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@aristiles.bsky.social
📚 Print Designer making tech books and other goodies for Smashing Magazine.
📿 Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist in training.
💭 Overthinker. Kinda klutzy. Giggle-prone.
👋 Hey
📿 Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist in training.
💭 Overthinker. Kinda klutzy. Giggle-prone.
👋 Hey
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How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
imgs.xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
Working late at night, when all is quiet, makes me miss my office gargoyle. I think he made half a dozen books with me.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Working late at night, when all is quiet, makes me miss my office gargoyle. I think he made half a dozen books with me.
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Being told that you wrote something that inspired someone else to make something is about as good a compliment as a self-publisher can get. I heard that a bunch with this text in 2025. Wanna get a cheap gift for zine makers your life? I hope you'll consider this. halfletterpress.com/PCpublic-pub...
Public Publishing Diary / Why Self-Publish Under Fascism?
Public Collectors publication #105 combines the text Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? with other recent writing on publishing and a fun selection of messy studio photos.
halfletterpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Being told that you wrote something that inspired someone else to make something is about as good a compliment as a self-publisher can get. I heard that a bunch with this text in 2025. Wanna get a cheap gift for zine makers your life? I hope you'll consider this. halfletterpress.com/PCpublic-pub...
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🤖 Will AI replace you? Join Vitaly Friedman for a free live workshop on Nov 19 and learn why human skills still matter, how to design AI experiences people love, and more. Can’t join live? 🎁 Recording + slides sent afterward!
smashingconf.com/online-works...
smashingconf.com/online-works...
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🤖 Will AI replace you? Join Vitaly Friedman for a free live workshop on Nov 19 and learn why human skills still matter, how to design AI experiences people love, and more. Can’t join live? 🎁 Recording + slides sent afterward!
smashingconf.com/online-works...
smashingconf.com/online-works...
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Need to follow-up the “No Kings” protest with one called “No Cowards.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Need to follow-up the “No Kings” protest with one called “No Cowards.”
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WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
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happy halloween to what many people believed was the greatest tweet of all time
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
happy halloween to what many people believed was the greatest tweet of all time
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Please please please use ALT tags for any images in your @bsky.app posts. Even if you don’t care about accessibility, know that ALT tags help your posts reach a broader audience.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Please please please use ALT tags for any images in your @bsky.app posts. Even if you don’t care about accessibility, know that ALT tags help your posts reach a broader audience.
I have been killing it on NYT puzzles this week, even while surrounded by the rubble of major house repairs. AMA.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have been killing it on NYT puzzles this week, even while surrounded by the rubble of major house repairs. AMA.
Wait, what?!
Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wait, what?!
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Friends, I know so many of you are planning to attend a "No Kings" protest this Saturday, and you'll be bringing with you amazing protest signs.
Why not recognize the creativity on display?
I'm pleased to announce the Oct. 18th "No Kings" Protest Sign Contest... with cash prizes.
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Why not recognize the creativity on display?
I'm pleased to announce the Oct. 18th "No Kings" Protest Sign Contest... with cash prizes.
(thread)
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Friends, I know so many of you are planning to attend a "No Kings" protest this Saturday, and you'll be bringing with you amazing protest signs.
Why not recognize the creativity on display?
I'm pleased to announce the Oct. 18th "No Kings" Protest Sign Contest... with cash prizes.
(thread)
Why not recognize the creativity on display?
I'm pleased to announce the Oct. 18th "No Kings" Protest Sign Contest... with cash prizes.
(thread)
“She was Voldemort the whole time” might be a better twist than “Snape kills Dumbledore.”
This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“She was Voldemort the whole time” might be a better twist than “Snape kills Dumbledore.”
Portland! 🫶
PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'
Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.
www.nbcnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Portland! 🫶
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Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
October 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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In theory the kitchen should be the easiest space on the planet to clean and it's not because it's designed by men who don't use kitchens. That's it.
Don't get me started on how if I'm not careful my fish slips into a corner of my freezer that requires me to remove the freezer basket to reach
Don't get me started on how if I'm not careful my fish slips into a corner of my freezer that requires me to remove the freezer basket to reach
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In theory the kitchen should be the easiest space on the planet to clean and it's not because it's designed by men who don't use kitchens. That's it.
Don't get me started on how if I'm not careful my fish slips into a corner of my freezer that requires me to remove the freezer basket to reach
Don't get me started on how if I'm not careful my fish slips into a corner of my freezer that requires me to remove the freezer basket to reach
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The A11y Project is at risk of going over our 1TB bandwidth limit on @netlify.com and being automatically charged $55/100gb in bonus bandwidth to keep it online.
I think we all know the cause and it's depressing. I've asked Netlify to just let the site go down when the limit is hit.
I think we all know the cause and it's depressing. I've asked Netlify to just let the site go down when the limit is hit.
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The A11y Project is at risk of going over our 1TB bandwidth limit on @netlify.com and being automatically charged $55/100gb in bonus bandwidth to keep it online.
I think we all know the cause and it's depressing. I've asked Netlify to just let the site go down when the limit is hit.
I think we all know the cause and it's depressing. I've asked Netlify to just let the site go down when the limit is hit.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I am in a restaurant during a relatively slow time of day, “Benny and the Jets” blaring out of the speakers. Almost everyone—workers and patrons alike—quietly mouthing the lyrics in between bites or bits of conversation.
October 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I am in a restaurant during a relatively slow time of day, “Benny and the Jets” blaring out of the speakers. Almost everyone—workers and patrons alike—quietly mouthing the lyrics in between bites or bits of conversation.
This is such a perfect update! 🙌
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This is such a perfect update! 🙌
Ingram Spark absolutely EXCELLING at offering just the WORST customer service. Every interaction is a new low.
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ingram Spark absolutely EXCELLING at offering just the WORST customer service. Every interaction is a new low.
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He’s going to blow up the entire country to prevent the release of the Epstein files, isn’t he
September 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
He’s going to blow up the entire country to prevent the release of the Epstein files, isn’t he
That thing where you teach a core-focused class in the morning, then get mild food poisoning from a bad sandwich, and your belly feels like a rock the next day. ow.
September 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
That thing where you teach a core-focused class in the morning, then get mild food poisoning from a bad sandwich, and your belly feels like a rock the next day. ow.