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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · 29d

I switched to wired headphones and I'm not going back

Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 20

I’ve been learning both programming and chainmail every day AND exercising and it’s doing really weird things to my brain !!!

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 12

This ensemble creates music with different manipulations of magnetic tape and it’s all GREAT

Tape Bowing Ensemble - Open Reel Ensemble

YouTube video by Open Reel Ensemble

youtu.be

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 12

Roger Ebert’s savage and prescient takedown of fandom itself

“Extreme fandom may serve as a security blanket for the socially inept, who use its extreme structure as a substitute for social skills.”

The fandom menace: People, get a life! movie review (2009) | Roger Ebert

A lot of fans are basically fans of fandom itself. It's all about them. They have mastered the "Star Wars" or "Star Trek" universes or whatever, but their

www.rogerebert.com

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 10

Making up for the lost years I guess

a cartoon of a man riding a motorcycle in a futuristic city with the number 7 on the side

ALT: a cartoon of a man riding a motorcycle in a futuristic city with the number 7 on the side

media.tenor.com

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 10

I feel like raw with seeds removed makes a huge difference (like quartered with all the gooey stuff scooped out). Less watery, less bitter.

The move with sliced is good mayonnaise + salt

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 10

I finally watched Akira and would like to issue a formal complaint to everyone I ever followed on Tumblr for not posting gifs of Akira, what is wrong with all of you

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 9

Have you made corn bread? I’m very curious about it but can’t get cornbread out of my head when I try to imagine what it’d taste like.

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 9

Cuomo is running a perfect campaign right now, he should keep doing exactly this and change nothing. And the new logo is just gorgeous

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 9

I have amassed a formidable hoard of corn cobs and plan on making corn stock. Looking for ideas on what to actually do with the corn stock (freezing for later use doesn’t count).

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 9

I don’t think it’s fair to compare Tim Cook’s ring-kissing to local businesses. Apple is one of the most valuable companies in *world*, and Tim Cook is participating in anticipatory obedience.

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 9

A better Tim (Snyder) wrote,
“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”

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Jessie Char @jessiechar.com · Aug 4

Hot take: the current era of consumer AI is the best it will ever be and we have 1, 2 years TOPS before enshittification runs its natural course.

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