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Two hikers walking uphill, in a landscape seen from the side:

hiker 1: "Okay, we're nearing the next downhill segment. I'll put in the order.
... confirming start and end points ...
submitted!"

Thingamajig comes flying from above.
hiker 2: "Look, here it comes!"

The thingamajig is a waterslide, carried by six drones.
It is put down, and hiker 1 and hiker 2 goes down by means of the waterslide: "Wheeee"
while the drones hover above.

When the hikers are down slide, they continue their hike by foot, and the drones take the waterslide away.

xkcd alt-text: Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been.

Hiking

xkcd

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xkcd #3126 - Disclaimer

alt-text: You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong.

🙄 🙈

Disclaimer

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Tom Gauld - Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad
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2× 4 comic strip (text see below)

Kia bela vilaĝo!
What a lovely village!

Ĉu ĉi tiuj estas venenaj?
Are any of these plants poisonous?

Kie oni povas aĉeti pafilon?
Can one purchase a firearm nearby?

Ĉu la tajdo povus forporti kadavron?
Could the tide carry a dead body away?

Saluton oficiro.
Hello officer.

Okazis miskompreno!
There has been a misunderstanding!

La murdo en mia notlibro estas fikcia.
The murder planned in my notebook is fictional.

Mi ŝatus telefoni al la Brita konsulejo.
I would like to telephone the British consulate.

2025-Jul-06: Tom Gauld on A phrasebook for crime writers – cartoon

#TomGauld #TravelDictionary
#Eo #Esperanto

(via)

Khurram Wadee

2025-07-07 09:28:56

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#TomGauld on a #phrasebook for #CrimeWriters – #cartoon | #Illustration | The Guardian


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#Humour #Books


Tom Gauld on a phrasebook for crime writers – cartoon

Agatha Christie never had this problem …
Tom Gauld (The Guardian)

#esperanto #eo #tomgauld #TravelDictionary

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OK Go - "This too shall pass"

I hadn't seen the "behind the scenes" video before,
and it makes the video take even more amazing.

This video always makes me happy-as-a-child¹ - from the delicate xylophone, to the children's banging on the drums at the end.
youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAI…

#OKGo #ThisTooShallPass #2009 #2010
#UniversityOfNotreDameMarchingBand #NotreDameMarchingBand #MarchingBand
#SwampMonsters #GrassBeasts #GhillieSuits #SouthBendIndiana #CatholicPriestsField (#IsGodAshamed?)
#FootballPlayerActivatedCameraCrane #AerialShot #BoredPreschoolers

(Even if you haven't seen this version of the song,
you've probably seen the Rube Goldberg machine version?)

¹I'm an adult. I'm happy-as-an-adult. Or am I not allowed happiness anymore? 🤔

OK Go - "This too shall pass"

(2009-2010)
www.youtube.com
#MarchingBand #okgo #2009 #2010 #SouthBendIndiana #thistooshallpass #UniversityOfNotreDameMarchingBand #NotreDameMarchingBand #SwampMonsters #GrassBeasts #GhillieSuits #CatholicPriestsField #IsGodAshamed #FootballPlayerActivatedCameraCrane #AerialShot #BoredPreschoolers

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Timo Räisänen - "Fear no darkness, promised child"

youtube.com/watch?v=SEuEha3ulK…

#TimoRäisänen #FearNoDarknessPromisedChild #2006
#music #English #Sweden #musik #Sverige #YouTube

Timo Räisänen - "Fear no darkness, promised child"

(2006)
www.youtube.com
#Music #english #sweden #sverige #youtube #musik #2006 #TimoRäisänen #FearNoDarknessPromisedChild

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#Framed #Wordle #ordlig #OneFrameChallenge

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Laleh - "Vårens första dag"

Today, at 09:01:25 UTC, was spring equinox here in the northern hemisphere.

youtube.com/watch?v=j8VdehTuZf…

#Laleh #VårensFörstaDag #2012
#musik #svenska #vår
#video #YouTube
#music #Swedish #spring #FirstDayOfSpring

#SpringEquinox #MarchEquinox en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_eq…
#nouruz #nowruz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz (Persian new year)

Laleh - "Vårens första dag"

(2012)
www.youtube.com
#Music #spring #var #video #youtube #musik #swedish #2012 #svenska #firstdayofspring #SpringEquinox #Nowruz #marchequinox #laleh #varensforstadag #nouruz

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Thomas Holm - "Nitten"

(Det finns #textat på #svenska nu! There are #English #subtitles now!)
youtube.com/watch?v=_vSEWySEaJ…

#ThomasHolm #Nitten #2009 #dansk
#musik #music #video
(When #YouTube gives you a #re-watch suggestion from more than a decade ago.)

Thomas Holm - "Nitten"

(2009)
www.youtube.com
#Music #english #video #youtube #musik #subtitles #dansk #svenska #2009 #textat #ThomasHolm #Nitten #re-watch suggestion

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Adam Hunt

2025-03-15 22:32:32

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The 2027 American War with Canada — A Soldier’s Perspective - A tale of humorous woe from the sub-arctic front lines


The year is 2027, and the war that America launched on Canada rages on. Our first attempt at economic conquest failed in 2025, when they formed close ties with Asia and Europe to stave off the starvation effects of our tariffs. In 2026 we turned to outright military attack, in an attempt to turn them into the 51st state. We threw the first punch. In imperial.

It’s now 8 months into the conflict with the Snow Mexicans, with no end in sight.

Below is a letter from an American soldier on the front lines of the 49th parallel…


#Canada #humour with a "u"


The 2027 American War with Canada — A Soldier’s Perspective

Robin Wilding (Wilding Out)

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Iggy Pop - "The passenger"

youtube.com/watch?v=-fWw7FE9tT…

#IggyPop #ThePassenger #1977
#music #video #YouTube

Iggy Pop - "The passenger"

(1977)
www.youtube.com
#Music #video #youtube #iggypop #1977 #ThePassenger

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Daði Freyr - "Skiptir ekki máli"
youtube.com/watch?v=8TKNbwC6L7…
#DaðiFreyr #SkiptirEkkiMáli #2018
#íslenska #Icelandic
#tractor #puppies #decks #cows #base #NiceBaseline
#DoesNotMatter #music #video #YouTube

Daði Freyr - "Skiptir ekki máli"

(2018)
www.youtube.com
#Music #puppies #video #youtube #base #cows #tractor #Icelandic #2018 #islenska #decks #DaðiFreyr #SkiptirEkkiMáli #NiceBaseline #DoesNotMatter

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#foto #photo #english #waiting #computer #swedish #fail #sound #shutdown #repost #playing #svenska #netbook #logout #explorerEXE #Windows7Starter #felmeddelande #dator #avsluta #avslutas #väntar #vänta #utloggning #utloggningsljud #ljud

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Indisciplined Lucy - "Epilogue"

While going through some old diaspora* posts, I came upon a ten-year old post where I'm trying to remember a specific song, but couldn't figure it out. The song I linked to then wasn't it.

I did another search now, and it turns out that seven years after that post somebody uploaded the song I was looking for!
"Epilogue", from the Clown EP (1996). I think I borrowed it from the library?

#IndisciplinedLucy #Epilogue #musik #1996 #Uppsala #Sverige
#music #Sweden #English #YouTube

Last.fm on Indisciplined Lucy

#Music #english #sweden #sverige #youtube #musik #uppsala #epilogue #1996 #IndisciplinedLucy

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the Blue Screen of Death …
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A four-sided twisted pillar located in a morning-empty shopping mall. The pillar is covered with a computer screen to show ads on it. There are two escalators beside it, mounted in opposing directions so they form an X from our point of view. Their sides and undersides are covered in mirrors. The ad-pillar is reflected in those mirrors. When the photographer took the photos, the pillar's screen showed the infamous Microsoft Blue Screen of Death (a full-screen error message, in white text on a blue background).
This image shows the same ad-pillar, but from another direction.

#BSOD #BlueScreenOfDeath #grand #failure #fail
#EM Quartier #Bangkok #Thailand

(via Twitter, from reddit; here’s what it’s supposed to look like: [1, 2])

(A bit over nine years ago, I posted this on diaspora*. I joined Friendica as of this year, and that post doesn't seem to have federated to here, so I'm re-posting it. "Because I can.") #repost

#bsod #Thailand #grand #bangkok #fail #repost #failure #bluescreenofdeath #EM Quartier

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#Framed #Wordle #ordlig #OneFrameChallenge

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McCarthy - "Red sleeping beauty"
#Music #youtube #mccarthy #1986 #RedSleepingBeauty @John Spithead

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Split Enz - "Six months in a leaky boat"

youtube.com/watch?v=lnZd08zKDe…

#SplitEnz #SixMonthsInALeakyBoat #Aotearoa #1982
#music #video #YouTube

Split Enz - "Six months in a leaky boat"

(May 1982)
www.youtube.com
#Music #video #youtube #aotearoa #1982 #splitenz #SixMonthsInALeakyBoat

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The Guardian has released three of my cartoons as prints (pics below). They are an open edition in two sizes and are available for one week only:www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/current-print-drops

Current Print Drops

Guardian Print Store
Guardian Print Store

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Frau Horst on diaspora* posted this more than ten years ago, but I think it's still relevant.
(#English translation-ish below)

– Also weißt du, das mit den Flüchtlingen hier ... ich bin kein Nazi, aber ... – .... ich bin niemand, der andere unterbricht, aber .... – ... was? Was .... – ... ich unterbreche keinen, aber .... – Was soll der M... – ... ich sage nur ich bin kein Unterbrecher. – – – – Das wird man ja wohl noch sagen dürfen. http://erzaehlmirnix.wordpress.com/

#erzaehlmirnix #IchBinKeinNaziAber #KeinNaziAber #keinUnterbrecher
#ErzählMirNix #Deutsch

Four-square comic strip, with two stick-figure heads talking.

– So you know, the thing with the refugees here ... I'm not a Nazi, but ...
– .... I'm not someone who interrupts others, but ...

– ... what? What ...
– ... I don't interrupt anyone, but ...

– What's the point of the ...
– ... I'm just saying I'm not an interrupter.

(third square: both heads are silent)

(fourth square: first head is silent, with a grumpy face; second head speaks)
– You should still be allowed to say that.

erzaehlmirnix.wordpress.com/

#NotANaziBut #NotAnInterrupter

#comics #NotMyWork

#english #comics #deutsch #NotMyWork #erzaehlmirnix #IchBinKeinNaziAber #keinUnterbrecher #KeinNaziAber #ErzählMirNix #NotANaziBut #NotAnInterrupter

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HernanLG

X_X

Wordle 1,350 X/6

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complete failure:

Framed #1085
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Framed - The daily movie guessing game

Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!
framed.wtf
#1085

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#Framed #puzzle #connections #Wordle

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Framed #1084
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Framed - One Frame Challenge #87
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Framed - The daily movie guessing game

Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!
framed.wtf
#87 #1084

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#Framed #puzzle #connections #Wordle

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"Motor girl", by Terry Moore

Finished #reading Terry Moore's "SIP Kids" yesterday,
and finished both volumes of the "Motor girl" series today.

SIP Kids was a very light-hearted read after the Rachel rising series.
If it hadn't been part of the Humble Bundle, I'd probably just lent it from the library instead of owning a copy myself.

Motor girl worked with other issues, but no Rachel rising horror.
It's about a war veteran, and the PTSD after having done three tours to Iraq, and coping mechanisms, and now weaving actual reality with old reality. And fighting off government-but-not-government experiments. And UFOs.
And then an aunt we've met in an earlier story has a supporting role in all of it.

Oh, and: I guess this genre should be tagged as #GraphicNovel
#comics #books #SIPKids #MotorGirl #TerryMoore
#eReader #eBook #eInk

#books #ebook #reading #comics #ereader #graphicnovel #eink #TerryMoore #SIPKids #MotorGirl

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So, as I suspected: From a #federation standpoint, posts originating from Friendica is probably the most effective?
(The goal being posts that reach — and can then be re-shared on — both diaspora*, Friendica, and Mastodon.)

The Mastodon-Friendica connection works fine, but Mastodon posts reshared via Friendica doesn't seem to reach diaspora* (at least not within a reasonable time span 🤷).

#test #Fediverse #diaspora* #mastodon

#mastodon #fediverse #federation #test #Diaspora

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#puzzles #quiz #Framed #puzzle #francais #Wordle #svenska #norsk

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"Rachel rising", by Terry Moore

Finished #reading Terry Moore's Rachel rising series
(it, too, was part of the Humble Bundle).

I kind of stopped counting all the dead people after a while. And that was just the first volume.

I'm not much for horror, but quite a lot of it just went past me.
Until the last volume. I could have finished it yesterday, but I had to take a break.

So. The story. It's biblical. Years of revenge, on a god-forsaken scale.

And in the middle of it all, there's a nice, non-violent, throwback to an earlier story.

#StoryGraph #TheStoryGraph app.thestorygraph.com/series/1…
#comics #books #RachelRising #TerryMoore
#eReader #eBook #eInk

Rachel Rising | The StoryGraph

app.thestorygraph.com
#books #ebook #reading #comics #ereader #StoryGraph #TheStoryGraph #eink #TerryMoore #RachelRising

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oglaf: Fountain of Doubt

Filtered word: nsfw

#comics #oglaf #FountainOfDoubt #TrudyCooper #DougBayne

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xkcd 1357: Free Speech
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This one's old, but I still find it relevant.

Public Service Announcement:<br>The right to free speech means the government can't arrest you for what you say.<br>It doesn't mean that anyone else has to listen to your bullshit,<br>or host you while you share it.<br>The 1st amendment doesn't shield you from criticism or consequences.<br>If you're yelled at, boycotted, have your show cancelled, or get banned from an internet community, your free speech rights aren't being violated.<br>It's just that the people listening think you're an asshole,<br>and they're showing you the door.

xkcd alt-text: I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express.

#xkcd #1357 #comics #2014-April-18 #FreeSpeech

#xkcd #comics #freespeech #1357 #2014-April-18
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☑️ sett "En alldeles särskild dag".

Minns jag rätt så såg jag den första gången på Cinemateket.
Bra då; känns skrämmande aktuell i nutid. 😐

#film #EnAlldelesSärskildDag #Italien #UnaGiornataParticolare #1977

Kan ses t.o.m. 23/2-25 på #SVTplay
svtplay.se/video/KRo22aq/en-al…

En alldeles särskild dag

Ett drama som utspelar sig 8 maj 1938, under Adolf Hitlers statsbesök i Rom. I ett övergivet hyreshus möts hemmafrun Antonietta och den ensamme radioprataren Gabriele. Den oväntade vänskap som blommar upp dem emellan förändrar deras liv för alltid.
SVT Play
#film #italien #SVTPlay #enalldelessarskilddag #unagiornataparticolare

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