Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

Finally some good news!

this upscrolled thing, coupled with endless media layoffs, has got me so bummed lately. the entire rightwing media ecosystem is propped up by an army of the world's richest men, and you're telling me there's not a single person who can toss a few mil at a few projects that might not actually suck?

hello I am launching my very own podcast with @jordanjamboree.pittbert.gay where we (mostly casually!) chat about car culture in the decline of the American empire, auto racing, and industry news interspersed with tales of our former auto journo careers. we call it TRAN GIRLISMO

game designs are little models of the universe and I just think that's nice

Reminding everyone, PLEASE, DO NOT sub to your favorite content creators through phone apps as it not only charges you more, it also takes a higher % from us AND to top it all off blocks the money from being received for 30 fucking days for some goddamned reason.

Spending some time hunkered down indoors getting this great contemporary fiddle tune from Laurel Premo into my ears. Written, I'm told, during a bout in Canadian winter. I always enjoy when a piece connects my symbolic worlds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIt...

Abolish ICE! For your printer, in both color and black and white.

I've found this resource helpful. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Every non-hype defense of LLMs starts with "you must already understand your work really well." Vibe coding isn't being done by those people. It's being done by execs who are making a prototype because it is now easy to do. This kills the systems of intention and maintenance necessary for good UX.

And if you want to help fund quilts for democracy, please consider a cat toy for your cats or a friend’s! This clears out my waste scrap ecologically and funds things like shipping auction prizes. ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...

Two pride flags for democracy completed! Want one? Follow @romancingthevote.com for auction news and updates. These and many amazing items will be available as we try to shore up voting rights in the US.

This is massive news

It's wintering hard out there, so I'm pulling out all the wintertime fiddle tune classics. This one's "Cold Frosty Morn." I've heard of this melody having a scottish jacobin origin. Sound off about the Jacobite rising of 1745 down in the comments!

MSP airport. Clergy risking risking arrest and a huge gathering of protesters. The song is, “Down to the River to Pray.”

Mutual aid would be a huge help not just monetarily but also for my mental health, as I just had a panic attack. You can send money via Paypal to [email protected], via ko-fi.com/kivrin * and via Wise (ask for details). Reposts very welcome. Thank you for keeping me afloat.

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

welcome to the war on horses

Constantly fighting the thought of 'don't post frivolous things,' here's an original I'm slowly working up and ironing out, called "Morning in the Valley"

If there are waterfalls in your game and there isn't a secret cave behind at least one of them then this is a critical UX issue that must be addressed immediately #gamedev #ux

neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now

Amazing what ancient people built even though they were all skeletons

I will say playing a bluegrass gig then exiting out into the wintertime Toronto streets late at night is not an unpleasant journey

I know we're encouraged to see so many unions call for a Jan 23 day of action in Minnesota ✊️ but it will mean even more community work so, a reminder that if you donate now (or later) and tell me you did, I'll give you free feedback in February. Fund you like not on the site below? Just let me know!

For over a decade I have tied my shoes one specific way: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot. I learned it from Ian (aka Professor Shoelace) whose site is over two decades old. The knot has never failed me. I spoke with Ian about knots and the dangers of the modern internet. aftermath.site/ians-shoelac...

I love watching "How are people actually making the world better" videos for glimpses at the real work being done globally. Even if it's not directly applicable, it's useful to help expand my imagination into farther possibilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgKi...

if you're doomscrolling then you deserve to listen to something really, really nice www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuLL...

What always gets me about these is it's not like it's capturing anything real about these places, either. Just rolling up and asking for the most available crank. Go get to know some local queer kids, who will be approx. 000x sharper about facts on the ground.

This is cool and helpful

Profoundly moved by this beautiful piece. Coming up in central PA, I visited this town on multiple occasions. Several of my ancestors suffered in that mountain - a surreal, grim, holy place. Even throughout the years that I went, it was wilder every time, taking on a strange new beauty each turn.

Bandcamp is announcing that they're prohibiting music created wholly or with subtantial use of AI

Update: cute country goth at the rural grocery store out this way complimented my mothman cardigan, target audience reached

There is something to be said for having something that could consume as much energy as you can offer it these days—raising kids, a creative practice, community involvement, etc., or any combination of these. Something that can (even if it doesn’t always) break the scrolling, that’s a counterweight.

Like the bible says: live by the sword, no worries

neither posting nor consumption count as doing politics and websites like this are a machine that turns obvious political solidarity into a black hole of endless discourse. that includes this post. you can’t out-post it by finding the right smart words you can only log off

A little bit of improvised Eighth of January for today, the Seventh of January. This is an old melody, first coming into prominence commemorating the British defeat during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. The holiday isn't celebrated anymore, but it's remained as a popular pickin tune.

Partner: I've got a crick in my neck Me: It's pronounced 'creek' actually

Powerful song about an 1874 workplace fire at the Granite Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts. The blaze killed 23 workers, most of them children #childlabour #workersafety #workersrights #history (thank you @fdtate.bsky.social for this #auralvisualconnection) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite...

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

what’s everyone getting sworn in on? i’m going with the apple human interface guidelines (HIG)

As if Figma didn't already burn enough trust with designers, now they are also silently opting everyone in to let them train their AI on your work. For the time being, you can opt out in the settings. But for how much longer?

There's a very real chance this emerging dynamic is already contributing to Some Real Goddamn History (not that our lifetimes need any more of that)

Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.

🚨round barn alert🚨

Just discovered a painting that really hit me, especially here in the Christmas season. For those not Christian, after Christ was born, Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt to protect their baby from political persecution.

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

please nephew please don't be stunting on unc with your young fast twitch 360 corn husking techniques