While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...

any generative art/data viz freaks out there in the atmosphere. I am in dire need of thy most holy allyship for a dangerous mission at the start of june. pls respond

I'm not surprised. Writing code plays a much smaller role in the overall software lifecycle than most people understand.

The New Stack@thenewstack.io · 5mo ago

AI coding tools have decoupled output from understanding. Engineering leaders are starting to feel it in code review.

Among the first agencies President Donald Trump gutted after taking office for his second term was a Department of Homeland Security team that had repeatedly disproved his stolen election claims.

8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...

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The Verge@theverge.com · 9mo ago

As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts. Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:

Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · 9mo ago

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.

Once more for the folks in the back: accessibility is a human right. Your web standards godfather shares thoughts on a small atrocity.

Accessibility is a human right, cruelty a human wrong.

Once more for the folks in the back. Calibri is easier than Times New Roman for folks with certain visual disabilities to read. That’s why the Biden Administration chose Calibri for their digital communications: to include more people and make life just a wee bit easier for the disabled. And who in their right mind could object to that? You know who, and they’re not in their right mind—unless you’re talking far-right.

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The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.

The Intellectualist@theintellectualist.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...

🌧️ hey yeah it’s launch day. had a blast making this website with the inimitable @likethecolour.red, a Bluesky Account & in many ways a dear friend whose outlook on life inspires me deeply :) this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.

Strangers By Spring

Strangers, By Spring is a blog about escapism, romance, and rebirth.

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Great writeup of Stripe City, our physical celebration of the successful businesses of BFCM. All credit and props to the entire team involved! www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mic...

Stripe’s miniature, motorised city is a model marvel and tribute to the hidden world of commerce

Operated by a 24/7 crew of model makers, animators and craftspeople over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period, this living, breathing diorama ups the ante for creative marketing.

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Definitely scratching the itch of my love for models and miniatures. (Experience best on desktop) bfcm.stripe.com

Our first billboard! Live from Stripe City bfcm.stripe.com

Courtesy of the world’s richest man who just got a trillion-dollar pay package from his feckless board: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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The Trump administration is ending the 50-year war on cancer. “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster. It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

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Tim Walz: "Where are the don't tread on me people? You are being tread on every single day. These folks are enriching themselves. The most successful thing he's done is grift off the American people."

A very good list of concerns a “boring” (we prefer experienced) developer might have. Very useful for people who aren’t developers to read too. daverupert.com/2025/08/got-...

Oh no, I have discovered that Slack has a character limit on who much you can write in a single message.

“I don’t have to say this is in the United States, because this is always in the United States.”

Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote about school shootings this week. I know you don’t want to read it, but you should. “We used to call this kind of loss ‘unimaginable.’ But not only has it become imaginable, it’s become so normalized that we’ve decided there’s nothing to be done about it.” buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

The one person in our world who needs to hear this will never read it, but you can. And you should. Every word! Hat tip: @andrewhinton.bsky.social

America by Design Fail

Trump fired the best designers in the Federal Government

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It has been wild to see what were always the two most paranoid pro-Second Amendment scenarios—the government snatching people away and sending occupying armies into communities—literally happen this year, to the delight of conservatives

Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · last yr.

There can’t be any gun restrictions because we have to protect against federal government tyranny, and if kids get shot we just have to live with it. Also the President can send troops to cities because the federal government can do whatever it wants. These two ideas are consistent and reasonable.

🤳 Over the weekend, I did some research. What are good, representative, real-world devices for performance testing in 2025? csswizardry.com/2025/08/low-...

Low- and Mid-Tier Mobile for the Real World (2025) – CSS Wizardry

Discover the most representative low- and mid-tier mobile devices for web performance testing in 2025.

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This is profoundly bad. The data generated by NASA feeds research in many, MANY disciplines. I, for instance, am a historian, and my dissertation (now book project) uses satellite imagery as a major source for exploring the historical relationship between people and the environment.

Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · last yr.

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · last yr.

DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.

Smaug, painted after an illustration by Tolkien himself. The border is borrowed from an early book jacket for The Hobbit.

ICYMI I am looking for my next role. Hopefully something design systems and accessibility related. Ideally using Web Components APIs. Shares, tips, and referrals appreciated!

Nathan Knowler@knowler.dev · last yr.

I was laid-off and am looking for a new role. Working were design meets code is my jam. I am skilled at building accessible design system components, working with Web Components APIs, and creating scalable CSS architecture. I work remotely from my home in Manitoba, Canada. 🇨🇦 Shares appreciated!

The era of climate migration is upon us. Residents of Tuvalu are slowly resettling in Australia. This is only the beginning… www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

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