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novalis bonked 13 May 2025 19:38 +0000
original: best_of_mltshp@mefi.social

https://mltshp.com/p/1R0FZ “N’a jamais été”

Astronaut Gun meme with a pipe in place of the Earth, and with a Magritte-style green apple on one spacesuit's shoulder patch.

One astronaut says "Ceci n'est pas une pipe?" and the one holding the gun says: "N’a jamais été"

"This is not a pipe?"
"It never was."

novalis bonked 13 May 2025 16:38 +0000
original: igb@mastodon.hccp.org

@novalis @mjd

novalis bonked 12 May 2025 19:36 +0000
original: lyledallas.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

This is wild! www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...

First fault rupture ever filme...

novalis honked back 12 May 2025 19:30 +0000
in reply to: https://mathstodon.xyz/users/mjd/statuses/114495990729176816

@mjd I don't think of him that way, but I admit it's probably been a decade since I last read the books.

(Also, Gandalf is very quotable, whereas quoting Jackson Lamb is a nearly always a firing offense)

novalis honked 12 May 2025 17:10 +0000

One thing I like about the Slow Horses novels is how mannered they are. Nobody talks like any of these characters, but it doesn't matter, because they are so much fun to listen to.

Also, I love Jackson Lamb as the perfect example of Stage 3 ethics.

And in terms of his role in most of the novels, he's a lot like Gandalf, except, you know, an asshole.

novalis honked back 12 May 2025 13:54 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/114473127134885349

@CStamp Yes, the standard advice is that if you're going to have a baby, take a CPR class.

novalis bonked 09 May 2025 15:39 +0000
original: futzle@old.mermaid.town

Happy Multiply By Today's Date to Convert Your Temperature To The Other Scale day to those who celebrate.

(Please ignore the 32 offset.)

novalis honked 09 May 2025 01:55 +0000

The new VNV Nation album, Construct, is now available on Bandcamp (at least). This is supposed to be the positive one of two paired albums, but it's got (another) "please don't kill yourself" song and also one about an apocalypse, so I can't wait to see what Destruct brings.

novalis bonked 08 May 2025 16:25 +0000
original: jadedcynic@kind.social

First picture: shot of a Popeyes 'Louisiana Kitchen' restaruant's roof, with the sign and a white plume of smoke rising from behind.
Second picture: same shot but restaurant's name is "Popeno" and there is a *black* smoke plume.

novalis honked back 08 May 2025 16:18 +0000
in reply to: https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/114468193128832510

@CStamp It's fruit juice, as opposed to whole fruit. It's there as a sweetener, but there's no need for a sweetener. (Even the concept of baby food is pretty suspect -- babies can do a surprisingly good job on many ordinary foods despite their lack of teeth. You haven't lived until you've seen a one-year-old go to town on a chicken leg.)