I wrote about how annotating focus order isn't an efficient use of your time and how it might create more problems than it solves. It's a niche concern, for sure. But also I think its a valid one.

How many holes does the human body have?
Let's get weird with topology, people.

Best gas masks
Sign of the times.

On affordances
"In the end, prioritising affordances is about more than just usability; it is about respect for the individual."

The Danger of Turning Americans into Enemies
You know it's bad when Time is using the A word.

Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle
1935!

Sony Data Discman
I must have it.

TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
"TextEdit is software that does what it says on the box."

Tangible Media Collection
I swear these links in this order aren't me sinking into techno-nostalgia.

Why I Don’t Call Myself an Accessibility Expert
Folks, I have a habit of being skeptical of anyone who calls themselves an "accessibility expert," and unfortunately it hasn't really steered me wrong yet.

Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM Eastern Standard Time
"computer! quickly, show me old friends & older heartbreaks, and show me jazz musicians flowing hot in each other's veins, and show me old women playing rivalrous games like they're trying to turn themselves to ice."

Polio Was That Bad
I hate that we have to put out news like this, but hey, here we are.

Phantom Obligation
"The guilt you feel for something no one asked you to do."

New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
We're all trying to find the guy that did this, etc.

A Horse Tries To Make It To The Super Bowl
what

ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Are we allowed to call them concentration camps yet?

Embracing the absurd in your design practices
Into it.

STAN ALONE COMPLEX Tachikoma Nabeshima ware
Some things I share here just for me.

xndbogdan/malicious-repositories
"This repository contains malicious code samples collected from scammers attempting to steal credentials via LinkedIn."

AntiRender
This is something I'd always try to do mentally when walking by the dingy construction site one of these was posted to.

Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability
Good job, microbes!

How I Taught My Neighbor to Keep the Volume Down
lol

SPAs Are a Performance Dead End
gestures at GitHub's Reactification

MySpace Founder Deletes Post Amid Backlash After Teasing Platform Return
Boooooo

Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
FYI

Replication Is Not Innovation
"The reason the market remains strong despite most people’s experience deteriorating is that the market isn’t most people anymore."

The Mistake Of CES’s Accessibility Stage
"Creating a separate space risks reverting to “accessibility ghettos”—a term for products designed only for people with disabilities that often use inferior components, lack mainstream utility, and cost exponentially more."

The Ghost Writers
I had the idea for awhile of doing a Mad Libs-style template for a romance novel, then saturating Amazon with them for every conceivable permutation of interest. I guess AI beat me to it.

You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift
Again, it is getting harder and harder to think of a reason to want to use Windows.

Data centers in space makes no sense
Someone finally says it!