𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 18/03/2025i, for one, like the worthless thoughts. even the unserious ones or ungovernable ones or ones that don’t always make sense but to like 5 people. it makes the internet a tiny bit more human 020
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 18/03/2025new collages on page A2 of the @nytimes.com every day this week here is monday march 17 🫡 040
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 18/03/2025one again forgetting to post my work…my brain is too small for more than one app… 020
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 14/03/2025ucatholic.com/blog/dyngus-...ucatholic.comDyngus Day: The Little-Known Eastern Monday Celebration | uCatholicPopular in Central Europe and parts of the US, Dyngus Day is traditionally celebrated by throwing water & hitting each other with pussywillow branches. 000
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 10/03/2025sometimes I seriously think LLMs are designed to gaslight you, not unlike the men who train them 010
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I can't believe hot macuahuitl summer is almost upon us! how are y'all celebrating? haha let's get some ideas going! 😃 1339052
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Max Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 06/03/2025Californians will be like "we need to protect this neighborhood's character forever by stopping overdevelopment" and the neighborhood looks like this 2894196
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 06/03/2025'tis the season to meditate on fragility, loss, and grief, but also to understand that only in adversity can we begin to see clearly again 010
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 24/02/2025People have to stop expecting Trump breaking a rule or precedent to be what puts an end to this. There are no guardrails, no referees, no institutional block. The only thing that will stop this is a grassroots movement of people organizing to reject an oligarchical takeover. That’s it. Period. 19582162
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Hà Phan @hpdailyrant.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I don’t find it useful to debate about what design is or isn’t, or even what craft means. Who cares? Do what is necessary for the thing at hand and understand why you’re doing it. Build your personal toolbox. That’s it. 3467
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 18/02/2025the 'nuclear family' is lowkey just conservative individualism in a consumer-friendly wrapper 120
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 11/02/2025We should make them wear it, like cyclists wear sponsor logos. 1113
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 12/02/2025new work for AARP, on how letter-writing can both age us and keep us young. this one came out well ~ www.aarpethel.com/relationship...aarpethel.comWant to Know How You’ve Changed? Just Do ThisWhy you should re-read your old letters and emails. 161
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 11/02/2025you seem like you have an awesome boss, and also it's buck wild that you guys only have one brand designer. if the team is ever looking to change that, let me know, I'd be interested :) 120
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍◤◢◤ tmhector, AIA ◢◤◢ @tmhector.bsky.social · 08/02/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJl...youtube.comWilkins Coffee - Party Line CoffeeYouTube video by Joseph Long 041
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I don't know if I could ever move back, my lifestyle and interests just no longer align with what NYC had to offer and I often found myself really bored there. I think if you're cool with a more consumerist externalized lifestyle it's a good move, but nowadays it feels way too much like parts of SF 000
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 06/02/2025new work for @theatlantic.com on the water situation in gaza www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comGazans Don’t Need a Riviera. They Need Water.The desperate struggle by Palestinian engineers to repair a water system destroyed by war 020
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 06/02/2025anyways I have to be better about posting my own work on here... 110
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 06/02/2025it's kind of weird how in america you "have" to live in a certain city to get work that you can literally do on your laptop anywhere 020
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I can understand why people from the bay area want to move to new york but if you're from los angeles and want to move to new york it will actually hurt my soul 100
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Citizen Platano 🇵🇷 @daniloc.xyz · 28/01/2025We’ve forgotten how. No, really, this was my profession for years. And instead of dedicating resources to the craft of making great, custom software you love Companies like Sonos are leading the way to cross-platform garbage apps that barely work at all, even as it destroys their businesses 2256
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 30/01/2025Guys listen: we all know he's the worst person in the world. No need to post that he is fifteen times a day. 2333
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I could go on — but it's isolating and hard for them to meet + make new friends as a result. I think going 'no smartphone' is totally fine if you already have a partner, have your needs met, and live a very small, enclosed life. but it makes it difficult to really live beyond that 110
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I have a friend who did this and it's legitimately hard for them to travel (no maps), talk me outside of working hours (they has no imessage / whatsapp on their phone, only laptop), call a car in an emergency (no uber), document anything (no camera), respond to urgent emails (no email app) 110
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 02/02/2025just trying to build up my last bike before the apocalypse hits 👍 010
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 02/02/2025everyone is seemingly intellectualizing their way out of a catastrophe 020
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍onion person @junlper.beer · 01/02/2025americans: we miss wokeness. we miss pronouns. please give us new sexual orientations we beg of you donald trump: 186205664
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 08/01/2025"Evacuations in some ways point out the major flaws in the system that we have on a day-to-day basis. The auto dependency we’ve built becomes even more problematic" la.curbed.com/2018/12/13/1...la.curbed.comCars can’t be the only way to evacuate LADisasters highlight the danger of the city’s auto dependency. 913845
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Incredible precision by the helicopter crew dropping water on the LA firea 🎯 386303944365
Reposted by 𝒎𝒆𝒍Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Tech has got to stop trying to be cool and get back to this level of whimsy, I'm not even kidding 437750
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025with any new technology — ask yourself, who does it really benefit? 020
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025watching bluesky talking about how AI will ~change the world~ while i'm here sitting and watching my city burn due to climate change, and knowing a chatgpt search uses 10x more energy than typing something into google 040
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025it developed crazy fast too. just this afternoon I was outside getting groceries, a bit gusty but otherwise a nice sunny day. by nightfall that changed. 030
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025the fires are no joke right now. the county is on fire east to west. lots of my favorite trails are toast, friends are evacuating or ready to go tonight. the air smells like smoke and its silently raining ash. feels like 2020 all over again. a strange omen. 041
𝒎𝒆𝒍 @melty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I guess I picked a good week to go to the Getty Museum instead of the Getty Villa 020
