It's 4/18! Happy I'm a Teapot day!

when I visit LA now (I grew up there) I get around on public transit. It has come a really long way in the past few decades! Still a challenge but not quite as ridiculous as it once was, should you ever want to visit

randy's donuts, inglewood, california, 1991

randy's donuts, inglewood, california, 1991

The first two books in this are so good at so many levels—as New York Shit, as social novels, but also just as page-turning genre work. I can't wait for this and I recommend Harlem Shuffle and Crooks Manifesto as highly as I can recommend anything.

it's nice that infrastructure hides a layer of abstraction but the layer is still there and it's nice to know about!

it is fun to learn about infrastructure and when you do you can understand better how its failure modes work

trend watch: people misusing the term "ego death" to refer to a bruised ego

you said this a verkakte bread?

I haven't really been able to think about anything musically except angine de poitrine since I first heard them. happy album release day!

you can never look back

out on the road today, I saw a medbed sticker on a cadillac

yes, I also love your cat so much

1000%

eclipse peaches, painted by james marion shull, 1936

eclipse peaches, painted by james marion shull, 1936

A mustard-covered anthropomorphic hot dog asking if I have a question

I don't know why but I feel comforted by his presence

they should have to change the company name back. to thefacebook for some reason

rebranding "testing for buffer overflow bugs" as stack pop demon hunting

AND A SHARP DRESSER BESIDES

lol two nouns we're going to have to explain to future generations

memory's gotten so expensive! still cheaper than forgetting, though

it's hollywood's biggest night

venue was amazing, crowd was (characteristically, alas) ridiculous

mitski in front of a bunch of lights

mitski was soooo good

Wayfinding: Art · Luma A conversation about what it feels like to make art at the present moment, featuring Benjamin Lappalainen and Michelle Jia and moderated by Brian Sholis. Art…

I've been having SUCH a good time putting on the Wayfinding series with my pals at @1rg.space!! Did you know you can just bring people together to have interesting conversations?? There's still tix available for the Art event this Weds, come hear about making art In These Times™ luma.com/wayfinding4

cc @mobydickatsea.bsky.social

we can now understand the annie song "tomorrow" as a chilling warning about short-term meteorological prediction markets

how it feels taking public transit rn

your place is lindy!

"taking my headphones out (sometimes)" is one thing I decided to do after reading @chrislhayes.bsky.social's excellent "the sirens' call"

I have for years had my headphones in constantly, and I've been independently coming around to this point of view