Mastodawn

Nothing says #July4 like a big juicy slice of watermelon. This yummy fruit doesn't just appear on our picnic table. It takes a lot of work. An average watermelon weighs 20 pounds. Can you imagine harvesting them in a 98° Bakersfield area field like these workers? #WeFeedYou

JadedTurtle 4d ago

Peter Cohen 4d ago

them: who radicalized you

me:

JadedTurtle 6d ago

I'm just seriously fucking not happy about all of this fucking shit.

Fuck the GOP

JadedTurtle 6d ago

Natasha Jay 6d ago

Today I learned there are rules for Road Runner ... BEEP-BEEP!

(creator Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner)

JadedTurtle Jul 1

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia Jul 1

Forget all the bad news; THIS is happening! Joy!

RT: ‪William Gibson‬
‪@greatdismal.bsky.social‬
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

JadedTurtle Jul 1

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Paul Cantrell Jul 1

(Did you know that in the original stage version of The Sound of Music, the thing that finally breaks Captain von Trapp’s engagement to the baroness isn’t the vague, wishy-washy “noble unstated feelings” scene that’s in the movie (and which never worked in my view, despite the actors giving it their all); it’s that the baroness tries to convince him to go along with the Nazis because there’s nothing he can do, and he decides he can’t marry a woman with no convictions. They cut the song from the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Way_to_Stop_It)

No Way to Stop It - Wikipedia

JadedTurtle Jun 30

Yvonne Perkins Jun 29

New owners of a home in Melbourne discover an extensive model train set-up under the floor when they move in.

#Melbourne #ModelTrain

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/i-was-shocked-melbourne-mans-unbelievable-find-after-buying-house/m4sksfer8

'I was shocked': Melbourne man's 'unbelievable' find after buying house

Daniel Xu has loved trains since he was a child. In a surprising twist of fate, he now lives above an extensive hobby train network set.

SBS News

JadedTurtle Jun 26

kottke.org Jun 25

Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style. The stamps will be available in July but you can pre-order them now. https://kottke.org/25/06/chris-ware-creates-stamps-for-usps

Chris Ware Creates Stamps For USPS

Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style

kottke.org

JadedTurtle Jun 22

Legit_Spaghetti Jun 22

It's 1991, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2003, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2025, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

JadedTurtle Jun 21

kottke.org Jun 20

Your beginning-of-summer PSA: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning. “There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind.” So here’s what to look for… https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Slate