One last @99pi.org story from me for 2024 - it’s our annual mini stories!
Topics include: how Jane Fonda’s workout tapes funded progressive causes in the 80s, aesthetically perfect feet, and a perhaps doomed effort to make highway safety fun.
99percentinvisible.org/episode/607-...
And now, after the examples, I just can’t unsee how terrible Botticelli’s terrible toes. www.seattleartistleague.com/2018/07/25/b...
Democracy dies in darkness.
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Sometimes it's okay to enjoy the milkshake even when you know there'll be an inevitable duck.
Cover of Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel," the first novel of his Robot series. Fawcett Crest paperback edition.
2/20 #Booksky #Bookchallenge
Okay, I’ll hang with you on this, but it’s gonna quickly reveal how much less erudite my literary life has been. bsky.app/profile/ohhe...
Cover of “Complete Poems, 1913-1962” by ee cummings
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20 #Booksky #Bookchallenge
Time once again to reiterate my most controversial opinion:
One dryer sheet is more than enough, and using dryer sheets on towels makes not a single bit of sense.
Was just trimming my beard and realized that my dad and grandfather both did this without power tools. Respect.
A Solarian sociologist, a planet with 20k people and 200 million robots, in Asimov's "The Naked Sun" (1956).
I get the same vibes from all the Zoom meetings now. So much more easy and convenient to stay home. Time to get out more.
Most prominent example: news orgs. They develop an editorial style and reputation over time and people trust or don't trust according to it.
Makes sense. Trust is transitive and always has been.
A view inside a 3D printer as it is printing many "tree" supports.
This print has nearly as much material in support as in the piece.
Forest. Trees. Yeah.
#3dprinting #totalnoob
We got a 3D printer this week as our family holiday gift, and today was my first shot at design and print for a practical widget.
Many mistakes have been made and learned from. Many more ahead. Learning! Fun!
#3dprinting #totalnoob
ffs my real age is the same as my calendar age, I can't tell you how upsetting this is
Your real age is 70 minus the number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella 2025
So much yes. Going to have a go at recreating this.
Steve! Now all we need is @ganzbot.bsky.social
Yes. Yes. A thousand times, yes.
Don't be a purveyor of anger and outrage. Just don't.
Ceremony to welcome new users to Bluesky
Casey rules. Ask A Swole Woman and She's a Beast are incredible resources for people who want to get strong, are getting strong, currently experiencing a romanian deadlift, etc. AASW was my intro to powerlifting in 2017 and Liftoff was my spouse's intro in 2024. Excited to read this book!
That. Is. Amazing.
@dessadarling.bsky.social can you do @marthawells.bsky.social's Murderbot next?
'scuse me while I go launch a kickstarter ...
GEEEEEEENNNAAAAAAA! 👋🏻❤️
Foursquare just open sourced their 100 million place point of interest dataset! Some notes on poking around with it using DuckDB (it's Parquet files on S3) simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/20/...
In short, the right people are working on this, they're not out to build a Twitter clone, they're out to reshape the web, and help us return to the original promise of an open platform, a sense of ownership, and the ability to share with each other on our own terms.
Congratulations on being over capacity, @bsky.app!
A throwback to a bygone era, updated for our new home, made by me as requested by @edfff.com.
