West Elm Caliban

[West Elm Caliban @simplic10]

Just a good old boy, never meaning no harm.
And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, then in good faith, I long not to live

[West Elm Caliban @simplic10]

The concept of Catamites implies the existence of opposite polarity Anamites and suggests they may react when connected through a semi-permeable membrane

[West Elm Caliban @simplic10]

You may have heard that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, but this is likely legendary. He lived in the 5th century, long before the invention of cars.

[West Elm Caliban @simplic10]

@michaelharriot Thanks for making this the first reply in your long thread. I was going to read it and engage, but this helped me change my mind, saving us both time.

[roon @tszzl]

That’s just moralslop. you’re only acting justly because it’s the right thing to do

[onionweigher 🧅⚖️ @onionweigher]

how it feels to post on here as the world descends into chaos:

[Finn McKenty @thefinnmckenty]

@basilYam My dad was a corrections officer who cannot be baited. He just says “it sounds like you feel pretty strongly about this.”

[Ellie going to vc @basilYam]

I wish there was a pithy phrase that meant "I hear that you think this. I neither agree nor disagree. This is your thought, and I really have nothing to do with it."

[taoki @justalexoki]

this actually includes "if women would just..." and "if men would just..."

[The Appalachian Podcast @GetOnTap]

January 1st in 1953, at the age of 29, Hank Williams took his final ride going through the Heart of Appalachia. He performed, what would be his final show, at the Elite Cafe in Montgomery on December 28th. He was supposed to play a show in Charleston, WV but canceled due to the weather.

Williams paid a college student named Charles Carr to drive him, and they set sail for Canton, Ohio. They made a stop in Knoxville to get a room, and to see a doctor for the ailing Williams. The doctor gave Williams two B12 shots with morphine, before getting a call that night telling them they had to continue on and make the New Years Day show in Canton. They stopped in Bristol for a quick bite, where Williams declined to eat, and that is where he spoke his last words.

There’s a local legend in Tazewell County, VA that Hank may have taken his last breath there. They stopped at a service station in Claypool Hill, VA off Route 19/460, and Hank was asleep in the back of the vehicle, but alive. About two hours into West Virginia they stopped in Oak Hill at the Skyline Drive-in (known as “Hanks last stop” to locals, and still open), where they found him dead. Did he take his last breath in Tazewell County, VA? Who knows?

[West Elm Caliban @simplic10]

@dorzacht @MorlockP I see an opportunity to post this banger once again

[West Elm Caliban @simplic10]

@aelfred_D

[caesararum, BS, DOGS @caesararum]

a condition of immigration to ANY country should be that you become the biggest caricature of that country's people you can be

[Colonel Hammer🦍🦖 @CorporalRex]

Why did you edit out the Oviraptor?

[Guy @nosilverv]

Lmao, this reminded me of my favorite Kafkatrap:

[Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse]

what it was like writing this post:

[taoki @justalexoki]

confirmation bias is so scary because you see it literally everywhere

[TheOmniZaddy 🌹🌐🔰🏗 @TheOmniZaddy]

This issue of Calvin and Hobbes lives rent-free in my mind

[owen cyclops @owenbroadcast]

this is probably my favorite christmas comic (1982). intentional or not, i enjoy that it can also be extended into a theological and historical metaphor.

[wanye @xwanyex]

One thing that has put me off of self driving cars just as an aesthetic matter is just how often my VW thinks it knows better than I do. Can’t remote start the car because the coolant is a little low, which I already knew. Can’t use the key fob to unlock the passenger side door when the car is running. Same with the trunk. The display reads: “Eco tip: please close the sunroof.” But that’s not a tip, it’s a request.

And of course everybody knows about the auto stop/start.

Living with this is annoying as hell. It’s like somebody in HR at VW is standing over my shoulder at all times, not letting me do what I want to do with my car.