Reposted by Coby AlmondMatt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 18/09/2026The USWDS documentation site is now preserved here, thanks to the amazing work of @suddenlygreg.com uswds.18f.orguswds.18f.orgUSWDS: The United States Web Design SystemUSWDS makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites. 16620
Reposted by Coby AlmondEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I would like to thank @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social and @danieldrucker.bsky.social for this incredibly concise encapsulation of how "superintelligence" discourse diverts energy and attention from the real, actual harms: >> 318548
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“Oh no my abused dog found the hole in the fence I neglect and has been going into the neighborhood leaving poop everywhere! We need laws for mandatory dog sedation and canine philosophy training! In fact, only nationalizing dog breeding will work. They will kill us all!” This is a post about AI. 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New phrase for your toolkit: Contextual Fatberg For when slop accumulates so much that someone expensive has to spend time dissecting and removing it. Don’t pour AI slop into the drain, folks. 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I stumbled upon this little gem of an app for MacOS today. It keeps your intention front and center as you work. Perfect for that "Now what was I doing" problem. n10.appn10.appN10 - Attention Management App for MacFor all of us who get stuck, feel overwhelmed, lose track of time, forget what we’re working on, or could just use a little help concentrating. 000
Reposted by Coby AlmondAndboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute.”allpoetry.comManifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell BerryLove the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your futu... 074
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As we ramp up opening the gates to StoryTime, we're making some requisite socials you can follow development on. Here's the Bluesky version: @storytimeteam.bsky.social Give us a follow if you're keen. 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Take away customer feedback loops and watch a team eat itself alive. 010
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I didn't realize how hard drag and drop features are to build when you take into account multi-select. Glad I did it though. Learned a ton. Multi-select is now live in StoryTime! app.storytime.team 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 19/06/2026AS A numbed out design consultant I WANT my doodle near me, ready to be pet and sitting contentedly SO THAT I don’t lose my mind while digging the same digital ditches repeatedly 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Some more writing. www.fullstacksyntax.com/talking-with...fullstacksyntax.comTalking With One AnotherI’ve been working on something with a couple friends over a couple years now. We think teams that talk together (like, a lot) not only make more human, beautiful, and valuable things, they experience ... 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 10/06/2026@erikahall.bsky.social what do you say to the researcher being told to try this? cookiy.aicookiy.aiCookiy AI: The World's First Agentic AI User ResearcherTransform months of user research into days. Cookiy AI acts as your dedicated AI User Researcher, conducting human-level interviews at 10x speed and 10x lower cost. 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 04/06/2026America is searching for significance when we already had it. Tearing up the house searching for the thing in our hands. Each other. 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Made a thing for Logitech Litra lights to turn on with your camera. github.com/cobyalmond/L...github.comGitHub - cobyalmond/Lumos-Litra: MacOS utility to control Logitech Litra lights.MacOS utility to control Logitech Litra lights. Contribute to cobyalmond/Lumos-Litra development by creating an account on GitHub. 020
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Runoff voting in Texas means my mailbox is filled with mud trending toward manure every day the last week. 000
Reposted by Coby AlmondPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I wonder if "dev-writer"/"designer-writer"/etc is forming as a distinct category as a result of LLMs being pushed onto the industry. Obviously they have always been there, but there is now a very sharp divide between thinking/writing and...not 1101
Reposted by Coby AlmondIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope: 12726327
Reposted by Coby AlmondAndboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Didn’t expect this to hit quite like it does but it did for me 0103
Reposted by Coby AlmondAndboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026media.tenor.coma man with long gray hair is eating somethingAlt: Short clip from The Lord of the Rings films showing the Denethor character — a corrupted ruler — eating sloppily at his richly appointed table. In the film, this scene occurs while people he sent to their death are fighting a battle. 243
Reposted by Coby AlmondDan Hon @danhon.com · 25/01/2026Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. "What are we holding on to, Sam?" That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. 1252
Reposted by Coby AlmondSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/01/2026You can watch the original 1943 short film here: youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4youtu.beDon't Be a SuckerYouTube video by US National Archives 18850
Reposted by Coby AlmondLiz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026We are determined to make it so. The @unbreaking.org team has been working since the beginning to stand up a page focused on Archives & History. Our timeline (unbreaking.org/issues/archi...) and debrief (unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...) were just published today.unbreaking.orgArchives & History — UnbreakingHow the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us. 09241
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 18/01/2026@erikahall.bsky.social I don’t believe any explanation is necessary. 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Household has had the flu for almost a week. I’m coming to terms with the fact I now live in the Room of Requirement. 010
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026www.fullstacksyntax.com/in-anger/fullstacksyntax.comIn AngerThe word once scared me. Anger was the opposite of “safe”, as a child. To be In Anger was to be out of control, a violent grasping for something unnamed, but should be obvious to all who are in its pa... 000
Reposted by Coby AlmondEngineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/ #StarTrekmijofr.github.ioTrekorama!360° of Star Trek 381063370
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Latest StoryTime Alpha update: We're taking on founding customers! buttondown.com/storytime-te...buttondown.comDecember UpdateHello! Nat here, with the latest news from StoryTime. If you’re reading this, you signed up to get monthly updates about our development process. If you’re... 000
Reposted by Coby AlmondJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025MTV is officially ending all of its music channels. In honor of that, what's your favorite music video? 15761624257
Reposted by Coby AlmondJared Spool @jmspool.bsky.social · 29/12/2025UX writing is often underappreciated but vital for a great experience. Sometimes, it’s not needed at all. Every part of the interface always communicates, intentionally or not. Nick DiLallo highlights this with great examples: uxdesign.cc/this-is-good-ux-writing…uxdesign.ccThis is good UX writingEight principles for every interface you’ll ever write. 0102
Reposted by Coby AlmondJesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear 323813568
Reposted by Coby AlmondJesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 26/12/2025LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk 665756
Reposted by Coby AlmondRuth Malan @ruthmalan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025"There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.” — Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems #AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 17: Systems and Boundaries www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...ruthmalan.comAdvent(ure) in System SeeingPick a (socio)technical system to focus on. Write a brief description of its primary purpose (or role or identity in the ecology of systems). 152
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Latest StoryTime Alpha development update. buttondown.com/storytime-te...buttondown.comNovember UpdateHello! Nat here, with the latest news from StoryTime. If you’re reading this, you signed up to get monthly updates about our development process. If you’re... 000
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. No. He would never. I mean, maybe only from floofy cuteness overload. 010
Reposted by Coby AlmondAndboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 25/11/2025There is so much good work out there on embodied cognitive science. But it really hasn’t hit mainstream understanding. 351
Reposted by Coby AlmondEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 10/11/2025When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products? >> 316242
Reposted by Coby AlmondPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Hype pins the blame — unfairly — on you. Hype says, "by spending the money on magic beans instead of the things you need, we are actually helping." Hype says, "the magic beans are magic. if you still have problems, you must be prompting it wrong." This is about AI, but not *just* about AI. 0296
Coby Almond @coby.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Want to teach your kids the glory of search engines before AI summary trash happened? scholar.google.com is actually ideal. All the results are just the articles of other curious minds urging you to go get out there and learn for yourself.scholar.google.comGoogle ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions. 000
Reposted by Coby AlmondTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025A friend recently texted me the same thing. “Do you really not use ChatGPT?!” It was a sign of where we are culturally on this. People are compelled to use it but also starting to question the normalcy? 392011274
Reposted by Coby AlmondErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 28/10/2025From a banger paper written in the wake of Enron. The last thing Ghoshal wrote before he died. 20 years later, spot on. Link is PDF. www.corporation2020.org/documents/Re... 0214
Reposted by Coby AlmondPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The male loneliness crisis will never end until men are willing to hear loved ones tell them "bro you are wrong." 27010
