We're near the ten-year anniversary of this interview, which was viewed as wildly controversial at the time. It led to hit pieces on me from liberal outlets like The New Republic as well as death threats. Now it's seen as conventional wisdom -- but it always was!

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New Phoebe Bridgers album dropping in August? Great, can't wait to listen to nothing else for the rest of 2026

A mini Figma Motion review: 👏 Pretty easy to use if you're familiar with AE — similar keyboard shortcuts, yee 👏 Pleasantly surprised you can keyframe shaders, but getting to preview it on canvas was near impossible 🤪 👏 Seems cool for simple animated spot illos, micro interactions, motion reels, etc.

It's really time we updated the conventional design process model to be more descriptive. We're in our third diamond era.

No matter how many people are talking about this, it is not enough people talking about this.

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · last mo.

Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”

Figma Motion, finally. I've been waiting for a Principle replacement for literally years #config2026

For my birthday, I will be kicking off celebrations with the most epic of starts: an appointment with an ENT doc for my tinnitus👂🧑‍⚕️💃

If you are in BC and would like a pause on AI in classrooms, it would help a lot if you signed our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...

Pause on Generative AI in BC Schools

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I had a dream last night featuring donuts. Then I learned this morning that today is National Donut Day. Am I... Psychic?? Do I have... Powers??

I WANT TO OWN MY MEDIA FUCKING TIRED OF RENTING BRAH

now and forever

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

PSA for YouTube Creators! Just wanna share this in case you don't want Google to have access to remix your YouTube shorts with GenAI using Gemini! YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED. Here is what it's doing and how to opt out of said option if you don't want your shorts to be remixed with AI.

I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan

It's alarming how much my mental health is tied to little treats

"delegate your life" I'd rather just live it, thanks

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

At Vancouver’s giant Web Summit conference, where the opening non-political speaker is telling people they should spend more on AI tokens every month than they do on rent. “It’s really getting important,” he says to some gasps, adding that “you can delegate your life.”

A limerick. Based on a true story.

Been so exhausted lately. I don't wanna create value, I just wanna play pickleball 😭

I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.

Do I belong in tech anymore?

On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.

ky.fyi

Currently at the "trying to relearn how to use a keyboard" part of easing back into work after a long vacation lololol

My dad: have you ever heard of this tea? I saw it at the hotel, it was spelled p o b o y Turns out the tea he was actually talking about was: rooibos

The instant turn off I get from seeing restaurants use AI generated slop for their menus, ugh

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

New year, new stuff — fresh from the oven! 🔥 Earlier last year I got a fun opportunity to make this billboard for @figma.com, and it's finally up! Made entirely in Figma Draw. If you're in SF, go check it out 📸

Miaou, bisou 💕 a silly doodle pour toi #illustration #procreate

It’s dangerous out there! Take this! #happynewyear #lemonpig

The writing in Stranger Things this season is taking me tf out So I've come up with a drinking game. Take a sip whenever the following happens: 🍻 someone explains the plot 🍻 someone has an epiphany, leading to a risky plan 🍻 someone explains said plan using an analogy, bonus if it's d&d

We're watching Twin Peaks for the first time and it has been a struggle to stay awake. I keep missing the last 10 minutes of every episode from napping 😴 There's something about that theme song that's lulling me to sleep. It's too dreamy

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.