Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️

@rachelvetica

theoretical writer/conceptual artist, amateur built environment critic. things i like: brutalism, urbanism, linguistics, material culture, surrealism, mollusks, making things, conceptual and/or abstract artworks, overanalyzing commercials

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Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 17d

Also this from a week ago. It both returns the actual furniture company's information but also says that there's no active online presence for the company even though THEY HAVE A WEBSITE THAT'S LINKED ABOVE!!

ggl search result where I searched for a furniture company called Urban Billy

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 17d

I've also noticed that it seems worse recently!! the garbage AI overviews, irrelevant results on the first page that aren't what you're looking for. this is a screenshot of a search I did like last month

screenshot of a ggl search results page. the search query is "do pikmin have names" and the results shown in the screenshot are: USMNT (for soccer), a super smash bros wiki that has a page about pikmin for some reason, then a page for Kenworth trucks.

at the bottom, there are some things that "people also search for," which include "do pikmin have names reddit", "white pikmin," "yellow pikmin" and "purple pikmin"

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 17d

fifth place entry! this is the entry that SHOULD have won first place, by my assessment. top notch! a person with an actual talent for art and design seems to have made this poster! also even if it was actually made by AI, somehow it looks way better than the others that were clearly AI generated??

fifth place entry for ohio state fair poster contest, by Nikki Smetters. this design is simple/not overly busy, but bold and cohesive.

it depicts a rooster holding a pink fluff of of cotton candy on a white stick, while riding a butter cow carousel animal. this part of the illustration is in color, and it's surrounded by a (gray) decorative medallion/cameo border which is lightly ornamented with ribbons and ears of corn on cornstalks.

a thick, vaguely retro-looking serif typeface in the upper left corner says Ohio State Fair on two lines with ohio state being in blue on the first line, then fair in red on the second line, left aligned. at the bottom center of the poster, it says 250 in alternating colors of red and blue in the same serif typeface.

2026 in a black thinner serif typeface is underneath ohio state fair, then in the upper right corner, right aligned, it says the dates of the fair (july 29 to August 9) in a similar typeface but maybe a little heavier weight?

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 17d

onto entry number 4. this one at least seems to be the work of a human, someone with some competency in a form of digital art/illustration/design software (I'm assuming it was done digitally but I don't know for sure). while it's not superb, it's fairly good, and is better than the prior three.

fourth place entry to the ohio state fair poster contest by Lindsay Boyd. the poster has a three-color color scheme, a lighter blue, darker blue, and sort of a brick red. all the colors are on the more muted side. there's a large cow as the focal part of the design, then in the background, the fair gate with a sign that says ohio state fair. behind that, some cable cars, which I guess actually are part of the ohio state fair??? beneath the cow's front hooves, the shape of ohio is in red, then 2026 in large digits superimposed over it. overall it looks somewhat like a design for screen printing. the background is a pinwheel?? style of thing with slivers in alternating colors of blue and darker blue radiating from a central point behind the cow.

you can barely read it, but interspersed in various places on the poster in tiny text are little fun facts/trivia about some years of the fair's history, I think.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 17d

entry number 3: this one, at least the final version, appears to have been done by a human. it's not the strongest composition, but it's passable, and has more of a visual flow compared to the previous two.

a poster for the Ohio state fair. this one

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 18d

the second place entry also looks like it could have been generated by AI and this one isn't very good either. it's not quite as chaotic as the first entry but it's still bad.

a poster that looks like it might have been ai-generated. it has a color scheme of red, white and blue only. there's a more or less photorealistic cow in the lower left corner but its fur is in the colors of red, white and blue. next to the cow, it says ohio state fair in a traditional fair/carnival style of typeface. the main part of the poster is a sort of blurry or gauzy image of a spinning swings ride. the detailing on it isn't very precise which makes me think it's AI. this poster was entered by Gene Strickland

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 18d

Here is the winning entry in all its AI-ified ingloriousness. this entry won $1000. some of the other entrants were robbed, I tell you!

an awful ai-generated poster for the ohio state fair. it has a very stereotypical AI look to it and is overly busy and chaotic with the strange overall warm tones that are so prevalent when AI is used for things like this. it depicts a variety of things like a carousel, a ferris wheel, roller coasters in the background. in the midground (if this poster could even be said to have a midground; it's very compositionally fucked up) there's a butter cow, some pigs racing (the pigs are numbered 1, 2 and 1). in the "foreground" there is a liberty bell for some reason and a crowd of people standing behind a fence looking at the liberty bell I guess?? overall it looks awful!! oh and in the sky, there's a silhouette of the state of ohio and some fireworks going off. the person who submitted this entry is listed as Christin Billips.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 19d

hmm I wonder how difficult it could be to sew a replica (or at least something relatively similar to and inspired by) of this dress https://www.instagram.com/p/DaGMinNlGmL

an image of phoebe bridgers from a music video. she is wearing a light blue medieval-style dress and standing with her arms outstretched

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 20d

I'm just thinking about pikmin

An image of a purple pikmin plushie with bubbles in water superimposed over it

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 20d

why is it in french again?! note that the region says United States (English)!

search query "should you meow at a cat" and an AI overview that is in french and says "Oui, meowler à un chat peut l'inciter à vocaliser en retour, car las chats associent souvent les sons humains à une interaction sociale, même s'ls ne comprennent pas les mots."

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 20d

costco hasn't had these mini quiche for awhile and I wanted to eat some the other day!

a photo of a package of mini quiche, which come in two flavors in the package. a florentine (spinach) flavor and a three cheese flavor. there are a bunch of mini quiche in both flavors arranged on a serving board.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 20d

fuck this form lol I am not impressed with companies that do this kind of thing I deserve to be able to send in a media inquiry too even if I'm not a business!!

a screenshot of evernorth's media contact form with fields for first and last name, email, organization and title. i've filled out all the fields with something such as my name, "n/a" for organization and "Ms." for title. my actual email address is redacted here but it shows that it's a gmail address, and there's some red error text under that field that says "enter a valid business email address"

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 21d

I was wondering if I could figure out what model or brand of pump it is based on what was shown in the commercial, but I haven't found anything that looks like it matches. also, why does she need to look at it randomly during lunch?

a wearable infusion pump from a commercial that I'm overanalyzing. it's black and attached to a waistband. the wearer's hands are holding it/adjusting it a little bit. it has some buttons on the bottom half and a screen that reads "continuous rate 0.1 mL/hr"

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 21d

for some reason it gave this "overview" in french??

a screenshot of a search on Ecosia and an AI overview that is in french.

the search query says "cat energy levels throughout the day" and the overview says

"Les chats ont généralement plus d'énergie à l'aube et au crépuscule, périodes correspondant à leurs instincts de chasse.

Responses can be inaccurate. We recommend you check important facts."

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 21d

an AI-generated image purportedly depicting different types of infusion pumps but when you look closer, the labels for each one are garbled strings of pseudo-letters 🙃

AI-generated image that purportedly shows different types of infusion pumps. there are various medical-looking devices laid out on a table, some of them look really similar to each other. they have little screens and buttons and they're all the same shade of pale gray with blue accents, except for one which is fully blue. there's text in the image but it's all garbled and nonsensical.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 22d

Tiber Island, DC

Photo of part of a beige brick building with letters on the side that say Tiber island, south, and the building's address. in the foreground there's a low wall (also beige brick) amidst some landscaping plants with a red/orange sign on it that says Tiber island management office

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 23d

more cool satellite imagery, this time southwest of salt lake city

satellite imagery of a pale turquoise area of water shaped vaguely like a fish or whale, against a sandy background of land.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 23d

more cool satellite imagery. it's Landmannalaugar in Iceland.

satellite imagery of abstract patterns of snow on the ground against a darker background of areas that don't have snow.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 24d

I do have to admit, this part was funny (that's pretty much the only thing though) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...

a screenshot from an article. the text reads:

He told some jokes about his administration.

“I hope that everyone finally got to enjoy their entire very delicious beef tenderloin, very special beef,” he said, winding up. “And I want you all to know that Bobby Kennedy, who’s right here, personally ran over the cow in his car, and he cut it up and he brought it here for you to eat tonight.”

About the nation’s health secretary, the president added: “He is a very different kind of a person.”

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 24d

look at this wacky outfit they show a model wearing with the bonnet

a wacky outfit on a model. she is wearing black knee socks and thick-soled black loafers (?), a mini puffer skirt, a puffer jacket with loads of pockets on the front, and the puffer bonnet hood. all of the puffer clothing is a khaki green color.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· 24d

this satellite imagery is so cool

satellite imagery from ggl maps of terrain with blobs of greenish water areas amidst beige land which also has darker areas surrounding the blobs of water. prince charles island, canada

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jul 19

as it has no viewfinder, I just pointed it generally in the direction of what I was trying to photograph. sometimes this was more successful than others. #shittycamerachallenge

a low-quality photograph of the top of a tree, mostly silhouetted, against a cloudy light gray sky.

a low quality photo of some grass with various weedy plants growing in it. some of the plants have clusters of small white flowers. I think it is Queen Anne's Lace.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jul 19

I honestly don't get that many opportunities to scream so it actually could be enjoyable as a form of catharsis! in addition to the bizarre performance artwork aspect of it, which of course I am also interested in

the meme that says "why is the cat screaming? [illustration of a cat screaming]

1. Why wouldn't the cat scream
2. If you were smart, you'd be doing the same thing"

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jul 14

Here you go; see alt text. It links to the website too, which isn't hyperlinked in alt text, so that is here: nationalrailroad.org

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jul 4

I thought it was cool that the satellite imagery of the lake showed it partially frozen, so I made a weird spy satellite (@weirdsatellite.bsky.social) inspired image (all labels and imagery choice were determined by me, not by bot)

a satellite image of a lake where two branches of it are visible and partially frozen. it is surrounded by land with forested areas and cleared areas, plus an area where some structures and are roads visible. there are three labels in yellow text on different parts of the image, which say
"corrugated cosmonaut horticulture", "scripted plinths," and "nebulous disaster studies" in the style of the weird spy satellite bot

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jul 3

should I buy these if I can find them? https://www.perdue.com/product/67-chicken-nuggets

two chicken nuggets in the shape of the numbers 6 and 7 with disembodied cartoon yellow hands holding them

the bag of the 6-7 chicken nuggets, which is dark blue and says "limited edition." it has colorful scribbled lines and shapes on it and the disembodied cartoon yellow hands holding the nuggets like in the previous image.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jun 30

what the hell

[https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html] Jolie Gan, 23, moved to San Francisco in January after completing a Fulbright fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She now has two jobs: working at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and writing for Core Memory, a technology and science publication, earning about $250,000 a year. She and her roommate have already moved three times in two months — in one case, they left an apartment that was misrepresented as a two-bedroom; another time, they departed a building that had black mold and rats.

At $250,000 a year, and with no student loan debt, Ms. Gan said she felt she could manage, even saving for retirement. But she said she saw the strain on friends who were earning below $200,000, for whom rent, utilities and groceries consume nearly everything that comes in.

Ms. Gan said she was determined to stay in San Francisco for the next several years because of the career opportunities, the energy of the city and the community she had built.

“As silly as this housing situation is, and as expensive as it gets, I think that all these intangibles are still worth it for me,” she said.

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jun 28

looks like someone didn't read the prohibited items policy!!

a screenshot of some text from an article (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/well/great-american-state-fair-food.html). the text says: Hilda Labrada Gore, a health advocate who goes by "Holistic Hilda," will also be speaking at the event. She plans to emphasize the value of "local, organic, seasonal, traditional foods," she said in an interview. "The irony is thick," Ms. Gore said, after hearing of the menu options available at the fair. But she hopes her talk inspires people to shop from their local farmers' markets. As for what she would eat when she attends the fair, Ms. Gore said, "I'll probably bring my own food in a cooler, honestly."

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jun 27

here's the examples I tried just to see what it might look like. the one labeled as "WMATA brown-gray" is the color they're using on the website, but it's not necessarily the color I think the signage looks like when you actually see it in person

different colors of text (various types of gray) identified by hex codes and a brief description of each color, over a textured background

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️@rachelvetica· Jun 21

another thing I noticed is that on the contact page, the google maps widget is showing the wrong location. it shows a different Aggregate Architecture firm which is in DC, and at first I thought "wait, when did you open a second office there?!" www.aggregatearchitecture.com