Shawn

Sewing pattern for part of a shirt. It is clearly made from a dark brown manuscript page with small lettering written in two columns.

This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling

NIGHT AGAIN The sun goes down The moon rises It's night again! Alas, the stars Shine with frigid Ferocity The world, wildly Beautiful, gets Worse all the time We get better No, sadder Though more refined Through suffering And joy, don't we? At night it's the truth

Peter Schjeldahl

I explained who David Lynch was to a car full of queers and then I realized I was the only one in the car who could remember Life Before Google and y’all I think I am become an Elder Trans, now where do I go to unlock my Eldritch Powers

"this will be the year that I read my backlog of books" I whisper as I add another 50 titles to my TBR list and relocate my Calibre library one more time

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

Is there a site like Libro.fm but for ebooks? I want to buy epub/pdf format books and support my local bookstores.

MacOS when I want to open a .docx file with Pages: “Sure, I’ll open that for you!”
MacOS when I want to open a .docx file with LibreOffice: “Seems sus, did you mean throw it in the trash?”

“Well,” Lynch said, “imagine if you did find a book of riddles, and you could start unraveling them, but they were really complicated. Mysteries would become apparent and thrill you. We all find this book of riddles and it’s just what’s going on. And you can figure them out. The problem is, you figure them out inside yourself, and even if you told somebody, they wouldn’t believe you or understand it in the same way you do.”

from the Variety article, Lynch casually explaining every conversation I’ve had with my mom about my transness in a throwaway interview line

after I saw the TV show Twin Peaks I came across the restaurant of the same name, which turned out to be a strangely erotic hunting lodge-themed sports bar. I was a single lesbian in Texas reading a book about neuroscience over my burger and beer and sometimes I still dream about that waitress.

Dug up an external hard drive (10-12 yrs old?) with lots of music files that I didn’t know I still had. ‘Scuse me while I reminisce

I got my one and only speeding ticket in a Prius and at the court appearance the judge was like “I didn’t know they could go that fast” and I was like “Your Honor, neither did I”

Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle!

1. Our models of the world are always wrong in important and dangerous ways.

2. The automated systems we build embed these models within them.

Therefore,

3. our automated systems are forever at risk at getting the world wrong in dangerous ways.

Look, I get why games websites do better security than average, but why is it easier to protect my third-party Magic Online trade binder with good 2FA than it is to protect my private health information with good 2FA? (I mean... I *get* it but also if you have a good explainer, I'm always open.)

Topical to the theme of my month

Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History.

The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:

A thread.