ye Corporate Titans, and despair!"
Show threadalice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇Jun 12, 2024
@tomw
Like Minoan columns.
Show threadMysturjiJun 12, 2024
@tomw
I got the Ozymandias reference, but I needed the alt text to know what the hell I was looking at. So thanks for that.
Show threadmyrmepropagandistJun 12, 2024

@tomw

I too abuse this poem:

https://www.tumblr.com/futurebird/750493916668755969/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair?source=share

"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

When I pick up a wild ant such as this Camponotus pennsylvanicus minor worker I’m always anxious that I return her to her colony. I followed her after letting her go. She ran the full length of a foo…

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Show threadPesto JaguarJun 12, 2024

@futurebird @tomw @mysturji listening to this then see this post,
it's an Ozymandias day, I guess

https://atmosounds.bandcamp.com/album/lone-and-level-sands

Lone And Level Sands, by Yoni Den

15 track album

ATMO™
Show threadMichael GemarJun 12, 2024
@tomw @futurebird “Look upon my tapes, and be kind - rewind.”
Show threadBrian DearJun 12, 2024

@tomw

For years there were similar "ruins" in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale. I used to walk my dog amongst them. Multiple buildings, all empty, vast empty parking lots, quiet streets... and faded signs where the letters had been removed but you could just make out the shadows that survived, that said, in bold all-caps font, "CONTROL DATA CORPORATION."

Show threadLeonJun 13, 2024
@tomw @mike_k nowadays you mostly hear from the vast and trunkless leg supporters. no-one talks about what a triumph that game was for the lone and level sands - that's a true underdog success story
Show threadClive ThompsonJun 13, 2024

@tomw

LOVE IT

such a great poem

And! It has a B-side: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-b-side-of-ozymandias-6651dee01c08?sk=7f78cb459f021e43a9dae4a16e017194

The B-Side of “Ozymandias” - Clive Thompson - Medium

Shelley’s close friend wrote his own version of the famous poem — and it might be even better. “The B-Side of “Ozymandias”” is published by Clive Thompson.

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Show threadStumpy The MuttJun 13, 2024
@tomw I am old enough to remember when Blockbuster moved into a local shopping center and drove out my favorite mom and pop video rental place.
Show threadMoose Jolly HolcombJun 13, 2024
@tomw this feels like the type of comparison that Shelley himself would act offended at but literally everyone else around him would agree with.
Show threadGraniteGeekJun 13, 2024
@tomw The lone and level video-streams stretch far away
Show threadSteam Powered Frisbee 🥏Jun 13, 2024

@tomw Bravo.

Look upon unrewound tape fees, and despair

Show threadCoyotyJun 14, 2024
@tomw They still have copies of Xanadu.