topic_title: Apple

post:
 Some good things with the new iOS but why did they have to mess with the size of keyboard keys???!?!?!?!!

Like, there was no reason for this. The cadence of typing is all off because of it.

Safari is gonna take some getting used to. It's two clicks now to see all open tabs. It was just one click previously.

comment: Key size is fine. What drives me insane is why they have a full stop next to the spacebar when in safari. All it does is add fullstops where you wanted a space.


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Positive energy zones

[User] AQUTE

comment: EXTRA ULTRA PRO MAX PLUS PREMIUM +

html_comment: EXTRA ULTRA PRO MAX PLUS PREMIUM +


[User] YakuZoku

topic_title: The More You Know ★

post: I had no idea this was Robert Redford

[User] utopian

comment: oh shit, me neither

html_comment: oh shit, me neither

[User] fooler

comment: I had no idea he was still alive

html_comment: I had no idea he was still alive

comment: Ha ha. That's the meme i always post on the Teams thread when  someone new joins the dept.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: o.O... me neither

html_comment: o.O... me neither

comment: Ahhhh no effing way! I looked it up a few times a while  to disprove it wasn’t Zack Galifanakis  and it always came back as Jeremiah Johnson.

comment: So I always thought that was the actors name ffs lol

[User] sausages

comment: I always post this in teams when someone at work thanks me. RIP

[User] PonyBoy

comment: haha... I've never not known this was RR as my Mom's a RR lover... we had every one of his films pirated / dubbed to VHS the moment it was available. <3

[User] falcadia

comment: Come on dudes really? Being from Utah,  that might as well be Mormon Jesus.


topic_title: Intellectual Dark Web

[User] garbage

comment: Jordan goes to etymology as a debate smoke bomb whenever he has no actual argument to make.


topic_title: America is Fucked

post:
 The Whitehouse has fallen
-


topic_title: Where The Fun ISN'T

comment: Sureshot leaves the chat

html_comment: Sureshot leaves the chat

comment: Did she win?

html_comment: Did she win?

comment: @utopian +1

html_comment: @utopian +1

[User] futurefood

comment: She's a bit nutty

html_comment: She's a bit nutty

[User] bezoar

comment: Alfredo not bolognese

html_comment: Alfredo not bolognese


[User] Gardener

topic_title: blog

post: 45 years to the day since I saw Gary on his Teletour, he came on stage in a little car amongst a lot of fog, it was a great show.


topic_title: RIP of the day

post: RIP Robert Redford. Just wanted to add this clip, which I love.

comment: "I had a farm in Africa"

html_comment: "I had a farm in Africa"


topic_title: What are you listening to?

comment: Daddy's Got a Bad Back tour

html_comment: Daddy's Got a Bad Back tour


topic_title: Dis or Dat?

[User] robthelad

comment: within 6 miles it's worth a gamble

html_comment: within 6 miles it's worth a gamble


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Shooting of the Day

post:
 Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin

Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/…

comment: He had no beliefs... a nihilist

html_comment: He had no beliefs... a nihilist

comment: his texts post shooting say different...https://www.axios.co…

html_comment:
his texts post shooting say different...
https://www.axios.co…

[User] kingsteven

comment: i mean. helldivers memes make it pretty obvious that he is not a nihilist.

comment: although, i can't imagine there's many Americans capable of understanding satire, meme culture and the anti-authoritarianis... not being a left-wing ideology...

comment: so nihilist it is...

html_comment: so nihilist it is...

comment: I wasn't being serious... but this actually is a term the US government is now using.https://www.kenklipp…

html_comment:
I wasn't being serious... but this actually is a term the US government is now using.
https://www.kenklipp…

[User] monospaced

comment: He was raised by conservative gun loving Mormons. Are we just going to ignore that?

comment: A libtard would have missed that shot.

html_comment: A libtard would have missed that shot.


[User] grafician

[User] redneck

comment: Great minds know everything and tries to get the people who disagree with it fired.

comment: Go tries learn Englishe rednecke :))

html_comment: Go tries learn Englishe rednecke :))


[User] robotinc

post: Checking out the new ios. Boo-urns to so much of it


post: One day y'all miss grafician like you miss set.

comment: I was here before many, I will be here after them...

[User] pango

comment: set left after he dived the loony bins. you saying graf gonna follow his foot steps?

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


[User] YakuZoku

topic_title: Romania calling

comment: Can you stop? Everybody knows you're mentally challenged now, it's fine :)

comment: < btw this it probably Russian, you can't even post accurate shit must be hard for your brain huh?

comment: sorry I'm just a lowly fisherman ;)

html_comment: sorry I'm just a lowly fisherman ;)

comment: it was pretty funny though you gotta admit


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: ALIEN

comment: 'what year is this? did we stop the boats?'


topic_title: Israel bombing shit..

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Like they gives a fuck.

html_comment: Like they gives a fuck.

comment: yup

html_comment: yup

comment: Is it now legal for me to babomb someone who i disagree with?


[User] slappy

post: iOS 26 feels kind of dated, like throw back theme. Also the contextual bottom menu (in contacts etc) combined with the info below is a mess.


[User] prophetone

post: AE EP7: Eyeball sheep is still super duper pissed off, unruly pets, beach fun, other stuff happens

comment: 4.9 Kirsh’s out of 5

html_comment: 4.9 Kirsh’s out of 5


post:
 There are several things that feel clunky and feel like mistakes, but I'm surprised at how much I like the liquid glass aspect.

Note: if you have high contrast turned on in display settings, you need to turn it off to get the actual liquid glass effect.


[User] Miesfan

topic_title: Donald Trump

[User] neverscared

comment: lol


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: The greta 2025 hair cut

html_comment: The greta 2025 hair cut

[User] Nairn


comment: Only morans in charge

html_comment: Only morans in charge

comment: When you put a podcaster with no management experience in charge of the FBI..


[User] BusterBoy

post:
 Why the FUCK are we getting so much Charlie Kirk news here in Australia? Making me want to puke...all the eulogising as though this guy was a fucking Saint.

Sure I feel bad for his family...but he was a nobody here other than for a few fringe dwellers.

comment: politicians and culture warriors pushing hard

comment: I'm guessing perhaps Right wingers and christians had him on their radar - i was surprised to see mourning from people in my hometown for him.

[User] sted

comment: Somebody is heating up these things down there

comment: His smiley face jesus hate group funded to the tune of $92 million a year. We'll be hearing about him for a long time even though he was irrelevant.

[User] Gnash

comment: Did you hear about George Floyd too?

html_comment: Did you hear about George Floyd too?

[User] ideaist

comment: Distraction(s) from the Epstein file(s) and general (civil) unrest in the USA.

[User] stoplying

comment: Rupert?

html_comment: Rupert?

comment: How the EU’s far right has seized on Charlie Kirk’s killing

[User] utopian

comment: Hate Loves Hate

html_comment: Hate Loves Hate

[User] sab

comment: Yeah never liked Star Trek! ;) But yes agree! BB!


[User] pango

topic_title: It's Wednesday!

comment: fuck you!!!

html_comment: fuck you!!!

[User] CyBrainX

comment: webp won't work with haasie? I hope that doesn't change.


[User] microkorg

topic_title: Figma

post:
 Looking to do some learning about creating Design Systems using Figma.

Got any recommended YouTube links?

Or happy to even pay for a recommended course.

I've used Adobe XD for design systems in the past, now switching to Figma and looking for some learnings.

comment: i honestly recommend 1st jumping straight in and fucking around for a day if you have the time...

comment: it's pretty intuitive, and with all the experience you have in Adobe, you'll figure it out super quickly...

comment: then, all you 'really' need to do is hit up Youtube for any questions you might have about setting up a design system in Figma...

comment: i started with Figma when it was fairly new, and it only took me a few hours to get super comfortable with it...

comment: the tutorials etc on Figma are pretty sound...https://www.figma.co…

html_comment:
the tutorials etc on Figma are pretty sound...
https://www.figma.co…

comment: what exador said ^ if you are competent in xD you will be fine in Figma. xD was a memory hog. good riddance.

[User] grafician

comment: cheeeers :)

html_comment: cheeeers :)


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

[User] robthelad

comment: dear god. worst band that exists. now worser.

comment: I've seen worse, rob.

html_comment: I've seen worse, rob.

[User] ApeRobot

comment: Like kids these day's gives a fuck.Don't care who did it, don't care how.Listen once for 20 sec. then up to the next.

html_comment:
Like kids these day's gives a fuck.
Don't care who did it, don't care how.
Listen once for 20 sec. then up to the next.

[User] PhanLo

comment: I thought it might be a divorce cash tour, but apparently his wife forgave him

[User] scruffics

comment: these guys are insufferable. saying the same generic shit as any other band out there but with a bigger budget.


topic_title: Trailer Of The Day

comment: Bloke from the Sleaford Mods in a production by another bloke, from Portishead.


post: C-500 // stereo tape recorder (Sweden, 1975)


[User] OBBTKN

post: Fuuuuu***


topic_title: florida is whack

[User] garbage

comment: "Maddox had spent most his baseball career in the minor leagues" paging Kendrick.

comment: Thought a 14yo girl was on the other side of that door.

comment: ^B O O O M !

html_comment: ^B O O O M !


topic_title: Font of the Day

post:
 Grilli Type

GT Era

https://gt-era.com/

comment: WANTED to grab an image for this post, BUT it's all .svg's and shit SOOO just have a look; it's worth it bro(s) AND @shellie!; )

html_comment:
WANTED to grab an image for this post, BUT it's all .svg's and shit SOOO just have a look; it's worth it bro(s) AND @shellie!

; )

[User] Nairn

comment: Oh My!

html_comment: Oh My!

comment: Dig it. Would use.

html_comment: Dig it. Would use.

comment: holy shit, the fonts are great but that site!WOW, who's got time to put something like that together? and all their typefaces have cool unique sites to boot! b

html_comment: holy shit, the fonts are great but that site!<br>WOW, who's got time to put something like that together? and all their typefaces have cool unique sites to boot! b

comment: bravo.

html_comment: bravo.

comment: that's great. and great that people are still bothering with that kind of stuff.

[User] webazoot

comment: I'm both impressed with this and more no longer have the patience to use websites like this. Wheres the You Know Your Old thread...


[User] dbloc

comment: Date the ghost w

html_comment: Date the ghost w


post: I've somehow found myself among a growing number of NPCs.

[User] monospaced

comment: What do you mean?

html_comment: What do you mean?

[User] kingsteven

comment: What do you mean?

comment: I’m hungry.

html_comment: I’m hungry.

comment: robo hobo?

html_comment: robo hobo?

comment: You're the npc, you fucking flid.

html_comment: You're the npc, you fucking flid.

[User] BabySnakes

comment: Hello stranger...

html_comment: Hello stranger...


[User] neverscared

post:
 US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence
Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website

https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…

comment: Here's the graphhttps://www.qbn.com/…

html_comment:
Here's the graph

https://www.qbn.com/…


post:
 New Trump Administration Policies Will Decrease Average Incomes for All Americans Except the Top 1 Percent
New policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, paired with the Trump administration’s tariffs, will leave the bottom 99 percent of Americans with less after-tax-and-transfer income by 2027, while the top 1 percent benefit—per combined scores from nonpartisan analysts.

https://www.americanprogress.org…

comment: coincidence right?

html_comment: coincidence right?

[User] brothernoah

comment: Isnt this what everyone voted for. It was what I saw in the news for months. I do wonder what everyone that voted for this thought it meant.


[User] bainbridge

post: People are making themselves so mad over the fact that this CK shooter is dating a trans person


[User] stoplying

topic_title: Your Last Concert

post: Got invited last night - last minute - to go see Vampire Weekend. They played with two drummers, pianist, a violinist, three guitars...sounded so full and good. It was a great show!

comment: Rad!

html_comment: Rad!

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Very awesome. I always loved those guys.


topic_title: America is Fucked

post: Official White House video:

[User] ideaist

comment: Gotta Protect Ya Neck, though!

html_comment: Gotta Protect Ya Neck, though!

comment: Man, you know there were some serious high fives going on in MAGA backrooms when Charlie got popped.

comment: *BLAM* back... and to the left*BLAM* back... and to the left*BLAM* back... and to the left

html_comment:
*BLAM* back... and to the left
*BLAM* back... and to the left
*BLAM* back... and to the left


topic_title: Video Games...

post:
 Haters gonna hate, BUT:

My wife & I have been waiting a decade for this AND it's a lot of fun; a great (re)start for the series...

#DropIn


comment: Let us know when Trump says something factual

comment: His uncle was a professor basically for 52 years which is definitely ONE of the longest ones.

comment: Physics covers a lot of nuclear and math, too. He provably learned this as a young man and we know he’s been repeating it for decades.


[User] yuekit

[User] Ianbolton

comment: "man’s existence is absurd because his contingency finds no external justification."


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: Nature of the day

comment: Calamari, delicious!

html_comment: Calamari, delicious!

comment: wow if real

html_comment: wow if real

[User] utopian

comment: Amazing

html_comment: Amazing

[User] falcadia

comment: Whoa! That a giant squid?

html_comment: Whoa! That a giant squid?

comment: real: https://www.instagra…

html_comment: real: https://www.instagra…

[User] sephil


topic_title: blog

post: I wish all the money from Elon, Bezos, Oracle guy, Zuck would be transferred to my bank account and those billionaires waking up realizing they have $0 in their bank account and have no idea how it could have happened.

comment: are you like 12 years old or something?

html_comment: are you like 12 years old or something?

[User] pango


topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
 Calm.

Sometimes, calm is the only option.

[User] noneck

comment: I liked this in the Bonobo Late Night Tales.


[User] autoflavour

topic_title: The World is Fucked

post:
 When the FBI director has his own terrible merch.
The USA is so broke

https://basedapparel.com/product…

comment: Can I donate to The Kash Foundation when I make a purchase?

comment: Absolutely! On the checkout page you will have the opportunity to support The Kash Foundation.

comment: All donations given will go directly to The Kash Foundation and support education, needy families and veterans across our wonderful nation.

html_comment:
https://basedapparel…

Fun!!!

[User] dbloc

comment: Following the lead of his lord and savior

[User] webazoot

comment: I love a hacked together website template where nobody bothered to fill in the Privacy Policy or link the socials.

comment: GRIFTERS GOTTA GRIFT

html_comment: GRIFTERS GOTTA GRIFT

comment: surprised he hasnt started his own crypto yet


[User] BusterBoy

topic_title: Shooting of the Day

post:
 So Tyler Robinson's father convinced him not to take his own life...and hand himself into police.

So the state could then convict him and execute him later.

comment: or if things go according to the new normal in America, the new Democratic president will pardon him and put him in his cabinet?

comment: ^ Yes because Democrats have shown a propensity to do that eh? FMD...

[User] monospaced

comment: Incoming presidents don’t pardon anyone

html_comment: Incoming presidents don’t pardon anyone

[User] grafician

comment: What incoming presidents, Trump will rule for life you idiots


post:
 GOVERNMENT GANGSTERS

https://basedapparel.com/product…

so manty questions..  so Biden is king?

comment: MANTY LOL

html_comment: MANTY LOL


post:
 but even worse.. their images dont even match their text

King Donald the ruler of the land, conqueror of Deep State combatants
FWK Golden Punisher symbol of fighters against corruption
Jester Biden the fool who falls up the steps of Air Force One

comment: who needs quality control

html_comment: who needs quality control

[User] PhanLo

comment: AI really is a right wing dream come true


topic_title: making beats

post: old news by now from last week.. but for those slow on the uptake.

comment: my OCD is going overtime tho,  like pick a lane already.. this would 10000% be better at the standard Elektron Octatrack etc dimensions..


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Donnie Trump's White House forced the FCC to Suspend ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “Indefinitely” over the Martyr Charlie Kirk comments.

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy…

#Make Free Speech Great Again, Again!

comment: Meanwhile the cunts on Fox News go untouched. Seriously...the fascist takeover is almost complete.

comment: lol at Everybody Loves Kirk. Maga is so clueless.

comment: His son loves charlie, up his nose and on his gums

comment: this image SOOOOOO needs to be fed into VEO3 and get them to make out


[User] fooler

post:
 5 police officers shot, 3 dead in Pennsylvania, FBI investigating
2 officers remain in critical condition, hospital implements 'enhanced security'

I hope the FBI investigates and publishes what the shooters roommate/partner identifies as.


[User] inteliboy

post: Colbert and Kimmel both being cancelled via Trumps hurt feelings is insane. I know out of all the MAGA craziness, they are just late night shows... But this especially is giving off a real dictatorship stink that's making my skin crawl... USA is dead.

comment: so much free speech

html_comment: so much free speech

comment: Everybody telling them they are fucked but they still act like frogs...

comment: 3 more years of this shit too :)) the US will be totally unrecognizable by 2028

html_comment: 3 more years of this shit too :)) <br>the US will be totally unrecognizable by 2028


[User] yuekit

post: Jimmy Kimmel show cancelled after he makes a joke about Charlie Kirk...hour long Charlie Kirk memorial will air instead.

comment: Comedy is back!

html_comment: Comedy is back!

comment: You’re officially Soviet Russia! What a country!

comment: Except not. Peacock still saying Trump is fucking satan on repeat so...

comment: Yo South ParkWell Played!

html_comment: Yo South Park<br>Well Played!

comment: @monospaced it was about their boy Kirk you dumbass! :))

comment: Shithole country

html_comment: Shithole country

comment: It's great time to be an entertainer

html_comment: It's great time to be an entertainer

[User] neverscared

comment: whats with the fox bloke who said the thing about the homeless people and injections..or sth though


topic_title: Sureshot

comment: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid

html_comment: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid


post: Trump says "Antifa" will now be treated as a terrorist organization

comment: Anti-fascism is terrorism?

html_comment: Anti-fascism is terrorism?

comment: That’s nice, now back to Epstein

html_comment: That’s nice, now back to Epstein

comment: yeah totally tracks..  movement born out of 1930's Germany to FIGHT the LITERAL NAZI'S aka FASCISTS.. is now banned by the Spraytan Dirtking

comment: Thank you for your attention to this matter!

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Another big surprise!

html_comment: Another big surprise!

comment: Everything is a joke now"The election is canceled, lmao"

html_comment: Everything is a joke now<br>"The election is canceled, lmao"

comment: pta new movie is coming out next week... playin on the weatherman underground and extremism on both sides.... think thats gonna be stir up

comment: some massive outrage maybe  living in the US nowadays.


post: Laura Loomer says she's been thinking about it and she wants Trump to be a dictator now

comment: She may seem crazy but is surprisingly influential within the government behind the scenes

comment: Utter cunt

html_comment: Utter cunt


post:
 I often wonder how far into Hitler's tenure before the west stopped going "oh Hitler just being Hitler"

like eventually there has to be a tipping point.. right?

right?

[User] Salarrue

comment: Civil unrest, corruption, and chaos will cause the government to implode, but the ramifications of this cancer have already propagated throughout the world.

comment: This was a good listen on that... https://www.bbc.co.u…


post:
 but yep, Colbert, then Kimmel..  South park didnt meet this weeks "deadline" ..

thing is, dont expect any countries to come save the US like they did in WW2 ..  with 800+ bases across the planet, the US will just attack you.

I am sensing X class solar flares wiping out the control grid are our only hope now .. because there sure as shit wont be an Thermal exhaust port that we can use to take down this death star

comment: America is killing itself.

html_comment: America is killing itself.

comment: The USA is going to try to coerce and exploit other countries (like with the tariffs) as it collapses. Seems obvious in retrospect

comment: Apparently the tariffs are generating cash, but as usual it won’t benefit the citizens

comment: Nah, everybody will ignore and isolate the USA and the country will implodeA lot of Libs will be refugees :))

html_comment:
Nah, everybody will ignore and isolate the USA and the country will implode

A lot of Libs will be refugees :))


post: The left (and centre)  is going to have to come to its senses and stop fucking around, realize that it's no longer a game, stop taking the high road, stop just ridiculing MAGA, stop pandering to the lunacy and be the adults in the room and take their fucking country back.

comment: lol what it's too late for that :))

html_comment:
lol what

it's too late for that :))

[User] kingsteven

comment: isn't this just a sign of it happening?

html_comment: isn't this just a sign of it happening?

comment: You can see in Hungary and Turkey how the left is doing when an authoritarian gov rules...


[User] utopian

topic_title: The More You Know ★

comment: on Epstein's plane?

html_comment: on Epstein's plane?


[User] jbasnight

comment: They're a great live show!

html_comment: They're a great live show!


post:
 Remember these guys?

"The woke left is the greatest threat to free speech"

comment: 'vibe experts'

html_comment: 'vibe experts'


post:
 claude used for:

https://www.anthropic.com/econom…


post: LOL

comment: The media not screaming but instead kissing the orange man's ass is concerning and we can already say the US is not a democracy anymore - with certainty :)

comment: "state controlled media"

html_comment: "state controlled media"

[User] canoe

comment: #LOL#RealPost

html_comment: #LOL<br>#RealPost

comment: yawn, you love over exaggerating everything and making these insanely extreme conclusions

comment: I can say with certainty that we have a strong democracy, media isn’t state controlled, and this too shall pass.

comment: But what do I know. I don’t have the first hand intimate knowledge like someone from a tiny country still new to democracy.


topic_title: Painting of the day

post: Richard Nadler


topic_title: Figma

comment: damn again QBN url parser being drunk...

comment: @microkorg anyway you get the idea...

html_comment: @microkorg anyway you get the idea...


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post:
Zuckerberg humiliated as "AI glasses" demo fails repeatedly on stage

https://www.fudzilla.com/news/io…

comment: "dumb fucks"

html_comment: "dumb fucks"

comment: It was 2 demos, both failed, people dying of cringe everywhere online...

[User] bainbridge

comment: We don't need this

html_comment: We don't need this

[User] YakuZoku

comment: would probably be better if someone else made themZuck made Oculus suck, Fuck Zuck

html_comment: would probably be better if someone else made them<br>Zuck made Oculus suck, Fuck Zuck

[User] sted

comment: SNAP FTW!

html_comment: SNAP FTW!

[User] ideaist

comment: Has party in personal augmented reality......Isn't invited.http://sadtrombone.c…

html_comment:
Has party in personal augmented reality...

...Isn't invited.

http://sadtrombone.c…

[User] stoplying

comment: Fail more - META shares up 7%!

html_comment: Fail more - META shares up 7%!

[User] Krassy


[User] grafician

topic_title: Ad of the day

comment: deep

html_comment: deep


[User] Nairn

topic_title: Ohrwurm

post: Today I have "Get your tits out, geeeet your ttiiiits out, get your tits out for the lads - geeet youuuur tittts ouuuut fooor theeeee laaaads" over and over and over in my head.


post:
Psychedelic Japanese Folk Mix

Gekidan Buraiha - On a Street Corner at Dusk (黄昏の街角で)
The Weeds (ザ・ウィーズ) - じいじいの 3:43
きのこ雲 (Kinoko Gumo) - 空が青いと思えた時が 7:30
一升瓶 Ishoubin - おやすみ
Yasushi Sawada & Jiro Inagaki And His Soul Media - すそみ（南部牛追唄より）
Osamu Okuno - 君がいってしまう唄
Takashi Ishii - 輪舞
音羽信 - 海辺のまちで Part2
The 8th Likely Faces - Sparkling Eyes
Abeichizoku - Ame No Asa (雨の朝)
Aoi Kaze - Morning
The Apryl Fool - Tomorrow's Child
Key-holder - Hello My Girl, Good-Bye My Girl


topic_title: Vid of the Day

comment: Finally!

html_comment: Finally!


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: the North Korean no-budget bootleg of Dr Strange looks wild


topic_title: Apple

[User] dee-dubs

comment: I see these:https://tse1.mm.bing…

html_comment:
I see these:
https://tse1.mm.bing…

[User] fooler

comment: WTF is 2020?

html_comment: WTF is 2020?

[User] CyBrainX

comment: 2020 is a failed Covid remedy.

html_comment: 2020 is a failed Covid remedy.

comment: Who had them all? :))

html_comment: Who had them all? :))

[User] jagara

comment: @fooler AirPods Max :))

html_comment: @fooler AirPods Max :))

comment: Still rockin' 2012 style.

html_comment: Still rockin' 2012 style.


[User] neverscared

topic_title: UK is Fucked

[User] webazoot

[User] OBBTKN

comment: John Goodman?

html_comment: John Goodman?

comment: Dr Jacoby?

html_comment: Dr Jacoby?


topic_title: it's thursday!

post: By the great Calum Alexander Watt...


topic_title: Your Last Concert

post:
 Brighter Death Now, Desideii Marginis, Raison D’etre - the old tin shed slaughterhouse out back

My friend and usual gig partner-in-crime suggested we go see this as an antidote to the normal metal malarkey and pantomime piss (Blackbraid lol). Evening started off well, during dinner we were gently harrassed by some confused old dude who didn't know how doors wor*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRVVVVVVRRRR... *WUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUB*
*SCREAMS*
*MORE SCREAMS*
TOO MUCH DRY ICE
*GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA*
*BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRAAAAAANN...
*KKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKK...
WOW
*VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB POP VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB VVVRRRRRRRRRBBBB*
*CLAPPING*

8/10 - would twist my LFO again

comment: just ot be clear, avant ambient drone fuckery is totally my bag so this was a treat to see live.

comment: I had to google them and it looks like a very visual experience.


[User] dbloc

topic_title: Politics

comment: they fired her because she uses 48px text in her word documents, she just likes turning pages after every 3rd sentence.


[User] PhanLo

comment: Epstein and Saville's best mates get to ride together? Oooooh the banter!


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: I choose to sit in the balcony at a GA rock show.


post: The increased in corner radiuses are a typographic nightmare.


topic_title: Sci-Fi of the Day

post: this is a cool little sci-fi indy flick, miss shit like this

comment: Backwards Faces Full Film

html_comment: Backwards Faces Full Film


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Streaming music services?

post:
https://www.stereogum.com/232342…

Massive Attack Removing Catalog From Spotify


[User] robotinc

topic_title: ALIEN

post: Not sure how i feel about it overall, but infinitely better than the last two Ridley scott films.

comment: I didn't bother with the Gladiator sequel but I enjoyed the Napoleon movie.

comment: Haven't watched Napoleon, really worth it? Really?

[User] robthelad

comment: there are no Aliens in Napoleon

html_comment: there are no Aliens in Napoleon


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post:
 Ukrainian military in counteroffensive on eastern front

- Ukrainian troops are carrying out a counteroffensive against Russian forces on the eastern front, where Kyiv has reclaimed seven settlements, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday after visiting the Donetsk region.

https://www.reuters.com/world/eu…


post:
 Russian State TV Host Solovyov Accidentally Reveals Secret Drone Warfare Base “Rubicon”

https://united24media.com/latest…


post:
 L A A A A A A A D D Z Z Z Z Z

-
A joint study by King’s College London and the University of Suffolk revealed that 100% of freshwater shrimp samples from Suffolk’s rivers contained trace amounts of cocaine. Researchers also found ketamine, Xanax, Valium, and even banned pesticides, showing how everyday products seep into ecosystems. While concentrations were low, scientists warn that “invisible” chemical pollution could pose long-term risks to wildlife. Should governments act faster on water quality before it’s too late?

[User] Gnash

comment: That shrimp bisque is gonna have a nice kick


comment: I never understood this nonsense.

html_comment: I never understood this nonsense.


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: These people are not fucking normal. We all know it, it’s as clear as day. From your first interaction with them even as a kid, you know there is something off

comment: Beasts!

html_comment: Beasts!


topic_title: blog

post: Get rich or die on QBN

comment: Myeah not closing the lights around here...

[User] YakuZoku

comment: I got some money from upvoting the money cats


topic_title: religion

post:
 He's doon there.
-

comment: Vikings didn’t have horned helmets

html_comment: Vikings didn’t have horned helmets

comment: Evangelical Christians and Hindus who didn't die in battle will never get into Valhalla.

[User] pango

comment: temu viking has horns. That's what he is.


[User] Gardener

topic_title: the gif animation thread

[User] Krassy

comment: should be an Olympic sport

html_comment: should be an Olympic sport


topic_title: Obama

post:
 After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

https://bsky.app/profile/baracko…

comment: This was inevitable and we're surrounded by unforgiveable demons who will vote for it for the rest of their miserable lives.

comment: I met a woman from NY in the artshop today, moved over to live in Edinburgh, she doubted she'd ever go back to live in the US, kept apologising...

comment: ...another 3rd world refugee

html_comment: ...another 3rd world refugee


post:
 Defining “White Trash”
The term “white trash” once was used to disparage poor white people. In the Civil Rights era, its meaning shifted to support business-friendly racial politics.

https://daily.jstor.org/defining…

[User] grafician

comment: Who dv this lol QBN full of MAGA morans? :))

html_comment: Who dv this lol <br>QBN full of MAGA morans? :))

[User] monospaced

comment: lol, what nonsense conclusion is that? Wut?


[User] canoe

topic_title: Where The Fun IS

post: listening to your lifelong chubby father tell your lifelong obese uncle a fat joke

comment: can't relate, we don't have MAGA families bro

comment: this is what you do. and you don't feel like a little teenager doing it either. flol.


post:
 Jimmy Kimmel show taken off the air indefinitely. Censorship is running wild under fascism.

https://share.google/peVZVpVRhoR…

[User] nuggler

comment: fuck them for making me defend Jimmy Kimmel

comment: Fallon will probably survive as some kind of weird gremlin jester in the ballroom

comment: pRivAte cOmpAny

html_comment: pRivAte cOmpAny

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Oh yeah. Fallon will be the only one on the air and he's never been funny, even on SNL.

comment: Ideally it's just Gutfeld on every network

comment: Who still watches cable ?

html_comment: Who still watches cable ?

comment: Where you at monospaced? Canoe? Boyyyyyyyssssss

[User] bogue

comment: lol at Gutfeld on every network. Fuck this world.

comment: I'm not here to high-five you because this happened. And, I'm not even sure why you summoned me other than you. just. don't. get it.

comment: #mindyourbusiness

html_comment: #mindyourbusiness


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Hero

html_comment: Hero

comment: It's no longer DEI, it's ALT. Allegiance & Loyalty to Trump

comment: Man, total Mandela effect. I thought he's been dead for years.

[User] neverscared

comment: apocalypse now

html_comment: apocalypse now

comment: lol mg33

html_comment: lol mg33


[User] Salarrue

topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: Larry David and Maradonna

html_comment: Larry David and Maradonna


[User] futurefood

comment: yes, this is a real person

html_comment: yes, this is a real person

comment: Albert Leong

html_comment: Albert Leong

comment: ^ dude from Die Hard & Big Trouble in Little China

[User] utopian

comment: Not Pango!

html_comment: Not Pango!

[User] AQUTE

comment: Obama + Michael

html_comment: Obama + Michael

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Pangooo

html_comment: Pangooo

[User] MrT

comment: Shirley Bassey

html_comment: Shirley Bassey

[User] Akagiyama

comment: Smokey Lobinson

html_comment: Smokey Lobinson

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


post: Two Men Found Hanging From Trees in Mississippi on the Same Day https://whereisthebuzz.com/two-m…

[User] pango

comment: so.... lynching is back... US is doing great on regressing.


post: ssssssssssh palimpsest needs to catch up


post: one does not simply

comment: you guys better not upvote me this time.

comment: oh fuck off!

html_comment: oh fuck off!

[User] robthelad

comment: I read this off my thigh...

html_comment: I read this off my thigh...

[User] palimpsest

comment: Deal with it.

html_comment: Deal with it.


[User] jagara

post: When is the QBN podcast back?

comment: i'd like to be a guest

html_comment: i'd like to be a guest

comment: Now we're talking about a different type of podcast but we can make that happen. Hit me up.


[User] maquito

comment: hats-off to the people who write these scripts... it must be exhausting.

[User] Ianbolton

comment: Apparently it's a great time to be an entertainer.


topic_title: Apple

post:
 Updated to IOS 26 "Glasshole".

Thanks, I hate it. Phone more sluggish, everything les legible.

Everything now looks like a cirka 2005 melodic trance rave flyer.

comment: it all looks totally fucking gash - christ knows what it'll do to the iPad and apps like AUM. i'll hold off updating for as long as possible.

comment: They have to redo whatever random design elements they can to make people feel they evolve. Meh x 1000


post: recorded ...not recorded.... same thing basically...

[User] dasohr

comment: wha?

html_comment: wha?

comment: Exactly

html_comment: Exactly

comment: what a fucking scumbag trying to use such a juvenile and wormy trick on her. Glad she was so poised and didn't fall for his piece of shit shenanigans.


[User] dee-dubs

post:
 It's all very man in a suit...apart from when it's CGI "fight" scenes... which is is a shame.

Plus, it's really not very well written (so many supposedly "smart" characters making incredibly stupid choices in almost every episode).. and in the recent episode... fuck me there was some massive clunky coincidences shoe-horned in to keep the story going...

Still... it's kinda crap but semi enjoyable popcorn TV.. maybe because its on Disney it's now aimed at children that don't care about stuff like this.

[User] ApeRobot

comment: And the music choice...ffsSuch a disappointment so far.

html_comment: And the music choice...ffs<br>Such a disappointment so far.

comment: I soooo wanted it to be good..

html_comment: I soooo wanted it to be good..

comment: they shouldn't be doing things like that in broad daylight, it really highlights suit man.

comment: ^100%, they show way too much.. lack of seeing the Alien is what made the first movie so suspenseful + terrifying

[User] webazoot

comment: The very first scene of it standing up and force sliding the door open had me thinking 'man in a suit'. Ruined any suspension of disbelief

comment: couldnt get more -man in a suit- than the first alient though...

[User] prophetone

comment: All you Burkes need a talkin’ to from Mr. Strawberry

comment: Not gonna lie, I'm really enjoying the show. More than I thought I would. Fuck Burke.


[User] Danish

comment: Chompy

html_comment: Chompy


post:
 SOMA FM, the online radio station I usually listen to every day is turning 25! They're having a party tomorrow, Saturday, in San Francisco.

We're old af.

https://somafm.com/XXV/

[User] mxhxr

comment: Indeed...  I've been listening to Groove Salad since the Clinton administration.

[User] fooler

comment: That website looks 25 years old!!!I remember going there and listening a few times back in the day.

html_comment: That website looks 25 years old!!!<br>I remember going there and listening a few times back in the day.

[User] canoe

comment: soma.fm in the mac radio list - loved it

[User] Beeswax

comment: anyone remember "in japan, man comes first, women comes second"


topic_title: Done in Flash?

[User] Nairn

comment: Totally Mexico!

html_comment: Totally Mexico!

comment: Extra  jalapeños, please.

html_comment: Extra  jalapeños, please.

comment: This ain't Peru, Grillcheese.

html_comment: This ain't Peru, Grillcheese.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Sorry kids, but Mexico is a total disappointment, from north to south, meh x10k


comment: One more thing...

html_comment: One more thing...


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

[User] sted

comment: whatthewhatnow?

html_comment: whatthewhatnow?

comment: Top

html_comment: Top


[User] palimpsest

topic_title: It's Friday!

comment: Is that a real thing?? I like it

html_comment: Is that a real thing?? I like it

comment: 1. We perceive the world as a simulation.2. Yoshitoshi Kanemaki.

html_comment: 1. We perceive the world as a simulation.<br>2. Yoshitoshi Kanemaki.


[User] pango

post: Just checked. It is indeed Friday in California

comment: If you say so!

html_comment: If you say so!

comment: Looks like a movie I'd watch.

html_comment: Looks like a movie I'd watch.


[User] milfhunter

topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] neverscared

comment: lol

html_comment: lol


post: [ https://i.imgur.com/CcFxJXM.mp4 ]

comment: I've not paid much attention to its visit to the UK, so this made me chortle.

comment: Reptilians gathering.

html_comment: Reptilians gathering.

comment: what a coincidence...don't look a gift horse in the mouth or ass


[User] Gardener

topic_title: What are you listening to?

post:
my latest mix for Tak Tent Radio - Two's Company

Coral Grief : Starboard
Coral Grief : Bells
Hatfield & The North : Fitter Stokes Takes a Bath (BBC session version)
Hatfield & The North : Lounging There Trying
Big Thief : No Fear
Big Thief : Grandmother
Oklou : Family & Friends
Oklou : Obvious
Funki Porcini : Something’s Coming
Funki Porcini : Venus
Sleepdial : Icarus Rising
Sleepdial : Planet B
Torus & Danny L. Harle : Stardew
Torus & Danny L. Harle : Club Paradise
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan : 800 Yards Down At Ince Six Feet
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan : Swift Safe & Comfortable

https://www.mixcloud.com/Tak_Ten…


topic_title: lunch =

post: Bloody tripe with chorizo and red wine:

comment: that sounds and looks disgusting but also I'm sure - absolutely delicious!

comment: Be sure :)The "bloody" resource was more for its appearance, the base of the sauce is a homemade fried tomato that my mother prepares, gorgeous!

html_comment:
Be sure :)

The "bloody" resource was more for its appearance, the base of the sauce is a homemade fried tomato that my mother prepares, gorgeous!

comment: honestly, drool don't suppose you'd like to point us to a recipe?

html_comment: honestly, drool <br>don't suppose you'd like to point us to a recipe?


topic_title: Drone of the day

comment: I guess Oppenheimer quit smoking.

html_comment: I guess Oppenheimer quit smoking.

comment: It can fly it stay

html_comment: It can fly it stay

comment: Looking at testicles, it doesn't have much firepower...


topic_title: Headline of the day

post: Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

comment: scary that their satire is always 3 months ahead of reality


topic_title: Russia-Ukraine Invasion

post:
Outgoing MI6 chief says Putin has ‘bitten off more than he can chew’ in Ukraine

Any Russian victories on the battlefield remained incremental, said Moore, and incurred massive costs as the president’s army fell far short of its original aims to swiftly capture all of Ukraine.

The rising costs now included more than a million casualties – a quarter of them “poorly trained troops from Russia’s poorest regions” that were “fed into the meat grinder”, he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…


[User] bainbridge

topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: in the year 2025 you'll be getting your news commentary by Deuce Bigalo Male Gigalo


topic_title: recommend tv series

post: Anyone posted this yet? I love it

comment: HBO's best show in a while.  Unfort no confirmation on a season 2.

comment: thumb up here

html_comment: thumb up here


post: Time to make like a shepherd and...


topic_title: Ad of the day

post:
 A software update rolling out to Samsung’s refrigerators in the US is putting ads on the fridges for the first time. The “promotions and curated advertisements” are coming despite Samsung insisting to The Verge in April that it had “no plans” to do so.

Samsung is calling it a pilot program for now, which — I kid you not — is meant to “strengthen the value” of owning a Samsung smart fridge.

https://www.theverge.com/news/78…

[User] PhanLo

comment: We're living in hell

html_comment: We're living in hell

[User] monospaced

comment: Thanks Korea

html_comment: Thanks Korea

[User] grafician

comment: That's revenge for treating and deporting their engineers like dogs...

comment: Here https://www.msn.com/…

html_comment: Here https://www.msn.com/…


[User] yuekit

[User] bogue

comment: Haven't laughed this hard at Stewart in a while.  Great bit!


comment: oldie but goldie

html_comment: oldie but goldie

comment: So good and a tragic story. Keaton was amazing.

[User] plash

comment: great series

html_comment: great series


[User] webazoot

post: How I learned to stop worrying and love the snakes in my ceiling


post: Kimmel didn't even say anything bad.

[User] ShenanigansTV

comment: Trump just saw it as an opportunity to take him out because he has cut Trump so many times.

comment: Trump literally said Kimmel is next in a tweet recently. It was planned

[User] prophetone

comment: The networks are walking on eggshells because they need to keep the FCC happy to operate deals, which means they need to keep you know who happy

comment: It boils down to maintaining profits, and keeping a door open to be allowed to increase profits, perform deals where they need to ask favours from FCC

comment: Fox News gets a golden pass ticket

html_comment: Fox News gets a golden pass ticket

[User] dbloc

comment: Will this kill broadcast TV?

html_comment: Will this kill broadcast TV?

comment: Someone has made comments in the last 24 hours about pulling the licenses of networks and programs that are not aligned with the correct narrative

[User] stoplying

comment: Nexstar and Sinclair are responsible.

html_comment: Nexstar and Sinclair are responsible.

comment: If Kimmel is smart he’ll monetize his voice and speak out. They can’t silence him if he isn’t on the network. Free speech motherfuckers!


post:
 Reality is no longer reality.
Reality is whatever Trump tells you it is.

And maybe it's always been this way.


[User] Nutter

post:
 "detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking and justify external aggression. "...saying they work for the DEA," Cabello told state television, calling the alleged plan a "maneuver for destabilization."

https://www.latintimes.com/venez…


topic_title: Tweet of the Day

comment: MAGAY

html_comment: MAGAY


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

post: Would you buy smart glasses like this?

comment: Ofc not these are shitNot to mention being a dick wearing those anywhere These won't probably sell in EU for privacy reasons anyway.

html_comment:
Ofc not these are shit

Not to mention being a dick wearing those anywhere

These won't probably sell in EU for privacy reasons anyway.

[User] microkorg

comment: I have the Meta Wayfarers as daily drivers with reactive lenses. In terms of weight and size they are wearable and not too obvious as 'smart'

comment: Would be interested to see how much larger/heavier these new ones are.

comment: What do you use them for?

html_comment: What do you use them for?


comment: Orcs playing with fire...

html_comment: Orcs playing with fire...

[User] OBBTKN

comment: 11 minutes over Estonia's airspace... Are you kidding? Grow a mind, please!

comment: Huh?! Article 4 raised again for the second time in history - in under a week too


[User] elahon

comment: It's mostly stock. Stop buying stocks, buy land, buy gold, buy real assets...

comment: I have a lot of gold stock.

html_comment: I have a lot of gold stock.

comment: Best strategy is to do all 3 and not boycott one. Silly.

comment: Are you buying real assets or do you rent? We know you don’t own or trade stock, but you probably have a retirement account.

comment: No. "We" know what you own as you mentioned it many times boasting again and again :)) You know exactly nothing about me.

comment: Also owning stock in gold companies instead of actual gold is again idiotic, but you're the investor genius around what can we do :))

comment: You presume a lot of shit, I find it hilarious

comment: So are you buying real assets?

html_comment: So are you buying real assets?


[User] renderedred

topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
https://carta.archive-it.org/

The Internet Archive and the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) have spearheaded this collaborative project aimed at capturing and preserving at-risk web-based art materials. CARTA is a collaborative entity of art libraries building collections of archived web-based content related to art history and contemporary art practice. Through this collaborative approach, the project leverages shared infrastructure, expertise and collecting activities amongst participating organizations, scaling the extent of web-published, born-digital materials preserved and accessible for art scholarship and research. The goals are to promote streamlined access to art reference and research resources, enable new types of scholarly use for art-related materials, and ensure that the art historical record of the 21st century is readily accessible far into the future.


comment: it's all so mediocre, like people dressed by Gap trying to sell me Jesus. also, the perspective correction in almost all the shots is fucked.

comment: like, the backgrounds were all shot at chest height so the perspective is mangled and they tried to correct it. clowns.


topic_title: Halloween 2025

comment: ruh roh

html_comment: ruh roh


topic_title: Politics

comment: what’s his soundcloud

html_comment: what’s his soundcloud


[User] bainbridge

post: Did Charlie Kirk ever say anything good?

comment: that 'gurgle-gurgle-gurgl... sound he made was pretty neat.

comment: but no. his head was filled with dogshit and misery and bile - every moment of his life was an insult to the human spirit of empathy and compassion.

[User] utopian

comment: A distorted vile person

html_comment: A distorted vile person

comment: That's perfect, face. Textbook.

html_comment: That's perfect, face. Textbook.

[User] neverscared

comment: is trumpo loco now going to arrest veterans from ww2 because they are antifa fighting nazi germany .... seems logical.


topic_title: Donald Trump

post:
 Kimmel and Colbert are millionaires who never have to work again.

Yes, they care about their staff who get paid normal wages.

But this is a good opportunity for them to use their platform and do something besides interview movie stars.

[User] grafician

comment: Yeah like do a podcast :))

html_comment: Yeah like do a podcast :))


topic_title: <- Transfatty

comment: T R A N S F ( A  I ) T T Y

html_comment: T R A N S F ( A  I ) T T Y

[User] instrmntl

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Fellow slopper!

html_comment: Fellow slopper!


comment: state violence drives different is the lesson ...

[User] PhanLo

comment: Sure there's a lot planned, a guy just got arrested for saying he was going to shoot up a gay bar for Charlie, so there's time

[User] Gnash

comment: Pray vigils vs billion$ of destroyed property

comment: All the prayer circles won't help him get to heaven, he's burning in hell.

[User] inteliboy

comment: you'd have to have a serious lack of critical thinking to actually get behind this image...

comment: That's America now. Fake christians re-writing reality.


comment: Punk Uruguayo

html_comment: Punk Uruguayo

comment: Ey Maqui, los conoces?

html_comment: Ey Maqui, los conoces?


topic_title: Europe is Fucked

post:
 "Eight European Union countries continue to buy Russian natural gas, European Commission spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said on Sept. 19, according to The Guardian.

Itkonen specified she was referring to Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.

She said those nations still import Russian gas either by pipeline or as LNG. At the same time, the Commission, according to her, has no data on where the fuel is ultimately used."

comment: "As of early 2025, European Union countries imported approximately 18.19% of their natural gas from Russia, a significant decrease from previous years...

comment: ...due to sanctions and reduced supplies. In 2023, the EU imported about 27 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia,...

comment: ...compared to 140 billion cubic meters in 2021."

comment: "EU imported €4.4 billion worth of Russian gas in first half of 2025"

comment: "In 2024, the US supplied 45% of the LNG imported by the EU."

comment: "The European Commission plans to ban the import of Russian gas by the end of 2027"

comment: Regardless of the quantity imported, the hypocrisy remains.


comment: Yes, seems to be real :))

html_comment: Yes, seems to be real :))

comment: .gov domain too!

html_comment: .gov domain too!

comment: Wild that it's named Trump and not something like "Freedom Card"

[User] toemaas

comment: Damn yo.  The Platinum gives 270 days in the U.S. without subject to paying taxes. AKA - come make a quick deal with me and you'll be tax exempt

comment: Mexicans = noWorld's richest criminals= yes

html_comment: Mexicans = no<br>World's richest criminals= yes


topic_title: Batman of the Day

comment: Absolute Batman comics

html_comment: Absolute Batman comics


topic_title: cuba

comment: Still in better shape than Detroit

html_comment: Still in better shape than Detroit


post: colonel tony moore


[User] Horp

topic_title: blog

post:
 I've started drawing again.

I don't know what I'm doing, except that my experience of being a commercial illustrator for around five years (largely lived out at full volume here on QBN 15 years ago) lead me down a niche little path in terms of a kind of drawing that became the only thing I truly enjoyed doing.

But at that time it constantly vexed and troubled me that stylistically I was not very good. Not graceful, not fluid ... not aesthetically perfect.

At this point in life I am 55-and-a-half. I've learned, finally, that it's time for my career to end, for my sake. I had a couple of tries at retiring from it, but I always ended up agreeing to go back to it; then regretting that.

Now the world has shifted so much that (a) literally nobody anywhere would consider an old, 20th century fuck like me for the new 21st century job descriptions and (b) at no point do I *ever* read a job spec now and think "oh that's exciting I'd love to be doing that".

In fact 100% of job specs instantly make me recoil and shudder and think "Fuck no. I'm no masochist. I do NOT want that to be part of my life 5 days a week."

So I'll dabble in a little freelance research when I could do with a top up, and otherwise, I'm just noodling about doing what I *want* to be doing.

I might take my HGV license test and do some long distance (Britain's version of long distance, hehehe) truck driving too.

But I've returned to my odd, not very appealing, not very attractive drawing style, and I love it. It's not actually even that I love it, it's more that it feels like the natural motor-cerebral thing I'm supposed to do.

I used to do it with pencil, and I started off doing it with pencil again. But there are limitations to pencil. It always looks a bit washed out. It's always just that silvery grey color. The pencil indents the paper so that with heavy working you see the earlier lines as white ghost lines. Pencil is waxy so doing colour washes over it gets muddy and crabby.

I wanted to go back to doing it at a really large scale again. I used to have a 1metre square easel. Just now I'm dabbling up to A2 size while I iron out the cranky uncertainty and retrain myself.

So I'm now doing these things I do in charcoal at A2, and it's kind if working. I mean... it looks shit, but that's okay. Shitness is the road we all have to take if we dream of visiting greatness some day.

I don't know. It just feels like this is what my default activity needs to be. No commercial ambition for it. I just need to make these shapes, and get better at it, and avoid turning it into social content along with 7billion other people who do more interesting things immeasurably better.

I just need to do this, and have no objective but to master it quietly for nobody's evaluation but my own.

[User] Nairn

comment: You should do the HGV thing, if only to have another skill you can use, if not 5 days a week.

comment: Fuck, pressed submit too early there - "..and  you've been going on about getting it for quite a while now! :)"

comment: If nothing else, your drawings always had a very specifially-you style, and I suspect human art will be in demand in future, in defiance of the automated.

comment: Thanks Nairn. Yeah  HGV idea is probably 20yrs in gestation now :)

comment: And yes... in a way I think this rise in AI has fed into my decision to start drawing again. I've looked at a lot of what AI jas done over the last 2 years, ...

comment: And thought "well, I was kinda doing this with pencils" and somehow I decided "I enjoyed it, so do what you enjoy, and stop thinking about who/what...

comment: ... does what out there". I like being retired. I just need to not allow it to convert into destitution over time. So a little freelancing will suffice.

comment: The 'very specifically you style' is a very apt comment too. I came to realise that the marks we make, regardless of their quirks, are part of who we are.

comment: So there's something angsty and anxious about striving to draw another way. I've just accepted that this is what I do. It's a signature of my persona somehow.

[User] bezoar

comment: Good luck to you, Horp. It's nice to settle. I can't remember ur style, so plz post IG.

comment: Thanks Bezoar. There's nothing to post. I shut my studio around 2008 and didn't keep anything. Also though there was the tacky photoshop shit I did for money...

comment: ... and then the clunky and odd drawings I did that never went anywhere other than on here. Those are long gone too. Hosting expired a long time back.

comment: And I was a neurotic PITA about it all back then. I have no desire to go back :D

comment: Understood. Keep on drawing, dude. It's therapeutic at the least, as I'm sure you know. Art trade?

comment: HA! oops, sorry "master it quietly..." It's a wake n bake kind of morning

[User] uan

comment: great news Horp!...ffffffound thishttps://i.haasie.com…

html_comment:
great news Horp!
...ffffffound this
https://i.haasie.com…

comment: Holy fuck Uan. Where did you find that???That's my big old easel. Wish I still had that now.

html_comment: Holy fuck Uan. Where did you find that???<br>That's my big old easel. Wish I still had that now.

comment: I have returned to drawing in the same way you have.

comment: found it buried deep in the structure of this machine...Desktop>De... searching for Horp. dated 12.6.2013

html_comment: found it buried deep in the structure of this machine...Desktop>De... searching for Horp. <br>dated 12.6.2013

comment: Desktop  /  Desktop-Files  /  Old-Desktop  / firstDesktop / ...resolution is 1000x665 which was probably high-res

html_comment: Desktop  /  Desktop-Files  /  Old-Desktop  / firstDesktop / ...<br>resolution is 1000x665 which was probably high-res

[User] bjladams

comment: getting out of commercial illustration has been the best thing for me to enjoy creating stuff again too. S+

comment: Commercial illustration market is brutal now... It kills the pleasure we feel creating. I draw way less than i want/need, busy at design and dev work...

comment: but I'll get back to it soon!

html_comment: but I'll get back to it soon!


[User] pango

post: i think she's dozing off lol

comment: Coat stand on the right

html_comment: Coat stand on the right

[User] webazoot

comment: Feels like an out take from Mars Attacks!

[User] sted

comment: that is an epic shot, like a renaissance painting


topic_title: Meta

post:
 Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”.

The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads” were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts of uniformed girls as young as 13 with their faces visible and, in most cases, their names.

https://www.theguardian.com/tech…


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Apple

post: What a horrible design... some design director should have their fingers cut off.


post:
 The best in the comments

→ https://x.com/chan_k/status/1932…


topic_title: QBN Suggestion Box

post: Would anyone be interested in an art trade of some kind? Handmade 3x3"?


post:
 Apart from some bad UX design decisions Tahoe is apparently also a resource hog? People on reddit are reporting high usage of GPU/CPU and making the M-SOC's fans spin when previously it was all quiet.

I will probably wait until next year to update or may even skip Tahoe to see if Apple fixes their decisions in a next macOS version.

[User] Salarrue

comment: I regret updating my M1...

html_comment: I regret updating my M1...

comment: Lot of GPU shit for glass fx is not needed!


topic_title: Conspiracy of the day

post: Is the U.S. military trying to take control of Venezuela's oil reserves?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Is it a question, or a statement?

html_comment: Is it a question, or a statement?


[User] pseud

post: I signed up for Radiohead tix in Copenhagen. I got in the queue, and found that only VIP tix were available. I left the queue. AMA.


topic_title: Punches For:

post: The Line Project (Saudi Arabia)

[User] utopian

comment: The mother of all nonsense hype. This will never fully be executed, ever, ever.


post:
 The one thing that is annoying me significantly is that in Safari, when you expand the url bar to click the X to close it, there is a small X in the url bar (where the mic icon is in the screenshot below), and a larger circular X to the right of the url bar (where the ellipsis icon is below)

I keep clicking the bigger one to clear the url and enter a new one, and that just minimizes the bottom of the screen.

[User] Squiddy

comment: if you want to be annoyed a little more, turn on 'reduce transparency'. "padding? where we're going we dont need padding"

comment: Same here, this new UI is terrible shit

html_comment: Same here, this new UI is terrible shit


[User] neverscared

topic_title: Where The Fun IS

post: wait for it


[User] Gardener

topic_title: The More You Know ★

[User] renderedred

comment: LOL

html_comment: LOL


topic_title: Pic of the Day

[User] AQUTE

comment: worth it

html_comment: worth it


topic_title: Dis or Dat?

post:
 Quick poll for our maga brothers on here

Dis

Dat

comment: HayothKnobbler Bonner Material

html_comment: HayothKnobbler Bonner Material


topic_title: Book of the Day

post:
https://lostartpress.com/product…

The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition (signed by the author)


post:
 The U.S. economy was bubbling along just fine under Biden. But now the Bozo-in-Chief has managed to bamboozle it into a full-on nosedive. And, true to buffoon form, he’s steering straight toward a recession like it’s some kind of personal achievement.

https://thehill.com/opinion/fina…

[User] bainbridge

comment: And half the country thinks the economy tanked under Biden and is booming now

comment: The worst business man who lost money on casinos

[User] PhanLo

comment: It wasn't even that good under Biden, folk were still really struggling. Partly the reason Trump got in. He's truly fucked it now now.

[User] monospaced

comment: Yeah Scotland was bad under Biden.

html_comment: Yeah Scotland was bad under Biden.

[User] grafician

comment: Garry with the truthhttps://x.com/Kaspar…

html_comment:
Garry with the truth

https://x.com/Kaspar…

comment: He will bankrupt the US, no doubts about it while enriching his loyalists


topic_title: Politics

post:
 hang em high
-


[User] prophetone

topic_title: Halloween 2025

[User] PonyBoy

comment: i'd break an ankle

html_comment: i'd break an ankle


[User] fisheye

post: Shakespeare's Sonnets, especially No. 66 - so relevant today, written 400+ years ago


[User] pango

comment: oh noooooose

html_comment: oh noooooose


topic_title: Illustration of the Day

post: Art by Denis Beauvais for Starship Troopers 1 & 2 Darkhorse comics, 1997

[User] WallaWalla

comment: Timeline

html_comment: Timeline

comment: Where?

html_comment: Where?


[User] Nutter

post:
 Struggling at work atm. The problem is the growing feeling that my nearest boss seems to dislike all design suggestions I make.

If he asks for feedback on a design it gets disregarded too, even if it turns out months later he comes to the same conclusion. At one point our art director was very adamant that I should be the one doing a specific task and only then did my boss conceded.

Worst part is I don't know why this shift occurred, or how to rectify it. We've worked well together for numerous years, but when I've mentioned it to him and he just said it isn't so, even when I point to numerous examples of it.

Part of me thinks its a sign to start polishing up the old portfolio and start looking for other pastures.

comment: Don't work for jerks, don't work with jerks?

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Ouch! The worst feeling you can have... Come on, prepare your folio, but think positive, all the best!


[User] maquito

post: Whoever was the individual who came up with this product deserves a Nobel prize.

[User] utopian

comment: Endless hours on the toilet.

html_comment: Endless hours on the toilet.

comment: pooptopian?

html_comment: pooptopian?

comment: BlumpkinVille

html_comment: BlumpkinVille


topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: Going after political opponents, not authoritarian at all nope nope still a democracy no no

comment: Watergate was fake news

html_comment: Watergate was fake news

comment: Your democracy is fake news.

html_comment: Your democracy is fake news.

comment: Nah we're good, mind your brand new autocracy ;)


comment: Using basically mafia tactics, not authoritarian at all nope nope still a democracy no no

comment: LOL"If it happened in another country, American journalists would be calling this “crony capitalism”."

html_comment:
LOL

"If it happened in another country, American journalists would be calling this “crony capitalism”."

comment: sad.

html_comment: sad.


post: So it was still SF all along, but expanded! Cool stuff


post: It's Shepherd's pie night!!!!!

comment: It's schnitzels night!!!

html_comment: It's schnitzels night!!!

comment: nice!! what's inside the breadcrumbs, graf?

comment: turkey tonight

html_comment: turkey tonight

comment: beef or lamb?

html_comment: beef or lamb?

comment: those two meats upset my wife's belly, topes — I've perfected a ground turkey filling that's better than you'd think if you're used to lamb or beef <3

comment: Bon apetit!

html_comment: Bon apetit!

comment: so I supposed it's technically a 'cottage pie'

[User] YakuZoku

comment: I miss shepherd's pie!

html_comment: I miss shepherd's pie!

comment: It’s good stuff

html_comment: It’s good stuff

[User] Nairn

comment: What's American for 'cottage'?

html_comment: What's American for 'cottage'?

comment: I believe the translation is ‘condominium’

comment: We don’t use the word cottage except to maybe refer to a really small, traditional home.

[User] palimpsest

comment: Cottage cheese.

html_comment: Cottage cheese.

comment: Also in America we only use shepherd to refer to the person that tends sheep.


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Brought to you by Butt Fuckers!

html_comment: Brought to you by Butt Fuckers!

comment: Brawndoverse!

html_comment: Brawndoverse!

[User] scruffics

comment: as dumb as it gets

html_comment: as dumb as it gets


topic_title: Artificial Intelligence

comment: Related to the previous post (paper), the amout of compute will dictate who will be the boss in the new techno-feudal future?


topic_title: Site of the day

comment: Powered by QBN

html_comment: Powered by QBN

comment: Most likely the only executive order signed by Trump that makes sense. I wonder who was behind this?

comment: Sagmeister & Wash

html_comment: Sagmeister & Wash

comment: needs more gold

html_comment: needs more gold

[User] omer

comment: Maybe by The Onion? "What's the biggest brand in the world? If you said Trump, you're not wrong."


post: AI Slop Be Gone!

comment: I already posted about this and you downvoted it like a jerk :)

comment: What imaginary thread did you post it?

html_comment: What imaginary thread did you post it?

comment: Nobody downvoted a post about Seedream though. Just to be clear.

comment: lol just scroll a few posts on this page! 4 downvotes so far :))


topic_title: blog

post: Today was kind of a sad day. Lethargic, no energy for the gym, bored and slightly depressed.

comment: It's sunday, why not to take rest?Gym is booooring, get out to exercise?

html_comment:
It's sunday, why not to take rest?

Gym is booooring, get out to exercise?

comment: Bro do you even go outside?

html_comment: Bro do you even go outside?

comment: Bro why the fuck are you on a computer, weren't you the fucking surfer / fisherman / whatever the fuck else Stfu with your stupid comments

comment: < same today, went to a wedding yesterday and today was all chill and schnitzels


comment: you can say THAT again

html_comment: you can say THAT again

comment: Lol

html_comment: Lol


topic_title: UK is Fucked

[User] PhanLo

comment: Liverpool is wild nearly every night of the week. Great city


[User] Krassy

topic_title: the gif animation thread

comment: groovy man

html_comment: groovy man

comment: RIDE  - Nowhere

html_comment: RIDE  - Nowhere

comment: ahh, love it

html_comment: ahh, love it

comment: It’s just a dude and a garbage bag - crazy


post: Twice-tower Mountain, Chengde - China


topic_title: Architecture of the Day

comment: The Acres (1949) Frank Lloyd Wright

html_comment: The Acres (1949) Frank Lloyd Wright


comment: La cité Curial-CambraiLocation: Paris, FranceArchitect: André Coquet

html_comment:
La cité Curial-Cambrai
Location: Paris, France
Architect: André Coquet


[User] sarahfailin

comment: too bad that's not what a piano looks like. very close


topic_title: Guess Who...

comment: david goliath

html_comment: david goliath

[User] grafician

comment: Dave Goldhan

html_comment: Dave Goldhan

comment: Jeff Goldblum

html_comment: Jeff Goldblum

comment: Bono on Ozempic

html_comment: Bono on Ozempic


[User] noneck

comment: Sorry!

html_comment: Sorry!

comment: Elbows up and heels down!

html_comment: Elbows up and heels down!

comment: Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth!

comment: One less for victory... Take this, dog

html_comment: One less for victory... Take this, dog

comment: When the QBN folk see your 4am rants.

html_comment: When the QBN folk see your 4am rants.

comment: that actor from the bear can really run

html_comment: that actor from the bear can really run

[User] neverscared

comment: no spikes hit though

html_comment: no spikes hit though


[User] robthelad

comment: OMG!

html_comment: OMG!

comment: unreal!

html_comment: unreal!


post:
 Our fearless leader hiding behind a bulletproof enclosure during his MAGA speech at Charlie Kirk's funeral.

#MAGA4Life

comment: Not all héros wear red ties.

html_comment: Not all héros wear red ties.

[User] bainbridge

comment: To be fair, he prob didn't have a choice, and  every president has


post:
-
Sarah Ferguson said sorry to Jeffrey Epstein after linking him to paedophilia in an interview, telling him: “I did not use the P word about you”.

She called him a “supreme friend”

On April 26, the Duchess secretly wrote to Epstein from her personal email address stating: “As you know I did not, absolutely not, say the P (paedophile) word about you.”

“I am apologising to you today for not replying to your email or reaching out to you. I was bedridden with fear. I was paralysed.

“I was advised in no uncertain terms, to have nothing to do with you and to not speak or email you.

“And if I did — I would cause more problems to you, the Duke and myself. I was broken and lost.
“So please understand. I didn’t want to hurt Andrew one more time. I was in over-riding fear. I am sorry.”


topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
 JD Twitch, real name Keith McIvor.

The beloved Glaswegian DJ, producer, promoter, label head and one half of celebrated dance music duo Optimo (Espacio) revealed he had been diagnosed with an “untreatable” brain tumour in July of this year.
-

[User] Squiddy

comment: RIP. Always a a fun dj set

html_comment: RIP. Always a a fun dj set

[User] kingsteven

comment: fucking hell, 57. RIP

html_comment: fucking hell, 57. RIP


topic_title: Epstein / Maxwell

[User] bezoar

comment: we'll see

html_comment: we'll see

comment: Big Marge just needs to get re-elected, be the same old story afterwards

comment: Anti pedo, Anti Israel, not a bad look.

html_comment: Anti pedo, Anti Israel, not a bad look.


[User] inteliboy

post:
 Attack attack attack
Flood the zone with shit
Admit nothing, deny everything


[User] utopian

comment: It's always about him.

html_comment: It's always about him.

comment: the turn towards hell

html_comment: the turn towards hell


topic_title: Stock of the Day

comment: SPY

html_comment: SPY


comment: the turning point

html_comment: the turning point


topic_title: It's Monday!

comment: Kôga HiranoPoster, The Dance of Angels who Burn Their Wings; Designed by Kôga Hirano (Japanese, b. Seoul, South Korea, 1938)

html_comment: Kôga Hirano<br>Poster, The Dance of Angels who Burn Their Wings; Designed by Kôga Hirano (Japanese, b. Seoul, South Korea, 1938)


[User] maquito

comment: Now we talking, mate!

html_comment: Now we talking, mate!

comment: Si señor! Mate, mate!

html_comment: Si señor! Mate, mate!


topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: Ahh Shakespeare

html_comment: Ahh Shakespeare


post:
OOH of the day by Brotherhood Media
“We Did Not Come to Britain. Britain Came to Us.”


comment: oracle

html_comment: oracle

[User] CyBrainX

comment: Did Kermit sell his stock on Sept. 9?

html_comment: Did Kermit sell his stock on Sept. 9?


topic_title: Apple

post: Why does Apple switch from Aluminum to Titanium and vice versa every few years? Isn't Titanium superior and more scratch resistant?

comment: it's all to create novelty, marketing cycles and tiers

[User] Gabriel

comment: They have to lower the quality after getting up and pretend there have been substantial improvements...

comment: Actually wondered myself today the same q after seeing the last 3 iterations of iphones

comment: "Aluminum is lighter than titanium, enabling even slimmer designs without sacrificing too much strength."

comment: "Aluminum's higher thermal conductivity helps dissipate heat better, especially with power-hungry chips like the A19 Pro"

comment: "Aluminum has a smaller carbon footprint (especially with Apple's low-carbon partnerships) and is more recyclable than titanium"

comment: "Material choices are about striking a balance—titanium for innovation and durability when it makes sense, aluminum for everyday efficiency and broad appeal"


topic_title: Painting of the day

post: Arnold Böcklin. Isle of the Dead, 1880


post:
 This is incredibly bad.

→ https://developer.apple.com/vide…

All the examples in the video look terrible (except for the designs on solid colors), which shows that they did it quickly and without properly testing how it works with real content... What a horrible design!

[User] monospaced

comment: Scary thing is that they absolutely did test it with real content.


topic_title: Pic of the day - DESIGN

post: Sulki & Min / Festival Bo:m / Poster / 2011


topic_title: Guess that QBN'r

post:
 Palantir Wants to Be a Lifestyle Brand

Defense tech giant Palantir is selling T-shirts and tote bags as part of a bid to encourage fans to publicly endorse it.

Using the products they sell is a symbolic act, a way to “to signal status” or demonstrate “a sense of belonging to a group.”

https://www.wired.com/story/pala…

comment: he looks so cute in that shirt

html_comment: he looks so cute in that shirt

[User] palimpsest

comment: hotroddy

html_comment: hotroddy

comment: the answer may surprise you!

html_comment: the answer may surprise you!


[User] Longcopylover

topic_title: Ad of the day

post:
 I really like this one, even when it's just a vignette spot. (The soundtrack by MF Doom surely helps.)

From Mother for Anthropics Claude


[User] WhiteFace

post: On the job hunt, first time in 15 years, where does one go these days? I've tried LinkedIn and it seems to be full of spammy bot postings and nothing really genuine.

comment: NETWORK

html_comment: NETWORK

comment: I applied to hundreds of jobs from linked in. Many with cover letters and all. Nothing. Only interviews I got were from connections and recruiters.

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Start a "personal brand"

html_comment: Start a "personal brand"

comment: LinkedIn is good when you start following people who know about jobs and post them as posts not as jobs.

comment: I've been on that LinkedIn kick lately and jeez it is bullshit. It feels like a data farming site now rather than a job site. I need to network like mono said.

[User] canoe

comment: Yeah, Linkedin always feels like a waste of time. Start a locally focused boutique agency. Offer long-term strategic marketing solutions and one-off tacticals..

comment: Linkedin is horrendous at everything

html_comment: Linkedin is horrendous at everything

comment: Craigslist

html_comment: Craigslist

[User] pango

comment: ya LinkedIn is just collecting your data and reselling it.

comment: Ask your friends group if they know of anywhere that's looking


[User] neverscared

topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: Just came here to post this. :)

html_comment: Just came here to post this. :)

[User] grafician

comment: America the laughing stock of the world rn :)))


[User] Nairn

comment: never forget

html_comment: never forget


post: Salvatore La Rosa Rossetti


topic_title: Word of the Day

post: autocratic idiocracy


[User] Akagiyama

topic_title: Star Wars: The Mandalorian

comment: I just love the puppetness of it all, this is the way.

comment: but the name still sucks. Should have been Baybeeyodah

[User] YakuZoku

comment: I see Ripley

html_comment: I see Ripley

comment: For some reason it's not on par with the usual SW cinema versions quality but feels more like TV. Even though TV nowadays is near on par with cinema

comment: I assume ILM did the CG/ VFX.

html_comment: I assume ILM did the CG/ VFX.

[User] fooler

comment: Poster seems very Bollywood

html_comment: Poster seems very Bollywood

[User] dedlaast

comment: I want to like this, but the original series started strong, had some high spots, but slowly slid down hill...

[User] letterhead

comment: yeah the poster and type threw me. Why intentionally kitschy?

[User] MondoMorphic

comment: This looks awful. It's like one of those Wes Anderson AI generated movie trailers.

comment: Looks Like Typical Star Wars Cookie Cutter Slop

comment: Nah, check the last 3 Trilogy films. They're many years old now but the CG/ VFX looks better than this

[User] prophetone

comment: Y’all need to look in the mirror and realize you’re not a 5-15 year old anymore, this is not for the unc’s or og’s

comment: Ripley ftw

html_comment: Ripley ftw

comment: lol buff yabba!

html_comment: lol buff yabba!

[User] ApeRobot

comment: A new hope for the starwars univers...please make it good.


[User] yuekit

topic_title: Robot of the day

comment: I call total bs. No way it can recover at the speed of light like that, also when kicked over it should slide across the smooth floor more.  It all looks unnatu

comment: Nope it's real, you can even buy these things. https://www.unitree.…


[User] AQUTE

topic_title: Kanye West Hate Thread

comment: So it's all just entertainment?

html_comment: So it's all just entertainment?

comment: me over here praying to my own god that the Rapture tomorrow is real and takes these fake ass christians away.


[User] renderedred

topic_title: Poster of the Day

[User] MrT

comment: Some great work on that link

html_comment: Some great work on that link


[User] bainbridge

comment: is this the way forward? or an implosion?

[User] autoflavour

comment: its worked so well in the past.  1933 totally worked out well for everyone involved


[User] PhanLo

topic_title: Donald Trump

comment: batman penguin reboot

html_comment: batman penguin reboot

comment: Clayface hehe

html_comment: Clayface hehe


post:
 Trump says he has found the cause of autism

https://www.politico.com/news/20…

comment: yes, the day he was born

html_comment: yes, the day he was born

comment: yeah guys, don't. My son has autism.

html_comment: yeah guys, don't. My son has autism.

[User] monospaced

comment: Vaccines right?

html_comment: Vaccines right?

[User] bogue

comment: Tylenol during pregnancy apparently.  Something tells me his staffers all just invested heavily in iBuprofen yesterday.

comment: this fool can't even pronounce acetaminophen!

comment: Because every quality healthcare research study works by first setting a deadline...


topic_title: blog

post:
 What is QBN's plan getting younger people on this platform to keep it alive in the next 50-100 years?

I mean some old threads are 20+ years.

[User] futurefood

comment: we offer OnlyFans gift certificates when you sign up and stay active for a year

comment: Amazing

html_comment: Amazing

[User] utopian

comment: Furry Fandom Meetups

html_comment: Furry Fandom Meetups

[User] bezoar

comment: They get jumped in like MS13 n shit

html_comment: They get jumped in like MS13 n shit


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Drawing of the Day

post: Manben Neo [S05E18] Katsuya Terada


[User] akiersky

post: Not for everyone, but tweaking a few accessibility settings gets a pretty unique ui that removes all the glass and makes it kind of cartoony. I kinda like it

comment: How does the dark mode version look of this?

comment: Fucking with display contrast is gonna screw your color perspective

comment: my eyes burn

html_comment: my eyes burn


topic_title: Vimeo of the day

post: ?fl=pl&fe=sh


topic_title: Philosophy

comment: you had me at "that's why i liked covid" hahahahahhahaha


comment: cavalry

html_comment: cavalry

comment: nice, though

html_comment: nice, though


topic_title: State of QBN 2025

comment: divorce

html_comment: divorce

comment: The porn is REALLY good

html_comment: The porn is REALLY good


[User] uan

topic_title: The Useful Thread

post:
https://imageoptim.com/mac

to reduce image sizes from ps png, jpeg,... exports.
works like tinypng.com but local on mac.
free open source.

(posting because I didn't know this gem yet)

[User] ideaist

[User] zaq

comment: This app has been useful for me for years

comment: dev doesn‘t like  DRM and Apple EULAs, he writes: please beware of knock-offs in the App Store!

[User] evilpeacock

comment: I still mostly use TinyPNG, which has free apps. You just need to set up an API key.

comment: I used a lot

html_comment: I used a lot


topic_title: Apple

post: buggy ios26 (enter blue search) ??


[User] Akagiyama

post:
 Kimmel's back tomorrow. Wonder how that will go.

https://www.latimes.com/entertai…

[User] elahon

comment: I'm looking forward to watching the opening monologue for this episode!

comment: I’m just glad I wasn’t a fucking small minded retard and go around acting like the suspension was the end of democracy and free speech like some clowns.

comment: NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE

html_comment: NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE

comment: I expect he will be able to speak his mind and not have to fear the wrath of a fragile pseudo dictator because freedom of speech is intact.

comment: Mono, you would have to be partially retarded not to see how free speech is directly under threat in your retarded country.

comment: Getting to say retard is the smokescreen while they make it illegal to go to a Black Lives Matter protest.

comment: Show me an example.

html_comment: Show me an example.

comment: I honestly don't want to watch these more than once.  If you've been watching this and aren't worried than we should probably go our separate ways.

comment: Those aren’t examples of violations. Just a mad man musing about it. Yes it’s concerning but I don’t believe he is the final word on any of it.

comment: I guess im not as worried as you, although im sure I share the same outrage that this man is still free let alone the president

comment: If he did actually shut down entire networks or use his powers to jail media people for speaking out, then we have legit freedom violations.

comment: I’m being optimistic. Don’t hate on that.

[User] grafician

comment: Denying reality LIKE NO OTHER :)))When several people call you drunk...

html_comment:
Denying reality LIKE NO OTHER :)))

When several people call you drunk...

[User] neverscared

comment: if barrs comments weren´t a a legit attack ... nuffin will be.

comment: I’m not denying that he’s attempting. But I’m optimistic that he’ll keep failing. There is a difference. So far he hasn’t been very successful

comment: Don’t think for one second that I’m somehow okay with any of this. Trump is the worst thing that’s ever happened to this country. I’m one of the good guys


post:
 Health and Science

Trump admin draws unproven link between autism and Tylenol ingredient use during pregnancy

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/…

[User] autoflavour

comment: "science"

html_comment: "science"

comment: "health"

html_comment: "health"


post: Kimmel suspension is over. Host and show back on the air soon.

[User] YakuZoku

comment: Cool now we can focus on Epstein more

html_comment: Cool now we can focus on Epstein more

comment: its because Disney lost like a billion in protest streaming exodus.

comment: 4 billion even.. https://www.hindusta…

html_comment:
4 billion even..

https://www.hindusta…

comment: nothing to celebrate ...the suspension should have never happend.

comment: Sinclair will not lift the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on our stations

comment: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. reaches over 40% of U.S. households through its ownership and operation of approximately 193 television stations


[User] PhanLo

post:
 G O L D E N E G G S Y O U C U N T S
-

comment: Buy stock, make tweet, profit

html_comment: Buy stock, make tweet, profit


[User] webazoot

topic_title: QBN Suggestion Box

post:
 Should we just save time and merge

https://www.qbn.com/topics/69685…

With

https://www.qbn.com/topics/76411…

comment: We should rename it to "Bad vibes click here"

comment: no no America was fucked even before Trump


[User] mantrakid

topic_title: Browser game of the day

post:
 I made this for me, basically, pumping my own nostalgia.

https://popsafari.net/

maybe you will like it too.

comment: Dude, you never cease to amaze

html_comment: Dude, you never cease to amaze

comment: Cool! What was it built with?

html_comment: Cool! What was it built with?

comment: pure Javascript!

html_comment: pure Javascript!

comment: Cursor+Claude for support

html_comment: Cursor+Claude for support


[User] dbloc

post:
 Tylenol causes Autism.
- DJT (Sponsored by Advil)

comment: J&J will sue the Gov into fucking bankruptcy :)))

[User] monospaced

comment: Do you just type any nonsense you want as if it’s true?

comment: "Dr. Oz owns stock in a company that is a direct rival to Johnson and Johnson"Before commenting maybe think?

html_comment:
"Dr. Oz owns stock in a company that is a direct rival to Johnson and Johnson"

Before commenting maybe think?

comment: Trump moves might seem random, but he's just helping the people that are supporting him...


topic_title: religion

comment: Just as mislead as any.

html_comment: Just as mislead as any.

comment: Merch store included

html_comment: Merch store included

comment: Only in Americva™

html_comment: Only in Americva™

comment: "The US veers toward Christian nationalism"

[User] utopian

comment: love the shoes on the crucifix

html_comment: love the shoes on the crucifix

[User] hotroddy

comment: Mono parading his usual sanctimonious nonsense like it's a public service.

comment: in 'any' other religion you'd be stoned to death for being an apostate, dipshit.  Or a dipshit apostate.

comment: You can shitpost about Christianity all you  want, but try doing the same with Islam, lol.

comment: Phanlo reserves criticism exclusively for Christianity, avoiding any scrutiny of 'hate speech' conditioned by his society.

comment: Ironically, it's a society built by Anglo-Saxons—the same people who founded countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

comment: 95% of the world’s population recognizes  them with the highest standards of living—and would trade places with you in heartbeat.

comment: they believe trump is kyros

html_comment: they believe trump is kyros

comment: A religion that permits secularism to coexist peacefully—and won’t resort to burning cities down even if one of its own is executed.

[User] milfhunter

comment: Somehow America feels like one big Southpark episode. Almost like one big staged show where everyone is full-on retarded.

[User] pango

comment: oh hotknobby is back! yo! i asked you a question on the other post. what's deemed offensive that can get you arrested?

html_comment: oh hotknobby is back! yo! i asked you a question on the other post. <br>what's deemed offensive that can get you arrested?

comment: dont ask knoby questions... he is a moron .. u only get  idiotic answers.

comment: hotroddy, why so fucking triggered?

html_comment: hotroddy, why so fucking triggered?

comment: True Hotroddy but it doesn’t make it any less ridiculous. And Islam is just 58x  more ridiculous.

comment: Both Christianity and Islam pretty cool on paper, just that the implementation is always done by morons...

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: I don't know if pedophilia of a certain prophet is cool, even on paper :)


[User] shellie

post:
 I don't want to jinx it, so I’ll keep it thematic.

I don't play the lotto, but I understand why people do. It’s about the time between putting up the money and the results of the draw. That dopamine hit is exhilarating, sweet poison that keeps you stuck, hoping for luck.

Sure, I invest money into my personal work. It’s giving lotto vibes, for sure. But the time is what stings the most. You can make more money, but not more time. The older I get, time seems comes at a steep premium. And each ticket I pull is worth a good slice of the life I have left.

Anyway, something I wrote could fall into the hands of someone who could unlock everything before the end of the year if luck finds me in its crosshairs. It’s just one of dozens of lottery tickets I’ve been banking as I grind away in my dark corner over there. I just keep reminding myself to keep my head down, stay focused, and not get carried away with shiny dreams when slow progress usually wins the race. But I can't help but think about what life would be like if this were the ticket that hit.

Dreaming of doing or making something important that touches people is a silly pursuit in the grand scheme of things. But I keep doing it for reasons I can't explain other than this is how creative humans cope.

Now it’s time for me to feed my dog. Goodnight y’all.

[User] renderedred

comment: good luck!

html_comment: good luck!


topic_title: Horror Movies

post: This was awesome

[User] evilpeacock

comment: Lots of LOL payoff in the final scene.

html_comment: Lots of LOL payoff in the final scene.


topic_title: America is Fucked

comment: i found this difficult to fap to

html_comment: i found this difficult to fap to


[User] yuekit

post:
Trump signs order classifying "Antifa" as a terrorist organization

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presi…

[User] ApeRobot

comment: They are going to ask for non binary rainbow jumpsuits.

comment: pta´s new movie coming out on thursday will be an outrage .. maybe

comment: hitler just opened a bootle of champagne in his arctic bunker...

comment: so is anyone that's against fascism Antifa then?

comment: Yes?

html_comment: Yes?


topic_title: Vid of the Day

comment: The drugs kick's in.

html_comment: The drugs kick's in.


[User] grafician

comment: Pretty much everything made in China :))


[User] neverscared

post:
Trump is waging culture war on Europe by promoting rightwing allies, report finds
Study says US president seeks to interfere in elections and ‘move the ideological centre of gravity’ in European politics

The study argues that the US president is actively seeking to interfere in European elections, transform the transatlantic relationship toward conservative values and rally Europe’s rightwing populists around the theme of free speech.

https://www.theguardian.com/worl…


[User] elahon

[User] Miesfan

comment: Autism-> 1943 Leon KannerTylenol-> 1955 by McNeil Laboratories

html_comment: Autism-> 1943 Leon Kanner<br>Tylenol-> 1955 by McNeil Laboratories

comment: Only in America™

html_comment: Only in America™

comment: Fast forward 6 years - no change in autism but more dead babies from mothers not fighting fevers?

comment: Unlikely the medical community will agree or implement any changes based on this nonsense. They aren’t a state controlled entity.

comment: but but RFK's brain worm told him so!

html_comment: but but RFK's brain worm told him so!


[User] Gardener

topic_title: UK is Fucked

comment: gammon cunt shouting the odds in his little fucking Noddy car.

comment: is it legal to use your phone when cycling?


topic_title: Guess Who...

[User] Gabriel

comment: Abraham Cage

html_comment: Abraham Cage


topic_title: The More You Know ★

[User] AQUTE

comment: hahahahhahhhaaa

html_comment: hahahahhahhhaaa

[User] ideaist

comment: Take THAT Eddie!Lolz.

html_comment:
Take THAT Eddie!

Lolz.

[User] maquito

comment: Lolol

html_comment: Lolol


comment: Baaaaaastards

html_comment: Baaaaaastards

[User] cotton

comment: lol?

html_comment: lol?


topic_title: OTOMO

post:
 MEMORIES -メモリーズ- [1995]
NHK TV Documentary [English CC]


[User] palimpsest

post: We still have Cinnabon and Krispy Kreme, so suck on that, losers!


[User] bainbridge

topic_title: blog

post:
 There's so many tattoo shops popping up in my area now.

Where are all these "artists" coming from and getting trained?

Why does everyone want threadless-type graphics permanently inked into their skin?

comment: I thought tattoos are out and no tattoos is the trend now.

comment: I feel like everyone has full sleeves and hand tattoos. I see so many 20 year olds covered.

[User] kingsteven

comment: there's usually a few studios in any city with multiple bays used by multiple people, young artists will do apprenticeships then one of the older guys gets

comment: outed for stealing all the money or for sleaze, sexual harassment, beating his wife or something like that... all the staff fuck off and start their own places.

comment: The circle of life.

html_comment: The circle of life.

comment: ...repeat. my mrs manages a studio and it's wild the stories she tells me about the other studios in town.

[User] robthelad

comment: tattoos are trendy now. kids like them. supply and demand.


topic_title: Punches For:

post:
These little plastic things on water bottles.

I'm sure people drop them all the time and they get eaten by animals or stuck in something and never break down.

It's not good design.

comment: How dare you...this is saving the planet.

comment: Hooked on phonics.

html_comment: Hooked on phonics.

comment: yes that drove me nuts in europe. psycho

[User] rzu-rzu

comment: I'm still trying to wrap my head around how adding more plastic solves the problem of too much plastic

[User] PhanLo

comment: Makes it even worse, total design fail

html_comment: Makes it even worse, total design fail

comment: Stop buying them. :(

html_comment: Stop buying them. :(

[User] scruffics

comment: what cotton said. especially bottles with the flip-top caps. you deserve everything coming your way

comment: What the hell are y'all on?https://i.haasie.com…I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

html_comment:
What the hell are y'all on?
https://i.haasie.com…
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

comment: Blaming this on the tethered cap EU measure really lifts QBN to new heights.

[User] stoplying

comment: That whole flip-cap-nipple is a mess.

html_comment: That whole flip-cap-nipple is a mess.


[User] Wolfboy

topic_title: RIP of the day

post:
 If you like Cricket, then one of the great characters has gone.

RIP Dickie Bird, aged 92.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cric…

comment: Legend.

html_comment: Legend.


post: Instead of fixing Siri and proper AI they did this.

comment: What a mess!

html_comment: What a mess!


[User] ApeRobot

topic_title: Pic of the Day

comment: that's one way to put it

html_comment: that's one way to put it

[User] Krassy

comment: recycling

html_comment: recycling


topic_title: Signs your getting old?

post: When you realize that Joe Biden was once charismatic and quick witted.


topic_title: Politics

comment: There's a hard R in 'foreigner'.

html_comment: There's a hard R in 'foreigner'.


[User] grafician

topic_title: Donald Trump

post: s: https://x.com/DailyNoud/status/1…

[User] aliastime

comment: i don't know what's real anymore

html_comment: i don't know what's real anymore


[User] Gabriel

topic_title: Apple

post:
 Hope Apple fix this mess... this is iOS 26.1 Beta 1

"...Navigation bar also has a slightly more frosted look that makes it easier to see on light backgrounds..."

But for me is not enough.

Source → https://www.macrumors.com/2025/0…

comment: That glass effect failed. All of that UX research and development for nothing.

comment: Liquid bullshit.no API, not in SwiftUI nor UIKit.utter bullshit.

html_comment:
Liquid bullshit.
no API, not in SwiftUI nor UIKit.
utter bullshit.

comment: Glass effect it's UI

html_comment: Glass effect it's UI


topic_title: _Randomize Me

[User] PonyBoy

comment: I was told eating local honey will nearly eliminate (depending on the person of course) summertime allergies ...it's bullshit. It's good on sore throats tho. <3


[User] Nairn

topic_title: The World is Fucked

post:
 I would've put this in the "America is fucked" thread, but I imagine this sort of thing's also probably set up elsewhere, much further afield, too.

"Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system"

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/…

comment: Or it's just a slightly- off-centre VoIP operation run on a budget and this interpretation is some bullshit histrionics. Who knows?

comment: "The hidden electronic maze was so powerful, it could have sent an encrypted and anonymous text to every human being in the United States within 12 minutes"

comment: seems to me someone putting in the time to create a setup like this would have more than 'swatting' calls on their minds...

[User] OBBTKN

comment: Woah! Follow the money... this setup is not cheap, and sure you can trace the shopping of it (smart detective face)...


[User] maquito

post: stupid word-art shit


topic_title: religion

post:
 The made up rapture is happening next week apparently
End times boogie baby!
-

comment: again?

html_comment: again?

[User] renderedred

comment: It's New Year's here in Jerusalem. No sign of rupture.

comment: or rapture whatever :)

html_comment: or rapture whatever :)


topic_title: Conspiracy of the day

comment: you can almost see the little caveman in his head rubbing two sticks together trying to create thoughts

[User] toemaas

comment: Conservative FBI vs Liberal CIA.... Again

[User] YakuZoku

comment: He used to make fun of 911 truthers, now he is one, makes me wonder what he learned