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Because applying online fucking sucks. Over the last weeks, I have applied to fewer jobs online. I've received nothing but rejections and it's been eating at me. When I told my psychiatrist, he said that I should stop applying for design...
After our anniversary weekend in the Cotswolds, I drove home while L picked up the boys and continued on to a lodge in the Forest of Dean with her parents. For me, this meant a few nights of currys and quiet, and working from home during...
I like my homerow mods. I really wanted a way to have that ergonomic advantage in the (admittedly rare) times that I'm at my laptop but don't have one of my external keyboards out1. For years Karabiner has been the tool I've used for...
Hello again webmates!Below are some notable things I’ve read, written, and consumed lately. Click links you’re curious about—that’s what the Web is for. ☕️ReadingWhat if? 2 by Randall Munroe: It’s just as funny and nerdy as the first...
I am home sick with Captain Trips, so I took the opportunity to finally read this oddity I came across recently:a funny-animal detective story by William Van Horn!$2.00 for a black and white comic in 1988 sounds a little steep, no? If...
Our daughter, who turned 18 this year, voted for the first time today. The world will begin slowly changing in the right direction now.
For Mwako, also featuring Itchy! Thank you so much for commissioning me. Artwork is © 2026 by Marina Neira. You may NOT copy, color, reference, repost or use this artwork in any way or claim it as your own. Only the commissioner/giveaway...
I’ve been getting so much art finished, it’s ridiculous! Even managed to sneak some personal art in between. This is for the future site for Master Sequin’s Assistants, for Pip’s profile page. I added a background for fun. You may NOT...
I took a trip over to PEI this past weekend, decided to take the ferry back instead of the bridge. The people on board the ferry are much more interesting than the approaching shore and terminal so I turned around to photograph them....
An animation worth copyingPierre Chevillard posted an animation for France's slice of tomorrow's eclipse: a map dotted with cities, each one carrying a small icon of the Sun with the Moon's black disc sliding across it, ticking forward...
For Nalaskunku! Thank you so much for commissioning me. (I love how this came out SO MUCH hnnngh) Artwork is © 2026 by Marina Neira. You may NOT copy, color, reference, repost or use this artwork in any way or claim it as your own. Only...
Players Tulip Driblette, sponsored by Krongu Inc (EvilTables) Dana Zargle, sponsored by Coca-cola (Epistellar) Amelia Birkenstock, sponsored by Myishi Corp (Oldhawkeyes) Tressika Snath, sponsored by Big Rollem Cigarettes (Mistuh) Kim...
For teachers of economics, one familiar metaphor about tariffs is “rocks in the harbor.” Companies and countries take go to considerable trouble and expense to build docks and interconnected transportation structure, and even dredge the...
Cybercab Liam Denning reports on Tesla's quarterly results flop in Someone Call Tesla a Robotaxi, or SpaceX, Quick. He notes that: The curated list of investor questions that gets teed up ahead of these affairs had indicated some brewing...
Every journey begins with a single step. Sometimes, that step is motivated by the Pilgrim Plague. But we’ll get to that. I started writing these in May of 2023, so there may be references to things that happened before now and the...