rob hardy @ungated.life · 13/09/2026having a cat is basically getting freaked out every three weeks because they've somehow found yet another a new hiding place, even though you were SURE that you knew all their hiding places and there couldn't possibly be more. but no, there are always more hiding places 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 09/08/2026i'm always inspired by profiles of how costco runs its biz, but ngl this is like 100x more inspiring to me godspeed jungle jim, you magnificent grocery wizard 🫡🧙♂️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_P...youtube.comAmerica’s largest grocery store should be out of businessJungle Jim's International Market is a 50 year old, family owned gr... 1010321
rob hardy @ungated.life · 29/06/2026i got so much joy from playing hacky sack with homies all through my high school years feeling the pull to start hacking the sack again 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 27/06/2026you can just do things (be there for your friends when they're going through hell) 020
rob hardy @ungated.life · 24/06/2026you can just do things (write a ton of haikus as part of your marketing strategy) 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 23/06/2026dr. cringelove, or how i learned to stop worrying and love my shitty first drafts 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 21/06/2026you can just do things (leave your phone inside while you sit out on the balcony drinking coffee and reading fiction on sunday morning while your cat watches birds) 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 18/06/2026you can just do things (press your ear to your cat's body and let his purrs reverberate through your entire being) 031
rob hardy @ungated.life · 17/06/2026wow you guys this book is so crazy. i can't believe no one around here has ever talked about it before 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 09/06/2026you can just do things (rebound from a very difficult day where you shame spiraled into a bunch of unhealthy choices, but today you're being gentle and compassionate and doing a bunch of good shit to take care of yourself) 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 08/06/2026maybe the real "second brain" is all the friends we made along the way 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 05/06/2026living one day at a time enjoying one moment at a time accepting hardships as the pathway to peace 020
rob hardy @ungated.life · 04/06/2026the poster child for enshittification has to be the "gas buddy" app. remember using it like 10 years ago and being like "wow this is so simple and useful!" downloaded it again this week cuz there are very few diesel stations near me, and holy fuck you guys it's so bad 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 04/06/2026told my mexican friend that i love beans and keep a 15 pound bag of pinto beans in my pantry and he said that makes me an honorary brown person 110
rob hardy @ungated.life · 03/06/2026while out rucking this morning, i encountered some lil goat buddies standing on a log 10/10 peak experience 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 01/06/2026trying something new this week. gonna host a writing circle where we gather on zoom and write together, but we're gonna pretend that keyboards haven't been invented yet. handwriting ftw!! come join me on thursday? luma.com/9rpdcv6oluma.comhandwriting club · Lumaget in losers, we're gonna spend an hour writing together... BY HAND 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 31/05/2026you can just do things (subtly skewer silicon valley's obsession with "agency" by pointing out small, seemingly trivial activities you can do that are rich with the very marrow of life if you pay close enough attention) 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 31/05/2026you can just do things (write out your favorite poem by hand, speak it out loud, memorize it completely, let it take root in the depths of you) 020
rob hardy @ungated.life · 26/05/2026"meaning-shaped attention vampires that take mental effort to decode and give you no equivalent understanding in return" is a fucking great description of how ai writing feels to me if i get even a faint whiff of text being ai, i immediately stop reading 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 26/05/2026stumbled across this app that sends you poems randomly throughout the day. enjoying the heck out of it so far sometimes.deftmag.com/sometimes.deftmag.comSometimes: A Poem Arrives | Poetry App for iPhone and iPadA poetry app for iPhone and iPad. Sometimes delivers poems by time, weather, and season, with widgets, favorites, archive, and quiet notifications. 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 26/05/2026you can just do things (dial it back on the sriracha usage, because you've been eating a ton of it lately and you're pretty sure that's why your tummy hurts) 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 25/05/2026increasingly more interested in having wondrous encounters with life instead of classifying it and closing it down into tidy little concepts so i can feel some semblance of control 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 24/05/2026truth, beauty, and goodness cannot be accounted for in a spreadsheet, and i think this explains a great deal about the modern world 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 21/05/2026my single favorite piece of new technology is a plugin that puts a pixel art bird inside my obsidian vault, and he just hops around and chirps while i write it is, dare i say, revolutionary. it has 10x'd my delight. the future is here. community.obsidian.md/plugins/poc...community.obsidian.mdPocket BirdThe desktop pet for your vault! Adopt a tiny bird that flutters around your notes and keeps you company! 150
rob hardy @ungated.life · 12/05/2026in your desperation to escape the frying pan, be careful that you don't jump straight into the fire 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 12/05/2026all my homies be living deeply and sucking the marrow from life 020
rob hardy @ungated.life · 10/05/2026there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the googly eyes to see 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 10/05/2026get in losers, we're reclaiming our attention back from The Machine 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 08/05/2026cat food comes in two, and only two, varieties 1) cat slop 2) kitty cronchies 110
rob hardy @ungated.life · 08/05/2026you can just do things (pick up your guitar and belt out a rendition of leonard cohen's hallelujah at the top of your lungs such that your neighbors almost certainly hear it) 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 27/04/2026you can just do things (go for a sunny midmorning walk and pick up trash around your neighborhood) 040
rob hardy @ungated.life · 27/04/2026you can just do things (make a cup of tea, then plan your week while listening to the new shakey graves album) 010
rob hardy @ungated.life · 26/04/2026philosophically minded guy who gets a yo yo: "wow this yo yo is clearly a metaphor for the nature of reality and how to playfully navigate the ups and downs of human existence" 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 26/04/2026you can just do things (get a nice new pair of socks and enjoy them immensely) 000
rob hardy @ungated.life · 25/04/2026the new milk carton kids album is called "lost cause lover fool" and i relate to this title very deeply it's me. i am lost cause lover fool 110
rob hardy @ungated.life · 24/04/2026some personal news... i have acquired a yo yo and will be playing with it frequently 160