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jayasaxena.com
I wrote about Parmigiano Reggiano's PR push and how it wants to eradicate "parmesan" slate.com/life/2026/01...
The Cheese You Put on Pasta Is Now a “Strategic Partner” With an NFL Team. Seems Silly—Until You Realize That It’s Part of a Plot Against America.
Gird your graters, patriots.
slate.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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orta.io
Thought I'd wrap up the year with a blog post about the trials and tribulations in figuring out an algorithm to make a printable version of any Crossword

blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
Crossword Printing Techniques
Printing a Crossword, easy problem right? No art in getting this right, nuh uh. Just simply render a Crossword in the corner and then throw some clues under it. done :shippit: OK, so I admit I didn’t ...
blog.puzzmo.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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gingerbearart.bsky.social
The council convenes once more
#deathblart
Comic, Page 1: P1: Outer space, showing several distant planets and a star, focusing on a foreground ringed planet that appears to have oceans and continents with large visibly man-made alterations, including bridges and a central trench of city circling the planet. Narration: "There are 11 billion sentient life forms on this planet. Uncountable artificial intelligences, consciousnesses stored in the core, more arriving every day" P2: A hand touches the top of an alien-looking casket. Narration: "One less, now." P3: The face of an alien person with an expression of grief, with pupil-less eyes, distinctive cheek markings, a metallic hoop around their neck, and a cloak, referred to from now as "MC". P4: Another person appears behind the first, with a floating holographic display of information in front of their face. Other person: "I take it you are aware of the duty the late Vhixyr is trusting to you?" MC: "Yes, I was told long ago." Page 2: P1: MC is pictured silhouetted from behind, standing in front of a far-future city, full of other citizens and glass transport tubes in the sky stretching into the distance. Narration: "Out of over 11 billion, me." P2: (Blank) Narration: "Despite Vhixyr's insistence that I was just the best fit, I always wondered-" P3: MC's foot stepping on a panel. Narration: "I wondered if my dear grandparent harbored some secret resentment," P4: MC standing in front of a doorway, raising a hand to a glowing panel on the wall. Behind the doorway is swirling shapes and light. Narration: "...or if they just thought I was the only one who could forgive them for this life-long burden?" P5: MC walking on a transparent bridge through a void filled with swirling light. Narration: "But really, all that mattered-" P6: (Blank) Narration: "Is that there are five of them. ...of us." Page 3: P1: Two arch-shaped desks with small cylindrical devices with 3 bulbs protruding from them, and a fan-shaped holographic display behind them showing a wave-form. MC: "I wasn't expecting your equipment to look so... ancient?" P2: A zoomed out view of the room, showing MC speaking to a larger smiling alien with an arch-shaped structure on their back, referred to from here as Council 1. Council 1: "For taking vibrations in the air. Ancient traditions, after all." P3: From behind MC, still speaking to Council 1, who is pointing at their own mouth. Council 1: "And I see you've been practicing your oral language!" MC: "No small effort - but we need to be able to speak this way for a full cycle after all." Council 1: "You get used to it." P4: Showing MC now. Council 1: "I trust you have now... viewed it, as well?" MC: "...of course." P5: Zooming out, showing both MC and Council 1, and another person in the back of the room by a large holo display. This person (Council 2) is slim, wearing a dark sleeveless shirt and a large brace over their shoulders. Council 2: "As of now, Earth has reached 89.3% of its sun-cycle." Council 1: "Then we will begin." Page 4: P1: From left to right seated at the desk in front of holo displays, Council 2, Council 1, and a third Council member with a robe and a U-shaped brace framing their head, all with somber expressions. Council 1: "Today we welcome Thonriel, third grandchild of Vhixyr, to the order of T'ddub. Thonriel has the terrible and honorable charge of speaking first today, as our order convenes for audiograph number 0X7B65D. -ahem- So... what did you think?" P2: Thonriel (MC), wearing a grim expression and slamming their hand down on their own desk. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is still a bad movie."
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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xkcd.com
Can you power your computer by typing?

What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L44...
Can you power your computer by typing?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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badhandbooks.bsky.social
A huge feature on THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with Stephen King just dropped. Read all about it.

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Benjamin Percy's Horrifying News
One of the most successful horror writers in the country lives in Northfield, Minnesota. His newest scary novel isn’t a book—it’s a newspaper. Is he trying to tell us something?
mspmag.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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michaelklamerus.bsky.social
Come for the b-roll of people excited for sales, stay for the 2 seconds of this guy mugging for the camera
Guy staring at the camera
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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danlearnsstuff.com
Have I got the mug for this guy

CC: @zachweinersmith.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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xkcd.com
Service Outage

xkcd.com/3170/
Comic. Graph with x-axis is time and y-axis is productivity when a major internet service goes down, showing that after the outage begins the line splits, with one end trending down for people whose work relies on the service and with an upward boost for people whose work doesn’t rely on the service. Top branch of line has mini art of a person sitting at their computer desk thinking, “Aw man, the outage took down the Star Wars Legends Wiki.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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jonbois.bsky.social
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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griffinmcelroy.bsky.social
ALERT: After a decade at rest, The Final Pam has BREACHED CONTAINMENT.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORfJ...
The Return of Pam | Monster Factory
YouTube video by The McElroy Family
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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mikemaihack.com
SuperBatober: ALL OF THEM ❤️ (October sure was a wild month for Batgirl, Supergirl and friends!)
Compilation of all the watercolor pieces from my SuperBatober event last month (October 2025).
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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mikemaihack.com
Day 26 - GHOST 👻

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025
SUPERBATOBER 26: GHOST -- Watch out Batgirl! Theres a (familiar purple cape and cowl looking) g-g-g-ghost behind you! If only Supergirl was here! She could take care of it while you finished costuming up for a likely important reason!
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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xkcd.com
Shielding Chart

xkcd.com/3158/
Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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dukope.bsky.social
"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.

For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:

youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse
YouTube video by Lucas Pope
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October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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archive.org
🛒 Fall fashions & car batteries: #autumn, Kmart style, 1989. 🍂

Thanks to a forward-thinking staffer, this & many other in-store audio tapes were saved from the dustbin—now preserved at the #InternetArchive.

🎧 Hear the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/Kmar...

#preservation #1980s
October 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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metaverity.bsky.social
It would be fun to do a letter writing project using these stamps as a story within a story
clivethompson.bsky.social Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · Sep 13
Behold a lovely stamp sheet by Chris Ware ...

... where each stamp shows a moment in the day of a postwoman

apparently it's the first time anyone has tried to tell a story with a stamp sheet

item #1 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
sheet of stamps in a 5 by 4 grid. Each shows a female postal deliverer walking her route and delivering mail, through the grid of a small town's streets. Each panel includes her interacting with different residents of the town, including children on the way to school, people shopping, and more. Different parts of the town show each of the four seasons
September 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM