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Michael Sippey

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Bix F. @bixfrankonis.bsky.social · 4d

If you spend all your time looking at an app where everything looks the same, you might forget that the web still exists and people are still blogging out there.

4x8 tile of 32 different blogs with different designs and personalities.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 4d

[this is good] www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In the punt on the river in the cave, beneath the dim light of glowing worms, it was thoughts of my own death that consumed me.

www.newyorker.com

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 5d

the last lines of priestdaddy killed me this morning. "...when everyone is still lying in the light with their hearts peeled and in loose sweet segments..." goddammit @tricialockwood.bsky.social

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 5d

who do i bug to assign you a 1,200 word review of the album ;)

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 5d

tfw you queue up reputation as a palate cleanser. sigh.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 5d

especially because we're sort of in mourning, tbh

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 5d

Happy new Taylor day, to all those who celebrate. To everyone else? Leave us in peace.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 6d

if you know you know

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 7d

the trump administration going deep on the question what is a photo, really

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 7d

i'm a cheap and simple boy so went PDFs -> JPG -> Framebridge and we'll see how they turn out. will report back when they arrive.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 7d

holy shit i’m totally printing and framing this and the ruscha one this is completely unhinged and i fucking love it.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 8d

awwww. (hi jordan!)

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 8d

"I believe that there are times when it is almost a sacred duty to shut the fuck up." sippey.com/links/2025/0...

A sacred duty to shut the fuck up. - sippey.com

Michael Sippey's blog, published semi-regularly since 1995.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 8d

peak stratechery, double rainbows all the way across the sky

tfw ben thompson quotes himself quoting himself

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 9d

file under: horrible growth hack

1. join a zoom meeting where some other random participant has fireflies.ai recording everything.

2. get an unwanted summary of the meeting via email from fireflies. ire is triggered.

3. get subscribed to the fireflies WEEKLY MEETING ROUNDUP. what the actal fuck?

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 10d

holy shit

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10d

Coco sprinting back and forth to win this point 🤯 (via WTA)

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 10d

“Zhu, who launched his first startup, Aviato, from a bathroom stall in his Indiana high school…”

a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .

ALT: a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 11d

“Need in the human being is a natural state. Need water, need food, need green money, need meaning, need touch and need talk, need I don’t know what.”

— Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir

Quote shared via Kindle: "Need in the human being is a natural state. Need water, need food, need green money, need meaning, need touch and need talk, need I don’t know what."

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 12d

ok that's really funny

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 12d

imagine a xylophone humping a coffeepot sippey.com/links/2025/0...

One Battle After Another Is a Powerhouse of Tenderness and Fury - sippey.com

Michael Sippey's blog, published semi-regularly since 1995.

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 12d

cursor is in a k-hole

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 13d

Nick Makoha, A Panel of Experts:

"don’t be fooled by the never-ending pattern of abstraction. It’s the only way we can become particles of light."

www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

www.poetryfoundation.org

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 14d

That's a sharp way to put it! I know dealing with chatbait can sometimes be frustrating—would you like me to outline a strategy for managing your chatbait stress? Or do you want me me to flip these and show 20 ways a chatbot could end a conversation gracefully instead — the anti-chatbait?

Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 15d

Booker Prize shortlist! Love seeing Audition and Flashlight on here. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Everything you need to know about the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist | The Booker Prizes

As the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist is announced, we’ve picked out the most interesting facts, trends and themes that have emerged in this year’s selection

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 15d

i really like your blog