“Plant based” can mean “is not made of animals/animal products” or “not made of petroleum” so you’ll see it on bleedingly obvious products like oat milk but also like a napkin which makes me want 1) napkins made of meat and 2) beef made from crude oil.

Trader Joe's is short for Trader Joseph R. Biden's

Are you there Claude? It's me, Margaret.

Laptops should have cupholders.

tired: sitting desk wired: standing desk inspired: sleeping desk

When you check into a campsite, they should replace your car's horn with a small explosive device. Car alarm goes off? Now your car has a hole in it.

Private Equity: The Board Game!

As a motorcyclist, I am mortally offended that I am forced to classify these as motorcycles.

It wouldn’t be hard to modify frog costume to be a PAPR.

Ethernet switches gone woke

Someone mentioned AI today when I was at a dairy and it took me a moment to realize they were talking about artificial insemination. Anyway, here’s a milking robot.

My new shirt design is a very serious PSA that I was asked to make, because apparently a lot of people don't know. roryblank.bigcartel.com

Given ~~gestures at everything~~ now is a great time to support your local (or not local) worker owned journalism outlet. Throw the money you just pulled from WaPo et al at a media coop! If you're in the Bay Area (or care about it) COYOTE Media just launched:

Spotify (which is trash) should have Winamp style visualizations.

Wana feel old? Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand at the Siege of Barad-dûr over three thousand years ago.

Are the retail spaces in five over ones empty everywhere or is this a Bay Area thing? IIRC it predates COVID. cc: @markasaurus.bsky.social

Botulinum?! I hardly know ‘em!

No thanks

Read the fuckin room, Siri. Jeez.

Doing all my vibe coding in Zoom from now on.

Who is sending nudes on linkedin?

I am still extremely amused by this (I am approximately twelve years old). Planning on working from a plane in a couple hours.

To celebrate the release of ChatGPT 5, I've modified Cursor to make a fart noise as its completion sound. The file is at /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/platform/accessibilitySignal/browser/media/done1.mp3 Details in thread if you need help

Ideas for minerals to compete in #MinCup2025? Nominate them now! www.mineralcup.org/nominations Want to be part of this year’s organizing team? We love volunteers! www.mineralcup.org/volunteer

Does what it says on the tin.

San Francisco left $70M on the table by giving Twitter tax breaks in hope of improving mid-Market. While that's just a drop in the bucket city budget wise, they would have been able to use the money to build five or maybe even six toilets.

Got a pair of overalls with a pocket watch buttonhole on the bib so I guess I need to get a pocket watch now.

Twirling twirling twirling towards Bethlehem

The great thing* about paying an LLM to make a mess of your code is that you can pay the LLM to clean it up. *if you're selling LLMs

Single replacement Snapware lid: $28.78 shipped. Entire 18 piece Snapware set: $39.68 shipped.

If you drive 100mph on San Francisco surface streets you should at the very least lose your license. WTF is this $500 fine shit? www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

Set up a Cursor background agent and left for lunch. Fully expecting a Fantasia situation when I get back.

Office

Lorem ipsum? I hardly know him!

Full House of Leaves

moist

Just add vodka @ferociousj.bsky.social

The Autozone on 27th and San Pablo is a third space.

Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

Does this mean "translate to Polish 🇵🇱" or "fuck up my writing so it sounds less human"?

Same

In times like these, I find myself yearning for 2006—when the worst thing happening in America was an employee asking to see Cory Doctorow’s receipt as he walked out of Best Buy.

Looking for screaming coach recs. Local to SF Bay preferred.

All excellent questions.

Sure, you could have a cold plunge a few degrees above freezing but consider a 60/40 glycol/water plunge at -60F. Colder means more health.

Unclear if Instagram thinks I’m going to die soon or thinks I’m a funeral home director. I blame Allison Bechdel?

Huckleberry went to the vet today and is now sulking.

Folks, if you’re gonna draw swastikas on Teslas, please do it correctly. Easy mnemonic: twisted to the right.

Wheeeee