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I like RSS feeds and Markdown. This is an open journal where I post notes and links.

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Notes for August 31, 2026

A little optimism, the price of comfort, fear sells, Mapquest tops App Store charts, and the original casual game. Oh, and Twitter.now is still down.

Notes for August 30, 2026

Skyscraper x IconFactory, the golden age of Minecraft, just use the website, a neat blogroll widget, and a one-sentence novel

Twitter is dead... again

I wrote a thing about the new Twitter.now project yesterday. I said I was "cautiously optimistic" but I'm erring more on the side of cautious now.

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Operation Bluebird is a new trademark challenge to Elon's hellsite. It screams "vibe coded", uses AI moderation, and costs $20, but I don't hate it

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Notes for August 26, 2026

RIP Dolly & Tim, new Norm Macdonald documentary, a good (riddance) long read on a famous TERF, a dying PS2, and anti-AI clothes

Life doesn't have to be so creepy and corporate

Without trying to sound like yet another generic "indie web kicks ass!" post, I reflect on why I love smaller communities vs being waterboarded with targeted ads on big social media sites

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Notes for August 23, 2026

Protect trans kids, fat people can't win, a look back at Erykah Badu's vag-incense, machine faster than human, and what I'm reading and playing this week

Notes for August 21, 2026

Subscriber rot, meat glasses, Sons of Anarchy revival is not what you think, Elton John and a ton of other artists team up with Turnstile, TikTok is still bad for you

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Notes for August 20, 2026

Bluntman gets busted smuggling weed into The Gathering, adorable pink bugs, left lane camper scum, Luddite kids, and our whole goddamn basement flooded last night

Notes for August 16, 2026

Negativity sells updoots, quitting alcohol can cause compulsive drinking, weed isn't that bad for you — I'm not blowing smoke up your ass, and a CGI movie worse than AI

Notes for August 14, 2026

One platform to rule them all, Ohio sucks, regional PBS station loses 70 years of data, ancient astronaut theorist Avi Loeb says it's aliens, and Black Hole Star

Notes for August 11, 2026

Redditor turns a Steam Deck into a SteamBoy, Flock-proof car wrap, that one time Tom and Travis got too high, and where to watch the solar eclipse tomorrow