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Phillip Lovelace

@pixelflips.com
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enjoys flippin' pixels into web products. made my own humans². facial fuzz cultivator. permanently drawn on. sr. ux developer, design systems. human. california. views are my own. #resist pixelflips.com

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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 30/09/2026
“Relying on agents, like Meta’s Muse, could degrade our functioning while these tools collect data about us.” www.wired.com/story/metas-...
wired.com
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 28/09/2026
"The question of AI readiness was never whether humans could be completely pulled out of the loop, but rather where in the loop we should remain." #designsystems seanvoisen.com/writing/desi...
seanvoisen.com
What does design system AI readiness mean, anyway?
Maybe it's less about machine-legible artifacts and more about where humans stay in the loop.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 28/09/2026
"The team calls the Figma file the “source of truth,” but reality tells another story." sparkbox.com/foundry/find...
sparkbox.com
Finding and Fixing Design System Drift
Design drift happens when Figma and shipped code fall out of sync. Learn to spot screen vs. component drift, use AI for visual diffing, and build reconciliation into your workflow.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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PJ Onori @pjonori.com · 15/09/2026
I’m not sure if we‘re in the hardest time for design systems, but we’re definitely in the weirdest.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 27/09/2026
"A generic, templated feel doesn’t just fail to stand out; it can quietly undercut trust. An interface that looks like it was assembled from the same kit as a dozen other tools can read as unfinished or even second-rate..." #designsystems sparkbox.com/foundry/desi...
sparkbox.com
Design Systems: The Antidote to AI Sameness
AI-built products are starting to look identical, from gradients to layouts. Here's why, and how a documented design system keeps yours from blending in.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 26/09/2026
“OpenAI’s chatbot fed the school shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre, our investigation reveals.” www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 22/09/2026
setting up a new keyboard is always fun. #mechanical
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 21/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ9...
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Why Are We Sprinting Off the A.I. Cliff? | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 20/09/2026
what are folks using instead of google analytics these days? working on moving away from google and looking for recommendations. TIA!
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Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · 19/09/2026
“These five paragraphs of Claude’s PR description could have been a sentence” is a the new “this meeting could have been an email”
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 18/09/2026
“Calling the result “rogue AI” does more than sensationalize it. It allows those human decisions to disappear quietly from the story.” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
wsj.com
Opinion | The Hugging Face Hack Wasn’t What It Was Cracked Up to Be
Forget the ‘hive mind’ of AI agents ‘going rogue.’ They did what humans programmed them to do.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 16/09/2026
Never trust anyone who has to say trust me…
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 04/09/2026
Bitwarden or Proton Pass?
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ppk 🇪🇺 @quirksmode.org · 02/09/2026
Fifteen years ago I helped popularise the meta viewport width=device-width,initial-scale=1. Today I found out the second bit is no longer necessary. A retrospective. quirksmode.org/quirksblog/2...
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initial-scale no longer needed
Fifteen years ago I helped popularise the meta viewport width=device-width,initial-scale=1. Today I found out the second bit is no longer necessary. A retrospective.
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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why first impressions are often correct. Today’s jerk is tomorrow’s techno-fascist.... zeldman.com/2026/09/01/tales-o-tech…
zeldman.com
Tales o’ Tech: Suffering Fools
Why first impressions are often correct. Today’s jerk is tomorrow’s techno-fascist.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 01/09/2026
youtu.be/R2eOU7c7G_4?...
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Mon Rovîa: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 01/09/2026
Damn it, 1PW. #doBetter
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 01/09/2026
Need more of this! techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/m...
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MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario | TechCrunch
MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/08/2026
Google's rule seems simple: whatever Trump wants, redraw the map.
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Google's obedience to Trump's "Lake America" order follows a depressing pattern.
The tech giant renamed Lake Ontario for American eyes only—and hedged everywhere else.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 28/08/2026
Of course they did. newrepublic.com/post/214770/...
newrepublic.com
The Republicans Mourning Dolly Parton Gutted Funds to Her Charity
Republican lawmakers limited public funding for Parton’s children’s book foundation.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 25/08/2026
YES!
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 25/08/2026
The world has lost a legend. There will never be another. Rest easy Dolly. 🕊️
Photo of Dolly Parton
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
President Trump has spent the morning on Truth Social trashing Canada and praising totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un. Congrats, America!
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 24/08/2026
“This is one of the most dangerous and irresponsible uses of AI…” paulfwalsh.substack.com/p/giving-cha...
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Giving ChatGPT access to Apple Messages is dangerous and irresponsible
It sounds incredibly useful, but I want to explain why the privacy costs and personal safety risks for high risk people outweigh the benefits.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 21/08/2026
This is horrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I was listening to news about the Meta court case & some gibbertarian from Trumpistan said "If they regulate social media, the internet might never be the same again". You mean: no more addictive, algorithm-fed bullshit that profiles people to sell them footwear, fear and fascism? Good. Bring it on.
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Dan Cederholm @simplebits.com · 19/08/2026
Hubano 2.0 now available! I added two additional weights, some new glyphs and symbols, and lots of fixes and tweaks. Free update for those who purchased Hubano as well as Secret Club™ members. simplebits.com/n/an-update-...
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 15/08/2026
Yasiin Bey Shares Video for The Ecstatic Classic “Priority” youtu.be/XyJ92qtFwP0?...
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yasiin bey - Priority (Official Video)
YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12/08/2026
$900 million would cover a year of food assistance for 400,000 people wapo.st/4xe1GJT
wapo.st
Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction
The price tag is much larger than what has been previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts, and taxpayers would cover most of it.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 10/08/2026
“In a recent Gallup poll, Americans’ increased familiarity with generative AI coincides with negative attitudes about the technology.” www.wired.com/story/the-ai...
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The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
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rossipedia @rossipedia.com · 09/08/2026
The human race needs to recognize shit like this as the literal existential threat it is. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Amazon’s new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO₂ pollution in the US — custom 35-turbine gas plant authorized to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse ga...
Company insists it remains committed to 2040 net-zero carbon emission goals
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 09/08/2026
Anyone deGoogled? Any recommendations on email/calendar services with better privacy? TIA!
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 09/08/2026
Delete your account if you have one. futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook
An investigation found that Meta has been paying prominent neo-Nazi accounts to post on Facebook through its invite-only monetization program.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 08/08/2026
Did you know California just launched DROP, a free tool that lets you delete your personal data from hundreds of data brokers with ONE request? Less spam. Less tracking. More privacy. DROP. Delete. Done. privacy.ca.gov/drop #Privacy #California #CalPrivacy #DROP
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Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP)
Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 02/08/2026
"AI is the asbestos we’re shoveling into the walls of our technological society..." doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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Why businesses lie about AI
Humoring the boss all the way into bankruptcy.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 30/07/2026
Copenhagen, it’s been real. 🇩🇰 Will definitely not wait 17 years to come back again. Next stop Stockholm. 🇸🇪
Castle in Copenhagen
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 25/07/2026
OpenAI releases health bot one day after a man alleges ChatGPT almost killed him www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
sfgate.com
OpenAI releases health bot one day after a man alleges ChatGPT almost killed him
If ChatGPT were a doctor, it would be "guilty of medical malpractice," a lawyer says.
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 25/07/2026
Headed to Warsaw tomorrow 🇵🇱. Excited for a a couple of days in the city before heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thought we didn’t have money in the USA for healthcare. Yet the Defense Department’s latest estimate puts the cost of the war with Iran at $37.5 billion. Funny how we’re always told we can’t afford to invest in people’s health, but somehow tens of billions of dollars for war can be found.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Holy crap all these senators are really old
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 19/07/2026
Spent a few days in London 🇬🇧. Wow what a city. Next up Berlin. 🇩🇪
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Jeremy Keith @adactio.com · 14/07/2026
We’re well into the hype cycle and so far the only clearly-measurable changes we’ve seen are that laptops and gaming consoles now cost considerably more. Truly a transformative technology! 🔗 adactio.com/notes/22651
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great job 👏
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Elliot Jay Stocks @elliotjaystocks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
[1/7] For the last 6 months, while searching for a Spotify alternative, I’ve tried all the streaming services, slowly writing a blog post about my experience with each. Now that post is finally live! And here’s a brief thread if you’d like the main points summarised. (Views are my own, obviously.)
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Elliot Jay Stocks | The search for a Spotify alternative
Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer and author, usually doing something with typography
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 06/07/2026
“The value was never really about how many components were in the library. It was always about all the knowledge and decisions your team built up over time…” #designsystems medium.com/@rahul.rajwa...
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Design Systems Are About to Start Thinking
Why the next version of your design system won’t just store things, it’ll help you decide things
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Phillip Lovelace @pixelflips.com · 06/07/2026
“In the years ahead, the strongest design systems won’t simply support designers. They’ll support intelligent collaborators too.” #designsystems medium.com/@Rythmuxdesi...
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AI Is Breaking Design Systems — Here’s How the Best Teams Are Fixing Them
AI can generate beautiful interfaces in seconds, but speed comes with a hidden cost: inconsistency. As AI becomes part of everyday product…
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⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com · 03/07/2026
Hi, friends. The last 6 years have been a blast, but I just don't like being on The Internet anymore. I'm leaving DevRel, and I wrote a little bit about why. Look after yourselves, and each other. Love, Salma
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Goodbye, forever, probably.
I’m leaving developer relations and developer education. Rather than disappear completely unannounced, I wanted to tell you why.
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We and AI @weandai.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The official launch event for The AI Resist List is finally here, and you can join in person or online! The airesistlist.org has met a seemingly urgent public need for examples of ways communities around the world are moving against extractive AI and exploring more equitable technology futures.
airesistlist.org
The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
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