Friday Ephemera (815)
“They can strip a man to the bone in 30 seconds.” || She just wants to get in her room and eat and put this behind her. || Big fellah. || Facilities. || The word holding caught my eye. || Igor Sikorsky, 1945. || Captures something, I think. || A night at the opera. || Wrenches and ratchets. || New racism detected. || The cow-like reflexes kicked in. || Waardenburg syndrome – striking eyes but often accompanied by deafness. || Death Valley in bloom. || From above and below. || Bitesize. || Someone’s knocking at the door. || Discourse was attempted. || The alternative press, 1971. || Apocalypse early warning system. || For enthusiasts of quadraphonic vinyl. || Immortality, £1000. || The thrill of, er, moon clams. || Unladylike driving. || And it turns out ants make more noise than you’d imagine.
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The meat ration has been increased from 60 grams per day to 80 grams per week!
Citizens rejoice! All hail Big Brother!
And Muhammad is touted as “the perfect man”: Nothing he did or said was in any way less than perfect. That encompasses a lot of horrible things.
No, using the AI model Seedream 4 with a reference piece done by another photographer using Maud Earl’s style as their inspiration and a rather complicated prompt, then additional work in Photoshop with adjustment layers.
Ah, a Canadian.