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Cycling in London has changed my life in more ways than I could have imagined. I really hope you like this one. It's been a passion project of mine to show j...YouTube
"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."
No, Windows, how about *you* restart it? That's something a computer can very easily do, and I shouldn't have to be bothered about. Also, please tell me why my computer should be running a "threat service". Hopefully it's just badly named and is actually an anti-threat service. …Unless it's a service running on Microsoft's behalf whose job is to threaten me if I don't allow upgrades when they want me to. 🤷
I really ought to stop running Windows on this laptop. I never meant to, just didn't get round to replacing it with something better when I bought it back in 2018, then came to rely on, so the window of opportunity to wipe and reinstall is gone.
You know, the crazy thing is "threat service" from Microsoft I could totally see going either way.
For the last few years, the first thing I do with a PC laptop when I get it is to specifically remove Windows if it's installed. But I have the good fortune of being in a position where I don't need it for anything. All the things I could / would ever use Windows for are totally voluntary.
I just realised, the line
"The threat service has stopped. Restart it now."
actually sounds vaguely threatening.
The music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPTCOLbLWxM
Please set it to 4K Resolution#MissionImpossibleOST#MissionImpossibleIntro#MissionImpossibleTVYouTube
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dinosor show!
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Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz gets the CinemaSings treatment, as 198 movies recite its lyrics!Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/rjsuspect0:00 Gorilla...YouTube
What would you say to your younger self if you could walk beside them for a moment?
Maybe not advice, not warnings. Just the kind of words that feel right when you needed it, when there’s time ahead and questions without rush.
Nothing needs to be solved yet. But a little clarity, a little kindness... that goes a long way.
Traditional. Watercolor.
You will be able to see this in person at the Anthrocon Art Show as well.
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Also I recorded the process video, you can watch the short version on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
There is a longer version of this one, submitten on May 15 exclusively on Patreon and Ko-Fi, as well as the high resolution version and other pictures I haven't shared yet, more process videos and WIPs.
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I will never be too old to smile when I see a white Volkswagen Beetle with 53 painted on it.
If you know you know. :)
“Elon #Musk and the #TechBros say they want humans to become an interplanetary species. They say the great priority of humanity should be to colonise Mars. That’s not just mad, it’s dangerous.
It encourages the notion that Earth is temporary and expendable, that we don’t need to cherish and protect it because we can just move on. In reality Earth is the only place where humanity can thrive. The problem is, we’re trashing it.”
Led By Donkeys
Making Mars even a little bit habitable for humans is going to be a massive, generational endeavour.
The invasion of the new world on Earth was big. But that was putting people in a place that humans can already survive in very successfully. Using conventional transport.
Mars is going to take a planetwide cooperative effort. Making things right here on Earth is how we settle Mars. Not some billionaires having a rocket competition.
#space #mars
I did a cooking. (Admittedly all I did was follow the instructions on the sauce jar, but still - it came out okay!)
(Actually I do a cooking most days, but this time was just slightly less straightforward than the "remove packaging, place in oven at temperature X for time Y, remove, eat" that I normally do.)
In the morning, Archer is the first one out, lying in the grass, watching how the city awakes, and that kite in the distance. Denali shows up a bit later, racing the wind with the string in his paw. By sunset, it’s Archer again, this time heading back, backpack slung over his shoulder, and as night arrives, Denali takes a moment to rest, still smiling, enjoying the city lights and how quietly the world sleeps. Tiny visitors that come and go with the changing light; little reminders that time moves, but life stays curious.
Acrylics on canvas.
Paintings for Archer
There’s a 6 minutes time-lapse video of the process on the first comment of this picture on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
And there is a longer version (more than 30 minutes) of the process of this whole project, as well as high resolution picture, scanned versions, and other drawings I've been working on that I haven's shown on my galleries yet.... exclusive for Patreon and Ko-Fi monthly supporters. At supporting me you are also helping me to keep creating art and living out of this.
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"Think of it! With VLSI we can pack 100 ENIACs into 1 sq. cm.!' -- /usr/games/fortune
Presumably, how to wire and install the plugboards would be left as an exercise for the reader
It's this kind of music today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImPlMpVxiPY
Provided to YouTube by WM UKThe Draize Train (2008 Remaster) · The SmithsComplete℗ 1986 Warner Music UK Ltd.Bass Guitar: Andy RourkeMasterer: Christian Stegm...YouTube
"Number of Brits who see US as a global threat doubles since Donald Trump came to power"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-threat-peace-iran-china-b2775820.html
President’s first few months in office have left fears about the US’ global role at an ‘all time high’ and rivalling China, Israel and North KoreaKate Devlin (The Independent)
now is that a threat they like or not? Lol
Whatever it is they better wake up and not make the same mistake yourselves.
I have doubts this will really happen...but it sounds kind of amazing...
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25259086.date-set-see-titanic-ii-launched-southampton/
A date has been set to see a full replica of the world famous doomed ship, the Titanic, sail from Southampton to New York - just as it did in 1912.Ross Marshall (Daily Echo)
This sounds dopey, but if it works...
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/2072197/gardeners-urged-hang-cds-garden-june/amp
Brits are being warned to act now and place CDs around their garden for one very important reason.Alex Evans (Express.co.uk)
Because it’s rare to see #retrofit / #sustainability jokes…and I like xkcd:
Alt Text: ‘A covertly-installed Neighbour-Source Heat Pump takes advantage of the fact your neighbour keeps their house cool in the summer and warm in the winter’. Image of two houses, one with a heat pump and then pipes underground leading to the other, extending up the walls in a loop system.
Just a red panda chillin’. Red pandas really do love a good ice cube, zoos often give them giant blocks to help them cool off and stay playful on hot days. So of course this little guy made himself comfortable.
Drawn with crayons over a Denny’s paper tablecloth, again!
This piece will be part of my biggest exhibition yet at the Anthrocon Art Show.
The kind of honesty I wish we had more of from our politicians and thought leaders on #ClimateBreakdown.
#ClimateCrisis
#TippingPoints
#NetZero
#GlobalWarming
Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve GuentherJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
A red panda this time.
I don’t even know what he’s looking at, perhaps someone who is giving apples away but not to him, but I liked painting him just like that.
This is part of the same quiet rhythm I’ve been in lately. Simple paintings, small format, brush in hand, no rush.
I think I needed to go back to that. Not to chase meaning, not to impress anyone, just to enjoy it again, to let myself feel okay with doing something for the sake of doing it.
Painted with acrylics over a tan toned sheet, made to fit an old frame I had already.
This one will also be shown at the Anthrocon Art Show.
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I want to keep doing art pieces that comes from me, I have a lot of ideas, a lot of projects and comics but I can't do them all real because I need to combine them with commissions, and in the end of the month I need to prioritize the commissions more than anything. I want to change that and keep a good balance. If you want to help me to make that dream come true, you can do it at supporting me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, and you'll receive exclusive content, you will see my WIPs, drawings and paintings before anyone else, high resolutions and full process videos.
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And… Fuck Meta. Really, this company needs to just be burned to the ground.
If you’re an Android user and you’ve been using the Facebook app, this probably applies to you.
Localhost tracking is something that you probably heard of but this is an ingenious tracking mechanism that that is probably very against the law.==========S...YouTube
Is there anything nerdier than sitting with your boyfriend at 3am watching Tom Lehrer songs?
Oh - singing along... No comment!
As we're only a few hours away from the summer solstice, have some photos from the 2007 solstice (exactly 18 years ago, yikes) when I went, with a couple of friends, to fursuit at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. (The girl in pink with us in several of the photos was not anyone I knew — she just… adopted us as her furry solstice friends or something!)
I want to go back someday, assuming they're still doing the solstice night/morning open event.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=8172615%40N02&tags=kelsey+stonehenge
Content warning: re: CW: moaning about stuff
Content warning: re: CW: moaning about stuff
I just took the car round to the nearby service centre for its service tomorrow. I should have picked up some gloves before I went because the steering wheel was so hot it was hard to keep hold of it. Thank god the car has aircon, even though I only had the benefit of it for a few minutes.
Why does the weather forecast say that this evening will be "fine" when it's absolutely not fine for it to be roasting hot? Roll on Wednesday, when it's meant to be several degrees cooler.
I cannot function properly in this kind of weather. It's outside my specified environmental operating parameters.