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former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

Is Costco the only place you can go to buy a hot dog and end up impulse purchasing a tree?

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

migrating the chat channel to 5Eyes2 without telling the CIA

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

NATO can't protect Europe from Russia because the US has defected. The EU can't because UK is no longer a member. The UN can't because of Russia & US. We need a body with Europe + UK but not Russia + US, with existing admin infrastructure. What I'm saying is: arm the Eurovision Song Contest.

submitted 10 days ago • 68 comments

no meat

submitted 9 days ago • 67 comments

Inside of you are two wolves.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Hey, you all have to spread the word about chicken.pics the best place for chicken pics. Beating out that AI slop though.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

The main reason that federal employees should not respond to the email is that they don’t work for Elon fucking Musk.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Art!

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

mad as hell that "goldfish" are nowhere near the best fish and not only are silverfish not the second best fish, they're not even fucking fish

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

my walk up song is the sound of me falling down and yelling i'm ok

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

submitted 16 days ago • 606 comments

My go to during 2020 was always "grading on a curve I'm doing ok" and I am sad to report that I have started using that construction again.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

your identity in a capitalist society

submitted 226 days ago • 121 comments

Reintroducing the two wolves inside of me has had surprisingly widespread effects on the ecosystem

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Valentines Day gifts are like sushi rolls: you will probably regret buying one from a gas station mini-mart.

submitted 390 days ago • 0 comments

I got that dog in me, and it won't stop fighting with the two wolves.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, if any of my folks here are thinking of writing a non-fiction, business-type book but are wondering about how to get it published, I'll be teaching a class on the subject next month. You can sign up here for $150: maven.com/users-know/g...

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

With full acknowledgement of how weird and awful it feels to self-promote these days… JoCo Cruise 2026 sails March 21-28 out of San Diego; it’s a fun, welcoming environment filled with music, comedy, creativity, gaming, and happy nerds. And we’re already 75% sold out! jococruise.com

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Nature valentines. Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon

submitted 24 days ago • 38 comments

Quiet Stories 185: Bridging Fashion and #UX, Two Rules Of Software Creation, Measuring the Success of #Coaching Engagements, & more! mailchi.mp/d2ce290c033d... Including work from @bradfrost.com, @renice.bsky.social, @rkoutnik.bsky.social, @lauraklein.bsky.social & others #Fashion #DesignSystems

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.

submitted 24 days ago • 83 comments

saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu

submitted 25 days ago • 30 comments

McConaughey: Look, from the very beginning football has been a conspiracy to make us hungry. My Wife: Pretty sure that's just the pot, Matt.

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submitted 30 days ago • 9 comments

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

submitted 32 days ago • 310 comments

WE never did, Jonathan.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Nobody ever warns you that in your late 40s doctors stop trying to fix your aches and pains and just want you to accept a new reality like,”Yeah you’re the guy who limps now sorry.”

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

This may sound primitive and unscientific, but through the fairies, we COULD ask Mothra for help

submitted 33 days ago • 263 comments

sometimes my doctor will be like “try some medicine” but then somebody somewhere else says No! which is a great thing to happen because then i know i get to solve Several Mysteries

submitted 35 days ago • 22 comments

Hey, if any of my folks here are thinking of writing a non-fiction, business-type book but are wondering about how to get it published, I'll be teaching a class on the subject next month. You can sign up here for $150: maven.com/users-know/g...

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

sometimes all it takes is a little subtle messaging to improve your pet’s behavior

submitted 40 days ago • 33 comments

A cool #UX starter pack. Smart people to follow. @hpdailyrant.bsky.social , @lauraklein.bsky.social , @kylesoucy.bsky.social , @mackreed.bsky.social and @tonyreyes.bsky.social ... bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

It'd be funny if there was a slightly worse actor named Scottie B. Pippen.

submitted 42 days ago • 21 comments

Me: I wish somebody would just bring me a dog to pet for like an hour and then take it away Eric: DogDash! Me: ...yes...DogDash Eric: I feel like TaskRabbit really missed an opportunity here

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

Well if I'd known they made protein powder in Cinnabon flavor I would have started lifting weights years ago.

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

clean girl this, brown mascara that. sorry gen z but I want to look like I murdered my first husband for the money and am about to ruin the pool boy's life. it's called glamour, darling

submitted 46 days ago • 154 comments

Inside the zoo are two wolves. We feed both the good and the evil one. Because we are a zoo.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment