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I could never get into it. I dipped a toe briefly when I saw it was a vehicle generating a lot of traffic for something I made, but I could never stay for long without experiencing a toxic deluge that was too much to ignore. This place has been pretty awesome by comparison.

I have Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIIa, also known as: Forbes-Cori disease, partially in her honor. Finding critical medical insights for us corner cases is exceptionally challenging, time consuming, and unrewarding, and I am SO grateful for her work!

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Accountability

Tradwife? More like RADwife!

From the Guardian. Cartoonist Ella Baron.

A really good look at basic human affordances for XR product design, where the bar is currently set (very low) and how often Galaxy XR still fails to clear it. Plus some good stuff, but this is well informed and neither a hatchet job nor gushing with unearned praise.

Reverse dust jacket done for the lovely author Emma Hamm for her upcoming book A Light So Blinding 💛 The book will be available for preorder on November 21st! #art #illustration

The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored. Period.

Travel sketchbook progress so far

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Geore Orwell, 1984.

I've been a registered bone marrow donor for years, but unfortunately never tapped for service. It's a simple and easy registration process, and can make an enormous difference to those in need. Give blood even if you're not a widely compatible type; they can still use it! Also: nice party theme!

Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, who was indicted today for protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility: "We've been punched, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, tear gassed, rubber bullets from snipers on roofs going into local businesses windows."

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

"An official website of the United States Government. Here's how your know. ↓" What an exceptional load of BS. It's so much shorter to tell the truth: "The administration is starving you to hold you hostage until the opposition lets us take away your healthcare."

I love science.

smelly

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

Texas suing Tylenol manufacturer Kenvue over autism is performative litigation insanity.

Ugh, it's even worse: "Project Firewall" is ALSO a blatantly racist attack on foreign workers under H-1B visas, despite the fact that almost all of this artwork is very blue-collar, and H-1B tend to be white-collar office jobs. Hate is so ugly. How quickly they are trying to paint it on everything.

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

He's taking away healthcare for millions. He gets a thrill out of killing people on the open seas. He wants you to hate. Dwell on that – he wants you to hate. He's demanding our justice department pay him $230,000,000. He thinks he owns the country. He is a clear and present danger.

Very concise and beautifully phrased. This is the thing to know about LLMs, and one reason their operation is so incredibly power hungry—probabilistic communication is grossly inefficient compared to actual understanding. Human brains use just 12-20 Watts of energy, for comparison.

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

Today's "One First" explains why Stephen Miller is wrong that ICE officers have "federal immunity" from prosecution for all actions they take in their official duties, and that anyone attempting to prosecute them is committing a felony. Supremacy Clause immunity is a thing, but it's *not* absolute:

"wow, look who's decided to join us" also devastating to a deeply depressed kid who's managed to drag themselves out of the hole in an effort to find comfort in socialization

The whole governing philosophy of the United States right now is "try and stop us." Turns out not many people can do that, because the level of malfeasance completely overwhelms the enforcement mechanisms, which are rooted in a presumption of good faith, a presumption which turns out to be wrong.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

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Cutting a ghost 🔪👻

The economic stranglehold on a significant percentage of the population is crushing—and is a keen lever on the wealthy, who prize nothing more. Horrible economic policy is going to untether people from this fear by pulling the rug out from under them regardless. And when they have nothing to lose…

"Rise of Skywalker" is a steaming pile on many, many points. But most ludicrous of all for me is: a totally hidden location no one can find. That COUNTLESS THOUSANDS of people have reached in order to supply, build, maintain, and staff a full industrial complex & fleet (plus food & fuel). Secretly.

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚

Nor will I ever give up my Oxford commas.

Updating my LEGO White House

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport. Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably? But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

Too many people are VERY comfortable putting people in positions of power who hold bigoted views. Idk if it's because you also hold bigoted views or if you're just comfortable that those views won't affect YOU, but it's wild to see "no bigots" reduced to "purity test." Either way, no.

What else matters if we fall to an authoritarian? Answer: nothing. Resist accordingly. ✊🏼

It helps to understand the gravity of the situation.

This really is perfect; it's so hard to see this as something *flat* with these perfect depth cues in the color grading, value choices, and selective texturing. Pure visual magic.

What a waste.

I love seeing mastery and beauty being used for whimsy.