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Wes Cook and the Centralia McDonald's Mural A personal story about discovering a mural in a McDonald's, an unknown artist named Wes Cook, saving the mural, and a conference talk about the whole thing.

over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)

finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.

enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...

Given the context I would hope readers know that I was using shorthand.

Ah is that one that just dropped? I’ll back to take it for a spin today!

TGIF

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Or are your results with Claude much better than mine?

I mean it’s pretty great but it feels like flipping a coin whether it will generate something useful or confusingly unhelpful

It’s pretty incredible what people are creating in our Reddit-plays-DnD game Daily DM 🤩

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Great episode!

I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:

Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted

‼️GENERAL STRIKE‼️

This Friday, 1/30
No work
No school
No shopping

ICE GTFO EVERYWHERE

literally the easiest thing we can do: nothing (but loudly, and all together)

A Controversial Video-Game Designer Returns With a New Game and More Controversy The announcement of ‘Order of the Sinking Star’ was met with criticism over the political views of its creator Jonathan Blow

NEW: I spoke to Jonathan Blow about his ambitious new puzzle game and why it took ten years to make. Then, days after the announcement, three designers came out denouncing Blow for his views on Trump (pro), vaccines (anti), and more. Here's the whole messy story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Flutter vibes

Burton drinking a warm cup of Zoka Tangletown from a stylish mug that when turned sideways says “FUCK THIS SHIT” repeated

FUCK THIS SHIT

5 new games (plus 2 past delights!) have landed in Catalog 🛩️

Find them👇 or crank over to Catalog on your Playdate 🟨 !

🛒 Play.date/games

Well deserved 👏 🎉

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🥓 is now available in the latest release of Casa de Burisa 26.1.20

@asirawr.bsky.social 😳

tapping the sign

Congratulations to @brigada-games.bsky.social on Quarantine Zone selling 500,000 copies in its first week!

Thanks to the Quarantine Zone community for jumping in from the start - more updates, fixes, and news coming soon.

And apologies to all the survivors who got a hammer to the crotch.

Massive congrats to the Brigada Games team on their super successful launch of Quarantine Zone!

Grab it now while it’s 10% off and get to screening those suspicious survivors!

Congrats to the teams we worked with this past year who received nominations at this year's DICE AWARDS! Good luck! You are all winners in our hearts. 😌 🏆

🐃 Herdling
🍊 Consume Me
⚽ despelote
🔭 Lego Voyagers
🚵‍♂️ Wheel World

When I worked at Msft at least 25% of my day was just logging in, 2FA, and JIT requests

Totally me. Even took double dose of meds and still couldn’t hang 😪

2026 the year of Linux!

The waiting though… 😭

ADHD is going downstairs to get a trash bag, coming back upstairs 45 min later with a pair of scissors and a USB-C cable, realizing you forgot the trash bag, going back downstairs, making yourself a cup of coffee while looking up apple pie recipes on your phone, and never going back upstairs

🟨 It's still November, and our offer still stands: buy a Playdate, skip the pesky tariffs and domestic shipping charges. US orders placed soon should arrive by Christmas! 🎁

⚠️ play.date/shop

A Yellow embroidered keychain with 3 Playdate moods over a grey background featuring various Playdate Catalog games

NEW in the 🛍️Playdate Shop: Embroidered Keychains! Bright yellow with 3 Playdate moods and a key ring to attach to your bag or outfit or luggage or car keys or belt loop or lanyard or pup?! The choice is yours!!

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It’s here: The Future of Coding Sale 🛸

$100 off yearly Frontend Masters → 250+ courses, AI workshops, personalized learning paths, quizzes, & more

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