#d is for delaware

[anton-exe]

@toshi-flakes

@rainylunesstorm

@shiningnightstars

@a-moths-privacy

You make a post asking others to tag their favorite mutuals.

You tag your favorite mutual and post.

Your favorite mutual reblogs your post and tags you.

You two are now obligated to tag each other and reblog the post forever.

The longer it goes on, the faster you two get.

Eventually, the bulk of new posts is just you two reblogging the same post.

Tumblr is forced to buy more servers and storage just for your reblogs.

Tumblr starts selling a new badge called "Best Mutuals" to fund the growing infrastructure.

Tumblr becomes known as that site that's exclusively about two people calling each other their favorite mutuals.

ISPs are forced to improve their infrastructure to accommodate how quickly you two keep reblogging each other.

News spreads to other sites.

The internet eventually becomes just you two reblogging each other.

All news becomes updates about how many times you two reblog each other.

One day, you reblog your mutual's post and they do not reblog back.

Everyone on Tumblr panics and tries to find out what happened to your mutual.

Other social media sites learn about the drama.

News sites give Breaking News reports that your mutual didn't respond back.

Every website starts gathering information about what happened to your mutual.

Political parties come together to find out what happened to your mutual.

World leaders come together to find out what happened to your mutual.

Billionaires pour all their money into finding out what happened to your mutual.

Eventually, your mutual is found and the world waits with baited breathe fearing the worst.

Your mutual was hungry and stepped away to make a sandwich.

After finishing their sandwich, they reblog your post.

All is right with the world.

[coolthingsguyslike]

[20th-century-railroading]

DH 49

A bit of a sad sight, U33Cs 757 and 754 wasting away out behind the main shop building at Colonie in May of 1987.

[aryburn-trains]

MNCR 5043, Katonah, NY, 1983

Metro-North's early days were not easy, A southbound Harlem Line train approaches Katonah the morning after a blizzard dumped more than two feet on the area on February 13, 1983. A former New Haven FL9 leads a set of coaches originally rebuilt for Delaware & Hudson/Amtrak Adirondack service.

Art Deeks photo

[superdictionary]

Delaware - Delaware is a state in the east part of the United States. It is on the ocean. El Dragón likes Delaware because it begins with the same letter as his name.

[doomedandstoned]

High Reeper Share Fiery New Single “Cold World”

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

HIGH REEPER just keep on reaching higher and higher places with their sound. Their songs have a fiery, dauntless spirit to them, with singer Zach Thomas belting out one soulful, prophetic line after another with grit and conviction.

Take their latest single "Cold World." Guitars mark out a wicked groove, like a snake slithering across your path and you wonder if it just might bite. Drums join with strong intonation and deep resolve. Bass keeps the song thumping along. Vocals gleam with metallic sheen. What a fitting anthem for winter.

High Reeper remark:

When we were making 'Doom Sessions Vol. 5' we were unable to include all the tracks that we recorded on the actual release. We are hard at work on a new record and thought we would share "Cold World" with you and continue with our full-on heavy metal assault.

You can check out our review of Doom Sessions Vol. 5 right here and get the album via Heavy Psych Sounds. The new single drops Friday.

Give Ear...

LISTEN: High Reeper - "Cold World"

SOME BUZZ

Formed in 2016, HIGH REEPER is made up of Zach Thomas, Tyler Yoder, Justin Di Pinto, Pat Daly and Shane Trimble. Originally started as a studio band, it rapidly became apparent that these songs were meant to be heard live and loud. The band made their debut in the Philly/Delaware stoner rock scene in early 2017 with success, followed up by the recording of their self-titled debut in May.

With a sound deeply rooted in modern stoner rock while giving a nod to early days Sabbath, their self-titled debut was driven by pounding rhythms, thick guitars and soaring, screeching vocals. For their sophomore record, the addition of Di Pinto on drums helped focus in an even more powerful direction.

DOOM SESSIONS VOL.5 - High Reeper // Hippie Death Cult by HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records

After their sophomore album release and a successful 2018 European tour that included Desertfest Berlin, High Reeper hit Europe once again in 2019, visiting ten countries as well as an appearance at Desertfest London. The band has been working on new material since then, with a new album yet to be announced on HPS Records.

Follow The Band

Get Their Music

[real-mr-meat]

Good riddance

Might I suggest, New YorJerseyDeladelphia

[fuckinuhhh]

Take a Walk 09/22/24 - Albany, NY Special Edition

Just a note to the 3 day-one fans/followers of my take a walk commentary series, I have a few posts to catch up on that are dated and slated to be put together as soon as I find the time. But I just wanted to get this special edition out as soon as I could because its fresh and I have the motivation to and this one is short. (And because this is my blog, and I make the rules, and were doing this one first!!)

While I was visiting my friends in Albany, a place I called home for a number of years, I had some time to kill so my old friend and I decided to take a long walk and shoot some photos. :)

First off we have the Hinckel Brewery building originally built as just the right-most building in 1855, with additions made in subsequent years as the business began to grow to be one of the biggest beer distributors in the Northeast even rivaling Anheuser-Busch and Samuel Adams during the early 1900's.

The original architect is unknown, but to the best of my understanding many of the building's interiors as well as the surrounding building complex have been modernized and incorporated into the @HudsonPark apartment scheme. I wasn't able to find a lot of info on the apartments that exist therein within the apartment complex, and they don't exactly have rave reviews on sites like google and apartments.com.

When we walked into the small inner concrete courtyard underneath the old docking bay in the office building, the vibe was very vacant aside from being locked and then this strange noise I caught of one of the seemingly-annoyed tenants who wasn't happy we were all up in their business. (either that or it was a ghost, give the sound a listen in the last 5 seconds of this video and let me know lol).

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Then we walked past some of my favorites, that I neglected to get pictures of -_- bc I didn't think I would be making this post, BUT that I'll def be able to get pictures of from my archives/google. I'll throw together a short run through of those real quick and then get to the main event.

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The Van Ostrande-Radliff House at 48 Hudson Ave, a must see (even if you cant see much) in Albany. This is the oldest standing building in the city, originally built in 1728. Preservation efforts are ongoing to restore it to its former charm, but it remains covered for the time being so as to not fall into further disrepair. I recommend checking out the sick pictures that Historic Albany Foundation has on their website of the current interior.

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Down the street is the SUNY Headquarters Building, an old railroad building that served the state capitol under the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co. Architect Marcus T. Reynolds designed this one, it was originally built as six separate buildings from 1915 on and connected to form one continuous structure, this imposingly beautiful Flemish Gothic building is one of my personal favorites in downtown Albany.

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Turning around we see this beautifully ornate neo-classical building at the corner of State St. & Broadway. Originally built as the Albany Trust Company building in 1902, also by architect Marcus T. Reynolds! This building has such a striking facade and the renaissance revival dome is truly an architectural masterpiece (if not bordering on a little gaudy). I was so lucky to find out they had just given it a fresh spruced up paint job when I walked by it! Today it operates as the SUNY Research Foundation building.

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Then juuuust up the street 2 buildings away is BY FAR my favorite little guy in the city (I would treat her so right, please god give me a chance).

This is 63 State St. Being built originally by one of my favorite architects, Russell Sturgis in 1876 for the Mechanics & Farmers Bank. For such a small sliver of a property footprint this building just does so much right with its balance of form and ornament. The turret on the corner is stunningly delicate, as well as the bright red brick to complement the light sandy stone. Not to mention that beautifully ornate third floor circle window. This building changed hands a couple times throughout the centuries but retains the old vault door in the basement as well as the brass fixtures and marble floorings inside that give it quite the stately presence upon entering.

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How could I not include the most imposingly large, ornate, stately, balanced (every other adjective I've ever used on this blog...) building in Albany, the state capitol building!? Main architect: Henry Hobson Richardson, along with Leopold Eidlitz, Thomas Fuller, and Isaac G. Perry. Finished in 1899 after 32 years!

I'm going to keep this very brief because we only stopped here briefly on our walk and this building deserves it's own deep dive post at some point anyway. Plus it isn't even the aforementioned "Main Event" of our walk. But the detail in the scrolling on the columns here is absolutely insane. My friend and I were discussing it's architectural style/influences and we weren't completely convinced it falls into any one, Italianate/Neoclassical/Victorian/Georgian/Flemish/Gothic/Spanish influences... the confluence of styles in this design is absolutely masterful. As well as whether one would consider the columns corinthian or not, maybe composite? But just take a look at these bad boys, I would sit and take a full semester's course just on the symbolism sprinkled in and throughout this structure.

The scrolling is unique on EVERY column and sprinkled with tons of historical imagery and symbolism but they all have the same visual weight and if you weren't paying attention you'd never notice.

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If you think nothing could compete with the capital building's insanely intricate detail look across the street for it's closest competitor, The State Education Department building and Chancellor Hall at 89 Washington Ave. I think I remember thinking for a long time this was my favorite Albany building for years before discovering the charming old gothic bank building on lower State St.

Spanning a whole city block (a long one) is this building's imposing Greek-revival corinthian colonnade with 36 massive columns along it! Another scale-defying building joining the capitol building at you-have-to-see-it-in-person scale, the columns on this bad boy are comparable to the width of a redwood tree (see the picture of my legs as I lay down between them to get shots of the ceiling).

Originally Built in 1911 by architect Henry Hornbostel, this building has retained it's integrity and intention by functioning as the base of operations for the NY state education system since its completion. Its structure and facade, including the intricate brass lighting fixtures and the beautiful tiling along its exterior, has been kept in immaculate condition and is incredible to look at in person. This is another architectural feat with such minute detailing that I could sit there with an expert for probably weeks just in awe of it's symbols and attention to detail. I sat there for about 20 minutes when we visited it just looking at it and taking its beauty in. This is the type of building that just transports you somewhere else when you really take it in, it could've easily been cherry picked from the acropolis and plopped in upstate New York and you wouldn't question it thats how beautifully true to form it feels in person.

I didn't know I would be making this post in the moment while taking the walk so I don't have a dishonorable mention, but if you've ever been to Albany, NY you know there are far too many of those to ever pick from so I'm going to give myself a pass this time.

[marvelsmostwanted]

Some snippets of good news (sorry for no sources, grabbing things from Twitter here)

• New York and Maryland have passed measures to protect abortion

• Ruben Gallego is projected to defeat Kari Lake for a much-needed Democratic Senate gain in Arizona (replacing Kysten Sinema, who had become an independent)

• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first black person to represent Delaware in the Senate.

• Angela Alsobrooks will become the first black woman to represent Maryland in the Senate.

• ^This is the first time 2 black women have been elected to the US Senate at the same time. Only 3 black women have served in the Senate before them: Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, and Laphonza Butler, who is a current Senator (D-CA).

*Update:

• Sarah McBride (D-DE) will become the first transgender person to serve in the US House of Representatives.

[britishchick09]

clarissa received a letter... with nothing written on it! ;)

[wardback]

D for delaware

idk when i think about it too hard it’s kinda wild that i follow and keep up with the blog that made THE delaware post

why tho the delaware post is a d tier level post

[gas-stxtion-a]

@modestmuses said: Viktor: “I missed you.” (viktor being tender to jerry. will probably instantly regret it tbh LKJFDKSDJF)

(love languages - open)

Jerry pauses at Viktor's words, looking up to see the other watching him with an almost fond expression on his face. Immediately, Jerry smiles around the screw in his mouth, which he sets in his hand before responding (he's learned from previous near-choking-incidents.)

"Aw," he coos, "that's real sweet a' ya', Viktor. I missed ya' too." His fake southern accent is a bit stronger than usual today, as absorbed in his work as he's been. "I mean, you're always so much fun to hang out with. Who else would be both willin' an' able to help me take apart this old thing and make it better?" As he speaks, he gestures to the pile of metal pieces before them that used to be the gas station's hot dog roller, putting an arm around Viktor's shoulders and squeezing him lightly.

"When we're done with this thing," Jerry continues, "it's gonna make such fuckin' good hot dogs. Like... so good, we might not be able to give them to customers without makin' them sign a waiver. You eat these dogs, and immediately you meet God, that sort a' thing." He laughs, mostly to himself. "I mean, if God were real, of course. But, yeah, I think that'd be pretty sick." Jerry squeezes Viktor's shoulders again, then puts the screw back in his mouth as he gets back to work.

[coolthingsguyslike]

[20th-century-railroading]

Fresh Lightning Stripes by Erie Limited Via Flickr: Somewhat fresh from rebuilding at M-K in Mountaintop, PA, D&H 7401 poses for a portrait at Kenwood Yard in Albany. 7401 was outshopped about a month prior to this photo. In that time it acquired a bit of grime on the long hood. The following year it would be sold to CSX where it still operates today as CSXT 4309.

DH 7401 GP39-2 (ex-RDG 3401) July 17, 1990

[aryburn-trains]

First car is former D&H diner. Chappaqua, NY April 27, 1982

[epoxyconfetti]

I used this in the early 80s. It had a lot of educational uses, but the multiplayer gaming was something we wouldn't see in retail until 15 years later.

Multiplayer gaming was only allowed on Friday afternoon from 1500-1800. This was the time of the week that it would have the smallest impact on computer network traffic.