This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern.
#upcycling

Peter Schjeldahl

I explained who David Lynch was to a car full of queers and then I realized I was the only one in the car who could remember Life Before Google and y’all I think I am become an Elder Trans, now where do I go to unlock my Eldritch Powers

"this will be the year that I read my backlog of books" I whisper as I add another 50 titles to my TBR list and relocate my Calibre library one more time

Is there a site like Libro.fm but for ebooks? I want to buy epub/pdf format books and support my local bookstores.

MacOS when I want to open a .docx file with Pages: “Sure, I’ll open that for you!”
MacOS when I want to open a .docx file with LibreOffice: “Seems sus, did you mean throw it in the trash?”

from the Variety article, Lynch casually explaining every conversation I’ve had with my mom about my transness in a throwaway interview line

after I saw the TV show Twin Peaks I came across the restaurant of the same name, which turned out to be a strangely erotic hunting lodge-themed sports bar. I was a single lesbian in Texas reading a book about neuroscience over my burger and beer and sometimes I still dream about that waitress.

Dug up an external hard drive (10-12 yrs old?) with lots of music files that I didn’t know I still had. ‘Scuse me while I reminisce

1. Our models of the world are always wrong in important and dangerous ways.

2. The automated systems we build embed these models within them.

Therefore,

3. our automated systems are forever at risk at getting the world wrong in dangerous ways.

Look, I get why games websites do better security than average, but why is it easier to protect my third-party Magic Online trade binder with good 2FA than it is to protect my private health information with good 2FA? (I mean... I *get* it but also if you have a good explainer, I'm always open.)

Topical to the theme of my month

There is no better representation of what the U.S. is than this story and it's not something Trump or any other rightwing nutcase came up with. No, this is happening in the bluest of States.

Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History.

The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:

A thread.