I've joined some Figma files in my day but nothing shocks me more when a designer uses EEE as their canvas color. animals

Discussed malm’s pipeline with 10-12 ppl yesterday. Overall mood is resignation, reluctance to waste time with ineffective strategy. Immediacy or urgency determines prioritization of social causes. Climate change too far away in geography and time. Great book tho

Divisive advertising is good advertising.

Do we have a term yet for ai generated design slop?

Go dubs!

My toxic ADHD trait is always raising the stakes. Small gathering? Why not invite my whole social world instead? Deadlines? Oh yeah I can get it done in a day.

Certain cheese and cured meats (imported?) were out of stock at my local Costco yesterday. Coincidence or early signal of tariff effect

The “compete with China in AI” directive ruins any chance of IP protection and data sovereignty. It’s war on terror 2.0. It’s now a “matter of national security” that we take all your content.

Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

541430 Graphic art and related design services 541511 Web (i.e., Internet) page design services, custom

FPO never works does it

Instead of federal government stimmies xanax would be appreciated this time around

i want our digital spaces to be like a neighborhood kitchenette: get fed a snack, help out with the dishes, and speak to a matronly or patronly or they-tronly figure about what troubles ail me.

How do you estimate, plan and coordinate a design initiative on a large technically complex product, with vague and potentially misaligned requirements in a remote international team with impatient stakeholders who have no desire to engage in interim design processes? Asking for a friend

Just heard the phrase “Beef tallow MLM” Now I know why oxtails have shot up in price.

Tariffs won’t fix trade deficit because of USD hegemony But maybe it painfully forces consumers into a more local-centric economy? Or breathes some new life into DIY/repair movements? (Coping with bad situation by imagining potentially beneficial second order effects)

Much of design is invisible labor.

Agree that my/our political imagination is stunted. Hungry for fictional & historical examples of alternative/cooperative/generative resistance

Palantir’s Ontology grid

this this this 1000 times & believe me there have been a ton of people, often led by Black women, pushing back on the idea of all-powerful engineers over the last 20 years, but the industry has disempowered critical people & disciplines (eg QA & UX) ruthlessly over that time

It’s worth exposing bloated foundations, yes. But techno optimists fail to absorb that there is no “cheap tech fix” to international development. We can’t airdrop internet, computers, blockchain and expect development. It requires resourcing communities, infra, institutions. That requires money

Americas test kitchen method: - boiling water, short level (doesn’t cover 50% of egg) - Add eggs - 6.5 minutes COVERED (steam) - Stop cooking with cold water

Pahlka acknowledging the importance of federal gov improvement, and even the need for boldness. We are in a rut. Wrecking crew is maybe needed but this period could still be quite bad. overcast.fm/+AA5AWMwX3AE...

Probably nothing particle.news/story/google...

People on Twitter seem keen to be calling this period of “waking people up” So we’re all woke now?

Regular reminder that apocalypse means revealing or unveiling — from the Greek word apokálypsis, which means "revelation". It literally means "to pull the lid off something”

info environment on SM is at peak pollution, beyond salvage, schizophrenic, no way to ascertain ground truth. Xitterati seems intent on reposting rage bait

My latest project at Readwise is an interesting one. I built it from end-to-end and I loved learning about AI, vector databases, etc. So many users have called it a 'game-changer' that we've joked about renaming it that 😅

what could be a moment to reform international aid to a more effective vehicle for achieving colonial / climate reparations and equitable prosperity instead will become an indictment of the project or its aims.

If you are surprised by the NgO industrial complex being exposed then you haven’t worked for an NgO

Yes, let’s root out corrupt spending. But why pick on aid if we can’t also pick on defense (war)? Gotta give it to the dude for *doing things* I guess?

no one listens to climate scientists anyway

Don’t know how to talk to libertarian friend who seems to think what’s happening is somehow, okay or fine? Is this how exhausted minorities feel trying to explain racism / patriarchy

We’ll see how it all works out but we’re gonna start casually. But I’m really looking forward to doing segments with my friend Wrenna that are basically “Car talk for climate systems”

Trying out Blue Sky for the first time. LMK if you see this post.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

I’ve never shed so many tears for characters in a book before. Bravo Pierce Brown and the audiobook narrators who bring this space epic to life.

So if you're imagining viable new HSR connections in the US outside the Acela and CAHSR corridors, you've got a tiny few that seem genuinely plausible (DAL-HOU, CHI-DET) before you start getting into some really flimsy propositions. Columbus is a fine city, but it's sure as hell no Paris or Berlin.

Say it loud for the people in the back

So the public benefit corporation is now a washed designation if it wasn’t before? particle.news/story/openai...

A fool and his money are soon parted, I guess.

My banks are slowly adding shopping to their apps. What’s next, crypto?

skeet has become the preferred term for obvious hysterical reasons but i am here to make a case for bleat goats and sheeps are cute, they are also feisty animal noise analogy defined as "a whining, feeble complaint" sounds right pls reply with your best goat & sheep bleats 🐏🐑☪️ 🐐♑️

how do i sub-bleat colleagues who aren't on bluesky

One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.

“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine

Quality of life improvement: This Hallmark wrapping paper has grid lines on the back for easy sizing and cutting #ux

Wikipedia reminds me multiple times to donate this time of year but it’s the one place I appreciate the reminders. I always put it off until the fifth time. Reminder that your supporters may just have busy lives and would love to give