A young couple, excited to start a new chapter in their lives, is suddenly put on a very different trajectory.

Those who learn from history are doomed to watch other people repeat it

Nearly invisible from the street, this San Francisco hill’s only signs of human intervention are a massive concrete floor and a single green bench, for maximum sunrise-watching.

Beautiful @newyorker.com cover youtube.com/shorts/VsaHX...

“… But when you join and you realize, oh, they're actually trying to do the thing that I already wanted them to do” @planetmoney.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/06/13/1...

The world also lost Sebastião Salgado, a legendary photographer, champion of the environment and chronicler of his native Brazil’s forests, who died last week at 81. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/c...

If you listened to this week’s show and were blown away by Bryan Stevenson, go back and listen to the show that @brookegladstone.bsky.social made about the museum Stevenson built www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products. Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe. Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.

I know I am "After a decade of perfecting ironic distance, people suddenly seemed excited for someone to say, plainly, that they cared about their work and wanted it to mean something"

As states legislate against products containing PFAS, the chemical and consumer products industries are deploying lawyers and lobbyists to protect their investments.

BREAKING: US federal judge allows DOGE to takeover $500 million office building for free. In fact, the building—and all of the property inside it—had already been transferred on Saturday.

There’s beauty in all kinds of reading whether its printed, textured braille, or the musical tones of the optophone. #99pi

You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to

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Design isn’t just about designing anymore. It’s about playing the online game, building an audience, and becoming a content machine. It feels less about the work and more about marketing yourself. uxdesign.cc/the-design-g...

Some economists believe that all growth in living standards comes from scientific research and development. asteriskmag.com/issues/09/a-... @asteriskmag.bsky.social

NEW: By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.

DAMMIT NPR. I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded. Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.

Who is asking the unhelpful questions organizations list in their FAQs? It makes me think these are just headings you are all adding a question mark at the end 🤔

Supplemental Security Income - the forgotten benefit

“The places that are rejected are often the only places of authenticity; the places that are embraced reflect only what others expect us to be”. - Andrew Levitt in The Inner Studio

Bay Area peeps! A few local bookstores REALLY need your help right now. In the Mission, Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe were both flooded during that intense rain. Deets: missionlocal.org/2024/11/miss... Also, East Bay Booksellers is reopening after a nasty fire: www.ebbooksellers.com PLS HELP

You may think firing federal employees is a DC problem but the person who delivers your mail is a federal employee. 85% of federal employees live outside the DC metro. In many places, they are around 10% or more of the local workforce. #giftlink www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

We're building up our community over here and wanted to amplify our corner of the bluesky-verse, so here's a list of our favorite podcasts/podcasters (we'll keep updating!) go.bsky.app/ACg8x7y