So this summer, I took up painting. Total beginner, just trying stuff. Here’s one. I call it Accident Uno - Side A. Acrylic on OSB board. About 10 x 20cm. #art #abstractart #BlueSkyArt
🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers, Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet. An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 12mo ago"If Canada can't get these wildfires under control, they need to face real consequences," said Wisconsin state Rep. Calvin Callahan in a news release Wednesday. "We won't sit back while our air becomes a health hazard."
This, a million times. And when someone is promoted from the ranks, in an org with no culture for - or expectation of - good management, then, surprise, it remains a mystery why people leave.
Dr Milan Milanović@milanmilanovic.bsky.social · 2w agoMost people don't quit companies, they quit bad managers It took me years to understand this properly. In 20 years I've had both kinds, and the difference was never what someone could expect. The good ones, from my own career: 🧵👇
Check out the grin on his face at the end...
Global Museum@globalmuseum.bsky.social · last mo.This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗 So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old! @55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius
I am building the ✨ULTIMATE✨ Blender knowledge vault!! This will be a 100% *free* resource for artists of ALL levels with every little tip and trick to 3D available on the internet! The first version is already OUT! Check it out here: www.crashsune.com/blender-tips...
Working on a long term project to answer just how much money was spent on anti-trans political ads between 2018-2025. The numbers on Meta are pretty staggering. Matt Walsh alone spent over $8 million on anti-trans ads followed by $3.5 million by the Daily Wire and $2.6 million by PragerU.
& I so crave a simple version of commerce where I can exchange a fair price for something of value (or the reverse) & walk away without intense expectations that I'll give my time or emotion or data to someone's "transformational" Project
Being an entrepreneur/freelancer is “not for the weak”, is a sentiment I see a lot. But neither is having a crappy boss, I might counter. So what to do, if you’re struggling one way or the other?
Maybe it's a new hobby. Maybes it's a ✨ Midlife Crisis ✨
when do you decide a product is failed / not worth building more?
starting a Bluesky group for people actually building with AI. solo founders, small business owners using AI to run real operations. not hype, just builders. comment 'in' if you want an invite #buildinpublic #indiehacker #AI #AItools #SaaS #solopreneur #founder #smallbusiness #nocode #automation
Part of the reason I got familiar with digital accessibility criterion, even though I’m a designer, is I can use those as a tool to prevent teams from designing major issues in. Instead of it being my opinion v theirs I can say “this isn’t accessible” and that makes it easier to make designs better
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
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A hunch: saying out loud that you suffer from imposter syndrome is taboo among men - especially those who dream about becoming their own boss. Because business and leadership is not for the "weak", right? So if you're feeling weak...
Working on another type of connection 👀 I think I have found a CSS cheating code "border-shape" 🤩
CSS by T. Afif@css-only.dev · 2mo agoWhat about a straight line that bends when the circles get closer and stretches when they get farther. It's surely not possible using pure CSS, right? Right!? 👀 css-tip.com/bending-line/ Probably my new favorite demo, powered by the modern features. CSS is awesome! 😍
And yes - stuff does break!
Piccalilli@piccalil.li · 2mo agoOne of the most consistently neglected parts of today’s user experiences is our handling of errors. We’re so busy designing the happy paths through our products that we often forget to give the same care and attention to the times when things will go wrong piccalil.li/blog/how-to-...
