Shawn King

@KingShawn
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Shawn is "one of my favorite posters" Lisa Melton @lisamelton

OG of Apple podcasting - 30+ years ago. Former Host, Your Mac Life. Teacher of beginner photographers. Trapped on The Sunshine Coast of BC, Canada.

"My Favourite Images" portfolio - https://yml.me/myfavouriteimages

if you ask to follow me from an account with ZERO information (no icon, no banner, NO PROFILE, no posts, no comments), I will deny your request.

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John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, and public intellectual. He was one of the most influential economic thinkers and writers of the 20th century. Galbraith served as a professor at Harvard University for over five decades and authored more than 40 books, many of which were bestsellers and brought economic ideas to a broad public audience. - Memes, Dreams, Reflections
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This burn is beautiful. Here with added #alttext

“Scientists working on synthetic “mirror life” have come to realize that, if created, it could pose an existential threat to life on Earth.”

THEN DON'T FUCKING DO IT!

JFC How hard can it be to say, “Whoa...wait a minute...maybe we shouldn’t….?”

🤦🏼‍♂️

https://www.noemamag.com/the-doomsday-organism/?

The Doomsday Organism

Scientists working on synthetic “mirror life” have come to realize that, if created, it could pose an existential threat to life on Earth.

NOEMA
Occasional reminder to donate to your Mastodon admin if possible. They're enabling us to hang out here and shitpost without ads and weird corpo crap. 

@KingShawn So many people being so close to being Brian. 🥺

Bless you!

My mom always had a stack of gift cards for various fast food restaurants to do that with.

After she died, I found ones she’d bought and likely forgotten about; in every set of E.R. scrubs, lab coat, handbag, etc.

Hey, Trump took an L... in Canada today.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/alberta-separation-referendum-independence-petition-overturned-court-canada

(I say this because whether or not the Alberta (winger nazi) separatist movement is a US cutout - we have been fucking around with those boys for a while, as part of Trump's plan to paint the map and seize territory to become a "great President." So this will make Marco Rubio very angry. Which is great.)

Canada court quashes bid by Alberta separatists for independence referendum

Alberta judge ruled provincial government must consult with First Nations before collecting signatures for a proposed referendum

The Guardian

@KingShawn There’s no such thing as non-Fascist-non-Antifa.

If someone isn’t Antifa, they are necessarily Fascho.

So I must agree: Anti-Fascism shouldn’t be a movement, it should be the default state instead.

Bucket List: Venice Carnival

As much as I love Italy and all things Italian, I've never had much interest in Venice. EXCEPT... I would absolutely love to go and photograph these folks during the Venice Carnival!

https://doamm.com/2026/05/14/bucket-list-venice-carnival/

Bucket List: Venice Carnival

As much as I love Italy and all things Italian, I’ve never had much interest in Venice. EXCEPT… I would absolutely love to go and photograph these folks during the Venice Carnival!

Diary of a Mad Man

Today, I talked to Brian

Brian is homeless. He sits outside a store, cup in hand, surrounded by everything he owns - not much. People walk by, ignoring him, intentionally or unintentionally. A guy who just can’t find a home or a job. I had some Tim Horton cards I’m never going to use.

I walked over, said hi, chatted briefly, gave him the cards. No idea how much value they had but it’s enough for at least a decent meal.

I wish I could do more.

I’ve been Brian. 😢

https://doamm.com/2026/05/14/today-i-talked-to-brian/

Today, I talked to Brian

Today, I talked to Brian. Brian is homeless. He sits outside the local grocery store, cup in hand, surrounded by everything he owns – so, not much. Everyone walks past, ignoring him either in…

Diary of a Mad Man