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Trace
@tracyulin.bsky.social
Problem solver, dot connector, storyteller, softie for rescue dogs. Always assuming good intent.

Be the reason someone feels seen today.

Site: www.tracyulin.com
Blog: https://tracyulin2.wordpress.com/
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎

🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.

Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
First Northern Lights Forecast Of 2026: 18 States Could See Aurora Borealis This Week
Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
www.forbes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
OK. Let’s go, 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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The 2025 New Year ritual of the big banyan tree on Zhongfa Road💫 China 🇨🇳 #HappyNewYear
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Hiked to Kaaterskill Falls. They are most beautiful when frozen.
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Weird talking "AI slop" when we've seen slop for almost 20 years with image manipulation, clickbait, "paid content" etc. on media platforms.

Old mental models in legacy media & an explosion of independent media of mixed quality exacerbates the problem.

Credible news sources need a new way forward.
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In summer as a kid, I'd bus to grassy De La Guerra Plaza to picnic lunch with my dad, who ran the custom print shop next door to The Santa Barbara News Press.

I'd try to lay a blanket near where reporters & editors might be sitting, just to hear them discuss news.

www.latimes.com/california/n...
A California newspaper, back from the dead
Your morning catch up: New news from old Santa Barbara, Warner Bros. rejects Paramount’s hostile bid and more big stories.
www.latimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Many great reasons to visit Paris, but this is the best!

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/t...
In Paris, a New Wave of Chocolate Boutiques
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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This gift article analyzing the serifs in typefaces is fascinating! #TrumpSucks #TrumpLies #Resist www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department? (Gift Article)
Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"The crude, even violent collision of forms to capture the political and generational rifts that had been straining American society, and the American family in particular, since the 1960s, and it established Mr. Gehry as a force..."

There are similar rifts in the 2020s. How will our outputs look?
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
John Prine and Steve Goodman were two of my favorite songwriters/performers. Was fortunate to see them many times together and alone. Can’t wait to watch this.
5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Figma Make should have a “Get it together” micro interaction a user can utilize for the times when Make fails to follow clear prompts.

Like a reset button that puts Make into a clarifying mode so it works with a user versus assume and overreach.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So sad. Had tix to his Nov. 7 show. Also have a signed photo somewhere from back in the day that says: Save the planet, love the world.

RIP
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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A beautiful essay for a Sunday afternoon. I have fond memories of Sundays with neighborhood kids doing what seemed like nothing and going home when it got dark. @margaretrenkl.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | The Lovely Loneliness of Sunday Afternoons in Autumn
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This is truly brilliant design work and I'm struck again at how movie posters so often prove the initial and most experimental sites for artistic innovations. Gift link: a lovely feature from Carlos Aguilar (@carlosfilm.bsky.social) for the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...
Keeping Yorgos Lanthimos Movie Posters Weird
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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I love when my yellow hibiscus bloom orange in autumn.
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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On even-numbered years I've seen @wearejames.bsky.social perform at overseas venues (2012, 2014), the @sfgiants.com have won the #WorldSeries .

The band just announced an April 2026 UK tour.

Don't you think the Giants should pay for my next trip as a good-luck charm? 🍀🍀🍀
October 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Still floating from @wearejames.bsky.social show last night! Thank you! #NBL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4u...
James - Five O - at the Filmore San Francisco on September 30 2025 video by Julie Angilo
YouTube video by Bryan Do
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM