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Had a couple kind of mildly neat finds at a 5 Below (store that sells most things for less than $5).

Item 1: Egyptian Book of the Dead (handbook sized)

This is basically, literally, a translated text of one version of Spells for Coming Forth by Day, with an introduction.

But someone decided to add a gilded/embossed biomechanical Anubis head on the cover, à la the Gods of Egypt movie or Stargate SG1.

#AncientEgypt #BargainBin

Book cover of The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Ah, the revelation that AI API prices are a veritable bargain bin 🤯, orchestrated by price wizards battling for the affections of developers. Next up: shocking expose on how water is wet 💧.
https://tinyml.substack.com/p/the-unsustainable-economics-of-llm #AIAPIPrices #BargainBin #PriceWizards #DeveloperAffection #WaterIsWet #HackerNews #ngated

🧬🔍 Apparently, 23andMe's business model of convincing people to pay for their own DNA results wasn't exactly the golden ticket to eternal riches. So now they're off to the bargain bin. 💸 Maybe next time, try selling something people actually want? 🤔
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dna-testing-firm-23andme-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-sell-itself-2025-03-24/ #23andMe #DNAresults #businessmodel #bargainbin #consumerinsights #HackerNews #ngated

An #Ontario #Teacher found #WorksOfArt in the #BargainBin. She set out to find the creator.
The #Sculptures were lost in the mail somewhere between #NovaScotia and #Montreal.

About 300 hours into creating the sculptures worth thousands of dollars before carefully wrapping, labelling and shipping them off. They were scanned in Montreal before disappearing.

#Art #OntarioTeacher #Canada #LostAndFound #Artist #Artist_SydneyBlum #SydneyBlum #Canada Post

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/lost-and-found-artwork-1.7444001

One of those bargain bin finds you forgot about and then rediscover. 😁🤗

@vinylrecords #CrateDigging #BargainBin #vinyl #PlayingNow

Front of vinyl cover: Carmine Appice is a 1981 album by Carmine Appice and was released on the Pasha Records label.

Cannonball in Europe: The Cannonball Adderly Sextet

night owls: the Chris byars octet

I, Claudia: The Claudia Quintet

#Jazz
#Impulse
#BargainBin

Three CDs on a black table, with a strip of concrete sidewalk visible above. Several color shots of the sextet performing; an expressionistic mishmash of a painting; mysterious green angular shapes like a Mercator projection of mysterious green continents of a white Mercator ocean world. There is a ~lot~ of ocean on top.

Charity shop find of the day: Scott 2, Scott 3 and Scott 4 on cassette tape for £2 each

#CassetteTapes #ScottWalker #BargainBin

Three cassette tape boxes, Scott Walker albums Scott 2, Scott 3 and Scott 4. Each has an old HMV shop price sticker, asking a little over £5. Not pictured is the rear of the boxes, where they're priced at £2 each because they're just in a bargain bin in the corner of this place. Score!

Today's #bargainbin acquisitions: Tomita's Greatest Hits I've got on CD but saw the #vinyl in the $5 bin so couldn't resist. We'll see how it spins later...

#PublicServiceBroadcasting #RaceForSpace on CD (Promo) was #musicmail and came cross country -- also in the $5 range.

I wonder how they do that audio watermarking... might have to investigate!

#music #electronica #krautrock

A CD cover and a 12" vinyl record cover. The CD is Public Service Broadcasting's The Race for Space, showing a reddish space background, sputnik satellite in foreground, and a reddish earth below with CCCP visible on the map of the planet. Song list and Promo Only copy text, as well as a warning about copyright and digital watermarking.

The Record Album is Tomita's Greatest Hits, showing the song list and an illustration of a blocky robot head.

A 12" vinyl record cover.

The Record Album is Tomita's Greatest Hits, showing the song list and an illustration of a blocky robot head.

A CD cover. The CD is Public Service Broadcasting's The Race for Space, showing a reddish space background, sputnik satellite in foreground, and a reddish earth below with CCCP visible on the map of the planet. Song list and Promo Only copy text, as well as a warning about copyright and digital watermarking.

Am I not seeing this right?
(-_-)ゞ゛

#mislabeling #mislabeled #cosmetics #manicure #sports #inflation #needle #basketball #football #soccer #volleyball #dodgeball #BargainBin

#BargainBin #Vinyl Full on face-melting jazz fusion from Al Di Meola.

Today, I'm sharing another #retro #analog #music #cassette #tape from my #collection 🎶 I bought this at age 12, with my newspaper delivery money. Found it in a #BargainBin at now defunct #Kmart store. I still sing along to lead track - #MetalHealth 🤘🎸

Metal Health - #QuietRiot

#80sRock #nostalgia #MusicLovers #BangYourHead #80sMetal #MusicJunkies

The cassette album cover for Metal Health by Quiet Riot. With the cassette tape, side 1 facing up.

Back of cassette cover for Metal Health by Quiet Riot. With the cassette tape, side 2 facing up.

Partial cassette album cover for Metal Health by Quiet Riot - with the nice price sale sticker. From the 80s.

One of my best #BargainBin finds. Field recordings of thunderstorms and train yards on half speed mastered #Mofi wax. The liner warns the listener that their sound system will be pushed by the recordings - and it lives up to it.

Perfect for a morning read. I've got a big stack of bargain bin ambient on deck.

#vinyl #ambient #FieldRecordings #audiophile #hifi

So, yesterday I picked up an #xbox360 and #PS3 dirt cheap.
Any game recommendations I should look for in the #bargainbin and at the #secondhand / #buyUsed sections?
Over-hyped game titles I should avoid, are welcome as well.

#BargainBin

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