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IAD ✈️ SFO

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

In the car with my brother, the first person I knew to be diagnosed with ADHD, I just realized that rather than listening to a particular radio station, he chooses to listen to all of them. 😳😮‍💨

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Each day there’s more fresh hell. Feels like the ugliest timeline. Must continue to be kind, be loving, share joy. Must continue to find beauty and share it and speak on it.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Every conversation with any of my three parents will include most of the following: • financial stability • the economy • our current administration • how certain of my friends are doing (some names remembered, others only by association) • pronouns and gender identities and how to understand them

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

For a moment, crossing an intersection in a new development in Asbury Park, NJ, I became part of an architectural rendering of people: a straight couple pushing a stroller; mom walking with elderly mom pushing her walker; cyclists; person in wheelchair with dog; couple on bench; and me, solo walker.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Breezy Sunday morning. NYTimes. Iced coffee. Pastry. Bliss!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Bruce Springsteen has 17 platinum albums. Donald Trump has 6 golden bankruptcies.

submitted 9 days ago • 160 comments

Wait until ICE finds out an American citizen with an immigrant wife accepted a $400 million dollar gift from a Middle Eastern supporter of Hamas!

submitted 10 days ago • 61 comments

dc be like: you’re in dc, now you’re in maryland, land of the marys, oops now virginia welcome, bye, thank u

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

America is now a tinpot kleptocracy run by a fascist imbecile. The nonpartisan stewards of our norms and institutions are in denial. None would hesitate to call a leader from the Global South illegally taking a plane from the Qataris a corrupt exchange. But here? We need different language.

submitted 13 days ago • 15 comments

SFO ✈️ IAD

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?

submitted 13 days ago • 1693 comments

“I used to be a tour de force; now I’m forced to tour” is the one of the wittier things I’ve heard John Cameron Mitchell say about aging gracefully (?).

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

offered a neighbor friend some avocados ready to use, he brought over a huge jar of backyard honey, i’m weepy because of the genuine kindness of gift giving without expectation, if only, if only

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

rain glitter

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I like to think of Jenny Holzer saying MONEY CREATES TASTE but update it for these fools to say MONEY CREATES DISTASTE

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

one thing about me is that if i find a bunch of houseplants marked 75% off you best believe i will be coming home with three to several many more houseplants 🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

sometimes, a popsicle can be perfect. this time, a tamarind popsicle was ¡super-perfecto!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

berkeley : cambridge :: oakland : somerville

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

#Config was 2 days of 2000 short conversations — some pretty excellent 🤙🏻 Grateful to have been in community, to have connected with a few folks I hadn’t seen in years & others I’d only met online. Even a few more I wanted to reconnect with that I didn’t get a chance to!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

“What does it mean to shift from code to colleague?” – @baratunde.com at #config

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

submitted 17 days ago • 40 comments

“Don’t design for the meeting. Design to ship it.” – @k0bewan.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

In digital conversations I always find it curious when someone says “you didn’t…” but what they’re really asking is “could you…”? Why this framing?!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Q: “What’s the difference between Donald Trump and trans people?” A: “There are trans people courageous enough to serve in our military.”

submitted 18 days ago • 68 comments

just out here, holding high standards for myself and my relationships both personal and professional, in a world where those same standards seem to be decreasing, degrading, and being degraded every goddam day

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Star Anïse Nin

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

person woman man camera tv doll pencil

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

You can have 5 pencils

submitted 21 days ago • 288 comments

THE FREEDOM of playing my vinyl and listening to it ANYWHERE with my new @sonos.bsky.social setup 🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

such interface. very user.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

the absolute feels down BOOTS when a student DMs me saying they “enjoyed learning from [me] and appreciated the energy [i] brought every week, and are inspired by [my] perspective ⭐️🧠🚀” 🥹🙏❤️‍🔥

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Today’s my last class of the Spring 2025 semester — coinciding with the finalization of my teaching schedule for Spring 2026! 🙏🤘🏻 #LFG

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

“Fear isn’t the only thing that’s contagious. Courage is contagious.” – Kamala

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been brewing my own concoction of ginger, star anise, and black pepper. Added a few pinches of kosher salt, and a bunch of agave syrup. It’s delicious — not too sweet, peppery, complex. I’ve got plenty if you’re thirsty 💓

IAD ✈️ SFO

In the car with my brother, the first person I knew to be diagnosed with ADHD, I just realized that rather than listening to a particular radio station, he chooses to listen to all of them. 😳😮‍💨

Each day there’s more fresh hell. Feels like the ugliest timeline. Must continue to be kind, be loving, share joy. Must continue to find beauty and share it and speak on it.

For a moment, crossing an intersection in a new development in Asbury Park, NJ, I became part of an architectural rendering of people: a straight couple pushing a stroller; mom walking with elderly mom pushing her walker; cyclists; person in wheelchair with dog; couple on bench; and me, solo walker.

Breezy Sunday morning. NYTimes. Iced coffee. Pastry. Bliss!

Bruce Springsteen has 17 platinum albums. Donald Trump has 6 golden bankruptcies.

Wait until ICE finds out an American citizen with an immigrant wife accepted a $400 million dollar gift from a Middle Eastern supporter of Hamas!

dc be like: you’re in dc, now you’re in maryland, land of the marys, oops now virginia welcome, bye, thank u

America is now a tinpot kleptocracy run by a fascist imbecile. The nonpartisan stewards of our norms and institutions are in denial. None would hesitate to call a leader from the Global South illegally taking a plane from the Qataris a corrupt exchange. But here? We need different language.

SFO ✈️ IAD

Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?

“I used to be a tour de force; now I’m forced to tour” is the one of the wittier things I’ve heard John Cameron Mitchell say about aging gracefully (?).

offered a neighbor friend some avocados ready to use, he brought over a huge jar of backyard honey, i’m weepy because of the genuine kindness of gift giving without expectation, if only, if only

rain glitter

I like to think of Jenny Holzer saying MONEY CREATES TASTE but update it for these fools to say MONEY CREATES DISTASTE

one thing about me is that if i find a bunch of houseplants marked 75% off you best believe i will be coming home with three to several many more houseplants 🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴

sometimes, a popsicle can be perfect. this time, a tamarind popsicle was ¡super-perfecto!

berkeley : cambridge :: oakland : somerville

#Config was 2 days of 2000 short conversations — some pretty excellent 🤙🏻 Grateful to have been in community, to have connected with a few folks I hadn’t seen in years & others I’d only met online. Even a few more I wanted to reconnect with that I didn’t get a chance to!

“What does it mean to shift from code to colleague?” – @baratunde.com at #config

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

“Don’t design for the meeting. Design to ship it.” – @k0bewan.bsky.social

In digital conversations I always find it curious when someone says “you didn’t…” but what they’re really asking is “could you…”? Why this framing?!

Q: “What’s the difference between Donald Trump and trans people?” A: “There are trans people courageous enough to serve in our military.”

just out here, holding high standards for myself and my relationships both personal and professional, in a world where those same standards seem to be decreasing, degrading, and being degraded every goddam day

Star Anïse Nin

person woman man camera tv doll pencil

You can have 5 pencils

THE FREEDOM of playing my vinyl and listening to it ANYWHERE with my new @sonos.bsky.social setup 🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🥰🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

such interface. very user.

the absolute feels down BOOTS when a student DMs me saying they “enjoyed learning from [me] and appreciated the energy [i] brought every week, and are inspired by [my] perspective ⭐️🧠🚀” 🥹🙏❤️‍🔥

Today’s my last class of the Spring 2025 semester — coinciding with the finalization of my teaching schedule for Spring 2026! 🙏🤘🏻 #LFG

“Fear isn’t the only thing that’s contagious. Courage is contagious.” – Kamala

I’ve been brewing my own concoction of ginger, star anise, and black pepper. Added a few pinches of kosher salt, and a bunch of agave syrup. It’s delicious — not too sweet, peppery, complex. I’ve got plenty if you’re thirsty 💓

out of spoons and don’t give a fork

My Ebb? Nitzer