Land of the free* and the home of the brave**. *except if you aren’t an evangelical christian **unless you aren’t a part of the current regime and are a sane person
Brad Thomas
@bradthomas.bsky.social
UX/UI design professional with extensive experience in software development, graphic design, and product design. https://bradthomas.io
My theme Acta Cosmica is available for either Astro or Ghost. It’s a theme designed for online publishers, independent journalists, niche digital newsrooms, and content-driven media brands who want to publish with the polish of a real newsroom. bradthomas.io/acta-cosmica...
Acta Cosmica, Now Available For Astro or Ghost
Inspired by National Geographic, Acta Cosmica is designed for online publishers, independent journalists, niche digital newsrooms, and content-driven media brands who want to publish with the polish o...
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With Apple Glasses on the horizon, I took a look at some of the problems they have to solve to be successful. www.techbetweenthelines.com/apples-glass...
Apple’s Glasses Have to Solve a Problem Meta Hasn’t
Smart glasses are no longer a concept. Meta sold over seven million pairs of Ray-Ban glasses in 2025, and the category that spent a decade being a curiosity is now a consumer product with a genuine au...
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I know consultants tell Dems to only talk about affordability but it seems like you ought to be able to get voters to care about elementary schools being bombed & people being shot in the streets as Trump pardons thieves, drug dealers & violent criminals while grifting billions.
I submitted my first Astro Theme to their Theme Store /Section. I’m in the process of getting the Lemon Squeezy payment stuff set up also. This is the first theme i’ve ever tried to sell a theme. You can see it at actacosmica.com Let me know what you think. Thanks!
Acta Cosmica — Reporting the world, one careful story at a time
An independent, reader-funded newsroom covering science, nature, and the people exploring both — with rigor and beauty in equal measure.
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When you start forcing your beliefs on people it becomes less of a choice and becomes oppressive. When you do, the issue loses its purity as a concept and instantly becomes a dark and nefarious one.
The serial loser just can’t help himself. He spoke about how bad the deal was under Obama and proceeded to make an even worse deal. Is there anything at all that is not worse off than before he touched it?
What do the war in Iran, inflation, FISA, and economic growth have in common? On issue after issue, all Trump had to do was nothing — which managed to be too tough for him. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
For Trump, doing nothing keeps proving to be far too difficult
The president is often mocked about failing to do real work, but we would be better off if he started preferring no action to misguided action.
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Apple is fixing Liquid Glass and reworking Siri to be what it was supposed to be all along. www.techbetweenthelines.com/wwdc-26-ux-w...
WWDC 26 UX: What It Should Have Been All Along
At WWDC 2026, Apple finally delivered the assistant it has been promising for two years. The question now is whether it can hold up once real people get their hands on it.
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What do you do when your UI is a flop like Liquid Glass? www.techbetweenthelines.com/macos-27-and... #WWDC26 #apple #liquidglass
macOS 27 and the Quiet Work of Getting Liquid Glass Right
A year of user frustration, a hardware mismatch hiding in plain sight, and a design team course-correcting the right way.
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How companies are paying the price for replacing workers, particularly entry-level workers, with A.I. It’s not as cut-and-dry as you would initially think. This article also speaks about how that shift also has led to significant #burnout for senior-level employees. #ai apple.news/AfLHp_bd1Sxy...
Companies replaced entry-level workers with AI. Now they are paying the price — Fast Company
Recent graduates are clearly not okay—but neither are the companies that decided they could do without them. Isaac, 33, has been a mid-level software development engineer at a Big Tech firm for four y...
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I simply could not imagine being in congress and staying silent as Trump builds a slush fund of $1.776 (cute right… 1776) billion dollar slush fund for insurrrectionists. What are these people even there for? History will be brutal to them. And their kids will be embarrassed
The felon's plan to pay off J6 thugs is not just corruption, it is buying their action to go to the mat for him during & after the Nov election. If Dems win, thugs lose their payday. This isn't to reward them for the past, it's to pay them in advance for future violence.
This new Punisher episode is incredibly gory. Holy crap.
When you see clips of people celebrating in Hungary after corrupt Orban is gone, realize that Trump, Vance and Rubio did everything they could to keep those celebrations from happening so Putin’s puppet could remain in power.
My new favorite game now that I’m nearly 50 is “try to read or type on my phone without my glasses”.
AI is like a car; if you don’t have the right person in control, you aren’t going to get anywhere.
Issue 16 of The Stauntonian is live. Ballots, Budgets & Baroque. Virginia's redistricting vote lands Monday. Staunton's FY2027 budget holds the tax line. Gas is up nearly a dollar. BaroqueFest was magnificent. And the Blackfriars has three shows in rep right now. open.substack.com/pub/staunton...
The Stautonian: Volume 1, Issue 16 | Ballots, Budgets & Baroque
Virginia's redistricting referendum arrives Monday, the FY2027 spending plan holds the line on taxes, and spring in Staunton has never looked fuller.
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What all should you put in a Role Continuity document? I understand what the stated purpose is supposed to be; curious as to if anyone has any tips on what to and what not to include in it.
I think the next AG should be Saul Goodman. Fits the brand. “Some say he’s the best AG … maybe ever. “
Photos from the most recent No Kings rally in Staunton, VA. open.substack.com/pub/staunton...
The Stauntonian: Volume 1, Issue 14 | Grief, Gunfire, and Grievances for a Grifter
A shooting on Straith Street. A march that made history. And a kitchen fire that couldn't keep Latin Soul down.
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I’m curious as to why she has truly turned away. Surely it’s not because she grew some common sense. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
MTG turns on Fox News: Ex Rep says channel is ‘brainwashing boomers’
The former Trump loyalist has been a regular guest on the MAGA-leaning network over the years but lashed out at its coverage of the war in Iran
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