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Brand identity and illustration @prettyusefulco. Spooky stuff, food, design, chickens, native plants, Memphis hypewoman.
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Speaking of failing at hobbies, I think I accidentally cooked my starter by leaving the “warm” setting on my oven woops

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I’m so thankful for getting into hobbies that require trial and error because failing over and over again has reminded me that it’s actually so fun to be bad at something and improve over time

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

Short answer: no, we’re going to run his ketamine-addled ass out of town

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve decided to only post silly inconsequential content here because currently the vibes are so dire I find it hard to hang out very often and I would really like this to be my main internet home

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Souper Bowl prep is underway

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Oh hey an animation of an illustration I made!

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I feel more accomplished about finally making a good looking boule of sourdough than I have about winning any design award ever

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

I accidentally overproofed and made a breadgina

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

submitted 35 days ago • 230 comments

My local movie theater really messed up not doing a drink special for The Brutalist that’s one of those two feet tall drinks they give you on the street in New Orleans

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Got my loaf to make an ear finally!! I picked a great time to get into a distracting hobby that makes carbs

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve already tapped the dead tiktok app multiple times today where tf am I supposed to find a sourdough discard bagel recipe now

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Baby’s second bread!! Still a little flatter than I want but much improved aesthetically, next time I’ll try stitching the bottom to add more tension/spring while baking

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I measure my mental health by what I call The Burnham Scale, aka how often I catch myself humming or singing “That Funny Feeling” to myself in a day. Ideally it’s at 0-1 and I’m clocking a 4-5 right now so I am not doing great!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Baby’s first bread!! I didn’t proof it well or score it correctly but it tastes great anyway

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

I feel strongly that the universe pushes us toward what we are meant to do, and gives us the tools and opportunities we need when we make moves toward what we’re supposed to be doing. The painful part is when you fight to stay where you’re comfortable and not letting go and letting change happen.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

I think we gotta start valuing (and paying for) curation by humans again. We want less, put together thoughtfully.

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submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

I’m already seeing an incredible amount of misinformation and disinformation about bird flu - we are not in a good spot for this. If we don’t have another pandemic it will be because we got astronomically lucky.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

The overwhelming dumbness of everyone and everything is really getting to me right now

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

I held out on harvesting all this until today hoping they would maaaaybe at least START to ripen but no such luck 🥲 Lotta fried green tomatoes and chow chow in my future

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Made apple + herb sourdough stuffing and acorn squash with mushroom and spinach for my thanksgiving contributions this year 🦃

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

I appreciate my new design followers (hi nice to meet you!!) but I need y’all to know I will hardly ever post about design, I mostly just want to talk about gardening and chickens maybe occasionally a cool font I like

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment