Art people, this piece of Manga art seems to be referencing something from Art History but I have no idea what?
Any clues? Thank You.
Image: Colour Illustration: Portrait of Qifrey : Character from Witch Hat Atelier Manga. Qifrey is facing viewer and holding a recursive portrait of himself. As the picture gets smaller the character poses seem more distressed / upset
After just having responded to the third #curl security report for the evening I noticed a post that cheered me up...
Have a good Friday everyone!
Ah, Mrs Gascoigne gets in with the Nephs tune. Exquisite taste, as always 😎
RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/116441973267700629
This will be of interest to some of my noodly #progrock chums, I’m sure…
( @pythoneer @sphenodon @russ and @hippydave, if he were still around these parts)
I can’t hear Fly Me To The Moon (particularly when sung in this style) without thinking of #neonGenesisEvangelion
(Yeah, another GenX pop culture reference…I’m on such a roll today!)
Bloody hell, The Hooters!
I’d forgotten all about this. What a tune!
@DJDarren is smashing it out of the park this week.
Respect to Papa @astronomerritt for that one 🏆
(Is Papa Steph blue and wears red leggings and a hat? I’m kinda disappointed if not…)
RE: https://toot.wales/@NationCymru/116441505336252162
Well, this “article” annoyed me.
We all know Reform are Bad People™ with very questionable views, but can we have a little journalistic integrity, please?
The headline is what this person (allegedly) said, and the body is full of quotes from third parties (some pulled from Facebook) describing what he said. But nowhere is the Reform guy factually quoted.
When your reporting is sensationalist and/or inaccurate you demean the message.
@DJDarren followed up with…Tasmin Archer Badger!
(I appear to be all about the GenX pop culture references today. Whodathunkit?)
#nowPlaying #thePlaylist with @DJDarren, and we’re opening with one of my (unironically) favourite tunes ever, Mike Oldfield’s Moonlight Shadow 🥰
I’ve just witnessed a horrific LinkedIn trend in person.
There’s an increasing contingent of cultists saying:
“We should refer to the field of IT as ‘AI’ because that’s what the future is”
I’m not sure what podcast they heard it on, but some guy just said to me:
“You work in AI, don’t you?”
Um… no? Security and IT
“Yeah, AI”
This person made a choice to attend a major tech conference and be this stupid.
Stop the planet, I’m disembarking.
The Boy had so much aftershave on at the breakfast table this morning I’ve just had to use my inhaler 😷
I guess there is a New Girl.
67 years old
Happy Birthday Robert Smith, lead guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984 and continuous member of post-punk band The Cure since 1978, born on this day in 1959 in Black Pool, UK
📸 Tom Sheehan
"Why did you buy that card?"
"This chip on it was fat."
This is a Signetics N8X305N microcontroller, and it has been eating whatever they've been feeding the Motorola 68K, clearly.
Seen on a random ISA card I bought for $5 at #vcfeast2026
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/toronto-qajtcaoiz/-/a-RSgwwhXhSzuxYGcN35cNOg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
How is this news? Look at the kids who have been playing D&D for the last 50 years, and who are still playing it now in their 30s, 40s and 50s. we always knew 😂
Or did someone watch Stranger Things and come up with their PhD?
As ever, we've collected all the tracks from this week's show into streaming playlists, so you can add your favourites to your own libraries:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/theplaylist-moooon/pl.u-gxblM9Gtxxa5VA4
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01ts1PXJFlKjGbCJ2oPJQO
And #ThePlaylistExtras; all the other tunes that we didn't have time for:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/theplaylist-moooon-extras/pl.u-2aoqPjaIkk0NBXo
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/36Qf4K3xKSV0W8fR6zKmm4
Look to the skies, for #ThePlaylist has returned once more, and this week we're all about the:
Moooon!
Because, y'know, the ruddy bloody moon and folks flying around it and that. So two hours of tunes all about (or tangentially related to) our greatest satellite.
#TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-101-moooon/
Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friend!
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
The Onion has finally wrested control of InfoWars, and the result is glorious.
“ Amazon’s biggest rival in the e-reader space has formed an official partnership with iFixit to provide repair kits and guides for its latest models. The Kobo Libra Colour and Clara are designed to be opened and repaired. “
https://www.androidauthority.com/amazon-kindle-2026-3657863/