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“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.” · JOHN MUIR

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  • “The end of Temporary Protected Status has... Jason Kottke

    “The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.” The CEO of the center: “Th…

    Today · 10:01
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    • Illustrator Chris Piascik has made several of his...
    • Stamps: Graphic Art in Miniature
    • I learned two important pieces of news in this post: 1)...
    • This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered...
    • Spurious Correlations
    • Minnesota community leaders are calling for an...
    • A huge collection of graphic design archives and...
    • “There isn’t a lot of reliable information...
    • Prettifying Graffiti
    • “AI skeptics need to update their priors: Plenty of...
    • Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and...
    • Your Friends Are Still Acting Like Everything is Normal...
    • Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education....
    • Thing I did not know I was looking for (but totally was):...
    • Vintage Tourist Maps of Japan
    • The Copyrightability of Fonts Revisited by Matthew...
    • Clint Smith visits the National Memorial for Peace and...
    • Bruce Springstein wrote & recorded a song about...
    • David Lynch Went to the First Beatles Concert in the US (1964)
    • Why do RSS readers look like email clients? “When...
    • A collection of “well-made apps and sites”...
    • People Photographed With Their Vehicles
    • Why Some People See Collapse Earlier Than Others :...
    • Kristen Radtke remembers Alex Pretti . “I...
    • An Archive of Italian Graphic Design
    • An impressive isometric map of NYC , built with AI...
    • Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube
    • You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule . “Kitchen work is...
    • Information You Could Hold in Your Hand
    • Science magazine: US government has lost more than...
    • The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams ....
  • Studio Notes #69 Dan Cederholm

    Hi Folks,Normally we'd deliver quick bits to you, as we do every Friday. Today however, we are essentially closed for business; standing in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and all people…

    Two Days Ago · 10:14
  • Hand-me-down tools for school Derek Featherstone

    Tools I've used in my tech life that help my son in school…

    Three Days Ago · 19:33
  • Minimum viable image optimization Stoyan Stefanov

    This post is another installment of the series dedicated to building sightread.org. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. When I was writing the last blog post, it occurred to me that I'm still optimizing images by ha…

    Three Days Ago · 17:10
  • Mark your calendar: Local News Day is 9 April Jeffrey Zeldman

    It’s no secret that newspapers across the country exist in a fragile ecosystem. Automattic has long supported journalism and local media with investments in publications and platforms like Longread…

    Three Days Ago · 09:57
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  • Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood Jeremy Keith

    Towards the end of 2025, I wrote: I think I might change things up in 2026. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to write all the little reviews at once, I think I should write a review…

    Three Days Ago · 07:45
  • Tubes Chris Coyier

    Me, Stacey, and Miriam kicking it talkabout about CSS Scope & Mixins: Daniel and I chattin’ about playing the long game…

    Four Days Ago · 17:11
  • 🔗 Loud Room Rob Weychert

    Jason Santa Maria’s new independent design practice has a great name and a great logo, befitting the quality and character of his work. And the site, an appropriately simple introduction,…

    Four Days Ago · 09:21
  • Meet Loud Room Jason Santa Maria

    Early last year I ventured out on my own again, taking on contract design work after a long stretch away. Not long after, I settled on a name to work under, and now I’m excited to share th…

    Four Days Ago · 09:00
  • Chasm Lake, Again Naz Hamid

    2,545 feet of elevation gain, microspikes, and age. Jen and I are ascending. The hike starts immediately with it. This was tougher than the last time. That last time was seven and a half…

    The Other Day · 21:25
  • Velocity: Fast & Beautifully Furious John Boardley

    Read the book, Typographic Firsts Velocity is an attention-grabbing all-caps sans serif with horizontally tight letterforms that prioritize compactness without feeling cramped. Its high degree of curv…

    The Other Day · 19:15
  • Making interesting borders with CSS corner-shape Cassidy Williams

    You can make cool beveled, rounded, notched, scooped, and elliptical borders with the new CSS corner-shape property!…

    The Other Day · 17:00
  • Kula Shaker at Truck Oxford Jon Hicks

    There was an excellent in-store performance from Kula Shaker at Truck Oxford tonight. They played songs from the new album Wormslayer: ‘Lucky Number‘, ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’, ‘Be Merc…

    The Other Day · 15:00

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