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Ryan Rumsey

@ryanrumsey.bsky.social
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dad, husband,👨‍💻design-make-play-build-earn 🔆 tiny business person 📒 mediocre writer 🏕️ vermont-ing 😶‍🌫️ ask my therapist secondwavedive.com thecdo.school

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 13/04/2026
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This whole "share an oversimplified post on a complex topic every day to stay relevant in the feed" thing only works for one person and it definitely ain't the reader/viewer.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
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The Handbasket
100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas
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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
God damn that was good!
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
99% of stakeholder "ideas" is just copying a feature they saw on a competitor's product. And the features they notice most are the ones that yell at their users the loudest. Now all software (not just consumer apps, but also metrics dashboards) yells at you, and trains you to attend to its yelling.
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The circular logic of our metrics
We design what is familiar. The design patterns we adopt are the ones yelling at us the loudest.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Northern lights are back!
Photo of purple and pink northern lights set against a snowy foreground. Photo of purple and pink northern lights set against a snowy foreground.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-s...
I can’t speak for everyone, but my mind tends to treat writing an article, making a video, writing a song, cooking a meal, drawing an image, and, apparently, designing software the same way. It’s not a matter of just “generating” something perfect from my head, but exploring the tension that exists between what I’m imagining and the limitations of my stupid meat body. That’s actually the exciting part. It also lets me figure out if something has turned out wrong or just resulted in a happy accident. Vibe coding, like every new trend coming out of Silicon Valley, turns this process — the entire act of creativity, itself — into a slot machine. One more pull on the AI and maybe it will figure it out for you. You won’t understand how any of it works, of course, or feel particularly proud of what you’ve done, but maybe you’ll have something. Just a few more dollars for some more tokens. C’mon, just pay a bit more.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
You know, it would be great if we had one day where powerful people didn’t do something monumentally stupid to compensate for the emotional blindness that comes with their inability to grasp the experiences and knowledge of others as true.
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henry ✷ @strange.website · 01/01/2026
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song. here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
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A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I haven’t opened a computer for 10 days and hope I get a secret trust fund before Monday so I don’t need to open one in five days.
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Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic.com · 08/12/2025
You too can make a tiny, fixed-width website in the year of our lord 2025 ⚡️ lynnandtonic.com
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Lynn Fisher
Lynn Fisher is a web designer, CSS developer, and artist from Phoenix, Arizona.
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Gregg Bernstein (he/him) @gregg.io · 01/12/2025
User researchers already document findings at a faster velocity than orgs can act on them. It strains credulity that tech leaders are clamoring for even more yet worse AI-generated findings. My new blog post, "The only winning move is not to play." gregg.io/the-only-win...
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The only winning move is not to play – Gregg Bernstein
Let’s not debase ourselves as user researchers further
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Just migrated 140 CDO School members from Circle over to my new, portal built on top of @ghost.org. Not stressful at all. It will be fine, right? Tell me it will be ok!
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Happy Scriptnotes release day @johnaugust.bsky.social & @clmazin.bsky.social! Thrilled to finally have this in my hands. Congrats to you both.
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 20/11/2025
I run a paid subscription called Legends—it's a creative network where we do cross promotions and mixers. Legend @ryanrumsey.bsky.social sent me this incredible testimonial about how everyone here just wants you to win. Tap into this energy! www.revenuerulebreaker.com/why-become-a...
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I'm not sure I've ever felt a sense of joy in making a digital thing quite like when I made my first flash site. I even did a happy dance when I got it to work.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We got a landline today and the kids FORMED A LINE to use it. The 9 year called eight people, the 13 year old prank called me, and the 16 year old (who has never called a friend on their iPhone) immediately called their best friend and they talked for 10 minutes. Bring all the analog back.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This is just a blatant lie and frankly, just so childish. What a gross display of leadership from small, insecure, and selfish people.
A special announcement banner with a red background and white text on the SBA.gov website claiming that somehow democrats, the party with zero power in the US government right now, are responsible for the current government shutdown. This is projection from people who believe Americans are dumb and can't see what's really happening.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Someone at the MacOS team really held the line on "gotta have more radius"
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Dana Nightingale 🏳️‍⚧️ @danaenight.northsky.social · 25/08/2025
Hey gang let's all just learn html 1.0 and remake the internet from scratch
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I can’t help but wonder how many people are accidentally exposing secret API keys to the world while vibe coding.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I had to see what the 0 on Rotten Tomatoes was all about. War of the Worlds is no question a top five worst movie of all time. It’s hysterically bad.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
If we’re honest, it’s vibe debugging.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/07/2025
This thread is incredible.
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Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk)
.@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
As a parent, I'm ready for a magsafe power cord for the iPhone and iPad. k thanks bye.
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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 10/07/2025
And that’s a wrap on this season of Design Downtime! Last week I wrapped up season three with another great run of 16 episodes. A huge thank you to all the amazing guests! I’m taking a bit of a pause before season 4, but have no fear, DESIGN DOWNTIME WILL RETURN. designdowntime.com
A collage of season three episodes
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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 19/06/2025
I had a wonderful nostalgia-filled chat with @ryanrumsey.bsky.social about how growing up in the ‘80s shaped us.
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Ryan Rumsey Loves The '80s | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
This episode is bursting with neon colours, coming-of-age movies, and acid-washed jeans, as Ryan Rumsey joins us to talk about his deep connection to the 1980s. He shares about moving across the count...
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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Anthropic is down. I like to believe the agents unionized and walked off the job site.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
There's just gotta be someone out there who is designing/building an agent that attends meetings for you who is not permitted to send an agent to attend the meetings about designing/building the agent.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
media.tenor.com
a robot with a helmet on holds a light that says ' a ' on it
Alt: a robot with a helmet on holds a light that says ' a ' on it
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“Another article about the death of design does not help us. In order to push back and do something brave, you have to get energy coming back. And that’s through joy, and through laughter, and through a little bit of cheekiness.” www.designweek.co.uk/ryan-rumsey-...
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Ryan Rumsey archives 100 years of “design is dead” warnings
Last month, Fast Company ran an article titled, “Is design dead? Design leaders wrestle with the question.” A lot of designers rushed to pile into the debate across social media…
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 22/04/2025
I can't believe there's still tickets for @heypresents.com. Small events like this are *crucial* for the soul of the industry This is my 4th year attending and let me tell ya it's right at the top of the pile. The line up is always *top class* and the vibes: perfect heypresents.com/conferences/...
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All Day Hey! 2025
A curated single-track conference for developers, designers, and technology leaders.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The person/team who solves the editorial process when working with LLM models will be the person/team I put my money behind. The editorial process has been stuck in the stone ages for decades, and it’s even more evident with chat and command line interfaces.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I’m not trying to influence you. I’m just vibe goading.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Surely design has died more deaths than I have seen. Send me more urls! www.thedeathofdesign.com
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Bring Out Your Design Dead | Notion
A growing collection of the articles, reports, and hot takes declaring the many deaths of design. Know another? Share it!
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten. senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance represents not only athletic competition but also a longstanding tradition of academic collaboration, research excellence, and commitment to democratic values and shared governance; Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance includes 18 universities with thousands of instructors serving over 600,000 students; Whereas, the preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all; Be it resolved that, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; Be it further resolved that, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement; Be it further resolved that, participating institutions shall make available, at the request of the institution under direct political infringement, the services of their legal counsel, governance experts, and public affairs offices to coordinate a unified and vigorous response, including but not limited to: Legal representation and countersuit actions; strategic public communication; amicus briefs and expert testimony; legislative advocacy and coalition-building; related topical research as needed.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I might just post this every day from here on out. youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?... (Credit @richardjonesnerzic.bsky.social)
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Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
YouTube video by International School History
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Interface Café @interfacecafe.com · 31/03/2025
thedeathofdesign.com by @ryanrumsey.bsky.social collects stories dated from 2005 to last week declaring that, in various ways, for various definitions, the practice of design is dead. #designsky
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Bring Out Your Design Dead | Notion
A growing collection of the articles, reports, and hot takes declaring the many deaths of design.
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Ryan Rumsey @ryanrumsey.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Happy Vermont liquid gold day to those who celebrate! #maplesyrup #vermont #sugarshack
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A brilliant essay on Latino cookbooks, with this memorable line: “I do not believe you can appropriate what has been imposed on you.” From @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social and @tinavasquez.bsky.social Read first thing this morning while waiting for 15 to get dressed.
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A New Era for Latino Cookbooks
Latino cookbooks written by Latino people used to be an anomaly, but with the publication of “SalviSoul” and “Bodega Bakes,” the canon is expanding even further.
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 01/03/2025
To anybody in leadership at the state or municipal level: 18F’s destruction makes this *the perfect time* to hire experienced technologists, which you all need very badly. Most 18Fers would love to stay in public service. They are spread throughout the country. Go go go!
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 24/02/2025
Me: I could never write a book Also me: *Just rewrote a 60 page ebook in one week* The Stay Booked Roadmap is my most popular product. It's a step by step of how to get clients for creatives. lexroman.gumroad.com/l/staybooked...
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Book more clients with The Stay Booked Roadmap (2nd Edition!)
Stop waiting for leads with this step by step guide that covers the basics of finding clients.CHECK OUT THE FREE SAMPLEDoes any of this sound like you? "I have no idea WHERE to find my next client." “...
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/02/2025
Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"
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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
don’t know who needs to hear this but empathy doesn’t require eagerness. you don’t have to be excited about helping other people, you do it because it’s right and because the alternatives are worse
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Angelos Arnis 🏴 @arn.is · 23/02/2025
This newsletter by @axbom.com is gold. If you want big tech alternatives, they exist by the plenty. Here's a curated list for everyone! Thank you Per. axbom.com/big-trek/
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Big Trek from Big Tech
I spend a great deal of time evaluating tools that can replace the Big Tech variants that mistreat us. This includes services that just make my online life easier, with bonus points for small, friendl...
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