Tipa walks through iterating ChatGPT prompts to make chibi Malifaux art—Perdita Ortega edition—plus a cautionary note: it fixates on one detail and struggles with two-character scenes.
Belghast celebrates Path of Exile II’s druid drop (Last of the Druids / Fate of the Vaal), finding bear-form maul-to-empowered-slam combos finally make the game’s “combo gameplay” feel great.
Anarchae unpacks the appeal and harm of hyper-tracking (hello, Wrapped), tying it to family dieting scars and arguing corporations monetize our urge to quantify ourselves—even when “more data” backf
CrazyKinux recaps his blog’s long arc since 2005 and outlines quiet cleanup—refreshing the About page, adding a plain-language Privacy page, and aligning the site with recent writing interests.
Heartless keeps it simple: the Green Bay Packers handled the Chicago Bears and jumped into first place in the NFC North—just taking care of business.
Joar looks back at accounting’s shift from judgment-and-stewardship toward margins, offshoring, and automation/AI-for-cheapness, and mourns how disconnected the work feels from public purpose.
Tobold argues GDP is increasingly a vibes-mismatching indicator: billionaire/AI gains can “grow” the economy on paper while most people feel poorer, with inequality distorting the headline story.
Jamie Zawinski republishes the original 1998 mozilla.org red dinosaur vector art (commissioned from Shepard Fairey) and digs into the murky bought-outright vs trademark vs “open sourced” history.
Dave Winer riffs on rebuilding the writer-to-writer “web,” shares thoughts sparked by an AWS CEO podcast, and wonders if Archie Bunker could somehow be America’s accidental cultural bridge.
Tofutush breaks down how her site’s hover-pop character cards work, with a CSS grid layout, background-image tricks, and notes on keeping pixel art crisp via image-rendering.
Warner Crocker reflects on pain vs joy (via a Colin Farrell quote) while wrangling grandkids, rewinding holiday movie laughs, and trying to explain “bad guys” in a way he hopes is right.
Pixel One’s journal entry follows a tense sea crossing: a long storm, a hyper-competent crew, Stargrace staying weirdly delighted, and Zang steady as a rock amid the chaos.