This week I …
Crawled the unhinged, but enjoyable Things you might find in a dungeon are.na board.
Watched Why everyone is quitting social media … on a social media platform, with an ad in the middle, but it still rings true.
Enjoyed the Geronimo Stilton style caption creator and the interactive eye-following card.
Really dug J. Marshall Smith’s art. Especially these two.
I’m currently:
Enjoying the nostalgia bomb of classic web.
Being into the vibe of late summer evenings.
Liking An ode to “via”.
Thinking this kinetic sculpture must be amazing in person.
Listening to the 15th anniversary episode of 99% Invisible. My favorite part was the return of Roman’s children.
Reading Exit Strategy with bits like: “work as the price you pay for the privilege of keeping a roof over your head—absent any promise that the roof will always be there” getting stuck in my brain.
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I am currently:
Really into this mural painted by Ariel Lee.
Listening to Rain Country by John Swanke.
Coveting these pocket notebooks from Big I Design.
Liking these “humble phantoms” carved from wood.
Nodding along to this definition of the night feeling h/t Jack Cheng.
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The paintings of Brett Allen Johnson are “dreamy”
Jason Santa Maria on pencils: “you can geek out on materials, production, or mark-making, and yet some of the best pencils being made will only run you a dollar or two”
Photos of Baltimore at Night
Listening to BS 2000 a Beastie Boy adjacent project
Good advice from Chris Glass: Send the Card
Looking at The Amazing Art of the Video Game Marquee
Enjoying some epic late summer skies
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“These are some big names in the tech world, all framing the [AI] conversation in a very specific way. Rather than “is this the future you want?”, the question is instead “how will you adapt to this inevitable future?”. Note also the threatening tone present, a healthy psychological undercurrent encouraging you to go with the flow, because you’d otherwise be messing with scary powers way beyond your understanding.”
