if the whole world burns, i'll never grow cold

Hi, my name's Thomas. I'm me. Or at least I think I am. I might not be. I don't know. I could be someone else, and they could be me...

[mockva]

[quietpinetrees]

“Coniferous University reminds students that Friday is the last day to change classes for the fall semester. After that, you will have to find versions of yourself from other timelines willing to trade places, and we cannot guarantee your return if we like them better than you.”

-QuietPineTrees

All the secrets of Coniferous University and its prestigious College of Time Travel, including an extensive course listing, are detailed in the new Quiet Pine Trees book! Pledge now to be the first to get it, assuming you use a traditional linear timeline.

Quiet Pine Trees

Time-travelling, mind-bending micro-fictions from the creator of @QuietPineTrees

[quietpinetrees]

“They broke into her loft, but she was already gone. She must have left in a hurry; all the telltale signs were there. Lockpicks lodged in the back of a pocket watch. Reference photos of comets and novas. Geodes. She was an unlicensed time traveler, on the lam in a forbidden year.”

-QuietPineTrees

The Quiet Pine Trees book is full of advanced techniques and cautionary tales for rogue time travelers, and a convenient course listing from Coniferous University if you decide to go legit!

Quiet Pine Trees

Time-travelling, mind-bending micro-fictions from the creator of @QuietPineTrees

[quietpinetrees]

“ “I can tell there’s something between them,” she said. “I mean, I can only see it by looking between them, like their bodies are some kind of door frame. It’s horrible, all hunched over and drooling. I think it’s watching us. It’s hard to tell, but I’m not getting any closer.” “

-QuietPineTrees

Do you want to get stories from me, personally? Stories not shared with the Internet, but instead sent to your home on pine tree-themed postcards, written on my typewriter? That’s one of the reward levels when you pledge to the new Quiet Pine Trees book!

Quiet Pine Trees

Time-travelling, mind-bending micro-fictions from the creator of @QuietPineTrees

[the-big-mood]

[deerwife]

i need to put all three of these pictures in a single post. this is significant. this matters. this is why i exist

[esculent-macabre-deactivated201]

[kremlin]

this is so fucking funny

[kremlin]

i can't stop thinking about this. this kind of shit is not like milsim plane nerds with their own super-expensive desktop cockpit recreations. that kind of hardware makes sense to exist.

this does not. they're playing world of tanks which is like the "call of duty" of tank games (casual, players only slightly bad-smelling). it also doesn't have support for tank peripherals. no game does. no trainers do afaik. which means that (assuming this isn't just a video editing) all of that shit they are fucking with translates into mouse/keyboard inputs that the game understands. that's weird/hard and perplexing, uh, and considering that "tank peripherals" aren't a thing that exist i can only guess they built them theirselves

which is fucking hilarious because why are they so good. why does the fucking cannon breech have a little dry ice smoke effect when the breech opens like they just shot a shell. what. manual turret traverse crank?? did they build a fucking ready rack!! they're even using the correct phraseology which means one of these mofos read a PDF file

[mortallycrazypeanut]

It gets better

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[kremlin]

this is so fucking funny

[kremlin]

i can't stop thinking about this. this kind of shit is not like milsim plane nerds with their own super-expensive desktop cockpit recreations. that kind of hardware makes sense to exist.

this does not. they're playing world of tanks which is like the "call of duty" of tank games (casual, players only slightly bad-smelling). it also doesn't have support for tank peripherals. no game does. no trainers do afaik. which means that (assuming this isn't just a video editing) all of that shit they are fucking with translates into mouse/keyboard inputs that the game understands. that's weird/hard and perplexing, uh, and considering that "tank peripherals" aren't a thing that exist i can only guess they built them theirselves

which is fucking hilarious because why are they so good. why does the fucking cannon breech have a little dry ice smoke effect when the breech opens like they just shot a shell. what. manual turret traverse crank?? did they build a fucking ready rack!! they're even using the correct phraseology which means one of these mofos read a PDF file

[studentlifeproblems]

[mortallycrazypeanut]

6, 15, 75.

Not so much addition than already knowing what the next number would be. Less having to work out 2+4=6 rather than just remembering that it is.

[notallmensheviks]

catholic pez

[rat-mama]

[mitski-miyawakis]

[shoelace-and-friends]

[spacecrygirl]

[excitementshewrote]

"Lenny" by David B Cooper (Source/Site)

[excitementshewrote]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[penguinsweaters]

Victory Amps, which is based in the UK, started researching accessibility when they were building a customised amplifier for guitarist, and social-media personality, Anthony Ferraro.

He had reached out, asking if he could try an amplifier in their existing lineup, but Victory wanted to build him an amp that was entirely accessible.

They released a statement that said:

“We researched accessibility in musical equipment and were shocked by how little existed – especially in guitar amplification. So, we learned braille standards, spacing rules and dot heights, developed a custom embossing process, and rebuilt the front and rear panels of the Duchess MKII V40 so every control could be understood by touch alone – without compromising tone, feel or design.”

They sent the customised amplifier to Anthony, along with a letter in braille that explained what they had done.

Yesterday they announced that braille panel options will be available to everyone at no extra cost. They will also be donating a portion of each sale to a “UK registered blind charity chosen by Anthony.”

(source)

[sarahmackattack]

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

[quendergeer]

girl you erected a mysterious black monolith that contained all the knowledge your culture had ever collected were you hoping he'd develop rudimentary tool use

[giraffesonparade]

I am drunk and on my way home walked past this truck that had pictures of fish on it and said ‘meat without feet’ I laughed so hardr

[giraffesonparade]

MEAT WITHOUT FEET

[hellsitegenetics]

String identified: a a a a at t tc tat a ct t a a ‘at tt t’ ag a AT TT T

Closest match: Tethysbaena scabra genome assembly, chromosome: 15

(image source)

[hellsitegenetics]

[orbitalyear-deactivated20230513]

old gods are waking

[meatgirlfriendmoved]

[brookreader]

Pleistocene-Era Plant Revived from Siberian Permafrost

[gargelyfloof118]

I need everyone to stop what they're doing and freak out with me.

THIS IS A PLANT GROWN FROM A 32,000 YEAR OLD SEED!!

Do you understand how unbelievably amazing this is?!

[humanityinahandbag]

THEY FOUND THE SEED IN A FROZEN SQUIRREL

[alphacrone]

when you drink all the wine in the house and then you have. :( no wine in the house

[podcastwizard]

me when i excuse myself during a dinner party to sneak outside and milk more cabernet sauvignon from the Creature

[podcastwizard]

had food poisoning when i posted this

[martinkhall]

Well if you'd pasteurized the Cabernet Sauvignon you milked from the creature maybe you wouldn't have gotten food poisoning from it.

[podcastwizard]

oh suddenly everyone's an expert on the Creature i milk