I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end
Jack
@jack-os.bsky.social
Designer on the East Coast (not that one) https://www.designwithjack.com
#Keywords > 17 August 2026 I found all 5 words! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 2✗ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🏆 Win streak 1 🔥 Play streak 4 Bit more in my lane today.
Hey Andy and GOV UK, please don’t abuse the emergency alert system for non-emergencies.
Sometimes you find the font before you find the idea. I'm looking forward to letting the cogs spin on a side project that would be the perfect home for Departure Mono. www.departuremono.com #typography #designsky
Departure Mono
A monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi, techy vibe.
departuremono.com
What if the trajectory of AI chatbots goes from overly sycophantic to mocking your stupidity?
@playstation.com I’ve owned every PlayStation, including Pro versions, as well as both VR headsets (remember you made those?) and subscribed to PS+ as long as I can remember. You abandoning discs means I’ll be abandoning you also. www.change.org/p/don-t-kill...
Monstrous. This should amount to corporate negligence. Too bad capitalism isn’t structured to care whether people have jobs or food on their table.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2mo agoXbox will lay off 3200 workers and cut four studios loose aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-j...
Bit nervous about the new season of #Silo. Flashbacks and memory loss are never the best narrative devices.
I hope no one’s been taking a shot every time the #Wimbledon commentators mention Djokovic’s age.
Published in 2019, A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside could have seen such momentum based on what the COVID years brought to bear, but no, here we are, ignoring and regressing.
Next they should ban the over-50s, followed then by also banning the under-50s.
Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 3mo ago🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps TikTok YouTube Snapchat Instagram X Reddit Facebook Twitch Kick Threads
Relieved to see that some sanity will be returning for #MacOS 27. Never did update to Tahoe. Images courtesy of @superantonio64.bsky.social.
The Verge@theverge.com · 3mo agoInitial impressions of macOS Golden Gate’s design refinements show promise, but there’s still lots to come. Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social:
Impressive that the #PS5 Wolverine showcase managed to be so over the top, yet look so boring.
This morning #Claude tells me my toilet cistern is electrical because it has a wire in it 🤦. Also modern flushers are the work of the devil.
I hope the racists aren’t expecting their lives to improve now. That would be embarrassing.
I do wonder if the world would have the problems that it does had Tommy the Green Power Ranger not been turned into the White Power Ranger.
I see Black and Decker paid exactly thruppence for a new logo since the last time I did any DIY. #designsky #rebland #logotojail
The only day I just might not think you’re a racist for having a 🏴
On reflection, Google Play Music being replaced by YouTube Music might have been the strongest signal that big tech won’t improve our quality of life.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 5mo agoDitching Spotify has been a bleak experience to say the least: aftermath.site/cancel-spotify...
The Dive Club chat with @brianlovin.com is just such a palette cleanser from the current, exhausting AI discourse/glazing. Thank you so much for sharing a more grounded and reasonable take on how design in the software industry is being shaped right now. youtu.be/dvEwb1Ajkwo?...
Brian Lovin - How to level up with AI as a designer
YouTube video by Dive Club 🤿
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