May 2016
Month archive / 74 posts
Links: May 2016
A Final Visit With Prince: Rolling Stone’s Lost Cover Story
“All of us need to be able to reach out and just fix stuff. There's nothing that's unforgivable.”
The Contributions of Others: A Session with Jeremy Keith
“I’ve found that on the web, it’s best to assume nothing. That might sound like a scary prospect, but it’s actually quite liberating. Giving up on “pixel-perfect” control doesn’t mean giving up on quality. Quite the opposite: it… See more →
Before and after November, let’s step out of our bubbles, examine the Trump phenomenon, and have an honest dialogue with its participants.
Last night @jessiarrington accused me of having my shit together. I was speechless.
I just unearthed and opened an Illustrator file I created in 1997. The screen real estate game has changed.
The car alarm presumes to rely on generous community to protect selfish autonomy.
Ghost World
I have found the one stock image to rule them all.
“The hammer of criminal justice is the preferred tool of a society that has run out of ideas.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
“Soper kept typing, warning that the government had lost ‘common sense.’” washingtonpost.com/sf/national/20…
I started watching The Americans, and I’m impressed by how these spies manage to have all this incognito sex without their wigs coming off.
Lest we forget, algorithms reflect human biases. This one wrongly predicts higher recidivism risk for black people. propublica.org/article/machin…
Today’s sad news is an opportunity to remember that expressing thanks for things that move us is never time wasted. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
And then there was the time dozens of @RockBand fanatics scoured my online existence to try to solve this mystery. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
To wit: youtu.be/ZcySh35ahsY
And now the great Nick Menza has left us. I never got anywhere with the drums, but he was the guy who made me want to. Another tearful RIP.
Should women be able to vote? Should women be able to speak? Should women be able to breathe? Conundrums. twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…
Tonight was the night @tangentialism changed my life with a Sisters of Mercy karaoke performance.
The onomatopoeia quality of Trump’s airstair.
30(!) pages of notes and this collection of highlights tells me @hannahsbirch is @aneventapart’s best attendee ever. twitter.com/hannahsbirch/t…
One of many magic moments in chronological Prince listening: Dirty Mind coda “Partyup” dovetailing perfectly with Controversy’s title track.
“Here was Cinderella’s glass slipper, tiny and magical and impossible, rendered as sartorial expectation.” theatlantic.com/entertainment/…
Volume Three
Volume Two
Volume One
Just FYI, @abookapart is getting even better. twitter.com/abookapart/sta…
“Why bother paying a premium for the name-brand stuff?” I say, standing in the toilet paper aisle, congratulating myself too soon.
♩ I verified the math
♩ and double-checked the syntax
@lowtheband always gets stuck in my head when I’m coding. youtu.be/C5r1E4YBeZA
“In terms of our liberal democracy and constitutional order, Trump is an extinction-level event.”
A must-read.
My block just got NYC’s new LED street lights, which is good news for anyone with a burning desire to see my neighborhood from outer space.
The most salient point about Sanders’s electability: his vulnerability to attack is still untested. slate.com/articles/news_…
“If you can’t win anymore, you can only lose.” newyorker.com/news/sporting-…
Interesting read on how the design of social media platforms is inadvertently proliferating the lunatic fringe. fastcoexist.com/3059742/social…
1985, home of the American Music Award for “Favorite Black Single,” announced by the whitest folks they could find. grantland.com/hollywood-pros…
Starting to think @whitelungband’s @kennethwilliamm is his generation’s Johnny Marr. Such an inventive guitarist. whitelung.bandcamp.com/track/i-beg-you
I’ve often wondered if I’d bite if this ever happened. Now I have my answer. See you soon, Chicago. twitter.com/pitchfork/stat…
Are users of other third-party Twitter clients having this issue? Is it the Twitter API or is it @tweetbot? twitter.com/robweychert/st…
My @tweetbot Activity tab is omitting random likes that are otherwise visible in Twitter’s notifications. Any other users having this issue?
The latest from @lenagroeger’s excellent Visual Evidence column explains typography’s importance beyond aesthetics. propublica.org/article/how-ty…
Wait, let me make some popcorn first. twitter.com/washingtonpost…
Just stumbled upon a 2015 forum post in which hobbyist animators say nice things about an amateur film I made in 1998. Kinda made my night.
“Remember when everybody used to have those arguments about who’s better, Michael Jackson or Prince? Prince won.” slate.com/blogs/browbeat…
Lots of great takeaways from @mikeindustries’s ruminations on his time leading design at Twitter. mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2…
If you make websites, @j9t’s indices of HTML elements and CSS properties are super handy.
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Learn about the misinformation hives known as “crisis pregnancy centers” with @FullFrontalSamB and @pattonoswalt. youtu.be/SY0A6gyyQys
Green Room
And Then There Were None
“And [Ted Cruz] meant it. He had to. At the Supreme Court, there were real consequences for institutional nihilism.” slate.com/articles/news_…
“What these podcasters [want] is the same tool web publishers have used… to systematically ruin web content…” marco.org/2016/05/07/app…
Purple
Sign o’ the Times
Paradise
Heartless
In my dream, I was concerned about @essl and @VictoriaMia’s plan to combine our neighboring suburban land for the Gathering of the Juggalos.
Today I signed up for @Venmo. I’m stunned that it has a social component, a privacy nightmare turned on by default. Use @SquareCash, people!
Perfection. twitter.com/robertsonjerry…
That little dissonant detour in the chorus of “Sometimes It Snows in April.”
This isn’t about partisan polarization, but it does seem to reflect our growing tendency toward knee-jerk opinions. twitter.com/FiveThirtyEigh…
Beiber show in my hood tonight. Easily accessible via Long Island Railroad and 11 subway lines. The night air is a cacophony of car horns.
An app to monitor how often you say “thank you.”
Parade
Around the World in a Day
The Purge
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
“All of us need to be able to reach out and just fix stuff. There’s nothing that’s unforgivable.” rollingstone.com/music/features…
Waiting for the bats.
Upon opening today, @gourdough was missing ingredients that prevented them from making roughly ¾ of their menu. 😕
Josh Buckley
I think one of the things I love about music is that it seems like both a miracle and an inevitability.
Nothing says “Important work is being done here” like Cooper Black.
Looks like you can’t bring guns into the Texas Capitol. #ComeAndTakeIt
