[User] sarahfailin

topic_title: blog

post:
 lol making another post here because there were too many notes. Thanks y'all for your advice and well-wishes. @jag The "movin = groovin" indian food advice seems solid.

@YakuZoku, I'll be in Mazunte, which in the past has always seemed really copacetic for travelers... international but not overdeveloped. But things do change over time. I was last there 3 years ago. ...if you're nearby, lmk!

@bainbridge i have a cat and a 1BR apartment, and so I'm getting a young person to come and catsit for me and they're going to pay my cheap rent while living in my nicely appointed apartment. hopefully they don't wreck up the place.

@palimpset just that video by itself is enough to make me feel sick. i feel like some of these dudes must have known what they were doing was disgusting because they were like smiling at the camera while sticking their whole arm into the soup.

This is the 4th long trip I've done in my life where I quit my job to go travel. I highly recommend that anyone punctuate your career with long stints of travel or just time off. Save your monies. Avoid too much debt if possible... live cheap!

[User] palimpsest

comment: You really haven't lived until you've had recycled floor soup with the local working  townsfolk at 5 in the morning.

comment: your final 2 sentences are probably the best advice a person can give to another <3

[User] canoe

comment: Sagmeister requires it, his whole office goes on tours together. Can't wait to see your photos.

comment: In 2007 I quit my job and moved to Seoul for 6 months. I planned to go back in 2008, but capitalism broke again.

[User] jagara

comment: A young person is housesitting? You: Bye! *closes door* TURN DOWN FOR WHAT! WEEP-WEEP-WEEP-WEEP... SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!

comment: Re: cheap livin': Amen brother.

html_comment: Re: cheap livin': Amen brother.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] utopian

comment: Numba 1

html_comment: Numba 1


[User] fooler

comment: Ali Jacked

html_comment: Ali Jacked

[User] Salarrue

comment: IDF goon

html_comment: IDF goon

comment: Why such a long face?

html_comment: Why such a long face?

comment: and of course he's divorced lol*Tropical Beaches Inc. plays in background*

html_comment: and of course he's divorced lol<br>*Tropical Beaches Inc. plays in background*

comment: TRT-Borat

html_comment: TRT-Borat

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Single or preparing for a role.

html_comment: Single or preparing for a role.

comment: that break up tennis  thing with him and isla fisher was really cute though...

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Got jacked to play Mephisto in Ironheart and Avengers.

comment: Brorat

html_comment: Brorat

comment: David Schwimmer

html_comment: David Schwimmer

[User] maquito

comment: Paul Stanley

html_comment: Paul Stanley

[User] Chimp

comment: Ali G-ains

html_comment: Ali G-ains


[User] PonyBoy

post: Anyone else find themselves working on a ton of healthcare projects these days?

comment: SaaS actually

html_comment: SaaS actually

[User] YakuZoku

comment: not recently but a lot in the past

html_comment: not recently but a lot in the past

comment: May cause: bloating, anal leakage, chronic masturbating, and even death. Consult with your physician if PonyBoy is right for you!

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Not a ton, but a third of my open projects are from this sector

[User] letterhead

comment: I can tell you there is a lot of money to be made in healthcare if you can deal with it.

comment: Yeah... pays well and without any argument... always on time too.

comment: It is the buk of my freelance lately. Supplement branding and packaging. I'm here for it.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Official SFW Thread

comment: niiice

html_comment: niiice

[User] bezoar

comment: i love this stuff

html_comment: i love this stuff

comment: Lol, I saw this yesterday on mobile and it was too obvious.. needed to squint my eyes to even see it on desktop :D


[User] curiouscat

topic_title: Hiphop like this.

post: Way ahead of her time.


[User] prophetone

topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: The greatest film in the history of mankind, possibly

[User] Projectile

comment: Santa Madre Maria!!!

html_comment: Santa Madre Maria!!!


topic_title: RIP of the day

comment: He's almost as beloved as Hulk Hogan himself.

comment: Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask, WHAT YA GONNA DO WHEN THE 24" PYTHONS AND MORRISEYMANIA RUNS WILD ON YOU!


topic_title: drgs

comment: Osmar Schindler (1867-1927)Muscles play (1907)

html_comment: Osmar Schindler (1867-1927)<br>Muscles play (1907)

comment: Nice

html_comment: Nice


[User] MrT

topic_title: Suggest a good movie…

post: Caught a preview last night. A great premise, genuinely funny and which the two leads clearly enjoyed. A couple of minor muddles in the last third but it all builds nicely. I guess some will say it's slow to start, but setting up the couple's dysfunction is key to why it works. Suitably squishy, but not Substance-level! Definitely worth checking out.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] sted

comment: ROTFL

html_comment: ROTFL

comment: that helmet really ties the helmet together

[User] milfhunter

comment: akwarddddd

html_comment: akwarddddd

comment: fucking idiot and his gimp boy on the left


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Travel Blog

post:
 "Then, insidiously, illusion began to lay its snares. I wished I had lived in the days of real journeys, when it was still possible to see the full splendor of a spectacle that had not yet been blighted, polluted and spoilt; I wished I had not trodden that ground as myself, but as Berier, Tavernier or Manucci did....When was the best time to see India?... For every five years I move back in time, I am able to save a custom, gain a ceremony or share in another belief. But I know the texts too well not to realize that, by going back a century, I am at the same time forgoing data and lines of inquiry which would offer intellectual enrichment. And so I am caught within a circle from which there is no escape: the less human societies were able to communicate with each other and therefore to corrupt each other through contact, the less their respective emissaries were able to perceive the wealth and significance of their diversity... I lose on both counts, and more seriously than may at first appear, for,
while I complain of being able to glimpse no more than the shadow of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is taking shape at this very moment, since I have not reached the stage of development at which I would be capable of perceiving it. A few hundred years hence, in this same place, another traveler, as despairing as myself, will mourn the disappearance of what I might have seen, but failed to see. I am subject to a double infirmity: all that I perceive offends me, and I constantly reproach myself for not seeing as much as I should."

Tristes Tropiques, p. 43
Claude Lévi-Strauss


comment: Lol!saying South Park hasn’t been relevant in 20 years is like saying the internet peaked at MSN messenger

html_comment: Lol!<br>saying South Park hasn’t been relevant in 20 years is like saying the internet peaked at MSN messenger

[User] monospaced

comment: Risky how?

html_comment: Risky how?


[User] elahon

post: RIP Hulk.

comment: Astérix

html_comment: Astérix

[User] maquito

comment: ^yes!

html_comment: ^yes!

[User] Continuity

comment: flol pali!

html_comment: flol pali!

comment: A bottle you can stick into Sandy at the beach

comment: FFS wrong thread

html_comment: FFS wrong thread

comment: Can't have one without the other. https://i.haasie.com…

comment: ^ Still works, though.

html_comment: ^ Still works, though.

comment: flololol pali

html_comment: flololol pali

comment: Haha pali that’s great

html_comment: Haha pali that’s great


topic_title: What are you listening to?


topic_title: Where The Fun IS

[User] ApeRobot

comment: One man, one jar type shit.

html_comment: One man, one jar type shit.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Haha. I love how this is in the radiology thread. "Things to look out for at work tomorrow"

[User] srhadden

comment: "the sand"

html_comment: "the sand"

html_comment: A bottle you can stick into Sandy at the beach

[User] Gnash

comment: Who’s had trouble putting a beer bottle in the sand?

[User] garbage

comment: Enough people have seen this and not been upset by the "one man, one jar" recall. Thanks, ape. Thape.

comment: Cream Blindness?

html_comment: Cream Blindness?


[User] PhanLo

comment: nft .. the token is the art #future

html_comment: nft .. the token is the art #future

[User] bainbridge

comment: Don't forget the phone

html_comment: Don't forget the phone


[User] BANKattack

topic_title: Summer House Mix

post:
 recorded this live in mallorca if you lookin for some summa time muzak

https://soundcloud.com/sambank/b…


topic_title: UFO of the day

[User] futurefood

comment: I buys today gimmie pleez

html_comment: I buys today gimmie pleez

comment: haha https://i.imgur.com/…

html_comment:
haha
https://i.imgur.com/…


topic_title: UK is Fucked

comment: Haha! Fucking immigrant kids getting ahead at school. It's madness. They're taking all our jobs because they're better - at spelling!

comment: Kias are made in Korea, they aren't even BriTsH, hehe


[User] Raybandana

comment: finally got the link right lol. But saw this in the skys while camping. Saw about 50 of these things, just floating around going very fast.

comment: satellites? space station?

html_comment: satellites? space station?

comment: They move like that?

html_comment: They move like that?

comment: Nice footage! Mind if I ask the location?Also, which imgur link was succesful? I have been creating low res gifs to make it easy to share here on qbn...

html_comment:
Nice footage! Mind if I ask the location?
Also, which imgur link was succesful?
I have been creating low res gifs to make it easy to share here on qbn...

comment: but if there is an easy way to share a mp4/video upload, that would be great.

comment: Northern Ontario, no easier way to share i know of

[User] utopian

comment: No satellites move like this.

html_comment: No satellites move like this.

[User] canoe

comment: Cool!

html_comment: Cool!

comment: Hard to tell without a reference point if it’s moving like that or if it’s your shaky camerawork but if you use that star in the middle as a guide, you’ll see i

comment: Its your shaky hand and it’s just a satellite

[User] Nairn

comment: Yeah, first glance I saw curves and wondered WTF?, second watch it's all straight lines and satellites

[User] Gabriel

comment: OMG! A drunk pixel!!

html_comment: OMG! A drunk pixel!!

comment: Yea I think its a bit of camera shakiness... but saw one come down and then shoot back up into the sky, phone was dead by then.


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Black & White Photography

post:
 Ash Kenaz, All seeing eye

https://last-picture-show.tumblr…


[User] neverscared

comment: do they get a bonus for tasering or ?

html_comment: do they get a bonus for tasering or ?

comment: when officers arrest you, you comply and you fix it all later, resisting because you think you dont deserve to be arrested just make everything worse

comment: well ... i dont know.. first they should be sure if the arrest is accurate.....

[User] monospaced

comment: Maybe in the foreign yonder  lands of wild, northern Canadia, under the queens watch


post: Every couple of months I check out the new Analog Africa releases and they *never* disappoint. One of the best re-issue / re-release labels around - the collections are put together with tremendous love and attention to detail. And as a fan of sungura, this fucking bangs.

[User] Gardener

comment: I love the AA label, did a mix a couple of years back : https://www.mixcloud…

comment: cool! I'll check it out later. Analog Africa is a just a massive treasure trove of incredible sounds and hats off to them for bringing this to a wider audience.


post: Dame Cleo Laine - Jazz singer 97

[User] kingsteven

comment: jazz and jewelry

html_comment: jazz and jewelry


[User] yuekit

post: "I had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein"

comment: HOAX. Hillary Clinton faked this.

html_comment: HOAX. Hillary Clinton faked this.


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: Food

post: Hi Miesfan, earra!


topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post: Not so much of a vinyl find but more of a vinyl surprise as I ordered this box set in April and wasn't expecting delivery today. I've never owned a vinyl copy of Five Leaves Left so to have all the versions leading up to an identical copy (the dark green) complete with attention to detail gate-fold/inner/pink label etc is a lovely treat for the weekend.


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Charities only have to use like 5% of the donations to do actual charitable work.


comment: He found the Wotsits drawer and went crazy

comment: I'm guessing his son would know where Charlie is, at least.

comment: ^ L O L

html_comment: ^ L O L


topic_title: The More You Know ★

comment: Strange attractors

html_comment: Strange attractors


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post:
 Owned the libs
-

comment: Pretty grim really, he had 3 kids.Watching people die in drone strikes is some new kind of hell too.

html_comment: Pretty grim really, he had 3 kids.<br>Watching people die in drone strikes is some new kind of hell too.

comment: in Soviet Russia LGBT slay YOU!

html_comment: in Soviet Russia LGBT slay YOU!


topic_title: Batman of the Day

[User] bezoar

comment: He has got to be my #1. Fucking rock star, ya know? I'm amazed every damn time.

comment: Definitely Bezoar, so many techniques, but his style is the power! Compositions are magical


[User] PhanLo

[User] Ianbolton

comment: the wee Scots know how to tell the fucking news


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Big Bird should drink more water

html_comment: Big Bird should drink more water


post:
 paging catpower
-


comment: phoning it in at this point

html_comment: phoning it in at this point

comment: I saw them live back in the Siamese Dream era, Garbage was the opening act

[User] CyBrainX

comment: phoning it in since the 90s.

html_comment: phoning it in since the 90s.

comment: this was the 90s :D if they had called it a day when Jonathan Melvoin died they'd be a much bigger band now. Adore's not a terrible record but everything after

comment: '96 probably just hurt their legacy... in hindsight. They knew it too... donated all of the proceeds of this tour to charity - $2.8m


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

post:
 I always used to think it would be fun to be a sound engineer because you'd get to see loads of gigs. Until I worked doing visuals and would why they were always really grumpy. LOL
-


topic_title: Graphic Design is dying

post: I'm worried about AI taking over and rendering us useless.

comment: I just need to keep going for 10 years or so then I can hopefully retire. =)


[User] futurefood

topic_title: blog

post:
 My good deed of the day,

Took my lunch and found that the landscapers accidentally knocked a bird's nest to the ground while trimming a tree. I was glad to see the 3 nestling birds survived the 10ft fall. The nest was partially damaged and needed to be rebuilt so I worked quick to scrape together planting materials, fibers, sticks, and some bird-picked items that the parents had used in the previous nest.

This is the finished nest with the nestlings transferred in. It's a nice spacious bird pad now that will be stronger than the old nest.

While building the new nest, the parents watched over me, probably wondering what the hell was going on.

I found a safe new spot in the same tree and added a
canopy shade since the top of the tree was a little more bare after the trimming. Now they have some really nice diffused lighting to help keep them cool.

After I placed the nest, one of the parents came in for a closer look at me. Is this their way of saying thanks?

I'm not good with different bird species, but it is this type of bird. Wish I knew the name.

comment: Are you going to eat them... ya know... in the future?

[User] palimpsest

comment: Northern mockingbird,Mimus polyglottos?

[User] pango

comment: haha @canoe, the thought did occur. But i had to atone for my dog that has already killed 3 birds https://i.imgur.com/…

[User] srhadden

comment: great job man

html_comment: great job man

comment: Did you touch them with your hands? Have the parents stuck around, are they feeding the chicks?

comment: Doing The Lord's work!By which I mean, they now think of you as their God.

html_comment: Doing The Lord's work!<br>By which I mean, they now think of you as their God.

comment: ^hahaha Saves bird once, becomeshttps://imgur.com/a/…

html_comment:
^hahaha Saves bird once, becomes
https://imgur.com/a/…

comment: @i_monk, oh dear I hope everything is fine as I did my best Chaplin impression with each of them https://imgur.com/a/…

comment: Haha fucked that uphttps://media.tenor.…

html_comment:
Haha fucked that up
https://media.tenor.…

comment: I did use sterile gloves as a precaution. But yea, the parents fed them soon after I placed the nest. I’ve been checking on them every few hours. Seems fine

comment: It’s funny how you feel forever responsible for them afterwards. I almost want to get some proper bird meal so the parents don’t need to fly far

html_comment: It’s funny how you feel forever responsible for them afterwards. <br>I almost want to get some proper bird meal so the parents don’t need to fly far

comment: May not be the best idea though. IdkIt’s a hard world for the little things

html_comment: May not be the best idea though. Idk<br>It’s a hard world for the little things

[User] garbage

comment: 100% a mockingbird. The scent thing with birds is a myth, but wash your hands for your own sake. You did a good thing here.

comment: If mama has been living near you for a while, she's probably been seamlessly recreating the sounds of your neighborhood without you knowing.

comment: I had some in an old neighborhood down south, hits on rotation were cicada, car alarm, sprinkler, car alarm (again).

comment: username checksout

html_comment: username checksout


topic_title: Test Thread

comment: motherfuck..

html_comment: motherfuck..


comment: oh fuck it.

html_comment: oh fuck it.


comment: jesus christ'n dick puncher

html_comment: jesus christ'n dick puncher


post:
 Wanted to share these two youtube channels. These channels have heavily inspired my interest in photographing UAP.

In the video below, shot 11 years ago, he is searching for some other objects, but he did not realize he actually captured 2 fast-movers. Rods? Orbs? The doctor I work with calls them Dragons. This guy was using similar techniques to photograph UAP more than 10 years before I started to. Techniques that I'll outline in an upcoming post.

Here is an interpolation of a portion of the video. This image displays the 2 object's trajectory through the sky.

The objects appear @ 0:08 seconds. While in youtube, play until time mark (0:08) then press 'k' on keyboard. Use your <  > keys to advance forward/backward one frame at a time, you will spot the objects in motion

"the hell is zhat?" Still makes me laugh..
In this video, he had his camera converted to full spectrum and is using a 1000nm filter to capture some objects

_____

This is a friend of the doctor I work with, he plays an important role in aviation here in southern California and has some great presentations on youtube.

This guy photographed an object flying over the San Gabriel mountains near his home. It is not the first time people have witnessed objects in this area. Just north on the other side of this mountain range is Edward's Air Force base


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 The AI Boom Is Starting to Look a Lot Like the Dot-Com Burst, But Worse

https://www.vice.com/en/article/…

comment: Vice is a joke.

html_comment: Vice is a joke.

comment: we will c how many compannies will be around in the next years ... my guess is most will be bust....a.i will be here of course just like the internet...

comment: the market is clearly bloated like it always is when things get massivley bloated and hyped. same old same old...

comment: Vice is a shell of itself, but "AI Bubble" has been a heavy trend over the past month or so. I'm not reading the article, so rate my guess:

comment: FAANG is quadrupling down on insustainability while most endusers remain blind?


[User] Nairn

comment: lol, at first I thought that was a sheet of printed acid blotter, which definitely would lead to a "where the fun isn't".


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 we forget about these... still pending....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In…

comment: dismissed ? jesus h. i'll go back to sleep.


comment: Has he signed a deal with the Columbians to take Coca Cola back to it's 'original' ingredients? That would be a WILD distraction

comment: Nobody is asking for and missing cane sugar coke. That isn’t a thing. Go to Mexico and try it. You aren’t missing shit.


[User] grafician

comment: People or the landscape?

html_comment: People or the landscape?

comment: Either way impossible that New Jersey is number 1 in anything lol

comment: People :))

html_comment: People :))

comment: graf has never been to a single one. Obviously.

comment: fucking loser troll

html_comment: fucking loser troll

comment: You come from Cali and you're still ugly? Oh man

comment: Again living up to your reputation as the lowest life piece of human garbage here. You have no bottom. Insulting kids and looks? You are ignorant scum at best.

comment: I guess at 4am on a SUNDAY MORNING is when you really show us what a LOSER you are. Again at 4am on a weekend. You’re ugly, AND alone. Pathetic loser.

comment: Also, did you think this was about the attractiveness of people? omg how fucking stupid are you ?

comment: Monokaren strikes again :)))

html_comment: Monokaren strikes again :)))

comment: and to top it off you don’t even use Karen correctly

comment: You’re the only one who calls me that. You alone. Keep ignoring the fact that nobody wants you posting here anymore anywhere.


[User] YakuZoku

comment: Freedoms at the door

html_comment: Freedoms at the door


topic_title: capitalism

[User] Continuity

comment: Pretty none of the ones I follow are PE-owned. Niche cooking shit and bands.

comment: I'd only heard of two he listed.

html_comment: I'd only heard of two he listed.


topic_title: UFO of the day

[User] prophetone

comment: If this guy had handed them a bottle of maple syrup, we’d all be best buds by now with our interstellar pancake lovers, and I’d have my Hoverboard

comment: Haha

html_comment: Haha

comment: Imagine how cool it’d be to strike up a friendship where they pop in every couple months to ur spot w/ gifts in exchange for basics like maple syrup, skittles

comment: Show them how to make proper stack of pancakes with bacon, they’d bff so fast and be cool like yeah man check out our ship bro!


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: FROID DUB - Digital Pond (Lena Willikens Remix)


post: Phoenix lights?


[User] utopian

topic_title: Punches For:

comment: Fuck me

html_comment: Fuck me


[User] yuekit

post: Any good alternatives for AI video upscaling other than Topaz?

comment: I'll probably buy Topaz eventually but would prefer subscription or pay as you go service if possible.

[User] kingsteven

comment: same, i've found upscaling frame-by-frame with Real-ESRGAN works well but not sure its Topaz quality...

comment: Shutter Encoder (free video encoder on PC) has it built in (if you have a decent graphics card) but should be easy to do on Apple too

comment: Interesting, thanks

html_comment: Interesting, thanks


topic_title: Apple

post:
 Steve Jobs daughter and hairress Eve Jobs just married. Her wedding cost $6.7M

Does the world really need these nepo babies? Like why does she need a wedding that cost over $6M?

Steve Jobs' daughter Eve marries Olympian Harry Charles in $6.7M wedding https://share.google/GKEWMk39f16…

comment: You'd do the same thing if you had the money + a bunch of people make a living out of this.


topic_title: Ad of the day

comment: Stock of the Day too, after this campaign


[User] neverscared

[User] elahon

comment: I love these guys.

html_comment: I love these guys.

comment: you can't reason with people that believe in god or Trump.  futile.

comment: You can't reason with half of QBN either


post:
What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode?

https://archive.is/K4F2q


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Skull of the day

post:
 'Cherub with a gun on a pile of skulls, by Gustave Dore, c. 1870
-


post: Is there a movie or TV show that doesn't feature Pedro Pascal?

[User] monospaced

comment: Beyond last of us and Mandalorian, can you even name a SINGLE show he’s  featured in? Name one movie he’s starred in.

comment: @mono Fantastic Four, and I'm _really_ looking forward to it.Otherwise? Fuck-all.

html_comment: @mono Fantastic Four, and I'm _really_ looking forward to it.<br>Otherwise? Fuck-all.

comment: he was in Buffy, but it seems that being a pint pot racist really does turn your brain into cold rice pudding.

comment: Has that movie even come out? Was he the star of Buffy?


post: that windmill rant at the meeting with van der leyen and europe should prohibit windmills.... what to the f....


comment: With Chronic Venous Insufficiency. What Is It?The condition, which can cause swelling and pain,

html_comment: With Chronic Venous Insufficiency. What Is It?<br>The condition, which can cause swelling and pain,

comment: his feet look bad today at the meeting with van der leyen.


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: Where The Fun IS

post: Hitting molten iron with a shovel!

[User] PublicVoice

comment: They are having fun.

html_comment: They are having fun.


post:
 My cousin's work got into National Geographic

https://www.nationalgeographic.c…

[User] PonyBoy

comment: nice!

html_comment: nice!

comment: Third cousin twice removed

html_comment: Third cousin twice removed

[User] maquito

comment: Cool!!!

html_comment: Cool!!!


comment: Kid fucker

html_comment: Kid fucker


post:
 not sure if this has been posted but here's one for Gardener and a few more on here - Dad passes away and leaves daughter with 10000 albums, she listens to and reviews one daily

not sure if this has been posted but here's one for Gardener and a few more on here - Dad passes away and leaves daughter with 10000 albums, she listens to and reviews one daily

https://tinyurl.com/3ufxahyf


[User] OBBTKN

post:
 The coldest and wettest July in decades...

It rained all night, and now that it's dawned, it continues. I live in a very rainy area, but it's already too much. I'm taking vacations in two days, and I might sell a bike and buy a boat.


topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: Tesla stock price seems inflated considering the car sales are down a lot and the Robotaxi is a flop. That and Optimus would need to become a huge success.

comment: They are counting on that

html_comment: They are counting on that

comment: US deficit is solved if he sells as muchs optimuses as he says..... right there u can see how fairytaly his talk his...

comment: But most probably there are actual Trillionaires, just not on the Forbes list :)

comment: A third of US households make under $50K.


[User] Miesfan

[User] akiersky

comment: The real news is when he doesn't cheat

html_comment: The real news is when he doesn't cheat

[User] dbloc

comment: ^ bingo

html_comment: ^ bingo


[User] palimpsest

[User] dee-dubs

comment: test passed

html_comment: test passed

comment: Pick of the Day

html_comment: Pick of the Day

[User] Nairn

comment: Love this.x

html_comment: Love this.<br>x

[User] bainbridge

comment: Asteroids!

html_comment: Asteroids!


topic_title: Los Angeles

post:
 Hey LA peeps!

Any monthly electric bike rentals you would recommend ?

Will be in and around Hollywood for the next few weeks and it doesn't look like I should rely on Lime over there.

Thanks!


[User] grafician

topic_title: quote of the day

post:
 "If you want to know who controls you, look to who you are not allowed to criticize."

- Tacitus

comment: self criticism first

html_comment: self criticism first

comment: You can just stop with the comments.

html_comment: You can just stop with the comments.

comment: 1. This is normally attributed to Voltaire.2. It's actually from a neo-nazi pedo.https://www.snopes.c…

html_comment:
1. This is normally attributed to Voltaire.
2. It's actually from a neo-nazi pedo.
https://www.snopes.c…


topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

post: Kuo Jean Tseng


topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] Continuity

comment: Hee hee.

html_comment: Hee hee.


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

comment: RFK JR?

html_comment: RFK JR?


topic_title: Politics

comment: This is Kopfkino in Dolby Atmos I absolutely didn't need.

comment: slitherine

html_comment: slitherine


[User] canoe

comment: Love Alton Ellis!

html_comment: Love Alton Ellis!


[User] Gardener

topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post:
 Some of the albums and singles I have picked up on my local digging trips.

OK, I'll admit I picked this up for the cheesy sleeve, it was very cheap and turns out to be actually quite nice background muzak in a jazz stylee.

I saw this on a stall at the big car boot (Scotland's largest I understand) a few weeks ago but he wanted a fiver for it, I was back there yesterday and he let me have it for £2, so I was pleased as it's rather good, as you can hear below. Not to be confused by the title of the same album released by Queen that year, it must have caused no headaches in record shops in 1976.

Another car boot find, but this one actually was a fiver. It's got several Zoo Records tracks exclusive to this release which has never been re-issued on CD so I had to have it.

I'm a sucker for odd private pressings and this one is quite unusual, it also came with a programme and booklet for the 1972 event.

Soundtrack to the great Liam Neeson movie from 1990.

7"s

One of only a handful of records released on this independent label, I assume this was released circa 1981 when Bobby died, not sure what the GBTP flag stands for on the rear of the sleeve.

Not having heard of Chris Rayburn before I just assumed it would be a fella singing but how wrong I was, a great tune too!

Bizarre 4 track UK EP featuring a weird mix of jazz, classical and dance music, with some backwards vocals in French thrown in for good measure.

Lovely field recording of A Record Fair held in Glebe Park, Bo'ness, Scotland in 1968.

A sweet soul 45 from 1974 which turned out to be the only release by the band and the label.

Another sweet soul 45 but this one is from 1969.


topic_title: Sexual Harassment of the DAY

comment: Paul Gallagher, older brother of Oasis stars Noel and Liam.

comment: set?

html_comment: set?


[User] futurefood

topic_title: I ♥ HOUSE

post:
 +1000 for Onirico, one of my favorites
this is another one from that release that lives in my head lol

comment: Sweet, thanks!

html_comment: Sweet, thanks!


[User] utopian

comment: this you?

html_comment: this you?


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post:
 "Oyyy with the door, already" I shout as the kids bash the front door, yet again, as 'homie' for their game of chase/seek/whatever.

Signs your becoming an old Jew?


post: 2007 was 18 years ago

comment: Is that when the Titanic sank? Jesus.

html_comment: Is that when the Titanic sank? Jesus.


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Florence was bad, but did he forget about Katrina?


topic_title: Lyrics of a Day

post:
 've been waiting for so long
To come here now and sing this song
Don't be fooled by what you see
Don't be fooled by what you hear, whoa

This is a song to all of my friends
They take the challenge to their hearts
Challenging preconceived ideas
Saying goodbye to long standing fears

Don't crack up
Bend your brain
See both sides
Throw off your mental chains

Don't crack up
Bend your brain
See both sides
Throw off your mental chains

I don't wanna be hip and cool
I don't wanna play by the rules
Not under the thumb of the cynical few
Or laden down by the doom crew

Don't crack up
Bend your brain
See both sides
Throw off your mental chains
See Howard Jones Live
Get tickets as low as $86

You might also like
Story of My Life
One Direction
Everlasting Love
Howard Jones
Long Hot Summer (Extended Version)
The Style Council
Don't crack up
Bend your brain
See both sides
Throw off your mental chains

I've been waiting for so long
To come here now and sing this song
Don't be fooled by what you see
Don't be fooled by what you hear

This is a song to all of my friends
They take the challenge to their hearts
Challenging preconceived ideas
Saying goodbye to long standing fears

Don't crack up
Bend your brain
See both sides
Throw off your mental chains

comment: Lol, it has the advert copy in there too


topic_title: blog

post: Be happy you weren't on the Titanic in 1912.

[User] neverscared

comment: more like be happy if u got a lifeboat...

comment: Did you just assume my Titanic survivor status?

comment: ^lol

html_comment: ^lol

comment: You be happy, period.

html_comment: You be happy, period.


topic_title: QBN Suggestion Box

post: Put grafician and everyone engaging with him on a timeout. You are all actively making this place worse.

comment: Man enters restaurant, starts yelling and throwing food, so the manager kicks out everyone, that manager is i_monk.

comment: Nairn said the same thing, and then grafician started attacking him, which of course changed his behavior. Graf is the problem...

comment: not mono, not pali, not redneck, not neverscared, not nairn and the 10 others he's ACTIVELY trolled for the sake of trolling. ffs monk, act like your name

comment: Is this about me posting on the wrong thread again?

comment: No, it's about how graf says intolerable shit and we're just supposed to ignore him or else we're just as bad.

comment: monk - what about him having his own Hate Grafician thread that makes you think he's not the ENTIRE problem?

comment: monk - what about him having an average of 15 downvotes on his contributive and trolling posts makes you think everyone should be punished?

comment: I bet you're the kind of guy that doesn't want gays in the military because Richard Simmons liked to dance in tight pants.

[User] monospaced

comment: Graf thinks it’s okay to insult anyone for anything, including attacking members children with baseless insults only a low life cunt would utter.

[User] redneck

comment: I always suspected him of contacting my job to get me fired years ago, what he didn't know was my boss was also a friend

comment: @canoe - If you paid attention to people beyond yourself, you'd realise you're making i_monk's point for him - I've not engaged with grafician in weeks now.

comment: @nairn - just because I bring up accomplishments doesn't mean I'm aloof to other members, I love a lot of people here...

comment: I'm not MAKING his point Nairn, I'm disagreeing with his blanketed judgment on me, palim, cont, mono, red, etc, etc, etc.

comment: @redneck - can't prove it but he emailed me twice about being "someone I pissed off" and that I'm no good at my job. So yah, I'm with you, he's a creepy fucker.

comment: Just log off.

html_comment: Just log off.

comment: I can confirm that he will stalk you and message you outside of QBN. Weird shit, that could be his attempt at threats or taunting.Irecuperabil

html_comment:
I can confirm that he will stalk you and message you outside of QBN. Weird shit, that could be his attempt at threats or taunting.

Irecuperabil

comment: I logged off for a week, came back and got insulted for posting on PotD. Play the tape, Jamie.


post: On the Titanic, April 14.-15., 1912


comment: Timothée Chalamet

html_comment: Timothée Chalamet


post: MAKE QBN FUCKING LOGICAL AGAIN

[User] MrT

comment: have you tried going for a walk?

html_comment: have you tried going for a walk?

comment: Thanks, helped!

html_comment: Thanks, helped!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Anyone here actually paying for ChatGPT Plus or any alternative? I've been using Qolaba AI and just buying credits, but I'm probably spending more than just subscribing directly. I like that I can access different models like Claude and Gemini from there, but since I'm a dirty jobless hobo I kinda want to be as frugal as possible while I experiment.

I've had decent success with Claude Sonnet 4 but I want to start experimenting more with agents and agent creation. The fragmentation of the space is giving me a migraine.

comment: I pay for GPT, have for a long while, not sure if it's the best tool for research and marketing, hence taking a certificate course in AI now...

comment: Maybe qolaba.ai and poe.com are my best bets? Fuck, I don't know anymore.

[User] slappy

comment: Work pays for chatGPT, just the first tier. I use it every day for planning, research and first draft copy. I have found the lyra prompt builder useful (reddit)

comment: Perplexity ofc

html_comment: Perplexity ofc

comment: www.abacus.ai is $10 a month, and you can use many of largest LLMs and AI Models under one roof.


topic_title: Punches For:

post:
 That damn cat from the next street over snuck into my garden and ran off with one of our bunnies.

Now I can’t help but wonder what that little thief will think when he gets a look at the spear gun I once used to take down 100‑pound tuna.

In 3... 2... 1... cue grafician, swooping in to feed off my frustration... the sigma twerp probably can’t even swim...

[User] maquito

comment: adopt a hawk

html_comment: adopt a hawk


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

post:
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/p…


[User] Beeswax

topic_title: Logo of the Day

post: Do you pervs still see a butt there?

comment: This is for a self-development app that I'm working on. The Super Self is a transformational app that helps people embody their fullest, most authentic selves.

html_comment: This is for a self-development app that I'm working on. <br>The Super Self is a transformational app that helps people embody their fullest, most authentic selves.

comment: So, what do you like the most out of this that kept working on it despite the butt shape and ass hole star?

comment: Put it in a circle frame/crop it, make it bigger, de-emphasize the circular shapes and emphasize the star and "rocket exhaust"

comment: Concept is there for sure, but there's too much distraction. The Self = The Star. The Super = The Rocket Exhaust / The Propel. Focus on that. You got this.

[User] dbloc

comment: @canoe I think it's a powerful symbol. Easily recognized. Something familiar and empowering. Suitable to become an app icon, profile pic

comment: Here is the cropped version, one smoothedhttps://i.imgur.com/…https://i.imgur.com/…

html_comment:
Here is the cropped version, one smoothed
https://i.imgur.com/…
https://i.imgur.com/…

comment: Short answer: yes.Long answer: yes.

html_comment: Short answer: yes.<br>Long answer: yes.

[User] PonyBoy

comment: mmhm

html_comment: mmhm

comment: TheSuperShelfTheSupersElfTotally looks like someone bending over. Make an animated version where the star winks.

html_comment:
TheSuperShelf
TheSupersElf
Totally looks like someone bending over. Make an animated version where the star winks.

comment: By bringing the star down in size you really emphasized the realistic ratios one would see from this POV. Bravo on making it more butthole than before.

comment: Nah it’s an improvement. But feels like a classic vintage aerospace thing to me. A strong rocket launch vibe.

[User] duckseason

comment: Given our collective reaction to v1, I think it's gonna be hard to break that mindset with small tweaks to the same approach.

comment: Like, mono said, I think this is an improvement. But I also agree that this is giving off more space/sci-fi vibes, than mindfulness and/or self-help

comment: I like the first cropped one you posted in the comments. Less buttholy for sure

[User] YakuZoku

comment: This is defo a butthole

html_comment: This is defo a butthole

[User] theonlyengineerhere

comment: Defo an outhouse-creeper looking up.... add the balls? ...assert logo dominance?:)

comment: I like it, it reminds me of this: https://cdn.marvel.c…

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Maybe lean into the 'shooting star' look?

comment: Now it's a saggy butt. I prefer the rounder, firmer version.

[User] sab

comment: Get rid of the outer circle might help. Set it in square or other shape. Too clacker and even a knob end like.

[User] pango

comment: all i see is saggy ass

html_comment: all i see is saggy ass

[User] robthelad

comment: I see a bony ass. and that 'star symbol' is quickly becoming synonomous with AI.

comment: is the star some sort of - arschgeweih -

comment: i think it's a perfect logo for a self development app. after all this is the intended destination, no?

comment: oooo snap

html_comment: oooo snap

[User] milfhunter

comment: an orange butthole yes

html_comment: an orange butthole yes

comment: lol! @face

html_comment: lol! @face

comment: ah  now i see it.. its a diamond butt plug

comment: "lean into the shooting star" is solid advice

[User] srhadden

comment: even more now

html_comment: even more now

[User] Gnash

comment: You have to be trolling. Of course it’s a butt. It’s nothing else

comment: Beewax, consider taking a different approach and kill your darling.

comment: Sunk cost fallacy.

html_comment: Sunk cost fallacy.

comment: have you tried reversing it? It looks less like a but that way.


[User] ideaist

topic_title: Video Games...

comment: Just out for PS5; lighthearted / pick up & put down / easy/breezy/etc.: )

html_comment:
Just out for PS5; lighthearted / pick up & put down / easy/breezy/etc.

: )


topic_title: Package Design of The Day

[User] ArchitectofFate

comment: heeey more shoeboxes thats a throwback

html_comment: heeey more shoeboxes thats a throwback


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Site of the day

post:
 Draw a fish and let it swim:

https://drawafish.com/


topic_title: Design Systems People/Portfolios

post:
 I know that feeling well. I work on a small, two-person team in charge of all things web design for a 5,000+ person organization—we handle the systems, documentation, components, templates, one-off landing pages, bespoke experiences, animation, research, user testing, and more.

What you've described can be about as dull as they get from a visual perspective. Or, you can see it as a challenge: how do you take something as inherently boring as WCAG compliance or token systems and turn it into something refreshing? What's a non-traditional way to represent this work? How can you take that work and turn it into a visually interesting artifact that still highlights the foundational thinking that went into it? While I don't have any examples of portfolios, the Dropbox Brand Guidelines site is, IMO, a good example for injecting fun and interactivity into what could easily be a forgettable, 'left-nav/right-content' page; specifically the color and type pages.

https://brand.dropbox.com/

There's a part of design systems that scratches a methodical itch, but it can definitely leave you feeling drained and uninspired—I'm certainly feeling that now. At the same time, I still appreciate a good design challenge and the opportunity to not be constrained by the rigidity of the system I helped create. XD

comment: Drained and uninspired Is exactly how I feel. I did a lot of exciting, experimental stuff, but it was all very specific to my last employer, their tech stacks,

comment: brand identity, and eng prioritization.All things which are valuable to discuss, but I don’t want a portfolio full of meaningless diagrams and pic of post-it

comment: notes. Fucking yawn.

html_comment: notes. Fucking yawn.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: UK is Fucked

comment: Glasgow? Super Hun, obvs.

html_comment: Glasgow? Super Hun, obvs.

[User] neverscared

comment: asshole man

html_comment: asshole man


topic_title: Animation of the Day

post:
 One episode of that anime reviewed below
-


[User] autoflavour

topic_title: Vid of the Day

post:
 finally managed to wrap up this project.. I delivered the wall project back in April or so, but then had another large project come thru and the video delivery got bumped.

but thought it came together ok..

[User] slappy

comment: This is great!

html_comment: This is great!


[User] antimotion

topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: Didn't watch the 2nd one. Was it good?

html_comment: Didn't watch the 2nd one. Was it good?

comment: ^ one of the worst films I have ever seen. totally boring, feels (and looks) like a nine hour Final Fantasy cutscene.

comment: It was good. Visually especially. It's a big stretch to call it "Final Fantasy cutscene" when there was a lot groundbreaking CG, especially all the water stuff

comment: it was entertaining, would I watch it again? Fuck no

comment: Omg there are still 2 more Avatar movies coming in 2029 and 2031 after this one. I'd rather see Cameron do another Aliens movie. Or Titanic 2

comment: still far better than any russo bros action movie...marvel


topic_title: Apple

post:
 How it started. And now it's just semi-transparent. Not much to do with "Glass" anymore.

For the better anyway.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Beta 4 it changes again. Keep up mate!

html_comment: Beta 4 it changes again. Keep up mate!

[User] grafician

comment: They could drop it altogether by final release in October visionOS style was always the next iteration of Apple UI...

comment: I think it's just fine AND more importantly consistent across device/medium.iPhone 20 will be all glass and liquid glass(y). That's the plan.

html_comment:
I think it's just fine AND more importantly consistent across device/medium.

iPhone 20 will be all glass and liquid glass(y).

That's the plan.


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Test Thread

[User] maquito

comment: what the hell are you using this thread for?!?!

comment: I'm not allowed in the Pic of the Day.What is anyone using this thread for, anyway? We can test on our profile pages without broadcasting it to the world.

html_comment:
I'm not allowed in the Pic of the Day.

What is anyone using this thread for, anyway? We can test on our profile pages without broadcasting it to the world.

comment: Lol, estas loco!

html_comment: Lol, estas loco!

comment: de remate!

html_comment: de remate!


post:
 I always do style guides for delivery to devs, never a full design system, that is a total waste of time - unless you're like Microsoft or Salesforce.

But for example, maybe these help you:

https://fluent2.microsoft.design…

https://www.lightningdesignsyste…

https://design.visa.com/welcome/…

https://m3.material.io/

https://carbondesignsystem.com/

https://wise.design/

https://nordhealth.design/

https://ui.shadcn.com/

https://vercel.com/geist/introdu…

https://headlessui.com/

https://playbook.ebay.com/

https://www.newskit.co.uk/

comment: There are plenty of jobs needing someone to create/maintain a design system, but having a "design systems folio" is new to me...


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
"Office workers seen barricading their doors with furniture during today’s active shooting at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan."

The guy did no concealing whatsoever:

Then:

s: https://x.com/sentdefender/statu…

comment: Never come to NY habibi...

html_comment: Never come to NY habibi...

[User] monospaced

comment: Glad small minded people see this and conclude visiting is a bad thing.


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: the chantels

html_comment: the chantels


[User] Nairn

post:
https://use-their-id.com/

"gives you an AI-generated mock driving licence for your MP based on public data. This is useful given the recent Online Safety Act would otherwise require you to send your ID to a foreign identity checking service, or send your internet traffic a dodgy foreign VPN. Here's a third option! Use a mock of your local MP's ID"


post:
 I work in Oracle in the visual design team, permanently using, enhancing, and updating the Redwood design system. I don't have any design systems in my portfolio, since I've only worked with, and designed like... 2?,

I think of them as an omnipresent entity. I think, from a product perspective, what you DO with the components is way more relevant than the component itself. The DS per-se just takes some Figma basic skills and decent documentation. Delivering a consistent, articulate, accessible DS that can be "played" with, in the other hand much more interesting.

comment: *is

html_comment: *is

comment: You work for Oracle?!Ooft.

html_comment:
You work for Oracle?!

Ooft.


[User] utopian

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: must be such a sad existence always fake winning at everything


comment: so woke... totaly trans vibes

html_comment: so woke... totaly trans vibes

comment: I wonder where they got a miniature golf glove from


comment: Nirvana

html_comment: Nirvana

comment: Peestie Boys

html_comment: Peestie Boys

[User] Gabriel

comment: The PEEtels

html_comment: The PEEtels

[User] PonyBoy

comment: The Pissfits

html_comment: The Pissfits

[User] Continuity

comment: Hey, hey, WEEr're the Monkees.

html_comment: Hey, hey, WEEr're the Monkees.

comment: Larry, Curly, Moe

html_comment: Larry, Curly, Moe

comment: Pee Gees

html_comment: Pee Gees

[User] futurefood

comment: Manfred Menn

html_comment: Manfred Menn

[User] kingsteven

comment: Piss, in there?

html_comment: Piss, in there?

comment: The Loo

html_comment: The Loo

comment: PIϟϟ

html_comment: PIϟϟ

comment: ⛧⃝ FLUSH

html_comment: ⛧⃝ FLUSH

comment: flol @ "PIϟϟ"

html_comment: flol @ "PIϟϟ"

comment: The Pit Stop Boys

html_comment: The Pit Stop Boys


topic_title: Skull of the day

comment: yup

html_comment: yup


[User] Miesfan

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Donald welcoming UK PM to Scotland... LOL


topic_title: Suggest a bad movie

post:
 Fantastic four? More like fantastic bore ammirite? ;)

Saw it with my son last night it was pretty good but waaaay too many ludicrous plot holes and things that defy logic.

Also felt it should have been a series, story moved way too fast for an 2 hour film and you were totally disengaged.

Side note- stayed till the end credits and noticed there were like 10,000 people that worked on this including 35 credited “plasterers” and I can’t help to think that in 2-3 years some kid is going to be making movies like this in his basement at zero cost.

6/10


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Poster of the Day

post: I was bidding on this poster in the John Peel auction earlier today, I set my limit and then someone beat me on the next bid, ah well - I considered bidding on some records but they were going for silly money.

comment: the thing with the auction today was that with such a strong connection to Peel it kinda doubled the prices.

comment: results are in : https://bid.omegaauc…

html_comment: results are in : https://bid.omegaauc…


[User] prophetone

comment: it's A24 rom-com time

html_comment: it's A24 rom-com time


post: Panic attack during a CT scan

comment: Not. Its just someone leaning up during a scan. Soopes it!

comment: Joykill!

html_comment: Joykill!

comment: Joy lol

html_comment: Joy lol


topic_title: Los Angeles

post: Bumping this ^ at a more Cali-friendly time


post:
https://teaspill.fun/

sorry...

comment: Had to Google what a foil is

html_comment: Had to Google what a foil is


[User] neverscared

comment: spa or not spa....

html_comment: spa or not spa....

comment: first epi stole the girls then biden the election...

[User] dbloc

comment: Were they working underage?

html_comment: Were they working underage?

[User] elahon

comment: Those young girls worked at his "happy ending" spa. And Trump probably charged a premium for those kinds of services to his millionaire buddies.

comment: Trump is slowly but surely releasing the Epstein files, one news conference at a time.

[User] Nutter

comment: "he stole her", she was a person, not property to be stole.


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: FUCK ADOBE!

post: FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING SLOW ASS FUCKING CUNT OF A MOTHERFUCKER EXPORTING ASS FUCKING TOOL.


topic_title: blog

post: Goddamn, where have all the Manbuns gone? Just a few years ago they were everywhere and now they're nowhere.

[User] palimpsest

comment: Is this not a man-bun?https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Is this not a man-bun?
https://www.qbn.com/…

[User] sausages

comment: While not a manbun, I’m sporting a ponytail these days in honour of my midlife crisis

[User] canoe

comment: lol @palim

html_comment: lol @palim


post:
 Tomorrow I'll be wrapping up the final details of two projects, backups, studio cleaning, and I'm taking a three-week vacation.

They're forecasting good, warm weather starting Saturday.

It's time to stop and unwind for a bit. Take care weirdos!

comment: enjoy!

html_comment: enjoy!

comment: Thanks! Hope you're well and ready to enjoy the summer too... <3


topic_title: I ♥ HOUSE

comment: Anem to a classic

html_comment: Anem to a classic


[User] Beeswax

topic_title: The Super Self

post: Nature knows. Self empowerment through twerking


[User] monNom

topic_title: Design Systems People/Portfolios

post:
 The Design System is the command economy of the design world. All decisions are made at the top, whether they make sense or not — the system must be obeyed. Like a command economy, they can produce output efficiently. Also like a command economy, the output is complete shit.

//hot take.

[User] grafician

comment: Not a hot take at all, this is the truth.

[User] monospaced

comment: meh, they’re just suggestions, I’m gonna push it anyway


[User] YakuZoku

topic_title: Israel bombing shit..

comment: Fuck Israel

html_comment: Fuck Israel

[User] autoflavour

comment: history.. be on the wrong side of it

html_comment: history.. be on the wrong side of it

comment: im sure its not all, but the Israelis you see are insufferable

[User] utopian

comment: so much hate

html_comment: so much hate

comment: when you think you're chosen by god, weird shit is bound to happen

comment: lunacy

html_comment: lunacy

comment: We gotta tell these people that Hamas is Israel's project. Documented, official, real.

[User] maquito

comment: Awful

html_comment: Awful

comment: "To liberate, to colonize, and to destroy" ffs

comment: "human animals"  .. where i have heard that before ffs.  the arrogance and self righteousness ..


post:
 A is no butt
B made me laugh because it’s a butt with a mole
C is senior butt
D is Islam

comment: B2: Tit-Butt

html_comment: B2: Tit-Butt

comment: lolAnyway. B1 is a really nice mark. Happy you tried these. The off center design gives it even more movement and depth.

html_comment: lol<br>Anyway. B1 is a really nice mark. Happy you tried these. The off center design gives it even more movement and depth.


post: What if you leaned into the simplicity of the star as the primary symbol, supported by a distinctive typographic lockup?

comment: The star should be associated with self

html_comment: The star should be associated with self

[User] slappy

comment: I think pausing on the symbols and working on the type is a good idea. I know its an app however you are losing time to reworking the original concept.


[User] PonyBoy

topic_title: Earthquake Of The Day

post:
 8.7 Earthquake, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eart…

Tsunami warnings from Russia to Japan to US west coast etc etc...

[User] prophetone

comment: Sirens going off in Hawaii as it’s in the red zone meaning imminent tsunamis apparently https://vt.tiktok.co…

[User] zaq

comment: damn, I just happen to be on a ship in Alaska


post:
 Sirens going about. Cop cars doing announcements.
I'm less than 300 feet away from the Ocean. House is about 50-70 feet above the sea level.

It was nice knowing ya all!

Anyway I packed my car in case I have to spend the night out.
Will drive to a friend's house soon.

comment: whats up?

html_comment: whats up?

comment: stay safe

html_comment: stay safe

comment: Tsunami imminent

html_comment: Tsunami imminent

comment: Supposed to hit us at 4:am if it actually forms, I'm right on the beach lol

comment: Careful Bee!

html_comment: Careful Bee!

comment: Careful all of you... get to higher ground just in case, please!

comment: where are you located?

html_comment: where are you located?

comment: Stay safe, hope its a non-event.

html_comment: Stay safe, hope its a non-event.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Posted 2 hours ago, are you ok guys?

html_comment: Posted 2 hours ago, are you ok guys?

comment: I'm still at home. I figured it will not come at once and I can quickly get out of the evac zone. The only problem is I'm getting sleepy.

comment: Stay safe Bee!

html_comment: Stay safe Bee!

comment: Damn. Keep us updated. stay safe, man!

html_comment: Damn. Keep us updated. stay safe, man!

[User] Continuity

comment: Oooooft. You're in Hawai'i, right Bee?Stay safe!

html_comment: Oooooft. You're in Hawai'i, right Bee?<br>Stay safe!

comment: 50-70 ft is high enough, no?

html_comment: 50-70 ft is high enough, no?

comment: ideal vantage point fo the incoming flood!

[User] ideaist

comment: Positive: you're in FUCKING HAWAII!!!Godspeed.: )

html_comment:
Positive: you're in FUCKING HAWAII!!!

Godspeed.

: )

comment: Safe! I was hoping that the volcano would not erupt right when we had leave for higher grounds. Little drawbacks of living here.

comment: Last 2 tsunamis that devastated this area  (Hilo) recorded waves of 55 feet high.

comment: @Beeswax:Damn.Aloha for now!!!

html_comment:
@Beeswax:

Damn.

Aloha for now!!!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: Hmmmm I might watch this, thanks

html_comment: Hmmmm I might watch this, thanks


post: Maybe something like this?

comment: 5 min sketch in Figma, but you get the idea...

[User] palimpsest

comment: I prefer this one, feels more "cultish".

comment: Always avoided designing signs like these because they keep reminding me of Star Wars logoshttps://i.ebayimg.co…

html_comment:
Always avoided designing signs like these because they keep reminding me of Star Wars logos

https://i.ebayimg.co…


[User] Ianbolton

post:
 I personally like B2 as it brings in a feeling of ying/yang. Is that something that could be developed more? Be interested to see the final app as I see a few of these around at the moment. I really struggle with self regulation and routines.

Keep up the good work and love how you're sharing it with us too. :-)

[User] webazoot

comment: I also like B2... because it reminds me of the  Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident ;)

html_comment: I also like B2... because it reminds me of the  Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident <br>;)

comment: Seriously though, I do get Star Wars vibes from most of these, but maybe thats just a generational thing and people younger than us won't.

comment: I also see the star wars link to.

html_comment: I also see the star wars link to.


post:
 We had a discussion about AI generated bands a week ago?

Anyway, somebody went and did it already :))

"An indie rock band with more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify has owned up to being an AI-generated music project following days of speculation about whether the group was real.

Named Velvet Sundown -- seemingly a nod to Lou Reed's band The Velvet Underground -- the digital group has become a viral hit, generating ferocious online discussion after racking up hundreds of thousands of listens.

An updated Spotify profile, consulted on Tuesday by AFP, admitted that the group was an "ongoing artistic provocation"."

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainm…


topic_title: Positive energy zones

comment: how do you measure a degree of presence

html_comment: how do you measure a degree of presence


topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] jagara

comment: Dead? :(

html_comment: Dead? :(

comment: Hunting?

html_comment: Hunting?

[User] futurefood

comment: suicide pact

html_comment: suicide pact

[User] poidokan

comment: both are fine. that's the way they eat.

html_comment: both are fine. that's the way they eat.


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

post:
 @redneck you guys can bicker about bullshit all you want, but don't be a fucking racist, dude.

https://www.qbn.com/reply/414849…

comment: Dude, that's ... 12 days ago ...

html_comment: Dude, that's ... 12 days ago ...

[User] neverscared

comment: racism has an expiration date now ..  ...classic racist argumentation.

comment: lol whatever, you fucking twit.

html_comment: lol whatever, you fucking twit.

comment: lol, everybody just fighting with everybody here.

comment: 12 days = not racist

html_comment: 12 days = not racist

comment: its the 12 days rule... copyright goebbels afaik.. some still stick with it..

[User] redneck

comment: I already apologized, did grafician apologize to me when he contacted my work to try and get me fired a few years ago?

comment: lol wut

html_comment: lol wut

[User] grafician

comment: LOL WHAT?!

html_comment: LOL WHAT?!

comment: lol how would you even get fired from the racism factory?


post: "Trump Has Spent About One-Third Of His Presidency Visiting His Own Properties"


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

post:
The shocking hit film about overworked nurses that’s causing alarm across Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/film…

[User] PhanLo


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Butthead

html_comment: Butthead

comment: "it rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again"

[User] Akagiyama

comment: His teeth are breath mints. Yeesh.

html_comment: His teeth are breath mints. Yeesh.

[User] utopian

comment: gums donated by the Devil’s Tower

html_comment: gums donated by the Devil’s Tower


[User] maquito

post: My big TV broke on Monday. A vertical, 10cm wide line of glitchy shit in the middle of the screen. The guarantee took it off to repair, so: a couple of TV-less weeks. I bought a brand new cheap projector in Amazon today; one of those with bluetooth, mouse and remote... wish me luck.

comment: good luck

html_comment: good luck

comment: Tv? Run to Barceloneta, yo lazy bitch!

html_comment: Tv? Run to Barceloneta, yo lazy bitch!

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol

[User] monospaced

comment: Did you buy a screen to project onto? Do you have great light control (able to get really dark)? Trust me, you’ll need both to enjoy it like a tv.

comment: @mono, I'm using a very well painted white wall, and I could control the light (dark). It worked better than expected! I'll share pictures tonight.

html_comment: @mono, I'm using a very well painted white wall, and I could control the light (dark). <br>It worked better than expected! I'll share pictures tonight.


[User] microkorg

topic_title: making beats

post:
 Sorry if I've posted this before here.
It came up as a recommended listen after what utopian posted below.

What's not to love about this...
A beautiful asian girl singing in broken english through a Strymon BlueSky backed by Buchla 200e system + Buchla Music Easel + Make Noise system + Make Noise 0-COAST + Korg SQ-1 (two) + Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano MIDI .

She has her own eurorack module company too.

comment: (lyrics are in the vid description)

html_comment: (lyrics are in the vid description)

[User] autoflavour

comment: not to show my cards too much, but you had me at beautiful asian girl


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Well that's one way to end up dead in jail.

comment: She is going to fall out a window.

html_comment: She is going to fall out a window.


topic_title: Nature of the day

post:
Ilhéu da Vila In Azores islands

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-8I…


comment: Ofc they copied https://ssi.inc/ lol Zuck lost it again, after metaverse and VR failed, he is into the new AI trend now


[User] dopepope

topic_title: Show some recent work

post:
 Made a new collectible for Netflix's ULTRAMAN RISING.

More images here : https://www.artstation.com/artwo…


topic_title: FUCK ADOBE!

post: New "Harmonize" feature in Photoshop Beta. One of the most useful things I can think of in PS.

comment: add it to the list of things i need to refine/fix in files i've been receiving for the last year... "generative fill looks sloppy please resolve"

comment: me: "this asset looks tough guys" Response: we used adobe stock we'll pass you the high res...

comment: the high res: https://stock.adobe.…

html_comment: the high res: https://stock.adobe.…

comment: thinking i might want to open a coffee shop at some point cuz it can't be any worse...

comment: patiently awaiting when this stuff works like the instagram "like this/not this" reels i keep getting in my feed

comment: You what mate?

html_comment: You what mate?

comment: very useful feature, agreed.

html_comment: very useful feature, agreed.


[User] inteliboy

comment: why does this look direct to video? trailer editor should be fired


[User] Continuity

comment: flol!!

html_comment: flol!!

comment: and you've got your head... ALL THE WAY UP IT


[User] ideaist

post:
 Got my 7 year old son Sterling this kit for his birthday:

Holy. Shit. These are fun!

Sound is great / I could only DREAM of a kit like this as a young kid who wanted to be an Industrial Metal drummer!!! AND with the digital / midi abilities, possibilities are endless...

: )

comment: Fun banging away on an MPC / keys, BUT the kit is an absolute blast with some sticks!!!

[User] canoe

comment: awesome

html_comment: awesome


post:
 so i know i have like 3 unfinished vibe coding/dev projects underway currently, but i just started a new one..  and this time its from the ground up..

i have been using chatgpt to help me vibe engineer a module..
have the schematic like 90% of the way done,  had a few last minute tweeks to do as i foolishly just started designing without giving it a proper spec path .. but its basically its been a step by step instruction for drawing the schematic.

so far its been checking out every time i do the electriical check.

this is the first module design i have done..

the other was a vibe breadboarding but i hit a wall as my understanding of electrical engineering is zero, and chatgpt wasnt as good at the time.

and the first one i did was pre-chatgpt and i outsourced the schematic and pcb design to a guy on fiverr who delivered something, but not the right thing .. and then 2 years later i tried to use chatgpt to reverse engineer it so i could write code.. again, with no coding or electrical engineering experience.
but that was like 4 months after chatgpt was released so it was pretty rudimentary level ..

but the current version of chatgpt is totally crushing it..  it reads schematics and highlights mistakes, every part i finish it asks me to upload screenshots of just the bit we did to check, points out mistakes or gives a green light.

the worst part at the moment is having a day job and only having the weekend and after work..  i need like a solid week off to do it..

but yep.. i would say watch this space..

comment: and yep, the vibe code app i was building, i got pretty close to having it finished, well, i did have it finished, but then i realised that the audio engine

comment: wasnt easily replaced to use JUCE, and all of a sudden, it looked like i had to rebuild the entire thing..  and then life got in the way and now its 6 months

comment: i sense if i can get one across the line, it will drive the motivation to finish the others..

[User] prophetone

comment: Niiiiiice! I have a few large breadboards of stalled sampler/synth ideas, ‘n I have a long ass list with ideas fleshed out for several eurorack modules

comment: Sounds like you’re way further along and can see light at end of tunnel which is exciting stuff, can’t wait to see result

comment: at the end of the schematic tunnel.. then the pcb design and layout tunnel awaits.. after that is the coding tunnel.. so lots of tunnels .. on the upside im not

comment: having to reverse engineer it

html_comment: having to reverse engineer it


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] slappy

post: I don't want to be discouraging however the mark does look like Googles AI overview symbol  (ask google a question in a search) which is opposing the idea of self and is widely visible. As I mentioned above, I would work on the type, see what comes out of it and then decide if you need a mark and what that might be having established the type feel.


[User] elahon

comment: so that wasnt AI?

html_comment: so that wasnt AI?

[User] pango

comment: only the face

html_comment: only the face

comment: "What did you do at work today Dad?""Well son, you're not gonna believe this..."

html_comment: "What did you do at work today Dad?"<br>"Well son, you're not gonna believe this..."

comment: lol, that makes the episode even better!

[User] bezoar

comment: Tom Morello does photography too? So talented.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Headline of the day

post:
Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/envi…


[User] palimpsest

comment: I'm a bit concerned about the fact this is a chicken-faced cat.

comment: Furby, sir. It's a Furby!

html_comment: Furby, sir. It's a Furby!

comment: But ... but ...

html_comment: But ... but ...

comment: love the hardest? that will increase the hurt...

comment: ...now how could I explain it to you?

html_comment: ...now how could I explain it to you?

comment: with words.

html_comment: with words.

comment: I prefer to do it with love. <3

html_comment: I prefer to do it with love. <br><3

comment: gay

html_comment: gay


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: Pelé can really sing

html_comment: Pelé can really sing


[User] grafician

post: Less impacted job from AI yet:


comment: from the fargo bloke

html_comment: from the fargo bloke


[User] webazoot

post: Okay, its been nearly a month. I set them loose again...

comment: Upvoted before listening.

html_comment: Upvoted before listening.

[User] maquito

comment: same, solo para copiarte :*

html_comment: same, solo para copiarte :*

comment: :*Love is in the air.

html_comment: :*<br>Love is in the air.

comment: not sure what sort of prompt you used, but this is hilarious...

comment: I've added links to the references in the video's comments.

comment: Or at least, I tried.

html_comment: Or at least, I tried.

comment: - I think comments were off, I've tried to turn them on.

comment: I tried again, but nevermind.I've put them here for reference:https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
I tried again, but nevermind.
I've put them here for reference:
https://www.qbn.com/…

[User] utopian

comment: Webazoot what AI software are you using to create these Podcasts?

comment: Its NotebookLM. Only prompt in this was getting them to introduce it as episode two, the rest is just editing it down some.

html_comment: Its NotebookLM. <br>Only prompt in this was getting them to introduce it as episode two, the rest is just editing it down some.

[User] Beeswax

comment: hahaha thanks for the acknowledgment! the butt problem!

html_comment: hahaha thanks for the acknowledgment! <br>the butt problem!

comment: Thank you for putting your ass on the line!

comment: Always a potential minefield LOLOLOLOL!!!!!

html_comment: Always a potential minefield <br>LOLOLOLOL!!!!!


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Hiphop like this.

post: thai hiphop is fire


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: QBN'r AI Slop of the day

comment: QBNer?

html_comment: QBNer?

comment: It's not Pali, but I never know where to stick AI videos. :-(

comment: I feel you.

html_comment: I feel you.


topic_title: Design Systems People/Portfolios

post: Maybe this helps to see the levels of complexity of these design systems:


topic_title: Meta

post:
Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/3…

comment: What kind of fucking creature is that?

html_comment: What kind of fucking creature is that?

[User] kingsteven

comment: How to get punched in the face for Dummies

[User] Ianbolton

comment: He really is a ghastly human being. When so many are struggling to buy groceries he's popping out shit like this.

comment: Suppose he could advertise with 'find FREE food with our £300 AI glasses'

[User] yuekit

comment: He spent $100 billion on the Metaverse and other VR/AR projects

[User] futurefood

comment: Lol! Perfect clown stock photo

html_comment: Lol! Perfect clown stock photo

[User] SlashPeckham

comment: Marks ElectronicTracking Apparatus

html_comment:
Marks
Electronic
Tracking
Apparatus

comment: Also, he's contracting to make software for the US military - some of which which will no doubt end up in Israel's hands at some stage.

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Zuck fucks up everything he touches, like Oculus

comment: He's 100% correct, even if people don't like it.

comment: his a.i hustle is paying off...Meta shares climb 10% on revenue beat, raised forecast

[User] Nutter

comment: Remember how people with google glasses weren't allowed anywhere as you never knew when they were recording?Fun times.

html_comment: Remember how people with google glasses weren't allowed anywhere as you never knew when they were recording?<br>Fun times.


post: Samuel R Delaney

comment: Last of Us fungus vibes

html_comment: Last of Us fungus vibes


topic_title: Sports

post: "David Popovici wins the Men's 100m Freestyle with a lightning fast time!"

comment: He also won the 200m race

html_comment: He also won the 200m race


comment: Trump says Epstein took young employees from his spa in Mar a Lago.


post: Léon Marchand crushes world record.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Dis or Dat?

comment: dat

html_comment: dat

comment: C: Bomb Israel

html_comment: C: Bomb Israel


topic_title: T-shirt of the day

comment: wow it's for real: https://www.if-jesus…


comment: 80s sci fi horror where a nerd accidentally summons evil forces from another dimension

[User] formed

comment: ^lol

html_comment: ^lol


[User] elahon

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Another year goes by. RIP.

comment: 13 years ago

html_comment: 13 years ago


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

post:
 In case anyone wants them, here are the references to webazoot's podcast (https://www.qbn.com/reply/41491...

Butt logo
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414886…
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414907…
https://www.qbn.com/topics/77872…

QBN Suggestion Box
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414906…

Good deed of the day
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414896…

National Geographic
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414902…

10000 Albums
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414902…

Analog Africa
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414893…

UFO of the Day
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414892…

Where The Fun IS
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414901…

Trailer Of The Day
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414908…

RIP of the day
https://www.qbn.com/reply/414890…

comment: Podcast post link:https://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Podcast post link:
https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: I'm impressed with the dedication!

html_comment: I'm impressed with the dedication!

comment: I take my archivist role seriously.:)

html_comment: I take my archivist role seriously.<br>:)


[User] neverscared

post:
 WMO certifies megaflash lightning record in USA

https://wmo.int/news/media-centr…


post: Chuck Mangione

[User] instrmntl


topic_title: Unsupported Format of the Day

post:
 Now with .avif support
https://i.haasie.com/HPb.avif


topic_title: Sci-Fi of the Day

post:
 'Like a sci-fi movie': US baby born from 30-year-old frozen embryo breaks record

https://www.bbc.com/news/article…

[User] dopepope

comment: maybe that's how you get ice powers.

html_comment: maybe that's how you get ice powers.


post:
"Trump made a lot of Pedo payments to his buddy Epstein. $1.1 BILLION"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein…

[User] fooler

comment: "Follow the money"

html_comment: "Follow the money"


[User] monospaced

topic_title: Stock of the Day

post:
 FIG

Picked it up at IPO today at $90 a share.

comment: Incorrect. That offer didn’t go through. Got in at $105. Let’s gooooo!


[User] utopian

topic_title: Where The Fun IS

[User] maquito

comment: nope

html_comment: nope


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 I saw a post on Facebook from National Geographic that asked who is the one person in history you'd like to meet.

At least 7 people said Hitler.


[User] slappy

topic_title: RAID 1 SSD

post:
 I'm still using dropbox, which probably isn't the best or cheapest solution however I only use it for family photos and packaged final artwork so it doesn't get too large. I don't do much video these days.

You could use mechanical drives for an archive/deep storage raid, its cheaper and read somewhere that the longevity is better than SSD. One day Ill create a couple of these setups, leave one at my bros house and find a way to sync them.


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

post: July 31 @ 6pm

comment: Yes! Was just going to post this!

html_comment: Yes! Was just going to post this!


topic_title: blog

post:
 Re: projector
Much better than expected. It’s like having a movie theater at home. Even makes me wonder what to do when the TV comes back.

[User] kingsteven

comment: i have a bunch of these for doing club visuals, they've really come on a long way even from a couple years back.

comment: Fun!

html_comment: Fun!

comment: @king noice! I’ve already been thinking about projecting to outline a big spray paint mural ;)

comment: @mono I might have to buy a proper screen, like some roller thing to mount on the wall or something, for when the TV returns


post: And I uploaded the same fucking pic twice in the post like the big dumb bitch I am.

comment: The image looks a bit desaturated

html_comment: The image looks a bit desaturated

comment: Yes, I was a bit tired yesterday but I’m noticing it


post: this thread gives me anxiety

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Every time I open this thread I hope it's not Bill Murray

comment: I just hope it’s trump

html_comment: I just hope it’s trump

comment: ^ Soon maquito. Soon.

html_comment: ^ Soon maquito. Soon.


[User] grafician

comment: What’s your point. You love figma

html_comment: What’s your point. You love figma

comment: The point was to share more information about the company. Also I don't love Figma, I just use it for my work.


topic_title: capitalism

[User] Ianbolton

comment: did they not change this after a massive backlash?


topic_title: Home Office Speakers

post:
 I had Yamaha HS8s but found they were too big. Too big because the would throw the bass too far past the listening position at my desk. They sounded amazing when I stood at the back of my room, they are pretty much full range speakers if you have the space.

I changed to a pair of KRK Rokit 5s and added a 8 inch KRK S8.4 sub, as this allowed me to dial in the bass for the room better. Pretty happy with everything considering the space restraints.

comment: Those KRK are famously good for their size.

comment: They play loud when you just want to pump tunes, I rate them.


[User] colab

post: A lot of people knock the Presonus Eris E5's, But I've had them for years and think they perform really well for the price.

[User] brothernoah

comment: Just make sure your outlet is grounded.

html_comment: Just make sure your outlet is grounded.


[User] prophetone

topic_title: Food

comment: what is he eating on top the thing he's eating? Is any of that real?

comment: is this real? yeah it’s disgustingly real I’m afraid... he’s dipping uncooked cookie dough log into cake frosting w/ enough sugars, colouring to kill elephant


post: Audioengine S5 is a great option in the near field desk speaker area at that price. Beautiful too.

comment: A5 I mean. https://audioengine.…

html_comment: A5 I mean. https://audioengine.…

[User] Continuity

comment: I was looking at these the other day. Did you get the subwoofer to go with it?

comment: I didn’t. If my room was bigger and I was going louder I might. But these PUMP.

comment: They look like they're excellent room-fillers all on their own. The space I'd put them in is about 23 square metres.

comment: They’d probably be fine. Self powered and passive options available. Solid built too.

[User] uan

comment: I still have the A2 (first gen, no bluetooth, bought them out of a wired review, when speakers started to be relevant for computers).

comment: I upgraded them with a bluetooth dongle along the way)..you don't need the subwoofer for a small room imo. they got plenty of power (even the A2).

comment: I too rocked some original A2 speakers I picked up in 2012. Amazing little things.


post: I use the Kanto YU4 - you can find them for under $500


topic_title: Space is the place

post: Satellites in orbit and who owns them


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post: "xAI has introduced two new AI features: Imagine, for generating videos from text prompts, and Valentine, an interactive companion. These tools will roll out in beta to Grok Heavy subscribers, offering capabilities like video creation with sound and dynamic content generation. The features aim to enhance user experiences in generative AI."


topic_title: quote of the day

post:
 "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth.

This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals."

- CS Lewis


post:
X thread with almost 10k replies:

https://x.com/KimIversenShow/sta…

comment: Sooooo when I said I know a lot of people not wanting to step foot into the US these days I WAS NOT exaggerating. < Just go thru the replies...

comment: It's usually concerns about personal safety, MAGA people, etc. but this year randomly being deported is the main reason it seems.

[User] neverscared

comment: surely not exaggerating...... only everyone...exaggerat... starts when u say more than everyone...

comment: personal opinion over emprical facts... that drop from europe is 17%.. if thats everyone u clearly never made it out of kindergarten mathwise...

comment: california nearly zero drop... and that mostly from mexico and canada..

comment: Are you arguing with me or? < just read the damn replies :))

comment: But also personal anecdote, few students wanted to go Work-and-Travel - but changed their minds and will go on a cruise insteadThe US is off limits it seems

html_comment:
But also personal anecdote, few students wanted to go Work-and-Travel - but changed their minds and will go on a cruise instead

The US is off limits it seems

comment: @neverscared username checks, but you're from Austria lol

comment: iam not on X .. like an idiot building my worldview from comments...

comment: coming from romania i would also keep my mouth shut when it comes to tourism...looking at what rank u have in the EU when it comes to it..

comment: While this may be true, it isn’t going to “fuck” America.


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] yuekit


[User] elahon

post: I have a Marshall Emberton II Bluetooth and it works great for my needs.


topic_title: Nature of the day

post: Benagil Sea Cave, Portugal


topic_title: Painting of the day

post: Claude Monet, Velero en Le Petit-Gennevilliers, 1874


topic_title: Positive energy zones

post: Henry Krystal, Integration and Self-Healing


topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

post: Kandinsky (Sencillez. 1943)


[User] maquito

topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: Haha

html_comment: Haha


topic_title: War

post:
 Hamas Wants Gaza to Starve

Starvation only helps Hamas end the war in a way that advances its aims.

But their anger is directed primarily at Hamas, which they hold responsible for putting the people of Gaza in this position, and for its continued refusal to end the war that it started. “Hitler fought in his bunker until he killed himself in World War II in the Battle of Berlin,” another person said, complaining that Hamas is hunkered down in its tunnels, willing to see Gaza destroyed to the very last child

https://www.theatlantic.com/idea…

[User] Gnash

comment: Of course they do. This is happening exactly as they hoped it would. They’re ghouls


[User] ideaist

post:
 Hoser here,

I've f**ked with PSB's for 10-15 years and love the "bang for buck"...

https://www.psbspeakers.com/ca/s…

Anything low to low-mid is more than capable for a small office / room space; pair with a sub (if you'd like) from the same realm and you're looking at $500 - $600 for a very capable system.

I have the Alpha PS1 system which has since been discontinues BUT bumps nicely:

https://www.psbspeakers.com/ca/a…

Godspeed / audiophile(s) unite!!!

Wired > Wireless.

; )

comment: discontinues = discontinued!!!

html_comment: discontinues = discontinued!!!


[User] monospaced

post: Another great option is Sonos. I have a pair of Fives in my living room and they sound incredible. $1,000+ before a sub though.

comment: $ONO$

html_comment: $ONO$

comment: Yeah they’re expensive. I got them as a gift so not complaining.

comment: Breakin' balls brother; I love their design, ecosystem and (from what I've heard) the sound.

[User] slappy

comment: I have play 1s and 5s around the house for convenience, while cooking etc and I’m always happy with the sound. It’s only when I fire up my hifi that I realise

comment: What I have been missing..

html_comment: What I have been missing..


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
Brutal...

"U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower.

June and May totals were down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels."

Turns out that as the media asked why there wasn't more of an impact from Trump's tariffs they were just looking at bad numbers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/…


[User] fooler

topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Fuck the military!

html_comment: Fuck the military!


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post:
 fucking hell, was feeling pain in my left leg for about a week, then it started to swell a bit, so I went to a clinic where they did an ultrasound and they sent me to emerg.

Turns out I had a 19cm blood clot in a superficial vein, not so bad as if it were in a deep vein but still.

Design kills, I'd be safer working as an Indian labourer in Dubai lol

[User] PonyBoy

comment: yikes... scary stuff — glad they got you sorted <3

[User] Nairn

comment: eeef, fucking hell. So, have they informed you about how that sort of thing comes about?! Glad you're still with us (!) - that shit can go south, quick.

comment: sitting too long at my desk with not enough breaks and not drinking enough water is my best guess.

comment: I'm on blood thinners for 6 weeks to help dissolve it, if you you don't hear back from me, someone please delete my browser history!

html_comment: I'm on blood thinners for 6 weeks to help dissolve it, if you you don't hear back from me, someone please delete my browser <br>history!

[User] falcadia

comment: See this is the stuff that scares me. Is it just a goose egg from a bump or something serious.

comment: Scary stuff. Be well!

html_comment: Scary stuff. Be well!

comment: Hours and hours sit, we're digging our own grave, without the right to compensation for occupational hazards...  WAF!

comment: Not a goose egg falcadia more like a 19cm clot running the length of a vein from my inner calf to my knee

[User] garbage

comment: good god, what ya eatin over there?

html_comment: good god, what ya eatin over there?

comment: lots of fber, no alcohol, lots of fruits and veggies, lots of fish, run once or twice a week, gym 3 times a week...and fucking still! lol

comment: get well geez

html_comment: get well geez

[User] Beeswax

comment: do some yoga my man or a roller for fascia release.

[User] bezoar

comment: Take care of yo'self. Damn water. "Why must we quaff such floods of water still?"Dubai chocolate so hawt right now.

html_comment:
Take care of yo'self. Damn water. "Why must we quaff such floods of water still?"

Dubai chocolate so hawt right now.

[User] palimpsest

comment: "Drink water and change your socks."Get better. <3

html_comment: "Drink water and change your socks."<br>Get better. <3


[User] dbloc

post:
 Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/u…


[User] bainbridge

topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] zaq

comment: - delusion is off the charts- IQ is historically low

html_comment: - delusion is off the charts<br>- IQ is historically low

comment: The cope of kook right on full display.

html_comment: The cope of kook right on full display.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Presidents 2028

html_comment: Presidents 2028

comment: Fingerbang

html_comment: Fingerbang


post: Richard Nadler

comment: wow.

html_comment: wow.

[User] maquito

comment: Stunning

html_comment: Stunning

comment: what's with the bad hands, is this AI?

html_comment: what's with the bad hands, is this AI?

comment: ahh feck, maybe...

html_comment: ahh feck, maybe...

comment: sorry mort wasn't trying to break your balls just shocked he has so many followers for an ai instagrammer

comment: No, I'm with you man. Especially when the AI brings nothing new to the table and there are real artists producing similar work.

comment: Yeah, checked last night and was disappointed to see "his portfolio" is all AI. Still, that second one is something else.

comment: looks kool with meta glasses....

html_comment: looks kool with meta glasses....


post: More Richard Nadler

comment: amazing, 20k followers for an AI "artist"

comment: I'm guessing his followers know its AI and don't care. Concerning.


topic_title: World War 3

post:
Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after threatening tweet from Dmitry Medvedev

Order suggests president might be ready to launch nuclear strike against Russia as tensions rise over Ukraine war

comment: Let the party begin.

html_comment: Let the party begin.

[User] utopian

comment: Nothing but stupid saber rattling. The US already has it nuclear subs in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans surrounding Russia, nothing new.

comment: Cheetos is nervous

html_comment: Cheetos is nervous


[User] futurefood

post: Some old friends of mine


topic_title: QBN Out of Context Responses (QBNOoCR)

post:
 The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice.
— Palimpsest


[User] YakuZoku

comment: Trumps the kind of weasel that would rather start WW3 than go down for anything


[User] nuggler

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Flaco Jimenez


[User] uan

comment: < that's not the IDF

html_comment: < that's not the IDF


post:
 I don't like these statistics, they are not in my favor. Fire this person and hire someone that will make me look good, even if the numbers are wrong.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/…

comment: I think we're living in the sequel to "Death of Stalin" only more absurd.

comment: where the fuck is pr2 and hotroddy and other ex-commie state kids to enlighten us on how Trump is any different than eastern-bloc or South American banana repub

[User] Continuity

comment: ^ curiously absent!

html_comment: ^ curiously absent!

comment: pr2's wife blocked him from seeing his kids so he's AWOL, roddy is now 'Chip Burrington', an estate agent living in OKC.


[User] curiouscat

topic_title: Home Office Speakers

post:
https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop…

It's simple, sounds good, and I can take it elsewhere.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Politics

comment: Never thought I'd see the day when I would agree with filth like MTG.Bernie needs to call it like it actually is, though.

html_comment: Never thought I'd see the day when I would agree with filth like MTG.<br>Bernie needs to call it like it actually is, though.


topic_title: Official SFW Thread

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


comment: Ouch

html_comment: Ouch


post:
 here's my 3 seconds of effort

I don't get it

comment: well this one sucks, how about this one?https://i.imgur.com/…

html_comment:
well this one sucks, how about this one?
https://i.imgur.com/…

comment: Haha - I give up!

html_comment: Haha - I give up!


post: #WINNING


post: @_niko I had to google richard nadler! I thought the ones mort posted were hand drawn.


comment: totally doesn't surprise me you get your current affairs info from a guy who lives in squalor and used a dead rat as an alarm clock.


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

comment: the list of crazy things happening in the US since Trump touched politics is so long, we've lost count of how many


topic_title: Test Thread

post: Jean Widmer


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

post:
 Moment ride snaps in half mid-air at Saudi Arabian theme park, leaving 23 injured

https://cdn.jwplayer.com/preview…


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Hiphop like this.

post: chinese hiphop is fire


post:
 @milfhunter, then you'll also appreciate Japanese hiphop.

(probably timeline, but Creepy Nuts are never not appropriate)


topic_title: TESLA

post: Tesla ordered to pay $243mn in damages after fatal autopilot crash


topic_title: UK is Fucked

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Do you want some?

html_comment: Do you want some?


topic_title: Cat of the day?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Full charge, go!

html_comment: Full charge, go!

html_comment:
https://i.imgur.com/…
:-)


topic_title: Intellectual Dark Web

comment: wait..that dude has a wife and kids? mind blown.

html_comment: wait..that dude has a wife and kids? <br>mind blown.

comment: He was on hos own podcast talking about how he likes her fanny to be completely dry when they have to have sex.

[User] garbage

comment: both fake tweets, but yes the insipid pussy does have a wife an kids. He has plenty of real problematic tweets

comment: Or more recently, he was on about anybody who didn't work past 65 is a loser? Says the guy who gets paid millions to sit in a chair and agitate the right.

comment: Ben is a failure. A truly mediocre middle class man, that somehow, just from having parental wealth has kept making money.

comment: he is one of the lucky first wave influencers/content creators who wer made by the industry. he is good at engaging/entertainin... the public.


topic_title: Graffiti art

post:
 Really like this. Has that early 90's Aussie style
https://www.instagram.com/kano_a…
-


[User] Nairn

post:
 [ Click. Sound ]

[ https://i.imgur.com/wT63397.mp4 ]


topic_title: Totally Gay>>>

comment: lol! wait...hey!

html_comment: lol! wait...hey!

[User] sted

comment: lol. well played

html_comment: lol. <br>well played


[User] fooler

topic_title: Quote someone

post:
 “I don’t know why, I don’t know what we are supposed to be doing, but I’m here to serve and I’m here to serve you,”

Lawrence Taylor, convicted sex offender and Trumps new Presidential Fitness Test for schoolkids advisor.

1996: Taylor was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for attempting to buy crack cocaine from undercover agents. He avoided jail time by entering a pretrial intervention program that included community service, drug counseling, and random drug testing.
1998: Taylor was arrested in St. Pete Beach, Florida, after being accused of purchasing crack cocaine from an undercover officer. He was charged with possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He pleaded no contest to buying crack cocaine and was sentenced to 18 months probation and a fine.
2001: Taylor was convicted in New Jersey for possessing drug paraphernalia. This conviction stemmed from the discovery of items used to smoke crack cocaine in a hotel room in 1998.


topic_title: Hero Cop(s)

post:
 L O L
-

comment: Lol! He was lucky he wasn’t carying his  bottle of One Million by Paco Rabanne. It’s only safe to carry GUNS now. When will people learn?

comment: At least they never shot him I suppose. I find it wild that someone that dumb is even allowed to drive a car.

comment: Never mind be a police officer

html_comment: Never mind be a police officer

comment: Many states will reject officers if they score too high on their entrance exam. Probably doesn't affect the AR talent pool, but just sayin'.


[User] bainbridge

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Nice pedo tattoos guy

html_comment: Nice pedo tattoos guy

[User] dbloc

comment: He just really loves a man. I'm guessing there may be a little Trump Stamp too.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: eBay of the Day

post:
 Fred Durst’s ex-wife puts wedding dress up for auction on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3063049…

[User] prophetone

comment: Sus listing alert, first sale and no reviews, was married to Fred


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Jock McDonald singer with The Bollock Brothers - 69

comment: kajagoogoo?

html_comment: kajagoogoo?


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
Brian Eno announces 'Together for Palestine Benefit Concert' in London in September.

https://pitchfork.com/news/brian…


comment: lost count of the no. of these projects i've worked on - commercial units normally end up empty after the first year.

comment: useful amenities like surgeries and libraries have been melted into large, centralised, buildings normally long bus rides away from where folk live.

comment: ^ North America-style. Ugh.

html_comment: ^ North America-style. Ugh.


topic_title: Home Office Speakers

post: I was looking at the Kantos and also Ruarks. I'd love to get a pair of genelec 8010a but it's too rick for my blood.


post: Monolith


[User] utopian

topic_title: The More You Know ★

comment: privatized prisons was a fucking awful idea


topic_title: Israel bombing shit..

comment: Now where have we seen pictures like this before ... ah yes! Nazi concentration camp liberations in '45, that's where! I knew that looked familiar.

comment: Nothing like victimising others the same way you were victimised, I guess.


topic_title: Aphex Twin

[User] maquito

comment: Want

html_comment: Want

comment: need

html_comment: need

comment: probably wouldn't buy a second hand one

html_comment: probably wouldn't buy a second hand one


topic_title: the gif animation thread

[User] palimpsest

comment: "I am the eldest boy!"

html_comment: "I am the eldest boy!"

comment: Haha. Those are the only 2 things I know him from. Great in both.


topic_title: Vid of the Day

post: Great content