anyone seen any demonstrator pens with a little bit of interesting detail? thinking about the twsbi diamond’s faceted barrel or the penbbs “swirls in clear acrylic” colorways…
Infinite Stairs and Dissected Buildings | Marcin Bialas | Socks Studio
Marcin Bialas is a Polish artist who’s specialized in etchings and drawings in black an white. Among his large production, a recurring theme is dissected buildings and surreal constructions, such as infinite staircases and labyrinthine interiors, an atemporal combination of G.B. Piranesi and Brodsky/Utkin prints. The structures seem unfinished, yet already in ruin, able to plunge the viewer into an uncomfortable feeling. Somewhere between nightmares and theatrical settings, Marcin Bialas’ retro drawings explore the dramatic potential of different projections and points of view.
Even though most people live in caves and bunkers now, agriculture never went away.
there was a cafe offering a promotion where you could buy one litre of some drink they were obviously trying to get rid of, and now, 3 hours later with no a/c, it sounds entirely reasonable to me
the heavenly playboy himself…
about to use a printer. wish me luck
*comes back covered in blood and ash with a thousand yard stare but I'm holding a perfectly clean stack of shipping labels*
Chen [Weisong] wrote many poems with, and about, Yun Lang. For example, on Yun Lang’s wedding day, which was arranged by Chen, he wrote [“To the Bridegroom: I Gift This Poem on the Occasion of Yun Lang’s Wedding”] …
Despite the dejected spirit of the poem, there is no evidence that Chen’s relationship with Yun underwent any change after the wedding; later poems and biographical accounts indicate that they kept their status as each other’s primary partner until the younger man’s death in 1675.
(Wikipedia)
gonna be researching/translating the above poem from the Qing dynasty this week!
My secret samol project for @smallpolarbear who wanted Gur hanging out with people and having a nice time!! So here’s Valence tricking them into taking a break during the millenium break arc lol
Timeline of OTW Hiring of a Diversity Consultant
We have been seeing some claims that OTW has already hired a Diversity Consultant. We wish that were true! At this point all that’s been done is appoint a volunteer to research diversity consultants
Here is a timeline, as best we can construct, of this issue.
June 2020
OTW first talked about hiring an external contractor in their June 2020 statement on racism, and said they would start researching options “in the coming months”
July 2021
In July 2021, a year later, they announced that they had created two new “officer” roles, including one to start researching diversity consultants. (OTW uses the terms “officers” & “staff”, but those are currently unpaid volunteer roles)
April 2022
In April 2022, almost a year after THAT, they appointed one of two Diversity Consultant Research Officers & said they would be starting work. (I guess technically that’s still “coming months” from 2020? lol)
January 2023
In January 2023, when asked about the timeline for working with a diversity consultant, OTW said they hoped to “conclude the project” in 5 years. Also they had not yet appointed a second officer.
March 2023
Which brings us to the most recent OTW Board meeting in March 2023, almost another year after the officer had been appointed, when we received the first update on what they had been working on.
OTW was asked about the five year timeline, & this time we were told that they hoped the project would be concluded OR have “made great progress” in five years, again moving the goalposts.
Currently
Looking at this timeline, this could make it eight years before we see anything substantial (3 til now +5 more) in significantly addressing this issue. This is unacceptable. We know they have the funds to hire consultants.
This is why we’re demanding that OTW make good on their commitment and hire someone in the next 3-6 months. It’s not an unreasonable ask given that the officer has already had more than a year to work on this and we are 3 years out since we were told this was a priority.
[ID: a painting of a purple neuron-shaped entity towering over a landscape of nighttime twinkling lights, radio towers, and low-lying clouds. /end ID]
the breakfast wraps i made: tasty, but too much mushy avocado :/ next time i would use more bacon, reduce the avocado, and add lots more cilantro


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