This #typeface is made for beginners, but I still too scared to try knitting again. kottke.org/25/10/knit-h...
Knit Hello, a Simple Typeface for Knitting
Designer Rüdiger Schlömer has created a new typeface for beginning knitters called Knit Hello. Knit Hello is a typeface for
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Thanks, I wasn't aware of this ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6o_... i.e. The Woolmark Company: www.designboom.com/design/wear-... Certainly, makes you think.
Wear Wool, Not Waste
YouTube video by The Woolmark Company
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Do Not Wish@donotwish.com · last yr.
One of the nicest examples of yarn bombing was work done by guerrilla artist Olek in 2012 on Einstein's sculpture outside the National Academy of Sciences! Portland, carry on with your war preparations on the Left Coast! Awesome!
Dj Connell@itbodes.bsky.social · 10mo agoPORTLAND PREPARES FOR WAR Photo of trees downtown which have been “yarn bombed” by makers knitting colorful patches and wrapping them around their trunks. No trees were harmed in the making of this art form. 💚 🍄🚲🗽🌦️🐿️☕️🧶 #ICE #Knitting #INeedCoffee
A young couple, excited to start a new chapter in their lives, is suddenly put on a very different trajectory.
Watch Out for That Tree
Small human plans that run into much larger obstacles. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our premium subscription. Prologue: Angela's dad, an accountant, made a spreadsheet to p...
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Those who learn from history are doomed to watch other people repeat it
Nearly invisible from the street, this San Francisco hill’s only signs of human intervention are a massive concrete floor and a single green bench, for maximum sunrise-watching.
School children fought for this park. Now it’s San Francisco’s secret getaway
Nearly invisible from the street, this San Francisco hill’s only signs of human intervention are a massive concrete floor and a single green bench, for maximum sunrise-watching.
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“… But when you join and you realize, oh, they're actually trying to do the thing that I already wanted them to do” @planetmoney.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/06/13/1...
Why I joined DOGE : Planet Money
What was it like to work inside Elon Musk's DOGE? The cost-cutting initiative promised transparency, but most of its actions have been shrouded in secrecy.For months, there were reports of software en...
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The world also lost Sebastião Salgado, a legendary photographer, champion of the environment and chronicler of his native Brazil’s forests, who died last week at 81. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/c...
The Amazon Loses One of Its Most Celebrated Chroniclers
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If you listened to this week’s show and were blown away by Bryan Stevenson, go back and listen to the show that @brookegladstone.bsky.social made about the museum Stevenson built www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Worst Thing We've Ever Done | On the Media | WNYC Studios
How do you fix a case of national amnesia? A case study in Berlin, and in Montgomery.
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The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products. Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe. Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats
No more controlling these “smart” thermostats from a phone.
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I know I am "After a decade of perfecting ironic distance, people suddenly seemed excited for someone to say, plainly, that they cared about their work and wanted it to mean something"
Elizabeth Goodspeed on why graphic designers can’t stop joking about hating their jobs
Designers are burnt out, disillusioned, and constantly joking that design ruined their life – but underneath the memes lies a deeper reckoning. Our US editor-at-large explores how irony became the ind...
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As states legislate against products containing PFAS, the chemical and consumer products industries are deploying lawyers and lobbyists to protect their investments.
States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Industry Is Fighting Back
As states legislate against products containing PFAS, the chemical and consumer products industries are deploying lawyers and lobbyists to protect their investments.
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BREAKING: US federal judge allows DOGE to takeover $500 million office building for free. In fact, the building—and all of the property inside it—had already been transferred on Saturday.
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Takeover $500 Million Office Building For Free
It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.
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There’s beauty in all kinds of reading whether its printed, textured braille, or the musical tones of the optophone. #99pi
The best podcast is back!
Alex Goldman@agoldman.bsky.social · last yr.Everyone get real excited -- huge huge news -- @heavyweight.bsky.social is coming back. I am so so excited, I can't begin to tell you. Also, I am here to tell you that Jonathan Goldstein is the rare human being who is exactly like he is on the radio IRL. He's humble, kind, curious, and so so funny.
Design isn’t just about designing anymore. It’s about playing the online game, building an audience, and becoming a content machine. It feels less about the work and more about marketing yourself. uxdesign.cc/the-design-g...
The design game has changed and I don’t know where I fit anymore
After two decades in design — leading teams, managing million-dollar portfolios, and launching products used by millions — I’m now…
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Some economists believe that all growth in living standards comes from scientific research and development. asteriskmag.com/issues/09/a-... @asteriskmag.bsky.social
A Defense of Weird Research—Asterisk
Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — and continues to pay for itself many times over.
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NEW: By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.
The X-ification of Meta
By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.
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DAMMIT NPR. I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded. Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
NPR@npr.org · 2y agoPeople feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Who is asking the unhelpful questions organizations list in their FAQs? It makes me think these are just headings you are all adding a question mark at the end 🤔
“The places that are rejected are often the only places of authenticity; the places that are embraced reflect only what others expect us to be”. - Andrew Levitt in The Inner Studio
Bay Area peeps! A few local bookstores REALLY need your help right now. In the Mission, Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe were both flooded during that intense rain. Deets: missionlocal.org/2024/11/miss... Also, East Bay Booksellers is reopening after a nasty fire: www.ebbooksellers.com PLS HELP
Several Mission businesses, affected by flooding, seek storm aid
Last week’s storm has passed, but issues linger with Mission Cultural Center, Adobe Books and Medicine for Nightmares.
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We're building up our community over here and wanted to amplify our corner of the bluesky-verse, so here's a list of our favorite podcasts/podcasters (we'll keep updating!) go.bsky.app/ACg8x7y
