I can tell I’ve been away from my design-life for a few weeks when I look at this and say “meh” instead of heading over to rage-watch brand design error porn https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/115278144005853724

Just look at the total chaos that is NE Alberta in Portland! #warravagedportland

FINALLY a pharmacy near me (Denver area, Colorado) has the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Getting jabbed this afternoon! #novavax # #covid #colorado

Black skimmers begin nesting on our beaches in the spring and we get to watch them grow from little baby puff balls to adolescents to adults over the summer. This bowl, with its rounded bottom so that it can rock and spin on a flat surface, almost functions […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

All I wanna do this weekend is drink coffee, process two rolls of film, and wash my car. Like, doing stuff, but make it lazy.

I have a lot of photos from Ireland to share but this one of the statue of Michael Collins about to do a rolling start mounting his bike wearing a buttoned up trench coat like some sort of super hero is too good not to share immediately. #biketooter #bicycling #ireland

I’d like to know why no one in the states has adopted the bar/hardware/bike store model that they have out in Dingle, Ireland.

Ireland was, once again, lovely today.

#coffee while on holiday in Ireland continues to be 👌 this example from Fika in #limerick

I was going to give you a photo update on my trip to the Irish republic but since i this thing won’t let me post more than four images at a time here’s one that’s fairly representative.

First day in Ireland: it’s only 3pm and I am ready for bed. Just going to find all the coffee in Dublin and drink it instead.

Turns out exposure to The Gays can’t make you a gay but it CAN make you a Democrat https://masto.ai/@transworld/115194136173928501

So over the weekend I had a rather embarrassing fall off my bike. I was stopped and couldn’t unclip in time, and did the slo-mo tip over onto the pavement in front of my house. Even through it was a zero-MPH fall and I let my side take most of the impact, I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I feel like the paperboy on “Better Off Dead” with this lawsuit https://zirk.us/@grammargirl/115171034795621104

has anyone seen the updated #novavax #covidvaccine out in the wild yet? I have bad reactions to the mRNA vaccines and would really like to get boosted. The pharmacies I’ve checked in with near me don’t know when it may show up :(

Well, once again, someone ripped a pride flag sticker off of the little free library. What they fail to realize is that for every one removed, two will appear in its place. Affixed using 3M Super77 adhesive, no less.

New Flo Mask who dis

Nothing says you’re getting older than a doctor assessing whatever has become a bother to your body and hearing them say “well, it may just be like this for the rest of your life” and shrug 🤷

The COVID vaccine debacle is terrifying. Long COVID wrecked my life. 18 months later I am slowly getting back 2 functioning with many lingering symptoms. Vaccines don’t prevent it, but they reduce chances of getting long COVID. W less ppl getting vaxxed, the virus will spread more.

There are a lot of really great murals in #denver but I saw this one for the first time today and it ROCKS 🤘

Relatively cool morning on the Front Range of Colorado (highs will “only” be in the 80s!) so I’m out back with the gurgling fountain watching the shadows of squirrels on my design shed roof, the dog trying to catch bees in her mouth, and the sun hitting the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

If it's 11am on September 1st, Japan Time, it must be 504 Gateway Timeout Time for everyone trying to get a #hobonichi

My local jazz station has an Indigenous music show Sunday mornings and something I’ve noticed is the cover art for a lot of these albums go HARD. I love it. https://mastodon.social/@kuvo_playlist/115123637800583538

Felt a little like Frodo when I biked into this today…. “Presently they were under the shadow, and here in the midst of it they saw the opening of a cave.'This is the way in,' said Gollum softly. 'This is the entrance to the tunnel.' He did not speak its name […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

All the hot takes on the new Cracker Barrel logo controversy over on Designer LinkedIn are … predictable? And everywhere. My dudes, you do not need to re-redesign the CB logo just to show you would do it differently-but-not-that-differently. Your post will not get the attention of a principal at […]

It’s almost #Hobonichi time again. Here’s this year’s Cousin notebook, right before I started filling it up with all of 2025’s planned events. Having never used one before, I wasn’t sure if it would suit me. I got used to my weekly Action Method notepads for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Like weekends? Thank a union. Like eight-hour days? Thank a union. Like a childhood where you don’t have to work? Thank a union. I could go on, but you get the picture. Photo of the fence around the Ludlow Massacre monument, Colorado. #labor #unions #colorado

Masto-posters: if you post a link to YouTube without comment or remark that’s a guaranteed pass for me and lots of other folks. Some of us don’t like clicking on random links, especially when the preview is a blank image and a title that says “Before You Continue to YouTube.” Even if the actual […]

Just watched D.A. Pennebaker’s amazing recording of Otis Redding’s 20-minute set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Booker T. & the MGs as well as the Bar-Key horns backed him up. He shot with 16mm film using at least 5 cameras, and recorded the sound on a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Masto-posters: if you post a link to YouTube without comment or remark that’s a guaranteed pass for me and lots of other folks. Some of us don’t like clicking on random links, especially when the preview is a blank image and a title that says “Before You Continue to YouTube.” Even if the actual […]

Just watched D.A. Pennebaker’s amazing recording of Otis Redding’s 20-minute set at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Booker T. & the MGs as well as the Bar-Key horns backed him up. He shot with 16mm film using at least 5 cameras, and recorded the sound on a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Found one of my books in here…if you’ve got a copyright for anything in a book, check this out. https://mstdn.social/@TheRaDR/115102708034057427

It would be great to see a bolder, more inspiring vision for healthcare from Democrats for the midterms than simply, "we will re-fund Medicaid." How about something like: - We will open up Medicare to anyone who wants it. - We will bring everyone currently on Medicaid insurance into fully […]

Looks like a andwiches are back on the menu, boys! https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/u.s.-6tjik97dz/-/a-BiXED6_JQeqOPxEB-a-Llg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

One last late-night thought: if your couch doesn’t require you to roll off of it with some sort of grunt or moan because you’re so enveloped by it, should it even be considered comfortable? #couches #comfort #relaxation

I hung out with severa local bike & ped accessibility advocates tonight & we worked on a plan to advocate for our small town to implement an actionable #visionzero plan in the near future. The main focus was on hosting a candidate forum that focused on bike, #walkability, and other […]

I hope the news of my retirement includes a phrase like “she’s happiest relaxing on the ranch and we want to be respectful of her wishes.” https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6576967/2025/08/26/colorado-mascot-ralphie-retiring/

I saw the URL for @pbump’s site and clicked through, thinking “good for him not publishing on Substack” without knowing that his article is about why he is not publishing on Substack. https://journa.host/@pbump/115092863118744873

It’s hard to only publish on or create with tools that either explicitly allow you to disallow AI or just don’t have it in the first place, but as we move further down the “is it real?” rabbit hole it’s going to become more important. https://mstdn.science/@adamr/115084128924871837

Let me guess: no tariffs on inexpensive Chinese panels, less (or a more consistent set of) regulations on installation, and installations where power grid delivery is inconsistent/nonexistent. In the US we *could* have the first two of those things if we wanted, and we *will* have the last […]

I, too, want to free myself of the corporate walled-garden ecosystem chains that keep my data convenient but tied to a proprietary service. But unlike a majority of Fediverse folks I am not a data or networking engineer who can “just create a repository using SlamEx, and tunnel to it using my […]

We were pleased to see “All Systems Red” was added by a neighbor to our Little Free Library last week, but this bundle is a great deal if you haven’t read all of the books yet! https://mstdn.games/@chris/115082559646919382

TBF It’s hard to remember how to spell “government” when you are transitioning to a fascist autarchy https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/115079618968499270

Best logo I saw last week is from a cool company that does wetlands restoration in southwest Colorado. Look at that lil’ hard hat and construction clipboard! #beavers

The finalist mascots are adorable! https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa/115073414852776705

I swear this wasn’t even a zucchini when I checked the plant last night! They are so lovely when small and tender, but at this size it’s probably chocolate zucchini bread time. #gardening #zucchini #baking #coffee

#ai would gain at least a little goodwill with people like me if my inbox wasn’t constantly filling up with obvious scam and spam messages coming from an LLM that has obviously been hovering up Dun & Bradstreet and LinkedIn data on similar companies to offer me a “solution” or whatever

I thought I saw the earth open up and swallow a soul just south of here recently. Guess I know what that was about, now. https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/115067032687287924

“That’s some nice health insurance you have there. It’s be a shame if anything happened to it.” Anthem, holding nearly 100,000 people who buy their insurance along the Front Range hostage in order to ask for higher rate increases — a direct result of Trump and the Republicans’ Medicaid cuts […]

I will say that dried ants made into a chocolate Rice Krispie-like bar don’t taste half bad. https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115062298542338224