Living in and out of tune

⚘ ANNA - SHE/HER ⚘ Linguista que rebloga compulsivamente para procrastinar

[0dmg]

Runaway Dog ✿ EarthBound (1994)

[valscrapbook]

skeleton in my closet by Andy Kennelly on Flickr.

[vintagehomecollection]

Stencilling - A Design and Source Book, 1987

[pascalcampion]

Rock the boat

[vintagehomecollection]

This collection of nineteenth-century vaseline glass catches the light and creates a lustrous pool of yellow-greens. The effect is enhanced by the subtle arrangement of yellow-green flowers: fennel, euphorbia and lady's mantle.

Color in Decoration, 1990

[sovietpostcards]

Uglich, USSR (1957)

[huariqueje]

The awnings III - Antonio Barahona , 2026.

Spanish , b. 1984 -

Oil on wood , 90 x 60 cm.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Sawrey Gilpin (British, 1733–1807), "Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms" (detail), 1769

[maryoliveoil]

[cheriafreya]

[milksockets]

ritual magazine no. 8

[evidently-endless]

the odyssey (2026)

[fiery-kitty]

Coral Cabinet – Second half of the 16th century

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Archduke Ferdinand II purchased coral from merchants in Genoa (1581) and Venice (1590). The imported coral was probably assembled into cabinets in Innsbruck or Munich. Besides coral, the cabinet contains South Pacific shells, delicate glass plants probably produced in Innsbruck, and a bronze lizard, likely made in the circle of Wenzel Jamnitzer.

Origin: Southern Germany; imported coral from Genoa

Dimensions: Height 66 cm, Width 55 cm, Depth 56.2 cm

Materials: Wood, red precious coral (Corallium rubrum), pearls, mother-of-pearl, plaster, mirror glass, velvet, glass, bronze, lapis lazuli, gilding, and gold braid

Iconography: The cabinet depicts a mythological underwater scene, probably inspired by the Triumph of Galatea or Venus Marina, although later alterations make this uncertain

Alterations: Before 1788, figures of Christ, a centaur, and a child were added from other coral cabinets, altering the original mythological composition.

[myfairynuffstuff]

Erika Toliusis (b.1969) - Pacific Angel. 2022. Oil with palette knife on canvas.

[henk-heijmans]

Garde champêtre with his drum, France, ca. 1935 - by Nora Dumas (1890 - 1979), Hungarian

[graffitinight]

When you try to talk about enshittification, it sounds like conspiracy theories. (I'm not crazy)

Amazon made their service worse, to force people to pay for Prime.

Nowadays, if you order from Amazon, there is a week long delay before your package is shipped. (on purpose)

I remember when orders would ship out the same day. (I remember - it was real)

YouTube didn't used to have ads. Now, ads play in the middle of videos. (it's worse than TV ever was)

The best can opener I have owned is over 40 years old. Modern ones just don't hold up as well. (The ones I bought new broke ages ago)

The bread machine my mom got for her wedding lasted 30 years. It's been replaced twice in the last 5 years. (How can you fuck this up?)

The cardboard tubes in the middle of toilet paper rolls have gotten larger. (This too?) Companies increasing the price of the product while selling you less. (REALLY?)

It sounds crazy. (it's the truth) When you talk about it, YOU sound crazy. (it's true)

Even when people believe you (do they really), all they can say is "it sucks". (it's too big) Because the problem is so big, so pervasive, what can we even DO about it???

To get the necessary laws written and passed, we need politicians, to get the politicians elected we need information campaigns, to fund campaigns we need money, and all the money is being hoarded by the people profiting from enshittification. (it sounds so fake)

So I talk about enshittification (it sounds crazy), so people don't forget that things have been made worse on purpose (it's true), even though I sound crazy. (maybe I am)

[grimboigio]

It's called planned obsolescence and it was invented when lightbulbs could still run for 1000 years. Enshittification is the web-specific (and more specifically social media) version of that.

[amyjdewinehouse]

Amy Winehouse, 2004