Maybe we should be asking Sutton Why?
Maybe we should be asking Sutton Why?
➛Ftrain, by Paul Ford
January 2021
Getting name records right in a controlled way like this is...
@phyllisstein @taber Getting name records right in a controlled way like this is a foundational public service and really cool and smart and will mean people are identified correctly 500 years from now. It's so cool.
➛No no just enthusiasm. It is a punch-card-era marvel and...
@phyllisstein @taber No no just enthusiasm. It is a punch-card-era marvel and really hard to parse but when it comes to cataloging everything in the world it just has you covered.
➛MARC records are a world of WONDER
@phyllisstein MARC records are a world of WONDER
➛Man one look and you know he'll fight Obamacare.
LG is almost pleasant. Samsung is kind of a comedy, it's...
I have a big iPad and love Notability on that, and in...
When you put together Ikea furniture, is it “cheating” to...
When you put together Ikea furniture, is it “cheating” to use an electric drill?
➛it's early but this is so obviously an all-time winner
@parismartineau it's early but this is so obviously an all-time winner
➛What's the dumbest pandemic fight you've had? We just...
What's the dumbest pandemic fight you've had? We just yelled at each other about yelling.
➛no you're the priest
@mmcwatters no you're the priest
➛this is what it looks like to be given last rites
@mmcwatters this is what it looks like to be given last rites
➛Apple updated my piece from 2011!
wow the last one
@travelswbrindle @cmcmahon wow the last one
➛just extreme dad signs lately including morning...
just extreme dad signs lately including
morning radio
taking baskets upstairs
doctor's appointments six months out
sorry for losing temper
planning to order saag paneer on sat but it's weds
jon dos passos
taking it down a notch
"angel" by eurythmics
reading chair
➛morning radio
taking baskets upstairs
doctor's appointments six months out
sorry for losing temper
planning to order saag paneer on sat but it's weds
jon dos passos
taking it down a notch
"angel" by eurythmics
reading chair
I'm here for one reason and one reason alone. I'm here to...
The system works.
Then again I AM an expert.
Then again I AM an expert.
➛Podcast invite I just received: “We're doing an episode on...
Podcast invite I just received: “We're doing an episode on being wrong, and I'm hoping you could join.”
➛Tweet
Idk I kind of liked living in a society.
Idk I kind of liked living in a society.
➛Really says it all.
@leahfinnegan Really says it all.
➛You accepted an enormous amount of collateral damage in...
@RachelFersh @hels You accepted an enormous amount of collateral damage in order to deliver this extraordinary burn and I am grateful for your sacrifice and leadership.
➛cc @DeanHach
Whoops the hand got too visible.
Whoops the hand got too visible.
➛Welcome to Mr. Splashy Economy.
Welcome to Mr. Splashy Economy.
➛oh wow this gif
@phyllisstein oh wow this gif
➛first of all where are they the architecture makes less...
first of all where are they the architecture makes less sense the more i look at it
second of all she just asked him "how do I get RISE with SAP" and it took 60 seconds to answer and the conclusion was "call someone at SAP"
how is RISE w/SAP different? "everything is connected"
second of all she just asked him "how do I get RISE with SAP" and it took 60 seconds to answer and the conclusion was "call someone at SAP"
how is RISE w/SAP different? "everything is connected"
Introducing SAP Grrwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaa
Introducing SAP Grrwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaa
➛the solar flare looks a little like a bandolier so at first...
Sharing this because it's incredibly pleasant to walk...
Sharing this because it's incredibly pleasant to walk around in a gallery right now looking at a huge abstract fabric Valkyrie. Please read what's on the wall! my.matterport.com/...
➛Some godlike AI is looking at us right now and going, "oof...
@pomeranian99 Some godlike AI is looking at us right now and going, "oof they just passed the biomass threshold."
➛A lot of things that happen recently I think to myself, "Is...
@pomeranian99 A lot of things that happen recently I think to myself, "Is this why we've never heard from another civilization in space? Did they do this too?"
➛I guess that's not good.
@pomeranian99 I guess that's not good.
➛Wow Evan good shelf.
The cats have submitted a formal request to send the Roomba...
The cats have submitted a formal request to send the Roomba back to hell.
➛oh yeah my fios peer in the slope just turned into one big...
@silviakillings oh yeah my fios peer in the slope just turned into one big pixel mid-meet and vanished
➛Postlight Podcast and the Stack Overflow Podcast.
@QuinnyPig Postlight Podcast and the Stack Overflow Podcast.
➛Hard not to take it personally.
Big paid newsletter moves! 1) I just signed up and it's a...
The trailer for Baaghi 3 is really something else.
The trailer for Baaghi 3 is really something else. restofworld.org/...
➛"But this whole thing just reveals that neoliberals still...
"But this whole thing just reveals that neoliberals still believe that popularity is deserved." garbageday.email/...
➛Can't pretend this is anything other than hilarious.
until i searched for these i was absolutely certain you...
@jimmy0x52 @smorewithface until i searched for these i was absolutely certain you were both just making things up and pretending they were apple varietals
➛Early 2020: I'm excited about these new Apple...
Early 2020: I'm excited about these new Apple products.
Early 2021: I'm excited about these new apples.
➛Early 2021: I'm excited about these new apples.
March: /r/whalefail banned from Reddit after 20 die in...
@hondanhon @eaton March: /r/whalefail banned from Reddit after 20 die in "whale of a lie" riots.
July: New Bedford, MA, removed from all digital maps under pressure from anti-whale party on social media.
December: Moby party refuses to share power with Narwhals in Congress.
➛July: New Bedford, MA, removed from all digital maps under pressure from anti-whale party on social media.
December: Moby party refuses to share power with Narwhals in Congress.
“You asked us to do something, so we made it your fault.”
JIM WOW this is a nice thing to read. Thank you for making...
This is great! Congratulations!
@Jo_Livingstone @RyuSpaeth This is great! Congratulations!
➛Can't improve on perfection.
Tomorrow's the reader mailbag!
Tomorrow's the reader mailbag!
➛Happily noting that continues to update 1x a day only,...
Happily noting that electoral-vote.com continues to update 1x a day only, summarizing all the major US political news in friendly blog voice, giving you plenty to feel informed while freeing you to focus on your friends, children, communities, and local polis.
➛That's great!
This is how I feel not renewing domain names.
This is how I feel not renewing domain names.
➛This is great to know! We're all going to have so many...
Wow that is...accurate to within 30 feet.
they're little CHILDREN
@troutgirl @seldo they're little CHILDREN
➛An actual thought I had was "I need some Bernie mittens."
Watching my son do taekwondo class at the Parade Grounds in...
Watching my son do taekwondo class at the Parade Grounds in “feels like 18 degrees” weather might be my actual limit.
➛Tweet
Reading the Lucene source in 2006 made me realize that (1)...
Reading the Lucene source in 2006 made me realize that (1) well-structured code could communicate an enormous range of ideas; and (2) yeah, I was never going to do that myself, but I could learn to enjoy it and appreciate it. (That and the paper explaining rsync.)
➛Just coincidence, I did a "from:ftrain server" search...
@EricBrookfield Just coincidence, I did a "from:ftrain server" search looking for an old link and saw that.
➛Do not license in anger, for we are all Lucene's children.
Do not license in anger, for we are all Lucene's children.
➛this is the year
Hahaha but I hadn't seen it!
Tweet
GREAT short story idea in there about refactoring the...
@hunter_owens @hondanhon @melissamcewen GREAT short story idea in there about refactoring the simulation.
➛i wish i knew your exact lat/long so i could throw...
"wow, the timezone database is really complex" well how do...
"wow, the timezone database is really complex" well how do you like your ellipsoids
➛I'm trying to learn a little bit about geographical...
I'm trying to learn a little bit about geographical database programming and it's becoming clear that three-dimensional space was a huge mistake.
➛never went out of style, not one day
@textfiles never went out of style, not one day
➛since they won't pay mods it's left to SCOLDS
@andrew___myname since they won't pay mods it's left to SCOLDS
➛oh yeah absolutely let's stop the bernie memes so we can...
oh yeah absolutely let's stop the bernie memes so we can get back our important work of filling this cognitive sewer with our biggest thought chunks
➛If I were good at the GPTs I'd make a little Unix app...
If I were good at the GPTs I'd make a little Unix app called “mr” that creates a file based on the filename.
➛I've listened to it 100x and it just gets more soothing....
It's so stellar! I keep coming back to it over and over.
This is amazing
That's very cool! Good on you all for jumping in.
@MikeTRose @salesforce @heroku @nick_sawhney @DanTheCloudGuy That's very cool! Good on you all for jumping in.
➛these birds hit a little different today in a good way
@caleb_crain @prospect_park these birds hit a little different today in a good way
➛This looks great!
All of this is on your phone now.
As I watched this I involuntarily made the No-Face...
They're not bringing them for a week until it calms down a...
@lpolgreen They're not bringing them for a week until it calms down a little.
➛Is it wrong that I would prefer to hear “Dead or Alive”?
Yes it's time for
Always here.
@joshuatopolsky @carlosvijande Always here.
➛It's going to take a while to stop writing fascism on all...
It's going to take a while to stop writing fascism on all my checks.
➛Neighbor just showed up with cake.
Neighbor just showed up with cake.
➛It's kind of fractally wrong, bad, clumsy, racist, poorly...
@sophaskins It's kind of fractally wrong, bad, clumsy, racist, poorly written, and ugly.
➛excited for biden to scream this is for you corn pop as he...
excited for biden to scream this is for you corn pop as he releases 100,000,000 vaccine drones
➛This is the hill we die on, Craig, but I'm ready to die on...
I mean I think in world where the desktop just doesn't...
@arigesher I mean I think in world where the desktop just doesn't matter as much...Linux actually makes sense. Ubuntu 20 is finally totally fine.
➛No no keep it coming it's very soothing.
@arigesher No no keep it coming it's very soothing.
➛All I'm saying is I'm just very excited to get back to...
All I'm saying is I'm just very excited to get back to infighting.
➛“They have so much blood on their hands, it's disgusting.”...
“They have so much blood on their hands, it's disgusting.” —Me after tomorrow talking about a NetFlix documentary on artisanal butchers
➛“Ulgh, not this shit again.” —Me after tomorrow,...
“Ulgh, not this shit again.” —Me after tomorrow, complaining that they put in all the soy sauce packets even though I have my own soy sauce and asked them not to
➛“Oh Christ, what did he do now?” —Me after tomorrow texting...
“Oh Christ, what did he do now?” —Me after tomorrow texting with a friend about training his shelter dog, probably
➛Yes but 50% must be in French.
@doriantaylor Yes but 50% must be in French.
➛After tomorrow the legal requirement to post absolute...
After tomorrow the legal requirement to post absolute garbage to this website every day will be lifted. That's going to change our little community quite a bit. I've really enjoyed getting to know you all.
➛i...can't
@bramsonboudreau i...can't
➛i'm just hurting myself now which is pretty goth when you...
i'm just hurting myself now which is pretty goth when you think about it
➛Goth math doesn't work to calculate areas because you have...
Goth math doesn't work to calculate areas because you have all those Unknown Measures
➛exactly!
Also the modern approach to teaching long division is...
Also the modern approach to teaching long division is called "the Forgiving Method" which absolutely sounds like a 4AD band.
➛There's a sequel to this joke, it's that programmers today...
There's a sequel to this joke, it's that programmers today keep learning quicksort when they should be learning New Order.
➛Kids today learn new math when they should be learning Joy...
Kids today learn new math when they should be learning Joy Division. I only slept three hours last night.
➛wow that's great
@mariabustillos wow that's great
➛elder goths...more like virgin prunes
That's when I just go to bed. Like I did ten minutes ago.
@laura_june That's when I just go to bed. Like I did ten minutes ago.
➛wait what
@thejefflarson wait what
➛I don't have big points, I like writing my little thoughts,...
I don't have big points, I like writing my little thoughts, and that's how I back myself into the same corner every stupid time.
➛At the stage in the rewriting process where I ask myself,...
At the stage in the rewriting process where I ask myself, "Have you considered making a point?"
➛Sweet! We did two bags too w/the kids. Of course that was...
@Bill_Braine Sweet! We did two bags too w/the kids. Of course that was walking around one block, but...
➛Wow I do not understand digital cartography.
I also want and need to have friends who aren't extremely...
@freialobo I also want and need to have friends who aren't extremely online and that means sometimes you're re-watching tiktoks you saw two weeks ago.
➛Seriously, you can just say "this is amazing!" and give...
Oh but wait...keep reading...the social media platform...
I love that they included this but seeing that squeaker of...
The kids are being chill and no one wants me for anything,...
The kids are being chill and no one wants me for anything, plus I bought ten pounds of apples and switched the laundry, so I'm drinking cold coffee, eating an apple, listening to Judy Garland sing about Battery Park, and reading old Whole Earth Reviews from the 80s.
Thank you for clarifying, Editor Titunik.
editors always say monday but do they mean monday
editors always say monday but do they mean monday
➛That tree's gonna make it!!!
What if, and this is only a suggestion, but Wednesday?
What if, and this is only a suggestion, but Wednesday?
➛Proud to accept.
@retornam @marcprecipice Proud to accept.
➛I saw Threads when I was a kid, and since then I've mostly...
i mean i look like thanos snapped his fingers
You invoke it by pressing ALT-RIGHT.
god i love algorithms
Tweet
I think we're headed for some incredibly bleak knowledge,...
Soph I ran Caldera OpenLinux Desktop in 1995, it's been a...
@sophaskins Soph I ran Caldera OpenLinux Desktop in 1995, it's been a long road.
➛You gotta work with the brain you got.
You gotta work with the brain you got.
➛I had a dream that there was a new Linux sound subsystem...
I had a dream that there was a new Linux sound subsystem could SOLIDS and I was trying to compile it using some weird Tcl/Tk app, which was absolutely a 1:1 symbolic anxiety nightmare about the U.S. government.
➛Well I'm certain that's the one thing they weren't doing...
@jackrusher Well I'm certain that's the one thing they weren't doing but this is a start.
➛Ulgh now me too I. CAN FEEL. NO SENSE. OF PLEASURE. (You...
@pomeranian99 Ulgh now me too I. CAN FEEL. NO SENSE. OF PLEASURE.
(You know what's almost a worse earworm is Shoot High Aim Low off the Big Generator follow-up album.)
➛(You know what's almost a worse earworm is Shoot High Aim Low off the Big Generator follow-up album.)
Metadata shows that none of them visited the Library of...
Metadata shows that none of them visited the Library of Congress.
➛He really does like to run it by you.
On the @Postlight podcast, @richziade and I talk about how...
On the @Postlight podcast, @richziade and I talk about how if social platforms had allowed for some good chaos a few years ago we'd have less bad chaos today, and how now, before long, a hideous but utterly necessary legislative process will kick in. postlight.com/...
➛2021 needs to become the great mod awakening.
2021 needs to become the great mod awakening.
➛(They did pull down Steve Bannon. Forgot about that.)
(They did pull down Steve Bannon. Forgot about that.)
➛I think only YouTube truly knows how big this cohort of...
I think only YouTube truly knows how big this cohort of extreme right folks is. While everyone else is deplatforming, I see very little from them—but more than Twitter or Facebook or even Parler, they are the main onramp to this world.
➛This is a very different kind of profile than...
That said this is a little vague about what will be done...
That said this is a little vague about what will be done and I'm trying to imagine exactly which Mulesoft integrations they're turning off.
➛It's one thing to be a social media pariah, but it's really...
It's one thing to be a social media pariah, but it's really wild that the RNC is now an enterprise seat license CRM pariah.
reuters.com/...
➛reuters.com/...
Did anyone tell The Waterboys?
@pomeranian99 Did anyone tell The Waterboys?
➛Sometimes you just need the gentleness.
Now look, I did not research this. It seems a little on the...
Now look, I did not research this. It seems a little on the nose that they traded in hedgehog for blog, because a hedgehog knows one important thing while a blog knows many things. But it's a very pretty, calming song that you can listen to on repeat while you get some work done.
➛Tweet
Here's some more background.
Here's some more background. thebirdsings.com/...
➛This is a beautiful, soft song from a few years ago. It was...
This is a beautiful, soft song from a few years ago. It was written because a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary removed nature words, like “acorn” and “hedgehog,” to make room for words like “blog” and “database.” So: ”The Lost Words Blessing.”
youtube.com/...
➛youtube.com/...
just...
Yeah we really do.
@maureenflaherty @DProbertPE Yeah we really do.
➛Great idea!
@therealfitz @AstroKatie Great idea!
➛The 4th graders are making a newspaper in Google docs and...
The 4th graders are making a newspaper in Google docs and yeah I'm biased towards my daughter but c'mon this is a solid post.
Ashley Madison did pay out ~$11 million in a settlement,...
@fka_tabs @mariabustillos Ashley Madison did pay out ~$11 million in a settlement, which is the closest analogue I can think of.
➛They're a true digital treasure chest and they've done...
@ezramechaber @lauraolin They're a true digital treasure chest and they've done great work with collections.si.edu/... The opportunities are so vast for whoever takes that job (who should be someone really focused on product and civic tech, with deep archive connections).
➛Hang in there!
@troutgirl Hang in there!
➛You know it looks awful but when you see it's fruit punch...
@tammieetc You know it looks awful but when you see it's fruit punch flavored I want just one spoonful.
➛That lid has everything. It's computer-readable two ways,...
That lid has everything. It's computer-readable two ways, has lots of disclaimers (allergies, sat. fat., artificial flavors), includes a three-color rainbow, special nutrition info, just decades of anxiety and regulation crammed in there.
➛Right but it could have been, like, tallow.
A truly great entrant in the "sweet tub of poison" category.
Tbh I was expecting much worse
Gotcha right here Tim.
It looks and tastes like a gummi bear massacre. Like the...
It looks and tastes like a gummi bear massacre. Like the scene where the Haribo tribe and the Trolli people met in the Black Forest and 10,000 died there in the cold clean snow, and that is how rainbow sherbet is made.
➛It's just so cold and good. I don't think you could invent...
You ever eat the store brand rainbow sorbet? It's like I...
You ever eat the store brand rainbow sorbet? It's like I just swallowed a Lisa Frank notebook.
➛Everything in this photo is now in your phone.
The dude who told Ronan Farrow that he was carrying the zip...
@schwanksta The dude who told Ronan Farrow that he was carrying the zip ties to give them to law enforcement.
➛I guess we got our answer
Threads guy myself.
I'm guessing no and the President can nix that.
I'm guessing no and the President can nix that.
➛Is he still eligible for the daily briefing after the 20th?...
Is he still eligible for the daily briefing after the 20th? Because he'll just auction that off.
➛it's just a never-ending mess
@jackrusher @maureenflaherty @DOEChancellor @NYCMayorsOffice @NYGovCuomo it's just a never-ending mess
➛This is how nuggets are made!
it's amazing
From the redesigned CIA website...there's no justifying...
If you gave to that GoFundMe the other day, here's a...
If you gave to that GoFundMe the other day, here's a snapshot at PS139 of a few of the bags that went straight out.
The Freshdirect bags are recycled, the food came from Jetro wholesale.
Supplies were aligned with cultural/religious needs.
Included hygiene and health products!
The Freshdirect bags are recycled, the food came from Jetro wholesale.
Supplies were aligned with cultural/religious needs.
Included hygiene and health products!
Meredith, you're absolutely right.
@manymanywords Meredith, you're absolutely right.
➛listen if it's got a maiden and some rum
It';s very important in a sea shanty that you name the...
It';s very important in a sea shanty that you name the exact ship, you can't just be like "She was a cruising yawl/He said, "See you later, ya'll."
➛of course i can't sleep so i'm on spotify listening to a...
of course i can't sleep so i'm on spotify listening to a playlist called "female shanties"
➛i know i erased the tweet, it really is a fun froggy
oh no
IMO the real legal question is can a POTUS declare himself...
wow that's pretty
oh just spotify and pick anything over 30 minutes
@triagegirl oh just spotify and pick anything over 30 minutes
➛habbbbbiiiiiiiibiiiiiiiii
and then she just says habibi like twenty times and...
and then she just says habibi like twenty times and everyone absolutely loses their minds, it's the greatest thing late at night
➛i used to get bored and then I realized that the entire...
i used to get bored and then I realized that the entire umm-kulthum-less performance of the first 8 minutes was designed to make an audience go absolutely bananas with umm kulthum anticipation, the orchestra is essentially going "oh she'll be here...right after this oud solo"
➛just started...can't wait until 10 minutes from now after...
just started...can't wait until 10 minutes from now after the riq solo when everyone starts yelling and she sings one really sad note
➛i have about 40 minutes of work left, so it's time for one...
i have about 40 minutes of work left, so it's time for one umm kulthum song
➛I should note—the careers page doesn't show this right...
I should note—the careers page doesn't show this right now—while our heart and roots are in NYC, we're glad to look at applicants outside of NYC and have been hiring outside of NYC more frequently in all roles.
➛I mean, I utterly understand.
@doriantaylor I mean, I utterly understand.
➛I'm supposed to be recruiting Senior and Lead Product...
I'm supposed to be recruiting Senior and Lead Product Designers right now and I keep waiting for a day where things are calm. postlight.com/...
➛There's a $1.99 in-app purchase where you can buy another...
@pomeranian99 There's a $1.99 in-app purchase where you can buy another powerstrip that plugs into the first powerstrip.
➛And so I asked myself, what makes Adolf Stonewall...
And so I asked myself, what makes Adolf Stonewall Vikinghat really *tick*?
➛this keeps rattling around in my head
I've been trying to wrap my head around the day's events...
I've been trying to wrap my head around the day's events and I can't stop thinking of the scene from Ghostbusters where they release all the ghosts. youtu.be/...
➛Your hog letter was really thoughtful.
@mattlanger Your hog letter was really thoughtful.
➛Tweet
On our podcast, @richziade and I sometimes mention and...
On our podcast, @richziade and I sometimes mention and offer to share @Postlight's extremely brief, well-tested services contract. This led many people to reach out, until it made sense to go ahead and simply...share the contract. postlight.com/...
➛I really love these Caleb and I'm so glad you keep doing...
@caleb_crain @prospect_park I really love these Caleb and I'm so glad you keep doing them.
➛This is fantastic I'd leave it on all day.
I have a starter kit!
@margarita I have a starter kit! mobile.twitter.com/...
➛i mean how deep does this go
@shelbydavis i mean how deep does this go
➛i don't even program for real any more and this just...
i don't even program for real any more and this just brought up so much emotion
➛well paul there are very good technical reasons, which are...
well paul there are very good technical reasons, which are the best kind of reasons, that user-agent has been a nest of deception for decades and you only need to read this wrox book with cthulu for the author photo to understand u̸̻̓̋s̵̻̬͊e̶̐ͅr̶͙̫̂-̴̱̞̅̔a̵̩͌g̵̳̊e̵̡̥̚ń̸̜̠̆t̵̖̀̿
➛Two browsers stand guard at the gates of the city....
He's just looking out for you.
@JeromeHardaway He's just looking out for you.
➛I can see my cohort of graying web nerds ponying up on this...
Every time I see the term "Roguelike" I feel just a little...
@ChappellTracker @Sierra_OffLine Every time I see the term "Roguelike" I feel just a little further away from childhood.
➛Chappell I'm so old I once went to EB and bought...Rogue.
@ChappellTracker @Sierra_OffLine Chappell I'm so old I once went to EB and bought...Rogue.
➛Oh yeah also the four Amiga Psygnosis games in a bin...
@ChappellTracker @Sierra_OffLine Oh yeah also the four Amiga Psygnosis games in a bin underneath SimCity.
➛they need to leave in an electronics boutique
@ChappellTracker @Sierra_OffLine they need to leave in an electronics boutique
➛Recently @ginatrapani and I talked with @photomatt, founder...
Recently @ginatrapani and I talked with @photomatt, founder of WordPress (which manages many of the world's web pages). It was great. And he predicted a one-engine web: “It’s inevitable, and probably a good thing,” he said, “for Firefox to adopt Chromium.” postlight.com/...
➛Definitely worth noting, thank you. Hmm.
@crispinoblong Definitely worth noting, thank you. Hmm.
➛Tweet
god i love encyclopedias though
@xxbobbyzxx god i love encyclopedias though
➛the awful little suction cups
You're totally right. It's a hobby that begets hobbies. So...
@merbroussard @harrisj You're totally right. It's a hobby that begets hobbies. So you get the internal validation of building it, and the external validation of feeding people your good pizza (but only after they have earned their reward by listening/learning). It's...genius.
➛that's...huge
@xxbobbyzxx that's...huge
➛Listen, you want to build a pizza oven exactly once.
@merbroussard @harrisj Listen, you want to build a pizza oven exactly once.
➛I'll do that right after I update my personal website and...
@clockwerks I'll do that right after I update my personal website and CV.
➛I have an old Royal and the intricacy of it has been really...
@clockwerks I have an old Royal and the intricacy of it has been really compelling to me lately. I keep meaning to type some tweets.
➛(I've started collecting multi-volume anthologies with...
(I've started collecting multi-volume anthologies with names like "THE WORLD'S GREAT EVENTS IN TEN VOLUMES" that cost around $60 on eBay. And old Time-Life sets. They're fascinating objects because they are explicitly about creating a canon.)
➛Model trains have saved us from so many open letters...
Model trains have saved us from so many open letters addressed to specific demographic groups.
➛When you find a man saying, "I got that Western Electric...
When you find a man saying, "I got that Western Electric 556A PBX for $200, absolute steal, course now I gotta find a replacement crank to restore it," that's a good dad who isn't posting weird stuff online about domestic social policies.
➛I live my life afraid that I'm going to become one of those...
I live my life afraid that I'm going to become one of those older dudes emailing everyone that Facebook nanobots infest our turpentine. My thesis is that it's important to develop a harmless mid-priced hobby with an active marketplace, like vintage telephone equipment.
➛Sometimes I just recall this Tweet and think about all...
nbd
Silvia, you're right.
@silviakillings Silvia, you're right.
➛Some personnel news! I will never stop enjoying this pun.
We're very glad you're here!
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Oh ffs. I had molly and coddle. Also I've found that if I...
@alexislloyd @micahwalter Oh ffs. I had molly and coddle. Also I've found that if I find the pangram right away I immediately lose interest. In this case I got to genius without it but only through PAIN.
➛my kingdom for a pangram
my kingdom for a pangram
➛Happy New Year's morning at 7 am to everyone except two...
Happy New Year's morning at 7 am to everyone except two hungry cats.
➛Signs point to yes.
Happppy New Year's and thank you for your mix of dumb...
Happppy New Year's and thank you for your mix of dumb jokes, wild outrage, and cool links to archives.
➛Yes totally
@leahfinnegan Yes totally
➛It was from two hours ago! I'm going to erase it so that...
@leahfinnegan It was from two hours ago! I'm going to erase it so that they don't exist on social.
➛Thank you, Josh! Happy New Year's.
@joshin4colours Thank you, Josh! Happy New Year's.
➛Wow happy New Year's to Baby and you too, Leah.
@leahfinnegan Wow happy New Year's to Baby and you too, Leah.
➛Check out the drink menu
This has been a tough year of all work and no play, but...
This has been a tough year of all work and no play, but take a look at this NYE photo from 1921, the year AFTER the Spanish Flu. Everyone in a great mood hanging at a beautiful hotel—and not a mask in sight! See you soon!
Online check-in ruins vacations.
@younggalaxy Online check-in ruins vacations.
➛Ninety percent of anxiety in parents over 65 is directly...
Ninety percent of anxiety in parents over 65 is directly related to them wanting to know if a package arrived yet.
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