Christopher Slye

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Image is a political protest poster titled "Fascist Infested!" created by the Berkeley Political Poster Workshop in 1970. It was produced in response to the US invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State massacre. It sows a rat holding an American flag with a dollar sign on it.

Fascist Infested!, Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970

Twitter conversation between sj and Amarion: sj: Its true, the 1/3rd pounder burger failed in the US because ppl thought quarter pounders were bigger Amarion: Yeah cause they are???? sj: 1/3>1/4 .33> .25 Amarion: what are those signs

Wanna see the greatest tweet of all time

A couple stickers and folded posters on top of a somewhat worn album cover.

I found an old U.S. vinyl LP of The Dark Side of the Moon in the used bins (probably a second pressing), and I didn’t even notice until I got it home that it still had the two posters and two stickers that came with it originally, tucked back inside the sleeve.

“Author has six fingers” 😬

Hey, remember that music you loved when you were about 13 or 14? I bet you still loooove that music. Source: buff.ly/LAfSUwp

“snatch-and-grab”? Hello, editors?

This is absolutely correct.

Once again, it’s so nice that my representative in Congress gets it. Sadly, that’s not something everyone in this country can say.

In the annals of our beloved police detective movies and shows, there are many great cliches from the “rogue cop and his weary chief” relationship. One is “I’m taking you off the case!” Another is “I’ll need your gun and your badge!” An underrated one is “You’ve got 48 hours!”

a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

finished embroidering my jacket :)

‘Old Man in Flip Flops’: Notes from a Surprisingly Exciting Water Tasting Class Camper English’s popular water tasting course is an exercise in attention — even for us tap-lovin’ plebes.

good morning! I’m interrupting your doomscrolling session with a joyful account of, of all things, a water tasting and appreciation class in San Francisco www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...

Imagine a Congress whose members took seriously their oaths to preserve the constitution's separation of powers. If a president exercised Congressional power without permission, such members would, out of sheer constitutional obligation if nothing else, immediately remove that president from office.

Although I have to say the latest custom in restaurant service replies is "Absolutely!"

An alarmingly nice day in San Francisco (over 70°F) — here looking across the Bay toward Oakland, with Chase Center visible off to the left.

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I am hiring a junior designer.

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Gives me chills just thinking about it!

Seriously, the pharmaceutical industry has a little machine that just auto-generates random (trademark-free) medication names, right?

the leading in that fake headline though

Maybe this is good news, but I regret I live in a world where I have to read “Boehringer Ingelheim's zongertinib”.

I think it kinda jumped the shark when the "you have to save this file as a copy" message showed up in the Save dialog.

I'd wager the Save a Copy option is there because originally some user requested it. I've come to appreciate it and have used it occasionally, but I agree these days the file-saving UX is more confusing and messy than ever.

Okay great but what about people who identify typefaces??

Thank you. My wife and I recite this phrase to each other all the time. 😂

BOOGIE NIGHTS - Deleted Scene - Adult Awards YouTube video by Scott Mumford

I rewatched Boogie Nights last night, then had a look at the deleted scenes on my old DVD. While I almost always understand why even very good scenes are cut, I wish this one had been left in. It does such a nice job of quickly summarizing all the characters right before the film’s big shift.

Bang & Olufsen Beomaster Control Module (1976)

From Wikipedia: ‘The Golden Rule is stated positively numerous times in the Old Testament: [...] Or, in Leviticus 19:34: "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."’

How are we not throwing Leviticus 19:34 up in Republicans’ faces every day? (Also, implied mic drop at the end there.)

Three bottles: Old Potrero 18th Century Style Spirit (51.2% ABV) “For sale in California only”; Genevieve Genever Style Gin (47.3% ABV); Old Potrero Single Malt Straight Rye Whiskey (123.14% ABV).

Sizing up my Anchor Distilling bottles this afternoon (and mixing an Old Fashioned). The rye is 123% ABV and packs a punch.

PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet Paul Brainerd, who coined the term "desktop publishing" and built Aldus Corporation's PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Is...

Sad to see Paul Brainerd has passed. Amazing career in business and environmental advocacy. Without him, I’d have had no career! I met him a few times in the early Internet days. www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...

It would be helpful if Bluesky could pin to the top of everyone’s feed: “This would lead to scandal and impeachment in any other presidential administration.” Could save everyone a lot of time to post other things.