close up of ladybug spots that look like a comical face with big round eyes

what a face

The amazing mail sent to a video game publisher An old Activision idea from the 1980s has led to some incredible things in the 2020s for Panic, the publisher of Despelote, Arco and Time Flies: “The range of things we received was wild."

Secret URLs. Special webpages. People learning how to send letters again. And way more mail than we ever expected.

A goofy idea that turned into one of the most fulfilling things we've ever done: www.gamefile.news/p/panic-mail...

Sitting here crying while after getting WhatsApped the photo on the right, so let me tell you a little story about how we got here from the photo on the left and why repatriation research matters!

The hungry red panda at the Prospect Park Zoo? Adorable.

The HungryPanda delivery app scamming small businesses? Not adorable. So they will be paying $580,000 back.

We'll keep pursuing companies that take advantage of New Yorkers, and we'll keep asking if we can pet a red panda just for a second.

A digital flyer with a photo of Robin that reads: Becoming Robin, donate for gender affirming care and surgery. Organized by Robin Riley. $3,500 to goal. Donate now!

I had hoped to avoid this — but my job search is taking longer than expected, and Chris lost his job unexpectedly. I'm now fundraising so that I can afford gender affirming care and surgery scheduled for October 8th!

Donate at: riley.pub/fundraiser

Every bit helps and I welcome boosts. Thank you ❤️‍🩹

A Golden Retriever and a Saint Bernard beg to the camera. They are convincing.

🧀❓

The idea that bright, wild color is something you outgrow is a damaging lie society tells us. This unspoken rule, that enjoying intense, clashing colors makes you childish, is pure bullshit. The depression palette trend has only gotten worse because it saves corpos money. We gotta end it.

@musicologyduck.bsky.social lol @ that banner with the huge hands, because Lincoln did NOT wear a wedding ring. Maybe the AI wasn’t aware.

Annihilation (2018)

maybe I missed it in the article, but I’m trying to find a source that it’s 3D printed? And I’m curious if the base text is a decal or what.

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

Been discussing lately the use of milk drinking in movies as a villain tell. This is uh too on-the-nose.

(I drink a lot of milk and am NOT a villain)

So Instagram is generating AI titles and feeding them to Google, and Google is potentially using AI to change those titles? This is chaos.

bsky.app/profile/feyn...

our closest one just got closed for exposed asbestos, oopsie

same :(

this troubles me weekly, as someone reading it on a regular basis

New archaeological research updates role of women in Oregon’s early timber industry Archaeologists and citizen scientists teamed up to investigate the remains of the Baker White Pine Mill, revealing evidence of the families that supported Oregon’s timber industry more than a century ...

Archaeologists reveal the role of women in an early historic lumber camp in NE Oregon @bobmuckle.bsky.social 🏺#archaeology

www.opb.org/article/2026...

VERMIS III – Old Curses & Buried Horrors by Plastiboo is here!!!

A pure act of world-building inspired by old dungeon crawler games. What will be left of you at the end of your journeys?

floatingworldcomics.com/shop/comic-b...

yessss I’m excited to see this!!

In 2024, I wrote my dissertation on Value Creation in DevRel. Converting it into a blog series has been on my list ever since, and I finally started 👀

https://chrisreddington.com/blog/devrel-value-creation/

this is my very favorite scent!

hi - it appears that some AI generated art is attached to this article. I’d hope in the future to see more solidarity between the underfunded arts & underfunded tech communities, via paying artists for real pieces.

Graphic reading “Applications Open! Sovereign Tech Fellowship” above a photo of five smiling people standing arm in arm, wearing matching black “Sovereign Tech Fellowship” hoodies. The text overlay states that the fellowship is open to FOSS maintainers, community managers, and tech writers, with applications due April 6th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET), and mentions freelance and employment options as well as flexible working hours.

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

(me eating anything with honey in springtime): I hope ants are good for you 🐜

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Junji Ito’s Uzumaki

this is the correct location for all conferences

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.

@sarahebond.bsky.social reviewed a new book about The Met’s 2022 polychromy exhibition that highlights the foremost scholars studying polychromy today. It marks an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.