Myles Braithwaite's garden of ideas. A collection of thoughts, photos, and things I love.https://myles.garden/https://myles.garden/2026/06/06/they-themhttps://myles.garden/2026/06/06/they-themSat, 06 Jun 2026 17:07:02 GMT<p>Love this poem I found:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>They/Them</strong><br /> <em>(dedicated to Nex Benedict)</em></p> <p>If God created night &amp; day<br /> &amp; dawn, of course<br /> &amp; dusk<br /> &amp; the tangerine rosepink sunset<br /> &amp; the deep amethyst twilight<br /> &amp; the infact bright of morning</p> <p>the to perceive the world in binary is to forgo knowledge of the divine.</p> </blockquote><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/06/06/they-them/they-them.jpg" alt="A printed poem on cream-coloured paper, photographed close up. The title reads &quot;THEY/THEM&quot; in small caps, with an italic dedication to Nex Benedict beneath it. The poem is set in a serif typeface, its lines built from ampersands as it moves through times of day — dawn, dusk, sunset, twilight, morning — before closing on a two-line stanza about binary perception and the divine." /></div></div>myleshttps://myles.garden/2026/06/02/street-arthttps://myles.garden/2026/06/02/street-artWed, 03 Jun 2026 03:52:00 GMT<p>Love this Basquiatist graffiti.</p><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/06/02/street-art/street-art.jpg" alt="Two painted canvases leaning against a graffiti-covered brick wall in a dim alley at night. The larger central canvas is a black ink-and-charcoal drawing on a cream ground: elongated, sketchy human profiles and faces, with one figure in a coat holding a cigarette near a tiny orange figure perched on the hand. Below the image it's titled &quot;BIDDING WAR,&quot; dated &quot;2 JUNE 2026,&quot; and signed &quot;GRAF ALLEY&quot; with a heart and an artist's signature. A smaller canvas to the left, in the same scratchy style, shows two faces and reads &quot;SOLVE &amp; RASOLUTE.&quot; Behind them the wall is covered in red, teal, and grey graffiti, including a snarling wolf and the word &quot;RASCAL&quot; in red. On the concrete in the foreground, handwriting reads &quot;LIFE &amp; DEATH ARE THINGS YOU JUST DO WHEN YOU'RE BORED,&quot; and beside a small sketch, &quot;YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS ONE&quot; with an arrow." /></div></div>GraffitiGraffiti Alleymyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/06/02/dog-libraryhttps://myles.garden/2026/06/02/dog-libraryTue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT<div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/06/02/dog-library/dog-library.jpg" alt="A hand-lettered cardboard sign staked into a grassy curb strip. The top reads &quot;DOG LIBRARY&quot; in colored block capitals; beneath it, smaller handwritten text says &quot;TAKE A STICK / LEAVE A STICK (OPTIONAL).&quot; A few sticks lie scattered in the grass below the sign. A sidewalk runs along the left, and a young staked tree sits in a mulch bed to the right." /></div></div>Junction Trianglemyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/06/02/mechanical-pencilhttps://myles.garden/2026/06/02/mechanical-pencilTue, 02 Jun 2026 15:57:11 GMT<p><a href="https://mechanical-pencil.com">Mechanical Pencil</a> is a collection of illustrated tear-downs of everyday products by <a href="https://www.bryanmacomber.com">Bryan Macomber</a>. The <a href="https://mechanical-pencil.com/products/zippo">Zippo tear-down</a> is particularly impressive.</p>myleshttps://myles.garden/2026/06/01/posters-from-walk-homehttps://myles.garden/2026/06/01/posters-from-walk-homeMon, 01 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT<div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/06/01/posters-from-walk-home/garage-sale.jpg" alt="A plastic-wrapped flyer taped to a pole, headed &quot;Good Friends Market,&quot; reading &quot;GARAGE SALE — May 30th, 6 Florence St, 9AM–4:20PM. Lots of high quality GOODS for sale.. that's gangster talk for vintage clothes, knick knacks, video games, collectibles etc!&quot; A quiet street with a bike lane sits behind it." /></div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/06/01/posters-from-walk-home/brain-on-plant.jpeg" alt="A yellow sticker wrapped around a city utility pole reading &quot;BRAIN ON PLANT — Rework Gallery, 1450 Dundas Street West — arthouse of reworked clothes, design &amp; culture — Made in Toronto — slow fashion, fast life — @brainonplants — brainonplants.com.&quot; A sunny Toronto street is blurred behind it." /></div></div>City of TorontoStreet Postersmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/06/01/photos-from-farmhttps://myles.garden/2026/06/01/photos-from-farmMon, 01 Jun 2026 18:10:01 GMT<p>Photo dump from a weekend at the farm.</p><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/31/photos-from-farm/lilac-bush.jpg" alt="A large lilac bush in full bloom, covered in pale purple flower clusters, growing in front of a tall maple on a sunny day." /></div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/31/photos-from-farm/porch.jpg" alt="A weathered wooden deck running alongside a red-brick farmhouse with white gingerbread trim on the porch, looking out to a lilac bush in bloom and green trees." /></div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/31/photos-from-farm/front-fields.jpg" alt="A tall black planter of trailing greenery and red flowers on a weathered deck, overlooking a green lawn, a ploughed field and a treeline under a clear blue sky." /></div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/31/photos-from-farm/backyard.jpg" alt="A covered patio under a louvred pergola, furniture wrapped in mauve covers, with a curly-haired apricot dog resting on a sofa and a sunlit lawn and trees beyond." /></div></div>Family FarmPhoto Dumpmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/28/silent-reading-clubhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/28/silent-reading-clubFri, 29 May 2026 00:20:36 GMT<p>I’m hosting <a href="https://luma.com/3ccr3gb8">Silent Reading Club</a> at <a href="https://1rg.space">1RG</a> on June 16 starting at 6pm. Bring whatever you’re reading, find a comfy spot, and enjoy a few hours of quiet company with friends old and new.</p>1RG (Place)1RG1RG's Silent Reading Club with Noramyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/25/astro-jsonfeedhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/25/astro-jsonfeedMon, 25 May 2026 21:40:49 GMT<p>I started working on an Astro utility to generate a <a href="https://jsonfeed.org">JSON Feed</a> for blogs, changelogs, or any chronological content. It’s called <a href="https://github.com/myles/astro-jsonfeed">astro-jsonfeed</a> (super original, I know).</p>Astroastro-jsonfeedJSONFeedmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/25/50-hours-to-draw-some-lineshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/25/50-hours-to-draw-some-linesMon, 25 May 2026 04:45:42 GMT<p>Doug MacDowell writes about <a href="https://www.dougmacdowell.com/50-hours-to-draw-some-lines.html">drawing data visualisations completely by hand</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>“What are you working on these days?”<br /> “Data visualizations.” I told him.<br /> “Ah, you using algorithms, machine learning, cloud computing, things like that?”<br /> “No.” I said. “I’m just trying to draw a line graph.”</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>My neighbor thought I was getting into some complex sh**. But what’s been more interesting to me lately than using […] is <strong>learning to draw data by hand</strong>. 50 Hours to Draw Some Lines is about spending more than a week on something that software can accomplish in 20 minutes - and a catalog of resources and methods acquired along the way.</p> </blockquote>Data Visualisationmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/19/veracuda-sculptureshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/19/veracuda-sculpturesTue, 19 May 2026 20:41:58 GMT<p>Poster for <em>Veracuda Sculptures</em>.</p><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/19/veracuda-sculptures/veracuda-sculptures-poster.jpg" alt="A pale blue gig poster stapled to a weathered wooden utility pole, showing a classic arched-back black cat with bushy tail, wide eyes, and a jagged toothy grin. Blocky pixel-font text reads &quot;VERACUDA SCULPTURES&quot; across the top. Bottom corners list &quot;P.W.Y.C HOUNDSTOOTH&quot; and &quot;9PM JUNE 10TH.&quot; A sunlit street stretches behind — red brick house, streetcar tracks, scattered clouds." /></div></div>City of TorontoStreet Postersmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/11/windfallhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/11/windfallMon, 11 May 2026 18:53:56 GMT<p>I built a parody of Tumblr called <a href="https://myles.garden/windfall">Windfall</a>.</p>ColophonWindfall1RG's Side Project Socialmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/10/books-up-for-grabshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/10/books-up-for-grabsSun, 10 May 2026 16:59:06 GMT<div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/10/books-up-for-grabs/books-up-for-grabs.jpg" alt="Two boooks,Colored Television by Danzy Senna and Ghosts Photo in a graph a chronicle by Myrna Kostash, sitting on a stack of London Review of Books." /></div></div>City of Torontomyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/07/the-map-that-keeps-burning-man-honesthttps://myles.garden/2026/05/07/the-map-that-keeps-burning-man-honestThu, 07 May 2026 14:18:50 GMT<p>Amanda Shendruk writes about <a href="https://www.not-ship.com/burning-man-moop/">the work that’s done after Burning Man</a>, where 150 people line up, side by side and arms apart, and slow walk the entire playa looking for Moop (Matter Out of Place).</p> <blockquote> <p>This forensic-style sweep takes weeks; everything they find is removed and logged. At the end, they’re left with a remarkable accounting of what 70,000 people left behind: <a href="https://journal.burningman.org/2026/03/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/moop-map-2025/?ref=not-ship.com">The MOOP Map</a>. And I’m obsessed.</p> </blockquote> <p>The Moop Map is a pretty remarkable view of what is left behind:</p> <a href="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/07/the-map-that-keeps-burning-man-honest/2025-moop-map.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="https://myles.garden/_vercel/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.myles.garden%2Fposts%2F2026%2F05%2F07%2Fthe-map-that-keeps-burning-man-honest%2F2025-moop-map.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=100&amp;dpl=dpl_AbfY1Qbjf5kNuk8EV9d3HhEN8P47" alt="Moop Map from Bunring Man 2025" width="2048" /> </a>Mapsmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/06/sometime-well-sometimes-poorlyhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/06/sometime-well-sometimes-poorlyWed, 06 May 2026 04:05:00 GMT<p>Spotted on Ossington a poster for <a href="https://contactphoto.com/festival/2026/open-call/sometimes-well-sometimes-poorly">Sometimes Well, Sometimes Poorly</a> by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lil.dans/">Dani Dazo</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nadom_/">Nadom Paintsil</a>.</p><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/06/sometime-well-sometimes-poorly/sometime-well-sometimes-poorly.jpg" alt="A wheat-pasted poster on a utility pole on a city street. The poster layers a photograph of someone in a green hoodie holding a bouquet of pink tulips over a white event flyer, which reads: &quot;Dani + Nadom invite you to Sometimes Well, Sometimes Poorly. Book Launch + Photo Exhibit. May 1st 2026 @ 8PM. Memento Film Lab, 216 Ossington Ave.&quot; A 40km/h speed sign hangs above. Behind the pole: a red bike lane, passing cars, and a grey spring sky." /></div></div>City of TorontoStreet Postersmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/05/hibiscushttps://myles.garden/2026/05/05/hibiscusTue, 05 May 2026 22:05:50 GMT<p>Brought <a href="https://1rg.space">1RG</a>’s hibiscus outside for summer.</p><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/05/hibiscus/1rg-hibiscus-plant.jpeg" alt="Two white plastic chairs tipped on their sides at left, legs splayed toward the camera. Beside them a leggy green hibiscus in a teal glazed pot sits on rain-darkened concrete pavers, scattered with leaf debris. A horizontal dark-wood slat fence runs behind, black cables threading along its base. Overcast grey light." /></div></div>1RG (Place)1RGmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/04/everybody-wants-to-love-youhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/04/everybody-wants-to-love-youMon, 04 May 2026 15:29:48 GMT<p>My current jam is <em>Sexy Lemon</em> by Freak Slug.</p><div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/i-blow-out-big-candles-freak-slug.s-_5vZES.jpg" alt="Album cover for Freak Slug's album I Blow Out Big Candles." /></div></div>This Is [Myles] JamFreak Slugmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/03/callery-pearhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/03/callery-pearMon, 04 May 2026 03:59:59 GMT<p>A Callery Pear in bloom.</p><div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/03/callery-pear/callery-pear.jpg" alt="A Callery pear branch crowds the right of the frame, white blossoms with maroon centres and pink-tipped buds in sharp focus. Behind it, a rain-slick sidewalk and empty street recede past low-rise apartment buildings." /></div></div>City of Torontomyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/05/02/blind-date-with-a-typewriterhttps://myles.garden/2026/05/02/blind-date-with-a-typewriterSun, 03 May 2026 03:59:59 GMT<div><div><img src="https://uploads.myles.garden/posts/2026/05/02/blind-date-with-a-typewriter/blind-date-with-a-typewriter.jpg" alt="A white flyer pinned with a teal thumbtack to a weathered wooden utility pole at night. Bold black caps read &quot;BLIND DATE WITH A TYPEWRITER&quot; above smaller lowercase &quot;may 3, 1–4pm&quot;. Fringed tear-off strips along the bottom carry the handles @bon.vivant.to and @poesy.ca, a few already pulled. The pole is scarred with staples and old paper scraps; behind it, a dark street recedes into blurred streetlights." /></div></div>City of TorontoStreet Postersmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/04/28/cherry-blossomhttps://myles.garden/2026/04/28/cherry-blossomTue, 28 Apr 2026 12:45:15 GMT<p>Caught them just as they opened. The rain was not invited but showed up anyway.</p><div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/cherry-blossom-01.qAHfLKVY.jpg" alt="Pink cherry blossom trees lining a wet path in Trinity Bellwoods Park on an overcast day." /></div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/cherry-blossom-02.DI33XuAV.jpg" alt="A grove of cherry blossom trees on a grey spring morning, grass still damp from rain." /></div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/cherry-blossom-03.BsXQNkXr.jpg" alt="Close-up of white cherry blossom buds covered in raindrops, hanging from a bare branch." /></div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/cherry-blossom-04.BeJ2xOIG.jpg" alt="Rain-soaked cherry blossoms in bloom, petals translucent against a pale grey sky." /></div></div>Trinity Bellwoods ParkFlowersmyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/04/27/monday-morning-slackhttps://myles.garden/2026/04/27/monday-morning-slackMon, 27 Apr 2026 14:34:00 GMT<p>1,253 new Slack messages is not the Monday I ordered.</p><div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/monday-morning-slack.BT7Z0aKj.jpg" alt="Slack's empty unreads screen reading &quot;All done. The future is yours.&quot; with a green &quot;1,253 New Messages&quot; badge stacked on top of it." /></div></div>myles@poparidehttps://myles.garden/2026/04/25/olivia-rodrigo-drop-deadhttps://myles.garden/2026/04/25/olivia-rodrigo-drop-deadSat, 25 Apr 2026 20:08:13 GMT<p>My current jam is <em>drop dead</em> by Olivia Rodrigo.</p><div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/olivia-rodrigo-drop-dead.DboA5mfL.png" alt="Album cover for Olivia Rodrigo's single drop dead." /></div></div>This Is [Myles] JamOlivia Rodrigomyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/04/25/mother-maryhttps://myles.garden/2026/04/25/mother-marySat, 25 Apr 2026 18:58:05 GMT<p>I went to see Mother Mary last night at the Revue Cinema, I thought it had some really cool ideas and style, but kind of felt flat on the execution.</p><a href="https://myles.garden/reelbook/films/mother-mary"> <img src="https://myles.garden/_vercel/image?url=_astro%2Fmother-mary.Bqd9S0Tl.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=100&amp;dpl=dpl_AbfY1Qbjf5kNuk8EV9d3HhEN8P47" alt="Poster for Mother Mary" width="256" height="384" /> </a>Revue CinemaMother Marymyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/04/10/visual-shoegazehttps://myles.garden/2026/04/10/visual-shoegazeFri, 10 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT<p>Saw this <em>Visual Shoegaze</em> sticker on Ossington today.</p><div><div><img src="https://myles.garden/_astro/visual-shoegaze.DlIsqEdT.jpg" alt="A black circular sticker reading 'Visual Shoegaze' in bold white lettering, mounted on a weathered concrete pole on Ossington Ave, surrounded by other stickers." /></div></div>City of Torontomyleshttps://myles.garden/2026/04/09/claude-buddyhttps://myles.garden/2026/04/09/claude-buddyFri, 10 Apr 2026 00:45:49 GMT<p>claude code removed my buddy <span>😢</span></p>Claude Codemyles