Happy Mother's Day 💐

Two weeks away from writing in my notebooks and now I'm back 😭. I've missed you. Now, talk to me about the virtues of keeping a small notebook alongside 2 A5's. Do you keep them all or one is disposable, used for transient notes?

At PHL heading back home after #iac26. It's been another awesome Information Architecture Conference. I went out of my comfort zone this year: gave an in-person talk, went up to people I've seen before from afar and actually introduced myself, and had lunch and dinner with new conference friends.

Looking forward to meeting folks at the conference!

We’re proud to announce, today’s turnout has already surpassed the Hands Off protest! Over 5.5m people and counting across the U.S. Get out there, be seen, and be counted. This is history in the making. Take plenty of photos and videos and post them publicly. Let the world see what’s happening.

Proud to be children of immigrants!

In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.

Black people had to fight in the courts for a century after slavery to get our basic rights in America. White people simply decided “DEI is racist” and with a snap of a finger all the equity programs are gone. Nobody had to go to court,nobody had to prove disparate impact… just vibes.

Seems very bad but it's time to put up the bat signal

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

"To be an immigrant or the child of an immigrant in LA is to be bestowed with a badge of honor." From Tina Vásquez prismreports.org/2025/06/09/l...

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Approached by ICE? Know your rights

18F alum here. While I appreciate the well-deserved attention the 18F team is getting, let's address a fundamental misunderstanding of why 18F was so effective in working with other govt agencies to improve their digital services and why starting a consulting company is not a substitute. 1/

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Here’s a list of hotels in LA that are available for those that need it 🤍 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES: If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:

Counting down to the new year already. Can't wait to start using my new calendar/notebook set-up. Next year, not going to use a full year daily journal, just my own version of a bullet journal