Reposted by Bijou TypeMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Apparently my queer power is disrupting security 51242
Reposted by Bijou TypeSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 24/09/2026The Why Cheap Art? Manifesto, Bread & Puppet Theater, 1984 6568259
Reposted by Bijou TypeDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 23/09/2026Given how much they charge for storage, Apple should rebate users for clogging up hard drives with enormous updates like this. www.macrumors.com/2026/09/23/a...macrumors.comApple Intelligence Taking Up 30GB+ on Some Macs Running macOS 27After you install macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple automatically downloads a multi-gigabyte AI model to your Mac the next time it's connected to the internet. Unlike previous versions of macOS, you can't p... 182
Reposted by Bijou TypeDesign Observer @designobserver.com · 23/09/2026"Every minute of every day now, you’re interacting with letterforms that someone drew, someone designed, someone made decisions about..." We asked Sara Soskolne, Executive Creative Director at Monotype what she wishes people understood about typeface design: bit.ly/4jkkdzRbit.lySara Soskolne is a typeface designer who thinks of herself as a craftsperson - DesignObserverWe’re surrounded by letters created by the human hand, and this “micro-nerdery” is what makes the viewer feel something 033
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 22/09/2026My sister and I had to lean into exactly this dance. It’s such a weird bit of interpersonal navigation. 000
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 22/09/2026The age of AI has led to SO. MUCH. MORE. TEXT. And so much of it is just filler. Longer emails, longer Slack messages, ever more verbose presentation slides. So much more banal copy to wade through to figure out what is actually necessary to know! 160
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 21/09/2026Judging by the date, I can’t even think when or where I would have seen it. Some years later, most likely. 100
Reposted by Bijou TypeLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If the Streisand effect is getting attention because you don’t want attention, the Sheeran effect is getting drawn into politics when you don’t want to be drawn into politics 1026654
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 13/09/2026In remembrance of when we lost the moon 27 years ago. youtu.be/4SpX8bVEmJo?...youtu.beGerry Anderson's Space:1999 Opening Titles (Season 1)YouTube video by Gerry Anderson 130
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 13/09/2026This happened to me yesterday and I could feel the vein in my forehead throb. I selected “custom” so I could put in 20% but it only allowed a dollar amount and I had to do math and just cursed our current civilization. 000
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 13/09/2026Like, they will describe the other owner, and it simply does not register when I say, “Yes, that’s my husband.” 150
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 13/09/2026It’s astonishing that in Portland, where people will feed bad for misgendering your dog, that there are some people who are utterly convinced that there are 2 dogs named BB who look alike in the neighborhood, no matter how often we explain that she just more than one dad. 180
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 12/09/2026I suppose when you have a catalogue like hers, “GBI (German Bold Italic)” seems like a deep cut. For me, though, it was the first time I ever heard Kylie Minogue and it was so perfectly targeted to me that it’s always been my favorite. 040
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 11/09/2026typenetwork.com/articles/new...typenetwork.comNewsstand energy: editorial type for the fall issue · Type Network 020
Reposted by Bijou TypeHOMOCATS 😻 J. Morrison @homocats.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Fuck AI and this unregulated mess! 🤖 New shirts by HOMOCATS 1196
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 10/09/2026Also, props to Towa Tea for using “typeface” in the lyrics and not “font”. 130
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 10/09/2026A CLASSIC! youtu.be/mYHZhaLsZI4youtu.be"GBI" TOWA TEIYouTube video by towatei_channel 110
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 03/09/2026Okay, so “Nation’s Dumbest” may not be the most sophisticated show on TV, but my Ringold Clarendon is used for just about all it’s on-set and on-screen graphics and I find that DELIGHTFUL. bijoutype.com/typefaces/ri... 130
Reposted by Bijou TypeThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201019862
Reposted by Bijou TypeStarshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Registration for WORD, a new Chicago-style wayzgoose for printers, opens Tuesday Sept 1st at noon. Wayzgooseord.com is the site if you want to check out details. 2348
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 28/08/2026I was wondering the same! Turns out she’d been talking about them a bit more in recent years. www.instyle.com/dolly-parton...instyle.comAll About Dolly Parton’s Meaningful Tattoos, Which She Used to Cover ScarsDolly Parton shut down rumors that she had tattoo sleeves, but she did have secret, symbolic pastel ink. Here’s what she shared about her meaningful tattoos. 010
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 25/08/2026If you have anything contrary to share right not: don’t. I’m not Dolly and I definitely don’t have her grace. 150
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 25/08/2026Wow. Much more moved by Dolly than I was expecting to be. Truly a real one: nothing but decades of joy, talent, generosity, good will, and knowing herself. A model for each of us to live by. 1120
Reposted by Bijou Typekottke.org @kottke.org · 25/08/2026In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s family is asking for donations to her Imagination Library, which has distributed over 330 million books to kids. [imaginationlibrary.com]imaginationlibrary.comHomeDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 112954
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 25/08/2026I have MANY thoughts about religion, but at the core of them is that it’s VERY HARD to fully love and respect other people, especially outside your tribe, and that’s where most people of faith lose the plot — including my atheist self. Dolly seemingly lived that ideal far better than most. 020
Reposted by Bijou TypeBen Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton was among other things one of the best singers and songwriters that the United States ever produced. This might be by Schubert and is sung by an angel. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOz...m.youtube.comDolly Parton - Wildflower's 🥀 1987 🇺🇲 #dollyparton #wildflowers #americancountry YouTube video by Gixxer_Adventures 🎶🏍 2549
Reposted by Bijou TypeSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 25/08/2026This is like the opposite of It Happening. 1309
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 25/08/2026“Since the dawn of time man has yearned to destroy the sun” “You can’t make friends with salad” “Mmmm, sacrilicious!” “I love legitimate theatre” “Let’s go crazy Broadway-style!” 010
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 24/08/2026Last week I was at Poster House in New York to talk about how the AIDS crisis was addressed ina variety of gay-focused magazines. Here’s the whole thing for your viewing pleasure (hopefully): www.youtube.com/live/uMnv3In...youtube.comViral Media: AIDS in PrintYouTube video by Poster House 052
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 24/08/2026Getting married in a week and moving to Berlin (on my own, for work, temporarily) a month later. SO MANY ERRANDS. 1100
Reposted by Bijou TypeAutumn Warhammer Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Your reminder that the English Beat icon "Beat Girl" is a transgender woman named Brigitte Bond from a photo of her dancing with ska musician Prince Buster at Heathrow in 1964 and none of us will be as cool as she was. 161588523
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 19/08/2026Yes, and it will be very lovely to see you all there! posterhouse.org/event/viral-...posterhouse.orgViral Media: AIDS in Print | Poster HouseCalls to action from within the independent gay press were a crucial part of the response to the AIDS crisis. While mainstream publications either ignored the issue or spread fear and misinformation… 040
Bijou Type @bijoutype.com · 19/08/2026It feels so wholesome and satisfying to to eat fruit that grew in my front yard 280
Reposted by Bijou TypeCineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Aug 10th 1988 - Zero Cool was in the New York Times for crashing 1,507 computer systems. 📽️📅 Hackers (1995) 7608240