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@michaelkostal.com
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web developer, musician, occasional graphic designer, general tinkerer — michaelkostal.com

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MK @michaelkostal.com · 26/09/2026
The man is a legend
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 26/08/2026
It was hard not to admire Dolly Parton. “One of the good ones” for sure. RIP. This is a nice candid moment between her and Kenny Roger’s playing their “duds” youtu.be/2hykC4dB3bs?...
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Kenny And Dolly Rehearsals
YouTube video by Clipsthatshouldbeup
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 15/07/2026
Saw Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets sunday, this was a fun one www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_G9...
youtube.com
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Went To A Party (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 17/06/2026
America needs the money hole!
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Busy Beaver Buttons & Merch @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Chicago Tribune talked to our own Christen Carter about the Obama Presidential Center's button collection! We'll be making buttons on-site during Grand Opening Weekend. We can't wait for an incredible weekend of music, culture, storytelling, and community on Chicago's South Side!
chicagotribune.com
At the Obama Presidential Center, political button collectors find a new home for their obsession
The Obama Presidential Center opening this week in Chicago features a display fit for some of the country’s most die-hard obsessives: political button collectors.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 11/06/2026
RIP Stacey King. He made watching bad bulls teams fun. Drive home safe Chicago, beep beep!
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 26/05/2026
RIP
Sonny Rollins - The Quartets featuring Jim Hall
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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
yes, these are POGS. full set and info here: www.milkcapmania.co.uk/Tazos/Series... all caps are scanned transparent gifs, good for profile pics! that’s all folks
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 18/05/2026
This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone
my cat, Owen, sitting on my shoulders
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Feeling helpless about politics? Then help us build power by meeting our community’s needs! This week, we got wiped out of 💥 diapers 💥 dental hygiene supplies 💥 toiletries 💥 period products 💥 pet food 💥 men’s clothes (pants!! shoes!!) Drop off or mail to 7016 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60626!
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 29/04/2026
Introducing Cursor Camp, a website to hang out with other cursors. Out now :) > neal.fun/cursor-camp/
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 12/04/2026
This cover of Television's Venus de Milo by Jeff Tweedy is still so, so good jefftweedy.substack.com/p/venus-tele...
jefftweedy.substack.com
Venus (Television cover)
I love Television.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 10/04/2026
Dang AI slop infiltrating my gifs.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 07/04/2026
When I realized once again I shouldn't be looking at twitter (sic): "That's exactly what I'm saying. It's a relic from a pre-Slop era that nonetheless"
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Keith Cirkel @keithamus.social · 01/04/2026
Rather than the same old boring internet pranks, I thought I'd build something more fun this April Fools. CSS or BS. Can you tell your CSS properties names from BS? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-or-bs
keithcirkel.co.uk
CSS or BS?
Think you know CSS? Real property or made-up nonsense? 20 rounds. No mercy.
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Benjamin Miles @benjaminmiles.com · 01/04/2026
Today, we launched a simple experiment: aprilfeels.com The idea is straightforward. Send a kind note to someone who matters to you, and pass it forward. Because a few thoughtful words can genuinely shift someone’s day, including your own.
aprilfeels.com
This April, skip the pranks. Send someone something they’ll actually remember.
One kind note. That’s all it takes. Write it, share it, and watch what happens when feelings go viral instead of jokes.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 21/03/2026
thought this was a winamp skin
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 13/03/2026
back when trading cards meant something
Batman trading card from 1989 with a photo of a desktop computer, monitor on the movie set with the title “Computerized SFX”
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 09/03/2026
good afternoon spin on a sunny day in Chicago
album cover for “loves live” by Sade
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“We’re Trying to Save Your Ass!” Sun Ra / Nuclear War Mega Mix (1982-1988) 🚨FIVE HOURS OF NOTHING BUT NUCLEAR WAR!🚨 Now archived @wfmu.bsky.social STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Special image for this show designed by Adrian Shaughnessy, who designed (uncredited) the original Sun Ra Nuclear War 12" (Y Records 1982 UK).
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 01/03/2026
it’s time
Case for the PS5 game Resident Evil Requiem
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I’m sitting at a table on the Fox 32 debate stage holding my hand high in the air. My opponents, Daniel Biss and Laura Fine, are talking to each other. The chyron reads, “SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE”
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 24/02/2026
@xblock.aendra.dev makes bluesky better. hide screenshots from other socials
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 19/02/2026
Been having fun digging for CDs at thrift stores. Lossless audio for a mere $1.95 A very merry belated mardis gras
Professor Longhair - Crafish Fiesta (Album cover)
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 17/02/2026
It’s bonkers, but so funny. I kind of love this graphic. Glad I got to see it live on learn dot microsoft before it gets fixed
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 16/02/2026
cool junk truck i saw yesterday
close up photo of an old chevy pick up truck. there is a batman toy figure tied to the grill and a big cat stuffed animal on the roof.
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Álvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 12/02/2026
Meme from the TV show Arrested Development, showing a caucasian woman (Lucille Bluth, portrayed by Jessica Walter) saying "It's a third CSS variable, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars?"
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Laura Kalbag @laurakalbag.com · 27/01/2026
My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 19/01/2026
hmm www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
A far side comic by Gary Larson. The illustration shows a cow standing over various tools like a stick with some sort of hook and another that looks like a hand saw.
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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays! webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
webkit.org
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes
It’s here!
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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 03/12/2025
That's right, it's time for MP3 player wrapped! In 2025, you listened to: • Music Your top album was • Album And you listened to music by • Artists
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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Scene from OFFICE SPACE with Michael Bolton replying to Samir Nagheenanajar:

“No way. Why should I change?
He's the one who sucks.”
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 16/11/2025
where swag goes to die… or to live again?
back of redis tee shirt with the phrase “unstructured like my data”redis tee shirt
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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 07/11/2025
variable fonts: still super cool
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 31/10/2025
everytime i see this i have to doublecheck to make sure its still off
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 29/10/2025
"The fastest path to improved accessibility is to stop defending patterns that already irritate non-disabled users. Those patterns are already creating friction." buttondown.com/access-abili...
buttondown.com
Sometimes the Best Accessibility Fix is a Usability Fix
AI cartoon of woman with long dark hair struggling to open a bottle, a common form of usability failure. Teams often arbitrarily divide work into two piles:...
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 29/10/2025
thanks to @kenthropic.com and @mikerourke.bsky.social for the svelte dev hang tonight! now to give it a spin and build something with it… good vibes for sure!
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 27/10/2025
I already have a few courses I’m working through but that’s too good a recommendation and too good a price
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 17/10/2025
“Not just anyone can make this slop!” they shouted into the void.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 20/09/2025
I am tired of reading gpt captions
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 23/08/2025
i only care enough about cracker barrel’s new logo to write a post indicating i don’t care about it
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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 07/08/2025
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well: ‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
businessinsider.com
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 18/07/2025
gotta stay relevant
html & css book at the thrift.
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 30/04/2025
mom says this is a good episode
Frasier, Season 4, Ep. 1
The Two Mrs. Cranes
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 25/04/2025
I soldered for the first time yesterday. What will I do with this newfound power? I mean other than play my bass amp with the new speaker?
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 22/04/2025
someone told me i had a plastic spoon in my brain, so i got an iced coffee
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Strong Bad @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Let's all go back: homestarrunner.com/toons/backto...
Strong Bad and Homestar Runner stand in a spotlight, singing on Strong Bad's desk. A little gold foil sticker says "25 dot coms" and text below them reads "Back to a Website."
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MK @michaelkostal.com · 17/04/2025
Love these old Fender advertisement of equipment morphing into various animals
a fender telecaster morphine into some sort of eaglea fender amp morphing into a baboon a fender starcaster morphing into an alligator a fender precision bass morphing into a lion
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Nonesuch Records @nonesuch.com · 27/03/2025
Here's a bit of Tortoise's new track, "Oganesson." You can hear it and watch the video at tortoise.lnk.to/oganesson
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