Sign in

parker higgins

@xor.blue
6.8K followers 527 following 2.4K posts

computer person, dancing animal

PostsRepliesMedia
parker higgins @xor.blue · 27/09/2026
go libs
040
parker higgins @xor.blue · 26/09/2026
weather happening in new york city
Crazy orange pink sky over 14th street in Manhattan in advance of the Nor'easter approaching
1430
parker higgins @xor.blue · 22/09/2026
heyyy today's the fifth anniversary of my first mainstream crossword publication! what a ride those years have been
2340
parker higgins @xor.blue · 15/09/2026
here's how the mets could still make the playoffs:
120
parker higgins @xor.blue · 11/09/2026
it's wild that my phone hasn't made a noise since 2004 and also every time i've been at a play somebody's goes crazy
0280
parker higgins @xor.blue · 10/09/2026
angine de poitrine at le poisson rouge tonight
Angine de Poitrine guitarist, in costume with hat triangle illuminated and arms akimboBoth members of Angine de Poitrine facing each other on stageAngine de Poitrine guitarist leading back to shred
4465
Reposted by parker higgins
old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 09/09/2026
pioneer apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905
pioneer apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905
0234
Reposted by parker higgins
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
it sounds like apple is once again charging money for their products. i don't know why any of you are surprised – that's how they get ya. it all comes down to the almighty dollar, my friends
111166102
Reposted by parker higgins
jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 08/09/2026
I've looked at literally thousands of online event listings over the past year and a half and now I have Opinions™ about how they should be structured, perhaps you would be interested in these if you also run events or you just enjoy a slightly exasperated blog post phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-09...
phirephoenix.com
things I wish every event organizer would do for their event listings
Hello yes, I am aware that it’s been almost a full year since the last post. This is largely because running Show Up Toronto and writing a newsletter for it every week takes a lot of time and energy. ...
36426
parker higgins @xor.blue · 05/09/2026
if i don't say "honestly" in the sentence 👏 I'm 👏 lying
2140
parker higgins @xor.blue · 03/09/2026
people love misattributing quotes 🫶
350
parker higgins @xor.blue · 03/09/2026
I have the sense that tech companies intentionally outsourced editorial control of their maps after hand-wringing in the past decade about them having too much cartographic influence. Times are different now but that's a tough break
190
parker higgins @xor.blue · 29/08/2026
do you know what "a coffee regular" is? and where are you from?
530
parker higgins @xor.blue · 27/08/2026
oh my god we have to update the HOMES mnemonic... to SHAME
2288
parker higgins @xor.blue · 27/08/2026
A mirror selfie in a Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror
0281
parker higgins @xor.blue · 26/08/2026
earlier this summer I had the immense privilege of seeing Dolly Parton's personal fax machine on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame
A Brother fax machine with the label "before the internet era, Dolly used this fax machine to personally conduct her business affairs"
226827
parker higgins @xor.blue · 23/08/2026
just thought of a fun question: what time of "the middle of the night" are you equally likely to experience as late night or early morning
341
parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
i have been thinking lately how much i would like a little REPL in my spreadsheets that could read from the different variables in the doc. probably too weird a combo for most users! are we still talking about spreadsheets
2101
parker higgins @xor.blue · 21/08/2026
not commenting on the topic of the day except to note that i love spreadsheets
390
Reposted by parker higgins
The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 19/08/2026
Brooklyn Cyclones management acknowledged they had failed to pay employees the appropriate amount of tips and reimbursed at least one employee for lost wages, following a recent investigation by The City Reporter.
buff.ly
Brooklyn Cyclones Admit They Dropped the Ball on Worker Tips
A manager from Diamond Baseball Holdings addressed concessions staff about a recent City Reporter investigation that uncovered rampant wage theft, promising to make workers whole.
2417
Reposted by parker higgins
old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 18/08/2026
kurokuma persimmons, painted by royal charles steadman, 1925
kurokuma persimmons, painted by royal charles steadman, 1925
0488
Reposted by parker higgins
trains botting @choochoo.xor.blue · 18/08/2026
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🌒️ 🌳 🌲 🌲 🌲 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 🌲 🌳
022
parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/08/2026
the fact that "rare books" often means "rare texts" is a policy outcome of our copyright law and it doesn't need to be that way
317722
parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/08/2026
they should invent version control software that works offline and can be synchronized later
1012521
parker higgins @xor.blue · 16/08/2026
I really loved the industrial photography exhibit up at the Cooper Hewitt museum through next month www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/made...
cooperhewitt.org
Made in America | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
061
Reposted by parker higgins
The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 13/08/2026
NEW: Brooklyn Cyclones concessions workers have been getting stiffed on some of their paychecks this season, as tips disappeared under new management, according to interviews and records obtained by The City Reporter. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/13/b...
thecityreporter.nyc
Brooklyn Cyclones Withheld Tips From Concessions Workers, Records Show
Federal and state laws require that all tips go to workers, but for weeks this season, young fast food workers at Maimonides Park were only paid an hourly wage.
35530
parker higgins @xor.blue · 11/08/2026
i love generating tabular data
3172
parker higgins @xor.blue · 04/08/2026
just finished COOL MACHINE, and can't say enough good things about the whole Harlem Trilogy. a strong recommendation for their (charming! human!) portrait of 20th century new york's seedy underbelly
040
Reposted by parker higgins
Icewind Dale Gribble @phyrexianmetamour.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
image macro of kurt russel as Snake Plissken with the accompanying text
“We live under capitalism
its power seems inescapable 
but so did new york”
115041
Reposted by parker higgins
still a pistachio @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
1879272542
parker higgins @xor.blue · 20/07/2026
new marvel is supposed to be nuts
150
parker higgins @xor.blue · 19/07/2026
they're saying doooooooo-nald
0192
parker higgins @xor.blue · 19/07/2026
argentina is really leaning into missing every shot they don't take
080
parker higgins @xor.blue · 19/07/2026
😭😭😭
011
Reposted by parker higgins
Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
3555391688
parker higgins @xor.blue · 17/07/2026
mars sun over the city tonight
A red dot out the subway window, over the New York skyline
0160
parker higgins @xor.blue · 15/07/2026
my longest it's comin' 'ome ever
050
Reposted by parker higgins
depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
5892872341
Reposted by parker higgins
Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Seriously, I can't stop admiring the output of this bot. I've been to Granada at least five times, and every time, I vow I'm going to make a bot inspired by the mosaics in the Nasrid palace there. Finally managed it!
05411
parker higgins @xor.blue · 13/07/2026
ok debugging this remotely has been pretty annoying, but I think it is working again
130
parker higgins @xor.blue · 13/07/2026
Terrible grainy image macro of Austin Powers with the text "WHO THROWS A SHOE / HONESTLY"
181
parker higgins @xor.blue · 12/07/2026
i was pretty floored by the new doc about mary oliver, now at IFC. recommended even if you don't think you like oliver, or poetry www.ifccenter.com/films/mary-o... and basically mandatory if you love john waters
ifccenter.com
IFC Center - Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Thursday, July 2 at 6:30: Sneak Preview + Q&A with director Sasha Waters moderated by Thom Powers after the screening Friday, July 3 at 6:45: Q&A with director Sasha Waters after the screening If poet...
2164
Reposted by parker higgins
parker higgins @xor.blue · 11/07/2026
Is Jetstream still a good way to get realtime Bluesky events? Is it possible those events would be delayed by ~an hour last night?
012
parker higgins @xor.blue · 12/07/2026
smart social here, everyone's talking about bagged greens right now
0261
parker higgins @xor.blue · 11/07/2026
Is Jetstream still a good way to get realtime Bluesky events? Is it possible those events would be delayed by ~an hour last night?
012
parker higgins @xor.blue · 09/07/2026
the bots I'm currently running on bluesky: - @pomological.xor.blue: old fruit watercolors - @roadside.xor.blue: roadside photos from the 70s, 80s, 90s by john margolies - @choochoo.xor.blue: tiny emoji trainscapes (with real nyc weather!) - @helpingfriendly.xor.blue: phish setlist data in real time
2257
parker higgins @xor.blue · 09/07/2026
my dear @pomological.xor.blue was broken and now I've fixed it 🫡🍑
3260
parker higgins @xor.blue · 07/07/2026
I thiiiiink @helpingfriendly.xor.blue will be following the @phish.com show tonight 🤞
030
parker higgins @xor.blue · 07/07/2026
man, I think I want to see literally everything in this upcoming Film Forum series with the Transit Museum filmforum.org/series/nyc-i...
filmforum.org
Film Forum · NYC IN TRANSIT
NYC IN TRANSIT Select screenings starting Tuesday, July 28
1104