September 2019

I made my annual voyage north this past weekend for the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Forsaking any notion of downtime, I made it to 12 screenings in the space of 48 hours this year. Below are my notes on each of the 56 films in the short film competition, as well as four of the features in competition, and a handful of other screenings. Links are provided to films and trailers when available, with embeds… See more →

Today I learned that darts is a televised sporting event. Slow motion promos and everything. Thousands of spectators.

if i were a brand consultant i’d suggest the tsa change its name to the much more direct and exciting “dystopia now!”

remember last week? we were so young

so much talk lately about this guy joe biden who is apparently the president of vice media?

Thanks to the guy on the C train blaring “Kung Fu Fighting” on repeat, I knocked out my quadrennial KFF listening quota in a single morning!

The brief eternity of unsolicited beard advice I got last night was a godsend because I just woke up with this thing on my face yesterday.

If we must have design competitions, let’s have more jurors like @danmall who are willing to look beyond the surface. danmall.me/articles/comma…

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Well, the age of streaming services was fun while it lasted. Back to the cave I go. twitter.com/TwitterMoments…

I finally read @scottmccloud’s Understanding Comics and frankly I’m offended that no educator ever required me to read it.

hello i am tweeting to let you know i just saw a ferrari with an OLIGARCH vanity plate thank you for your time

Behind the Curve is an examination of the growing community of people who fervently believe the earth is flat. While the film doesn’t support their cause, it doesn’t ridicule them either, and I had hoped its genuine curiosity might shed some light on the nature of conspiracist thinking. In speaking with psychologists and other scientists, it does offer cursory explanations of how confirmation bias and logical fallacies factor into the intractability of misbegotten beliefs. But… See more →

why weren’t there assemblies in elementary school to warn me about how much hair would one day be growing on and out of my ears

This is about the zillionth time I’ve seen @lowtheband and I think the first time I’ve seen them play “Do You Know How to Waltz?” What a gift. My favorite moment of 2019 so far.

This may not elevate your opinion of Trump’s progeny, but maybe you’ll be comforted to know they’re as deeply unhappy as their father is. twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…

“To those who say this is a half-baked idea, I would say, ‘what’s your idea?’”

If only anyone had another idea for preventing shootings! twitter.com/washingtonpost…

Last week @funsize generously donated a week of great design work to @propublica. I’m excited to start developing the ideas they generated!

So this is my day. Tune in to see if some of my old @Harmonix buddies and I are still any good at Beatles Rock Band after 10 years! twitter.com/alex_navarro/s…

today youtube recommended i watch a video of a guy playing enter sandman on drums with dildos and then i closed youtube

Y’all, I had the best night catching up and talking accessibility with my bff @goodwitch.

The books I read this summer.