this has been the real issue for the last two years: its not that ai can do your job. it’s that the execs either *believe* it can or see it as a useful excuse to cut. creative workers have no choice but to let them go wild. like that calvin and hobbes where his dad lets him smoke the cigarette.

EMLIaM: Educate Me Like I'm a Musician

two weeks ago: what's MDX? What's Vite?
four weeks ago: what's TailwindCSS? what's next.js?

i'm learning by building. tonight i finally kinda figured out a visual framework for understanding how all those things fit together. does it hold up?

first Mother's Day as a dad. i know the perfect gift

the neo-Luddites are rising

i see u nhl dot com headline writer and i love that ur having fun with it

trapped on an ice floe and the water’s getting warmer

jake bates has one of the wildest backstories in recent sports memory. he kicked his first in-game field goal *ever* at *any level* this year (the second longest kick in pro football history) and 8 months later he puts the nail in the packers coffin to position the lions to win the division.

9. these settings are crucial to the spice

pictured: the sleepy time tuna (taken 10 seconds apart)

gn from the boog

gm from the boog

scene from capo’s and my morning walk in humboldt yesterday #chicago

i’ve made too much soup. i’ve soup-maxed. i’ve been soup-pilled. i’m absolutely lost in the soup. i’m well above the legal limit of soup.

hello, potential follower.

chum?

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re-upping to share my attempt to put into words my love and appreciation for this song from Mike Viola, one of my favorite things I’ve heard in 2023.

they can’t keep getting away with this. please there are only so many hours in my life left