ContextSans
@contextsans.bsky.social
Tech and textiles. Entropy tamer, word wrangler, culture nerd, artisan, educator, historian, and high-tech 'creative type'. 🥑🏳️🌈🎭👗💻📚🤓
I mean they are funny looking but the metaphor was just not working for me 😂 www.brecks.com/cdn/shop/fil...
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I mean they are funny looking but the metaphor was just not working for me 😂 www.brecks.com/cdn/shop/fil...
Always a favorite, and it does seem to be very portable for museum visits.
It came to SF Legion of Honor in 2021 (so of course I paid an old friend a visit)!
It came to SF Legion of Honor in 2021 (so of course I paid an old friend a visit)!
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Always a favorite, and it does seem to be very portable for museum visits.
It came to SF Legion of Honor in 2021 (so of course I paid an old friend a visit)!
It came to SF Legion of Honor in 2021 (so of course I paid an old friend a visit)!
Dear SF art Bsky: this random steam chimney has been at the corner of second and market for six months. Please help make it more interesting.
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Dear SF art Bsky: this random steam chimney has been at the corner of second and market for six months. Please help make it more interesting.
On mobile, long tap somewhere to drop a pin, the swipe up on the drawer? (I’m on iOS, but I have to assume it’s also available on Android)
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
On mobile, long tap somewhere to drop a pin, the swipe up on the drawer? (I’m on iOS, but I have to assume it’s also available on Android)
Oh this shows my street, and you can see Meeteer House! history.hartfordstreet.online/buildings/ma... That was demolished to build the theater. So it's a decent landmark.
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Oh this shows my street, and you can see Meeteer House! history.hartfordstreet.online/buildings/ma... That was demolished to build the theater. So it's a decent landmark.
I mean… water moves around some. Especially if this was over years and not describing the same year, I’d expect some jitter.
September 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I mean… water moves around some. Especially if this was over years and not describing the same year, I’d expect some jitter.
I guess this means @karlthefog.bsky.social has officially made it?
June 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I guess this means @karlthefog.bsky.social has officially made it?
Well, I tried. Pre-industrial crockery is difficult to work with.
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Well, I tried. Pre-industrial crockery is difficult to work with.
Stripping old wallpaper and found an inscription from the paper hangers in 1937 💜
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Stripping old wallpaper and found an inscription from the paper hangers in 1937 💜
Windy was showing this which has now dissipated I guess?
December 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Windy was showing this which has now dissipated I guess?
Scary but feels like it’s passed (I hope?)
December 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Scary but feels like it’s passed (I hope?)
That was not a fun wake up.
December 14, 2024 at 2:12 PM
That was not a fun wake up.
As always on Fleet Week, repost this Pictures for Sad Children comic (by Simone Veil) which is evergreen:
January 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As always on Fleet Week, repost this Pictures for Sad Children comic (by Simone Veil) which is evergreen:
Like two months too late if true. @ATT is this even your own shortcode?
January 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Like two months too late if true. @ATT is this even your own shortcode?
It’s still thheeeeeeerrreeee
January 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It’s still thheeeeeeerrreeee
Okay so this gets better. Along with the Ghurka spectator seat stick, there was also a Louis Vuitton waxed cotton monogram umbrella, and in a $10 junk lot, this 1872 sewing machine.
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Okay so this gets better. Along with the Ghurka spectator seat stick, there was also a Louis Vuitton waxed cotton monogram umbrella, and in a $10 junk lot, this 1872 sewing machine.
"And the sapient socialistic visitor responded: 'It's the plutocrats that did it.'"
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"And the sapient socialistic visitor responded: 'It's the plutocrats that did it.'"
Sigh. I still miss Livejournal.
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sigh. I still miss Livejournal.
At some point I realized that I was seeing the same damn "popular tweet" again and again no matter how much I dismissed it. Then I realized that there was literally NO content from people I followed. Right, gotta toggle "Latest Tweets" back on.
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
At some point I realized that I was seeing the same damn "popular tweet" again and again no matter how much I dismissed it. Then I realized that there was literally NO content from people I followed. Right, gotta toggle "Latest Tweets" back on.
"As the jackpot got seriously going, after the first wave of pandemics..." Thinking a lot about @GreatDismal's books right now.
https://x.com/ContextSans/status/1158579633517764609
https://x.com/ContextSans/status/1158579633517764609
January 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"As the jackpot got seriously going, after the first wave of pandemics..." Thinking a lot about @GreatDismal's books right now.
https://x.com/ContextSans/status/1158579633517764609
https://x.com/ContextSans/status/1158579633517764609
