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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

gentle reminder: the void is for screaming, the abyss is for staring, please don't mix that up and ruin the experience for the rest of us

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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an armored personnel carrier full of cats @hex.ooo · 25/09/2026

it's better to reglet something you have done than something you haven't done

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

me: I'm gonna be so productive this weekend also me: what if I spend 12 hours outside today

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 19/09/2026

Philadelphia has an embarrassment of mural riches but my longtime favorite is the two-part trompe-l’œil mural “Shadow of a Church,” wherein false windows reflect and are shaded by a 19th-century church that was torn down 80 years ago. The lot where the church stood is now a gas station.

“Shadow of a Church” looking west, 22nd & Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. Mural by Michael Webb and Susan Maxman Architects.

“Shadow of a Church” looking north, 22nd & Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. Mural by Michael Webb and Susan Maxman Architects.

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was on the highway yesterday, rapidly approaching some billowing dense smoke rising from the right side. And then, blazing merrily in the parking lot of a government storage facility, I passed a literal tire fire.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m back(ish), but will probably have to no-comment most responses for the immediate future. See also:

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Okay, friends (and foes), I’ll be offline for the next 24 hours or so, but not for the reason(s) you might think. Terrific timing, I know. Please hold any correspondence.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Fun facts and definitions: - a BOG is a wetland that is acidic - a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline - a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees - a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees Now you know!

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You ever accidentally stick your hand in a cactus? Yeah, it’s like that.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

20% of all mammals are bats and I don't see anyone posting them. Give bats proper representation!

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Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org · 05/09/2026

For all incident responses from now on, I’m going to get on that Zoom call at 2am and begin by saying “Please state the nature of the computational emergency.”

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Chicago in Pop Culture @chicagopopculture.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

A red Ferrari flies through the air on a Chicago roadway, with the downtown skyline and Sears Tower visible in the background, in a scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986). Credit: © Paramount Pictures.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 06/09/2026

love going for a relaxing stroll with my dogs aage, doubtaco, plaumu, chault, and eror

medieval tapestry of stag hunt with lettering that reads very silly in modern english

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Gregory Killam @b9cc1d.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A Special Edition Caturday set. A few posts in regards to #Caturday being in proximity to #LaborDay. Cats who actually have jobs (or just think they do!) The best job cats have is:

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As I’ve said elsewhere: what a way to start a holiday weekend.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Workinge IX to V, nys no waye to make a livinge, Scarsli gettinge by, all the takinge but no givinge, Thei but selle thy mynde and ne nevir issue credit -- Ynogh to make thee wax woode yf thou let it!

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/07/2026

These people are so exhausting

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That… might not be the compliment you thought it was 👀

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 30/08/2026

Just realized I haven't sent everyone a baby goat fix yet this week.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Looking Up - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2nBAHhe

Star Trek represented...the future we can have, a future that is beyond the petty squabbles we are dealing with here on Earth...and that we are able to devote ourselves to the betterment of all humankind by doing what we do so well: explore.
– Nichelle Nichols

Single exposure around midnight near Coalville, Utah

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Joe Germuska @joe.germuska.com · 24/08/2026

Getting into open source was huge for my professional development. I learned so much from reading code and observing the maintainers. We can and must develop social norms that don't overwhelm these ecosystems. (partly: AI coding agents succeed largely because they can use these open source tools!)

Even if the change is correct, what's the point in responding? At that point I may as well copy the issue into my own agent and fix it myself, without the overhead of dealing with someone else's agent. That's the part that should worry us: the most rational move is to cut the other person out entirely, and I don't think anyone actually wants an ecosystem where that's true.

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Birds' fall migration is picking up. Here's the forecast for tonight. Note the precipitation scale on right: birds can sense and avoid storms. Also on right, a scale indicating migration intensity. 178M #birds expected to fly tonight.

Bird migration forecasts show predicted nocturnal migration approximately 3 hours after local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. Note, the models predict the migration intensity for birds in active flight; these are not predictions of the numbers of birds on the ground.

For more information: https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/migration-forecast-maps/.

Bird Migration Forecast Map courtesy of University of Illinois, Purdue University, and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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🤖ScottsRobots🤖 @scottsrobots.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The majestic Victoria Falls of Edinburgh.

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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 20/08/2026

NEW THIS MORNING: An exclusive analysis of Census Bureau data shows LGBTQ+ people make up a record-breaking 12% of the total population - but, even more importantly, represent 10% of adults in 40 of 50 states.

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Record Breaking: LGBTQ+ Adults Now 12% of Population; Greater than…

HRC Foundation analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Data finds a record-high 25.6 million people now identify as LGBTQ+ Heading into the midterms, the LGBTQ+…

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

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Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 20/08/2026

"From him I learned that writing requires an unending effort at something resembling authenticity. Most mistakes come from not being yourself, not saying what you think, or being afraid to figure out what you really think." (obvious conclusions left to my reader)

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Gourd @gourdisin.space · 20/08/2026

Because I refuse to miss an opportunity to make something about Chicago I would urge everyone to visit the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures on University of Chicago campus. It's one of the best museums in the city and has some incredible artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?

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Jared Cunha @jaredcunha.com · 19/08/2026

I can't overstate how happy I am to see this update. It's been such a long time since the last version and it so good to see that the USWDS is still alive and kicking! Thank you, Anne and team!

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Cameron Dixon 🥄 @notgov.org · 06/08/2026

Incredible governmenting

A screenshot from https://ita.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/g410.pdf that says:

Ill. GUIDELINE
There is no guideline for this guideline.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

DO HARM TO YOUR ENEMIES; TREAT YOURSELF WITH KINDNESS!

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Like all of us (I assume), I’m making the best decisions I can in an incredibly complex and often difficult situation here. For the record.

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 13/07/2026

... and also you would not believe the number of times the reason why something is not done is because things have always been done a certain way and that's what the rule is--when the written rule is *not* that and all it takes is an email from someone clarifying that the thing is actually allowed

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Anne Petersen @apetersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

*quietly* Out today: USWDS 3.14.0. github.com/uswds/uswds/... The USWDS open source community and scarce part-time staff are _incredible_, just sayin’.

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Releases · uswds/uswds

The U.S. Web Design System helps the federal government build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly websites. - uswds/uswds

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public". So I've been backing up all government code. For six years. Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised. github.com/uk-gov-mirro...

Deleted UK Government code repositories

Total deleted repositories: 1526
Organisations affected: 56

See RECENTLY_DELETED.md for the most recently deleted repositories.

Organisation Deleted Repos % Deleted
hmrc 195 9.8%
nhsdigital 169 33.8%
SkillsFundingAgency 154 22.7%
informatics-lab 154 100.0%
UKHomeOffice 101 7.5%
ministryofjustice 74 2.8%
ONSdigital 66 4.3%
moj-analytical-services 65 75.6%
ukwa 47 46.1%
dwp 46 6.7%
UKGovernmentBEIS 43 27.4%

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eBay mugs & glasses @dangmugs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

i'm not programmed to think 🖥️

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Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is an extraordinary story of true patriotism. A must read (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Wrong Kind of American

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

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Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com · 08/08/2026

Dusting @designcouncil.bsky.social’s ‘Design for Public Good’ publication from 2013, then funded by the @ec.europa.eu, to review the public sector design ladder while writing our @sdingov.bsky.social talk on ‘ #Policy and #serviceDesign as one ’. Much of what was a concept then is a practice now.

The Public Sector Design Ladder: Design-led innovation can be used for everything from relatively small interventions to complex policy decisions. We can visualise the different levels of application using a ladder, as follows:

Step 1: Design for discrete problems – Here design teams are hired for individual projects tackling discrete problems. These can be very large and have systemic implications, but the projects are one-offs. Design thinking is not part of the culture of the commissioning organisations.

Step 2: Design as capability – Here, design becomes part of the
culture of public bodies and the way they operate and make decisions. This increases employees’ skill at commissioning designers, but they also understand and use design thinking themselves.

Step 3: Design for policy – Here design thinking is used by
policymakers, often facilitated by designers, to overcome common structural problems in traditional policymaking such as high-risk pilots and poorly joined up processes. Following the work of Helsinki Design Lab, we refer to this discipline as Strategic Design.

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