iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 30/09/2026

Very cool. How did you get involved? I don't see a volunteer link on that page.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 15/09/2026

Congrats on 20 years! My all time fave is the barley risotto with beans and greens smittenkitchen.com/2010/01/ba...

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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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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 16/08/2026

I was there! I don't think my tickets looks as cool though

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 12/08/2026

Yes! Quiet car please 🙏

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 10/08/2026

Sorry I missed your reply. It’s a bit of both. We share content similar to what we’ll cover in our program for emerging adults, and through that sharing, we hope to build a community of people interested in our work. We’re just getting started with these types of events and building our community.

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

Agreed. Sounds like a company that would send me a rejection text on a Friday evening when I'm trying to enjoy dinner. :/

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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 · 06/08/2026

As a Simpsons and Nolan fan, this couldn't land any more squarely in my wheelhouse!

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 28/07/2026

Monster here. How else would one order them?

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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!

luma.com

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 · 04/07/2026

Me clicking through, expecting a list of 7 or 8 keyboards: 🤯

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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 · 08/06/2026

How was the show!? We're going on Thursday (show 3).

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 18/05/2026

Thx! I'll watch the reboot before my memory of the original fades. I may need to rewatch the original anyway, though. Wikipedia says that at the end of the movie, it's revealed that Kelvin is on Solaris, which is not how I remember that scene. I thought he returned to Earth.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 18/05/2026

Ah! I've only seen the original film. Is the reboot worth watching?

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 18/05/2026

I have many questions about the neutrino people that need answers. Reboot now!

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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 · 20/12/2025

South San Francisco! They probably felt less intense over here

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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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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 21/07/2025

As a watcher of many Korean shows, it's common for the English-speaking characters to be poorly written. I suspect it's because many Koreans know basic English, so they write the dialog for those characters using the most common English that a majority of the audience will understand.

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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 · 11/06/2025

I'm comfortable ignoring opinions about job titles from anyone arguing that design is aesthetics.

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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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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 31/05/2025

I, too, have never ridden it. When I lived on Chuch Street 20+ years ago, I regularly saw it heading from the end of the J line to the Embarcadero on sunny days.

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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 · 14/04/2025

Oh, you're not alone! I've seen several posts from people who dislike the visual design. I was not a fan initially either, but in practice, knowing the source of a post based on its color is pretty handy. Best of luck finding one you like. I'll be following to see what you choose.

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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 14/04/2025

If you have an Apple device or computer, might I suggest Tapestry? It's Muffles & Mutes feature works across all of your feeds and has greatly reduced my doomscrolling. usetapestry.com

usetapestry.com

Tapestry

Weaving your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.

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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

I, too, thought it was iOS only, but a friend on Mastodon said it also works on iPad and Mac. I’ll check it out…

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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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Brad Lauster @bradlau.org · 27/03/2025

Sally is correct. It's degrading the primary user experience (signing in) to make things a little bit less annoying for people who are authenticating via SSO. It's a stupid design decision, IMO, and I think most designers are doing it "because other sites are doing it."

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