#malfunction

[saywhat-politics]

“This is an insurrection… we need to leave the UN or we need to bomb it.” - Jesse Waters regarding the escalator & teleprompter not working for Trump. According to the AP, one of trumps team members ahead of him stopped the escalator & members of the White House team were in charge of the teleprompter. So…. Yea.

[thirsty-lakedream]

Running Hot

You would think the longest lines at the theme park would be for lines inside the park. But as Mark and I were waiting for the tram service to get back to the safety of my car, it felt impossibly long. My eyes darted around at the people around us, wary of any suspicion of my boyfriend's strange behavior. I held tightly to his arm, hoping to keep him balanced. "T-travis... I don't know how long I can kee-p function-al." The breaks in his vocal patterns were a bad sign, a very bad sign.

When I first built my Mark bot, I knew various tests had to be made before I could take him out in the world. Thanks to my degree in mechanical engineering and life as an absolute friendless loser, it took nearly 5 years to craft the perfect artificial man. Molding the most advanced persona core to fit my idea of the type of guy. Manufacturing simple steel, silicone, and well-placed electronics into a perfect body; even inventing my own form of realistic yet breathable skin for the CPU to exhaust the internal heat from its body. Then, spending all that time teaching the bot how to act in a completely human way. He could barely even walk on his own or simulate a conversation, but eventually his A.I. managed to pick it up seamlessly. Still, maybe it was overzealous for our first public outing to be somewhere with so many people, so many warm bodies, on a particularly hot summer day.

As we arrived at the front of the line waiting for the next tram to whisk us away, I could feel his joints stiffening up, a clear indication of his shutdown process. "Come on, baby," I whispered into his ear, hoping reassurance would do anything to his technological system, "Just a little bit more and we'll be home." The next tram finally arrived, and I hurried as fast as I could. Mark's legs were losing motion, and with each step, he was becoming heavier and heavier. His large, muscled form was now a major hindrance rather than a perk.

Finally, I was able to clamber both of us into the seats. Mark, losing all tone of his smooth voice, spoke out cold and robotic. "Error. CPU overheat shutting down..." And in a small flash, the color in his eyes faded blank, and his body became unmoving like a statue. A visible steam escaped from the microscopic pores on his body, trying its best to vent the pressure of heat. I shut his eyes, trying to hide the fact of his complete malfunction, trying to play it off as a person exhausted from walking and fun rides.

'Damn, this is not good,' I pondered to myself. Hopefully, by the 5-minute parking lot ride, he can cool off just enough to turn back on and return to our car, but if not, we might be in for some trouble and a lot of confused onlookers...

I will need to do some serious maintenance to ensure that next time Mark and I go out. To be fair, a similar malfunction occurred the other night in bed, but I chalked it up to the long and steamy lovemaking. I'll have to go back and implant some kind of internal cooling system so that he can maintain his internal temperature instead of constantly running hot.

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Being an artist is not a job, it’s a malfunction / Art is a way to survive, not a way to live. If I knew what I was doing, I would have stopped a long time ago. Sometimes the best idea is the one you’re too ashamed to say out loud. Failure is my favorite color. I don’t make art to communicate, I make it to escape. If you want to say something serious, wear a clown’s nose. I don’t believe in inspiration, I believe in good timing and better excuses. You don’t make a masterpiece, you survive one. Beauty is the perfect alibi. My goal is to vanish completely, leaving behind just a question mark. As long as you don’t choose, everything is possible. Being original is overrated, being precise is terrifying. Guilt is one of the purest materials an artist can use. Sometimes I wish I could copyright silence. If I believed in messages, I’d work in advertising. I don’t create meaning, I offer traps for it. Truth is not an ingredient, it’s the aftertaste. Every artwork is a loophole. You know it’s working when you start regretting it. If I wanted comfort, I’d buy furniture. The best artworks are mistakes no one dared to fix. A good work doesn’t ask for attention, it steals it. A banana on a wall is still more honest than most people I’ve met. The more you polish an idea, the less it cuts. If you can live without it, it wasn’t art. Conceptual art? All art is conceptual if you think long enough. I treat exhibitions like funerals: silent, awkward, and full of flowers. Success is just failure that forgot to stop. Every exhibition should feel like a crime scene. A good artwork should make the museum a little nervous. Every object is a hostage of its own interpretation. When in doubt, carve it in marble. I never trusted things that come with a label. The most radical gesture is to do nothing and make people talk about it. The less I explain, the more they write.

― Maurizio Cattelan, Art Basel Paris, 2025

[animashiny]

A little malfunction

A little

[beanzdabean]

yall help ToT

So we have a google thingy in our kitchen and upstairs hallway, and i geuss its just decided its Australian now AND WE CANT CHANGE IT BACK!?!?! And its not even a good Australian accent , it sound more like a mockery of an accent cuz its so exaggerated ToT we have no idea what to do 😭😭😭💀💀💀

[isatartdump]

Oc things because I don't wanna check which comms I have posted and which ones I haven't!!!!!!

First guy is Eclipse, an angel that is going thru it rn (may share animatic I made later!!!!!!)

In order, top to bottom, Tuna, Shopkeeper and Hydrogen:

Made these a while ago just forgot to share

[bryanjay683]

RIP King 💀💔

Video Credit: @Dr_GrantSeeker on Twitter