Chert
@chert.bsky.social
Burdensome friend, lives by the river
painting 900 financial instruments by hand
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
painting 900 financial instruments by hand
extreeeeemely suspicious situations developing
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
extreeeeemely suspicious situations developing
family tradition when ya go to Chicago
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
family tradition when ya go to Chicago
the flowers of romance.. mere rubbish?
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
the flowers of romance.. mere rubbish?
90s Corolla with big tires looks very cool
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
90s Corolla with big tires looks very cool
i’ll always take the option to limber up, if offered
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
i’ll always take the option to limber up, if offered
Hannah Frank, Frame by Frame
![photo of book page, text as follows:
…Tortoise Wins by a Hare is a part: Election Day is around the corner, and the United States is deeply embroiled in World War I, attacking Japanese ships, broadcasting propaganda, and mounting rescue operations.
But the version of the Tribune that appears in Tortoise Wins by a Hare contains one other curiosity, apart from the elements pertaining to the cartoon: a tiny joke headline inserted just above the fold. It reads, "Adolph [sic] Hitler Commits Suicide. We know this to be a joke: because Hitler was still alive in November 1942, not to mention February 1943; because it does not appear in the source mate-rial; because Hitler's first name is misspelled; because we can make out the borders of the piece of paper on which this fake headline was written, and so on. Yet even this joke seems urgent. Whose idea was it? Who wrote it? How could they possibly know that Hitler would, eventually, commit suicide? What is all the more fascinating is that Clampett would then reuse this mock newspaper at least two more times—first in Fighting Tools (Warner Bros.), released October 13, 1943, and again in What's Cookin', Doc? (Warner Bros.), released January 8, 1944—each time altering the name of the newspaper, as well as the major headline and accompanying illustration, but never removing the reference to Hitler's suicide (fig. 1.4). The mock newspaper created for Tortoise Wins by a Hare thus becomes a historical document in its own right, with a life wholly apart from its source material. Yet the news reported by the Chicago Sunday Tribune on November 2, 1942, continues to reassert itself; that "Jap cruiser" is blown up again and again, that Navy chaplain is forever being found. The year 1942 exists alongside 1943, 1943 is nested within
1944; each new collage contains telling fragments of what came before it.
Similarly, Clampett's newsreel parody Meet John Doughboy (Warner Bros., 94),
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February 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Hannah Frank, Frame by Frame
building video that doesn’t show the building. my grievances are valid
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
building video that doesn’t show the building. my grievances are valid
up early on a Sunday to deal with a burst pipe way down in NYC. at least stuff looks cool outside
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 AM
up early on a Sunday to deal with a burst pipe way down in NYC. at least stuff looks cool outside
hornets basketball court looks like some kind of challenge/experiment to find the least appealing shade of blue
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 PM
hornets basketball court looks like some kind of challenge/experiment to find the least appealing shade of blue
Jellybean Row!
The Aftermath: Snowstorm
Reilly Fitzgerald
2020
Reilly Fitzgerald
2020
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Jellybean Row!
exciting week for the commute
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 AM
exciting week for the commute
that’s my jug of utz hards
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
that’s my jug of utz hards
cold wind off the river made me cry and then froze my tears in place
January 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM
cold wind off the river made me cry and then froze my tears in place
my big jar of pretzels is waning
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 AM
my big jar of pretzels is waning
in like 1996 my brother got a carhartt jacket for christmas, I think for Nas reasons, and my uncle made fun of him so bad for wanting to dress up like an electrician
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
in like 1996 my brother got a carhartt jacket for christmas, I think for Nas reasons, and my uncle made fun of him so bad for wanting to dress up like an electrician
love to punch a hole through a snowplow berm and then come back the next day to see that it has been adopted by the public and trampled flat
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
love to punch a hole through a snowplow berm and then come back the next day to see that it has been adopted by the public and trampled flat
disabled train at the station, but it’s between the river and the platform so it’s a nice windbreak
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
disabled train at the station, but it’s between the river and the platform so it’s a nice windbreak
wish i had a mudroom so bad rn
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 PM
wish i had a mudroom so bad rn
cute little tug chuggin under storm king
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 PM
cute little tug chuggin under storm king
this guy on the train has a lush midi arrangement of coldplay’s clocks as his ringtone
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
this guy on the train has a lush midi arrangement of coldplay’s clocks as his ringtone
got a big cramp in the arch of my foot bc i thought it would be cool to ride a furniture dolly on my knees, to get across freshly mopped linoleum w/o leaving footprints
January 28, 2026 at 7:01 PM
got a big cramp in the arch of my foot bc i thought it would be cool to ride a furniture dolly on my knees, to get across freshly mopped linoleum w/o leaving footprints
i’m healthy and energized of this place
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM
i’m healthy and energized of this place