Stephen Coles
@stewf.com
(he/him) Editorial Director & Associate Curator at @letterformarchive.org in San Francisco. Cofounder of @fontsinuse.com & @typographica.org.
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End the genocide. Cease fire now!
Primarily on Mastodon: https://mstdn.party/@stewf
https://stephencoles.org
End the genocide. Cease fire now!
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My team from @letterformarchive.org will be there. And a rare book sale at the Archive upstairs. letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-bo...
My team from @letterformarchive.org will be there. And a rare book sale at the Archive upstairs. letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-bo...
Dogpatch Holiday Market 2025
Get ready for the ultimate winter shopping experience at the Dogpatch Holiday Market 2025 - a seasonal must-visit event for all.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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My team from @letterformarchive.org will be there. And a rare book sale at the Archive upstairs. letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-bo...
My team from @letterformarchive.org will be there. And a rare book sale at the Archive upstairs. letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-bo...
The words here are hand rendered copies of 1970s and ’80s typefaces. Next time I’m in Hayes Valley I’ll stop by and ask who did them so I can make a credited entry on @fontsinuse.com.
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The 50 Best Clothing Stores in America
Transporting, surprising and specialized, these stores keep alive the thrill of in-person shopping and are worth the trip — even if nothing is bought.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The words here are hand rendered copies of 1970s and ’80s typefaces. Next time I’m in Hayes Valley I’ll stop by and ask who did them so I can make a credited entry on @fontsinuse.com.
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With a proper search engine you have some sense of the recipe’s source. ChatGPT is just chewed up and regurgitated data, with no citation unless you explicitly ask. Even if you don’t care about the way it steals content from real people, it’s an unreliable delivery mechanism.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
With a proper search engine you have some sense of the recipe’s source. ChatGPT is just chewed up and regurgitated data, with no citation unless you explicitly ask. Even if you don’t care about the way it steals content from real people, it’s an unreliable delivery mechanism.
I guess my concern is that the longer you dedicate yourself to a particular platform, the more locked in you become. And what is portable now may not be in the future. Substack, like most corps, has shown signs they aren’t particularly dedicated to open protocols or the open web.
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I guess my concern is that the longer you dedicate yourself to a particular platform, the more locked in you become. And what is portable now may not be in the future. Substack, like most corps, has shown signs they aren’t particularly dedicated to open protocols or the open web.
It’s on the About page of his website: www.gelliottmorris.com/about (You gotta scroll down near the bottom.)
I understand that Elliot sees Substack as core to his success, but I worry that reliance on it risks his true independence. I just made a direct donation.
I understand that Elliot sees Substack as core to his success, but I worry that reliance on it risks his true independence. I just made a direct donation.
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Independent, data-driven analysis of politics, public opinion, and elections. A place for thinking smarter with data. Click to read Strength In Numbers, by G. Elliott Morris, a Substack publication wi...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It’s on the About page of his website: www.gelliottmorris.com/about (You gotta scroll down near the bottom.)
I understand that Elliot sees Substack as core to his success, but I worry that reliance on it risks his true independence. I just made a direct donation.
I understand that Elliot sees Substack as core to his success, but I worry that reliance on it risks his true independence. I just made a direct donation.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Yowza! Did you know it was coming and plan a trip, or was this a spontaneous drive East?
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Yowza! Did you know it was coming and plan a trip, or was this a spontaneous drive East?
Here is an audio link that is not Spotify. pod.link/1558483834/e...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here is an audio link that is not Spotify. pod.link/1558483834/e...
Shh, don’t remind them it’s there! Need more menu space for AI features.
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Shh, don’t remind them it’s there! Need more menu space for AI features.
And you retain some semblance of the open web (unlike ChatGPT’s new browser: www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...).
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
And you retain some semblance of the open web (unlike ChatGPT’s new browser: www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...).