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The Island of Scorching Caresses is not a popular destination but Brendan likes to stray off the beaten path. Illustration by @whatsacrybaby.bsky.social for my upcoming book Saint Brendan and the Brotherhood of Virile Serenity. More about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/second...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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New workflow on Patreon!
Comes with 2 alts, 2 sketches and a little thumbnail!
www.patreon.com/posts/145394...
Comes with 2 alts, 2 sketches and a little thumbnail!
www.patreon.com/posts/145394...
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New workflow on Patreon!
Comes with 2 alts, 2 sketches and a little thumbnail!
www.patreon.com/posts/145394...
Comes with 2 alts, 2 sketches and a little thumbnail!
www.patreon.com/posts/145394...
Dogs are better than people. Change my mind!
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dogs are better than people. Change my mind!
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Krampus by AdamGraphite | Redbubble
Krampus
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December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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“If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones… After all, there are better ways to starve to death.”
Gabriel García Márquez, born on this day in 1889, on his improbable beginnings as a writer: www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/06/m...
Gabriel García Márquez, born on this day in 1889, on his improbable beginnings as a writer: www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/06/m...
Gabriel García Márquez on His Improbable Beginnings as a Writer
“If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones… After all, there are better ways to starve to death.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones… After all, there are better ways to starve to death.”
Gabriel García Márquez, born on this day in 1889, on his improbable beginnings as a writer: www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/06/m...
Gabriel García Márquez, born on this day in 1889, on his improbable beginnings as a writer: www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/06/m...
Some Sunday gym vibes.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Some Sunday gym vibes.
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And the finished results!
I can never seem to solve the mistery of raisins, sometimes they stay deflated, sometimes they absorb a lof of water and end up looking like olives.
Shoutout @alphadesigner.com for the very instagrammable pics.
I can never seem to solve the mistery of raisins, sometimes they stay deflated, sometimes they absorb a lof of water and end up looking like olives.
Shoutout @alphadesigner.com for the very instagrammable pics.
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And the finished results!
I can never seem to solve the mistery of raisins, sometimes they stay deflated, sometimes they absorb a lof of water and end up looking like olives.
Shoutout @alphadesigner.com for the very instagrammable pics.
I can never seem to solve the mistery of raisins, sometimes they stay deflated, sometimes they absorb a lof of water and end up looking like olives.
Shoutout @alphadesigner.com for the very instagrammable pics.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
⊹ ₊ ⁺‧₊˚ ♡ ପ(๑•ᴗ•๑)ଓ ♡˚₊‧⁺ ₊ ⊹
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“The average IQ of both companies has increased.” daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_...
Bad Dye Job
It might have made some sense to bring someone from the fashion/brand world to lead software design for Apple Watch, but it sure didn’t seem to make sense for the rest of Apple’s platforms. And the de...
daringfireball.net
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“The average IQ of both companies has increased.” daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_...
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To bring a smile to your face, here’s an ancient Egyptian sketch of a tabby cat serving a mouse! 😁
The artist used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad to draw this comic scene some 3,200 years ago.
📷 Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/en-GB/object...
#Archaeology
The artist used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad to draw this comic scene some 3,200 years ago.
📷 Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/en-GB/object...
#Archaeology
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
To bring a smile to your face, here’s an ancient Egyptian sketch of a tabby cat serving a mouse! 😁
The artist used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad to draw this comic scene some 3,200 years ago.
📷 Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/en-GB/object...
#Archaeology
The artist used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad to draw this comic scene some 3,200 years ago.
📷 Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/en-GB/object...
#Archaeology
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(☆≧▽≦) thank you @bigblond.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
(☆≧▽≦) thank you @bigblond.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Klimii Iter Subterraneum publicdomainreview.org/essay/storie...
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Klimii Iter Subterraneum publicdomainreview.org/essay/storie...
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"The way things were, the way we made things, it turns out, none of it was inevitable — none of it is the way things have to be.
We can be different."
David Byrne's illustrated history of the possible future, oh so very wonderful: www.themarginalian.org/2022/03/24/d...
We can be different."
David Byrne's illustrated history of the possible future, oh so very wonderful: www.themarginalian.org/2022/03/24/d...
David Byrne’s Illustrated History of the Possible Future
“The way things were, the way we made things, it turns out, none of it was inevitable — none of it is the way things have to be.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"The way things were, the way we made things, it turns out, none of it was inevitable — none of it is the way things have to be.
We can be different."
David Byrne's illustrated history of the possible future, oh so very wonderful: www.themarginalian.org/2022/03/24/d...
We can be different."
David Byrne's illustrated history of the possible future, oh so very wonderful: www.themarginalian.org/2022/03/24/d...
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Goethe's dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4T10hm
What Makes Goethe So Special?
The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Goethe's dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4T10hm
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Simon Akam reports on how an attempt to standardize Switzerland’s least known national language ignited quarrels that engulfed classrooms, newspapers, and eventually local politics.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lZB9pa
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lZB9pa
A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language
In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Simon Akam reports on how an attempt to standardize Switzerland’s least known national language ignited quarrels that engulfed classrooms, newspapers, and eventually local politics.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lZB9pa
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lZB9pa
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
Getting philosophical in the gym. As one does.
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Getting philosophical in the gym. As one does.
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Hello. This thread is moving & terrific; thank you so much for sharing. & thank Gennaro for his review--among the most striking I've had...
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hello. This thread is moving & terrific; thank you so much for sharing. & thank Gennaro for his review--among the most striking I've had...
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This thread is simply amazing, please share
Thread. In March 2024 I devoured @mjohnharrison.bsky.social’s Wish I Was Here in one sitting. Unfortunately Gennaro devoured some, too. Today its carcass called to me from the bookcase while I was looking for materials to splice with some midcentury domestic paraphernalia. This is the epilogue. 1/
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This thread is simply amazing, please share