Codex O'Healey Melcher

@codexohm.com

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Writer, Folklorist, Insufferable Historical Gossip. "ridiculously zesty" says the Chicago Tribune linktr.ee/codexohm ✥ they ✥ Denver ⚧♿

The guy with the girlfriend in blue tanktop looking over his shoulder at another woman wearing a red tanktop—but the blue tanktop girlfriend has "DIFFICULT NUANCE" in a textbox over her head and the red tanktop woman has "COMFORTABLE HYPERBOLE" in a textbox over hers. The man has Uncle Sam pointing towards the red tanktop woman overlaid on top of him.
An Instagram post from @codexohm at Tavern on Brand. It’s a picture from below the chest of a person with buzzed hair and a beard looking up and off to the side. They are wearing a collared, red with yellow and red argyle Belgium jersey from 2018.
A screenshot of a Wikipedia article which says, Opposing Nazi activity in America 1938–1941 With the election of Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the influence and membership of the Nazi party grew. Soon after, the influence of the Nazi party spread to America, mostly among German immigrants, who formed the organization Friends of New Germany (FONG). In 1936, FONG was succeeded by the German American Bund, with increased Nazi activity including rallies, marches and demonstrations. At the request of the New York Judge and former Congressman Nathan Perlman, Lansky and his gang stepped outside their usual criminal activities to break up rallies held by the pro-Nazi German-American Bund. He recalled a particular rally in Yorkville, a German neighborhood in Manhattan, that he and 14 associates disrupted, on April 20, 1938: The stage was decorated with a swastika and a picture of Adolf Hitler. The speakers started ranting. There were only fifteen of us, but we went into action. We threw some of them out the windows. Most of the Nazis panicked and ran out. We chased them and beat them up. We wanted to show them that Jews would not always sit back and accept insults. When Judge Perlman offered to pay Lansky for his services, he declined: "I am a Jew, and I feel for the Jews in Europe who are suffering. They are my brothers".
A screenshot of the TOPPE TEN. #1 is LLK at 153. #2 is DEX at 152. The rest are DAI 144, LLK 125, DAV 123, DEX 109, CAP 102, CAP 93, ROY 92, RLR 88
A screenshot of a Bayeux tapestry side-scrolling game with buttons along the edges for "Toppe Ten" "Sounde On" and "Buye me a meade". Overlaid on the screen is a small box with TOPPE TEN and a list of initials. At #1 & 2 is LLK with 153 and 125. At #3 is DEX (me) at 109. #4 is CAP with 93. The remaining are ROY 92, RLR 88, WMR 88, ACP 87, RLR 83, and JAR 83
Anthony Head in a brown cardigan, blue shirt, and blue tie bound in rope to a chair in what looks like a garage or shed. He has a grey goatee, white hair that's a mess, and he looks pissed. In the corner is a logo of a bat with a man's head and the title Let the Wrong One In in red letters, the W evoking dripping blood.
A hand-stitched flag of Denver—a circle representing the sun over two mountain peaks, but a Progress Pride version is hung over a standing white board. The background is rainbow: red at top, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. The sun is the Intersex symbol, a purple circle filled in with a more golden yellow. The mountain peaks are the white, pink, blue, brown, black triangles pointed upward. There is a wild amount of mess in the background around it. We had just moved.
The flag of Denver—a circle representing the sun over two mountain peaks, but a Progress Pride version. The background is rainbow: red at top, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. The sun is the Intersex symbol, a purple circle filled in with a more golden yellow. The mountain peaks are the white, pink, blue, brown, black triangles pointed upward.
A still of the Deep Space 9 station, a circular grey disc around a hub with a bunch of lights all over it. There is blue-grey text above it which says in all caps: "BUCKLE UP, IT'S A FERENGI ONE!"
Art from an old romance/erotica novel of a woman lying on an ornate white metal bed. She has long brown hair and is wearing only white underwear. She is smiling over her shoulder to another short-haired blonde woman standing behind her in a white button-down shirt she is unbuttoning—a little side boob already peeking out. She looks at the other woman with lust. In the corner above them is the text "I WAS ONCE A BOY, NOW I'M A FULL GROWN LESBIAN"
A tweet from @elle_em (Sunflower emoji Elle cat emoji Gato [they/them]) Your Kentucky Derby horse name is: A symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate
A screenshot from the movie The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas of Fred in profile, frowning with The Great Gazoo floating next to him—a little green guy in a green spacesuit with silver belt, gloves, high collar, and helmet.
A screenshot of an Instagram video from the account “ahistoryofdogs” from 1 week ago with the headline “The last scene of the 1996 Disney film 101 Dalmatians” with the video covered (but it was an aerial shot pulling back of the main characters having tea outside a mansion with all the dogs running around. The first comment is from me and it says “No phones in sight. Just >100 Dalmatians living in the moment.”
A Funko Ppp ad on Instagram from hot topic of a woman of color with a red jacket, striped dress, and knee high black and white chucks. She is posing behind the Disney Channel logo like she just drew it like they did in the old commercials.
A black and white nighttime video of an adult kākāpō (New Zealand land parrot) sleeping with its chick under it. The chick lifts its head and adjusts back to sleep then suddenly lifts it again as if it’s awake and then does that thing where it slowly lowers its head as its eyes close finally coming back to rest on the ground.
A grey/black Audio-Technica record player with laser sight, slider, arm with counterweight dial and a clear cover.
The Dune 3 poster of an orange sun in a dusty background behind Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya) with the words DUNE 3 large above them. The subtitle reads "CALL ME WHEN THEIR SON'S A BIG WORM MAN".
A black and brown cat is falling asleep on top of a stack of paper next to a larger stack of paper on an insanely colorful patchwork couch.
A picture of a small child sitting on the stairs in a yellow, green, and orange scarecrow costume with hat and nose paint. They have their finger on their chin in a weird attempt to perform adorability? I don’t know dude, I was cooked from youth.
An overhead shot of Buffalo Bayou leading through park land into the downtown skyline of Houston, Texas. It’s flanked on either side by lush trees and a road stretches over it in the foreground.
An aged black and white drawing of a black woman with a fashionable hairstyle of the 1800s (middle part, accents on the front temples, and a back bun on the high back). Drop earrings, and a beautiful, ruffled and decorated dress with a high-collar shawl pinned in the front. She's holding a wallet/purse in her gloved hand.
A map of the US color-coded with a box showing the number and "points" that are so irrelevant I only just saw them. Lived Here is red and is Texas, California, Illinois, and Colorado. 5 pts. Stayed Here is orange and is Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Montanta, Wyoming, New Mexico, Minnesota, Missouri, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Hawai'i, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, DC, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts. 4 pts. Visited Here is yellow and is Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Hampshire. 3 pts. Stopped Here is green and is Kansas, Iowa, Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey. 2 pts. Passed Here is blue and is not applicable. 1 pt. Want to be here is purple and is Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Delaware, Rhode Island, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. 0 pts. Never Been Here is also listed, white, 0 pts, and not applicable because I want to go overwhere. My overall "Level" due to points is 150. Again, I don't really care about the points.
A screenshot of the audiobook cover of Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood with the title in red and his name in black on the cover above and below an image of bars with a woman’s face and stretching shadows. At the bottom it says “author of Fortune Favors the Dead” and at top it says “my favorite new sleuthing duo” as a quote from Sarah Weinman, the New York Times Book Review. Along the side on a red spine it says “A Pentecost and Parker Mystery”.
A screenshot of an ad for a game that is like a bunch of blocks with numbers on them in a row on a grid? I have no idea. But at the top is the ad text which says “I paid for this ad. Please try our game”
A picture of a television showing a sad man with long eyelashes in a reindeer costume with a red shirt and black nose sitting in front of a generically Christmasy background staring off into the middle distance. The subtitle reads “fuckin fuckin happy”.
The Zohran Mamdani campaign sign but instead of ZOHRAN it says CODEX and instead of “for NEW YORK CITY” it says “FOR WHEN A TV SHOW MENTIONS A HISTORICAL EVENT OR PERSON THAT HAS A FUNNY ANECDOTE NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AND THERE'S A PAUSE BUTTON”
A picture of a children’s book from the Denver Public Library sitting on a yellow wrist rest and a black keyboard. The cover shows a giant hand holding a computer mouse facing toward the viewer. The text says that it’s part of the “Privacy in the digital age” series. Title is “THE DARK WEB” by Sue Bradford Edwards.
A screenshot of @RealCharlieKirk youtube channel with a profile pic of him raising a fist sort of weirdly. Under Videos > Latest is a video of him at a mic screen split with some dudes also at mics with "Charlie Kirk Hands out Huge L's at University of California San Diego" with 4.4M views 7 days ago
A screenshot of Rotten Tomatoes with a picture of Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone in the background with the movie poster and text “Blast From the Past PG-13, Released Feb 12, 1999, 1h 51m, Romance 58% Tomatometer 81 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings Adam Webber (Brendan Fraser) has lived his entire life in confinement in a fallout...”
Gowron, the Klingon High Chancellor, sits on a throne draped in a coat and armor staring angrily at Quark standing in the foreground. The subtitle says “about finances, mergers, or currency transactions”.
A photo of Quark, a Ferengi with orange skin, wrinkled nose, large ears, jagged teeth, and a fancy burgundy, suit standing in front of a brightly colored bar smiling and saying to someone “It’s a gift.”
A screenshot of a Mother Jones article which says “Without directly calling for retribution, other MAGA figures made it clear Kirk's killing would forever change their own political trajectory. ‘Congratulations,’ wrote conservative activist Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the group Students for Trump. ‘You have now made a radical out of me. You fuckers deserve it.’ This is a developing story. Check back for updates.”
Lucy from Peanuts sitting at her cardboard booth with a little stool in front and lush grass, a tree, and blue sky in the background. Above her, the sign says "PSYCHIATRIC HELP 5¢" and below her "THE DOCTOR IS IN" with "IN" written on a piece of paper pinned onto the box.
A screenshot from Wikipedia of an article titled "Fire and Faggot Parliament" which says "The Fire and Faggot Parliament was an English Parliament held in May 1414 during the reign of Henry V.[1] It was held at Greyfriars in Leicester, and the" and the rest is cut off.
A screenshot of the top two rows of Google Image results for "heinrich kramer" showing two different portraits of Erasmus (one being used in 4 places) and one of Pope Innocent VIII as well as two modern illustrations of Pope Innocent VIII and one of the popular Erasmus portrait. All are labeled "Heinrich Kramer".
A torn off sheet from a desk calendar with the word "scandal-broth" in a cartoonish scroll and the text "Tea. The reference is to the gossip held by some of the [participants] over their cups. Also called chatter-broth." by James Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855. The sheet is on a desk pad that has red and green shapes/blobs.
A screenshot of a footnote which says: Oddly, testimonies H and J of the vernacular protocol (doc. 8/3) tell how Gerd Koller's daughter and—highlighted—Cuntz Zimmerman's—end highlight—wife Anna were accused of having made pretty much the same sort of threat against the man with whom they had had relations and whom they hoped to marry at his wedding to another woman. The denunciations even allege
A screenshot from the TV show Frasier of Bob Bulldog Briscoe—a balding man in an oversized jean shirt with the sleeves rolled up over a red t shirt tucked into jeans—holding a book with Gil Chesterton—a prim man wearing a black blazer over khakis with a polka dot bowtie and a whimsical expression—at the KACL radio station.
A Michigan registered historic site marker that says "This historic district was once the scene of frequent brawls. In 1880, an uproar between local rowdies and workers of a traveling circus rendered so many bruised, beaten and jailed, that this street was thus named Battle Alley. Carry A. Nation, ‘Kansas saloon smasher,’ came to Holly on August 28, 1908, at the request of the local prohibition committee. Wielding her umbrella, she strode through the alley’s bars bellowing about the ‘Demon Rum’ and its sins. In 1910, Battle Alley became the first brick street in the village."
A still from Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves of a rocky beach with the paladin Xenk walking straight over a large rock off in the distance.
A screenshot from Vatican Media of the Conclave smoke chimney with a seagull standing behind it.
A screenshot of the cover of a parody romcom book called Passable in Pink A Prom Com with "No a Major Motion Picture!" at the top and a picture of a guy in a tan suit and a girl in a black blouse sharing a pink milkshake at a diner while he stares at her. There's a sticker that says "35th Anniversary Edition" and text at the bottom saying "A Novel by E.L. LESSERT. Based on the Screenplay by JERROYLD HOLT"
Portrait of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (c. 1530–1535) An older man with grey hair, a mutton-choppy beard and mustache, wearing a black hat and brown fur over a white shirt.
A book titled AI for Oil and Gas Industry by Rakesh Kumar with a black block behind the title and yellow behind the author. The cover is a black and white photo of sea birds over the ocean—presumably the birds that the oil AI will murder.
A photo of a raccoon on his hind legs with his front paws together and smiling. Lil blep. In white text with the final word of the two lines in blue and fun fonts: I am cringe but I am free
A screenshot from a website reading with the first sentence and series highlighted: List of the best TV series about the 15th century according to viewers: Riverdale, Suburra: Blood on Rome, Warrior, Partners in Crime, Shahrzad, Gangland Undercover, Lights Out, Switched at Birth, The Baker and the Beauty, 11.22.63. In the top there are new series of 2022, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.
"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little-" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. "They're not the same at all!" YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET —Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME....SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. "Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—" MY POINT EXACTLY." - Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
A picture of the Gutenberg Press. An absolute fucking beast, y'all.
A stark black and yellow war poster from the early 20th century. In the middle is a sad looking sailor in a circle made to look like a ship window. The text around him reads: "THIS MAN MAY DIE if you talk too much"
A popup headline from Psychology Today "How Long Should You Wait to Have Sex?" with a picture of a white dude with a beard looking like a "I served your father dutifully, but I cannot support this action" minor character from Tudors and a white woman with... wet hair? Why does she look like she's in the rain but he doesn't? Well, wait, his white t-shirt is sort of see-through, so maybe he doesn't look as wet because he has so much gel in the very short hair he has. That's probably it. I can't imagine they'd take the time to photoshop two people kissing. Although, to be fair, he's smiling and in the foreground and she's tilting her head to the side and like kissing his rear (to camera, not his butt) cheek. So, honestly, it's anyone's guess at this point.
That’s where women go missing from the records, because people don’t think that what they say is important. Even when they start writing for themselves, you literally don’t get it.”
A photo of a desk with books, a figure of Mariner from Lower Decks, and a VHS copy of a Columbo episode in the background of a marble-like bust of a man. On the bust’s head is a pink silk pillowcase with a mouth hole cut, a pair of large pink sunglasses, and the words “LOVE IS REAL” written on sharpie at the top.
A still from The Abominable Dr. Phibes: The head of a golden unicorn statue is plunged horn-first into the chest of a man up against a wall. His face wracked in shock and terror. Two men stand next to the scene grimacing at it.
Vincent Price from The Abominable Dr. Phibes in his underground lab, standing next to a large phonograph horn and electronics connected to his neck. He is pale, grey mustache and Beatles hair with sideburns, and wearing literally an all white robe with a cloak and gloves. Behind him is an band of animatronic men in tuxedos holding their instruments.
Spock and Kirk standing back to back. Spock is wearing, like, a denim one-piece jumpsuit with a black battery pack as a belt buckle or something, but no visible belt. Kirk is wearing a tunic that is white down the torso front and back with dark grey sides and arms and rank stripes on the sleeves. He has a more belt buckle-looking belt buckle with an actual belt.
A beautiful Medieval/Renaissance-cusp painting of a woman in a green and white robe and pink silky wrap with a green cloak and white wimple forlornly looking down at a book resting cover-up in her arms. Atop the book are a pair of, like, human eyes with lids.
A screenshot from Merriam-Webster's online thesaurus: unclubbable, adjective, having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
A screenshot from Merriam-Webster's online thesaurus: aloof, adjective, having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
A screenshot from Merriam-Webster's online thesaurus: callous, adjective, having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
A screenshot from Merriam-Webster's online thesaurus: insensitive, adjective, 1 having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.