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A photograph of a couple of square feet of tiled floor, upon which are scattered the pieces of a broken gaiwan lid.
Screen cap of Guardian headlines: "Iran denies any deal" with the US, and right after that "Oil prices fall below $100/bbl on hopes of Iran peace deal."
A picture of a gongfu tea-making setup, dry style on a towel. There's a 100ml white Ruyao gaiwan on the right, lid resting upright on the base to display the charge of wet raw puer leaf. In the left foreground are a pair of small Junyao cups, with red glazing on the outside. The cups hold brewed tea, the soup a medium orange color. Behind the cups sits a double-wall glass gongdaobei, and behind that a large cockle shell that lately served as a chahe.
A photograph of a bamboo puer-breaking tray with a tea pick and an unwrapped 100g tuocha upon it. In the background is the wrapper from the tuo.
A gaiwan, open to show a charge of partially-steeped tea, a teacup filled with the red-orange soup of dry-stored aged raw puer, and an oversized 20-sided die sit upon a blue tea towel. In the background are a cockle shell, a pub glass with the tea drain rinse, and a piece of white paper with uncut red gemstones scattered next to a brass vernier caliper.
A gaiwan, a tea cup, and a cha he with a charge of semi-aged raw puer tea leaf, resting upon a tea towel
An image of a gaiwan, a teacup, and a cockle shell sitting on a towel. The gaiwan is open to display the wet leaf, the teacup contains the rinse. The cockle shell is empty, having done its job as cha he for this session
A photograph of a red Christmas laser projector, as seen though the mist of sprinkler irrigation at night
A photograph of a large elderly terrier dozing on a brown leather armchair in the afternoon sunlight
A card table completely covered with rock tumblers and a few tumbling supplies. There are 3 single-barrel 3-pound tumblers in operation in the background, a dual-barrel six-pound unit in the center, and on the nearest corner of the table, a single-barrel 6-pound unit, with another idle 3-pound unit farther along the near edge.
Bar graph of survey results, the question "Compared to last year, are you spending more or less on groceries?" tabulated by Party affiliation. Overwhelmingly all groups say "More," though the number of Republicans who say "Less" is larger than the number of Democrats or Independents who answer that way.
Time-series plot of values of the Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment, dating back to January of 2007, showing that it mid-2025 it was the worst it has been during that interval, worse even than during the 2008 financial crisis.
Screenshot of a session in gnu emacs, with the frame split vertically into two windows. In the left window is a Common LISP package under construction, an import package for a C library whose API is defined in the header file in the right window.
A picture of a minimal chaxi setup (a porcelain gaiwan and a tea cup, with a mug into which to pour the rinses and dregs), with large whole-leaf China black tea displayed on a giant cockle shell in the foreground, all pieces on a green tea towel.
An image of Picasso's painting Guernica
An image of Mathias Grünewald's "Small Crucifixion"
A still life of the makings for a martini cocktail, set upon the countertop of a 21st-century American kitchen.
Screen capture of 5-day history of the VIX index as of the time of posting. The VIX index is described in the text of the post.
Tea service for a gongfu session using a small zisha pot and a cup cut from a piece of picture jasper. The tea is an old raw puer, that makes dark soup the color of brewed coffee.
A screenshot of Google Maps, displaying the Gulf of Mexico but labeling it the "Gulf of America"
A tuxedo cat, staring serenely at something off-camera, lies meatloaf-style on a rumpled gold Christmas tree skirt. Some Oriental carpet is visible.
A plate with two slices of toast, on which are smeared half an avocado garnished with shaved red onion and a sprinkling of black pepper Next to the plate sits a mug of tea with milk in it
A shallow bowl containing porridge and a spoon, a small plate with some raw chopped vegetables and some scrambled egg. In the background is a double-wall glass tea bottle containing green tea leaf in brewed tea.
An image of a fantasy-story wizard with a pointy hat, surrounded by implements and scrolls bearing the names of UNIX utilities, mixing things into a shell-shaped cauldron.
A half-liter double-wall glass tea bottle, containing steeped green China tea on the leaf, illuminated by sunlight
A photo of a tuxedo cat in a linen closet, perched on a stack of towels and flanked by more such stacks. The cat is looking directly into the camera with an alert expression is great interest and attentiveness.
Screen cap of a matthew yglesias post
A man dressed in a beige suit, superficially resembling a younger Paul Krugman, walks down a city street. In the background is an automobile on fire, having just been firebombed.
Logitech Visible Mouse, ca. 1988 The first 3-button mouse, built in a transparent plastic case
Whole wheat toast with gnarly peanut butter and Castlevetrano olives, Assam tea with milk
Setup for gongfu tea preparation, with a gaiwan, chahe with compressed puer tea, and a cup made from picture jasper
A mature green iguana walking on an asphalt parking lot
Screen capture of "We canceled your subscription" page at the Washington Post web site.
Photo of a Big White Dog lounging on a fake-Turkish rug.
An illustration of adding alt-text to an image.
A picture illustrating how to add alt-text
A photo of a school gym being used as a polling place, with people using voting machines.
A photo of a Wallisia cyanea with three bracts, and blossoms on the biggest one.
Graphic from the 8 am NHC report on Atlantic tropical cyclones, showing 5 active systems.
Image of a 2008 Obama bumper sticker from before he was actually a candidate, with the legend "get disappointed by SOMEONE NEW Obama '08"
A photograph of two hot dogs on buns on a plate. The hot dogs are garnished like banh mi with assorted vegetables and fresh cilantro
Kamala Harris press release of july 25, 2024
A sunset scene in September
graphic offering scale comparisons of various large flying creatures ranging in size from the Magnificent Frigatebird to Quetzalcoatlus
Screencap of tweets describing evidence at Trump's hush-money trial, including evidence that Michael Cohen was collaborating with Maggie Haberman at Trump's direction.
Golden Orb Weaver spiders in web
A Golden Orb Weaver spider in her web
I can't just give my vote away to someone who doesn't make me feel special.