Derek Powazek 🐐

I used to make websites. I wrote “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and so many more.

Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products for https://milkbarn.farm. I also take care of 30-something chickens, 13 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats, and my wife and myself, on 2 acres in Boring, Oregon.

Nazis, TERFs, and Republicans can fuck off.

He/him.

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2024-10-08 18:24:04

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@npub13vv…0sze Yeah I genuinely hate how the design of the masto site basically says "posting is unimportant, so we shoved it in the corner."

2024-06-19 04:58:22

Everyone got a little seaweed fertilizer today, as a treat. #hempfarm #MilkBarnFarm
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/641/510/276/636/643/original/4b400a68ea95847d.jpeg

2024-01-04 18:23:46

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@npub1utv…87lr 2003 was the height of political blogging in the aftermath of 9/11. Yes, it was different, but still plenty of people being wrong on the internet.

2023-12-21 17:36:24

People who say they don’t like nazis, but turn around and take money from nazis, and give money to nazis, do in fact like nazis.

2023-12-16 21:57:58

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@npub1xzm…eykm That’s exactly why Meta will never allow this to happen.

2023-11-30 23:39:59

This is how librarians say "fuck you, you racist piece of shit."
https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/

2023-11-22 19:53:59

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@npub18qs…0s8s Really happy you're working on this.

2023-11-11 22:35:52

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@npub1mdk…aptk Personally, I don't think those places are evil - I think their owners are evil. So I'm on Mastodon because at least it doesn't have an owner.

2023-10-21 17:25:26

The Andressen manifesto is the gift that keeps giving because it inspires writing like this.
"The techno-optimist tribe gives off the distinct impression of people who have been so ridiculously rich for so long that they’ve just completely lost the plot about how the real world works. To be fair, this is an apt description of most of Silicon Valley."
https://gizmodo.com/marc-andreessen-is-wrong-about-everything-1850934367

2023-10-20 21:00:48

Apple cancels Jon Stewart's show because execs were pissed at his criticism of AI and China.
Tech companies shouldn't be in the content business at all.
https://archive.ph/aIFX5

2023-08-23 16:55:32

So I watched eps 1 and 2 of Ahsoka and it made me realize what a key role Favreau played on The Mandalorian. Filoni is so in love with the Star Wars lore that every shot is framed like it's Huge and Important, but the show just hasn't earned that yet, so it comes off slow and ponderous. Filoni really needs a co-creator next to him saying "this is boring, how can we make the audience care?" That was Favreau for The Mandalorian and his absence in Ahshoka is palpable.
#StarWars #Ahsoka

2023-08-19 19:07:40

Any organization fully dependent on Facebook for traffic is a poorly managed organization that has already abdicated their duty to build their own community. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/media/facebook-referral-traffic-reliable-sources/index.html

2023-08-15 02:48:35

Fucking depraved. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

2023-08-14 21:18:17

Really glad I moved away from SF before driverless cars were a thing because I would absolutely be in jail right now for throwing rocks at them. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-12/cruise-robotaxis-come-to-a-standstill

2023-08-08 00:08:59

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@npub1qmc…v6gx Yeah replies should be their own class with their own rules.

2023-08-01 21:44:16

Eat shit, Trump cultists.

2023-07-06 03:26:12

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@npub1utv…87lr oh I see. Thanks for explaining.
I’m not making any judgements about other people’s decisions. A few have literally said “I’m joining Threads to spite Elon,” and I’m like … wha?!

2023-07-06 03:12:51

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@npub1utv…87lr be consistent with what?

2023-07-06 03:06:28

People joining Threads to spite Elon really need to understand that there’s no such thing as a good billionaire.

2023-06-30 18:09:31

I'm usually the optimist but today I'm ready to just burn something down.

2023-06-30 17:19:31

The Supreme Court ruling in favor of a bigot who was never even asked to do the thing she’s freaking out about is just the latest example of how successful the extreme far right has been in enshrining their bigotry into law, and an unmistakable announcement of the importance of reforming the court.

2023-06-23 17:28:17

Watching the schism between the “make fun of liquified billionaires” people and the “everyone deserves empathy” people has really made me appreciate growing up as the first American born son of Jewish Holocaust survivors, because I’ve always known that there’s evil in the world, not everyone deserves empathy, and it’s fucking great when you get to laugh at the bad people getting what they deserve.
If you haven’t experienced enough tragedy to know these things too, I hope you never do.

2023-04-28 16:42:18

This is probably the largest amount of seedlings I've ever had going at once. (There's more than this.) Exciting!
#MilkBarnFarm #Hemp
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/110/277/433/661/784/373/original/1dfe367fec4b8168.jpeg

2023-03-19 19:15:19

There's a dog on TikTok that taps buttons that play words and people are convinced the dog can talk.
I think about that dog every time I see someone taking ChatGPT seriously.