~ Panistheman

https://www.deviantart.com/panistheman/art/Comic-Strip-107321958

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Black and white pen drawn cartoon, 8 frames arranged four across, two deep, headed with the title: Please stop violating causality. Frame 1: A bully threatens the protagonist. Frame 2: The protagonist has an idea. Frame 3: Protagonist breaks fourth wall by reaching down to the seventh frame and pulling a copy of himself out of the comic. Frame 4: The bully realises he’s outnumbered. Frame 5: The protagonist and his copy stand up to the bully. Frame 6: The bully is about to get beaten by the two. Frame 7: The protagonist is dragged out through the fourth wall. Frame 8: The situation has returned to a bully threatening the protagonist. Artist unknown.

Los guionistas que escriben la realidad cada vez se esfuerzan menos.

https://www.europasur.es/gibraltar/Detenido-juez-Pitto-acusado-genitales_0_1829818402.html

Unfriendly reminder:

I beg to differ.

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Graphic image of salt shaker with the words "low sodium," but the salt shaker inadvertently looks like a penis.

Do you know who this person is? (This is likely to be a tough one.)

Give your answer or make your best guess below. (No reverse image search or peeking at other responses.)

Her name will be revealed tomorrow.

Please boost for more responses.

#MysteryPersonQuiz

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Respecto al color del culo de un camello, pues ahí me has pillao porque no tengo ni idea. Tendría que buscarlo.

A ver si va a ser como cuando la gente llama "color vainilla" a algún tipo de amarillo y luego vas a ver cómo es una vaina de vainilla y es marrón caca-de-oca.

No pasa nada si estos términos se usan en el lenguaje coloquial o en un documento técnico, pero si escribes un artículo sobre el uso correcto del castellano hay que tratar de evitarlo.

Que tampoco es tan grave, claro, pero queda feo.

"Lo tomó muy bien, lo de ir allí, con mucho estoicismo. Los niños pequeños son estoicos. Lloran por un simple porrazo, pero las cosas grandes las toman como vienen, no lloriquean como tantos adultos."

-- "Los desposeídos", page 384

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Los desposeídos (Paperback, 2020, Minotauro, MINOTAURO)

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O igual el/la OP se refiere a que ya no son de carne o algo así.

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¿Pero cómo que sabor co-creado con IA, Cocacola? Pero qué dices, pero qué me cuentas 😱

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Lata de Coca-Cola Zero azúcar con colores azules y rosados que me dice que ha sido co-creada por una IA. Venga ya, nos vamos a la mierda

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Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim (1988)

#BlahbylonsDailyRetroMusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hThAlY3Q2Kw

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https://codeberg.org/grunfink/pbm2braille

I prefer The Thing, myself.

Original vs. Remake

Today’s film: Night of the Living Dead

Which do you consider to be the superior film?

Please boost for more responses.

#BlahbylonsFilmPoll

Romero once said that he got inspiration from an unexpected source: the "Black Smurfs" story by Peyo. I can't find the source (I'm commuting with a crappy connection).

Awesome. Discovered that I forgot the master passphrase for my server's encrypted disk. Again. After the last crisis, I saved a copy. On the laptop I just nuked. Fortunately, I still have all the disks setup from last time to just copy everything back. Always one disaster ahead of annihilation.

No sé cómo, pero voy a estar en la mesa redonda del día del tentáculo. Si os apetece ir, ya sabéis ❤️

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De 16 a 17.30 Disidencias en el mundo editorial: diversidad, representación y formas alternativas de publicación. Imparte: José Jorquera Blanco (moderador), Sheila Moreno Griñón y Hendelie De 18 a 19.30 Taller expediente Iberia (juego de mesa) Imparte: Pablo Vergel, Tomás Hijo y Santiago Tomás Hijo y Santiago Eximeno

"Alone with Everybody," by Charles Bukowski

https://allpoetry.com/Alone-With-Everybody

#BlahbylonsPoetrySelections

Tears for Fears - Shout

https://youtu.be/Ye7FKc1JQe4

Reseña de mi libro YO NO SOY PAVEL:

https://retratoliterario.wordpress.com/2023/09/05/yo-no-soy-pavel-de-angel-ortega/

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Portada del libro YO NO SOY PAVEL

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I'm a big fan of the movie and the Stephen King's book. I consider both to be totally different stories with a somewhat similar plot and characters with the same names and I like them for different reasons.

Regarding the movie Lolita, it's OK, but the depiction of the eponymous character there invalidates somewhat the overall idea: Sue Lyon (the actress) looks too adult for what the book is trying to convey. The character in the book is clearly pre-pubescent and looks like a child.

Lo que sí sería triste para mí es que esa desaparición supusiese pérdidas de puestos de trabajo, que no lo sé aunque tampoco me extrañaría.

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https://unixsheikh.com/articles/tips-on-how-to-structure-your-home-directory.html

A bit cumbersome for my taste, but there are some good ideas there.

Contemplating that time in the 1520s , during the Ottoman siege, when Budapest was saved by Same Elliot and Woody Harrelson.

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Sculptures of two knights, one who resembles Sam Elliot and the other Woody Harrelson. Text reads: Contemplating that time in the 1520s , during the Ottoman siege, when Budapest was saved by Same Elliot and Woody Harrelson.

But the best geriatric game is, of course, Doom.

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Anyone who doesn't shout and jump in the PA-PA-PA-PAPAPA section, sadly lacks a soul.

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Molly Crabapple, artist and activist:

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There is no ethical way to use AI art. They are all trained on stolen images and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing human artists.

It Follows (2015)

This is such a fun movie with a somewhat unique premise.

#BlahbylonsMovieRecommendations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZYbOH0ujw

I've been helping some friends and colleagues block some of the site scraping bots that are feeding "AI" models. Decided to take some of my notes and make something others could use too. It's a work-in-progress. Happy to add to or correct things.
https://neil-clarke.com/block-the-bots-that-feed-ai-models-by-scraping-your-website/

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never got bullied but I remember a kid that did when I was growing up. Let’s call him Mike.
>scrawny. pasty kid. Curly hair, ginger, wore glasses.
>no friends
>constantly picked on by everyone
>I was pretty much the only kid that was pleasant to him. Never really had it in me to be a dick to people.
>Didn’t talk to him much though. Mostly just a smile and a headnod in the hallways
>spent most of his lunches writing and drawing in a notebook by himself
>everyday, constant bullying
>one day on the bus home, it was worse than usual. Don’t remember what exactly was said, but it was bad.
>I sat there and minded my own business
>kid goes home and hangs himself
>next day at school, everyone talked about how much they missed him and how they all loved him
>words cannot describe my disgust
>his funeral is coming up, I go only kid from my school that shows up his mother runs up to me
>you must be Phil! Mike always told me how you two were best friends! He always told me about all the fun you guys had etc etc
>It dawns on me
>everyday at lunch he was writing down made up stories of he and I hanging out and having a good time
>the thing that really haunts me, the thing that still keeps me up some nights now, 15 years later, is what she said next
>I just know that if you were on that bus you would have stopped them

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Anon was there

If you live in a city with tall buildings, take a look at the night skyline. The buildings probably have flashing lights on them to help aircraft pilots to identify the shapes of buildings and not fly into them.

You might notice that the buildings flash in synchrony, even though they are hundreds of metres apart. What's going on?

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Chicago skyline at night; photo by Petr Kratochvil.

Yesterday’s Mystery Person was Karen Silkwood.

From Wikipedia: Karen Silkwood was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for raising concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.

She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site in Oklahoma, making plutonium pellets, and became the first woman on the union's negotiating team.

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"Britney Spears. Dead."

🤦 I'm so sorry.

Wait, are there any movie with a title that isn't made automatically funnier by adding "...Between my Legs"?