- Name
- myles
- Full Name
- Myles Braithwaite
- Role
- everyday self
- myles@myles.garden
- Website
- https://myles.garden/
- Birthday
- September 19
- Pronouns
- he/him
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January 2026
- — π Cristian BΔluΘΔ writes about he moded a Panasonic Lumix G9II into a Leica M-Style camera.
- — π¬ Just saw Marty Supreme at Scotiabank Theatre Toronto.
- — π§ My current jam is Memphis by Kitten.
- — π Henry Desroches makes a thoughtful case for reclaiming the Web we actually want by embracing personal, hand-coded, syndicated websites and protocols like RSS & Webmentions.
- — π¬ I finished watching season 1 of Letterkenny.
December 2025
- — π¬ I finished watching season eight of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- — π Painted Nails With Black Onyx and Big Apple Red
- — π¬ I finished watching season 7 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- — π¬ I finished watching Dune (1984).
- — π Bryan Cantrill shares Oxideβs internal guidance on the use of LLMs in RFD 576.
- — π¬ A look into ORION, a Montreal-based ice surfer known for surfing the St. Lawrence River year-round, even through the frigid winter.
- — π¬ I finished watching season six of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- — π¬ I finished watching Avatar: Fire and Ash.
- — π¬ I finished watching season 5 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- — π¬ I finished watching season 2 of Prehistoric Planet.
- — π· Went for a long walk during a winter snowstorm on Boxing Day.
- — π¬ I finished watching This Is Spinal Tap.
- — π¬ I finished watching Love Actually.
- — π¬ I finished watching season 4 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- — π¬ I finished watching Lesbian Space Princess.
- — π§ My current jam is Sing Good by Ninajirachi.
- — π¬ I finished watching Wicked: For Good.
- — π§ I am listening to Everybody Scream by Florence + the Machine.
- — π I am going to July Talk at History.
- — π Charli XCX commenting on John Caleβs Instagram post, βdefo text me any time!β.
- — π¬ I finished watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 3.
- — π· Playing around with mood.camera, an iOS camera app that aims to emulate film photography. Really enjoying how it renders indoor light.
- — π¬ I finished watching season two of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
- — π¬ I finished watching The Boy and the Heron.
- — π Marcus Olangβ reflects on being told his writing sounds like ChatGPT. As a Kenyan, he reframes the comparison: ChatGPT writes like him and like many others shaped by the same educational system.
- — π I am going to Side Project Social.
- — π¬ I finished watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 1.
- — π· The lake was almost the same colour as the sky, separated only by a thin, pale horizon. Wind came in hard from the water and the waves kept breaking against the rocks in short, restless bursts. Everything felt flattened, quiet, and heavy, like the city was holding its breath.
- — π§ My current jam is Berlin TV Tower by Blondshell.
- — π¬ I started watching Pluribus.
- — π¬ I just finished watching The Red Turtle, dialogue-less film that follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
- — π¬ Finished watching Ted Lasso.
- — π Swiss mapmakers have been quietly seeding their work with little doodlesβmarmots, spiders, even the occasional hidden hikerβinside official maps.
- — π Painted Nails With It's a Boy!
November 2025
- — π¬ Finished watching Ted Lasso season two.
- — π¬ Finished watching Knives Out.
- — π¬ Finished watching Glass Onion.
- — π¬ Finished watching the first season of Ted Lasso.
- — π¬ Watched the latest Benoit Blanc film, Wake Up Dead Man.
- — π¬ Started re-watching Ted Lasso season one.
- — π¬ Finished watching Gilmore Girls season seven.
- — π Emily Sneddon on how she designed Fran Sans, a display font inspired by the destination displays on Muniβs Breda Light Rail Vehicles in San Francisco.
- — π· Untitled Photo Post
- — π¬ Finished watching Creature Commandos.
- — π¬ Saw Edgar Wrightβs The Running Man tonight.
- — π¬ Finished watching season seven of Rick and Morty.
- — π¬ Finished watching season six of Rick and Morty.
- — π¬ Finished watching season five of Rick and Morty.
- — π Peter-Ayers Tarantinoβs Manhattan apartment is packed with books and artwork in every direction. Itβs chaotic, layered, and unbelievably charming.
- — π¬ Finished watching Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.
- — π¬ Watched the 1987 version of The Running Man.
- — π¬ Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back to Everest Base Camp without supplementary oxygen.
- — π¬ Finisehd watching the third season of Rick and Morty.
- — π Dani Offline writes about how everyone wants to be a DJ, but no one wants to dance. She argues that the commodifiction of art has devalued the experience of enjoying art for its own sake.
- — π¬ Watched Hot Fuzz.
- — π Read some of A Gorgeoous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner on my lunch break today.
- — π¬ Finished watching all of Amy Sherman-Palladinoβs Gilmore Girls.
- — π¬ Watched Guillermo del Toroβs Frankenstein tonight, it was so good.
- — π¬ Finished watching season two of Rick and Morty.
- — π Painted Nails With Skate to the Party
- — π· First snowfall of the season.
- — π¬ Finished watching the first season of Rick and Morty.
- — π¬ Just watched Super Troopers 2.
- — π¬ Just watched Super Troopers.
- — π Bud Smith writing in The Paris Review about his truck desk,
- — π¬ Finished watching season five of Gilmore Girls.
- — π₯ I am going to 1RG's Community Dinner.
- — π I am going to 1RG's Side Project Social.
- — π I am going to 1RG's Side Project Social.
October 2025
- — π§ My current jam is Crush by Ethel Cain.
- — π Chase Anderson wrote a guide to reading Jane Austen books in order.
- — π¬ Finished watching the latest season of Only Murders in the Building.
- — π¬ Finished watching season four of Gilmore Girls.
- — π Started reading A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner today.
- — π Finished reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.
- — π Geoffrey Litt on how he uses LLMs to code like a surgeon:
- — π I am going to Side Project Social.
- — π· Was playing around with Leicaβs Pro Manual Camera iOS App today.
- — π₯ I am going to 1RG Community Dinner.
- — πΈ I am going to claire rousay presents a little death.
- — π Anil Dash on most people in the tech industry, who actually build things, share the same feelings on AI:
- — π¬ Started watching season five of Only Murders in the Building.
- — π¬ Finished watching season two of Foundation.
- — π¬ Watched Good Fortune at Scotiabank Theatre tonight. It was okay, a bit of disappointment.
- — π¬ Re-watched Superman today.
- — π¬ Finished watching the latest season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
- — π Started reading SPYΓFAMILY, Volume 1.
- — π Painted Nails With Tile Art to Warm Your Heart
- — π¬ Short documentary of DFA Records, the influential New York City record label founded by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy.
- — π· Awesome memorial by Victoria Day.
- — π Alex Martsinovich on why itβs rude to show AI output to people:
- — πΊ Finished watching Star Trek: Voyager.
- — π§ My current jam is Serotonin by girl in red.
- — π¬ Finished watching the first season of Foundation on Apple TV.
- — π The Society of Brevity is for those who believe most sentences can end sooner. We honor concision, condemn excess, and keep introductions short.
- — π Started reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.
- — π Finished reading Nimona.
- — π Liam Hodder writes about how the punk and hardcore community in Alberta are galvanizing against a common enemy, the United Conservative Party. A great read on how local music scenes double as political communities.
- — π· Someone left a small guardian in the garden.
- — π Steve Simkins built a site about how the answer to doomscrolling and disconnectedness is Blog Feeds. Itβs meant to be an antidote to endlessly scrolling, just a curated list of people you actually care about.
- — π· Spotted a Lovebot stencil tucked along a brick wall tonight.
- — π· Waiting for a friend at St. Andrewβs Playground Park.
- — π¬ Went to see The Mummy Returns tonight at the Revue Cinema.
- — π§ Listened to Double Infinity by Big Thief.
- — π§ My current jam is If the World is Ending by BEGINNERS.
- — π¬ Went to see One Battle After Another tonight.
- — π Started reading Nimona.
September 2025
- — π I finished reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab tonight. Loved it.
- — πΈ I am going to Destroyer - Dan's Boogie Tour.
- — π· Movie Mice Theatre
- — π· Red Light Signing Through my Window
- — π¬ Finished watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
- — π I am going to Nuit Blanche.
- — π I am going to Side Project Social.
- — π Painted Nails With Black Onyx
- — π° Building a Calendar Interface in Astro I wanted my website to have a clean, static calendar interface to showcase all my RSVP posts. At first, I considered using FullCalendar, an excellent package, but a bit too heavy for my needs. I wanted something that rendered at build time, without extra client-side scripting. Building a lightweight calendar in Astro with date-fns was surprisingly straightforward.
- — π I am going to Subvert x New Feeling: Music and Co-ops Social & Salon.
- — π I want to read A Gorgeous Excitement: A Novel by Cynthia Weiner.
- — π I want to read If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares.
- — π Alexandra Ciufudean explores the IndieWeb, where peopleβs personal websites are pushing back against the corporate internet.
- — π· Butterfly
- — π· Found this cute little guy today near Queen and University.
- — π Painted Nails With Big Apple Red
- — π° JSONFeed in Astro with @astrojs/rss I wanted this website to publish both an RSS feed and a JSONFeed. The catch: I didnβt want to maintain two separate feed pipelines.
- — π· Untitled Photo Post
- — π I want to read Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.
August 2025
- — π I donβt appreciate Duolingoβs pro-horse agenda.
- — π· Farm Photo Dump
- — π¬ Conservationist Matt Somerville has spent 14 years building log hives across England to give wild honey bees safe, low-intervention homes.
- — π· Tomatoes from the garden.
- — π· Lego sculpture on the corner of Edwin Ave and Dupont St.
- — π Paused reading Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
- — π¬ Finished watching James Gunnβs Superman.
- — π Started reading Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
- — π Paused reading Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1.
- — π¬ Finished watching The Fantastic 4: First Steps.
- — π· I love this map of Toronto on the wall at the White Squirrel.
- — π Started reading Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1.
July 2025
- — π I am going to Side Project Social.
- — π Iβm enjoying reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab.
- — π I just discovered the creator of She-Ra: Princess of Power, ND Stevenson, wrote a Graphic Novel, Nimona.
- — π I want to read Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki.
- — π Paused reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 9.
- — π Someone at last nightβs Silent Reading Club recommended reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier when I mentioned I enjoy reading Queer Horror books.
- — π I want to read The Use of Photography: Annie Ernaux & Marc Marie.
- — π Started reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 9.
- — π I am going to Silent Reading Club with Nora.
- — π I started reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab.
- — π· Untitled Photo Post
- — π Finished reading Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico.
- — π Watching 24 Hour Party People made me really want to read Peter Hookβs book The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 14.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 13.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 8.
June 2025
- — π I re-read Land of Mirrors by Maria Medem, a stunning and dreamlike graphic novel.
- — π Finished reading Funny Girl.
- — π I finished reading Everyone Sux But You by K Wroten, what an amazing graphic novel.
- — π Started reading Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico.
- — π This documentary Death of a Fantastic Machine explores how photography has shaped our lives, from early photographs to AI-generated images.
- — π Finished reading Final Cut.
- — π Finished reading Iβm a Fool for Loving You.
- — π¬ Finished watching Ballerina.
May 2025
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 7.
- — π Finished reading Bury Your Gays.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 6.
- — π¬ Finished watching Thunderbolts*.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 5.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 4.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 3.
April 2025
- — π I finished reading Ballerina by Patrick Modiano and translated by Mark Polizzotti. This one passage stuck with me:
- — π Finished reading The Flowers of Evil.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 2.
- — π Finished reading Land of Mirrors.
- — π Finished reading Land of Milk and Honey.
- — π Finished reading Frieren: Beyond Journeyβs End, Volume 1.
March 2025
February 2025
January 2025
December 2024
November 2024
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 12.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 11.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 10.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 9.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 8.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 7.
October 2024
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 6.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 5.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 4.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 2.
- — π Finished reading Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1.
August 2024
- — π° Broadacre City β Frank Lloyd Wright's Utopia Dystopia Democracyβ¦ we have started toward a new integrationβto an integration along the horizontal line which we call the great highway.
- — π° Icebergs can get stuck on underwater mountains The current largest iceberg, A-23A, is currently spinning in place on top of an underwater mountain:
- — π¬ I saw Deadpool & Wolverine in the theatres.
- — π Read Pete Wellsβs Times article on his experience reviewing restaurants for the last 12 years.
- — π Read How to Paint Like Hayao Miyazaki.
July 2024
March 2024
- — π° Exploring Toronto's Restaurant Inspection Data with DineSafe As a lover of good food, Iβve always been curious about restaurant health inspections. So, I decided to take matters into my own hands and create a tool that makes it easy to explore Torontoβs DineSafe data.
- — π° Arc App's JSON Export to SQLite I started working on a Dogsheep utility for processing Arc Appβs Daily (or Monthly) JSON exports into a SQLite database. This provides the ability to analysis the places I visit and activities I am doing in Datasette.
January 2024
- — π Finished reading Bubble.
- — π Finished reading All Fours.
- — π Finished reading Good Material.
- — π I just finished reading Health and Safety, which should be required reading for ravers who are 35+.
- — π Finished reading Human Rights, Robot Wrongs.
- — π Finished reading Sex Goblin.
- — π Finished reading The Age of Magical Overthinking.
April 2023
- — π° π’ My Stupid Weather Twitter Profile Bot Got Suspended Seven years ago, I created a little Python script that would add a weather emoji to my Twitter handle, based on the current conditions in Toronto. I donβt think anyone besides myself notices, but it always made me happy to see my handle change to βοΈ Myles Braithwaite on a sunny day.
- — π Finished reading Eating to Extinction.
January 2023
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August 2019
- — π· I β₯οΈ summer in Toronto.
- — π Thinknum, a dataset service for revealing strategic movements within companies, made their pitch deck a comic book.
- — π Scooter's aren't as "eco-friendly" as they claim to be The study concludes that dockless scooters generally produce more greenhouse-gas emissions per passenger mile than a standard diesel bus with high ridership, an electric moped, an electric bicycle, a bicycleβor, of course, a walk.
- — π· Waiting to go home from Oakville.
- — π· Outside is awesome today!
- — π π₯ Hobbs & Shaw was really good.
- — π π΅ Chance the Rapper new album The Big Day is awesome.