Christopher Slye
@slye.bsky.social
Type business, licensing, design, production, education. Fontstand Cooperative. Letterform Archive board. Adobe Type from 1997–2020. Collector of rare compact discs. Cocktail enthusiast. https://slyetype.com
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Dec. 29, 1925: Walking a dog in Paris’ Bois de Boulogne.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Dec. 29, 1925: Walking a dog in Paris’ Bois de Boulogne.
Wow. I was just sitting here and Christy asked if I remembered that show in the ’70s where the network stars competed in games. Battle of the Network Stars. I had totally forgotten about it! What a time that was.
Battle of the Network Stars - Wikipedia
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December 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Wow. I was just sitting here and Christy asked if I remembered that show in the ’70s where the network stars competed in games. Battle of the Network Stars. I had totally forgotten about it! What a time that was.
Coincidentally, I was just thinking about how random and shaggy Christmas trees seemingly were in older times.
Dec. 25, 1925: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and daughter Scottie in Paris.
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Coincidentally, I was just thinking about how random and shaggy Christmas trees seemingly were in older times.
We’ve all been there.
Started excitedly describing this article to my partner over coffee. She let me finish and politely said "No part of that was interesting to me" www.ilm.com/how-to-build...
How to Build an X-wing: 50 Years After ILM Completed Its First ‘Star Wars’ Model
Take an extensive deep dive into ILM’s creation of the original X-wing fighter miniatures for Star Wars: A New Hope.
www.ilm.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We’ve all been there.
I’m seeing a few articles like this, tying interest in compact discs and CD players explicitly to gen Z.
CDs return to Christmas shopping lists as gen Z embrace ‘retro renaissance’
Demand for CD players rises 74% this year amid deluxe releases from artists such as Taylor Swift and Pink Floyd
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m seeing a few articles like this, tying interest in compact discs and CD players explicitly to gen Z.
I hope everyone gets a chance to watch this. It’s only 15 minutes long.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I hope everyone gets a chance to watch this. It’s only 15 minutes long.
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America desperately needs opposition politicians running on a platform of tribunals, truth & reconciliation committees, and severe punishment for the worst offenders in this administration.
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
America desperately needs opposition politicians running on a platform of tribunals, truth & reconciliation committees, and severe punishment for the worst offenders in this administration.
We were just out for a walk along the shoreline in Pacific Grove and saw a lot search-and-rescue activity on shore, in the water, and air. Heard it was a missing swimmer but didn't know was a suspected shark attack.
Search underway for missing swimmer in possible shark attack in Pacific Grove
Possible shark attack prompts search and rescue efforts for missing swimmer
www.ksbw.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We were just out for a walk along the shoreline in Pacific Grove and saw a lot search-and-rescue activity on shore, in the water, and air. Heard it was a missing swimmer but didn't know was a suspected shark attack.
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This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
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Well, it’s not every day you see a sitting Congressperson so utterly destroy a pundit’s argument with facts.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well, it’s not every day you see a sitting Congressperson so utterly destroy a pundit’s argument with facts.
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
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This has been said a million different times and ways and it never seems to penetrate but I’ll try again: Using AI to “do” art isn’t possible. Art is not the process of coming up with a good idea to get started and then executing it flawlessly in the style of someone you admire.
December 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This has been said a million different times and ways and it never seems to penetrate but I’ll try again: Using AI to “do” art isn’t possible. Art is not the process of coming up with a good idea to get started and then executing it flawlessly in the style of someone you admire.
Except perhaps to incentivize them to not do it again.
Anthropic is urging a federal judge to slash a proposed $300 million legal fee award for lawyers representing authors in a $1.5 billion copyright class action settlement with the artificial intelligence company, arguing there is “scant justification” for a large chunk of the fees reut.rs/4s2yDXi
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Except perhaps to incentivize them to not do it again.
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Adobe has been hit with a proposed class action over allegations that its artificial intelligence tools were trained on writers' copyrighted work without permission.
Adobe sued for allegedly misusing authors' work in AI training
Adobe has been hit with a proposed class action over allegations that its artificial intelligence tools were trained on writers' copyrighted work without permission.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Adobe has been hit with a proposed class action over allegations that its artificial intelligence tools were trained on writers' copyrighted work without permission.
A relatively recent discovery for me, “Christmas In Connecticut,” starring Barbara Stanwyck, is one of my new holiday favorites. I’ve already written three reviews. letterboxd.com/slye/film/ch...
Christopher Slye’s reviews of Christmas in Connecticut
Christopher Slye’s reviews of Christmas in Connecticut
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December 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A relatively recent discovery for me, “Christmas In Connecticut,” starring Barbara Stanwyck, is one of my new holiday favorites. I’ve already written three reviews. letterboxd.com/slye/film/ch...
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Jeff Buckley on the reminder you might need.
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Jeff Buckley on the reminder you might need.
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(Trump feasts on human baby)
“We know Trump isn’t politically correct” - flailing defenders
“We know Trump isn’t politically correct” - flailing defenders
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
(Trump feasts on human baby)
“We know Trump isn’t politically correct” - flailing defenders
“We know Trump isn’t politically correct” - flailing defenders
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8. I am so appalled that the Trump/Ferguson FTC dropped this case. Local independent grocery stores are being driven out of business — and their customers forced to pay higher prices — by two powerful companies who've been told, in effect, that they can violate the law with impunity.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
8. I am so appalled that the Trump/Ferguson FTC dropped this case. Local independent grocery stores are being driven out of business — and their customers forced to pay higher prices — by two powerful companies who've been told, in effect, that they can violate the law with impunity.
I was just looking at my latest PG&E bill and there is a line of text that reads “2018 Vintaged Power Charge Indifference Adjustment” with no clear explanation or purpose.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I was just looking at my latest PG&E bill and there is a line of text that reads “2018 Vintaged Power Charge Indifference Adjustment” with no clear explanation or purpose.
Incredible. And not just the headline — the whole article!
My hometown paper forgot to put words in a headline.
San Diego Union-Tribune Full-Page Misprint Raises New Questions About Rapid Decline Of City's Once-Storied Newspaper
A placeholder text misprint in the Union-Tribune exposes deeper cracks in San Diego’s daily paper after layoffs, eviction, and censorship claims.
www.sandiegoville.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Incredible. And not just the headline — the whole article!
It’s amusing how everyone assumes we have a Costco membership. (“Just go get it at Costco!”) We haven’t had one in, I dunno, 20 years? It’s like not owning a television.
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It’s amusing how everyone assumes we have a Costco membership. (“Just go get it at Costco!”) We haven’t had one in, I dunno, 20 years? It’s like not owning a television.
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The best thing I’ve read about the Calibri v. TNR hullabaloo agyei.substack.com/p/another-lo...
Another Low for Liberal Design
There has been a lot of noise in the design world this week about a declaration from the United States Secretary of State to switch government correspondence from Calibri back to Times New Roman.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The best thing I’ve read about the Calibri v. TNR hullabaloo agyei.substack.com/p/another-lo...
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“I for one think it is entirely excellent that the US State Department is reverting to using a typeface designed by a committed Marxist who was imprisoned during WW1 as a conscientious objector. Bravo!” — John Hudson typedrawers.com/discussion/c...
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“I for one think it is entirely excellent that the US State Department is reverting to using a typeface designed by a committed Marxist who was imprisoned during WW1 as a conscientious objector. Bravo!” — John Hudson typedrawers.com/discussion/c...
As always, I’m very pleased to see my rep @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social voted against the motion to table.
And now, the 47 cowardly Democrats who were whipped by leadership to vote 'present' on the impeachment resolution today:
Pete Aguilar of CA
Wesley Bell of MO
Ami Bera of CA
Don Beyer of VA
Janelle Bynum of OR
Ed Case of HI
Sean Casten of IL
Kathy Castor of FL
(cont'd)
Pete Aguilar of CA
Wesley Bell of MO
Ami Bera of CA
Don Beyer of VA
Janelle Bynum of OR
Ed Case of HI
Sean Casten of IL
Kathy Castor of FL
(cont'd)
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As always, I’m very pleased to see my rep @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social voted against the motion to table.
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The State Dept. font story is pretty silly, but I like that it gives the public a chance to learn more about a craft they encounter every day. Here’s the designer of Calibri, Luc(as) de Groot, on CNN talking parameters and spindly serifs. video.snapstream.net/Play/2UPcOhf...
What We Know With Max Foster - Luc de Groot
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December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The State Dept. font story is pretty silly, but I like that it gives the public a chance to learn more about a craft they encounter every day. Here’s the designer of Calibri, Luc(as) de Groot, on CNN talking parameters and spindly serifs. video.snapstream.net/Play/2UPcOhf...