Justin

@suckminimally.com

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I'm here because the billionaires aren't. I write code, make user interfaces, drink coffee, read, and try to make things a little better for people. (he/him) Known as "monitron" in some places. http://suckminimally.com/

A big sign with trees in the background and various attention-getting decorations on the periphery. The sign says “Never Buy A Lemon Again - MAKE SURE IT IS Ai CERTIFIED - AiCertifiedUsedCars.com”. It also has an AI generated illustration of an android looking like a cross between a Transformer and Iron Man. He is holding a shield that says “AI Certified Used Cars.” His right foot is on the hood of a much smaller car that is somehow also a lemon (as in the fruit) - rounded and yellow with a pebbly texture and a small green leaf sprouting from its hood.
A view of a pickup truck from the rear. It has two wheels on each side of the rear axle. The body has been widened to accommodate these, leading to a distinctly humpy appearance.
a crop from an iPhone screenshot showing two notifications from the Domino's app. The first, from Saturday 4:22pm, says: Build the exact pizza you want—choose your crust and up to 7 toppings, then feed the craving. Terms apply. The second, from 4 minutes ago, says the exact same thing BUT IN ALL CAPS!!!
Quiz results indicating that my closest match is Zohran Mamdani. I’m apparently 91% Woke (vs Chud), about half and half Techbro/Neo-Luddite, half and half Hopepilled/Doomer and 80% Davos (vs Dubai)
A screenshot: Get Ahead of Being Dead by Evie King Due to publisher restrictions, this audiobook is unavailable for purchase in your selected country.
[Intro: Tim & Matt] Hey, Matt Yeah, Tim? Hey, you talked to Marc lately? Uh, haven't really talked to him but he looks pretty, uh, down "He looks pretty, uh, down?" Yeah, well, maybe we should cheer him up then What do you, uh, suppose we should do? Well, does he like butter tarts?
A montage of four screenshots from the Gmail app on my phone. At the top of my inboxes, multiple sellers are advertising peptides, antibodies, nicotine-free mushroom pouches and whole protein lysates.
A low angle photo of a calico cat lying in a cardboard crate that used to contain strawberries. She is lit by bright sunlight through a window. She’s staring right into the camera with narrow slits for pupils. One white paw is visible through a notch in the bottom of the crate.
Microphotograph of a planarian, a kind of flatworm. It is looking particularly fat and sassy, and if you squint it kind of has cat ears
Collage of 3 screen snippets from GitHub's web interface showing lines of code added and removed in pull requests. One shows +4264 -183. Another shows +4840. A third, bigger, shows +31780 -634!
Comic panel of Batman breaking a gun in half. “This is the weapon of the enemy.” he says, “We do not need it. We will not use it.”
A screenshot from OP’s linked EFF article. It is headed: Young People’s Access to Legitimate AI Tools Could Be Cut Off Entirely.
Time series charts of 8 lab tests (Apolipoprotein B, AST, ALT, Cholesterol, HDL, VLDL, Non-HDL, Triglycerides) showing marked improvement from December 2024 to August 2025. All measures have gone from abnormal values to normal values, apart from HDL which is still a few mg/dL away from normal. The most surprising is Triglycerides which have dropped from 568 mg/dL to 122!
Screenshot of an email from ordercs@nytimes.com to me from 12:26pm today. The New York Times logo and wordmark are shown. The subject line is "You've canceled your subscription." There's nothing informative in the email body.
A can of Dr. Brown’s Original Cream Soda - “flavor favorite for generations!”
A screenshot from the typing test at keybr.com. It says I typed 110.6wpm with 99.6% correct keystrokes, which puts me in the top 1.02% for speed and 0.49% for accuracy.
A gathering of items in a kitchen, including a box of off-brand mac & cheese and its open bag of white cheddar powder, a bottle of hot sauce, a tiny measuring cup with milk, and a glass prep bowl with two tablespoons of margarine. And in case my stupid Unicode characters play havoc with your screen reader, it says "mise en place" in a pretentious italic typeface
Four teeny tiny vials of Zepbound on a kitchen counter. Behind it is a mountain of packing material including a box and styrofoam cooler, bubble wrap and five paper inner boxes. You could fit hundreds of those vials in the cooler!
A gray plate with two halves of a toasted sesame bagel. Both are topped with cream cheese, smoked salmon and a thin slice of beefsteak tomato.
A chart of my weight. It shows a relatively steady decrease from almost 300lbs to a little over 280lbs. At the top are some numbers: Trend Line -1.8lbs per week, -17.0lbs in 66 days.
A small margherita pizza on a gray plate, with prosciutto and an egg on top. It's cut to show the egg is done medium. There's a little more cheese on top this time to tie everything together. It's perfect!
The top half of a page of instructions for building something I bought. It says: KINDLY SUGGEST: THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE ASSEMBLED BY A STRONG PERSON.
A small margherita pizza (or the Costco version thereof) in the sunlight on a gray plate. It has a just-set egg on top of it. A slice has been cut out, revealing some yolk.
A screenshot from Futurama. Bender (a robot) is telling Fry (a human) “I’m emotionally and electrically drained.”
A scene from Futurama. Bender (a robot) speaks nonchalantly to Fry, saying "I got a retirement plan. I'm gonna turn my on/off switch to off." He's making a switch-flipping gesture with his index finger.
A screenshot of the article linked by the parent post. A blue “Sign up to be a member!” button obscures the first two or three letters of each line.
The cover of the book Matthew Lesko’s 101 Best Government Grants in America. The cover is garish and themed like American paper money. In the center is a shield with the Stars and Stripes on a field of Lesko’s signature question marks. Superimposed on this is Matt himself, dressed like Uncle Sam, who appears to be screaming with some unidentifiable emotion as he hands you a red, white and blue gift-wrapped box. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s “As Seen On TV!”
A Google Maps screenshot from my browser, centered on Columbia, MD with an irregular polygon highlighted inside of a dashed line. At left is a sidebar for Mr. Beast Burger (3.4 stars with 78 reviews, delivery only, open 24 hours) featuring a web address and phone number, but no physical address.
A plate of dubious shrimp pasta with a suspiciously phallic breadstick on the side
A steel mug of coffee next to a plate of cinnamon raisin toast. The foam on the coffee has the oddly distinct shape of a butt and lower back from behind, with what I see as an electrical cord snaking away from its left shoulder area. You’re welcome
A crop from a screenshot of the Slack app interface. It says: (stars icon) Summarize any conversation with Slack AI Save time catching up on the 5 unread messages in this channel in just one click. Below is a "Request Slack AI" button and a secondary link that says "Not now"
Printing on the top of a box shipped to me from China. It says “NO TRAMPLING” next to an illustration of a boot breaking a board with a circle and slash through it.
A TV news graphic. The left half is labeled “Taco Watch” illustrated by a number of ingredients for a (rather American) taco such as tortilla shells, cheese and an avocado. The right half is labeled “Taco Warning” and displays a finished taco ready to eat.
A vial of Zepbound (tirzepatide), a colorless injectable liquid, 2.5mg/0.5mL
A screenshot of the search engine Kagi. The query is "is today christmas." The first result is a quick answer from Wolfram Alpha displaying "= yes"!
An error message: ERROR in src/reader/stores/page.ts:37:9 TS2589: Type instantiation is excessively deep and possibly infinite.
An iPhone notification from the Potbelly app. It says “Your free sandwich is expiring soon. So get it while it's still hot, but mostly while it's FREE, because you know, it's always hot. Tap to order”
A screenshot of my phone with the Apple App Store’s Free Apps chart. Bluesky is in the #1 spot. Threads is #4.
A lineup of pinball machines such as Total Nuclear Annihilation, Eight Ball Deluxe, Memory Lane and Lord of the Rings
A, let's say, creatively designed map visualization from the New York Times that is supposed to illustrate the swings of votes over the last 3 presidential elections, but instead just makes it look like the country is being overrun by snakes.
A screenshot of my deactivated twitter/X.com account
A bowl of fried rice with a big jagged piece of clear plastic in it
A photo of my Maryland “I voted / Yo voté” sticker.
Screenshot of a MedStar Health webpage stating “You are now in the virtual waiting room. Please hold while we connect you to your care team.”
A screenshot from the Washington Post website - "We've canceled your subscription"
I’m Bluesky user number 3,028,138
A brick wall with a boarded up window opening. A small graffiti on the board simply says “Boobies”
A barricade made of blue tape in front of a staircase. A handwritten sign taped to the barricade states "Do NOT walk on steps. Penalty is DEATH." On the floor in the background is a pail of wood stain.