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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 26/08/2026

In 1980, when I was five years old, my parents noticed me singing along with songs on the radio and offered to buy me some records. I chose my three favorites: 1. Another One Bites the Dust, Queen 2. Upside Down, Diana Ross 3. 9 to 5, Dolly Parton RIP Dolly

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🎵oh my god I was wrong! We were the sea people all along!🎵

Troy Maclure singing at the finale of the Planet of the Apes musical shown on the Simpsons. Behind him there is a line of apes dancing and smiling. Behind them are the ruins of the statue of liberty.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 24/07/2026

The non-profit I work for is holding a free online event this Sunday: Finding Calm in the Chaos: Understanding Your Nervous System. Our speaker is Yikai Xu, of the Culture, Emotion, and Health Lab at NYU. Please share with others who may be interested!

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Finding Calm in the Chaos: Understanding Your Nervous System · Zoom · Luma

Between endless notifications, the pressure to "hustle," and the quiet anxiety of figuring out your future, your nervous system probably feels like it’s on a…

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy Independence Day

A drawing of Patience and Fortitude, the stone lions that guard the entrance to the New York Public Library. Between them is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 02/07/2026

Augmented reality glasses would be hugely popular if they had just one feature: hide all ads

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Writer of “Rape Apologists Must Die!” @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Naomi Klein is always excellent.

NAOMI KLIEIN to SAM ALTMAN:
...you ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation and without credit to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not 'liberating human creativity' --you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft 'training data'."

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 19/06/2026

Wild that there are six artists on this list I've never heard of before, and two artists I actively avoid listening to.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 18/06/2026

Mandami is so good, he's got me watching press briefings about trash collection in NYC. I live in San Francisco.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 30/03/2026

It’s been nearly two decades since I worked at Stanford. I used to pass through the main quad regularly. It’s usually bustling with students and tourists, so I was thrilled to capture this people-free shot of the covered walkway that encircles the Inner Quad courtyard.

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De La Soul @wearedelasoul.com · 08/03/2026

Remember to set your clocks one hour forward before bed tonight for #DeLaSavings ⏰

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 16/10/2025

Once again, I am begging @caltrain.com to establish quiet cars

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David Crawshaw @crawshaw.io · 20/07/2025

The insidious way things get worse is deliberate, rewarded optimization. These steps made Hotweels measurably cheaper (or improved margins), with no measurable loss of quality. Because the quality was hard to quantify, or noisy, or deemed low value by a secondary metric (no sales impact).

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

If a system can enable victimisation, sooner or later it will be used to efficiently victimise.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 06/06/2025

Every company says it wants holistic, coherent experiences, but almost all of them align designers with specific products. I’ve spent so much of my career fixing this problem.

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Dan Saffer @odannyboy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I’ve heard the song “Norwegian Wood” easily over 100 times in the last 50 years and never once did I think the narrator was setting fire to her house at the end

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a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck is holding his hands to his face .

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck is holding his hands to his face .

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 08/04/2025

It is my dream to see Diana Ross perform Upside Down

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swissmiss @tinarotheisenberg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Dreaming of a world where I am not constantly being sold to.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 31/03/2025

Anyone recognize this keyboard? Some helpful keyboard enthusiasts on Reddit have convinced me that I can build one for myself.

The keyboard layout of the Canon Cat computer. Note the two LEAP keys below the Space Bar.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 30/03/2025

How are you all cross-posting to Bluesky and Mastodon? I see some iOS apps, but I’d rather use something web or MacOS-based. Any tips?

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A huge problem with organizations is that there is often an obsession with the information architecture (the org chart) and no one deals with the interaction design (how people communicate and collaborate in order to achieve coherent goals).

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 06/02/2025

Picked up The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman from the library and this quote appears right after the dedication: 😅 I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought, 'What the hell good would that do? - Ronnie Shakes

Book cover of The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 05/02/2025

I'm at the "getting rejection emails for jobs I didn't even apply to" stage of my job hunt. Anyone hiring a design director?

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 05/02/2025

I'd planned to try out my new iPad Mini setup in a coffee shop today, but the rain in San Francisco is just too much. Instead, I'll stay home and watch Interstellar.

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a man is sitting in a car with the words it 's necessary written below him .

ALT: a man is sitting in a car with the words it 's necessary written below him .

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Maxim Leyzerovich @round.is · 03/02/2025

how might we not

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 03/02/2025

Kicking myself for not making my own pizza sauce sooner. Much better than store-bought, and it only took two minutes. 🍕

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 31/01/2025

If you like jazz, you should listen to the Severance: Defiant Jazz playlist on Apple Music. It's outstanding. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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Severance: Defiant Jazz on Apple Music

Playlist · 50 Songs

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 22/01/2025

I wish the Bluesky app wasn't trash on iPad.

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Peter Merholz @peterme.com · 14/01/2025

The "personal computer revolution" (1977-1999, roughly) lead us away from these critiques, and it's interesting to see how these 70-year-old ideas are more relevant now than ever.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 14/01/2025

Ok, I joined pixelfed. Maybe I'll see you over there if you wanna see me, my cat, the dead whale I saw recently, or my Green Apple Books toque. pixelfed.social/bradlau

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Brad Lauster 🧢 (@bradlau@pixelfed.social)

2 Posts, 4 Following, 0 Followers · Health and wellness UX. Food and outdoors enthusiast. NY guy doing SF things.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 13/01/2025

I just learned that Trader Joe's has discontinued their mango shave cream. I've been using that product for at least 14 years!

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 02/01/2025

I can't find any restaurants rated lower than 2.5 stars on Yelp. Surely there are two-star restaurants in San Francisco, right? ⭐️⭐️

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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 11/12/2024

To this very day, I can’t reconcile with the fact that hundreds of thousands have been laid off in tech the past few years, And we are the ones who bear the entire burden. But the ones who failed to run their businesses? All fine. They’ve still got homes, healthcare, cars, etc.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

if u are wondering about that red pin emoji here 📌 if u find a post u want to return to u can stick a pin in it by replying with the red pin emoji then use @jaz.bsky.social's red pin feed which keeps track of your red pins

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 08/11/2024

What’s the difference between the 🚄 and 🚅 emoji? I’ve always assumed they represent two recognizable Japanese trains.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 06/11/2024

Once again, I am begging people to ask their representatives to abolish the Electoral College - a system that actively discourages millions of Americans from voting.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 01/11/2024

Congrats to the team, but this news is very disappointing for Pixelmator Pro users. Apple will kill Pixelmator Pro and merge one or two of its features into an existing Apple product - just like they do with every acquisition. www.pixelmator.com/blog/2024/11...

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A new home for Pixelmator - Pixelmator Blog

Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 17/10/2023

Stylish designers (and non-designers!), whose black T-shirt are you wearing these days? I’m looking for something heavyweight but soft that holds up well to frequent washing and wearing.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 06/07/2023

Threads is live. Kicking the tires, here: www.threads.net/@bradlau.info

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 10/06/2023

If whatever you’re doing isn’t working, don’t do it harder. → Accurate advice for every area of life (especially sex) from Martha Beck, author of The Way of Integrity.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 10/06/2023

Looks like they’re letting anyone onto this app now…

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