[SC 2.4.4] Doubtlessly be lost
Despite my best efforts, I was made aware of the latest communication that the piece of damp Ikea pressboard masquerading as my CEO put out on on LinkedIn. It hurt a lot, and I'm even more mad that I allowed myself to feel that way.
Fortunately, it seems like the message has been received poorly. This includes this thoughtful piece, whose nuance and measured thinking will doubtlessly be lost on the exact kinds of people who are paid to ignore it.
Oh, and I also learned my suspicion that my role is getting slow-boiled away was founded. So, you know, time to start making the next iteration of my portfolio 🫠
On Designing For Children
Nice resource, if you need or want to do this sort of thing.
Bookmarkable by Design: URL-Driven State in HTMX
URL design is a lost art, and I'm all for this.
Peacock feathers can emit laser beams
I see you, article slug.
New Deep Sea Creatures ‘Challenge Current Models of Life,’ Scientists Say
Good job, deep sea creatures!
Radioactive Bling: The Atomic “Bomb” Ring from KiX
The past is a foreign country.
Dude, the history behind the word dude is wild
I know there are inclusivity issues with the word "dude," but also it nice to read this.
The centralised Internet
"It truly is an odd and unsatisfying situation."
Heavier Storms Are Here. Rain Gardens Can Help.
Neat!
Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
"Traditional assessment approaches based on written assignments must now be reconsidered to accurately gauge whether students genuinely understand concepts, develop skills, and engage in creative thinking, Luisa González-Reiche, an expert in pedagogy and philosophy, told Rest of World."
Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.
lol
‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find
Tomato potato.
The Rise of Vaporwave Curating
"biennial bloat and its attendant cacophony of subthemes has the blurring effect of burying the lead"
Why ‘King of the Hill’ Is the Most Significant Work of Texan Culture of the Past Thirty Years
I love this show, and I loved this writeup.
Slow
"What problems can human beings only solve over a very long period of time? And how can we build institutions that solve those problems?"
A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known
Here's Jim again, dropping some serious href knowledge.
What the Civil Rights Movement Has to Do With Denim
"Denim was very much the look of the black freedom struggle, but like most nonconformist messages — from the anti-establishment punks with their queen’s tartan to the anti-capitalist beatniks with their berets — it was co-opted by the mainstream; taken out of its original context in order to fit into people’s wardrobes."
kilopixel
"Each pixel is a cube of wood, painted on two sides, that rotates to be on or off. […] The pixels are turned by a CNC-controlled gantry one at a time. Yes, the speed is intentional."
Noem: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to serve as model for detention centers nationwide
They're industrializing the concentration camps.
Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
It's one thing to create a feature based on hallucinated demand, but it's another thing entirely when it's inventing biology.
Man controls iPad with his mind using Synchron brain implant
This is very, very cool.
Should we NEVER use non-logical properties?
Sharing this article because I really enjoy seeing thoughtful and thorough takes on frontend techniques that I feel will never see the light of day due to LLM-generated code just thoughtlessly forever regurgitating the worst of our practices.
My Scammer
"This whole march of human cultural production—incalculable progress—and the one constant that has survived and adapted and thrived? The scam."
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
Everything is so pointlessly awful.