My latest cartoon for New Scientist
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formula1_dot_com_feedThe new F1 movie will be released around the world next month, and ahead of the hotly-anticipated launch of the new film, you can read an exclusive Q&A with Hollywood star Javier Bardem, who plays APXGP team boss Ruben Cervantes…
Legends Parade to bring Hollywood glamour to Austria
Jun. 8th, 2025 08:43 amformula1_dot_com_feedThe Austrian Grand Prix will have something of a Hollywood feel to it this season with the addition of a Legends Parade – the automotive stars of the screen taking to the track as part of an extravaganza of entertainment.
Mementos
Jun. 8th, 2025 06:40 amfutilitycloset_feed
At midday each June 21, a shaft of light pierces the roof of a mausoleum in Brussels’ Laeken Cemetery and creates a heart of light.
It’s not clear whether this was deliberate. The tomb’s occupants, Louise Flignot and Léonce Evrard, died in 1916 and 1919, and the mausoleum was not built until 1920. Its designer, one Georges deLarabrie, is not known to have produced any other work, and the planning documents don’t mention the heart.
When Sir Lawrence Tanfield died in 1625, his wife composed this inscription for their joint monument at Burford in Oxfordshire:
Here shadows lie
Whilst earth is sadd,
Still hopes to die
To him she hadd.
In bliss is hee
Whom I loved best;
Thrice happy shee
With him to rest.
So shall I bee
With him I loved,
And he with mee
And both us blessed.
Love made me poet,
And this I writt;
My heart did do it,
And not my wit.
See Workaround, Reunion, and Early Arrival.
もちろん入ってるまるさん。 #Shorts
Jun. 8th, 2025 06:10 ammaru_feedむっちりまるさん。もちろん入ってる。 Chubby Maru. Of course, Maru is in the beer box.
PostSecret on CBS Sunday Morning
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Mime should say something 🗨
Jun. 7th, 2025 02:12 pmjbanana_gemlog_feedI posted ages ago about missing MIME types in Gemini responses...
...but since then the spec changed while I wasn't paying attention...
...and today I got bitten by a capsule returning images with no MIME type. My client rendered the content as gemtext, giving megabytes of gibberish.
I suppose there are two choices for client fixing:
* an error page if there's no MIME type (seems harsh)
* guess what the content is (would work in this particular case, but plenty of scope for failure)
I suppose I should let the capsuleer know that they are breaking the spec...
#gemini
back to gemlog
...but since then the spec changed while I wasn't paying attention...
...and today I got bitten by a capsule returning images with no MIME type. My client rendered the content as gemtext, giving megabytes of gibberish.
I suppose there are two choices for client fixing:
* an error page if there's no MIME type (seems harsh)
* guess what the content is (would work in this particular case, but plenty of scope for failure)
I suppose I should let the capsuleer know that they are breaking the spec...
#gemini
back to gemlog
formula1_dot_com_feedAlpine’s Pierre Gasly is the latest driver to tackle F1.com’s unusual set of Getting to Know questions. From his eye-opening first experience of karting to getting a driving licence on his birthday, and growing up with Charles Leclerc to the other jobs he would like to try for a day, the Frenchman shares all in the video player above and transcript below…
DRIVER MARKET: Who's on Cadillac’s driver shortlist as they prepare for 2026 F1 entry?
Jun. 7th, 2025 08:50 amformula1_dot_com_feedF1.com's Lawrence Barretto reveals who Cadillac are zeroing in as they prepare to enter Formula 1 next season...
Associate Degrees
Jun. 7th, 2025 06:18 amfutilitycloset_feedIn 1988, traversing synonyms in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, A. Ross Eckler found his way from TRUE to FALSE:
TRUE-JUST-FAIR-BEAUTIFUL-PRETTY-ARTFUL-ARTIFICIAL-SHAM-FALSE
He found his way back again by a different route:
FALSE-UNWISE-FOOLISH-SIMPLE-UNCONDITIONAL-ABSOLUTE-POSITIVE-REAL-GENUINE-TRUE
He was using the dictionary’s ninth edition; see the article below for his conventions regarding qualifying synonyms. Two more examples:
BAD-POOR-MEAN-PENURIOUS-STINGY-CLOSE-SECRET-FURTIVE-SLY-CUNNING-CLEVER-GOOD
GOOD-CLEVER-CUNNING-SLY-FURTIVE-SECRET-TICKLISH-CRITICAL-ACUTE-SHARP-HARSH-ROUGH-INDELICATE-INDECOROUS-IMPROPER-INCORRECT-WRONG-SINFUL-WICKED-EVIL-BAD
LIGHT-BRIGHT-CLEVER-CUNNING-SLY-FURTIVE-SECRET-HIDDEN-OBSCURE-DARK
DARK-OBSCURE-VAGUE-VACANT-EMPTY-FOOLISH-SIMPLE-EASY-LIGHT
Somewhat related: Lewis Carroll invented word ladders, in which one transforms one word into another by changing one letter at a time:
COLD-CORD-WORD-WARD-WARM
Each intermediate step must itself be an English word. Donald Knuth once used a computer to find links among 5,757 common five-letter English words. 671 of these, he found, were not connected to any other word in the collection. These he dubbed “aloof” — and noted that ALOOF itself is such a word.
(A. Ross Eckler, “Websterian Synonym Chains,” Word Ways 21:2 [May 1988], 100-101.)
実は綿棒体型であることが判明したねこ。-Maru actually has a cotton swab body shape.-（動画）
Jun. 7th, 2025 04:49 ammaru_feed猫は液体でもあり、変幻自在に形を変えられるスライムでもある。 Cats are both liquids and shape-shifting slime.
Second Patreon bonus strip for May 2025 — WALKY
Jun. 7th, 2025 02:55 amdumbingofage_feed
Every month at the Dumbing of Age Patreon there’s two new exclusive bonus strips — one that patrons get to vote on, and another that’s my choice! This month’s second bonus strip is answering the question: Where IS Walky? IS he working out???? Check out this strip and the backlog of hundreds of previous bonus strips at the Dumbing of Age Patreon!
Also, if you pledge $5 or more per month, you can read tomorrow’s strip a full day-and-five-minutes early, every single dang night! You could be reading tomorrow’s strip right now!
Double Duty
Jun. 6th, 2025 06:37 pmfutilitycloset_feed
From the Strand, December 1901, “one of Sir John Stainer’s musical jokes, two hymns in one — in B flat or G major, according to the manner in which it is read, upside up or upside down. It was written as an autograph for a friend of his son’s.”
Seasons of Fandom- Now Open To New Members!
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seasons_of_fandom, an interactive fandom challenge community/landcomm that allows you to create work for any fandom you can think of! We were previously lands_of_magic, a name we ran under for over 10 years, but we figured we needed a facelift and a name change since it has been a long time since we had only focused on fantasy fandoms. We welcome TV, movies, books, games, music, anime, celebrities... almost anything goes! We have all kinds of challenges- writing, graphics, games, and some challenges that are miscellaneous fanworks! This round we'll also be trying out monthly drabble and icon contests.We have four wonderful teams- The Spring Court, The Summer Court, The Autumn Court, and The Winter Court.
Sign-ups for new members start today, and though our first round under our new name doesn't start until August, we will have two challenges open before the round officially starts. To sign up, all you have to do is read the rules and fill out the survey here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Hamilton opens up on being a producer for the ‘F1’ movie
Jun. 6th, 2025 05:03 pmformula1_dot_com_feedAnticipation is building ahead of the release of F1 The Movie – on June 25 internationally and June 27 in North America – and one person who is especially excited for fans to see the film is Lewis Hamilton. After acting as a producer on the motion picture, the seven-time World Champion has been opening up on the “incredible learning process” involved, his experiences of working with Brad Pitt, and why he believes it will be the “most authentic racing movie that’s ever been made”…