(also somewhere in there I got a few more medals in strongman competitions? I'm supposed to compete at the Arnold in the Masters division but I might be too injured this year)

Fortunately not much changed since last time...

(1. I no longer work at CC, though I'm still an advisor. Looking for my next thing, though I've been busy with
2. My new house, in San Rafael, where I live now because
3. Long term partner and I split up a few months ago)

There, you're caught up.

Hello again Bluesky. (Following people I see at the SCU copyright conference today so I guess I should post here again.)

This is a lovely piece; thinking of you.

If you see this, post a picture from your device without any explanation

I <3 my enameled cast iron. Though I definitely did feel like I reached a new level of Adult paying triple digits for a frickin' pot.

This would be my thought too.

This sounds absolutely terrible but I'd have to try it to be certain.

Lightly chilled take: I like it.
I have a small stockpile of the zero sugar variety because there's no way it has staying power. But I really like sparkling tea and this tastes like those tea cans (Nestea?) you used to find in vending machines in the 90s except sparkly.

I went to see it at midnight on opening night. The front row was taken up by a gaggle of bros who brought novelty shop canned snakes, and when the appropriate line was delivered they released the snakes into the theater. It was excellent.

I guess I now how how to do it at will to confound my enemies, so y?

Attempted to swallow a powder-filled capsule maybe 15 minutes ago. Apparently got it caught in the back of my throat without swallowing it fully. Just burped a powdery cloud.

I mean, my drinks are going to be virgin but no one *else* has to know that, and I think it's "Alive" by Sia; how high I go on the chorus may vary...

As a lowish mezzo I enjoy picking songs sung by dudes; I feel like people don't expect it. (Current favorite: "Beggin'".)

Now I wonder what counts as a meme. I thought the "honor system virus" was hilarious when I was new to email.

Yet again

A Physical Education: the photo album What internet advice is doing to our brains; what people with ear gauges' ears look like now; challenging Linda McMahon to a cage match. This is Link Letter 163!

It’s important to me that people know I brought less than nothing to the table physically or spiritually when I started strength training, never thought it would be for me, thought I’d hate it, didn’t think it was worth braving a gym that looked like this. And boy was I wrong

Billboard of street signs: necessary, possible, and underway

Wake up babe, new modal operator just dropped.

I feel like like this will not get as much love as it deserves so let me say this was the best thing I saw on the internet today.

not for nothing, if you the A Physical Education book tour isn't coming to your town, I'm hosting a no-holds-barred subscriber Q&A/AMA about the book in our Discord a week from today! Imagining not even having to speak your question aloud into a microphone to my face. Immensely powerful

You know, I will bang the "revealed preferences" drum often enough to betray that I took too many law & econ classes but going to law school *just* because you want to be good at arguments does actually feel like overkill.

Same. (Also I do not actually enjoy talking politics unless I feel like I absolutely have to, and that is a way bigger proportion of what I see here than on old Twitter.)

Correct take, this slaps.

woman in teal velvet jacket with extravagant collar ruffle and lace-trimmed pleated back

image didn't unfurl, so:

For me this is the jacket that is a little Too Much for any talks I give and is a little too expensive to justify buying anyway but continues to sit in my Etsy favorites: www.etsy.com/listing/1627...

ADD a letter, ruin a movie:

Whackers.

WTAF?

David Hills (who teaches at Stanford) describes philosophy as “the ungainly attempt to tackle questions that come naturally to children, using methods that come naturally to lawyers.”

My 6yo asked me yesterday what philosophy is and as much as I love this description, it probably would’ve raised more questions than it answered (typical of philosophy, tbh)

Choral Festival - WorldPride Washington, DC 2025 Choral Festival

Late announcement for DC friends: my choir (Sacred & Profane) is performing at 2 pm at Reformation Lutheran as part of the World Pride Festival: worldpridedc.org/events/chora...

(Including some new commissioned works such as a setting of a Harvey Milk speech and a trans woman's coming out story.)

screenshot from tumblr user bringcal. Aug. 23 2023: "i miss vhs tapes and cds i miss feeding my computers and tvs yummy treats. now theyre eating nothing. theyre being born without mouths" reply from edgar-allan-possum: "#I have no mouth and I must stream"