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Kate Compton
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Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
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thecorrection.bsky.social
me too pepper me too
A colour photo of a quite deformed pepper sitting on a woodgrain counter against a white textured wall. The pepper clearly shows two green legs, a green arm and an orange arm, and the stem cut short in the middle of what looks like a lumpy bowed head. It is instantly recognizable as a dejected human being. "Not sure if I should cook him or ask him what happened." so sad Realistic_Revenue_87 on reddit. Not clear if they're the originator.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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contrapoints.bsky.social
I think car door handles should still work when the car is on fire
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 AM
galaxykate.bsky.social
They should have an Olympic sport just called Finnish where you have to do Finnish things with a Finnish person for a whole day without freezing to death
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
incredible
thoughtful nic cage in national treasure movie saying people don't talk that way anymore, but over talk I crammed in the words "name people" so it says people don't name people that way anymore.
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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mcs212.bsky.social
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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everest.bsky.social
I've just published a new userscript that remembers the path of your cursor over the linked pages of Wikipedia, averaging and wearing them into the page, showing your browsing history over time

Install at greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5... or read more about it everest-pipkin.com#projects/des...
Desire Paths for Wikipedia
An extension that remembers the path of a cursor over the linked pages of Wikipedia, “wearing” them into the page.
greasyfork.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
galaxykate.bsky.social
This does not include paperwhite butterflies who are The Devils Confetti and whos ravenous children devour everthing you love

(If what you love is brassica)
thoughtrise.bsky.social .chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · 3d
what are you doing!
a screenshot of two tumblr posts. the first: aralintheobsessive Jan 16 if you want butterflies, you need to live with caterpillars. iam not being metaphorical, i work in a garden center, stop buying plants 'to bring in the bees and butterflies and then immediately poisoning every caterpillar that dares to consume a single leaf you will not get butterflies if you kill all the things that turn into butterflies! what are you doing! (end of post) below it, a response from afroartinc: As a poet, I also want my viewers to take this rather beautiful allegory into account.
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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sarah.northsky.social
Doing art badly is good and sacred
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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ceej.online
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
galaxykate.bsky.social
Toy design doesn't seem to have the same communication culture that games and software does, or if it does, I'm not finding it.

Are there any good sources of toy designers (or academics) writing or speaking about the field?

(not looking for aesthetics or collectibility, but for play interaction)
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 AM
galaxykate.bsky.social
"cozeballs" would be a good new term for being super cozy

"omg go my blankie and cocoa, totes cozemaxxing it"
"cozeballs, bro🔥"
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM
galaxykate.bsky.social
Its a snow day in denmark so my plan is to code by the fire while eating vast quantities of pastry
A toasty fire, with a bit of snow visible through the window
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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brocktoon.bsky.social
Call for papers: for a special issue on contemporary craft work and digital economies. See below and alt text.
This proposal is for an upcoming special issue which has received strong interest from a leading cultural studies journal. We welcome theoretical inquiry, case studies, and research papers which address the complicated and perhaps inextricable relations between craft, analog and digital technology, and the conditions of artisanal culture and digitized commerce. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):  Cultural exchange via craft work online  Practices and beliefs of digital craft communities  Craft and the gig economy  Rentierism and exploitation on digital craft platforms  The role of algorithmic sorting on digital platforms within craft communities  Philosophical inquiry into craft as a salient category in a digitized cultural economy  Changes in access to craft after digitization as a mode of work along lines of gender, race, and sexual orientation  The role of influencers in the broader craft economy  New challenges to craft work from AI and other forms of advanced automation  Craft’s relation to industry and regimes of mass production  The changing role of video in craft instruction after TikTok/Reels Send abstracts (250-500) words to Ian Williams at igwillia@live.unc.edu or Michael Palm at mpalm@unc.edu by March 5, 2026.
January 31, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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brunodias.bsky.social
my discord server has predictably gone nuts for rose.systems/animalist

current record: 289 animals listed
🐶🐺🦊🦊🦊🦝🦘🦘🐨🐀🐀🐭🐱𓃬🐅🐯🐯🐻🐻‍❄️🐻🐻🐼🦦🦭🦫🦫🦬🦬🐃𓃜🦌🦌🐐🐇🐷🐗🦡🫍🐋🦇🦇𓇼🐙🐙🐦🐦𓆁🦩🦩🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🦅🦅🐦🦜🦍🦧𓃻𓃸𓅪🐦🦜🦜🐦🐦🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦🐦𓅦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐧🦖🦕🦕🦣🦥🐌🐌🪲𓆣🐛🦀🦐🦞🐌🦈🦈🦈🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐊𓆌🐊𓆉🐢𓆉𓆈🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🦎🐍🐍🐍🐍🐦🐛🐛🐛🪰🪰🪰🦟🐜🐜🐛🐛🕷🪰🕷🕸️🕷🕷🕷🕷🐍𓆏🐛🦋🐛🪱🦚🕷🐛
list animals until failure
hot new brain workout
rose.systems
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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cydharrell.bsky.social
hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...

This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco.   The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...
careers.sf.gov
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
galaxykate.bsky.social
Nothing but respect for the *real* social network for bots
A twitter screenshot of Endless bees and endless screaming bots posting "AAAAHHHH" and "BzzzZZZZZ" at each other
February 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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hillelwayne.com
After four months of edits and multiple mental breakdowns, I am delighted to announce the release of *Logic for Programmers* v0.13! All content is in, all that's left is copyediting (and technical editing and layout and proofreading and)

logicforprogrammers.com
Logic for Programmers
The mathematics that will help you in your everyday programming.
logicforprogrammers.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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hillelwayne.com
v0.13 is a full 9,000 words longer than v0.12, the net result of deleting 11,000 and adding 20,000. That makes the changes to this release bigger than the original v0.1 release two years ago.

Additions include answer set programming, inductive proofs, schema migrations, refinement, and more!
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 7d
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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pucksarcana.bsky.social
do not go piggly into that good wiggly
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
galaxykate.bsky.social
This is unfairly triggering my love of But Im A Cheerleader
trumpluvsobama.bsky.social Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 9d
The party of small government now proposes marriage camps!
Project 2025 at work👇🙄
February 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
galaxykate.bsky.social
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
galaxykate.bsky.social
“Technically this is interactive in some way so that counts as a game” is a game in the same way fondant counts as food
January 30, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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jtp.bsky.social
half of all tech news lately is some variation of "the computer company has discontinued their well known product, the computer"
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM