Paula Te

Paula Te

@pte.bsky.social

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"I generally have four or five books open around the house ... they are not books on the same subject. They don’t relate to each other ... and the ideas they present bounce off one another ... in that way, I’m using a kind of primitive hypertext. - Octavia Butler piperhaywood.com/im-using-a-k...

piperhaywood.com“I’m using a kind of primitive hypertext” — Piper HaywoodI generally have four or five books open around the house — I live alone; I can do this — and they are not books on the same subject. They don't relate to

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I was going to post about how amazing it was that I can now ride from Beacon Hill to South Park to Georgetown to downtown almost entirely in PBLs. But instead I’ll post this picture of a guy who smashed into the bike lane seconds after I rolled through:

Overheard on Bad Faith pod convo with Anita Say Chan: using "AB testing" both as literal reference and metaphor for reductive, binary decision-making in the current technocentric political landscape

Enjoying niche subreddits where I don’t understand the jargon and can pretend I’m reading a sci fi dystopia. “A digital I know told me something that changed my perspective.”

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“But it could be a while before it's ever that good to replace a person. And yeah, I don't know whats with us having so many digitals. That part just bothers me so much lol”

“If an incredibly useful tool is discouraged by a group just to maintain in-group loyalty or status, I think we’ve all messed up. Both groups.”

Enjoying niche subreddits where I don’t understand the jargon and can pretend I’m reading a sci fi dystopia. “A digital I know told me something that changed my perspective.”

“Being that you are in Florida maybe you want to give advice to New Yorkers about how the infestation of digital took place in Florida. I’d be curious to know”

Dreamt that we had a band called Nipples and we recorded remakes of old folk songs. What did we call the album? “Nipple covers” Woke up laughing.

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What do you get an immigrant Chinese mother for Mother’s Day who can buy most things she wants but won’t bc she wants to save money? Pls help

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