When you move across the grain
you can expect more friction than when you don’t. When you challenge the values, standards and perceptions of the
September 2, 2025
Try not to resist the changes
that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do
September 2, 2025
Being nice does not come out of goodness
or high morals. It comes out of a fear of displeasing others and receiving their disapproval. …It’s making
September 2, 2025
Streamlining just because we can is not always good
🔗 Kristofer, Long Way Home: Now that fascism is on the rise and our world is becoming increasingly harsh, it is important not to run at full speed
September 2, 2025
Cool enough to wear a sweater in the balcony
building the cathedral
The limits of my language
are the limits of my world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
August 26, 2025
You Are Not The Things You Like
But we are not the things we like. We are not a list of favourite records, films, books or sports teams. Nor are we our hobbies. We can express
August 24, 2025
Vibe Coding Will Rob Us of Our Freedom
Browsers, Again – Tyler Sticka
🔗 Browsers, Again — Tyler Sticka I am doomed to continue blogging about this
August 24, 2025
About smolweb
You have a right to experiment with your life
You will make mistakes. And they are right too. — Anais Nin
August 22, 2025
New technology and old skills
New technology makes some old skills, previously valued skills, obsolete. That’s okay, but we need to be smart about which skills we keep and which
August 19, 2025
Don't reward effort by undermining the effort
Note to self: Don’t reward effort with things that undermine or sabotage the work I’m doing, the effort I already put in
August 19, 2025
Content sludge
What SEO did to writing on the web is what AI will do but more. Content sludge. Creative skill and expression devalued. Formulaic sameness
August 19, 2025
We live ourselves into
We do not think ourselves into new ways of living. We live ourselves into new ways of thinking. — Richard Rohr
August 19, 2025
The human individual lives usually far within his limits
; he possesses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use. He energizes below
August 19, 2025
The grandeur of life is that attempt
How do you get through? Sometimes you don’t survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt. It’s not about that
August 19, 2025
One has to invent a new world
After tragedies, one has to invent a new world, knit it or embroider, make it up. it’s not gonna be given to you because you deserve it; it doesn’t
August 19, 2025
Crude men who feel themselves insulted
tend to assess the degree of insult as high as possible, and talk about the offense in greatly exaggerated
August 19, 2025
a good shift
Hiking church at Castlewood
The Uses of Anger by Audre Lorde
Tree against a cloudy morning sky Tree against a cloudy morning sky
Masked, Armed and Forceful Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
A row of white hydrangeas in full bloom A row of white hydrangeas in full bloom
Green Rock trail from Rockwoods Reservation
Flowers
Arkadia Zoomquilt
🔗 Arkadia Zoomquilt Infinitely zooming botanical floral painting
August 4, 2025
Anger is a tool, not a master
Anger is the firestorm that signals the death of our old life. Anger is the fuel that propels us into our new one. Anger is a tool, not a master.
July 30, 2025