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I believe the big bang happens repeatedly, like a heartbeat. I'm another one of those bass-playing (nathanielflick.bandcamp.com/album/d…) UX Engineers (nathanielflick.com) who believes in accessibility and inclusion for all.

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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 22h
People laugh at me, but I refuse to update my iPhone to the latest OS until they stop messing with the UI so egregiously.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@bsky.app Please please please show that data is loading when I click home/refresh the feed. Please?
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nothing I hate more than someone who makes a mistake and then doesn't own up to it.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@spavel.bsky.social Loved your post: "No amount of velocity can shield your team from opportunity cost". Brilliant analysis. AI is a race to the bottom (speed) and won't have much to do with actually giving users what they really need (quality). productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/no-amount-...
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No amount of velocity can shield your team from opportunity cost
AKA "LLMs can't fix your shitty internal culture"
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A true master grows everyone around them.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As has been true throughout human history, it's a battle between the selfish, and the selfless.
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Māyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This says it all really.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you run a product and you have customers who’ve been with you for 10+ years, wouldn’t you give them a special rate instead of jacking it up to the maximum without any warning?!
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What the heck, @digitalocean.com ?
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When will Israel stop the bombing? www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
aljazeera.com
Israel-Lebanon talks postponed as explosions rock southern Lebanon
President Aoun says 'no new negotiations with Israel at the moment'.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 16/09/2026
BREAKING 🚨: Housing Market The largest mortgage lender in the United States, United Wholesale Mortgage, is going for its 8th straight red month, its longest losing streak in history after suffering its largest single-day drop in history last month 📉 📉
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An NFL team owner (who explicitly supports Israel) reacting so negatively to the phrase "Free Palestine" tells you all you need to know about Billionaires. And at how disgusting our world has become, politically.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I get the feeling once someone gets power they can't resist the urge to grab more. (replace "power" with "money" for a fun game.)
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rich think everything's fine (it's not) and the poor want to be rich and so won't hold the rich to account (the rich can fix it!).
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hat tip to @ethanmarcotte.com I have crafted my own Artificial Intelligence Statement: nathanielflick.com/artificial-i...
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Artificial Intelligence Statement - Nathaniel Flick
I view modern AI tools as powerful collaborators and amplifiers of human agency, not replacements for human thought, experience, or craftsmanship. As a Product Designer and UX Engineer, my goal is to ...
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The drama continues at Automattic: techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/a...
techcrunch.com
Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board | TechCrunch
Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our desire for "Convenience" keeps us all working harder under capitalism: gomakethings.com/articles/ana...
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Anarchy and modern convenience
A major part of anarchy and socialism is the concept of anti-work. An obsession with work is a colonial, patriarchal, and capitalist construct. As such, the anti-work movement—a focus on working less ...
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Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An urgent update from The Spinoff’s CEO  thespinoff.co.nz/media/10-09-...
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An urgent update from The Spinoff’s CEO
The hard truths of running a media organisation in an election year – and why we need your help.
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midudev · Miguel Ángel Durán @midu.dev · 09/09/2026
¡Notición! Shopify compra TailwindCSS. Bombazo en el mundo del desarrollo web. ✓ Seguirá Open Source con licencia MIT ✓ El equipo continuará desarrollándolo Adió problemas de monetización... tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwin...
Logos de Tailwind CSS y Shopify enfrentados sobre un fondo oscuro, separados por una gran “X”. Tailwind se une a Shopify: el crossover del frontend que nadie tenía en su bingo de 2026.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ah the first stage in the long journey of company logo development - the venerated use of the company's initials as logo, then add "Solutions" at the end.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I do love the feeling of working on a client for 8 months and then converting them to some work through sheer consistent persistence.
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f*male b*tch 🇵🇸 @ahhmandah.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
do you think Bic Runga ever gets put on hold and just starts screaming
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 04/09/2026
Great night for Ōtautahi excellence at @spaceacademy.bsky.social tonight! Out of towner tickets available for folks wanting to support Ride On Super Sound too (which you should 👀) www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/104152/R...
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Ride On Super Sound Needs A Lawyer - Space Academy, Christchurch
Ride On Super Sound Needs A Lawyer, Space Academy, Christchurch Fri, 04 September
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Oh my goodness make it stop. The stupidity: edition.cnn.com/2026/09/02/p...
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Trump $1 coins out of stock hours after going on sale | CNN Politics
New $1 commemorative coins featuring President Donald Trump appeared to be out of stock Wednesday afternoon, hours after they went on sale from the US Mint at noon.
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Barchart @barchart.com · 02/09/2026
Japanese Stocks getting hammered 📉 📉
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Design system office hours podcast @officehours.systems · 02/09/2026
Do you know what an AI-native design system is? Neither do we. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Ep 105: What's an AI-Native DS?
Podcast Episode · Design System Office Hours · August 11 · 34m
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Barchart @barchart.com · 01/09/2026
Federal Reserve has now lost $212 Billion over the last 3 years 🚨 🚨
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Loved seeing 2 Big to Rig Ghost concert film last night! No one there, had the theatre mostly to myself: www.flicks.co.nz/movie/ghost-...
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GHOST: 2 Big to Rig | Movie session times & tickets in New Zealand cinemas | Flicks
Find where to watch GHOST: 2 Big to Rig in New Zealand cinemas + release dates, reviews and trailers. Captured live over the course of GHOST’s two sold-out shows in Mexico City last year, 2 BIG TO RIG...
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That thing where you make what you think is a new friend at work and then they ghost you. :(
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ACT would be "for equality" by honouring Te Tiriti not denying it.
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Whakamataku - Toitū Te Tiriti 🍉 @whakamataku.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What the fuck Youthline??? Why would a youth mental health organisation ever associate with racist, transphobic ghouls like the ACT party??? 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 I fucking hate this universe. Someone please turn it off and on! #nzpol
brookevanvelden.nz
Community meeting with Brooke van Velden MP and guest speaker Shae Ronald ONZM, CEO of Youthline
Change for the Better
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Omg the US is headed for a race war with the oligarchs sitting pretty in Qatar what a mess. :(
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm so tired of the double talk and back tracking of the current coalition government. They are a broken toy.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Sure, Westpac, savings IS a great way to grow my balance. If I have 1000 years to kill.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I've finally got all my separate book notes into a doc. Only 65 pages of poorly written text - I thought at least I'd have quantity on my side haha.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It's amazing how tiring pulling lino off hardwood floors can be. All the sitting. I keep repeating to myself that "I get to do this" and it's literally true. My father in law can't since it was a year ago that he passed.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Please don't throw anything at me, but we can use blockchain to protect non-ai created work.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm seeing new site designs coming out, they look great! But, as usual, all seem to be using the same style - taupe background with black serif text. Cmon yall, branch out. :)
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
LinkedIn down, anyone worried? :)
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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A Good Story Leads you to the Truth - Nathaniel Flick
Your life is a collection of stories (memories) that chisel and shape you into who you are. How do you use stories in your design work?
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Yes Luxon, your party has confidence in you as witnessed by the no confidence vote.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/de... @getup.org.au
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Demand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelf
Camera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
nathanielflick.com/ai/dont-buil...
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Don't Build a Pile of Burning Wheels: Pragmatic AI for Developers - Nathaniel Flick
Don't build a pile of burning wheels. Learn how to drive AI tools using senior developer principles, structured Markdown guardrails, and disciplined prompting.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The Industrilalisation of Intelligence" is an apt description of current events.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The "it's inevitable" argument has been used throughout time by a stronger force attacking a weaker one. Imminent Domain, anyone?
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'm really loving having Github Copilot as a code reviewer. Anyone else I know using this for PRs?
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Props to Unknown Chapter here in chch on St. Asaph Street - amazing brekky and coffee, a great way to start a Friday! www.unknownchaptercoffee.co.nz
unknownchaptercoffee.co.nz
HOME | Unknown Chapter Coffee Roasters
Unknown Chapter Coffee Roasters brings you world-class coffee in the heart of Christchurch. Our offerings change throughout the year depending on harvest times of coffee producing origins.
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Breaking news: people who don’t know what they are talking about are still being know it alls
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Nathaniel/Natanahira (he/him) @nathanielflick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
Return the Total Mobility subsidy to 75% and let us go out and about with dignity
The reduced subsidy is coming at a time when many people are already struggling with the rising cost of living, and risks limiting people with disabilities’ access to work, healthcare, grocery shoppin...
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Silke @silkehartung.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Another allyship pin. Once they're gone, they're gone - my supplier doesn't make them anymore. pocomoto.co.nz/product/safe...
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Safe Here Pin - Poco Moto
New: A "You Are Safe Here" pin - that probably means a lot in any context but this pin sends a powerful message that'll go a long way in this day and age.
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