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May 14, 2025

[SC 2.4.4] An alternate approach

I wrote about an alternate approach to organizing design systems, one that democratizes the process.

The publish date on this is actually tomorrow, so y'all get an exclusive.


Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove
I'm sorry, what?

Dangerous fungal spores can surf the stratosphere—and survive
Hell yeah, little guys.

Single-Dose Psilocybin for Depression With Severe Treatment Resistance: An Open-Label Trial
Even better, fungus friends!

The Price of Remission
Green Mario brother.

FYI: Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM, LOL
Now that's a headline.

Web Browser telemetry - 2025 edition
Good to know, if you are into this sort of thing.

Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible?
I really want to applaud Sara for doing the work here, and at the same time scream that this cycle of needing to have to point this stuff out after the fact keeps happening.

How not to integrate annotations and design systems
My coworker Jan put out three great posts on design system annotations, and this one is my favorite of them.

“Long COVID Mode”: Seeing the crisis through games
And speaking of Jan, hat tip to him for making me aware of this.

This Wrapping Paper Turns All Your Presents into Bread
Delivers what it promises.

Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects: how to find hope in loss
I still have stress dreams about objects like this I got rid of decades ago.

Klarna Is Hiring Customer Service Agents After AI Couldn't Cut It on Calls, According to the Company's CEO
Who could have forseen, etc.

The Deathbed Fallacy
"In short, people who already have a lot seem to assume that if they never even strived for it, they would be happier. But that striving is often an enabler of the life they now think they want."

Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
I'd love it if it could speed up even more, please and thank you.

The true path to garbage code: Figma Sites
Figma's new site generating tool is… very bad.

Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019: nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made have come true.
Put this right up next to all the universal basic income experiments that keep proving the idea out.

Scientists Can Now 3D Print Tissues Directly Inside the Body—No Surgery Needed
Neat!

Why we are still using 88x31 buttons
I think about these things like the web nerd equivalent of pins on a punk's battle jacket.

AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state
If you use a LLM for therapy: don't.

Morning Star: Pioneering Self-Management in Manufacturing
This, but for so many critical pieces of web infrastructure.

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