I find it super gross and telling that people will spend any time lecturing poor people on how/what to eat when Jeff Bezos just did an interview where he basically said taxing him more wouldn't help anyone when he doesn't actually pay taxes and the poor person you're lecturing does.

I wish.

So once applications open for the $1.7B slush fund, we're all going to apply and break their portal, right?

Every day there's a new article that's some variation of "Critics accuse Trump of unprecedented corruption, meet the 4 plumbers who don't give a fuck."

really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org

antique roadshow but for html "Ah yes, this is 2005 <marquee>. A classic, prolific use on Geocities. Estimated worth: $15."

It is probably not the smartest thing to channel your anxiety into the place where you curate your professional representation online, but also here's a future I would really like to avoid. ericwbailey.website/published/ev...

Our next meetup is on Wed May 27th — join us in-person at the @multcolib.bsky.social Albina branch. We'll learn about the spectrum of options for good alt text, presented by Mark Wyner ( markwyner.com ) pdxa11yux.org/events/2026/... #PDXa11yUX #a11y #UX #Meetup #Portland #PDX

They're not going to stop with trans. They've realized that they can get away with just about anything if they claim to be protecting "the children." If they roll back gay marriage, they won't stop there either. There is no fucking accommodating these people, they must be defeated & marginalized.

Never thought I’d be living in a world so shitty that I’d find myself saying WHO CARES ABOUT UFO PICS RIGHT NOW

there's simply no adequate political response to this that isn't based on fully destroying the people and party responsible for it

its true that i dont understand how the supreme court operates. for example do you get the free RV and house for your mom before or after issuing favorable rulings? is it a *wink wink* deal or more explicit? these are the things the general public doesnt understand

"Do not inform me about morals and ethics" is pretty on-message for a billionaire "techno-optimist" VC, tbqh

i am tired of having to listen to dumb assholes just because they have a lot of money

“White House considers vetting AI models before they’re released” Let me translate this headline “White House considers taking more bribes from billionaires” You’re welcome

Fun fact: alt text is not only useful for blind people / people who can't see the image. It can also be useful for those of us who can see the image but need to understand why the author posted the image or what message they want the image to convey.

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image:

Inspired by @hankgreen.bsky.social's fun new timeline of photos from the Artemis II mission, I wrote up an answer to a question that's more pertinent these days than it may seem: Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? www.anildash.com/2026/04/30/a...

This is actually the perfect distillation of the right wing worldview. A predatory industry treats consumers unfairly so it must be immigrants' fault.

the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country

The Overlay Sommelier 🫠

Maybe if he got to sleep at a decent time he wouldn’t fall asleep in meetings.

I've been waiting for this one, @reckless.bsky.social out here with the 🔥 THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...

While the rest of the world's top economies treat the green transition as an investment opportunity, the USA markets it as a radical ideology in a last ditch attempt to funnel as much cash as possible to our fossil fuel corporation overlords. USA's shortsighted dumbassery knows no bounds.

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

Getting flashbacks from when I lived in Saudi and the mutawa (religious police) with two policemen came over when I was at a mall and told me to cover my hair and gave my dad a warning I was around 11 or 12 at the time and that memory stuck

the basic theory of DOGE was that if powerful people said it was fine it didn’t matter what the law said. I think proving that theory wrong is worth significant effort

#Portland #poetry community, my dad, David Hedges, will be launching his latest book, “Capillary Action: Verse in a Light Vein,” Sunday, 4/19 at 3:00pm at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop on SE Grand Ave. A couple of us from my band will be there to play some tunes in support. We’d love to see you there!

denial of wallet, tbh

Oh, every one is always nostalgic for the geocites era web but when somebody actually makes a platform that crashes every 10 minutes, suddenly everybody wants future technology, I see how it is.

Your push notifications can betray your privacy. Here are the settings you can enable to do something about that: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

i'm willing to go by this title, for the record

When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember that JD Vance lectured the Pope on theology.

honestly i am constantly thinking things like "where are the fathers" these days

Also credit where it’s due 👇 I’ve been using @segdeha.com’s aspect ratio calculator for YEARS: andrew.hedges.name/experiments/... …so yeah, this definitely inspired mine. Simple tools. Zero fluff. Still undefeated.

Found this photo of me from 2011. Simpler times… 😅

is AI sentient? is it superintelligent? can it be God? can it be moral? can it be my girlfriend? the real question is why are people so intent on losing their minds. just use the thing to code or write emails if you must. why do you have to make it weird.

#Portland #poetry community, my dad, David Hedges, will be launching his latest book, “Capillary Action: Verse in a Light Vein,” Sunday, 4/19 at 3:00pm at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop on SE Grand Ave. A couple of us from my band will be there to play some tunes in support. We’d love to see you there!

Not sure I want to know…

we're all spending too much of our time babysitting our technology justinpot.com/our-devices-are...

Which, of course, begs the question: why would he need to?

Fit a giant guillotine blade to the front, and let's cook

reminder

TODAY!!!

I need to do a deep dive on this tomorrow, but the Trump administration basically dismantled the US Forest Service last week, and did it so quietly I don't think anyone even knows that it happened or what it means. morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

It was a fun surprise to hear Tiled Words mentioned in episode 693 of @shoptalkshow.com ! If you like puzzles or word games give it a try! tiledwords.com

A post on social media promoting a post I wrote. ericwbailey.website/published/a-...