learning how to engrave music using LilyPond! there's something extremely satisfying to me about defining music notation as markup in a text editor

they should make a career that doesn’t burn you out

i really can not emphasize enough that the most materially impactful thing you can do for trans people right now is hire them.

they should invent an opposition party that doesn't send bulk spam texts

Inspirational poster idea: “Try not to think about it!”

I can't overemphasize how important living in a trans-accepting city and state has been for my mental health. Everyone deserves to live somewhere where they aren't constantly trapped in survival mode. Donate!

defunding the police is still a good idea

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

my latest project, using ai to build hyperlocal prediction markets, has just received $1000000000 in funding. now you can bet on what your coworker jeff will have for lunch. i don't see any problems with this business model

There are some interesting insights in this blog post, but to partner with National Design Studio—which has laid off swaths of talented U.S. technologists and has a history of pushing fascist propaganda—to promote your one week vibe-coded framework replacement… not great!

Hey, I wonder how the Kyle MacLachlan AMA is goi-

instead of watching the state of the union I got a crunchwrap and watched deep space 9. love that for me

learning about and building finite state machines

so sad! i just saw Jesse Singal trip and break both of his legs and land in a big mound of dog poo and vomit all over himself :(

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all software is now Clippy

It breaks both NPR-lib & comrade brains (because we have internalized that nothing is better than gardens!! and community!!) but 90% of our community gardens should be either housing/retail or actual city-run parks. This stretch will go un-shoveled until it melts, all so 8 ppl can grow 5 potatoes/yr

TIL icicles can form sideways. hello from new york

ah. Bluesky

recently watched an episode of Star Trek TNG with the Duras sisters, so I'm reposting this thing I drew in 2022

New Yorkers: if you can do so safely, take a moment to step outside (even on your front stoop) for a moment and appreciate how quiet the city is right now. ❄️ Cities aren't loud. Cars are loud.

quintessential examples of shoulderpad empires, tunic cultures, robe civilizations, and stupid hat societies. yes sometimes a stupid hat is a dumb forehead tattoo, I don't make the rules

G2.22 WORLDWIDE PREMIERE Sunday 2/22 AT 8:00PM EST 18 video editors rebuild Gremlins 2 into a totally unhinged experience with dancing, screaming, glitching, melting, original music (!), philosophy (??) & more. WATCH at watch.aesno.tv ! Preshow starts at 8, movie at 8:30. Will loop!

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

Born to be in a tunic culture; forced to live in a shoulderpad empire

starting to feel like we aren’t going to vote ourselves out of this one, guys

castration movie pt. ii

Hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software, Persona. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet, and that was just the beginning. www.therage.co/persona-age-...

has anyone made a forum using atproto

Hey yall, if you are gonna have to shovel snow, pleaseeee get started early. Don’t let is really start accumulating before you get out there. A note from AccuWeather:

cool that you can read this and immediately know who it’s about without even seeing a name

This administration whined to the SCOTUS that they should not have to pay out SNAP even though they were legally obligated to do so. They spent so much cash appealing a court case they knew they were gonna lose just for spite and to waste taxpayer money just to make life worse for poor Americans

Sharing “genderless burger experience” here for those who haven’t seen it

Folks who’ve used app.namesake.fyi: remember to download any existing forms before March 31! We will be deleting all user data from our existing app in favor of our new public forms.

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

What if every project on GitHub had a ACCESSIBILITY.md Would this commitment at the root of a project change anything? This is a rough draft of what it could look like: mgifford.github.io/ACCESSIBILIT... #Accessibility #OpenSource

everything DOES happens so much

this article is a wild ride

i love princess peach for the same reasons i love miss piggy and dolly parton and jennifer coolidge. it's called faggotry !

Oh god I found a high-res version www.rtr.zone/usbahn.html?...

I want Alyssa Liu to be my best friend

new york’s melting snowscape has uncovered an unfathomable amount of dogshit

NYC: let Zohran know we need our libraries funded. Doesn’t take long.

just submitted: Hi, I am a constituent in [borough]. I voted for you partially because of your promise to dedicate 0.5% of the budget to the public library. Please keep your campaign promises. doesn’t have to be fancy 🙂‍↕️ gotta protect those crucial third spaces!!!!

Fund NYC libraries! Tell Mayor Mamdani that you want 0.5% of the city budget for libraries. This is a VERY short form where you can do so. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic... @nycplan.org

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