Jesse Scaryland
@youngelpaso.bsky.social
Web developer, family man, unrepentant slacker wannabe in Montreal, late of Hamilton, Ontario.
Older than you'd imagine.
Frontend dev built the design system at McGill University. JS frameworks, Web components, CSS, HTML baybee!
He/him
Older than you'd imagine.
Frontend dev built the design system at McGill University. JS frameworks, Web components, CSS, HTML baybee!
He/him
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Jesse Scaryland
@youngelpaso.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Trying out @11ty.dev with Webc. Pretty pretty pretty nice! Enjoyable experience so far and is-island a nice addition. Between Lit, Svelte, Astro and 11ty there's a lot of good frontend options these days for a whole range of sites/component models.
Yikes! Crushing because true. Fucking hell though. Gonna have to compartmentalize this one for a while. Radioactively true and powerful.
I wrote this in April 2020.
I’m Fine
There are no innocuous questions anymore. “How are you today?” a cashier asked me. “I’m fine,” I said out loud to myself. Before the virus this interaction was the polite way to respond without saying anything. People with depression, trauma, or stress could
I’m Fine
There are no innocuous questions anymore. “How are you today?” a cashier asked me. “I’m fine,” I said out loud to myself. Before the virus this interaction was the polite way to respond without saying anything. People with depression, trauma, or stress could
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yikes! Crushing because true. Fucking hell though. Gonna have to compartmentalize this one for a while. Radioactively true and powerful.
I've been up for 3 hours already. Made some lunches, took a kid to basketball practice, brought the car to the mechanic. Now like a good Canadian I'm hating Trump, reading Bluesky and hanging out at a Tims (Tim Hortons to the ignorant) on St Jacques Blvd in Montreal. #crushingit
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I've been up for 3 hours already. Made some lunches, took a kid to basketball practice, brought the car to the mechanic. Now like a good Canadian I'm hating Trump, reading Bluesky and hanging out at a Tims (Tim Hortons to the ignorant) on St Jacques Blvd in Montreal. #crushingit
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Refusing to report the public actions of a public figure, because you're afraid of being sued. In another country. For shame.
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Refusing to report the public actions of a public figure, because you're afraid of being sued. In another country. For shame.
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Added some new original art to my store andiwatson.bigcartel.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Added some new original art to my store andiwatson.bigcartel.com
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Nothing else is quite like the feeling of running into a gonzo paragraph like this one.
![A screenshot which reads:
"Inspired by Theosophical lore and several visiting Mongol lamas, Gleb Bokii, the chief Bolshevik cryptographer and one of the bosses of the Soviet secret police, along with his writer friend Alexander Barchenko, embarked on a quest for Shambhala, in an attempt to merge Kalachakra-tantra and ideas of Communism in the 1920s. Among other things, in a secret laboratory affiliated with the secret police, Bokii and Barchenko experimented with Buddhist spiritual techniques to try to find a key for engineering perfect communist human beings.[17] They contemplated a special expedition to Inner Asia to retrieve the wisdom of Shambhala – the project fell through as a result of intrigues within the Soviet intelligence service, as well as rival efforts of the Soviet Foreign Commissariat that sent its own expedition to Tibet in 1924."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ekew4wtc2m4ctroumek7kr4l/bafkreidabk6ljvos3wdgnum2ao7enwzc46kdkcxc2afw5ahfchncacn5tm@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Nothing else is quite like the feeling of running into a gonzo paragraph like this one.
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Going to war as "a favor to our oil companies" used to be something Republicans vigorously denied.
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Going to war as "a favor to our oil companies" used to be something Republicans vigorously denied.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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Featured story: Weeks after a transphobic attack, dozens of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming folks gathered on the “free side” of Austin’s Barton Springs to swim, celebrate, and fearlessly take up space.
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Featured story: Weeks after a transphobic attack, dozens of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming folks gathered on the “free side” of Austin’s Barton Springs to swim, celebrate, and fearlessly take up space.
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
@kitoconnell.com was there to witness this moment of queer joy and resilience...
Today I learned that two movies featuring the late, great John Candy are in fact totally interlinked! #HomeAlone, which features a scene-stealing John Candy performance, was inspired by the filming of Uncle Buck, which of course starred Candy as the titular character. What a legend! #unclebuck
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Today I learned that two movies featuring the late, great John Candy are in fact totally interlinked! #HomeAlone, which features a scene-stealing John Candy performance, was inspired by the filming of Uncle Buck, which of course starred Candy as the titular character. What a legend! #unclebuck
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I swear by www.backmarket.com/en-us for this kind of stuff too. Got my mom's and brother's new phones off here and my current mainline devices.
Buying new is buying dumb (IMO)
Buying new is buying dumb (IMO)
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I swear by www.backmarket.com/en-us for this kind of stuff too. Got my mom's and brother's new phones off here and my current mainline devices.
Buying new is buying dumb (IMO)
Buying new is buying dumb (IMO)
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Mildred Pierce's maxim was that you should never leave one room without knowing what you are going to do in the next one. I disappoint that bitch each and every day though, because what the FUCK did I come to the kitchen for, I cannot recall for the life of me.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Mildred Pierce's maxim was that you should never leave one room without knowing what you are going to do in the next one. I disappoint that bitch each and every day though, because what the FUCK did I come to the kitchen for, I cannot recall for the life of me.
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it's saturday and we're supposed to be trying to make money.
but it's also less than a week from the most magical thing we're lucky enough to be a part of, where making money does not matter at all.
we'll open up donations to the gift-giving pot on wednesday.
but it's also less than a week from the most magical thing we're lucky enough to be a part of, where making money does not matter at all.
we'll open up donations to the gift-giving pot on wednesday.
FREE FRIDAY | artbymox
time to do some good.
artbymox.shop
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
it's saturday and we're supposed to be trying to make money.
but it's also less than a week from the most magical thing we're lucky enough to be a part of, where making money does not matter at all.
we'll open up donations to the gift-giving pot on wednesday.
but it's also less than a week from the most magical thing we're lucky enough to be a part of, where making money does not matter at all.
we'll open up donations to the gift-giving pot on wednesday.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
The best take I've seen yet
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The best take I've seen yet
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Art by • David Mattingly
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Art by • David Mattingly
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Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
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Happy 83rd Birthday to Martin Scorsese
Happy Birthday, Martin Scorsese!
Listen to him tell the story of his one & only encounter with John Wayne (part 1 of 3):
Listen to him tell the story of his one & only encounter with John Wayne (part 1 of 3):
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy 83rd Birthday to Martin Scorsese
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me, putting on robes and garlands and amulets www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jO...
Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan (Bardcore | Medieval Style Cover)
YouTube video by Hildegard von Blingin'
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
me, putting on robes and garlands and amulets www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jO...
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The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are missing with the aim to improve your code in the long term.
piccalil.li/blog/program...
piccalil.li/blog/program...
Programming principles for self taught front-end developers
The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are...
piccalil.li
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are missing with the aim to improve your code in the long term.
piccalil.li/blog/program...
piccalil.li/blog/program...
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Horror website?
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Horror website?