Reposted by djacobs ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty (flipped, detail), by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1746, 📸 by @madelinepcarter.bsky.social 61684230
Reposted by djacobs Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oxfordshire’s first new Quiet Lane has come into effect. Shepherds Pit Lane, to the village of Stanton St John, now has a closed gate at one end to prevent through motor traffic, making the road safer for walkers and cyclists. The parallel Bayswater Road remains open to cars and is no slower. 27712
Reposted by djacobs Régine Debatty @wmmna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Theo Deutinger's maps and graphics challenge standard assumptions and myths, such as the founding of the U.S. on seemingly uninhabited land, populated by a selection of extraordinary people who committed themselves to the world’s first liberal constitution we-make-money-not-art.com/all-about-u-...we-make-money-not-art.comAll About U.S. 250 Years of the United States of America“All About U.S.” challenges standard assumptions and myths, such as the founding of the U.S. on seemingly uninhabited land, populated by a selection of extraordinary people who committed themselves… 011
Reposted by djacobs Adriana X Jacobs @axjacobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I had the best time talking to @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social about poems, video games, environmental storytelling and more. And after listening to this episode, be sure to check out the other conversations in this brilliant series! 1134
Reposted by djacobs Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.bklynlibrary.org/craft-librarybklynlibrary.orgCraft Supply Library | Brooklyn Public LibraryNew at Central Library: BPL's Craft Supply Library!As many people look to get offline and into more analog hobbies, crafting has become an increasingly popular pastime. Here at the library, we know th... 116853
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Follow-up with far more details about the explicit Nazi symbolism in this project: www.flyingpenguin.com/dhh-nazism-f...flyingpenguin.comDHH Nazism Funded by 1Password VP Who Wrote “Honest Security” | flyingpenguin 010
Reposted by djacobs kottke.org @kottke.org · 01/09/2026Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail. “The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans.” [nytimes.com]nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before MidtermsA report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections. 0166
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The point of a system is what it does: www.cnn.com/2026/09/01/p...cnn.comUSPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN PoliticsThe US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*... 000
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This one is especially over the top. “Surely he didn’t actually call for Romani people to be hunted down like rabid wolves,” you may be thinking. That’s almost verbatim what he wrote! 1370
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I've got both windows open in my office, and the cross-breeze smells like Mr. Sketch markers. 020
Reposted by djacobs Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/06/202653 years in the making. 232221350
Reposted by djacobs kottke.org @kottke.org · 29/05/2026Slow blogging day today; I spent some time on the KDO undercarriage and a new little members-only feature for the Rolodex: a simple list of links to the latest posts from Rolodex sites. (Click on “Latest Posts”; like I said, it’s a wee feed reader.) [kottke.org]kottke.orgKDO RolodexA list of kindred spirits, friends, open web enthusiasts, role models, fellow travelers, and collaborators. 0122
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Service journalism lives! Thank you @judedoyle.bsky.social ! subscribe to his newsletter: jude-doyle.ghost.io/so-hows-the-...jude-doyle.ghost.ioSo, How's The New Tori Amos Album?It's fine! Thanks for asking! 032
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 18/05/2026About Vya: nyushowcase2026.cargo.site/vya-thesis (more here: www.adrianaxjacobs.com/blog/the-fin... )nyushowcase2026.cargo.siteVya - Thesis — Showcase 2026Official NYU Game Center Spring Showcase 2024 Website 🕹️🎲 010
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026These galaxy-brained proclamations are literally never true. :) 030
Reposted by djacobs Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/04/2026Next week is 10 years since we lost Prince. Since then, the community of Prince scholars has come together regularly for academic symposia on his legacy and works; you can watch for free this weekend if you'd like to join us online or in person at NYU. Just register here! iwonderu.polishedsolid.comiwonderu.polishedsolid.com#IWonderU40 – April 17–19, 2026 837392
Reposted by djacobs kottke.org @kottke.org · 13/04/2026Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers. 14751951917
Reposted by djacobs Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 23/03/202610 Blur songs for Damon Albarn’s birthday? You got it. St. Charles Square Trimm Trabb Beetlebum Blue Jeans Swamp Song Pyongyang Death of a Party Barbaric Best Days To the End 2291
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Also reported as six years this evening - which would be not quite as good! They just have more upside than the 20% built in if that’s the case. 010
Reposted by djacobs kottke.org @kottke.org · 14/03/2026KDO is 28 years old today. "Older than Google. Older than The Matrix. Older than Christopher Nolan's feature film career. Older than Elle Fanning. Older than Kurt Cobain when he died. It might outlast American democracy." [kottke.org]kottke.orgKDO: 28 Years Later…It’s getting a little ridiculous, isn’t it? 28 years of kottke.org, as of today. Older than Google. Older than The Matrix. Older than Christopher Nolan’s feature film career. Older than Elle Fanning. Ol 915518
Reposted by djacobs Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I don’t really know what to say about this other than that it deserves your full attention. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...erininthemorning.comKansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses"The legislature did not include a grace period." 0178
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026@simonwillison.net et al's thinking about Resonant Computing (resonantcomputing.org) was a heavy influence on my thinking. I built Resonant Computing Principles into my Claude.md file: github.com/djacobs/Pinw... (See the first section - "Prior Art & Philosophy").resonantcomputing.com 010
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I wrote about participating in @anthropic.com's Claude Code Anniversary hackathon: medium.com/@djacobs/pin...medium.comPinwheel Fates: My MMO Basketball SimulatorI was one of 500 accepted to Anthropic’s Build with Claude Hackathon (out of 13,000 submissions) and shipped Pinwheel Fates: a 3v3… 110
Reposted by djacobs kottke.org @kottke.org · 18/02/2026Paul Ford on AI and the Infinite Software Era. “All of the people I love hate this stuff, and all the people I hate love it. And yet, likely because of the same personality flaws that drew me to technology in the first place, I am annoyingly excited.” [nytimes.com]nytimes.comOpinion | The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is FunWe’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead. 1101
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I'm trying these now on a new project. I'll tell you how it goes! 010
Reposted by djacobs Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/01/2026We could have had nice things 282296260
Reposted by djacobs Ashtyn Butuso @ashtynbutuso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026ON THE NIGHT OF HER HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, I INTERVIEWED TRINITY RODMAN FOR GQ!!!! If you love me you'll read it, if you hate me, you'll hate read it! www.gq.com/story/trinit...gq.comTrinity Rodman on Her Historic Contract and Outsized StyleThe Washington Spirit star is now the highest-paid women’s soccer player in the world. “I’m happy that I am the player they’re willing to take that chance on…kinda setting a standard for what other pl... 813126
Reposted by djacobs Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 20/01/2026“These are the domestic weaknesses that helped to make the country susceptible to becoming a concentration camp regime.” degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-a... 16927
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I wonder if they even considered Offering him something like 3 yrs/120M, so they could get more in trade. 000
Reposted by djacobs Classic Web @classicweb.site · 06/01/2026gamegirladvance.com in 2005 web.archive.org/web/20051024000602i… 021
Reposted by djacobs Hannah Keyser @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 27/12/2025This is my favorite thing I wrote all year. My first story in the New York Times. But it was already my favorite before it ever published, for a couple reasons and if you’ll indulge me… www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/s...nytimes.comHow Fast Should Your 12-Year-Old Throw? 318925
Reposted by djacobs defendthe612.bsky.social @defendthe612.bsky.social · 21/12/2025This week we started a public access collection of Free Community Defense & Anti ICE Art for free distribution. Please contribute & help spread the word! Thank you to Chanci for this "Abolice Loon" submission. See the collection so far at defend612.com/art, along with submission guidelines. 05115
Reposted by djacobs Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 18/12/2025This is one of three major Federal actions against healthcare for trans people this week. While the two bills passed by the House are not expected to pass the Senate, all three of these actions are heartbreaking to see. Both House bills would have failed if the Democratic caucus had held together. 2126
Reposted by djacobs Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 18/12/20256 years ago, a federal ban on gender-affirming care for young people was absent from the national Dem agenda, seemed unlikely to almost everyone who isn’t trans. 6 years ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene was a QAnon crank with a crossfit gym. Yesterday her ban passed out of the House with three Dem votes. 4903295
Reposted by djacobs kottke.org @kottke.org · 18/12/2025Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man. An excellent, long & close read of Wake Up Dead Man, particularly its focus on “religion, faith, and grace”. [reactormag.com]reactormag.comEntirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man - ReactorDigging in to the nuances of religion, faith, and grace tucked inside the latest Benoit Blanc mystery 0145
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 09/12/2025That’s not abnormal, for privacy reasons. It just means there’s news + a follow-up conversation to be had. Not necessarily good or bad news. 110
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 28/09/2025And a happy TypePad shutdown Sunday to you as well, m'lord. 060
Reposted by djacobs lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 08/09/2025I moved my Substack to Ghost. If you were already subscribed on Substack, you should automatically be subscribed on Ghost. Will be updating the site details later today and writing something new soon, but for now please sign up here: critical-thinking.ghost.iocritical-thinking.ghost.ioCritical ThinkingThoughts, stories and ideas. 815016
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 09/09/2025We picked our top 3 schools, looked for the cheapest apartment within those districts. It’s crazy how much it drives real estate costs! 000
djacobs @djacobs.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I love this post - thank you @scripting.com for bringing this energy to blogging, for decades! 282
Reposted by djacobs Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025it was legit fun and interesting and there are a ton of upcoming trainings in all five boroughs if you want to join in also you get a hatnycgovparks.orgTrees Count Registration : NYC Parks 0689
