Thank you Martini Glambassador! Your morning GIF's have given me a safe place to look after the increasingly disturbing headlines. Bunnies on beds of lettuce, kittens, puppies, baby goats, and now this adorable house that hypnotized me into a meditative state. It is all much appreciated.
I like the cel shaded style. I remember seeing an old method for that was duplicating an object, scaling it slightly larger and then reversing the rendering normals, plus making some specific textures for it. I'm assuming there's a better method (or probably just a plugin/process) for it these days.
It’s totally legit and I still use that method sometimes, or more precisely a technique where you can assign a new shading layer to an object and use “backface culling” shading to get the outline to render. But Blender (today’s software) has got some great recentish improvements for automating line art based on the object mesh’s underlying geometry and normals, and it’s pretty slick. That’s what I used today. As well as a bunch of hand-drawn line art adds.
The only problem with those slate shingles is that they were often loaded with asbestos. Not really a problem, just disposing of them when and if you change the roof. The asbestos is pretty stable...
Oh my God! I was going to post this early in the morning, but I got sidetracked... Jeff Goldberg is having Taylor Swift and Beyance on his show tonight!!!!not too late to turn in live!!!!!
I wasn't going to watch the Inauguration, but now that Chump has insisted it be moved into the Capitol Rotunda because he's ascared of the cold, I might watch just for the ceremonial smearing of feces on the Capitol walls.
In slightly good news, Trump’s inaugural is moving inside the Rotunda, since it’s going to Artic like in Washington (a cold day in Hell indeed). He requested the change himself, since a) it’s going to be waaaay colder than Mar A Lago, and b) those “bigly” crowds will probably stay away out of sheer self preservation.
I wonder how he’s going to spin this. “It was the biggest indoor crowd ever…the biggest!”
Private schools in the United States are, on the whole, whiter than public schools, with fewer Black, Hispanic or Latino students. This may not be a surprising statistic because private schools can often be expensive and exclusionary, but it’s not a simple one to pin down. There is no central list of private schools in the country, and the only demographic data about them comes from a little-known voluntary survey administered by the federal government.
Today, we are releasing the Private School Demographics database. This is the first time anyone has taken past surveys and made them this easy to explore. Moreover, we’ve matched these schools to the surrounding public school districts, enabling parents, researchers and journalists to directly compare the makeup of private schools to local public systems.
Until now, much of this data was difficult to analyze: While the National Center for Education Statistics, which collects the data, provides a tool to view the most recent year of Private School Universe Survey data, there was no easy way to examine historical trends without wrangling large, unwieldy text files.
I figured Rebecca may be interested, being that she's coming up against some choice-ers in her area. I put it here so late that I should prob drop it in an email.
What pisses me right off about that DEI article from WSJ, is the hiring managers who were happy to throw all traditionally disadvantaged groups under the bus, to save themselves from having to do an unpleasant part of their jobs. No sign of any regrets for it, either. Fuck those guys.
I hit a jack- pot today! I received a ROBO call from my "Health provider" this morning.
Probably a follow up about yesterdays visit. The damn plastic voice asked me to say "CONTINUE". So I did! I was promptly placed on hold in a line up. Told that there was a several minute wait for the next lacky! I think that this is getting out of hand!
“all voted for Mr. Trump in November not only because they liked his views on the economy, crime and immigration but also because many of them believe he’s “a man’s man” “
Really? We’re back to this again? How does anyone look at this doughy, whiny PAB and think, “that’s a man’s man?”
Your cosy and isolated gif house info: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/little-house-in-the-nippy
And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/a2086878-0fc2-4c75-b6e7-28fa9affd5af?utm_source=share
Thank you Martini Glambassador! Your morning GIF's have given me a safe place to look after the increasingly disturbing headlines. Bunnies on beds of lettuce, kittens, puppies, baby goats, and now this adorable house that hypnotized me into a meditative state. It is all much appreciated.
You are welcome. I think we can all use a nice, calming break in these turbulent times and I try to deliver.
Hey, I recognize that place, it's OTOH's house. You can tell because of the snow and the firewood stacked outside.
I like the cel shaded style. I remember seeing an old method for that was duplicating an object, scaling it slightly larger and then reversing the rendering normals, plus making some specific textures for it. I'm assuming there's a better method (or probably just a plugin/process) for it these days.
It’s totally legit and I still use that method sometimes, or more precisely a technique where you can assign a new shading layer to an object and use “backface culling” shading to get the outline to render. But Blender (today’s software) has got some great recentish improvements for automating line art based on the object mesh’s underlying geometry and normals, and it’s pretty slick. That’s what I used today. As well as a bunch of hand-drawn line art adds.
There's a 130 YO house in a nearby town with slate shingles shaped like the ones on that little house. The owner says he's never had a leak.
The only problem with those slate shingles is that they were often loaded with asbestos. Not really a problem, just disposing of them when and if you change the roof. The asbestos is pretty stable...
Properly installed slate can go a long time. Also the best argument for keeping tree limbs trimmed back.
Our house is 124 years old. In Seattle, that is pretty old for here, but what I'd guess were cedar shakes are now composite three tabs.
That shape of slate shingles was common around here from the 1870's to around 1910. They are Vermont slate and may last 300 years.
These look like they were put on yesterday! The owner said even large hail doesn't phase them.
Cozy little house in the snow!
It does look like a very cozy and welcoming place.
Nice gif.
Just remember, don't look the gif house in the mouth.
(applauds)
*tips hat*
Thanks 😊
Oh my God! I was going to post this early in the morning, but I got sidetracked... Jeff Goldberg is having Taylor Swift and Beyance on his show tonight!!!!not too late to turn in live!!!!!
I wasn't going to watch the Inauguration, but now that Chump has insisted it be moved into the Capitol Rotunda because he's ascared of the cold, I might watch just for the ceremonial smearing of feces on the Capitol walls.
In slightly good news, Trump’s inaugural is moving inside the Rotunda, since it’s going to Artic like in Washington (a cold day in Hell indeed). He requested the change himself, since a) it’s going to be waaaay colder than Mar A Lago, and b) those “bigly” crowds will probably stay away out of sheer self preservation.
I wonder how he’s going to spin this. “It was the biggest indoor crowd ever…the biggest!”
Oh dear...I could spend *all* the moneys at onesimplewish.org.
Snownauguaral is days away. When are our broligarchs going to bring down the price of eggs???
https://ag.purdue.edu/cfdas/resource-library/egg-prices/
So, SCOTUS approves TikTok ban, paving the way for Orange Bloat to engineer its sale to Elon to become the third wholly-owned MAGA propaganda mill.
Can't wait for the DNC's communication strategy in response. Bulk sale on clipboards and staples at Costco?
Nice rake stomp.
Ms. O posted a map of America on Facebook spelled "Amerikkka". They wouldn't publish it.
All of the Ways Trump Could Impact Abortion Policy From Day One | Teen Vogue
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/all-of-the-ways-trump-could-impact-abortion-policy-from-day-one
When Teen Vogue is a better news source than the Washington Post…
it has been for a number of years
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐩
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑝 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠.
Private schools in the United States are, on the whole, whiter than public schools, with fewer Black, Hispanic or Latino students. This may not be a surprising statistic because private schools can often be expensive and exclusionary, but it’s not a simple one to pin down. There is no central list of private schools in the country, and the only demographic data about them comes from a little-known voluntary survey administered by the federal government.
Today, we are releasing the Private School Demographics database. This is the first time anyone has taken past surveys and made them this easy to explore. Moreover, we’ve matched these schools to the surrounding public school districts, enabling parents, researchers and journalists to directly compare the makeup of private schools to local public systems.
Until now, much of this data was difficult to analyze: While the National Center for Education Statistics, which collects the data, provides a tool to view the most recent year of Private School Universe Survey data, there was no easy way to examine historical trends without wrangling large, unwieldy text files.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup
NYSUT just had its very first national minority teacher conference (after the union has been in existence for 100 years or so, but still)
I have a feeling they might be very interested in this information
Oh, glad they got around to it.
I figured Rebecca may be interested, being that she's coming up against some choice-ers in her area. I put it here so late that I should prob drop it in an email.
What pisses me right off about that DEI article from WSJ, is the hiring managers who were happy to throw all traditionally disadvantaged groups under the bus, to save themselves from having to do an unpleasant part of their jobs. No sign of any regrets for it, either. Fuck those guys.
REPORT: All Federal Agencies To Have "Faith Director"
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/01/report-all-federal-agencies-to-have-faith-director/
"Yes, my department has overwhelmingly elected a Satanist as our faith director."
Good luck with that.
Here’s an idea: let’s raise the top marginal tax rate to 100 percent, and give the “job creators” a tax credit for every job they create
Companies create jobs. These billionaires don't. They should pay much higher taxes.
The "job creators" have for years been committed to replacing workers with AI and other tactics, like self-checkout at the grocery store.
I hit a jack- pot today! I received a ROBO call from my "Health provider" this morning.
Probably a follow up about yesterdays visit. The damn plastic voice asked me to say "CONTINUE". So I did! I was promptly placed on hold in a line up. Told that there was a several minute wait for the next lacky! I think that this is getting out of hand!
“all voted for Mr. Trump in November not only because they liked his views on the economy, crime and immigration but also because many of them believe he’s “a man’s man” “
Really? We’re back to this again? How does anyone look at this doughy, whiny PAB and think, “that’s a man’s man?”
Because he's belligerent and cruel.
Zuck informs us that the real problem was too much "leaning in" on the white male power structure.
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24345735/the-buck-stops-there
Somehow, I don't think the NYT really read this headline:
𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥.
[ it's a piece about food-themed furniture ]
Every burger is a stool if you give it enough time.
Broligarchy, perfect.