adam w.k. @sabbatical@qoto.org

@jbwharris OK, i've found a "manivan" i'd actually be proud to drive though. 90s toyoaces are wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzPi-Y7MZz8

just reflecting on how when i was starting out in visual design, you either had to pay big bucks for software like photoshop or be OK with pirating (and know how/where to get it.)

the fact that today anyone can just use figma for free is such a win for reducing barriers. and this pattern seems to be repeating across domains:
dreamweaver → vs code
maya → blender
excel → sheets
and many more... i'm sure i'm missing some of the best examples. sure, there was some free-to-use software back in the day (props to GIMP et al), but it was generally sub-par or very niche.

not something to take for granted!

@jbwharris yeah, i'm tempted to sell this and import something like a toyota liteace or mazda bongo which have a 3-seater bench in the cab. they're a little bigger so not technically "kei" but still way smaller than NA trucks are. but they're a lot less popular to import, so would be a fair bit harder to get parts for, i think.

was looking up whether it's "mascarpone" or "marscapone" and there were at least TWO AI-generated articles on the first page of google trying to convince me those are actually two often confused but separate types of soft italian cheese!

@pixelambacht @elliotjaystocks oooh! haven't read this one. will have to search it out.

@bjb wow

@niclake i ought to do that. i never really settled on a go-to reader after google reader folded. whatre you using?

@randahl but what about bothsides-ism? are you really not going to even mention bothsides-ism when talking about whataboutery? typical.

@jbwharris yeah, i mean i do wish i could tote both kids around in my kei — if i eventually switch out for something else, that'll be why — but i also love spending next to nothing on gas and feeling like the star of my own anime when i'm out and about

my sister recommended me a book on cptsd, and was just able to read a good chunk of it on open library. forgot how cool their system is! (good book so far too: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27167959M/Complex_PTSD)

it hurts so much

variations on a theme

@jbwharris manivan? whoa

please sir, couldnt you include alt text?

please sir, do you have any old memes or tweets saved you could spare? [dickensian puppy dog eyes]

home depot parking lot. two 4x4 pickups with the same bed size. which way western man?

TBT to when the very idea of ONLY A SINGLE MAPLE LEAF on the canadian flag was a front page shocker. (found this newspaper from 1964 stuffed in our old chimney flue)

@Kilian haha… ahh. this has never been me, but i bet there’s a non-trivial amount of time the docs *are* wrong, don’t you think?