I've been on a White People Expedition Diary kick recently. I see why Lovecraft was fucking obsessed with this as a framing device, they are insanely compelling.
July 17th, 1884: "Food supplies are low. The Dutchman has eaten so many dog livers that he is now hallucinating from vitamin A poisoning, which is a thing that can happen apparently."
July 18: "We kicked that faggy Austrian botanist into a ravine. Lmao. Had a lovely bath."
July 19th 1884: "The Dutchman has been confined to the sled. We have sacrificed our belts to restrain his movements, lest we lose another Austrian to his Poop Madness."
July 20th 1884: "The men are demanding I leave behind my bathtub. I will not."
Overcome with the strangest urge to listen to The Eminem Show (2002). I don’t think I’ve heard most of this music since like 2003
Whoever taught the gamers the phrase “memory leak” should be beaten to death with a shovel
Y'all remember TiVo? I’m gonna try to do that for twitch.
I know it already has VoDs, but I a) hate their vod player and b) follow some streamers who don’t save their vods
Happy birthday, Lyudmila Pavlichenko! (July 12, 1916)
A celebrated and decorated Soviet sniper, it was said that more than 300 Nazis were felled by the gun of Lyudmila Pavlicheko. Born to Russian parents in what is now Ukraine, Pavlichenko grew up as part of the first generation to live in socialism. A tomboy, Pavlichenko was interested in sport and shooting, and learned to shoot a sniper rifle with the Red Army. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Pavlichenko was one of the first volunteers to enlist, and served on the front lines, distinguishing herself in the Siege of Odessa and Siege of Sevastopol and earning the nickname "Lady Death." She was only stopped in her annihilation of the Wehrmacht by a mortar shell to the face, which she survived. After recovering, she was not recalled to the front but instead served as a propagandist, touring other Allied countries as an ambassador for the Soviet Union. After the war, Pavlichenko returned to civilian life, working as a historian and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from her experiences. She died in 1974 of a stroke.