Bill Couch @couch.studio · 11/07/2025leavesubstack.comleavesubstack.comYou Should Probably Leave SubstackYou should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how. 040
Reposted by Bill CouchZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...youtube.comWhy did so many New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump?YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC 7280119
Reposted by Bill CouchVictor @vjo.li · 14/05/2025And just like this, @couch.studio is on stage for Figma Site #FigmaConfig 0131
Reposted by Bill Couchmaxvoltar @maxvoltar.be · 02/05/2025If you’re the type of person who geeks out about their design tools, I highly recommend you attend/dial in to watch this deep dive I’m doing with Lauren Budorick and @rog.ie on Wednesday. config.figma.com/san-francisc...config.figma.comConfig 2025 (May 7)Main Stage: Figma Deep Dive 1403
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 14/03/2025Just an incredible story, a return to form for The New Yorker, that’s incredibly downtown Manhattan coded www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Case of the Missing ElvisWhen a kitschy bust of the King was swiped from the East Village restaurant where it had lived for thirty-seven years, the theft ignited a fight over the soul of downtown. 120
Reposted by Bill Couchmweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance. 5115021016296
Reposted by Bill Couchlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/02/2025why are we putting the bad software developers in charge of everything? if we have to be ruled by people who make websites i reckon the figma team can run the treasury department a lot better than facebook guys 1548812
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 06/02/2025On the latest episode of How Long Gone, Ira Madison III said Bluesky “gives big building co-op board meeting energy” which made me lol but also I’m here for 020
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 06/02/2025This deserves all of your time and demands far greater exposure www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | Don’t Believe HimLook closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see. 141
Reposted by Bill CouchCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025helpful and important to stop thinking of x as a social media platform and see and talk about it for what it is: a political weapon 512901796
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 26/01/2025New winter chill worth the time from Jacques Greene youtu.be/Q1VU6z_2R0Qyoutu.beAddison Rae - Aquamarine (Jacques Greene Edit)YouTube video by Jacques Greene 020
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 24/01/2025All I want to do is shoot photography, resume my Studio newsletter, add and curate a linkblog on my @ghost.org instance, read books and magazines, scour for new-to-me music, and get rid of private vehicles in cities. 160
Reposted by Bill CouchGary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Essential reading for navigation app users 🤔 a brilliant blog ciechanow.ski/gps/ciechanow.skiGPS – Bartosz CiechanowskiInteractive article explaining how GPS works. 1183
Reposted by Bill CouchNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/01/2025These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph... 7825168714115
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 08/01/2025Early signal of traffic on Broadway with congestion pricing indicates its complete pedestrianization is significantly more feasible than it was 4 days ago. 090
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 06/01/2025The congestion pricing roll out is genuinely so exciting, feels like an epoch event 070
Reposted by Bill CouchMetropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 04/01/2025It’s happening! Tonight, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber unveiled one of the signs at the entrance to the Congestion Relief Zone. Tolling begins at midnight. Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info 391163223
Reposted by Bill CouchLetterboxd @letterboxd.social · 21/12/2024it’s the first day of winter ❄️ 219944
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 17/12/2024Nice way to understand how much NYC congestion pricing may affect you, others, and services you depend on starting January 5th, from the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comSee How Much NYC's Congestion Pricing Plan Would Cost YouA new toll on drivers hopes to reduce traffic in one of the world’s most congested cities. How would it work? 030
Reposted by Bill CouchSteve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Reminder that if your feed is often populated by stuff from the same few people who post a lot, there's a feed called Quiet Posters which shows you stuff from people you follow who post less often: bsky.app/profile/why.... 44113
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 08/12/2024@chaykak.bsky.social relevant www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...noemamag.comWe Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMAThe internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists. 010
Reposted by Bill CouchHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Yet again I have written a medium-insane holiday gift guide 4 u!!!!newyorker.comPut Your Money Where Your Loved One’s Mouth IsA food writer’s annual guide to gastronomic gift giving. 1547661
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 24/11/2024Kelly Lee Owens put out one of my favorite albums of the year, and now I’m very much enjoying her recent Boiler Room set youtu.be/F6zNJbZzuO0?...youtu.beKelly Lee Owens | Boiler Room: ManchesterYouTube video by Boiler Room 020
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 23/11/2024The smoked trout sandwich on togarashi focaccia at Gem Home is the simplest, best sandwich I’ve had in NYC lately 020
Reposted by Bill CouchMetropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 22/11/2024We are pleased to have received formal approval from the Federal Highway Administration for the phase-in feature of the Central Business District Tolling Program. Read the re-evaluation and the Value Pricing Pilot Program agreement here: new.mta.info/project/CBDT...new.mta.infoRe-Evaluation 2 and VPPP Agreement 514520
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 20/11/2024I still miss the first iteration of muxtape from Justin Ouellette 040
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 19/11/2024One day it’d be nice for someone upon learning my work history to not ask me what I think about him 270
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 15/11/2024Some may call this weekend trip to London a mental health break from America 040
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 14/11/2024For me, the best trade-off between convenience and reliable efficiency for travel from Manhattan to JFK with some luggage is: • Uber to Penn Station ($20-30)→ • LIRR to Jamaica ($5-8) → • AirTrain to JFK ($8.50) If you can conveniently take the subway to Penn, max cost drops from $46 to $20. 010
Reposted by Bill CouchFigma @figma.com · 14/11/2024Two stops for #Config2025: San Francisco and London. Get your early bird tix (50% off) at figma.bot/Config25-bsky → Nov 14 - Dec 13: Call for Speakers → May 6-8: Config Global (San Francisco) → May 14: Config London 16210
Reposted by Bill CouchThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/11/2024Breaking News: New York City will revive its once-abandoned plan for the U.S.'s first congestion-pricing program, but at a reduced rate of a $9 toll for most vehicles to enter Midtown and Lower Manhattan, according to five people familiar with the matter.nytimes.comNew York to Revive Congestion Pricing With $9 TollGov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce the revised program on Thursday after having put the original $15 toll on hold. 3141735
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 12/06/2023I didn’t think I’d find a company to join and job to start that had me as excited as Twitter. But I found it again — starting today, I’m joining Figma to grow and lead the Prototyping Fidelity engineering team! 5120
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 13/05/2023If someone said to you, “Tell me a story,” would you have one to tell? 120
Bill Couch @couch.studio · 30/04/2023I cannot stop thinking about this piece on givers, takers, and doorknobs in conversations. I want to talk with people who can occupy both, and recognize when I provide doorknobs as an affordance versus a boast. www.experimental-history.com/p/good…experimental-history.comGood conversations have lots of doorknobsOr "Spiderman Is My Boyfriend" 030