Oh wow, I haven't realized this meant that .io is supposed to disappear, I thought someone else would just manage it… This will be interesting to watch 😳 (Periodical reminder that *every* two-letter TLD belongs to a specific country, whether it's .io, .ly, .me, .ai, .cc, .to or any other)

It's *extremely* cool. And it starts with the discovery that a very VERY long time ago, a uranium deposit in Africa began an every-three-hours meltdown cycle that lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.

Dan is doing a great job on the Flash Gordon comic strip. It is extremely hard to pull off a daily adventure strip within the limited space provided, especially in the modern era, and he is nailing it.

DSdanschkade.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 11:38pm

Station ID for the new followers: I'm Dan Schkade, an American cartoonist mainly working in cape, pulp, and humor. In addition to gag comics for the internet, I write and draw the FLASH GORDON daily strip, along with past comics like LAVENDER JACK. I mean well and I'm very rarely mean on purpose.

Mx. Viv, 2024 MacArthur fellow. Believe it.

AIjosie.zoneOct 1, 2024 4:50pm

And here's Justin Vivian Bond as "Kiki," doing a medley that will change your life, with just Kenny Mellman ("Herb") on piano:

Heroin Medley?Running The World

YouTube video by Kenny Mellman

Many people are memorializing Kris Kristofferson with some of his greatest work, but goddamn, that's too much to choose from. So here's MY favorite Kristofferson performance, in which he absolutely fails to maintain. youtu.be/bvUCkwZdhYw?...

Muppet Songs: Kris Kristofferson - Through the Night

YouTube video by Muppet Songs

TIL that the Cardiff where the Cardiff Giant was found was in New York, and not in Wales.

LSlilithsaintcrow.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 3:00pm

"Here, the marble cutters Frederick Mohrman and Henry Salle got to work, modeling the giant after Hull, who posed naked and supine as they carved. The details were exacting."

A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)

Perhaps greatest hoax in American natural history.

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COMICS NEWS: This was always the dumbest trademark allowance the USPTO ever granted, giving Marvel & DC joint ownership of the term “SUPER HERO”. And now it’s over! Hooray: Good riddance to a dumb thing! Go forth and use “super hero” in your comics marketing! www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US Trademark Office cancels Marvel, DC's 'Super Hero' marks

A U.S. Trademark Office tribunal has canceled a set of "Super Hero" trademarks jointly owned by comic giants Marvel and DC at the request of a London-based comic book artist, according to a Thursday order.

I believe the ancient ones say: “read this. DO NOT look up anything about it. just read it. it's only like 200 pages u can download it on audible it's only like four hours. do it right now i'm very extremely serious.” - Bigolas Dickolas

hadn't come across this theory about why so many myths about the pleiades mention there being seven sisters when only six are visible: because the root story may be 100,000 years old theconversation.com/the-worlds-o...

The world’s oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about ‘seven sisters’ stars may reach back 100,000 years

Cultures around the world call the Pleiades constellation ‘seven sisters’, even though we can only see six stars today. But things looked quite different 100,000 years ago