[User] PhanLo

post:
 Mani, Stone Roses aged 63
-

comment: what? no!

html_comment: what? no!

[User] Wolfboy

comment: I can't belive this one. So absolutely gutted. One of the best to do it and a top top guy.

[User] kingsteven

comment: ach shite. learned how to play bass mostly from learning mani's stone roses and primal scream basslines

[User] fooler

comment: Oh man this is sad. His bass line in I wanna be adored hooked me the first time I heard it and was life changing. My first taste of the Manchester sound.

comment: I finally got to see Stone Roses live at Madison Square Garden back in 2019 (?) and it remains one of the best shows I've seen.

[User] sab

comment: WTF?!

html_comment: WTF?!

[User] Krassy

comment: So shocked and saddened by this awful news. My favorite bass player! I lost my hearing (literally) listening to Daybreak, I am the Resurrection, Fools Gold, etc

[User] MrT

comment: Shit. Too young. RIP a proper legend.

html_comment: Shit. Too young. RIP a proper legend.

[User] falcadia


topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: soz not so random, seemed to go with the previous posts


[User] canoe

topic_title: Donald Trump

post: "He's sort of the big furry sasquatch of social media. And you don't want him bigfooting your ass, right? So, you're afraid of him, but you hate his guts." - Scaramucci - speaking on what Trump's inner circle thinks, and how "anybody who thinks the party likes him doesn't understand the party" ...except of course everyone who thinks the party is ass backward hypocrites.. I must ask?


[User] slinky

topic_title: Book of the Day

post:
 I guess I'll share my wife's first children's chapter book for anyone with kid's 6-11. She just launched it this week

https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/0…

also on Amazon/B&N

[User] instrmntl

comment: Very cool.

html_comment: Very cool.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: T-shirt of the day

post: R.I.P. Mani

comment: what a legend!

html_comment: what a legend!


topic_title: Bitcoin

[User] Cosmodrome

comment: I never noticed he was married.

html_comment: I never noticed he was married.

[User] Nairn

comment: flol cosmodrome

html_comment: flol cosmodrome


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 The Prompt Engineer Is the Artist of Our Age
Just as the camera once challenged painters, AI is giving rise to a new kind of creativity.

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.e…

[User] YakuZoku

comment: here's an upvote that will be cancelled out by a factor of 10 from the old dogs here

[User] neverscared

comment: only question remains ... what is coming next after the prompt engineer ?

comment: prompt engineer is yesterdays news... for every futurist i guess.

[User] sted

comment: i smell subliminal copyright advocacy

html_comment: i smell subliminal copyright advocacy

[User] PonyBoy

comment: I'm an old dog who uses the tools like crazy—I just don't credit myself as a "creative" or "technical" wizard. I'm asking a computer to solve my problems...

comment: The camera challenged the painter in the sense of a new way to capture an image... AI just 'does it' for you. You simply 'ask' it to output the pic you want.

comment: it's kind of ballsy to call yourself an 'engineer' or 'artist' if you're merely typing "the right words" <3

[User] monospaced

comment: Kinda like how a camera captures a scene with a button push and doesn’t require hand rendering.

comment: u can probably dance the words in with motioncapture and a 3d coordinate point system mapped with words...

comment: mostly we will be outprompted by cheap chinese prompters and low chinese energy cost.

comment: lol prompt engineers are so 2023, the new title  is image uploader

comment: It's great to be a pureist, but in the end, a client cares about 3 things, the output, how fast he can get it, and how cheap he can get it for

comment: Can’t argue with that. :)

html_comment: Can’t argue with that. :)

comment: the cheap thing is gonna backfire though.. coz there is always someone who is cheaper .. especiially when it comes to labour or energy cost.

comment: maybe that camera - painting lacks substance... because its a hardware switch. while with  a.i we still use computers


[User] PhanLo

comment: eggplant

html_comment: eggplant


topic_title: recommend tv series

post: Death by Lightning

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I've seen 2 out of the 4 episodes and love it so far.


topic_title: blog

post:
 As of fiscal year 2024, Google (Alphabet) made approximately $548,590 in net profit per employee.

This figure increased to approximately $633,270 per employee on a trailing twelve-month basis as of Q2 2025

comment: free shakes too

html_comment: free shakes too

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Lots of monies

html_comment: Lots of monies


[User] BusterBoy

post: Why doesn't any reporter that he personally insults just hit back with "shut your mouth you giant orange makeup stained fuckface". It would be glorious.

comment: Because even a tough question gets them banned from the room moving forward.

comment: manners first

html_comment: manners first

comment: banned from the White House...would be great for their career.

[User] fooler

comment: Banned in DC!

html_comment: Banned in DC!

comment: Not being able to report on him would be pretty bad for a career.


[User] rzu-rzu

topic_title: East Clintwood

[User] utopian

comment: Mlon Eusk

html_comment: Mlon Eusk


comment: you always post the vids YT tries to get me to watch that I never click on


[User] dbloc

topic_title: CYBERTRUCK

comment: Dave Grohl probably drives a Cyber Truck


topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 The Way Grok Describes Elon Musk’s Intellect and Athletic Prowess May Cause You to Doubt the Incredible Power of AI

"Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivaling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton."

https://futurism.com/artificial-…


[User] Gabriel

post: So, in the end, AI is this: something that doesn't wash dishes but draws nonsense.

comment: Sounds like my ex wife

html_comment: Sounds like my ex wife

[User] TheDrago

comment: Now fully accessible inside photoshop with the latest update

comment: I smell long unemployment lines for the people that don't understand and or hate AI.

comment: It's nice but at the moment they only offer NB Pro via Api Key instead of an easier subscription model.

comment: thats the smell inside the smell of long unemployment lines in the creative industries in general.

comment: i doubt its people not understanding it... since the skill level to operate it is not exactly the highest.

comment: not that photoshop is any more complex... pshop its an idiot piece of software compared to any 3D software like houdini, blender etc.

comment: Fun Fact: the precious software that creatives swear by and worship has beenAI-powered for decades.Shhhh...don't tell nobody.

html_comment:
Fun Fact: the precious software that creatives swear by and worship has been
AI-powered for decades.

Shhhh...don't tell nobody.

comment: decades ? Adobe released its first AI-powered features in Photoshop, based on its Sensei platform, in February 2020.

[User] kingsteven

comment: In Ps alone content-aware fill, face tools in liquify. auto tone, color, levels, smart selection, vectorisation. All 'AI' - Markov chains and fields,

comment: SVMs, forests. All the same shit that formed the basis for diffusion form the basis of every 'smart' tool in every bit of software for years.

comment: all we are seeing the last few years is a break though in processing power which allows us to generate images and a scaling (arguably to meet consumer demand)

comment: i've used nanobanana within PS and firefly upscaler 10+ times already today to fix  photos from a conference and no one will ever know.


[User] Nairn

comment: tl;dr?

html_comment: tl;dr?

comment: Only need to read the first couple of words in the Grok response.

[User] uan

comment: even AI fears unemployment.

html_comment: even AI fears unemployment.

comment: Ok, so he's set his ai agent to full auto-fellatist mode? He really is pathetic.


[User] zaq

topic_title: the gif animation thread

comment: hakuna matata bitches

html_comment: hakuna matata bitches

[User] pango

comment: ai

html_comment: ai

comment: Drive thru

html_comment: Drive thru

[User] futurefood

comment: folks will say it's really ai

html_comment: folks will say it's really ai


[User] doggydoggdog

post:
 Why are song lyrics so bad?

You'd think Drake songs are catchy, but nothing is even a full sentence that makes any sense.

[User] YakuZoku

comment: What rhymes with Trap?

html_comment: What rhymes with Trap?

[User] canoe

comment: fap

html_comment: fap

comment: the clap

html_comment: the clap


post:
 Enjoying this mini series on Netflix, whodunit with good acting and plot.

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[User] MrT

comment: +1. Very good and not spoiled by the typical Netflix exposition dumps.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: have the last episode to watch this evening. Been great. Some people on Reddit have commented on her annoying acting, but surely it's just her character?

comment: She's very spontaneous in interviews and knows how to channel that into neurotic characters. And she's not precious with how she appears. Love her.

comment: ^ yeah, she's great. Think some of the hate is just misogynistic bullshit. Can't wait to see how this finale plays out

comment: is good

html_comment: is good


[User] AQUTE

post: BUY BUY BUY


[User] OBBTKN

topic_title: AKIRA

post: Duel. Tribute by Pascal Blanché:

comment: I’m coming here for this too! U are fast! Impressive art!

comment: Pascal is a monster, you know ;)

html_comment: Pascal is a monster, you know ;)

comment: Dope

html_comment: Dope


[User] neverscared

post:
 According to the not-for-profit organisation World Economic Forum (WEF), graphic design jobs will be one of the fastest declining roles by 2030 due to the rise in AI.

It is one of many industries affected by the technology, as companies use it to cut down on employee numbers, an example being the buy now, pay later company Klarna.

https://reports.weforum.org/docs…

[User] utopian

comment: Thank God, time to cull the herd!

html_comment: Thank God, time to cull the herd!


[User] PhanLo

comment: G L A Z E

html_comment: G L A Z E

comment: Grok only spits out responses that Elon wants.

comment: Grok, who has a bigger Penis? Elon Musk or John Holmes?


topic_title: Michael Jackson

post: MJ is still alive, I knew it!

comment: jokes aside, good for her. She had big balls for what she did. Bigger balls than even the Thai and Philippine contestants!

[User] Gabriel

comment: Agree... She had big balls. And maybe very hairy ones.

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I like the floral arrangement from Zebulon 6.

[User] Krassy

comment: is she wearing a Halloween mask?

html_comment: is she wearing a Halloween mask?


[User] plash

comment: love claude

html_comment: love claude


post: Still hoping for a big crash to bankrupt Michael Saylor

[User] grafician

comment: "Michael Saylor’s ‘Strategy’ stock set to be DELISTED from the Nasdaq 100 and MSCI USA."


topic_title: Punches For:

post: These two cunts

[User] fooler

comment: So the statue was accurate after all?

html_comment: So the statue was accurate after all?


topic_title: Food

post:
 Do vegetarians smell different than meat-eaters?

Turns out, Havlicek said, that they found the odors of vegetarians “more attractive, more pleasant, and less intense” than the meat-eaters.

https://www.latimes.com/californ…


[User] renderedred

topic_title: War

post:
 Sarajevo siege survivors hope for justice as Italy probes alleged 'sniper tourism'

https://www.reuters.com/world/eu…

comment: btw Vucic Serbia's president is pictured mingling with the "tourists".

comment: Pictured where?

html_comment: Pictured where?

comment: I wouldn't be surprised

html_comment: I wouldn't be surprised

comment: I mean the whole premise of "human safari" is the worst of humanity


topic_title: Romania calling

[User] Nairn

comment: This shit's getting really tiresome.

html_comment: This shit's getting really tiresome.

comment: How can you get tired of our legend?

html_comment: How can you get tired of our legend?

comment: He was here before you.

html_comment: He was here before you.

comment: ... and I was here before most...I think this shit is getting tiresome too..

html_comment: ... and I was here before most...<br>I think this shit is getting tiresome too..

[User] Continuity

comment: Beyond tiresome.

html_comment: Beyond tiresome.

comment: it's only fun when he attacks first

html_comment: it's only fun when he attacks first

[User] palimpsest

comment: Fuck this shit and the vote pumping.

html_comment: Fuck this shit and the vote pumping.

comment: so he is from chad

html_comment: so he is from chad


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

comment: 4/5 pedophiles choose tiesto!

html_comment: 4/5 pedophiles choose tiesto!


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: Listening to the album now that was released today.


topic_title: It's Friday!

comment: Hehe ;)

html_comment: Hehe ;)


[User] Danish

post: A Danish Christmas song..

comment: Extreme downvote.

html_comment: Extreme downvote.

comment: Why?

html_comment: Why?


topic_title: Bitcoin

post:
 Was Bitcoin Created by This International Drug Dealer? Maybe!
The search for Satoshi Nakamoto has led down many rabbit holes. I went down another: the case of global criminal mastermind Paul LeRoux.

https://www.wired.com/story/was-…

comment: most likely ... douchebags and crimelords.

comment: didnt find him  since 6 years... its about time to see some results.

comment: Old news/ article. He's also caught and in 2020 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Doubt it's him. https://bitcointalk.…


[User] sted

topic_title: BREAKING!!!!

comment: Why shouting? Texas are a total disaster of warplanes... I'm sorry, but it doesn't surprise me :(


comment: #ketaminenovember

html_comment: #ketaminenovember


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post:
Sol LeWitt, Double Negative Pyramid, 1997,
Europos Parkas (Park of Europe), Vilnius, Lithuania,
Built from concrete blocks,
5.6 meters high and 12 meters wide.


topic_title: WANT of the day

[User] YakuZoku

comment: finally!

html_comment: finally!

[User] microkorg

comment: "Pea and Ham, from a Chicken?!"IYKYK

html_comment: "Pea and Ham, from a Chicken?!"<br>IYKYK

[User] zaq

comment: get the version 2, it also supports mash potatoes

comment: It's Happening!

html_comment: It's Happening!

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Love Walmart and their innovation. That’s a great price too.


topic_title: Positive energy zones

comment: ^ haha perfect!

html_comment: ^ haha perfect!


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: _Randomize Me

[User] AQUTE

comment: DAVE

html_comment: DAVE

[User] utopian

comment: DONALD

html_comment: DONALD


topic_title: Official SFW Thread

post:
 The "big", and "long" problem behind APPLE's glASS UI ...

( ʘ ʚ ʘ )


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Art of the Day Thread

post: The Misty Pond of Villeneuve by Henri Biva (1910)

comment: Love it.I could take a shit there.

html_comment:
Love it.

I could take a shit there.


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post:
 I can't believe this released 16-17 years ago.

How did time pass by so quick.


comment: Username checks out.

html_comment: Username checks out.


[User] CyBrainX

topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Some videos I took at Madison Square Garden in 2016


topic_title: The More You Know ★

post: I just noticed that Star Trek used the same nebula image that King Crimson did for their 1971 album cover for Islands. The Islands cover rotated the image 270 degrees clockwise. I have no idea why I noticed this.


topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] dbloc

comment: Spread em Bubba!

html_comment: Spread em Bubba!

comment: Hubba Bubba

html_comment: Hubba Bubba


[User] elahon

comment: Lol yes this was very unexpected

html_comment: Lol yes this was very unexpected

[User] monospaced

comment: Trump fucking endorses him. Haha

html_comment: Trump fucking endorses him. Haha

comment: I’m in manhattan today and tonight. Everybody laughing at what a joke Trump is.

[User] grafician

comment: everybody else laughing at what a joke America is

comment: Everyone likes Mamdani, he's just a charming guy

comment: Also Trump always wants to be part of the new trendy thing

[User] canoe

comment: everybody on QBN laughing at what a joke grafician is

comment: be careful Graf or you will get:T H E T R E A T M E N Tagain

html_comment:
be careful Graf or you will get:
T H E
T R E A T M E N T
again


topic_title: UFO of the day

post: Finally came out today, it's pretty good

[User] futurefood

comment: Yea! Excited for this one

html_comment: Yea! Excited for this one


comment: small wins

html_comment: small wins


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: "A beginner’s guide to understanding California"

comment: Wrong thread, you nitwit trolling cunt.

html_comment: Wrong thread, you nitwit trolling cunt.

comment: fix the mistakes in this map Ben :))

html_comment: fix the mistakes in this map Ben :))

[User] doublespaced

comment: Would make no difference. You don’t know shit either way, you just like trolling at 7am on a weekend. Fucking pathetic cunt.

comment: ick

html_comment: ick

comment: monospaced using his TWO ACCOUNTS to comment trash now :)))))


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post: so a talk between grownups to actually sort this shit because your current president sucked a former president's dick - allegedly- and pootin got the pics to blackmail?

comment: Not to mention your current president beying a vasal to Bibi and any oil prince around?

comment: even trying to reason any of this will get you laughed out of the room :))

comment: "The harder Trump pushes Ukraine the closer we are to the end of Russia"


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

[User] Gnash

comment: Sounds like that would be an improvement to what’s already going on there

comment: You really do like ethnic cleansing Gnash.


topic_title: Video Games...

post: Yikes

[User] ideaist

comment: 16:36; a short film!!!

html_comment: 16:36; a short film!!!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Lovecraftian horror Christmas 'mural' removed in London.
-

comment: I reckon by next year, the glitched parts won't be a problem and this will be the norm.

[User] neverscared

comment: fuck the norm ... flippin tools...

html_comment: fuck the norm ... flippin tools...

comment: Sadly I think if folk can do it cheaper or without even bothering to pay someone they'll do it. Bet the signage company still made a few grand

comment: maybe it flips... and u you will be called out a cheap slut online and then it all backfires... and it would have made more sense to invest... probably not

comment: though .. there are too many cheap desperate sluts around.

comment: I knew a guy that I'd sometimes do after effects work for, or paint stuff on sets for him, his wife was an author of young adult books, they were pretty loaded,

comment: often she'd message me about doing covers for the books and I'd give her a decent enough price, usually way under what I'd charge and she'd always say it was...

comment: ...too much. As soon as AI had barely useable image quality she hammered out loads of books. Hiring artists is a hassle.

comment: i heard the kid book market is on overflow  with a.i generated art like no other ...


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

post:
 Pranksters Recreated a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox

Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds.

https://www.wired.com/story/pran…


post:
 L O L
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[User] Salarrue

comment: Great channel

html_comment: Great channel


[User] Gardener

post: UK vinyl copies of Neil Young's On The Beach have the same pattern inside the card sleeve as the umberella & chairs on the cover! I know of no other album with this feature.

comment: That’s pretty cool

html_comment: That’s pretty cool

[User] Horp

comment: I love it. I used to propose ideas vaguely along those lines in my sleeve art days, but there was "never any budget" :(

comment: I've seen photos of this album art but I never had that LP.

comment: i have 3 albums at home where the pattern inside the card sleeve is the same as the furniture on the cover - do some research man! ;-P

comment: well Breakfast in America is orange on the inside of the sleeve but if there are others SHOW ME

comment: Don’t mind bennn, he’s gotten into the maple syrup again


post:
 This was a super interesting read. Long and speaks volumes about Trump and his bullying nature.

https://www.facebook.com/bruce.f…

Thirty Minutes in the Lion’s Den: The Interview Trump Thought He Controlled

White Rose USA — November

There’s a strange thing that happens when you watch the full thirty-minute interview instead of the clipped version the internet tosses around. The edges soften. The masks slip. And you start to see the actual geometry of the interaction — where power sits, where insecurity leaks, where the tone changes, where the truth speaks by accident. The viral clip makes it look like a moment. The full meeting reveals a dynamic.

This wasn’t a showdown. It wasn’t a humiliation. It wasn’t a triumph for either man. It was something far more revealing: a case study in how a bully behaves when he can’t rely on fear, and how a principled politician behaves when he refuses the role of the victim.

The meeting begins as all Trump meetings do — with noise.

The first five minutes are pure Trump: monologues disguised as greetings, numbers inflated beyond physics, scattered recollections of the 1980s like the era froze and preserved him in amber. You can practically hear his brain flipping through its greatest hits, trying to set the tone: This is my room. My chair. My story.

But Mamdani doesn’t react to any of it.

And that is the first hinge of the meeting.

A man like Trump needs emotional feedback to function. Fear works. Flattery works. Even anger works. Mamdani gives him nothing. He sits there with the calm of someone who refuses to let the other person set the emotional tempo. It’s a small thing, but with Trump, it’s enough to break the cycle.

Then comes the shift — the “gracious Trump” phase.

People mistake this for maturity or diplomacy. It’s not. It’s a reflex Trump only deploys when he can’t dominate the room. The tone goes soft, the eyebrows lift, the compliments come out in forced, syrupy bursts.

“You’re doing great work.”

“New York is lucky to have you.”

“You’re a very smart guy.”

It sounds statesmanlike until you remember the same man called him a communist threat two weeks earlier. What’s happening here isn’t respect — it’s adaptation. A chameleon trying to match the color of the wall.

Trump is gracious when graciousness benefits Trump.

As Mamdani shifts to policy, Trump drifts into autobiography.

This is the most telling stretch — minutes twelve to eighteen. Mamdani tries to talk like a mayor-elect:

transit

housing

Rikers

federal cooperation

immigrant protections

Real issues, real stakes, real governance.

Trump responds by vanishing into his own mythology. Crime statistics from memory that don’t exist. Grievances about prosecutors. Stories from “the old days.” Complaints about how unfairly he’s been treated.

It’s not sabotage — it’s incapacity.

Mamdani is speaking a civic language Trump’s brain can’t decode.

They aren’t having the same conversation.

They aren’t even on the same continent.

Then comes the moment everyone’s dissecting — the “fascistic tendencies” line.

And yes, it happened in the room, not after. Mamdani doesn’t weaponize the word. He doesn’t turn it into a headline. He does something more dangerous: he analytically names the pattern.

Immigrant raids.

Political retribution.

Targeting dissent.

Erosion of checks and balances.

Threats against the judiciary.

He lays out the evidence and names the behavior: fascistic tendencies.

Trump nods and smiles like someone being told he has an excellent golf swing.

It’s not bravado. It’s not denial.

It’s something almost sadder: he doesn’t understand the language of critique unless it’s blunt and emotional. Mamdani moved the discussion into the realm of political analysis, and Trump’s instincts don’t live there. So he simply... accepts it. Not because he agrees, but because he can’t absorb what the words actually mean.

The last ten minutes are the clearest portrait of Trump’s psyche.

Once Mamdani refuses to bend, Trump compensates by overcorrecting into flattery:

“You’re going to surprise people.”

“I feel very comfortable with you.”

“We’re going to get along great.”

It’s dominance disguised as benevolence. When Trump can’t conquer, he tries to adopt. He folds the other person into his narrative: You and I are the same. We’re allies. You approve of me. I approve of you.

It’s a kind of political camouflage — digest the threat by complimenting it.

Mamdani doesn’t take the bait.

He doesn’t fight.

He doesn’t flatter.

He just continues speaking plainly.

Which leaves Trump in the one position he hates most:

performing civility for an audience that isn’t fooled.

What the meeting really showed

The full interview isn’t about Mamdani calling Trump a fascist.

It’s not about Trump pretending to be gracious.

It’s not about a progressive mayor meeting an authoritarian president.

What the meeting showed is simpler and more damning:

Trump is only powerful when the room fears him.

Take the fear away, and he becomes oddly gentle, strangely polite, and completely unable to dominate the conversation.

People think tyrants rage because they’re strong.

But the truth is they only rage when they know the room will absorb it.

Mamdani didn’t absorb it.

So Trump didn’t rage.

He folded.

Nicely. Neatly.

Like a man who knows the cameras are watching and doesn’t want the world to see what he looks like when the mask cracks.

And if there’s a lesson here for the rest of the country, it’s this:

Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism.

Take it away, and even a strongman starts to sound like a man.


[User] Nairn

topic_title: Font of the Day

post:
 Interesting idea, rendered somewhat moot if you know what you're doing, but I like it.

https://www.futurefonts.com/hex/…

comment: Really interesting in theory. Not sure they nailed the execution though.

comment: Great site!

html_comment: Great site!

comment: Tried so many variation of ways over the years to get the font to flow right on circles. Still usually needs manual shoogling.

comment: NEVER heard of "shoogling" until now; thanks @PhanLo!: )

html_comment:
NEVER heard of "shoogling" until now; thanks @PhanLo!

: )


topic_title: Putin = Hero

post:
 L A A A A A A D S !
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topic_title: blog

post: chicks still got 2 weeks to hatch in the incubator, wom wom wom...

comment: Cool. What is the plan? Pets, dinner, or both?

comment: ^ lol

html_comment: ^ lol

comment: chicks = hens = eggs = dinners

html_comment: chicks = hens = eggs = dinners

comment: totally prepared for the forthcoming apocalypse

comment: Now you just have to keep the foxes out!

comment: They’ll make a fine paella I’m sure :)

html_comment: They’ll make a fine paella I’m sure :)

[User] Smurf

comment: You might want to put an additional wireless thermometer or 2 inside the incubator to ensure the actual temperatures around the eggs are consistent and sufficie

comment: Also, with those incubators, keeping the room itself warm also helps the incubator maintain temperature

[User] Krassy

comment: username almost checks out

html_comment: username almost checks out

[User] maikel

comment: But... whic one was first?

html_comment: But... whic one was first?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: @maikel, obv, the incubator ;)

html_comment: @maikel, obv, the incubator ;)


topic_title: Bjork Photos

post: Bjork in the USSR

[User] jagara

comment: Is that actually her?

html_comment: Is that actually her?

[User] monospaced

comment: Don’t think so

html_comment: Don’t think so

comment: Oops!

html_comment: Oops!


[User] PonyBoy

post: This place is about 4 miles down the road from us... it's never been open the 4 years we've lived here but thank god they don't take the signs down <3


topic_title: Ad of the day

[User] YakuZoku

comment: I have that

html_comment: I have that

comment: any use?

html_comment: any use?

comment: ^ yes! I smoke the skitos and flies almost daily, it has a laser sight on it too

comment: flol i might just have to get one

html_comment: flol i might just have to get one

comment: what's the effective range? any use for mid air moving targets?


[User] fooler

comment: flol

html_comment: flol

comment: haha!!!

html_comment: haha!!!

[User] Gabriel

comment: hahaha!

html_comment: hahaha!

comment: Ha!

html_comment: Ha!


topic_title: Moebius

post: → https://dangerousminds.net/music…

comment: The photo is not from my collection, but I have almost the entire collection.


comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] yuekit

post:
 Emails reveal that Steve Bannon was making arrangements for a redemptive documentary to counter damaging narratives advanced by Netflix's 'Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich.

“If we arrange it can we film on the island,” Bannon asked, referring to Little St. James, Epstein’s private Caribbean island where he’s alleged to have sexually abused minors. Epstein immediately agreed.

The same day, Bannon, who had produced several movies before his ill-fated turn as Trumps chief of staff, again texted the financier to schedule a filming date. “Can we do late morning say 11. Am?”

Minutes later, Epstein curtly responded, “All canceled.” No explanation followed.

“You r not coming?” Bannon inquired. He never received a reply, because just around the same time he was typing out his message, Epstein was arrested at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey on federal charges of sex trafficking dozens of minors.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.co…

[User] PhanLo

comment: Bannon is defo a nonce

html_comment: Bannon is defo a nonce


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: Nah, we wake up at 3am because we're old and go to bed at 9pm.

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Sometimes, it's to pee.

html_comment: Sometimes, it's to pee.

[User] kingsteven

comment: Needed an 8 hour nap after dinner

html_comment: Needed an 8 hour nap after dinner


[User] grafician

topic_title: Elon Musk

post: Everybody freaking out after location feature on X exposed all the foreign bot accounts :))

comment: Online almost everything far right is basically a bot farm from Russia or India

comment: I wish all the MAGA loving Canadians in Mexico were bots, but they're 100% real, they love Trump more than MAGA Americans.


post:
 Turns out the 28 point plan was the Russian wishlist that they sent :))))

as everybody else pointing this out to the most moronic administration in the history of the US :))))

comment: "Dmitriev and Witkoff cooked something up, leaked it to the media, and now the entire administration - and even Trump himself - are pretending ..."

comment: ..."and even Trump himself - are pretending that this was the plan all along."

comment: Abysmal levels of stupidity and probably a new low from Trump and the US Gov!

comment: Trump himself wanted Zelenskyy to accept this dangerous plan until next Thursday!!! trump basically is just a russian asset at this point :))))

comment: Grok analysis https://x.com/Franci…

html_comment:
Grok analysis

https://x.com/Franci…

comment: Probably a 30 point plan previously https://x.com/christ…

[User] pango

comment: ....Why not just make another post? this makes you look like you're talking to yourself... :/

html_comment:
....
Why not just make another post?
this makes you look like you're talking to yourself... :/

comment: It's all related, not going to post 4-5 times

comment: could just post 1 time...all together... you know... keeping all the shit together.


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: #mitchhedburg

comment: no lies here

html_comment: no lies here

comment: Rip Mitch goat

html_comment: Rip Mitch goat


topic_title: tattoo of the day

comment: Fulp Piction

html_comment: Fulp Piction


topic_title: Album Cover Art

comment: Meant to post to meme of the day. #signsyouregettingol...


comment: Exponential love.

html_comment: Exponential love.


topic_title: Graffiti art

post:
https://www.instagram.com/punjab…
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topic_title: Your Last Concert

post:
 MBV LOUD

not my vid


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Star Wars OTD

post: I already have the 7" and Star Wars DO like their spin-offs!


topic_title: QBN Out of Context Responses (QBNOoCR)

post:
 ********
Fucking icelandic midgit... Fuck Björk!

comment: I appreciate that despite anger directed at her, the poster still made the effort to add the umlaut and correctly spell her name.

comment: One of the things I miss from Mac OS is using a proper keystroke instead of having to look up a code for stupid character.

comment: But lay off Björk! That's uncalled for.

html_comment: But lay off Björk! That's uncalled for.

comment: I just noticed he posted that 22 years ago.


[User] neverscared

comment: hair transplants

html_comment: hair transplants

comment: He needed hair for his ass.

html_comment: He needed hair for his ass.

[User] dbloc

comment: Did Æ A-Xii cut it for him?

html_comment: Did Æ A-Xii cut it for him?

comment: That belly is bellying

html_comment: That belly is bellying

[User] Horp

comment: Did the barber use a pair of rasps or just chew it off? That's the worst haircut I've ever seen.

[User] utopian

comment: hair transplant scars LOLz

html_comment: hair transplant scars LOLz


topic_title: religion

comment: that'd do it

html_comment: that'd do it

[User] Continuity

comment: I like the cut of her jib.

html_comment: I like the cut of her jib.


post: Greg Girard. Steams Cafe, jukebox, Vancouver 1975

[User] palimpsest

comment: Is this AI?

html_comment: Is this AI?

comment: Nope

html_comment: Nope


[User] FixMiller

comment: what's going on here?

html_comment: what's going on here?


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: dad joke thread

html_comment: dad joke thread


[User] Krassy

comment: She looks and acts like my niece in this photo.


[User] maikel

comment: prompt?

html_comment: prompt?


topic_title: Israel bombing shit..

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Fuck Israel!

html_comment: Fuck Israel!

[User] sted

comment: what? ahaha tnt shortage since 2023 because of a bombing in 2025

[User] OBBTKN

comment: @sted, evidently a result of the conflicts in Ukr + Gaza, not only in Gaza


comment: QBN HQ

html_comment: QBN HQ


topic_title: The More You Know ★

comment: phew.

html_comment: phew.


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

post:
House 720 Degrees,

La Reserva Peñitas, Valle de Bravo, Mexico


[User] doggydoggdog

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 A few weeks ago MAGA was saying how Mamdani was going to destroy NYC and many racist things about him being Muslim.

And now they're quiet.


topic_title: recommend tv series

post: Landman [ Paramount+ ] i s back for a new season...


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Udo Kier | 1944-2025

comment: Ouch, rip :(

html_comment: Ouch, rip :(

[User] PonyBoy


topic_title: UK is Fucked

comment: I have no idea what i'm watching... a vigilante South African walking around town looking for trouble[d ones]... ?

comment: ^ That's what it looks like

html_comment: ^ That's what it looks like

[User] PhanLo

comment: Never met a nice South African

html_comment: Never met a nice South African


[User] grafician

topic_title: Elon Musk

post: Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) shutdown — Reuters

comment: "Its functions are now absorbed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and it no longer exists as an independent entity." LOL


html_comment:
https://truthsocial.…

Wild

[User] WallaWalla

comment: Why are you on truth social?

html_comment: Why are you on truth social?

comment: Why are you such an idiot?

html_comment: Why are you such an idiot?


[User] ApeRobot

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] renderedred

post:
 Elon Musk’s Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document

https://futurism.com/future-soci…


topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
 Google wants to use your emails to train its AI — here's how to turn that off

https://appleinsider.com/inside/…

[User] Nairn

comment: But, as always, all the people who don't use Gmail but communicate with people who do - and don't turn this stuff off - have no control over this.

comment: I just had an email go into a Gmail spam folder. Client sent me an email, I responded, she responded to that, then my subsequent response went to spam. WHY?!

comment: "This happens a lot" she said on the phone"You get what you pay for.." I didn't respond.I fucking loathe google.

html_comment:
"This happens a lot" she said on the phone
"You get what you pay for.." I didn't respond.
I fucking loathe google.


topic_title: Painting of the day

post:
 BOM K
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https://i.haasie.com/RMn.webp
https://i.haasie.com/EBT.webp

comment: FUUUUUUUUCKKKING CUNTING WEBP!

html_comment: FUUUUUUUUCKKKING CUNTING WEBP!


post:
 BOM K
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topic_title: QBN Suggestion Box

post:
 Is it possible to display WEBP on here now, I know it's a shit format, but would save some dead posts.

Or if Haasie had a webp to jpg converter?

comment: WIP Some people have tested it already:https://github.com/a…I still need to make some updates.

html_comment:
WIP
Some people have tested it already:
https://github.com/a…
I still need to make some updates.

comment: Get that pink border!https://i.haasie.com…

html_comment:
Get that pink border!
https://i.haasie.com…

comment: but fuck webp! and fuck pnj!

html_comment: but fuck webp! and fuck pnj!

comment: But above all, fuck off.

html_comment: But above all, fuck off.

comment: And YouTube shorts embed

html_comment: And YouTube shorts embed

comment: They are included in the extension.

html_comment: They are included in the extension.

[User] yuekit

comment: Is there anything actually bad about WebP or do people just hate that Google introduced a new image format?

comment: For me it's the second one, there are enough file formats already FFS

comment: People hated the fact that Google had mail.

comment: It's good compression—just waiting for it to normalize / be an accepted format across browsers etc—HURRY UP!!LOL... please stop sending as 'print-ready' tho <3

html_comment: It's good compression—just waiting for it to normalize / be an accepted format across browsers etc—HURRY UP!!<br>LOL... please stop sending as 'print-ready' tho <3

comment: Be the fucking change that you wish to see in the world

comment: I only hate it because it doesn't work on QBN

comment: But I made it work on QBN.I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

html_comment: But I made it work on QBN.<br>I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

comment: It's not working here:https://i.haasie.com…:-(

html_comment:
It's not working here:
https://i.haasie.com…
:-(


[User] neverscared

comment: Noooo

html_comment: Noooo


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: clever girl

html_comment: clever girl


topic_title: Ad of the day

comment: YOU THICK, NOISY CUNT

html_comment: YOU THICK, NOISY CUNT


topic_title: It's Monday!

comment: Stormy and tempestuous!

html_comment: Stormy and tempestuous!


post: Diana would loved a Toby Carvery


topic_title: Stock of the Day

post: $GDOG


topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] CyBrainX

comment: RIP

html_comment: RIP


topic_title: Graffiti art

post:
 Old piece by a crew mate with Jimmy Cliff shoutout
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[User] derm

comment: always loved this piece.

html_comment: always loved this piece.


topic_title: Wikipedia of the Day

comment: John Zegrus

html_comment: John Zegrus


topic_title: Bjork Photos

comment: Amazing what makeup can do.

html_comment: Amazing what makeup can do.


post:
 Akue1
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comment: Interesting results

html_comment: Interesting results


comment: RIP


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

[User] AQUTE

comment: COOL SHIRT

html_comment: COOL SHIRT


topic_title: The More You Know ★

post:
 Tesla: 22 years
SpaceX: 23 years
Google: 27 years
Netflix: 28 years
Amazon: 31 years
Nvidia: 32 years
Apple: 49 years
Microsoft: 50 years
Intel: 57 years
Sony: 79 years
HP: 86 years
Samsung: 87 years
IBM: 114 years
Nintendo: 136 years
Nokia: 160 years


[User] elahon

post: RIP Jimmy Cliff. =(


[User] YakuZoku

topic_title: Ow My Balls thread

comment: All the sonic rings popped out

html_comment: All the sonic rings popped out


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term.

Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:

“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.

“More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”

https://x.com/JakeSherman/status…


topic_title: Book of the Day

post:
 This looks inyeresting...

https://shifthappens.site/

comment: *interesting :)

html_comment: *interesting :)


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Apple

[User] ideaist

comment: What a CURRENT reference @Gabriel!

html_comment: What a CURRENT reference @Gabriel!


[User] everyangle

post: Grokipedia: https://grokipedia.com/

[User] Salarrue

comment: bollocks

html_comment: bollocks


[User] dopepope

topic_title: Show some recent work

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


[User] PhanLo

[User] Ianbolton

comment: haha. We all know people get screwed buying this shit online. I signed up to a Facebook dating thing years ago and realised i was just chatting to bots

comment: this was back in 2019 or something, but I still feel it should be illegal to scam people into thinking they're talking to a real human being.


topic_title: Scotland

comment: wut

html_comment: wut


topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: Nothing but bots on that shit ass platform

[User] utopian

comment: Fuck You Elon

html_comment: Fuck You Elon

comment: “Live” in Russia kind of implies humans rather than bots which is misleading.


[User] pango

comment: Elon has to be paying or programming people/bots to post. also to makeGrok his new lover.

comment: Missing Romania

html_comment: Missing Romania

[User] monospaced

comment: lol New York

html_comment: lol New York


[User] Krassy

topic_title: Architecture of the Day

post: Copper House, The Mani, Peloponnese, Greece

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Love it. Awwww... Winter storms there

html_comment: Love it. Awwww... Winter storms there


[User] dbloc

post:
 Wow, all the emails organized like a Gmail account
https://jmail.world/

[User] wagshaft

comment: If accurate, this is awesome. Very clever.


[User] zaq

topic_title: the gif animation thread

comment: ai

html_comment: ai


[User] slappy

topic_title: Turning 50 next month

post:
 Should buy some weed too and go all in.

I'm going to game hard when I run out of things to do, if that ever happens..


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
“Go generate a bridge and jump off it”: How video pros are navigating AI

https://arstechnica.com/features…


post: Get some hookers and coke.


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Where The Fun IS

comment: Reminds me of the art collective we started in high school - The Bowel Movement

comment: You know how to party!

html_comment: You know how to party!


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Science Of The Day

post:
 Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83

https://www.theguardian.com/scie…


post:
 get to the choppaaazz
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comment: Fuuuuck haha!! i thought it was Richard E Grant at first


topic_title: religion

comment: yep.

html_comment: yep.


topic_title: BREAKING!!!!

comment: So the first thought of the police after catching a criminal is : social media content

comment: That's a major bust!:-)

html_comment: That's a major bust!<br>:-)

[User] fooler

comment: Really? I didn't see a picture of her.

html_comment: Really? I didn't see a picture of her.

comment: ^ L O L !

html_comment: ^ L O L !


[User] Gardener

topic_title: blog

post:
You only need to wait a few more days for my last Skylarking mix for Tak Tent Radio who are sadly folding at the end of this month.
I will still be doing Garden mixes of course but future Skylarking mixes will be hosted elsewhere. My last one is on the rather creepy-crawly subject of INSECTS, I'll post it up on Friday, uh oh...

comment: lookijg forward to it Gardener. Sorry it's your last one though buddy.

comment: Cheers Ian, GOED will continue though, I will just need to find a new home for Skylarking mixes.


[User] renderedred

post:
 Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says

https://www.404media.co/elon-mus…

comment: yeah i think we already did this

html_comment: yeah i think we already did this


post: Hijo you old fart, get yourself a Switch 2 instead. You can not only use it docked as a console with the TV but also take it with you on the go. There's no BF6 yet though.


topic_title: What are you listening to?

[User] CyBrainX

comment: We can always use more Autechre.

html_comment: We can always use more Autechre.

comment: That's a nice long mix he made. I wonder where the video came from. They aren't big on visuals.

comment: ^Never mind. I read the comments. The guy who made the mix did the video as well.


topic_title: Guess that QBN'r

[User] Continuity

comment: Like no-one, of course.

html_comment: Like no-one, of course.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: tattoo of the day

post:
 also graffiti art / street art
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post: I don't know much about gaming but happy half century.


topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post:
 Some of the singles I picked up the other week at the once a year Groovy Record Fayre in North London hosted by Jonny Trunk. I managed to make a few quid despite the expenses of stall hire, parking, congestion charge, petrol, food etc. It was so busy, if you have never been I recommend it!

I picked this up at a car boot at the weekend and it came with it's original info sheet - I've already been in touch with the Hermitage Academy here in Scotland. It will be interesting to hear if they know any more about it and get back to me.

A spoken word acetate which I couldn't find anything out online, but there is an author called James Richardson so I suppose I'll have to try and track him down too.

Some kind person sent me a download of this over 10 years ago and so to find a hard copy in a Milton Keynes charity shop for a quid was a quite an emotional moment, ha!

Groovy Record Fayre fynds

One sided promo for the shoe company.

Apparently huge in Europe and still going strong but I had never heard of them before finding this. It bombed in the same year that Space had a pretty similar disco smash hit with Magic Fly.

I was kinda hoping this was a dub Spider Man tune but it turned out to be called Please Stop Your Lying by Joy White & Ronnie Davis.

Just a few of the Indie 7"s a pair of ladies had on their stall for £2 each or 10 for £12, I spent £30 with them.

Other odds and ends I picked up cheap, including some great flexi-discs I hadn't seen before.


[User] ideaist

post:
 @HijoDMaite, pull the trigger my 1/2 way to 100 brother!

I. PS5; Pro IF you have an OLED / epic screen.
II. PS5 Portal; for when you're on the move, "poking away" / chilling in bed etc.
III. GREAT games their, BUT try to switch it up with something easier on your head/heart. MAYBE a "cozy game" that is a bit slower, more relaxing for that old heart and dick of yours!

Lolz.

Have fun.

: )

comment: Some games I've played recently include:I. Dave The DiverII. Harold HalibutII. Thank Goodness You're Here!"Hipster indie games" is another name for these.

html_comment:
Some games I've played recently include:

I. Dave The Diver
II. Harold Halibut
II. Thank Goodness You're Here!

"Hipster indie games" is another name for these.


topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post:
https://www.instagram.com/zhaoli…
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topic_title: Bjork Photos

post: love that this thread started 22 years ago. <3


topic_title: Apple

comment: Haters (as always) gonna' hate.

html_comment: Haters (as always) gonna' hate.

[User] PonyBoy

comment: *proudly hates<3

html_comment: *proudly hates<br><3

[User] Gabriel

comment: Hates rulez

html_comment: Hates rulez


[User] srhadden

topic_title: Stand-up Comedy

post: Eddie Pepitone is a beast


comment: new shop just opened in Arbroath

html_comment: new shop just opened in Arbroath

[User] utopian


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Logo of the Day

post: "The unique characters of Utah 2034 are embodied in it with shapes and angles reminiscent of the landforms of the American West, as well as those of athletes in action."

comment: I want to both like and hate this logo,all at the same time.

html_comment: I want to both like and hate this logo,<br>all at the same time.

comment: I thought the same. The more I stare at it though, the more interesting it gets.

[User] monospaced

comment: Olympex Twin

html_comment: Olympex Twin

comment: It’s definitely has visual interest. And it’s surprisingly legible. Not a shit show like the old London one.

[User] Nairn

comment: London 2012 was a shitshow? Huh.I like <this, although more for a retro 70s sci fi application.

html_comment: London 2012 was a shitshow? Huh.<br>I like <this, although more for a retro 70s sci fi application.

comment: *likes

html_comment: *likes

comment: #lookslikeadick

html_comment: #lookslikeadick

comment: I can see that foolerhttps://snipboard.io…

html_comment:
I can see that fooler
https://snipboard.io…

comment: I wasn’t a fan of the London one no. Unpopular opinion? I thought it was a mess personally but I’m not the final word :)

comment: Isn't that just a font?

html_comment: Isn't that just a font?

comment: Dude, it's in 2024; LITERALLY the future. I think it's great AND Utah is great. Went to Moab to run an ultra marathon a few years back...

comment: ...AND maybe the futuristic vibe will defer folks from thinking about the mormon "unpleasantness" that this state gets guff for.

comment: Mormons are future space gods. So...

html_comment: Mormons are future space gods. So...

[User] MrT

comment: I don’t mind it but that rationale is absolute bollocks

comment: @monospaced, sounds cool, eh?: )

html_comment:
@monospaced, sounds cool, eh?

: )

[User] canoe

comment: looks indigenous... is that what they meant by "west" lol

comment: The more i look at it,the more I want this as a font.Shit would laser-cut SO nice.

html_comment:
The more i look at it,
the more I want this as a font.
Shit would laser-cut SO nice.

[User] BK

comment: I see dongs.

html_comment: I see dongs.

comment: You need therapy for that. Not all ink blots look like dicks.

comment: more Wolf Olins garbage?

html_comment: more Wolf Olins garbage?

[User] milfhunter

comment: landforms? What did you drink?

html_comment: landforms? What did you drink?

[User] Ianbolton

comment: I like this, but I still love the hate the London 2012 branding received. It was a great brand and it still looks relevant (and a mess) today

comment: Reminds me of 90s/early 2000s techno fonts like this https://typedifferen…


post: Oldie


[User] rzu-rzu

topic_title: Meta

post:
 To the company’s disappointment, “people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” internal documents said.

https://www.reuters.com/sustaina…

[User] YakuZoku


[User] zaq

topic_title: the gif animation thread

post: next version of flip phone

comment: #ketaminenovember

html_comment: #ketaminenovember


[User] fooler

post: My last record store score. I've wanted this Meat Puppets record forever but the first pressing from 1994 was going for over $100. I forgot they repressed it and I got the last RSD Neon Jazzberry colored one in the store. I had to pick up the live Radiohead Hail to the Thief while I was there.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: tattoos = unintelligence

comment: Strangest?

html_comment: Strangest?

comment: Stronges

html_comment: Stronges

comment: stronzo

html_comment: stronzo


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

[User] AQUTE

comment: YAY! HOORAY!!

html_comment: YAY! HOORAY!!


topic_title: Elon Musk

post:
 Yass history battleszszsz
-


topic_title: shoes

post: Thes are so out there and terrible, they're almost back here and amazing.


post: Nnnngh.. ^

comment: Not one but two pockets!

html_comment: Not one but two pockets!


topic_title: mens boots

comment: Are you sure bruv?

html_comment: Are you sure bruv?

comment: They don't have white soles, something that seems almost impossible for companies to do now for some reason.


topic_title: blog

post:
 Hijo di Mate, siiiiiiiiiiii.

Hijo di Puta, noooooooo.


topic_title: Boards of Canada

post: This is the only thread for BoC?


topic_title: Where The Fun IS

comment: If I had $50,000 15 years ago I would have dropped it on my fucking mortgage


comment: +1 for bone brown, and I'm not talking about sexxing up your red neighbor


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: Why do you have a small case of the downvotes? I've been busy, do we haz new dramaz? Did someone break his parole?

comment: Lurkers gonna lurk :-)

html_comment: Lurkers gonna lurk :-)

comment: It's weird I never downvote anyone, it's sort of a bit sad when there's only about 10 users of this site.


[User] noneck

topic_title: Your Last Concert

post: Sigur Rós with the symphony. They even used the concert organ, which was (naturally) moving.

comment: would love to see them again. I've seen them opening for Bjork almost 20 years ago

comment: Great show!

html_comment: Great show!

comment: saw them about 6-8 years ago or so? and holy shit are they ever amazing live... just incredible!

[User] ideaist

comment: Out of this world, eh?Has anyone ever seen them ON WEED???!!!; )

html_comment:
Out of this world, eh?

Has anyone ever seen them ON WEED???!!!

; )


[User] PonyBoy

post: Space black, bitches!!!

comment: Congrats Pony! Let's see your workspace.

comment: I gotta wait a couple weeks for it to arrive but I’ll share when things are all setup!!

comment: Nah- wanted a 16” (M5 available only in 14)I went Apple M4 Max chip with 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine64GB unified memory2TB SSD storage

html_comment:
Nah- wanted a 16” (M5 available only in 14)
I went Apple M4 Max chip with 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
64GB unified memory
2TB SSD storage

comment: Dayum!

html_comment: Dayum!


post: I just found a ghost Boards of Canada thread. Posted on there, but it's not in the roll. Don't we have a legit BoC thread?

comment: Yes but it's not as big as I remember ithttps://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Yes but it's not as big as I remember it

https://www.qbn.com/…

comment: You can do a fuzzy search on topics with ~: https://qooble.haasi…

[User] Continuity


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: dad jokes

post:
 A friend of mine has been collecting watches for 20 years.

For the last 2 weeks he's been removing the bands, and fashioning the watch faces into a belt.

He finished it, put it on, but none of the watches were working.

It was a complete waist of time.

comment: I didn't realize what thread I was in till I LOL'D


topic_title: UFO of the day

post: "We had a meeting with the aliens during Bush 1"


[User] OBBTKN

post: With RAM prices being so crazy, it's a good thing I changed my PC a month ago ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[User] kingsteven

comment: Meh. Articles saying High end 64GB RAM costs more than a PS5... but when were you ever putting that RAM in a gaming PC that wasn't > £2k

comment: SHIT I should sell mine! oh wait i need it lol


[User] utopian

topic_title: Word of the Day

post: dirt whistle


[User] sted

topic_title: Australia!!! things – and like yeah!


topic_title: Street Art

post:
 colab between https://www.instagram.com/nagonf… and https://www.instagram.com/emicar…
-

comment: love the color scheme & overall aesthetics

comment: suoer painterly, wee bit different for Emic too, really dig it too. :-)


[User] Nairn

post: Discharge.


[User] pango

topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: The Avengers has been assembled.

comment: muc

html_comment: muc


[User] dee-dubs

post: Radiohead.. last night in London.. no pics as didn't take my phone out the entire gig.. unlike the c£nt sat next to me who spent the entire show looking at social media, emails etc!

[User] stoplying

comment: Nice!

html_comment: Nice!

comment: my last RH show I started a pit at 2+2=5my wife at the time said no way, they wont mosh, I said "hold my beer"

html_comment:
my last RH show I started a pit at 2+2=5

my wife at the time said no way, they wont mosh, I said "hold my beer"


[User] neverscared

comment: ker-wally-tee logo for ace tv

html_comment: ker-wally-tee logo for ace tv


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: tru dat

html_comment: tru dat


topic_title: Car of The Day

comment: Minds me of an old Ford Capri

html_comment: Minds me of an old Ford Capri

comment: Some ugly ass wheels.

html_comment: Some ugly ass wheels.

comment: some ugly ass everything... from lines to wheels to that hideous logo (not to mention the color)https://i.haasie.com…

html_comment:
some ugly ass everything... from lines to wheels to that hideous logo (not to mention the color)
https://i.haasie.com…


[User] Gardener

topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] YakuZoku

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] skwiotsmith

topic_title: Show some recent work

post:
Helping a friend with some branding work for a new venture, and this is part of a pitch to extend beyond the core system.

I got to this point via a back-and-forth with Illustrator and Vectoraster (https://lostminds.com/vectorast... which has some interesting animation functions built into it. Only a handful of parameter tweaks got to this, but it's exciting to do something out of my comfort zone.

comment: Working link for Vectoraster https://lostminds.co…

[User] PhanLo

comment: Nice textured effect on the mark

html_comment: Nice textured effect on the mark

comment: I love it!Right up my street.

html_comment:
I love it!

Right up my street.

comment: Nice

html_comment: Nice

comment: Lovely!

html_comment: Lovely!

[User] palimpsest

comment: Yes.

html_comment: Yes.


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: Vecna in Stranger ThingsZuse in Tron: LegacyAlastair in Supernatural

html_comment:
Vecna in Stranger Things
Zuse in Tron: Legacy
Alastair in Supernatural


[User] PonyBoy

post: fartlek


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: flol

html_comment: flol


topic_title: Idle Thoughts

post:
 I know it's obvious, but:
AI will enable the seeding of historical mistruths.

comment: LLMs just seem to be the wrong tool for some of the jobs people are using them for.


topic_title: blog

post: I just gotz me a job at a big ad agency in NYC, worked it out perfectly so I can still disappear for a few months do do my fishing thing every year/season. Still working remote though, but now I have more of a reason to go up there and meet some of you guys in NYC finally. This AI slop thing has been nothing but GREAT for me.

[User] monospaced

comment: Something to be grateful for!

html_comment: Something to be grateful for!

comment: *thankfulCongrats man. You’re so talented.

html_comment: *thankful<br>Congrats man. You’re so talented.

comment: ^ thank you brother!!!!

html_comment: ^ thank you brother!!!!

comment: Yes Moldero, congrats! The "wait" was worth it ;)

comment: Congrats Moldy!

html_comment: Congrats Moldy!

[User] Continuity

comment: This is the way.Congrats brother!

html_comment: This is the way.<br>Congrats brother!

comment: Thanks guys!!!

html_comment: Thanks guys!!!

comment: Nice Moldy!!!! ❤

html_comment: Nice Moldy!!!! ❤

[User] CyBrainX

comment: It’s possible to get a job?

html_comment: It’s possible to get a job?

[User] futurefood

comment: Hellz ya!! Congrats!

html_comment: Hellz ya!! Congrats!

comment: ¡Felicidades!

html_comment: ¡Felicidades!

[User] milfhunter

comment: what you gonna do there? create AI slop?

comment: ride those waves! (both slop and the real thing)

[User] Krassy

comment: Bravo! Congrats!

html_comment: Bravo! Congrats!


topic_title: The Christmas Thread!

[User] utopian

comment: If it fits, ya'll know it's legit.

html_comment: If it fits, ya'll know it's legit.


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Gramma the Galapagos Tortoise - 141

comment: doh!

html_comment: doh!

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


comment: there ya go

html_comment: there ya go

comment: finally

html_comment: finally

[User] fooler

comment: mitch mcconnell?

html_comment: mitch mcconnell?

comment: ^wearing his favorite safari hat

html_comment: ^wearing his favorite safari hat

comment: Gramma the Galapagos Tortoise - 141

html_comment: Gramma the Galapagos Tortoise - 141


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Science Of The Day

post:
 Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Moai (Statue) Quarry at Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)
https://gis-core.maps.arcgis.com…


topic_title: Making Bread

post:
 My wife has been baking a lot recently and the loafs are coming thick and fast! From this...

to this!

comment: Sup wit dat bird seed?

html_comment: Sup wit dat bird seed?

comment: Porridge bread?

html_comment: Porridge bread?

comment: Yes, Scottish porridge no less

html_comment: Yes, Scottish porridge no less

comment: Nice. Love porridge bread.

html_comment: Nice. Love porridge bread.


topic_title: It's Wednesday!

post: This used to be considered the best night for clubbing and drinking of the year.

comment: On Thanksgiving eve that is.

html_comment: On Thanksgiving eve that is.


topic_title: Site of the day

post:
https://jmail.world/

You are logged in as Jeffrey Epstein, [For security, you must have javascript enabled to view email addresses]. These are real emails released by Congress.

[User] uan

comment: https://www.youtube.…Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around Epstein

html_comment:
https://www.youtube.…
Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around Epstein


post: Pam Hogg


topic_title: UFO of the day

post: Captured this recently, in Infrared. Night sky over Los Angeles

comment: in second part of clip I stabilized the footage to show the movement of the objects

[User] Nairn

comment: I saw you post this on imgur y'day :)Really odd. You've no way of telling how high up/far off they were?

html_comment: I saw you post this on imgur y'day :)<br>Really odd. You've no way of telling how high up/far off they were?

comment: some kind of meteorites (we had Leonids meteor shower recently) and the wobbling caused by different altitudes. or some starlink clusters?

comment: check if you can find them on https://satellitemap… with timestamp and location :-)

comment: It's weird, you didn't get any plane over los angeles in that clip. how did the planes look in your night vision footage?

comment: @Nairn - Hard to get exact altitude, but if within the atmosphere, my best guess would be roughly 40-50k ft....

comment: ...This is based on planes in the same area within the flight tracker app cruising at 40,000 ft

comment: @uan - In infrared, planes look like bright objects with their blinking lights. You can still observe their airstream when flying at higher altitudes

comment: Thanks for satellite link. Going to check it out. This was taken Nov 24, around 10pm.

comment: I usually have exact time, but something was wrong with my sd card as it displays Jan 1st 4am like I never set the time XD

comment: "I want to believe", but I'm also massively-skeptic, and I can't at all rationalise that curve and the follow-through of the third's movement.

[User] grafician

comment: Clearly the TR-3B triangle doing the rounds


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

[User] Ianbolton

comment: where is this? That's my mum's telephone number

comment: Tell your mum those days are over, you don’t have to sell your body to the night.


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

comment: how much energy was used to provide this demo of the power of ai?

comment: Hold on and I'll ask it ;p

html_comment: Hold on and I'll ask it ;p


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: #ketaminenovember

html_comment: #ketaminenovember


topic_title: Illustrators/Illustration

post: Taiyo Matsumoto

[User] PhanLo

comment: The best!

html_comment: The best!


topic_title: Donald Trump

post: Good for Donny.

[User] Akagiyama

comment: hahaha, that sounds better than my girlfriend's blowies. He sure knows his way around a cock.

comment: lol Ian

html_comment: lol Ian


[User] Gardener

topic_title: oasis

post:
Supernova Edition

A true collector’s masterpiece. The Supernova Edition captures the experience and emotion of Oasis’s Live ‘25 Tour with unrivalled craftsmanship and exclusivity, a monumental tribute limited to only 100 copies worldwide.

Impressive 82 cm x 59 cm format, 600 pages, and approx 25 kg in weight
Acrylic encased cover featuring exclusive imagery from the Tour
Cover adorned with a 12-inch removable vinyl record featuring exclusive audio
Bespoke presentation case inspired by the band’s tour flight cases (black & silver, on wheels)
Includes 2 unseen photographic art prints exclusive to the Supernova Edition (52 cm x 72 cm)
Special commemorative ticket in acrylic capsule — a certificate of ownership – Will be delivered by 25th December 2025

Opus to be delivered February 2026

£12,000.00

https://store.thisisopus.com/?pr…

comment: haha, Fucking hell. 12k? I thought they were a band for the people. Came from nothing. Support the community type shit?

comment: I said maybe....    not.

html_comment: I said maybe....    not.


topic_title: Elon Musk

comment: needs more dickbutt

html_comment: needs more dickbutt


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: Tweet of the Day

post: Re: https://www.qbn.com/reply/415581…

comment: "Where the fun IS"–The pitcher

html_comment: "Where the fun IS"<br>–The pitcher


topic_title: it's thursday!

comment: happy thanksgiving yankees!

html_comment: happy thanksgiving yankees!

comment: <well fuck the video owner.

html_comment: <well fuck the video owner.


topic_title: Godzilla 2014

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Bobcat goldthwait?

html_comment: Bobcat goldthwait?


comment: lol

html_comment: lol


topic_title: Space is the place

comment: Interesting stuff. Super luminal motion :-)


topic_title: Picture Association

comment: Haha

html_comment: Haha


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Romania calling

post:
 ‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world

For now, while Romania has become a policy model abroad, for Chitucescu, the success is not measured in billions of bottles but in what she does not see any more in her community.

https://www.theguardian.com/envi…

[User] monospaced

comment: cute, good job little buddies, better late (40 years) than never. keep it up champ

comment: +1 for not having this waste in the streets anymore


post: Credit hydro74


topic_title: Astrology

post: Mercury is in reverse cowgirl this month.

comment: = 2a.m. drunk-text Ex's danger HIGH!

html_comment: = 2a.m. drunk-text Ex's danger HIGH!


[User] bainbridge

[User] zaq

comment: bad attempt at PR ?

html_comment: bad attempt at PR ?


post:
 US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day

State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 December

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: Thought I had already reached peak hate for that man but nope!

[User] canoe

comment: It's getting worse.

html_comment: It's getting worse.


topic_title: Happy Thanksgiving

comment: It’s either munchies or murder spree, every time.


[User] Nutter

topic_title: Video Games...

post: if you liked Geometry wars on xbox 360 you might love Sektori


topic_title: QBN'r AI Slop of the day

comment: That's not entirely awful.Nice work.You cunt.

html_comment:
That's not entirely awful.
Nice work.

You cunt.

comment: the simplicity of generating it  per prompt is pretty awful though. basicly every 12 year old can pull this off..

comment: i tried to map an object on a lorentz attractor  system as a background....  flippin a.i has no clue what to do.

comment: It looks like it's doing great on its own.

comment: https://i.haasie.com…grok is not bad at stuff like that, fed it your image and your prompt.

html_comment:
https://i.haasie.com…
grok is not bad at stuff like that, fed it your image and your prompt.

comment: in nano banana it always drew me a butterfly or one sort of trajcectory line of the attractor

comment: the grok thing is even worse

html_comment: the grok thing is even worse


topic_title: capitalism

comment: Only in America™

html_comment: Only in America™


[User] ideaist

post: Just beat Harold Halibut via nighttime Playstation Portal sessions; throughly enjoyable: easy, lovely and one-of-a-kind:

comment: Thoroughly, that is.

html_comment: Thoroughly, that is.


[User] mantrakid

topic_title: Pluribus

post: God im loving this show. End of episode 5 gave me the same feeling LOST used to!

[User] Gabriel

comment: yes!

html_comment: yes!

comment: Big LOST vibes on thsi show for sure.

html_comment: Big LOST vibes on thsi show for sure.

comment: God sorry in my mind I thought this was a Severance thread as I'm watching both right now. My lost comment was aimed at that.


topic_title: Logo of the Day

post:
 ^

refs

comment: Also Armin Hofmann refhttps://i.pinimg.com…

html_comment:
Also Armin Hofmann ref

https://i.pinimg.com…

comment: Waiting to see the sports icons set

html_comment: Waiting to see the sports icons set

comment: They pulled of something extremely difficult. Unique, fresh and topical.

[User] AQUTE

comment: fuck yo ratios

html_comment: fuck yo ratios


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: I'm goooinggg through chaaaaanges

html_comment: I'm goooinggg through chaaaaanges

[User] Krassy

comment: #5 total  OZZY

html_comment: #5 total  OZZY

comment: you do know that she doesn't look like that anymore... her face is completely unrecognizable

comment: it's a meme, it's not real

html_comment: it's a meme, it's not real

comment: ^ the fact you have to point that out makes it more hilarious


post:
 3 episodes in, really digging it.
The hive mentality is a cool, I see it as an allegory to what we currently have in the digital connected world, not psychic but I'm always my phone away from knowing how to change a water pump or what that weird bug on the sidewalk is, or to talk and see my mom half a world away. I might not be able to fly a plane or perform open heart surgery but I can build a shed or make a fire in the woods from scratch all because I have the shared knowledge and experience of billions of other humans at the tip of my fingers.

I didn't really appreciate all of it until this show. It's pretty mind-blowing what we've achieved.

comment: Absolutely, ive thought about disaster/apocalypse scenarios and how useless i would actually be without a community around me.

comment: I wouldnt even know how to grow wheat let alone make flour let alone make bread.

comment: At first, I thought it would be difficult to make the most of the idea, but honestly, it's surprising me with every chapter.


[User] cruddlebub

topic_title: making beats

post: Newest track just dropped...

comment: video not available

html_comment: video not available

comment: Isn't it?!

html_comment: Isn't it?!

comment: i very much like the fucked up glitch-rythmn

comment: Thanks hans! That took me ages to get just the right amount of fucked. Then towards the end I sent it right into itself.


[User] PonyBoy

topic_title: blog

post: went driving / hiking with my wife and pup into a local state park today atop a mountain in the middle of nowhere, New England today... stumbled upon all sorts of 200+ year old foundations / stone walls / old roads / dangerous open wells atop a mountain in the middle of nowhere... could do that everyday

comment: Wish I could edit my old man repetitious writing... I read like a sleepy stoner (not far from the truth)

comment: You owe space black and atop a mountain pics!


[User] jagara

post: Write support > Unusable AI answer > Write support again > Unusable AI answer > Write support again > Unusable human answer > Ugh > Ugh > Ugh

comment: I mean useless. The right word is useless.

comment: It's greater than useless

html_comment: It's greater than useless

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Welcome to the future

html_comment: Welcome to the future

comment: "I am sorry..." the most common phrase of Gemini.

comment: @canoe, okay. It's often really bad, though.


post:
 Hi blog, last updates:

We've postponed buying the EV because the government subsidies have run out and, frankly, both our cars are still running great (the Multipla too ;)).

Maybe next year?

For now, I'd rather focus on finishing this year, one of the strangest I've ever experienced, and see what next year brings.

Our youngest daugther is coming home in two weeks, after four months of Erasmus. She's missed, but she already seems distant—that's life.

Every now and then I look at photos of when my daughters were little and oh my god, what a pair of kids!

We have to look back from time to time to see where we've come from, but keep moving forward, with strength and eternal curiosity as our companion, without obsessing over what we were...

Amen, lol.

Have a great weekend, weirdos :)

comment: nice

html_comment: nice


[User] utopian

post: NGC 6302


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
 Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption

https://www.economist.com/financ…

[User] yuekit

comment: Non paywall versionhttps://archive.is/7…

html_comment:
Non paywall version
https://archive.is/7…


[User] neverscared

topic_title: China

post:
 Kids in China Are Using Bots and Engagement Hacks to Look More Popular on Their Smartwatches

In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as 5, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition.

I talked to one parent who had been reluctant to buy the watch. Lin Hong, a 48-year-old mom in Beijing, worried that her nearsighted daughter, Yuanyuan, would become obsessed with its tiny screen. But once Yuanyuan turned 8, Lin relented and splurged on the device. Lin’s fears quickly materialized.

https://www.wired.com/story/kids…

[User] grafician

comment: Your obsession with China must stop...

html_comment: Your obsession with China must stop...


[User] Gardener

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
The end of November marks the end of an era, as Edinburgh based station Tak Tent Radio sadly closes down. I have contributed many mixes to them over the years, on subjects as diverse as dreams, Afro-Funk, Rockabilly, natural disasters, etc and my final one is on INSECTS. The Garden of Earthly Delights mixes will carry on of course without subscription on my Mixcloud page. Meanwhile I hope you dig this Skylarking groove!

Adam & The Ants : Ants Invasion
Altered Images : Insects
Wire : I Am The Fly
XTC : I’m Bugged
White Noise : Here Come The Fleas
The Cure : The Caterpillar
The King's Singers : Flight of the Bumblebee
Guided By Voices : Bomb In The Bee-Hive
Genesis : Fly On a Windshield
The Bugaloos : If You Become a Bugaloo
Bomb The Bass featuring Just Warfield : Bug Powder Dust
Scott Walker : Butterfly
Amon Tobin : Four Ton Mantis (Bonobo mix)
Brian Gascoigne : Phase IV (opening credits)
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass : Spanish Flea
Roger Glover & Friends : Love Is All (At The Butterfly Ball)
Bill Callahan : Bowevil
Strawbs : Dragonfly

https://www.mixcloud.com/Tak_Ten…

comment: As one door closes, may another open!

html_comment: As one door closes, may another open!


topic_title: quote of the day

post:
 "The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim."

- Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind


topic_title: It's Friday!

comment: swamped by bf spam ova heah

html_comment: swamped by bf spam ova heah

comment: https://i.haasie.com… for chat gpt's crappy interpretation


post:
 Daily journal writing is the ultimate cheatcode to personal insights and self development.

Fuck whatever Instagram-spirituality associations it gives you. It really works (okay, for me at least).

Just 10 minutes of stream of consciousness writing about whatever I ate for breakfast and my plans for today, ssemingly out of nothing thoughts about intimate personal issues and whatnot, surface.

Give it a try. It's like free therapy.

Remember, NO ONE has to (and optimally should) read it but you.

[User] palimpsest

comment: Instructions unclear.Share yours, as an example.

html_comment: Instructions unclear.<br>Share yours, as an example.

comment: Share my journal? Are you high?

html_comment: Share my journal? Are you high?

comment: Start writing about whatever you want, see where it goes. Those are the instructions ;)

comment: < i tried this and determined NOT to write about breakfast etc. i accidentally unleashed my subconscious which was so dark twisted and worrying...

comment: ...that i destroyed the journal and vowed never to do that again. the monstr was put back in it's box thank god

comment: And that monster is now subconsciously controlling all your actions XD

comment: haha - but it always has/had. but i never knew just how grim it was until i started the journal. my dad always said i had worms in my head - if only he knew...

comment: Make friends with your monster. That's the whole point, dude! :D

comment: The monster is part of you, is you! </wisdom>

html_comment: The monster is part of you, is you! <br></wisdom>

comment: I like the idea, I fill tons of notebooks with, sketches, doodles and writings, during my work-days... A journal? Why not, more time far from screens :)

[User] renderedred

comment: I do the same thing. BTW in psychology it is used in CBT therapy. It does help.

[User] uan

comment: it's taught in business schools. it's a well known tool. keep doing it, for the rest of your life. or meditate daily. works wonders also.

comment: No offense, but it sounds like some fucking commie gobbledygook.


topic_title: dad jokes

post:
 I made a model of the Himalayas.

- to scale?

No, just to look at.


[User] dmay

comment: frontpage!

html_comment: frontpage!

comment: stuffed turkey? (i'm not wearing my glasses so not sure)


topic_title: News of the day...

post:
Norbert Gyurcsik was found with more than 2,000 records, which he was buying and selling across the UK and Europe.
He was arrested in May last year for buying and distributing albums whose lyrics breached terrorism legislation and were intended to incite racial hatred.

He was sentenced to 40 months for each offence at Worcester Crown Court. The terms will be served concurrently.
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "A 48-year-old man from Hereford has today been jailed after admitting possessing and distributing extreme right-wing music and material.

"Norbert Gyurcsik, from Kestrel Road, pleaded guilty at Worcester Crown Court on October 3 to three charges – one count of distributing recordings and two counts of possessing recordings."

comment: Can’t be real?

html_comment: Can’t be real?

[User] PhanLo

comment: Was he selling Steps albums?

html_comment: Was he selling Steps albums?

comment: I have had some dodgy records in my time, not fascist stuff like this guy but witchcraft ones, they gave off such bad vibes I shifted them quickly

comment: so what kind of thing? speeches? music with dodgy lyrics? band names?

comment: Not sure but bands like Skrewdriver possibly, or worse!


topic_title: the gif animation thread

[User] ApeRobot

comment: The enemy can not push a button... if you disable his hand.


[User] stewart

topic_title: Show some recent work

post:
 Some new work. Making a lot of scale paper models for clients.

On LinkedIn, I have been running an ad for paper scale models across Europe since this week. I am now in contact with two companies that are interested.

comment: top stuff

html_comment: top stuff

comment: Nice detail: the telescopic crane can really extend.

comment: always get a big smile on my face whenever you post a new paper model stewart :)

comment: Great work, bravo!

html_comment: Great work, bravo!

comment: Done did it again!

html_comment: Done did it again!


[User] ideaist

post:
 On a call for a "board" related to a "Drug Advocacy Council" I do work with/for...

... It's very real/raw talk related to "unhoused", addiction, etc. etc. etc. AND it's a group of folks trying their best to help people with real mental / physical health issues that can't or simply WON'T help themselves.

As a recovering addict myself, I have perspective and empathy towards this group and feel a real desire/need to do what I can.

In the current state of the world, funding for this realm becomes very difficult; it's heavily reliant on government funding, donations, etc. etc. etc. which seem less and less.

Any experience in this world with folks?

comment: 80+ overdoses reported in Vancouver yesterday; other side of the country as Ontario, BUT things seem to be going the opposite direction this group intends...

[User] monospaced

comment: No direct experience myself, but these trends are so concerning, and I’ve been close to people who have thankfully been supported by families to Recovery.


topic_title: Aphex Twin

post:
2 x new tunes just dropped

https://soundcloud.com/user18081…

https://soundcloud.com/user18081…

[User] Ianbolton

comment: WOOOOOOAH!

html_comment: WOOOOOOAH!

[User] instrmntl

comment: Thanks!

html_comment: Thanks!

[User] Krassy

comment: Xmas came early

html_comment: Xmas came early

[User] bezoar

comment: Much obliged

html_comment: Much obliged


topic_title: recent vinyl finds

post:
 Some album finds in recent weeks.

The first release on Hong Kong based Four Seas Records, it's nice and all but would be hard to dance to as it sounds like restaurant background muzak.

Superb copy featuring some of the best tunes by Brian Fahey including the classic...

The debut album by Quincy, it was a shame about the damaged sleeve but the disc itself looks unplayed.

I have no idea why this has the sticker on it as it didn't even have the record inside!

A £2 find at the recent Groovy Record Fayre.

Another cheap GRF find.

I found this in a box with some other West African records also on Decca.

I have hardly ever come across solo albums by the great Lindisfarne man and then I find 2 in as many months.


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Four of the top 20 most polluted cities in the entire EU are in Romania, including the #1 spot.

comment: "The most polluted cities in the EU are primarily located in Poland and Italy, with cities like Krakow and Ceglie Messapica often ranking among the worst for ai

comment: Here https://smartairfilt…

html_comment: Here https://smartairfilt…

comment: But nice try with your shitty whataboutism everytime :)))

comment: < btw this is the DIRTIEST CITIES learn to make the difference between shit and pollution :))


topic_title: Donald Trump

post: "TRUMP: I AM HEREBY CANCELLING ALL EXECUTIVE ORDERS SIGNED BY BIDEN"

comment: LOL YES KING

html_comment: LOL YES KING

comment: 4:30 am on the weekend posting on a US site to an audience of Trump haters from a shithole eastern bloc country the size of Oregon. Looooooser.

comment: You need to learn how clocks work :))))

html_comment: You need to learn how clocks work :))))

comment: Also cope harder bitch :)) you live in the shitty country under a bitch ass corrupt orange man, everybody laughing at your stupidity :)))


comment: Big if true :)) https://www.npr.org/…

html_comment:
Big if true :))

https://www.npr.org/…

comment: Wrong as usual. Trolling bitch

html_comment: Wrong as usual. Trolling bitch

comment: What's wrong bitch?

html_comment: What's wrong bitch?

comment: Wrong that it’s big if true.

html_comment: Wrong that it’s big if true.

comment: "Big if true" is sarcasm you idiot! https://knowyourmeme…


[User] yuekit

post:
"Kill them all"

Hegseth accused of committing war crimes by ordering the military to finish off wounded casualties

https://archive.is/Dnq8a

[User] Salarrue

comment: Nazi Douche scum

html_comment: Nazi Douche scum


[User] grafician

topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post:
Everybody thought Belgium fucked up

then comes Orban...


topic_title: tattoos = unintelligence

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Poor boy

html_comment: Poor boy

comment: At what fateful moment did he decide it was a good idea to do that to himself?


post:
 Never really got into 'There There' from Hail at the Thief until I saw them play it live.

The energy build up to the full drums and guitar crashing in (at about 3:50 in this live version) are an exercise in dynamics and restraint. Powerful arrangement.

comment: *Hail to the thief

html_comment: *Hail to the thief


comment: LOL you're totally fucked

html_comment: LOL you're totally fucked

comment: Posting about Trump at midnight on a Friday to an audience that considered you a cancer. Loooooooser.

comment: It’s like you get a hard on by reposting trumps tweets here. It’s insane.

comment: fix your president douchebag!

html_comment: fix your president douchebag!

comment: Doing what I can. Infinitely more than you.

comment: Doing shit You will be ruled again by MAGA :)))


topic_title: I want to go to there

[User] utopian

comment: I can smell this jawn.

html_comment: I can smell this jawn.


topic_title: Photography

comment: Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957

html_comment: Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957

[User] Gabriel

comment: cool!

html_comment: cool!


topic_title: Skull of the day

[User] canoe

comment: sublime

html_comment: sublime


topic_title: Fail of the day

comment: classic

html_comment: classic

comment: Fail?

html_comment: Fail?

comment: Should've been wearing the iPhone Pocket

comment: Spandex is a privilege, NOT a right!: )

html_comment:
Spandex is a privilege, NOT a right!

: )

[User] Continuity

comment: lol ideaist

html_comment: lol ideaist

comment: gonna be a fast ass airy bobsled run

html_comment: gonna be a fast ass airy bobsled run


topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] neverscared

comment: rad

html_comment: rad


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

post: Pretty much like QBN


topic_title: Wikipedia of the Day

comment: Randall Flagg

html_comment: Randall Flagg


[User] Gardener

topic_title: _Randomize Me

comment: hahaha!

html_comment: hahaha!


topic_title: Vid of the Day

comment: So great.

html_comment: So great.


[User] zaq

topic_title: Site of the day

comment: wow!

html_comment: wow!

comment: masterpiece

html_comment: masterpiece


post:
https://x.com/i/trending/1994685…

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia…

comment: LOL US run by Russian puppets Crazy levels of corruption and stupidity :))))

[User] robotinc

comment: A weird thing to gloat about

html_comment: A weird thing to gloat about


comment: It's always deals deals deals :)) Trump & co. are owned by Russia fullyThe US will even start a "special operation" in Venezuela soon too crazy stuff

html_comment:
It's always deals deals deals :))

Trump & co. are owned by Russia fully

The US will even start a "special operation" in Venezuela soon too crazy stuff

comment: Ya wanna know what's crazy? People who allow Trump to fill their mental real estate, and are so addicted, they post about him 6x in 24 hours.


comment: Electing as US President a Pootin groupie :)))Only in America™

html_comment:
Electing as US President a Pootin groupie :)))

Only in America™


[User] fisheye

post: How is this normal? Why?

[User] maquito

comment: Duh, because. Are you stupid?

html_comment: Duh, because. Are you stupid?

comment: (j/k, jic^)

html_comment: (j/k, jic^)


comment: Probably album cover of the year :))

html_comment: Probably album cover of the year :))


comment: another great cover (and solid album)

html_comment: another great cover (and solid album)

[User] scruffics

comment: this one is bonkers

html_comment: this one is bonkers


post: Looks like the show will start soon

comment: A "special operation" in Venezuela?Big if true

html_comment:
A "special operation" in Venezuela?

Big if true

[User] Gnash

comment: lol. Can he be any more of a moron

html_comment: lol. Can he be any more of a moron

comment: Yes @Gnash he can!

html_comment: Yes @Gnash he can!


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: OpenAI adding ads to chatgpt soon?

html_comment: OpenAI adding ads to chatgpt soon?


topic_title: Car of The Day

post: Fiat 600 Multipla Eden Roc, 1956, by Pininfarina. An open-bodied Spiaggina based on the forward-control Fiat Multipla chassis. There were plans for a production run of 200, but only two were ever made.


post:
Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia…

https://archive.is/5WeUP

comment: Also posted earlier, it's really bad, they're basically crooks


topic_title: Meme of the day

post: I feel a song coming on. Morrissey.....

[User] Krassy

comment: In my life, why do I smileAt people who I'd much rather...

html_comment: In my life, why do I smile<br>At people who I'd much rather...


topic_title: Bitcoin

post: "Gold and Silver Outpace Bitcoin in 2025 Gains"

comment: LOL https://www.coindesk…

html_comment:
LOL

https://www.coindesk…


topic_title: Guess What They're Saying

comment: “Sorry, I only do local organic”

html_comment: “Sorry, I only do local organic”


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: Tom Stoppard :(


topic_title: Book of the Day

comment: Bought this so long ago. Love his ‘ink to data ratio’ :)


topic_title: Pluribus

post:
 What did she see?
Post guesses

[User] rootlock

comment: babies

html_comment: babies


comment: Twiphex Awin

html_comment: Twiphex Awin


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

[User] WallaWalla

comment: Timeline

html_comment: Timeline


topic_title: East Clintwood

post: Twiphex Awin


[User] grafician

topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Yes @Gnash he can!

Imagine a crook not knowing Math

comment: Not to mention having no clue about how https://en.wikipedia… works...

comment: or the healthcare systemor affordabilityor anything

html_comment:
or the healthcare system

or affordability

or anything

comment: He's still probably a better designer than u

comment: Clearly he's a better musician than you canoe https://www.youtube.…

comment: What an original comeback! So creative!

html_comment: What an original comeback! So creative!


[User] cruddlebub

topic_title: making beats

post: So. I had two final versions of the "arrival" track. I have made my first video (of sorts) to go with the track. Some images of my own, some generated. Then animated and stitched together. Took me a while, but I'm pretty happy how it came out.


[User] utopian

comment: WTF?

html_comment: WTF?


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Toilet of the Day

comment: hat trick bro!

html_comment: hat trick bro!


comment: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923 - 1997), Untitled (Still Life with Lemon and Glass), 1974. Serigraph, 35/100


topic_title: Chair of the day

comment: Is this AI?

html_comment: Is this AI?

[User] YakuZoku

comment: ^ Adobe Illustrator?no it's cool looking a chair

html_comment: ^ Adobe Illustrator?<br>no it's cool looking a chair

[User] Akagiyama

comment: When the Kardashians hit their 80th birthday.

[User] keewee

comment: VU-TANG™

html_comment: VU-TANG™

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Hope it’s heated. Would not sit on this in just my pants.

comment: @Yaku Adobe Illustrator actually shorted to Ai...

[User] brothernoah

comment: Where's my phone!..oh slide into the bum gutter.

comment: @graf not if you're screaming

html_comment: @graf not if you're screaming


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Romania calling

post:
 Romania’s defense minister resigns over false claims on his CV

Ionuț Moșteanu said he graduated from a Bucharest university despite never attending the school, local media reported.

https://www.politico.eu/country/…

comment: runs 4 agencies

html_comment: runs 4 agencies

[User] sted

comment: kek

html_comment: kek

comment: Austria calling...Remember Kurz? :))))https://en.wikipedia…

html_comment:
Austria calling...

Remember Kurz? :))))

https://en.wikipedia…

comment: You can only do whataboutism, your intelectual limits stop at these cheap shitty "attacks" thinking you're hurting me in some way? You're just weird•͡˘㇁•͡˘

html_comment:
You can only do whataboutism, your intelectual limits stop at these cheap shitty "attacks" thinking you're hurting me in some way?

You're just weird
•͡˘㇁•͡˘

comment: i think u are the stoopiest guy around, because u write about kurz, which in this case is an aboutism and complain that iam doing what aboutism...

comment: every normal guy would say.. that defense minister is a stinker, its the game u are always playing thats why no one has sympathy for u.

comment: kurz is of course is a loser, but iam sure u dont understand the difference between a probe and being already caught.

comment: I don't need sympathy on QBN, unlike you :))))


topic_title: Official SFW Thread

comment: lol

html_comment: lol

comment: lol

[User] Squiddy

comment: [Divinyls have entered the chat]

html_comment: [Divinyls have entered the chat]

comment: ^ ha!

html_comment: ^ ha!


[User] Gabriel

post: Soilent Green


topic_title: Video Games...

post: This is actually pretty cool. But only if you have a very fast internet connection


topic_title: Pic of the Day

post: George Hughes, Sunday Visitors, 1954

[User] monospaced

comment: love this

html_comment: love this


[User] Krassy

[User] Nairn

comment: Niko it's Roman, let's go bowling!

html_comment: Niko it's Roman, let's go bowling!


[User] bogue

topic_title: Suggest a good movie…

post: This one was special.


topic_title: QBN Metal Club

[User] dedlaast

comment: I can't decide if i should laugh at this or love it. It's as if my estranged aunt joined Fudge Tunnel and now sings about bigfoot...


[User] jagara

topic_title: blog

post:
 Women make cunt cakes, cunt pillows, cunt muffins, cunt ashtrays, cunt beanbag chairs, cunt hoovercrafts and so on.

There should be dick equivalents.

We should make dick equivalents!

And have them around our house, and be extremely upset if people point out how distasteful this is, and arrogantly scold them because we're better than them and more in touch with our almighty cosmic masculinity.

comment: or something

html_comment: or something

comment: There’s a woman-run company with women making cunt hovercrafts? Holy shit link?

[User] kingsteven

comment: curb your enthusiasm season 6 ep 1.

html_comment: curb your enthusiasm season 6 ep 1.

comment: @monospaced i assume there is. If there is an object, there's a cunt version.

comment: Made by women?

html_comment: Made by women?

comment: Yes, of course, how dare you

html_comment: Yes, of course, how dare you


topic_title: War

[User] mrAtor

comment: Eat a bag of shit you warmongering fuck whits!

comment: Who is "you"?

html_comment: Who is "you"?


topic_title: Meme of the day

comment: lol totally read it as the second one and thought what else could it be???

[User] Continuity

comment: ^ Same

html_comment: ^ Same

[User] redneck

comment: Yup

html_comment: Yup

comment: lol, 2nd one!

html_comment: lol, 2nd one!

[User] utopian

comment: haha

html_comment: haha

[User] OBBTKN

comment: "Heal" what?

html_comment: "Heal" what?

comment: Heil Hit Butt Lers

html_comment: Heil Hit Butt Lers

[User] stoplying

comment: Get the heal outta hear!

html_comment: Get the heal outta hear!


topic_title: Picture Association

comment: #ToadstoolTime

html_comment: #ToadstoolTime


[User] bainbridge

post:
 Do insoles like this work?

Are they better?

comment: I bought some a while ago after a plantar fasciitis injury... I only used them twice, I couldn't even walk!


topic_title: Car of The Day

post: The First Generative AI Designed, 3D Printed, Hyper Car.


post: December is already here, thankfully my lovely wife loves decorating the house for Christmas and that keeps us all in good spirits... Ugh, the year is slipping away and are going by faster and faster.

comment: Ah! Every year we do a kind of Basque Oktoberfest at home... this year we're going to celebrate it this Sat. I've called it Decemberfest ;)


topic_title: T-shirt of the day

[User] Ianbolton

comment: haha. definitely designed by an austical


post: in work early for a meeting, meeting is tomorrow

comment: sounds like you nailed it.

html_comment: sounds like you nailed it.

comment: You've won the "Monday of the Year" award!

comment: Where the fun isn’t

html_comment: Where the fun isn’t

comment: lol fax

html_comment: lol fax

[User] ideaist

comment: You're a real "go getter"!

html_comment: You're a real "go getter"!

[User] canoe

comment: Nobody told the king!?

html_comment: Nobody told the king!?

[User] CyBrainX

comment: I can't count how many times I've done this,.


topic_title: Cat of the day?

[User] Gabriel

comment: hahaha

html_comment: hahaha