Eric Meyer
@meyerweb.com
Armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist. Old enough for it to hurt when I stand up, not old enough to have stopped noticing. Agnostic in principle, atheist in practice, #CSS guy, mzungu. I’m only here for the food.
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Eric Meyer
@meyerweb.com
· Jan 22
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do learn from history are doomed to watch it repeated by those who didn’t.
The legend lives on from the cook staff on down
Of the system called circulatory
That walked, it is said, though it should have been dead
Through the kitchen’s back line glowing blue-ly
Of the system called circulatory
That walked, it is said, though it should have been dead
Through the kitchen’s back line glowing blue-ly
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The legend lives on from the cook staff on down
Of the system called circulatory
That walked, it is said, though it should have been dead
Through the kitchen’s back line glowing blue-ly
Of the system called circulatory
That walked, it is said, though it should have been dead
Through the kitchen’s back line glowing blue-ly
Collective Soul’s “Shine” was playing on the PA where I am so I am now required by law to share this with you. Sorry, I don’t make the rules youtu.be/bY436JiiCjg
American Woodcock Shine
YouTube video by steelels1
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Collective Soul’s “Shine” was playing on the PA where I am so I am now required by law to share this with you. Sorry, I don’t make the rules youtu.be/bY436JiiCjg
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
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RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
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NO FOOD FOR YOU
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NO FOOD FOR YOU
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Calling all web developers! Browsers are all meeting up next week (www.w3.org/events/tpac/...). I want your voice to be heard! Tell me your biggest problems, and tell me what you want to see from the platform. What problems are tough to solve, but could be easier?
TPAC 2025 - Hybrid meeting
Our major event of the year gathers our community for thought-provoking discussions and coordinated work.
www.w3.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Calling all web developers! Browsers are all meeting up next week (www.w3.org/events/tpac/...). I want your voice to be heard! Tell me your biggest problems, and tell me what you want to see from the platform. What problems are tough to solve, but could be easier?
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
Meanwhile, Tesla stockholders voted to pay Elon Musk approximately $2 million per child he’s killed thus far.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Meanwhile, Tesla stockholders voted to pay Elon Musk approximately $2 million per child he’s killed thus far.
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
RFK Jr. bolting out of there like he knows he has ten seconds before the nerve gas release he set up kills everyone still in the room.
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
RFK Jr. bolting out of there like he knows he has ten seconds before the nerve gas release he set up kills everyone still in the room.
What idiot called this interest-detecting-for-better-matches feature “Chemistry” when “YentAI” was right there gizmodo.com/tinder-is-te...
Tinder is Testing AI Features That Look Through Your Camera Roll
The feature is opt-in, but still raises concerns about privacy. Called
gizmodo.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What idiot called this interest-detecting-for-better-matches feature “Chemistry” when “YentAI” was right there gizmodo.com/tinder-is-te...
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🎙️ New Episode of Igalia Chats: Accessibility and the Free Labor Funnel
@bkardell.com and @meyerweb.com chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility.
www.igalia.com/chats/a11y-t...
@bkardell.com and @meyerweb.com chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility.
www.igalia.com/chats/a11y-t...
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🎙️ New Episode of Igalia Chats: Accessibility and the Free Labor Funnel
@bkardell.com and @meyerweb.com chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility.
www.igalia.com/chats/a11y-t...
@bkardell.com and @meyerweb.com chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility.
www.igalia.com/chats/a11y-t...
“Please stand clear of the doors. Por favor, manténgase alejado de las puertas.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Please stand clear of the doors. Por favor, manténgase alejado de las puertas.”
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
The borough avatars in @nkjemisin.bsky.social’s “The City We Became”, rendered here as numbers.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The borough avatars in @nkjemisin.bsky.social’s “The City We Became”, rendered here as numbers.
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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I can't believe everybody doesn't know the Time Cube song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywz...
(h/t @dfan.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywz...
(h/t @dfan.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I can't believe everybody doesn't know the Time Cube song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywz...
(h/t @dfan.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywz...
(h/t @dfan.bsky.social)
“Everybody’s got an opinion, and you don’t have to be very smart to have one.” —Dr. Rich Murphy
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpD...)
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpD...)
Every Beginner Woodworker Needs to Hear This
YouTube video by Sawinery Woodworking
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Everybody’s got an opinion, and you don’t have to be very smart to have one.” —Dr. Rich Murphy
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpD...)
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpD...)
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The goal of trolls who lie, attack and shitpost is to obfuscate the truth and bully you into silence.
Keep sharing. Keep caring.
Keep sharing. Keep caring.
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The goal of trolls who lie, attack and shitpost is to obfuscate the truth and bully you into silence.
Keep sharing. Keep caring.
Keep sharing. Keep caring.
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#Halloween 2025 is in the books. Not sure how many kids we got this year, but the weather was good so I’m going to guess the usual thousand-plus over two hours. We had just enough candy, and the 12 gallons of ‘special’ hot cider we made for the adults lasted not quite an hour and three-quarters.
November 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
#Halloween 2025 is in the books. Not sure how many kids we got this year, but the weather was good so I’m going to guess the usual thousand-plus over two hours. We had just enough candy, and the 12 gallons of ‘special’ hot cider we made for the adults lasted not quite an hour and three-quarters.
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When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.