I really enjoy this series of interactive explanations of various every-day technology concepts and you may, too

shri@shrikhalpada.dev · 4d ago

the next "how the heck" piece is live! it's all about image files and the tricks they use to save space, from information theory to how our eyes work :)

I mean, we all joked about comic sans and everything, but what I wouldn't give to see it on a poster these days instead of that fucking dreadful slop font. Would go to war for comic sans, I would run through a wall for times new roman. Impact, I take back everything I said about you.

I'm looking for a new role as a lead frontend/TypeScript engineer. 👋 13 years of experience and I formerly led the web team at Unsplash. My CV: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hp7w... If you know of any roles, please reach out. I'd really appreciate if you could share. Thank you!

She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.

@mu.social hi folks—I fairly persistently (at least several times a week) lose my Mu auth status and have to re-auth to stay signed in. especially common if I open Mu links in new tabs. Firefox on Mac. is this a known issue? happy to help debug any way I can

New project! Two influential word lists made by language researchers define an "essential English vocabulary" for learners: one from 1953 and another from 2023. In this essay, Jasmine Nackash examines the differences between them and what that says about us. link: pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...

Thinking of starting a church for people who believe in dishwasher salt. I know there's others like me out there

I _know_ this is very 2013 of me but I find myself in need of a free (for non-commercial use) typeface with an outrageously good ampersand and I'm out of touch, help

@atls.city !set GB-ENG-London

if they're going to have a half time show that's as... interesting as this, please at least let graham norton provide some acerbic commentary during it

I've been freelance for six going on seven PMs (twelve years) now and I can't think of a single thing the governments of that era have done to make life easier

Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 2w ago

Self-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/

git has an experimental git history command as of 2.54/2.55 and it deserves more attention. Fixup, reword, or split a commit buried in your stack, and every branch built on top rebases automatically. It's already in core git, nothing to install. lalitm.com/post/git-history/

the year is 2030. Spain, Portugal and Morocco are hosting the world cup. 46 teams are in attendance. Meanwhile in Vancouver, BC, in the fourth year of the penalty shootout between Colombia and Switzerland, the score is 0-0

Air to Ground Message: HELLLLL YEAAAAA SEND THAT 41 YEAR OLD FRAUD HOME Area: Jacksonville, FL, USA Type: Airbus A319 A: #a1cb08a6b75 F: #fee17899d51

A thread, because things are feeling rough at present. 🧵👇 I'm not quite sure where to go or what to do. I'm watching my peers slowly burn out, go quiet, quit the industry, or struggle on hoping it'll get better in time. Even if the storm is weathered, what comes out the other side?

It’s 43 minutes past midnight. This is downtown Oslo.

Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈@patigallardo.bsky.social · last mo.

I think maybe tomorrow is canceled

taking the antenna off the roof because I’m worried about the glances my wife is throwing the norwegian team

I have had the biggest shit-eating grin on my face ever since that second Norway goal went in. sports is good actually

Hey y'all, putting out the bat signal: I'm looking for full-time, part-time, or contract work in product design or frontend development. ("Design engineering" if you're trendy.) Over a decade of experience building design systems for startups, healthcare, civic tech + more. ky.fyi

Ky Decker

Ky is a designer and web developer based in NYC.

ky.fyi

I used to recommend Mullvad a lot, I guess that stops today 🤷🗑️ det.social/@lostgen/116...

the primary reason I want gaming on MacOS to get better is because my MBP consumes a tenth of the power of my gaming PC, which is crucial in These Trying Times

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).

when this is all over they must pay for taking ✨ away from us

This might be my last year living in the UK. Next spring, I'm hoping to move to Japan and I plan to start looking for jobs soon. I would love to have a job that would let me continue or increase my participation in the CSSWG. If anyone knows an org in Japan that could hire me, please let me know

hey y'all, I know times are tough, but if you have any $ you can spare this month for our scrappy team of volunteers building open source tools for trans people, we deeply appreciate every share and donation 💜 plus if you donate and DM or email me, I will personally mail you some stickers 💌

Namesake@namesake.fyi · 2mo ago

Happy Pride Month from us at Namesake 💜 We’re living in dangerous and uncertain times, but our team is committed to helping empower trans people through our tools and resources.

it's wild that the this nation's entire economy is just "house" and the two websites with houses on them don't let you do things such as search by size of house, search by proximity of house to nearest rail or tube station, search for house with balcony _or_ garden, or anything actually useful

Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...

put your tops back on lads, nobody wants to see that

Tomas@m0byduck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just in general?