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This week has been a dark one, so with the sun out this morning I took to the wet trails. Despite the seemingly endless cloudy days, the moss still thrives. It is good to remember this. Here’s to a weekend of ease to you all #photography #mosstodon #lichensubscribe

Three mossy tall trees side by side with a blue sky in the backgroundBack lit thin trees with the moss illuminatedCloseup of some green mossMossy and slippery looking fallen logs criss crossing a narrow path

Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏

emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…

#typography #design

artboard demonstrating the panel font variation for the FRANS SANS typeface

‘Tis the season 🔔🎁

Stickers in a holiday theme that say “it’s beginning to look a lot like late-stage capitalism”

Going with the family to the annual Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl this afternoon. Kids are excited to see all the different kinds of artwork. I am inspired by admiring the level of craft and dedication.

culturecrawl.ca

#art #vancouver #culturecrawl

“I put money down on all of us On my people now, on what I love”

I have watched this video I don’t know how many times ✊

#rap #music

A short excerpt from The Shape of Practice that I immediately thought applied to marriage. The wedding ring is the same symbol.

Wow! This photo came up in my iOS memories. Can’t believe this was already 5 years ago! I can still feel the mist of the breaking waves and the latent power of the Pillar of Heaven in my bones

chadkohalyk.com/2020/07/2…

Waves crash on a rock formation in the ocean

Enjoyed this interview of @jmcelroy.bsky.social by @arshy.bsky.social

Some key bits in here for understanding Vancouver (and BC!) politics

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Bruh

Small car with a Labubu wrap

This was a good podcast interview with Shannon Vallor nominally about her new book THE AI MIRROR but it was much broader and even included her first book TECHNOLOGY AND THE VIRTUES. It gives a good sense of her approach if you haven’t read her stuff before.

Oh! Tomorrow! 🧎🏼📿☸️🪷

Screencap of Insight timer showing 599 consecutive days of meditation.

Wow look at the lineup for this conference! Ceclia Rikap and Evgeny Morozov and more! Online reg is still available #DigitalSovereignty #event

as.nyu.edu/research-…

Making quesadillas just like that Sri Lankan chef taught me at the Buddhist monastery deep in the Canadian mountain forest. 🙃

Life can be stranger than fiction. Love it! 😊

Fun gallery of laptops covered in stickers

Here’s mine. You may be able to spot some of your favs.

Laptop covered in stickers… and surrounded by even more stickers that need a new laptop to be stuck to

Moseyed on down to 0th Avenue to have a gander over the ditch and see how things are going in America.

maps.app.goo.gl/XPFkoyif6…

Fascinating discussion at PITG.network with Fiona Alexander about her new book “Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core” 📚

Appreciated her professional take as an insider.

#InternetGovernance #PublicInterestTechnologist

link.springer.com/book/10.1…

Talking a walk in the forest listening to a Dhamma talk contemplating wisdom, surrounded by many handfuls of leaves. ☸️

Chad stands in a forest path surrounded by fallen leaves, looking up at the tree tops

Gorgeous documentary on kathina featuring Wat Marp Jan (Ajahn Anan’s monastery). Anumodana! 🙏

#Buddhism

Currently reading: Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson 📚

Here’s to the next thousand pages …

Last night we gathered community builders to ideate on how we can rebuild Vancouver’s once-thriving meetup scene. 🥳 What resources can we pool for the betterment of the ecosystem? 🤔 It was a total blast and we are collating our findings and planning Stage 2. 📈 If you’re an organizer, REACH OUT 🤝

People crowd around a whiteboard with three brainstorming clouds around PEOPLE, PROGRAMMING, and LOGISTICS. Chad gesticulates wildly as usual