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Lee Dale

@leedaleyyz.bsky.social

I help organizations leverage technology to learn and work smarter, am raising a boy I hope gets into good trouble, and I DJ epic mixes in my spare time. https://www.linkedin.com/in/leedaleyyz https://www.mixcloud.com/nathanleedale/ https://sayyeah.com

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Jeff Greene@jeffgreene.bsky.social · last yr.

Yes: "Part of our task in the face of [GenAI] is to make an argument for the value of thinking–laboured, painful, frustrating thinking...the student skipping those steps is costing themselves experience & expertise in problem solving, crucial abilities for living, not to mention working or studying"

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · last yr.

"Part of our task in the face of generative AI is to make an argument for the value of thinking – laboured, painful, frustrating thinking." activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...

Lee Dale@leedaleyyz.bsky.social · last yr.

Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet. This is awfully tough, but today I’m going with: Frasier The Great British Baking Show Law & Order Cracker with Robbie Coltrane Star Trek: Voyager

Peter Merholz@peterme.com · last yr.

Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet. Barney Miller Adventure Time The Simpsons Jeopardy! Fringe

Lee Dale@leedaleyyz.bsky.social · last yr.

NYT state of journalism, 2025: “Our reporting doesn’t make racist generalizations because we only wrote a racist generalization we heard other people say. And it’s okay because an author made the same racist generalization on a podcast where they claimed other people will say it too.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · last yr.

honestly speechless “Our reporting does not make racial or genetic generalizations, but simply cites experts who have experience with the industrial process in U.S. and Chinese factories.” like ok but you said “young Chinese women have small fingers” … ?? ?

Charlie Stadtlander 1:03 PM to julia.wong v ••• Julia- Charlie here from The Times's communications team, your note made its way to me and thank you for reaching out. As The Times's story makes clear, multiple people familiar with Apple's production facilities is China have put forward their observations on the workforce there. Our reporting does not make racial or genetic generalizations, but simply cites experts who have experience with the industrial process in U.S. and Chinese factories. I can also point you to the comments of Patrick McGee, the author of the new book "Apple In China" , on a recent podcast appearance said: "The tasks that often are being done to make iPhones require little fingers. The fact that it's young Chinese women with little fingers like that actually matters. Apple engineers will talk about this." Charlie Stadtlander Managing Director, External Communications, Newsroom and Opinion The New Work Times
The true name of the bear@dfeldman.org · last yr.

Young Chinese women have small fingers, which is why TSMC can produce 3nm chips while Americans, with our big fat sausage fingers, can’t seem to get past 7nm. But to reach the next generation 2nm process size, we’ll need smaller fingers yet, which is why the US and China are rivals to buy Lilliput.

Pooja K. Agarwal@retrievelearn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's the registration link for our book launch zoom party on April 15! berklee.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Book Launch Party for Smart Teaching Stronger Learning. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Join us for an informal conversation and launch party with the authors of the new book, Smart Teaching Stronger Learning! Visit retrievalpractice.org/smart-teaching for more information.

berklee.zoom.us

Veronica Yan@veronicayan.bsky.social · 2y ago

I, along with Pooja and a number of the other chapter authors, will be at the Zoom launch party on 4/15! Come join us!

Ryan Broderick@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 2y ago

So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

= WSJ Dollar Confidence Crisis Is Here, Deutsche Bank Warns By WSJ Staff The broad selloff in U.S. stocks and bonds, and the continuing decline in the dollar, represents a "simultaneous collapse in the price of all U.S. assets," analysts at Deutsche Bank said Wednesday. They warned that "unchartered territory" lies ahead. • Markets are dedollarizing, they said, citing the lack of evidence that investors are hoarding dollar liquidity- a dynamic that in previous market routs fueled Treasury and U.S. dollar rallies but this time is leading to declines in the prices of both. • The administration is encouraging the Treasury selloff, they said, in a bid to bring down U.S. asset valuations-a decision they said now is exposing the fact that "reducing bilateral trade imbalances is functionally equivalent to lowering demand for U.S. assets as well." • A financial war with China could lie ahead, they conclude, contending that "there is little room now left for an escalation on the trade front" and that "there can be no winner to such a war."
Lee Dale@leedaleyyz.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Laurene Powell Jobs is a stalwart and brave publisher at a time when cowardice rules the day.” ~ @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Thank goodness for that. America needs more patriots and fewer cowards in positions of power and influence. h/t @gruber.foo at daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

The Atlantic Has an Owner Committed to the Cause: Laurene Powell Jobs

Link to: https://www.status.news/p/atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg-signal-texts-war-plans

daringfireball.net

Matt Eason@matteason.me · 2y ago

Help me test something fun! I'm adding loads of effect controls to Ambiphone, my ambient soundscape/white noise app It's a big change and I want to make sure I haven't broken anything before I roll it out - so please visit test.ambiph.one to give it a go

Blue modal popover titled Sonar with golden text and controls, with sliders for volume, balance, speed, bassyness, tinnyness, echo amount, room size, wall hardness, delay mix, repeats and time
Overlay Timeline@overlaytimeline.com · 2y ago

On this day in 2021, The A11y Project published a fantastic primer on the subject of accessibility overlays. "We view these kinds of products as actively harmful, and a step backwards for digital accessibility efforts."

Background: Should I use an accessibility overlay? - The A11Y Project

There are two types of accessibility overlays: Temporary bandage solutions, and permanent plugins. The use of a permanent plugin is incredibly problematic.

a11yproject.com

Angela ColterGEIST 👻@angelacolter.bsky.social · 2y ago

18F was also massively effective in seeding its alums throughout not only other federal government agencies, but state and local agencies too. And also in -- you guessed it -- digital service consultancies like the many companies that comprise the digitalservicescoalition.org 5/

Digital Services Coalition - Home

Our goal is to collaborate, not compete, by bringing like-minded small to midsize companies together to work toward the common mission of serving the American public by improving how government works.

digitalservicescoalition.org

Gwen Snyder is undead@gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2y ago

Something we all should remember, as we talk about worst case scenarios and ways to plan for and survive them: It's very much worth remembering that we collectively can and will survive them. And, we will build something beautiful on the ashes of their corrupt and childish violence.

kottke.org@kottke.org · 2y ago

JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]

Good Trouble: JD Vance Chastised by Vermont Snow Reporter

JD Vance, fresh off of helping his boss ambush & insult a foreign leader in the White House yesterday afternoon, is on vacation in Vermont with his family this weekend and will be skiing at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, VT

kottke.org

SpedTechMia@techmia.bsky.social · 2y ago

I love this graphic- I wanted others to access too. I downloaded it to the free actuallyusefulai.com Alt-text generator and it came up w/ the following (see on photo) in 10 seconds. #AltTextChallenge doesn't have to be difficult. I am not always the best at coming up with it, so I use my helper!

The image is an infographic titled “DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS HOW TO STAY CALM WHEN IT COUNTS.” It outlines a model for staying calm during difficult conversations called “The CALM Model.” This model includes several steps and techniques such as focusing on breathing, using active listening, speaking with clarity and confidence, and reflecting back the speaker’s words. The infographic also provides tips for controlling emotions and managing body language. It emphasizes the importance of staying calm during difficult conversations to maintain effective communication.
Nuzhat Uthmani@nuthmani.bsky.social · 2y ago

A very useful graphic that can be applied to many difficult conversations especially at a time of increased misinformation and toxic views against marginalised communities.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2y ago

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Daniel Burka @dburka.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm working with a team of user researchers in Rwanda. They asked me to find great online resources to help them upskill, especially in qualitative research methods and creating effective documentation. Are there any courses, videos, etc. that you'd recommend?

Lee Dale@leedaleyyz.bsky.social · 2y ago

@gruber.foo On a related note re the languishing Web, nothing seems more anti-Web and anti-UX to me than every restaurant menu QR-code ever loading an 8.5” x 11” PDF on my cell phone. 🤦🏻‍♂️ daringfireball.net/2025/01/one_...

One Bit of Anecdata That the Web Is Languishing Vis-à-Vis Native Mobile Apps

The notion that mobile web apps are closing the gap with native apps is laughable. The gulf between them is widening, not narrowing.

daringfireball.net

Mike Davidson@mikeindustries.com · 2y ago

There was a fire that almost destroyed Pacific Palisades 47 years ago. I wrote about growing up in that magical neighborhood in the 1980s, and what we need to do to prevent more of our world from burning down overnight. 🙏 mikeindustries.com/blog/archive...

47 Years Later, The Palisades Disappeared Overnight » Mike Industries

I grew up on Iliff Street, right in the middle of the ashes that up until a few nights ago, was a sunkissed neighborhood known as Pacific Palisades. It was 1978, and I remember my dad climbing up on o...

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