I was wondering who it would be. I'm happy it was you.
@tomcoates I was wondering who it would be. I'm happy it was you.
➛Ftrain, by Paul Ford
May 2021
Works out to 5,274 miles per day, almost the exact distance...
Works out to 5,274 miles per day, almost the exact distance between San Francisco and London, but in all human fingernails.
➛People think math is boring but without it how could you...
People think math is boring but without it how could you figure out that in the 16.38 seconds you spent reading this tweet humankind collectively grew one mile of fingernails? wolframalpha.com/...
➛Besmell!
@mariabustillos Besmell! en.wiktionary.org/...
➛That color picker was great.
I am reading Moby Dick and really appreciate Evelyn...
I am reading Moby Dick and really appreciate Evelyn Leeper's helpful annotations. leepers.us/...
➛Tweet
When you digitally track boomer behavior that's called...
When you digitally track boomer behavior that's called granalytics.
➛Hell of a backlog.
@BillSeitz Hell of a backlog.
➛I feel there's a wonderful opportunity to be an apple snob...
I feel there's a wonderful opportunity to be an apple snob who either doesn't eat any apple cultivar first introduced after 1900, or even better, who refuses any apple bred before 2000. "I just take apples very seriously."
➛Wikipedia knows A LOT about apples
Wikipedia knows A LOT about apples en.wikipedia.org/...
➛New Burial definitely delivering in the softly inhaling...
New Burial definitely delivering in the softly inhaling department.
➛database cop: your query is very slow, most queries don't...
database cop: your query is very slow, most queries don't run that slow
me: officer I can EXPLAIN
➛me: officer I can EXPLAIN
Feeling extremely confident and intelligent, going to true...
Feeling extremely confident and intelligent, going to true this bike wheel. (50 minutes later.) Well we're walking.
➛Walking to school this morning I told my children about a...
Walking to school this morning I told my children about a new videogame I played where every time you stack a box your character groans, and it has a lot of animals and they all moan, and after about three minutes of this I told them it was called Whinecraft.
➛you are like a little baby, watch this
She lets you pat her head though so I insist on ten pats.
@maureenflaherty @RachelFersh She lets you pat her head though so I insist on ten pats.
➛Even more impressive when you consider people have to take...
@DanielZarick @patrickc Even more impressive when you consider people have to take the code test in one minute while doing a really fun little dance.
➛I mean...it obviously works pretty well for them. We have...
@mrkjhsn @Postlight I mean...it obviously works pretty well for them. We have one or two clients where a careful narrative is really appreciated. But most people, employees, managers really, really, REALLY don't communicate or think that way, and you have to meet folks where they are.
➛DuckDuckGo is doing its very best to protect me from this...
I hate that I want to be this but for CMSes.
@phyllisstein I hate that I want to be this but for CMSes.
➛I am tearing through this book in joy.
@phyllisstein I am tearing through this book in joy.
➛Lynne, I'm glad you enjoyed it, it really does come across,...
@LZaledonis @Postlight Lynne, I'm glad you enjoyed it, it really does come across, and you're one of the best presenters I've ever seen.
➛No, but that sounds extremely promising. What should I be...
@babarganesh No, but that sounds extremely promising. What should I be looking for?
➛I wrote a little about my favorite thing, watching...
I mean...I love this.
@kosamari @richziade I mean...I love this.
➛We grew...a lot last year. We're growing...a lot. It's...a...
We grew...a lot last year. We're growing...a lot. It's...a lot. We have good work going for NGOs, govt tech, finance, media, insurance, healthcare, online retail, videogames, climate orgs, and more. Product mgrs, designers, and engineers will find good things to do! Apply!
➛Leaving this here in case you're evaluating your life as we...
Leaving this here in case you're evaluating your life as we emerge from the pandemic and wondering if a few years with nice people at a growing studio, using modern approaches, building software for many industries, is the right step for your career. postlight.com/...
➛your predictions are always right
@margarita your predictions are always right
➛Tweet
TD Bank offers free notary to everyone even if they're not...
@kate_mckean @plitter TD Bank offers free notary to everyone even if they're not an accountholder, helps to call first. tdbank.intelliresponse.com
➛The Unixy adjective form is "little [function] language"...
@modernserf The Unixy adjective form is "little [function] language" ala sed, etc. So if you said "little configuration language" I'd understand pretty thoroughly what dhall is.
➛it ruined my brain, you were right
@cumsommelier it ruined my brain, you were right
➛Tweet
wow just right for the jugular
Hear me out: TRON but he goes inside the DOM.
Hear me out: TRON but he goes inside the DOM.
➛POLL: Blockchains
POLL: Blockchains
➛sure
@aaronlammer sure
➛We absolutely all need to calm down, and yet there is...
We absolutely all need to calm down, and yet there is absolutely no chance that we will all calm down.
➛It's a living.
I do not like this change.
@benpopper @SaraJChipps I do not like this change.
➛At least I didn't get head-in-oven.webm.
@phyllisstein At least I didn't get head-in-oven.webm.
➛I'm trying to install Big Sir.
I'm trying to install Big Sir.
➛I tried to upgrade my peer group and now it won't reboot.
I tried to upgrade my peer group and now it won't reboot.
➛OH RIGHT I remember, that was part of it.
@frankrebecca OH RIGHT I remember, that was part of it.
➛You'd think I'd remember something like that, given that it...
You'd think I'd remember something like that, given that it was the final tipping point towards social media building a better and more fair global society.
➛What did people on here change our avatars to during the...
What did people on here change our avatars to during the Arab Spring? I keep remembering it was just green squares but it seems to have vanished from the Internet's memory. Egyptian flag? My DuckDuckGo skills aren't helping.
➛We're all trying our hardest.
Halfway to 26!
We SHOULD talk about Racket.
Imagine...being able to listen to me and others talk about...
John is a good person and would be good to work with!
Might I draw your attention to
@kjhealy Might I draw your attention to bloomberg.com/...
➛Ahhhh yes I know around where you're talking. Swoosh,...
@robynkanner Ahhhh yes I know around where you're talking. Swoosh, splash. Whenever I biked over the Triborough from Queens it has a barely-chest-high railing on the bike path, no extra fence, and I'd think, I am one hilarious mishap away from the East River. But I felt SO ALIVE.
➛Wait where
@robynkanner Wait where
➛So glad you introduced us all to this website.
@bluechoochoo So glad you introduced us all to this website.
➛you see this
@bluechoochoo you see this brandeating.com/...
➛I understand the logic. It's just, you just want to...
Santa announces all toys now coal.
Dammit Matt you're right.
@mattbootman Dammit Matt you're right.
➛WHOA congratulations!
Ulgh I take it back.
Weekdays are very quiet.
To a CINDER
@tnofuentes @noahlz To a CINDER
➛School 5 days a week, express bus half full. City still...
School 5 days a week, express bus half full. City still feels empty, and stores are empty. World still an absolute mess. No normal to return to. But still!
More than once I dreamt the Hacker News comment threads...
@lizzieohreally More than once I dreamt the Hacker News comment threads about things I write. What's worse is there's always one nice comment and I wake up knowing that my brain felt sad for me and wanted to give me a morsel of validation.
➛STOP this violence.
Tweet
My spiciest take about Generation X is that Evangeline is a...
My spiciest take about Generation X is that Evangeline is a better song than Girlfriend.
➛More on librarians fighting Nazis.
It opens with her receiving the Legion of Honor in 1950,...
It opens with her receiving the Legion of Honor in 1950, flash back to her losing friends in WWI and becoming an ardent internationalist, men behaving brusquely when she starts at the Bibliothèque National, then she's beating Nazis with the awesome force of library bureaucracy.
➛I would love a movie about how Suzanne Briet was...
I would love a movie about how Suzanne Briet was instrumental at keeping the Bibliothèque Nationale running under German occupation.
web.archive.org/...
web.archive.org/...
Wow I've never seen this before.
Superior customer service is the bedrock of any career.
@hughmcguire Superior customer service is the bedrock of any career.
➛Very glad trains are going to run 24 hours again and...
Very glad trains are going to run 24 hours again and definitely plan to celebrate by staying up after 9:30PM some night.
➛We wrote poems to salsa companies and got free picante...
@ItsTheBrandi We wrote poems to salsa companies and got free picante sauce.
➛Goldfinger wider than a mile I'm going where the weather...
Goldfinger
wider than a mile
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes
➛wider than a mile
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes
No corporate leader should ever say the words, "it'll be...
No corporate leader should ever say the words, "it'll be fun."
➛When I co-founded a company I secretly dreamed I could just...
I think that's me too. I mean 80% of American history I...
I mean for god's sake look at that photo, it's like H.P....
I mean for god's sake look at that photo, it's like H.P. Lovecraft doing standup, stop this twisted charade.
➛100% I never could understand what the hell was happening...
100% I never could understand what the hell was happening with Señor Wences.
➛Tweet
Hear me out, an all-hands meeting, but everyone draws a...
Hear me out, an all-hands meeting, but everyone draws a little face on their actual hand and holds that up to the camera and talks in a squeaky voice.
➛If you, like me, need a little help falling asleep, why not...
If you, like me, need a little help falling asleep, why not unwind with a listen to Stacey Keach in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night? archive.org/...
➛My Octopus Adjunct
My Octopus Adjunct
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