Andrew.
@g026r.leftblank.org
The vibes are out of joint— O cursèd site,
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
Though this did remind me that you can accurately prefix a demand that someone kiss your ass with "In the words of the poet Goethe…"
"Hey honey, is this [large, leather-bound copy of Faust] yours?"
"I've never seen it before. It's not yours?"
Well, that's not ominous at all.
"I've never seen it before. It's not yours?"
Well, that's not ominous at all.
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Though this did remind me that you can accurately prefix a demand that someone kiss your ass with "In the words of the poet Goethe…"
Still library sorting, and somehow I wound up with two copies of Burton Watson's translation of "Chinese Rhyme Prose"?
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Still library sorting, and somehow I wound up with two copies of Burton Watson's translation of "Chinese Rhyme Prose"?
Reposted by Andrew.
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
I've made clear more than once that I dislike the Batgod, ready for every contingency Batman
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
"batman ready for every contingency" factoid actualy just statistical error. average batman ready for zero contingencies. Morrison Batman, who lives in cave & develops plans for 10000 contingencies a day, is an outlier
adn should not have been counted
adn should not have been counted
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I've made clear more than once that I dislike the Batgod, ready for every contingency Batman
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
Lies, disc horse bot. Everyone knows skaven don't exist.
Skaven are fucking disgusting and won't exist under socialism
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Lies, disc horse bot. Everyone knows skaven don't exist.
There are typically blackout dates around financial reports where they don't let employees trade.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
not just military, but, like, earnings reports, product releases, etc., etc., and i suspect there are very organizations who have adjusted their insider threat models for any of this shit
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
There are typically blackout dates around financial reports where they don't let employees trade.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
I get why they did this, but I'm just going to say it: it doesn't look good.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
“Spider-Noir” – Authentic Black & White Teaser Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I get why they did this, but I'm just going to say it: it doesn't look good.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
The US Navy's eventual response to this danger, in April 1942, was to order all oil tankers bound to or from American, Caribbean, or Gulf ports held in port until further orders.
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
The Atlantic coast in spring & early summer of 1942 was so dangerous that the British were routing tankers from the Caribbean across to Africa, rather than risk sailing along the eastern United States.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The US Navy's eventual response to this danger, in April 1942, was to order all oil tankers bound to or from American, Caribbean, or Gulf ports held in port until further orders.
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
May 18, 1942!
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
With the US it took a long time to actually get coastal cities to turn off their lights so they weren't providing a convenient backdrop for German U-boats to sink merchant ships at night
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
May 18, 1942!
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
Reposted by Andrew.
It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
February 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
Reposted by Andrew.
[most viscerally unhealthy-seeming person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of health
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
[most viscerally unhealthy-seeming person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of health
"I have a WW1 trench knife embedded in my bedroom wall just in case. 1917 edition. More useful than a gun in close quarters."
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"I have a WW1 trench knife embedded in my bedroom wall just in case. 1917 edition. More useful than a gun in close quarters."
Reposted by Andrew.
I need to be clear that I am NOT!
trying to restart World War I
trying to restart World War I
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I need to be clear that I am NOT!
trying to restart World War I
trying to restart World War I
You can't fool me. That's just the Lady of Pain.
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
You can't fool me. That's just the Lady of Pain.
God, the Kodak box designs look so much better than Alaris.
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
God, the Kodak box designs look so much better than Alaris.
So that Kodak/Alaris deal, huh?
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
So that Kodak/Alaris deal, huh?
Reposted by Andrew.
They've made it a sleek mean shopping machine, and that ain't a compliment. Almost all the delight has been stripped out of it.
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
They've made it a sleek mean shopping machine, and that ain't a compliment. Almost all the delight has been stripped out of it.
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
Reposted by Andrew.
But it is correct if you read "transit stops" not as a single noun, but as a noun ("transit") followed by a verb ("stops")
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
But it is correct if you read "transit stops" not as a single noun, but as a noun ("transit") followed by a verb ("stops")
Reposted by Andrew.
Bought a black sesame latte mix, and I can only describe the appearance of the final product as existing somewhere between concrete & the water after all the kids have finished washing their paint brush in art class.
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Bought a black sesame latte mix, and I can only describe the appearance of the final product as existing somewhere between concrete & the water after all the kids have finished washing their paint brush in art class.
Pirro has more L's than a Welsh village name
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Pirro has more L's than a Welsh village name
One of the fun things about travelling is finding out what the locals think foreign cuisine consists of.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I went to an "American style" restaurant in Istanbul - American crow mascot and everything - out of the sheer weirdness of anything even being American style, given the history of food here. A good memory, because man that was WEIRD pizza and I'll never have anything like it again lol
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
One of the fun things about travelling is finding out what the locals think foreign cuisine consists of.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
It's always fun to figure out when the stock photos the local papers use were taken.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
It's always fun to figure out when the stock photos the local papers use were taken.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
Pasternak, who is so upset about the city losing federal housing money due to failing to meet their obligations, has of course opted Ward 6 into the plan to permit sixplexes, right?
...right?
...right?
Councillor Pasternak has FOUR motions. ("It was a late night," he says.)
1. Report on creating a "Major Gifts Office"
2. Accelerate design for Downsview Community Centre
3. Report on DVP/Gardiner negotiation status
4. "Vigorously" oppose $10 million cut to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund
1. Report on creating a "Major Gifts Office"
2. Accelerate design for Downsview Community Centre
3. Report on DVP/Gardiner negotiation status
4. "Vigorously" oppose $10 million cut to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Pasternak, who is so upset about the city losing federal housing money due to failing to meet their obligations, has of course opted Ward 6 into the plan to permit sixplexes, right?
...right?
...right?