Lauren Ashpole

@laurenashpole.com

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I do fonts and web dev but I’m mostly here to despair at the news and baseball

Tidal screenshot showing Piazza, New York Catcher as the top Belle and Sebastian track
Kent Brockman Simpsons meme with the line: “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work.”
Floofy gray and white cat sleeping on his back, paws in the air, with a blanket partially covering him
Two people giving a tech talk. The screen between them shows Yesterday by the Beatles in karaoke format with the real lyrics replaced by questions from Stack Overflow.
TV screen with a trivia question reading “Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh leads the Major Leagues with 38 Home Runs at the All-Star break and is known by which nickname that highlights a larger than normal part of his physique?”
A wall in a Popeyes restaurant with words in different fonts. The words “Love that” are in a hand drawn, rounded font that is partially filled in.
Food Choice Test results with most sections filled in and the caption “Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class.”
Classic Mike Ginn tweet: its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time about things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
ChatGPT answers incorrectly again: The comedy show you're thinking of is "| Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson." The specific sketch is from Season 2, Episode 1, and it features a fake game show called "The Capital Room." In this sketch, one of the bizarre rules is that contestants cannot look at the horse's mouth, which becomes increasingly absurd as the game goes on. It's a parody of game show tropes with the signature awkward, surreal humor that the show is known for. This sketch has become a fan favorite for its offbeat escalation and strange logic.
Asking ChatGPT “What comedy show had a fake game show where contestants couldn't look at a horse's mouth?”
Poster for the criminally underrated Sarah Michelle Gellar TV show Ringer. Featuring the tagline “A search for forgiveness. A plot for revenge.”
An extremely cute, floofy kitten getting my arm
Poster for Independent, a sci-fi style geometric font
A screenshot from a customer survey asking if you would recommend Aetna’s services to a colleague or friend with the response, “If I had an enemy that I wanted to ruin both physically and financially, I would recommend Aetna’s services.”
A very floofy white and gray kitten sitting on a chair
Fun, colorful poster introducing the font Abhartach. The font is funky and has a bit of a late sixties feel.
Postcard to voters for Josh Riley
A t-shirt reading “Fuck the Supreme Court.” because it is terrible.
An adorable kitten posing like Kate Winslet in Titanic
Hand lettered postcards to re-elect Chris Deluzio
The cutest little one-eyed kitten
Citi Field after the Mets won
Demo poster for Gremlin, a boxy outline font