vc
@vcbrannen.bsky.social
they/them. nonprofiteer, rectangle manipulator, plant grower, maker and fixer of stuff.
Reposted by vc
If you want to have a gathering for women, call it a gathering for women. If you want to have a gathering for women & non-binary people, call it a gathering for women & non-binary people. If you want to make non-binary people sad, call it the Women’s Community Gathering and put us in the fine print
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
If you want to have a gathering for women, call it a gathering for women. If you want to have a gathering for women & non-binary people, call it a gathering for women & non-binary people. If you want to make non-binary people sad, call it the Women’s Community Gathering and put us in the fine print
Reposted by vc
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
might fuck around and become a Cute Socks Guy
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Reposted by vc
I just wish Dick Cheney could have lived to see this.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I just wish Dick Cheney could have lived to see this.
almost every single tailgater in three states on this road trip has been a state trooper
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
almost every single tailgater in three states on this road trip has been a state trooper
Reposted by vc
I want to posit that one of the things we mean when we say we’re “procrastinating” is that our own sense of what matters has diverged from what our boss or company is concerned with. That is, procrastination is often a political conflict, not a personal failing.
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I want to posit that one of the things we mean when we say we’re “procrastinating” is that our own sense of what matters has diverged from what our boss or company is concerned with. That is, procrastination is often a political conflict, not a personal failing.
Reposted by vc
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
@fromawildkate.bsky.social: you know, I love that we have a whole kitchen cabinet stocked with pasta and tortillas
me: you mean the carbinet?
Kate: marry me
me: you mean the carbinet?
Kate: marry me
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@fromawildkate.bsky.social: you know, I love that we have a whole kitchen cabinet stocked with pasta and tortillas
me: you mean the carbinet?
Kate: marry me
me: you mean the carbinet?
Kate: marry me
every Halloween in our townhouse complex, our little row of neighbors hang out together in the drive out front with our four different candy buckets rather than make kids walk up every set of stairs, and it is a delight to watch every kid's eyes light up when you say "have some from each bucket!"
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
every Halloween in our townhouse complex, our little row of neighbors hang out together in the drive out front with our four different candy buckets rather than make kids walk up every set of stairs, and it is a delight to watch every kid's eyes light up when you say "have some from each bucket!"
so i tried three times to reset my Kobo password, but i never got a reset email. tried to create a new account — oh, sorry, there's already an account associated with this email! and the "contact us" button at the bottom of the help page... goes nowhere? y'all.
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
so i tried three times to reset my Kobo password, but i never got a reset email. tried to create a new account — oh, sorry, there's already an account associated with this email! and the "contact us" button at the bottom of the help page... goes nowhere? y'all.
Reposted by vc
"SEO hacks have been keyword-stuffing alt text in images for literal decades. There is no way ARIA will get away unscathed. Every button, link, and div will be roled up to redundancy at best, and the wrong thing at worst. "
adrianroselli.com/2025/10/open...
adrianroselli.com/2025/10/open...
OpenAI, ARIA, and SEO: Making the Web Worse
OpenAI has announced it’s launched a new browser, Atlas, with ChatGPT built in. For those familiar with ARIA, OpenAI outlines what to expect (I left the code as I found it, other than removing the tar...
adrianroselli.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"SEO hacks have been keyword-stuffing alt text in images for literal decades. There is no way ARIA will get away unscathed. Every button, link, and div will be roled up to redundancy at best, and the wrong thing at worst. "
adrianroselli.com/2025/10/open...
adrianroselli.com/2025/10/open...
Reposted by vc
The Garden of Life blooms on December 3rd 2025 🌺
Our new expansion will be available to all Monument Valley 3 players - including mobile when it returns to iOS and Android on the same day!
Our new expansion will be available to all Monument Valley 3 players - including mobile when it returns to iOS and Android on the same day!
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Garden of Life blooms on December 3rd 2025 🌺
Our new expansion will be available to all Monument Valley 3 players - including mobile when it returns to iOS and Android on the same day!
Our new expansion will be available to all Monument Valley 3 players - including mobile when it returns to iOS and Android on the same day!
Reposted by vc
NEW: we tested Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras.
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age
These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.
www.404media.co
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NEW: we tested Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras.
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
just got my annual shortbox haul!
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
just got my annual shortbox haul!
Reposted by vc
"Self-driving cars" this "robitaxis" that JUST INVEST IN PUBLIC TRANSIT FFS.
October 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"Self-driving cars" this "robitaxis" that JUST INVEST IN PUBLIC TRANSIT FFS.
made us a new headboard out of a $20 headboard i just got and a $50 bolt of blue velvet upholstery fabric i got four years ago with no purpose in mind. i play the long game with DIY.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
made us a new headboard out of a $20 headboard i just got and a $50 bolt of blue velvet upholstery fabric i got four years ago with no purpose in mind. i play the long game with DIY.
Reposted by vc
convert the ballroom into housing for unhoused people
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
convert the ballroom into housing for unhoused people
got my flu shot and covid booster today! let us begin the countdown to my left arm being kinda useless
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
got my flu shot and covid booster today! let us begin the countdown to my left arm being kinda useless
Reposted by vc
heavy is the pinky that holds the phone
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
heavy is the pinky that holds the phone
Reposted by vc
I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
Reposted by vc
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Reposted by vc
Announcing When the Creeks Rise—a community journalism project documenting flooding in Atlanta and the systems behind it.
Flooding isn’t just weather. It’s history, policy, development, and equity.
🌊 Follow along and make your voice heard.
whenthecreeksrise.org
Flooding isn’t just weather. It’s history, policy, development, and equity.
🌊 Follow along and make your voice heard.
whenthecreeksrise.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Announcing When the Creeks Rise—a community journalism project documenting flooding in Atlanta and the systems behind it.
Flooding isn’t just weather. It’s history, policy, development, and equity.
🌊 Follow along and make your voice heard.
whenthecreeksrise.org
Flooding isn’t just weather. It’s history, policy, development, and equity.
🌊 Follow along and make your voice heard.
whenthecreeksrise.org
Reposted by vc
"The largest cuts were concentrated...the division that investigates claims of discrimination & abuse."
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"The largest cuts were concentrated...the division that investigates claims of discrimination & abuse."
"There is nothing frivolous about growing flowers. It is necessary work. And necessary work has room for both wonder and loss, gratitude and grief."
The Wildflower Year
A Love Letters Feature by Lucy Bellwood - October 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"There is nothing frivolous about growing flowers. It is necessary work. And necessary work has room for both wonder and loss, gratitude and grief."