Neuroplasticity by Moheb Costandi

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

1984 by George Orwell 

Red Rising by Pierce Brown 

Creativity Inc. The Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull 

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and The Next) by Dean Spade 

This is your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

https://grayarea.org/event/chia-amisola-my-computer-never-asks-me-how-many-computers-i-had-before/

Cancelled Framer subscription 
Cancelled Netflix subscription
Cancelled Spotify subscription
Cancelled other misc subscriptions
Switched cellphone plans

+ Saving nearly $2,727.64/yr 

Spotify > YT Music + Analog Radio
Netflix > Kanopy (free w library) 
Verizon > Visible

One of these days I’ll post design stuff on here.

Friendly reminder that you CAN and SHOULD dispute auto-renewal subscriptions—especially in the state of CA. You are protected by the Ca auto-renewal law.

If auto renewal is 1+ yr or longer, then the business must provide notice between 15 days/45 days before the date of renewal.

Created a little how-to-make-a-site tutorial — anything I missed or could be improved?

Call it an addiction, but I miss working those late nights with degenerates in advertising/agency.

Designers: “Here’s a list of features and free user research to make Figma better.”

Figma: “Figma AI✨”

Designers:

Demanding @andy for 30 second video uploads

@andy feature suggestion:

Settings: Ability to hide/mute posts with specific words. 

(Not my dog)

For the nerds coming to config: 
- DO NOT leave items in your car (even in the trunk)

Coffee: 
- Coffee Movement
- Golden Goat 
- Paper Son coffee
- Linea 
- Sextant

Natural wine bars:
- Ruby
- Bodega north beach
- Key Klub 
- Shuggies
- Back to back
- Bar Part Time

Korg Electribe-MX EMX-1 is going to be the next sought-after gear. It's going to be like Elektrons’s monomachine or machinedrum.

I felt my cognitive abilities decline after listening to just 5 minutes of this presidential debate. 

🥴🥴🥴

A review site, but it reviews the top reviewers who give bad reviews to small businesses.

Re-reading 1984 was a mistake. It's difficult not to compare the writing quality of modern fantasy to this masterpiece.

😤🫸: figma's releases
😌👉: read's releases

SF microclimates. One of the only cities where you’ll experience a 30 degree difference in just 7 miles.

Illustrated this weeks global cover for The Economist. Some backlash was expected due to the cover being a bit mean but actually people are taking it a bit more on the funny side. thank god lol hahaha.

Blender/Cycles

🎰friday 🫨 me & exteeng 🎶 8pm at gray area in sf 🪽

performing an hour of a dozenish net art pieces i've made over the past 2 years, many new & unreleased! 

😇
https://grayarea.org/event/chia-amisola-my-computer-never-asks-me-how-many-computers-i-had-before/

I wonder if there is a decline in writing quality driven by the desire for books to be adapted into films or television shows.

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