an alarming phenomenon of the past 15 years: advertising copy straight from a brand, using the voicing of a first person POV. makes no sense & abstracts the concept of a quote

when i see a band with 3 members in it: oo minimalist jazz combo are we? london punk band with a raw sound maybe?

when i see a band with 5 members in it: oo polyphonic spree then? big band playing standards? where’s count basie?

old guys have types of winter hat shapes that the rest of us simply don’t have access to

gone off that ghia

guy who goes on study abroad in france and comes back pronouncing pret a manger authentically

public speakerphone use is a major shift to social norms that seems to have an exact 50-50 split of opinion. doesn’t really seem reckoned with yet

whoever named Jaco Pastorius got it 100% right. That thing is a Jaco Pastorius

this is not at all fair but i can’t help feeling “oh i NEVER have cash on me” people are experiencing a very limited slice of public life

a real headline i saw when i opened my robinhood app

bluesky algo mostly great minus the bizarrely high quantity of furry art in the “discover” tab

speeding commuters in SUVs are 100x more dangerous than any other kind of stranger you encounter in public space

happy to be on bluesky can someone show me where all the little freaks are