More Things in Heaven or Earth

sturgeon :)

coming to my shop asap :D

KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT WITH ITS EYE OF COAL  SAURON KNOWS YOUR LICENSE PLATE  AND STARES INTO YOUR SOUL

@irritatedlifeguard I agree with your tags.

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That's 2 minutes more than I would have done otherwise.

Ghost in the mists

Credits: Craig Stocks

Much like the homoeroticism of his work, I think there is something the artist was picking at here: straining against bondage, sharp bits hauling at soft mouths, tight reins in masterful (cruel) hands.

Lord of the Castle | Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories)

I've joked that the two genders are Aesthetic and Utility before but thats just kinda the case

Not that most of us can DO anything about it, but at least this is validation that we're not crazy and the world really is running full tilt over a cliff. It's really refreshing to have someone describe this in plain language, with specifics. Someone on the ground, not an outside commenter: This was a terrible mistake. It backfired in the most predictable way imaginable – every lukewarm client that saw the chatbot in action, even with us telling them that it was not going to accomplish what they wanted, wanted to buy it immediately. Every other consideration, including millions of dollars that we could plausibly help them achieve by non-AI means, was swept aside. It was like a dark and terrible force seized control of their limbs, plunged their hands into their own chests, and presented their still-beating credit cards to us in grim supplication. We were so mortified by the inexplicable shift in energy that we (wisely) declined to take the money and ended the sales process, and soon thereafter removed Cortex from our list of demonstrations.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Edit: now with video and link.

AFAIK, the main thing is simply that an urchin can spawn many, many times in its life; so smashing it still puts you waaay ahead by the numbers even if it does disperse its gametes that one final time.

The Seine at Bougival (1879) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

My friend Dru Marland made a helpful guide to flags you may see on the Kennet and Avon!