A letter of marque came from the king to the scummiest vessel I’ve ever seen!

Tellin’ the truth can be dangerous business!

I’m using PopOS Cosmic alpha (not based on Gnome) on my new laptop and like it a lot so far. It has a few rough edges, but nothing I’d switch to something else over. (In fact, I did use the Gnome version of Cosmic until my previous laptop broke.)

I’m not sure if that exact image is an original, but there is one remarkably similar found in Froissart’s Chronicles from the early 1470s: https://discardingimages.tumblr.com/post/58267835214/the-lute-player-and-the-harpist-froissarts

Search for “medieval marginalia” and you’ll find all kinds of similar weird stuff: https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/the-most-bizarre-things-ever-to-be-found-hidden-in-medieval-art/84859940/?image=84859961 https://designyoutrust.com/2021/12/a-collection-of-medieval-marginalia-that-have-been-turned-into-memes/

There is also the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch, which is entirely deranged: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights

For those who like sounds while sleeping, I heartily recommend mynoise.net. It has amazing soundscapes… static noises, rainforest wildlife, medieval library, starship bridge… It is excellent for sleeping, adding some background noise, or enhancing the atmosphere of a DND session.

A Short Hike

On Reddit (and probably other places), “Linux distros” or “ISOs” was a roundabout way of referring to porn.