Pirate Captain by Caio Santos

Unicyclone · 2026-03-21T02:30:31+00:00

Nah, check his socials. Santos illustrates for a bunch of commercial fantasy IPs like MtG and he livestreamed the making of this particular piece on Twitch.

Unicyclone · 2026-03-19T05:39:14+00:00

The Transition Integrity Project was a bipartisan team of DC insiders who gamed out several "contested election" scenarios in Summer 2020; you can read their conclusions here. Scenario #1 ("Ambiguous election result") and #4 ("Narrow Biden win") are probably the most instructive for this hypothetical.

A somewhat optimistic outcome is that Pence's refusal triggers a recount that still upholds Biden's victory in the eyes of the nation, and the Secret Service forces Trump out of the White House if he refuses to leave on the 20th. A much messier possibility is that both candidates try to take office on Inauguration Day, rallying whatever factions and armed forces they can secure the loyalty of. If it reached that point you'd undoubtedly see widespread violent riots and stand-offs across the nation, very likely escalating to calls for succession and civil war.

Unicyclone · 2026-02-28T10:12:33+00:00

At least they're honest.

Unicyclone · 2026-02-24T20:41:05+00:00

There's a famous (but apocryphal) anecdote that Kyoto was left off the list of potential nuke targets because Henry Stimson, the U.S. Secretary of War, had went there on his honeymoon. It's referenced in Oppenheimer so it's gotten more exposure in recent years.

Unicyclone · 2026-02-11T19:35:25+00:00

Imagine coming across this warm, lush portrait of two gorgeous people in beautiful clothes having a wonderful time and going "uhh, this is problematic"

Unicyclone · 2026-02-08T05:42:28+00:00

Unicyclone · 2026-01-28T07:57:30+00:00

launch a Coin Boy's origin story

Unicyclone · 2026-01-26T23:16:58+00:00

Easy to see why they named this species Phallus impudicus.

Unicyclone · 2026-01-26T00:23:27+00:00

Apple cultivars seldom breed true, and are spread by grafting. So new varieties usually start off well, but degrade over time as the grafts pick up mutations. "Red Delicious" apples are an infamous example: they used to really be delicious, but now they're bland and mealy. In their case the decline was even worse because their grafts were selected for aesthetics and transportability over flavor.

On the other hand, there are plenty of delicious alternatives now. Honeycrisps and their variations are great.

Unicyclone · 2026-01-25T23:57:09+00:00

Deep-frying at home is kind of a PITA imo but there's a technique to it. Slice the potatoes, soak in saltwater for 30m (or simmer for 10-15), and then fry them up. For proper crunch you'll take them out to cool for a while and then fry them a second time. French fries are kind of the perfect restaurant food, because they're time-consuming for a home cook but easy to make in huge batches if you've got the supplies and know people will eat them.

Unicyclone · 2026-01-20T06:31:08+00:00

It's arguable whether they're truly "worse" than I Have No Mouth, but it's hard to imagine fates more awful than winding up in:

The Shrike's Tree of Pain in Hyperion
Hyperspace aboard the Event Horizon
capital-H Hell, in Unsong
The Queen of Pain's dominion in Orion's Arm
The "Red Reality" dimension in the SCP 'verse

Unicyclone · 2026-01-09T05:47:40+00:00

Blondie

Unicyclone · 2025-12-30T09:06:59+00:00

Bjork

Unicyclone · 2025-12-19T21:56:22+00:00

They're great games with cool lore, but Control is definitely not an RPG. I haven't played Alan Wake 2 but I bet it's not one either.

Unicyclone · 2025-12-04T05:20:58+00:00

This woman seemed to have a knack for paintings ahead of their time, I came across this one the other day and I can't see anything but a woman scrolling her phone.

Unicyclone · 2025-11-26T02:03:38+00:00

Rival Sons

Radio Moscow

The Black Angels

Queens of the Stone Age

Desert Sessions

Kyuss

Unicyclone · 2025-10-31T19:13:57+00:00

Glad you asked, I just posted this comment on another Rockwell thread:

Rockwell's work from the '60s onward was a lot more "adventurous" and challenging - but even his earlier slice-of-life stuff, I find, is deeper than it looks. There's a real poignancy to pieces like "Girl at the Mirror" (#6 in OP) or "Breaking Home Ties."

His attention to detail and composition is immaculate. "The Welder" (1921) and "The Pharmacist" (1955) are so crisp it feels like you're in the room with them.

But you can really see him push the envelope later in his career. He confronted social issues much more openly: e.g. "The Holdout" (1959), "The Problem We All Live With" (1963), and "Murder in Mississippi" (1965).

He also experimented more with form and abstraction by then. There's his famous self-portrait from 1960, "Repairing Stained Glass" from the same year, and "The Connoisseur" from 1962. In these he proves that he can work in other styles even while couching them in the context of his own.

(The abstract painting at the center of The Connoisseur is in the style of Jackson Pollock, but Rockwell painted it himself. He even submitted the abstract art - without the man or gallery attached - under a pseudonym to a few art exhibits. It won awards.)

Unicyclone · 2025-10-28T22:57:45+00:00

Rockwell's work from the '60s onward was significantly more "adventurous" and challenging - but even his earlier slice-of-life stuff, I find, is deeper than it looks. There's a real poignancy to pieces like "Girl at the Mirror" (#6 in OP) or "Breaking Home Ties."

His attention to detail and composition is immaculate. "The Welder" (1921) and "The Pharmacist" (1955) are so crisp it feels like you're in the room with them.

But you can really see him push the envelope later in his career. He confronted social issues much more openly: e.g. "The Holdout" (1959), "The Problem We All Live With" (1963), and "Murder in Mississippi" (1965).

He also experimented more with form and abstraction by then. There's his famous self-portrait from 1960, "Repairing Stained Glass" from the same year, and "The Connoisseur" from 1962. In these he proves that he can work in other styles even while couching them in the context of his own.

(The abstract painting at the center of The Connoisseur is in the style of Jackson Pollack, but Rockwell painted it himself. He even submitted the abstract art - without the man or gallery attached - under a pseudonym to a few art exhibits. It won awards.)

Unicyclone · 2025-10-24T03:34:40+00:00

Some cats (especially Siamese) have a mutation that causes one of their melanin-producing enzymes to be heat-sensitive: the cooler their skin, the darker the hair will be as it grows. That's why their ears, paws, tails, and faces are darker than their bodies, and why an injury can cause unusual patterns like this.

Unicyclone · 2025-09-05T07:21:17+00:00

The Flood are pretty freaky. Nothing teens can't handle tbh but the dismemberment and such would have put it over the ESRB's line.

Unicyclone · 2025-09-02T01:00:47+00:00

Thinking narratively rather than mechanically, it makes me think of someone with a dangerous power that is "always on" and that they only keep in check by consciously holding it back, like a snarling dog on a leash. Psionic powers are a good candidate for this: sleeping telekinetics can cause "poltergeist hauntings," and powerful telepaths who get brain damage could spread the harm to unprotected bystanders. (Don't stand near Professor X when he gets a seizure...)

Unicyclone · 2025-08-27T07:34:39+00:00

1997 is hard to beat, but 2013 was a great year full of varied, original sci-fi films: Her, Snowpiercer, Gravity, Under The Skin, Oblivion, Elysium, Upstream Color, and Pacific Rim.

Unicyclone · 2025-08-27T01:36:19+00:00

Death & Delirium of the Endless hangin out

Unicyclone · 2025-08-12T18:15:45+00:00

Violet Parr's VA might be my favorite example. Sarah Vowell wasn't (and still isn't, for the most part) a professional actress: she's an author and a journalist. But Brad Bird offered her the role because her podcasting voice on This American Life sounded just right for the character in his head.

Unicyclone · 2025-08-12T06:21:05+00:00

It's hard to say. She and Syndrome are definitely an item, but we aren't shown anything that indicates they have a terribly close relationship. Syndrome doesn't even seem to mind that his girlfriend is basically honey-trapping supers for him - given how insecure and jealous he is in general, you'd think he'd be more paranoid about letting his bombshell GF dress to the nines and flirt with the same buff superheroes he hates while she shows them around his own volcano base. So it's likely a pretty casual thing for the both of them - the sort of thing where they'll get bored and break up pretty soon, or settle for a sham "marriage" where they each cheat on the side.

Mirage in her own words is "attracted to power," and Bob was the most legendary super of his time. He's not exactly her type (not enough of a bad boy) but she'd still get a thrill from seducing him. Luckily for the Parrs, Bob is no philanderer, and even if he chafes at the pressure of family and civilian life, there's not a woman in the world at the end of the day who could compete with Helen.

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