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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 10h

I held on to my Netflix-by-mail subscription until the bitter end, because, despite the creeping attenuation of their library, they still had movies & shows you couldn't see anywhere else. I became a charter subscriber precisesly BECAUSE of their large and deep library.

A plastic caddy sent to Netflix charter subscribers to hold their DVDs. It holds a familiar red return envelope and a copy of The Twelve Chairs (1962).

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 07/10/2026

Snagged this lovely copy of the out-of-print Kino Lorber edition of Mario Bava’s 1960 debut Black Sunday. #horror #spookycinema #halloween

The front cover art for Black Sunday featuring a stark black & orange illustration of a woman’s face, her one visible eye outlined in black and staring frightfully.

The back cover shows the other half of the woman’s face, as well as an open coffin.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 06/10/2026

When data center developers roll into your small community

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 28/09/2026

#NOLA dinner in Oklahoma: Sazerac #cocktail + shrimp & andouille gumbo #roux #ryewhiskey #bitters

A Sazerac cocktail in a vintage glass from the Roosevelt Hotel. The glass is thick & heavy, coated with frost. Its bottom half is faceted.

A steel saucier and a yellow oval casserole on a cobalt blue gas range. The 1950s Chambers range is Steamline Moderne. It has polished aluminum teardrop handles.

The yellow casserole full of bubbling gumbo.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 26/09/2026

Miles has decided I don’t need to change sheets, actually. #caturday #actuallylastsunday

An orange cat tangled up in a gold silk coverlet. Only his hind legs & tail are visible.

Same cat, different angle. He’s now completely rolled up in the coverlet.

The cat is gone. The silk coverlet has been mostly dragged onto the floor. One corner remains attached to the heavy, dark walnut bed. A few cat toys lie scattered on the oak floor.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 24/09/2026

Here's my latest batch (made a couple of months ago).

A mason jar of homemade pickled onions on a windowsill. A recipe card leans against the jar.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 19/09/2026

Happy #caturday from PP #smolcat

A very smol grey tabby cat receiving pets. Her face is very close to you, the viewer, and her eyes are closed in pleasure.

$The same grey tabby a fraction of a second later.$

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 14/09/2026

Summer may be over, but the farmers market still has peaches. #pie #peach

A bakers table arrayed with bowls, pastry tools, and a pie plate

A rustic peach pie with a nut-brown lattice crust

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 12/09/2026

Aviation cocktail — Hugo Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1916 #gin #cocktail #violet

A purplish drink in a Nick & Nora glass garnished with a cherry on a tropical hardwood pick.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 11/09/2026

With ALT text. Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting. Many online tools available to handle the OCR, so let's please use them, folks.

Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists from Denmark. Annotated divorce papers blown up and mounted, interactive exhibits detailing how your mom's last round of chemo didn't take, souvenir T-shirts emblazoned with your best friend's last words before the car crash. And you should have to see for yourself how little your pain matters to a family of five who need to get some food before the kids melt down. Or maybe worse, watch it be co-opted by people who want, for whatever reason, to feel that connection so acutely.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 02/09/2026

TIL the Statue of Liberty was modeled after Marlon Brando

The face of the Statue of Liberty being uncrated in NY Harbor in 1885.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 29/08/2026

Happy #caturday from Miles and this anonymous squirrel. Both models demonstrate #splooting.

A prone orange tabby cat facing away from the viewer, his legs extended behind him, pink toe beans exposed.

A squirrel splooting on a brick patio under the shade of a chair.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 24/08/2026

Isn’t that literally EVERY photo of the Beatles?

A post by a clickbait account on the Nazi-owned social media platform. The Beatles pose at the end of a long table. John is seated while his band mates stand behind him. Ringo & Paul wave at the viewer. Carved neo-gothic chairs line the table.

The original post is captioned ‘The last photo taken of The Beatles is crazy because in it, you can see the lead singer of Wings, the mastermind behind All Things Must Pass, the “Give Peace a Chance” icon, and the star of “Caveman” movie in one photo.’

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 23/08/2026

Post your favorite Disney Princess. Wrong answers only. #WorldDisneyPrincessWeek

Sean Young as Rachel Tyrell in Blade Runner. She is partially obscured by her cigarette smoke. She wears a 1940s-inspired hairdo. She holds the cigarette in her right hand & a lighter in the other. Light falls on her right cheek, while her face remains in shadow. Her eyes glisten knowingly.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 09/08/2026

Beans & cornbread had a fight. Mark Bittman’s beans with meat (How to Cook Everything, 1998) made with smoked pork neck bones + Littleton Spider Corncake (The Boston Cooking School Cook Book, a.k.a. the Fanny Farmer Cook Book).

A pot of beans & a skillet of cornbread.

Cornbread cooling in an antique cast iron skillet on a tile counter.

A bright yellow Dutch oven sitting on a vintage blue Chambers gas range, beans bubbling away.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 08/08/2026

I managed to track down a photo of him.

The viral photo of the New Jersey police officer who dressed in a ghillie suit to entrap speeding motorists.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 02/08/2026

My friend Jydonne ate the last of my pickled onions, so I put up a new batch today. #pickles #gibsoncocktail

A mason jar of pickled onions on a windowsill. A printed recipe card rests against the jar.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 01/08/2026

It’s the anniversary of Black Tot Day (1970), when the British Royal Navy ended the rum ration. #grog #rum Grog based on prior art by @wcurtis.bsky.social & Martin Cate.

A brown liquid & ice in a roly-poly glass with a platinum band around its rim. A small steel clamp rests nearby.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 02/07/2026

Paper plane — Sam Ross and Sasha Petraske, 2008, NYC. #aperol #bourbon #whiskey #sour #summercocktail

A red-orange drink in a frosty coupé glass sits on a ladybug-embroidered cocktail napkin.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 25/06/2026

I probably don’t need to tell you what this is. #martini

A dry martini with a large, green, pimento-stuffed olive in a V-shaped cocktail glass.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 22/06/2026

Golden stag — Don the Beachcomber created this daiquiri variation, which takes its name from the rum brand that serves as its base, circa 1937. #rum #tiki

An amber cocktail in a coupé glass rests on a cloth napkin embroidered with a grasshopper.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 20/06/2026

Miles says “Be vewwy quiet — we’re hunting wabbits.” #caturday

An orange tabby cat lying on a mattress, arching his back. His outstretched paws touch a pump-action shotgun. He has white paws and a white belly.

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 17/06/2026

My desktop wallpaper. Acknowledgement to Stephin Merritt.

White text on light blue background states "It's making me blue/Pantone 292," a lyric from the Magnetic Fields song "Reno, Nevada."

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Vlad the Imzähller @chris.zahller.me · 16/06/2026

Margarita, mid-twentieth century, origin disputed. The drink probably predates the name as it is simply a tequila daisy made with lime instead of lemon. #tequila #margarita #NaCl

A margarita in a vintage glass. The glass fades from clear to pastel orange. Its rim is garnished with Tajín spice mix.

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