I just ordered a terrycloth bathrobe

Whatever else you think of it, you have to admit that feeld has amazing brand. Real namespace coup there

Miller Lite is the anecdote,

Ron-De-Voo Tavern Dwight, IL

“Got that Memorial Day weekend here that you asked for, boss.” “Yeah?” “You bet, nice and cold and rainy, just like you wanted.”

Finally finished this draft please clap

All of the elder millennials I know are becoming ravers and occultists.

“Hey siri make me a Spotify playlist that duplicates drivetime programming on WHFS from 1987”

Sturm *and* Drang? In this economy??

I think AI is cool and empowereing mostly. Great to see the Atmosphere embracing it and making cool stuff on Bluesky and elsewhere!

smile, you're on stranded camry

As a longtime faculty member still new to having (several) admin positions, I have muscle memory that expects things to quiet down in the summer. When that doesn't happen ... it hurts.

The fashion for kitchen islands was energized by the early TV cooking shows of Julia Child and Graham Kerr. The island is a stage upon which one mounts a performance, for an audience, of domestic mastery, AND—in the dreaded “open concept”—stands watch over the inmates of a panopticon.

In professional news: the Master of Architecture program at Morgan State, that I am proud to have led for the past four years, just received a full eight year term of re-accreditation from NAAB

Cooking dinner is nice but have you ever made a curry from scratch?

Gah I am such a slow writer these days

I think obviously alt text can/should be a mostly solved problem with AI and I don’t think badgering people about it does much but I feel like misleading, joke-y, “I need extra space to be witty and annoying” use of alt text is some of the most asinine behavior tbh

"An internet...if you can keep it."

Feeling very good right now, even though I got a sunburn at commencement this morning

Wow Artscape is next weekend

if you like the simcluster you'll like this event. it's a blank canvas where you can paint whatever internet absurdity you're into with a big IRL brush. many like minds and cool synchronicities. you are not too cool for vibe camp i promise

Commencement speech: “and one day, when you too, are chopped and unc, you will look back at your time here, and say ‘fr fr’”

Two skeptical software developers at a rationalist tech co-op try to optimize their love life using A/B tests, decision matrices, and Bayesian priors, only to discover that the heart doesn't follow a pull request. Acceptance Criteria. In theaters this summer.

i love thinking about what an ancient philosopher would say about machine intelligence since they were so obsessed w ethics, and genuinely believed intelligence expressed thru material correspondence. i land somewhere btwn “what are the virtues to engage w this?” and “ohh new planetary instrument!”

new ideas on proof of humanity from our groupchatbot

Feeling completely overwhelmed by end-of-semester stuff

I'm struck how this account of climbing Mt Everest in 1952 echoes what astronauts say they miss on long-duration ISS missions: "a desire...to see grass and water and leaves once more"

A book on Space Law for research, and a collection of Stephen Baxter short stories for fun.

Gah I love writing so much. 15 year old me would be shocked by this outcome.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

restaurant

solarpunk on a cloudy day

My cybersecurity friends are telling me it’s 8,800 schools and over 3.5 TB of info, including messages sent through the system. This is gonna be a HUGE class action. Anybody remember whether FERPA has statutory damages?

Oh JFC. And right when they’re using “accessibility” as excuse to scrape up even more data

Still unlocking unique experiences at this new place almost five months in. Sliding doors and windows open on a breezy warm late spring evening feels totally Mediterranean

I have very bad news for you about the origins of the train and bus systems in that case

Keep honking I’m reading about the Moon Agreement of 1979

Looking forward to watching this new doc on Mark Fisher. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

Woke 0: Close Encounters of the Third Kind is real Woke 1: Eyes Wide Shut is real Woke 2: The Wicker Man is real

Group chats are the engines of new subjectivities

I am begging you please just let the kids enjoy the x-files

don’t blame me, I voted for cloth mother

Why does this property management company keep giving me homework?

Gah I wish I could drink extra coffee for a few days without getting headaches afterwards