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Jason Goldman @goldman.blue · 1d

Obama is on the last Marc Maron WTF pod today and the first 20m is on the internet. He gives a very robust endorsement of MeetUp. And in doing raises an interesting challenge: namely is it possible for a platform to encourage people to get together in real space for good.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 1d

watched highest 2 lowest. denzel was great, there were some beautiful shots of new york. but the score felt like it was from another movie, the plot was weak, the mayhem guy from the allstate ads was ridiculous, and there wasn't enough a$ap rocky. i really wanted another 25th hour; didn't happen.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 1d

doctor, heal yourself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw91...

Geese – Taxes

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 3d

@greg.org they came. it turns out framebridge gives you extra reflective plexiglass at no extra cost. but i still like them. v happy with this decision.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 11d

[this is good] www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Glowworms

In the punt on the river in the cave, beneath the dim light of glowing worms, it was thoughts of my own death that consumed me.

www.newyorker.com

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 11d

the last lines of priestdaddy killed me this morning. "...when everyone is still lying in the light with their hearts peeled and in loose sweet segments..." goddammit @tricialockwood.bsky.social

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 11d

who do i bug to assign you a 1,200 word review of the album ;)

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 11d

tfw you queue up reputation as a palate cleanser. sigh.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 11d

especially because we're sort of in mourning, tbh

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 12d

Happy new Taylor day, to all those who celebrate. To everyone else? Leave us in peace.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 12d

if you know you know

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 13d

the trump administration going deep on the question what is a photo, really

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 13d

i'm a cheap and simple boy so went PDFs -> JPG -> Framebridge and we'll see how they turn out. will report back when they arrive.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 14d

holy shit i’m totally printing and framing this and the ruscha one this is completely unhinged and i fucking love it.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 14d

awwww. (hi jordan!)

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 14d

"I believe that there are times when it is almost a sacred duty to shut the fuck up." sippey.com/links/2025/0...

A sacred duty to shut the fuck up. - sippey.com

Michael Sippey's blog, published semi-regularly since 1995.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 15d

peak stratechery, double rainbows all the way across the sky

tfw ben thompson quotes himself quoting himself

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 15d

file under: horrible growth hack

1. join a zoom meeting where some other random participant has fireflies.ai recording everything.

2. get an unwanted summary of the meeting via email from fireflies. ire is triggered.

3. get subscribed to the fireflies WEEKLY MEETING ROUNDUP. what the actal fuck?

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 17d

holy shit

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 17d

Coco sprinting back and forth to win this point 🤯 (via WTA)

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 17d

“Zhu, who launched his first startup, Aviato, from a bathroom stall in his Indiana high school…”

a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .

ALT: a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .

media.tenor.com

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 17d

“Need in the human being is a natural state. Need water, need food, need green money, need meaning, need touch and need talk, need I don’t know what.”

— Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir

Quote shared via Kindle: "Need in the human being is a natural state. Need water, need food, need green money, need meaning, need touch and need talk, need I don’t know what."

a.co

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 18d

ok that's really funny

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 18d

imagine a xylophone humping a coffeepot sippey.com/links/2025/0...

One Battle After Another Is a Powerhouse of Tenderness and Fury - sippey.com

Michael Sippey's blog, published semi-regularly since 1995.

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 18d

cursor is in a k-hole

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Michael Sippey @sippey.com · 19d

Nick Makoha, A Panel of Experts:

"don’t be fooled by the never-ending pattern of abstraction. It’s the only way we can become particles of light."

www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

www.poetryfoundation.org