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Originally posted in July 2020

Hi, I’m an Early 2010s Tech CEO I wear the same T-shirt every day, and I have a relatably unkempt haircut. I remind you of the smart kids from high school, so I give you hope that...

"Because I dropped out of Stanford to start this company, you know for sure that it’s my life’s work. I’ll always be at the helm, so the idea that I’ll hand over the company to an ex-McKinsey consultant and retire to a Hawaiian compound built on cleared forest is preposterous."

I generally consider myself opposed to the Christian God, but if Dolly Parton needs me to pray to the Christian God, I'll pray to the Christian God

The Chron likes slandering its home city. Ugh please.

Yep. We have a massive political machine for teaching normal people to feel shame & "oh I guess my opinions & needs are less Real & Important" because.... of not being landed gentry.

And it WORKS.

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210" It reads: "Dear Joel: I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities. Sincerely yours, Charles M. Schulz" At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

How awkward it must be to share a name with a LGBT social club that is almost certainly better funded.

Are you excited about a project, running on hyperfocus, or unable to sleep?

Bluesky feed is like

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Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

Dr. Seuss, 1941.
library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

I don’t think the car lobby has quite cottoned on to the fact that S.F. was Startup Land (TM) for cars back in the 1910s. So this doesn’t make sense

Ah I was going to take a picture of the shelf of books on building built in furniture 😅

I can help with this part

I believe M has a couple of those running downstairs for when our Awair rigs eventually freak out and die.

Nosferatu
Princes
princes kneele bifor you
That ys what I seyde now

That and Popcorn by Hot Butter would be a vibe.

Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.

A dented, white painted metal tube of a steam chimney of steams gently in the bike lane of a San Francisco street. A sloppily spray painted tag that looks like a cocoa pod drips down the side.

Dear SF art Bsky: this random steam chimney has been at the corner of second and market for six months. Please help make it more interesting.

A screenshot of the Google maps dropped pin interface with the “measure distance” button visible above some other tools

On mobile, long tap somewhere to drop a pin, the swipe up on the drawer? (I’m on iOS, but I have to assume it’s also available on Android)

Er, there’s the measure distance tool on Google maps?

Ah Leslie sold us some Presto Patch, it’s okay for small stuff, but I prefer to try to reconsolidate the original material if I can. (Sorry, hit me up if you’re interested in old house fixery)

And, good on you for taking a breath and a break, especially with :gestures futilely: all this going on.

Sounds like you’re living your best life. Or at least a pretty damn good one. Plaster repair is unending though - Plaster Magic is a useful system if you still have lath and plaster.

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen Update 8/8/2025 – I wrote this the day before a certain post by a popular developer services company. I’ve seen some comments this is a rebuttal – it wasn’t meant to be! But…

For the AI skeptics in tech, this resonates. www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...

Oh this is a fun discovery.
It looks like some ai/llms add their name to links they suggest to someone...
Which is delightful when the person you're debating denies it...

101 California

Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem

“The USGS predicted Monday that there was a 14% chance that the 3 a.m. quake would have aftershocks of 3.0 or higher within the next week and a 2% chance of an aftershock 4.0 or higher.”
Which is not the Big One, just “another one”.