The .Gif Friday Post No. 829 – The Human Snowblower, Hitchcock’s Goose & Hypno Hair

[1st & 3rd found here and here. Hitchcock .gif created from this photo shoot by Albert Watson. There’s a fine collection of snowblowers here.]

The Night Watchmelon

[Found here.]

Camera Tricks

[Photography by Jordi Puig Batlló found here; Tiktok “how he did it” videos here. h/t eaglesoars.]

Three Little Birds

Least tern brooding two chicks, New Jersey.
[Photo by Melissa Groo, found here.]

Flipping the Bird

[Original un-flipped un-cropped budgie found here.]

Dexiotropic Hot Links

Black Dog Blues, Bayless Rose (1930) Guitarist and singer Bayless “Bailey” Rose’ recordings have been included in both white country blues and black ragtime anthologies. He was a Melungeon according to Mildred Justice, daughter of Dick Justice, another guitarist of the same era.

Camperness.

Ah caint skip.

In Dependence.

Can’t take it off.

Speed funk bass.

In a goth nightclub.

A life saved [via Bunkerville].

The Fried Egg [via Mme. Jujujive].

Starship Size Comparison Chart [via The Daily What].

Polar Bears – A Netflix Documentary [via Feral Irishman].

A big driftwood finger (and more nautical-themed works of Etsy).

Three young women eating spaghetti on inflatable mattresses at Island of Capri, 1939.

[Top image found here, colorized.]


From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Umbrella Jellyfish Can-Can Horsebutt Ibis

African Sacred İbis (Plegadis Falcinellus)
Photographer: Hisao Kanno (2020?)

[Found here. The image also appears here.]

Birdball

[Found here. Another birdball previously posted here.]

Rule No. 1

Photo by Sarah Ainslie, Smithfield Market, London (1998).

[Found here and colorized.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

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