@colortexturedesign.bsky.social
American in London. She/her if it matters. Will never be fully bilingual in metric - feet and Fahrenheit forever.
Trump take homes
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have upended industry.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump take homes
Stamps going woke. I used to love going to lowrider car shows in LA
Check out these lowrider stamps the USPS will be releasing in 2026. [kottke.org]
USPS Lowrider Stamps
The US Postal Service released a sneak peek at some of the stamps they’re going to release in 2026. Among them are these lowrider stamps:
Five models grace the stamps: a blue 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline named Let the Goo
kottke.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Stamps going woke. I used to love going to lowrider car shows in LA
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Very true. And more to the point, looking at this graph, it's an even more powerful wedge with Independents, who tend to decide close elections. And 59% of Independents "Strongly disapprove or Somewhat disapprove" of Trump's handling of Epstein!! In fact, a paltry 18% approve to any degree.
The first critique that she makes is that Trump changed his tune on the Epstein files and called them a hoax. That's a genuine wedge issue that we can use to split the Republican base.
It's one of Trump's least popular issues among Republicans.
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
It's one of Trump's least popular issues among Republicans.
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Very true. And more to the point, looking at this graph, it's an even more powerful wedge with Independents, who tend to decide close elections. And 59% of Independents "Strongly disapprove or Somewhat disapprove" of Trump's handling of Epstein!! In fact, a paltry 18% approve to any degree.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Good sign for the UK economy
No longer ‘unloved’: retailers investing more in physical stores, UK data shows
No longer ‘unloved’: retailers investing more in physical stores, UK data shows
Knight Frank says shopping centres and food stores lead revival as retail outperforms other commercial property
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Shoppers shun UK high streets despite lure of Boxing Day sales
UK retailers are investing more in bricks and mortar, with shopping centres and food stores leading a revival, according to research.
Retailers and property investors are reallocating capital back into physical stores, according to the property group Knight Frank. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Good sign for the UK economy
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
Small hands small audience
Preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research showed the Kennedy Center Honors garnered the “smallest audience ever on the night of December 23, 2025." trib.al/VdukWAP
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Small hands small audience
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Stephen Miller is a horrible racist in the sense that he is actually not that good at being racist.
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Stephen Miller is a horrible racist in the sense that he is actually not that good at being racist.
Head of lettuce update - doesn’t sound like she’s good
Liz Truss is so funny because she might be the first recorded case of Twitter frying the brain of a celebrity without anyone on the platform actually engaging with her.
She became a fascist lunatic by osmosis because she's not important or interesting enough to have a fanbase to pull her right.
She became a fascist lunatic by osmosis because she's not important or interesting enough to have a fanbase to pull her right.
December 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Head of lettuce update - doesn’t sound like she’s good
💯, these accounts are instablocks for me. I only give to recognized, vetted charities
Feels like the Nigerian Prince scam of my generation.
Boomers fell for it under the belief they'd get rich, taking advantage of their greed while zoomers fell for it under the belief they'd be helping actual Palestinians, taking advantage of their empathy and solidarity.
Boomers fell for it under the belief they'd get rich, taking advantage of their greed while zoomers fell for it under the belief they'd be helping actual Palestinians, taking advantage of their empathy and solidarity.
December 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
💯, these accounts are instablocks for me. I only give to recognized, vetted charities
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It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
Not the side that I thought I would be on, but the king and the pope seem alright
getting both the king and the pope in the global cultural divorce
Could the idea of making Rupert Lowe the King instead be "mainstreamed", ask the online racist right!
December 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Not the side that I thought I would be on, but the king and the pope seem alright
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family is where you find it. never forget that. and if you need permission to walk away, you have it from your auntie shauna.
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
family is where you find it. never forget that. and if you need permission to walk away, you have it from your auntie shauna.
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Hahaha, a literal Nazi is popular with young men! Isn’t that so much fun?!
These people are a blight.
These people are a blight.
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Hahaha, a literal Nazi is popular with young men! Isn’t that so much fun?!
These people are a blight.
These people are a blight.
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Jacob Wohl is the guy of “I overheard people talking in a hipster coffee shop about how much they love Donald Trump” fame. He’s apparently now making six figures securing pardons for fraudsters.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jacob Wohl is the guy of “I overheard people talking in a hipster coffee shop about how much they love Donald Trump” fame. He’s apparently now making six figures securing pardons for fraudsters.
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Epstein survivor Marijke Chartouni reacts to Donald Trump's latest post about Jeffrey Epstein: "Every accusation is a confession. Cheers. 🥂"
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Epstein survivor Marijke Chartouni reacts to Donald Trump's latest post about Jeffrey Epstein: "Every accusation is a confession. Cheers. 🥂"
Bitcoin pedophiles making it hard to tell which Epstein pictures are real
tech bros trying to convince everyone epstein is cool is so telling and interesting
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Bitcoin pedophiles making it hard to tell which Epstein pictures are real
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There’s obviously religiously motivated violence in Nigeria the questions are
-can we do anything to stop it?
-if it’s as bad as they are saying, why aren’t we accepting refugees from Nigeria?
-can we do anything to stop it?
-if it’s as bad as they are saying, why aren’t we accepting refugees from Nigeria?
Everyone seems surprised, but US/UK RW and evangelical groups have been agitating about "Christian genocide" in Nigeria for years.
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
There’s obviously religiously motivated violence in Nigeria the questions are
-can we do anything to stop it?
-if it’s as bad as they are saying, why aren’t we accepting refugees from Nigeria?
-can we do anything to stop it?
-if it’s as bad as they are saying, why aren’t we accepting refugees from Nigeria?
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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I also got my 3-year-old a Playmobil portable shitter
December 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I also got my 3-year-old a Playmobil portable shitter
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
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Lol
A Christmas story.
"ICE officials are also investigating the couple for other crimes. They were found with a substantial amount of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 'What are those luxury goods doing in their possession?' asked the ICE spokesman, taking a moment to adjust his mask."
December 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Lol
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One fun thing about the Japanese is we love the FUCK out of Christmas and have only the loosest concept of what is going on
Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
December 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
One fun thing about the Japanese is we love the FUCK out of Christmas and have only the loosest concept of what is going on