the eyepool

Operator with Harvard Mark IV computer (misidentified as “Mark V”), via Harvard Library Hollis Images.

*making small talk on a date* yeah tumblr has been really into the word ontological recently

*continuing the topic despite all social cues* it’s usually as a denomination of “evil”, but there are other things that are ontological

*remembering it’s polite to ask the date questions about themself* do you have any favorite things that are ontological?

Sofia Uslenghi

Autoritratto per Altalen Milano

Moebius

Owl-shaman, by Inuit artist Manasie Akpaliapik. 1999

bone, antler, sinew, and baleen (whale bone)

“The Equus Constellation”, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Ciro Najle, Neonaturas. Proyectos para la reserva ecológica de Buenos Aires. Palacio de Karst, de Ana Flor Ortiz y Rodia Valladares, maqueta: perspectiva de sector.

Toshi Yoshida

Lotus, 1965

ALT

For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday: Davis Meltzer’s depiction of an underwater base.

ALT

“COME CLOSER,” said the thing whose name sounded like Hornet Head, but was not. “LET US TALK… OF MANY THINGS.”

Dogs are a weapon invented by cave males. They contain teeth, urine, and other. Dogs have been observed with many abilities. Some can climb, weep, or even create lesser forms of music. A group of dogs is known as a cinch, and a medium group of dogs is known as a special. Their wealth is considered unremarkable.

ALT

My latest Guardian Books cartoon

Masaya Chiba ◆ Still life with taped-on predator

Moebius

Shigeo Otake (Japanese, 1955) - Don’t Make a Fuss in My Dreams (2022)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world around him; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

― George Bernard Shaw

illustration for Jugend Magazine, artist unknown, 1898

Japan’s youth in revolt: a Tokyo Beatle plays guitar as a fan limbos on the floor. Photo by Michael Rougier.

by Lou Benesch

At The Drinking Stream

Max Ernst, La forêt (The forest), 1927.

Anthropocene.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (You Rule by Pathetic Display) - 1982

From the book ‘The Hapless Child ’ by Edward Gorey.

Everyone shut up and look at this carving of a whale from the 1200-600 CE Chumash culture

ohhhhhh my godddddd

A robust clubhook squid (Onykia robusta) washed up at Dutch Harbour, Alaska, USA.

This approximately 10ft long specimen was photographed and then safely relocated back to the ocean, still alive.

by Andrew Bleiman

Splash Splash Sounds • by Richard Scarry • 1984