Forrest O.
@forresto.bsky.social
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over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
Wes Cook and the Centralia McDonald's Mural
A personal story about discovering a mural in a McDonald's, an unknown artist named Wes Cook, saving the mural, and a conference talk about the whole thing.
cabel.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
enjoy. cabel.com/wes-cook-and...
Helsinki transport had a phase last year where they demanded ID to make sure you weren't using someone else's ticket / phone. Felt wrong, but I didn't look up if it was legal.
the idea of having to identify yourself or being required to have an id is authoritarian and just completely fucking insane
anglosphere stays winning
anglosphere stays winning
February 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Helsinki transport had a phase last year where they demanded ID to make sure you weren't using someone else's ticket / phone. Felt wrong, but I didn't look up if it was legal.
Thursday sky was doing some kind of optical effect with the sunrise, and @jhilden.bsky.social got this picture, which I had to enhance with fuego Elmo.
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Thursday sky was doing some kind of optical effect with the sunrise, and @jhilden.bsky.social got this picture, which I had to enhance with fuego Elmo.
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This is a reminder that every diagram from my book Projective Geometric Algebra Illuminated is available on Wikimedia Commons under the CC-BY-4.0 license. They can be freely used in slides, papers, books, Wikipedia articles, etc., with proper attribution.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Er...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Er...
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
This is a reminder that every diagram from my book Projective Geometric Algebra Illuminated is available on Wikimedia Commons under the CC-BY-4.0 license. They can be freely used in slides, papers, books, Wikipedia articles, etc., with proper attribution.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Er...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Er...
I found Projective Geometries by wondering how the card game Spot It! works.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
The Mind-Bending Math Behind Spot It!, the Beloved Family Card Game
The simple matching game has some deceptively complex mathematics behind the scenes
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I found Projective Geometries by wondering how the card game Spot It! works.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Still thinking about worker vs boss mentality about AI.
Little Bosses Everywhere
grant.leaflet.pub
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Still thinking about worker vs boss mentality about AI.
One way this could work:
Amy replies to Bob's post, and it shows as a quote post on Amy's profile.
If Bob approves it, then it also shows as a reply under Bob's post.
This kinda unifies replies vs quotes, which people use inconsistently, and makes it easier to ignore bad replies,
Amy replies to Bob's post, and it shows as a quote post on Amy's profile.
If Bob approves it, then it also shows as a reply under Bob's post.
This kinda unifies replies vs quotes, which people use inconsistently, and makes it easier to ignore bad replies,
I still think that replies should need to be approved to show up.
I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.
I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.
love the website where posting a picture of a biscuit inspires deranged comments and some of the most tedious discourse imaginable
January 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
One way this could work:
Amy replies to Bob's post, and it shows as a quote post on Amy's profile.
If Bob approves it, then it also shows as a reply under Bob's post.
This kinda unifies replies vs quotes, which people use inconsistently, and makes it easier to ignore bad replies,
Amy replies to Bob's post, and it shows as a quote post on Amy's profile.
If Bob approves it, then it also shows as a reply under Bob's post.
This kinda unifies replies vs quotes, which people use inconsistently, and makes it easier to ignore bad replies,
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Highly recommended to watch this 20min experimental docu
Gift 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Highly recommended to watch this 20min experimental docu
Sorry @zed.dev and @zen-browser.app... one of you is going to need to add some color to your logo or something.
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sorry @zed.dev and @zen-browser.app... one of you is going to need to add some color to your logo or something.
Boomer family member AI-edited a summer family photo to add xmas sweaters. I can see that being innocent fun for them, but everyone under 50 was uncomfortable with it. We said please don't, but I wonder if there's some good articulation about why we shouldn't fake memories.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Boomer family member AI-edited a summer family photo to add xmas sweaters. I can see that being innocent fun for them, but everyone under 50 was uncomfortable with it. We said please don't, but I wonder if there's some good articulation about why we shouldn't fake memories.
#moonhance but for stars (Stellarium screenshot overlay).
#helsinki #mustikkamaa #kruunusillat #orion
#helsinki #mustikkamaa #kruunusillat #orion
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#moonhance but for stars (Stellarium screenshot overlay).
#helsinki #mustikkamaa #kruunusillat #orion
#helsinki #mustikkamaa #kruunusillat #orion
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Isn't it the friends we made along the way?
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Isn't it the friends we made along the way?
If there is room, is it more efficient to keep 12 liter boxes of oat milk in the fridge, or in the cabinet and chill them as they are used?
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If there is room, is it more efficient to keep 12 liter boxes of oat milk in the fridge, or in the cabinet and chill them as they are used?
Hypercard / Flash / Dreams... all thriving creative scenes within a closed ecosystem. All kneecapped by business decisions.
Could an open source tool build such a scene?
Could an open source tool build such a scene?
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hypercard / Flash / Dreams... all thriving creative scenes within a closed ecosystem. All kneecapped by business decisions.
Could an open source tool build such a scene?
Could an open source tool build such a scene?
fed my digipet today 🌞
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
fed my digipet today 🌞
Love it when a plot comes together.
Score wheel, pens, blade.
ObservableHQ/D3 for map projections and Cuttle for Boolean ops on the vectors.
Score wheel, pens, blade.
ObservableHQ/D3 for map projections and Cuttle for Boolean ops on the vectors.
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Love it when a plot comes together.
Score wheel, pens, blade.
ObservableHQ/D3 for map projections and Cuttle for Boolean ops on the vectors.
Score wheel, pens, blade.
ObservableHQ/D3 for map projections and Cuttle for Boolean ops on the vectors.
scalloped edges on scalloped edges, or Venn fungus
#CuttleXYZ
#CuttleXYZ
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
scalloped edges on scalloped edges, or Venn fungus
#CuttleXYZ
#CuttleXYZ
I still think that replies should need to be approved to show up.
I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.
I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.
love the website where posting a picture of a biscuit inspires deranged comments and some of the most tedious discourse imaginable
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I still think that replies should need to be approved to show up.
I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.
I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.
Review of Lily Allen's new album: it's like a tv series of a messy failing open marriage. It's cool to turn an album into a coherent story. People that do creative stuff should keep coming back to it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Review of Lily Allen's new album: it's like a tv series of a messy failing open marriage. It's cool to turn an album into a coherent story. People that do creative stuff should keep coming back to it.
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Hello again
Blue skies
Blue skies
January 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hello again
Blue skies
Blue skies
it's a spectrum
okay. so there are often a few dessert recipes that share things (type of dish; fruit) in common but this is really kicked up for fall. just about everything that isn’t pumpkin is apple or pear & one of the variety of “baked fruit w/ starch on top”, to the point where they offer a guide to the types
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
it's a spectrum
Considering making a boot-to #Picotron system, it is so cozy.
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
Wavespark III: tawa suno wasoweli
www.lexaloffle.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Considering making a boot-to #Picotron system, it is so cozy.
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
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#30daymapchallenge 17: A new tool
Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists.
This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar modelling.
By @tadusko.bsky.social
Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists.
This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar modelling.
By @tadusko.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#30daymapchallenge 17: A new tool
Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists.
This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar modelling.
By @tadusko.bsky.social
Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists.
This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar modelling.
By @tadusko.bsky.social