owen m
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it's like every band was holding back in order to all have fall tours at the same time. seeing more shows in the next two weeks than i saw in the first half of the year
October 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
it's like every band was holding back in order to all have fall tours at the same time. seeing more shows in the next two weeks than i saw in the first half of the year
it's cute how we always imagined the sci-fi dystopia as hyper-developed urban cores when NIMBYs won't even allow the construction of a five over one and a light rail
October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
it's cute how we always imagined the sci-fi dystopia as hyper-developed urban cores when NIMBYs won't even allow the construction of a five over one and a light rail
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
I'm excited to share that on Monday I start with the AppKit team at Apple! It's been incredible to work with the amazing visionOS UI frameworks team the last few years and bring spatial computing to life. The Mac was the computer that made me love computers and I'm so excited to work on it again.
August 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I'm excited to share that on Monday I start with the AppKit team at Apple! It's been incredible to work with the amazing visionOS UI frameworks team the last few years and bring spatial computing to life. The Mac was the computer that made me love computers and I'm so excited to work on it again.
i'm genuinely coming around to being really happy to pay for the websites and newsletters i read and enjoy but please, please, keep me signed in and don't rely on "magic link" emails that take ten minutes to show up in my inbox. if i'm paying for your work, it sucks to be hit with a paywall so often
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
i'm genuinely coming around to being really happy to pay for the websites and newsletters i read and enjoy but please, please, keep me signed in and don't rely on "magic link" emails that take ten minutes to show up in my inbox. if i'm paying for your work, it sucks to be hit with a paywall so often
i swear every dentist is in the pocket of Big Waterpick
August 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
i swear every dentist is in the pocket of Big Waterpick
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I wrote this column and I'll just say that the original headline was much meaner. The piece itself, though, is still very angry and very mean, I assure you.
I’m Starting To Worry This Industry Has No Respect For The People Who Work In It
Once your stock options were fully vested, did you sell off all the shares in your humanity?
www.thegamer.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote this column and I'll just say that the original headline was much meaner. The piece itself, though, is still very angry and very mean, I assure you.
a movie like Tomorrow, except only Weird Al songs exist and one guy remembers the originals
July 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
a movie like Tomorrow, except only Weird Al songs exist and one guy remembers the originals
no i'm not going to summerfest, im going to sumer fest. it's like the ren faire but we reenact the earliest human civilization
July 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
no i'm not going to summerfest, im going to sumer fest. it's like the ren faire but we reenact the earliest human civilization
people say "nice" to 69 because it's the perfect temperature to be outside in a t-shirt and jeans
June 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
people say "nice" to 69 because it's the perfect temperature to be outside in a t-shirt and jeans
it's been great to see so many familiar faces and meet so many new people at #wwdc25 this year!! very thrilled to see the new design with Liquid Glass out in the wild and the enthusiasm from everyone has been so wonderful
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
it's been great to see so many familiar faces and meet so many new people at #wwdc25 this year!! very thrilled to see the new design with Liquid Glass out in the wild and the enthusiasm from everyone has been so wonderful
family guy has done a lot of cultural damage but the one that's maybe most personally frustrating is giving the phrase "it insists upon itself" to the "curtain is fucking blue" people.
June 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
family guy has done a lot of cultural damage but the one that's maybe most personally frustrating is giving the phrase "it insists upon itself" to the "curtain is fucking blue" people.
not a day goes by where i don't yearn for the simpler era of vagueposting emo song lyrics
May 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
not a day goes by where i don't yearn for the simpler era of vagueposting emo song lyrics
honestly i've never met a lamp i liked. i don't know what kind of lamp i would like but it's definitely none of the ones i've ever seen. every lamp is a compromise
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
honestly i've never met a lamp i liked. i don't know what kind of lamp i would like but it's definitely none of the ones i've ever seen. every lamp is a compromise
everyone who thinks summer is better than winter, why do you think they made hell hot and not cold
May 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
everyone who thinks summer is better than winter, why do you think they made hell hot and not cold
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I will not play grand theft auto because it perpetuates car culture :/
May 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not play grand theft auto because it perpetuates car culture :/
the US has toppled dictatorships before and it's time for us to do it again.
April 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the US has toppled dictatorships before and it's time for us to do it again.
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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
when i was a kid i thought a blender was something every adult must end up with at some point but no, you can just go your whole adult life without one of those things
March 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
when i was a kid i thought a blender was something every adult must end up with at some point but no, you can just go your whole adult life without one of those things
idk what's up with the brightness in silo season 2 but the reflection of my room in the tv is brighter than some of these scenes
March 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
idk what's up with the brightness in silo season 2 but the reflection of my room in the tv is brighter than some of these scenes
i honestly really hate magic link logins. with a password manager i can log in instantly, with magic links i often have to wait 5+ minutes and usually go dig the link out of the trash.
February 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
i honestly really hate magic link logins. with a password manager i can log in instantly, with magic links i often have to wait 5+ minutes and usually go dig the link out of the trash.
imagine if they made oranges without all the gross white stringy bits, it would be too powerful
February 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
imagine if they made oranges without all the gross white stringy bits, it would be too powerful
just a typical millennial night of eating taco bell and watching vine compilations
February 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
just a typical millennial night of eating taco bell and watching vine compilations
born to set emo lyrics as my AIM status, doomed to set "in a meeting, slow to respond" as my Slack status
February 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
born to set emo lyrics as my AIM status, doomed to set "in a meeting, slow to respond" as my Slack status