both - it was both.

CW: Steven Segal Steven Segal made a 'dancehall' song called "me want the punani" - I can't un-know this, and now neither can you. youtu.be/vLe_BZ1mo3I?...

look at me. i am mr tumble now.

2 species enter - 1 species leaves

child 1: "I saw an advert for dragon trading cards in the book but I made my own instead because it's making art and buying cards in packs is like gambling" me: 🥹

This is not a build up to a dad joke, much as I like them - has anyone out there milked a sheep? What is it like?

how do you milk a sheep?

lord grant me the confidence of any industry leader talking about how to get started in their industry

humanity can drown in half an inch of 'cool' products

big surge in carhart jackets in the brighton 6 music dad spring collection

Find nice thing, repost nice thing, belatedly check alt-text of nice thing, find nice thing has no alt-text, unrepost nice but tarnished thing

DVI was the future once

No more using 'understanding' in subheadings - you're all barred

Please recommend radio stations to me. I want: - one based in a place - with a human DJ that speaks - has adverts with a sense of place - community/pirate vibes - middle aged aware or focused Bonus points if they play drum n bass but will consider anything.

are swede and turnip the same?

Another Linux (mint) on Surface Pro update no one has been asking for - running a lower resolution without scaling boosted performance for video (YouTube) and gaming (New Vegas on Steam). Not using full vertical resolution tho - could maybe fix with time and effort.

blog posts I will probs not write #27: jobs I miss being good at that will never exist again

There's a diminishing number of people on social media who ground me - Anna is one of them.

also what if 'vulnerable' wasn't a thing people have but something we do to people with predatory and hostile design decisions

(digital) poverty feels like the most important but also most overlooked dimension of inclusive design for services that people need?

dredging 2018 alphagov design component threads on GitHub, but as a service

the sound coming out of my trash tier condenser microphone is bad but I think I know how to make the least bad recordings it can now

Error messages are a great way to show that being comprehensive and useful are not the same: - what went wrong (it's us, not you) - how that affects you - what you should do next

Red Dwarf question: when Holly talks about "dogs milk" did you hear that as: - milk from dogs - milk manufactured for dogs

"Any questions?" "When are we finally going to give JoJo her flowers as one of the leading stars of popular music in the 2000s and beyond?" "I meant about the backlog for this sprint." "Oh - no then."

I know this photo of Bart I and Rabbi David Sivi of Constantinople reminded me of something....

telling folk calling themselves permanent that we are all mortal, but as a service

In over a decade of edtech privacy work I haven’t found a single edtech app that is privacy respecting , anywhere in the world that I have been shown one

that's my secret - every day is scone day

How old were you when you realised "Con Air" was a play on "air con"? I was defo in my 30s.

the genocide, continued rise of fascism and impending eco collapse is making it harder to focus at work ngl

Amazing creature. Had to check before sharing in case it was AI - thanks, I hate it here and so on 🫠

"Tell me about a time you have positively impacted the culture in your team" "I have influenced people to use the word 'shank' in work contexts across the private, public and charity sectors"

Although on reflection, could be helpful if you need to consult with a large body of up to date docs that represent your institutional memory - and you are sure those docs are up to date and correct - and you're on a brutal deadline - and there are no experienced humans ask continued...

I wonder if at the point of dying you get to watch a highlights reel of every time your kids throw up

gets me every time when I see kids straight up approach each other and say "do you want to play?"

parenting can be lonely sometimes, even when things are good - I try to behave like the person I wish was here and that sort of means they are, and it does help a bit

What if.. Your boy Jesus had an (South East Asian/Jewish/Nigerian) auntie that was like..'who are you seeing tonight, I don't think these boys are a good influence...why are you out at dinner...who's watching the shop' The story would look Very Different.

happy christ eggs day to all who celebrate

taking time in the holidays to upskill child 1 in the latest tech

as someone brought up in the south finding out about harrogate was a bit of a trip

sometimes I think we’re doing okay at parenting and sometimes the 3.5 yr old locks the 1.5 yr old in the dog crate

No experience you design will ever delight your users more than a pomme bear

"how do charities and government solve misinformation from LLMs" giving "how do park rangers solve global warming" vibes at this point

can anyone recommend a large repository of low quality midi music?

I can engage with evidence based accounts of how LLMs are affecting human behaviour - they merely make me want to die. As opposed to AI shill bros, who make me want throw up And then die.

Good labels must be exclude stuff. Broad, inclusive, labels and categories can feel reassuring but they are false friends. #InformationArchitecture

A great read - ableism in the tech industry, different ways of looking at disability and how they help us understand our agency in doing better 👇

If the future of layout is not CSS, it better be this