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How to Build a Police State. “Bukele didn’t declare a dictatorship on day one. He built toward it incrementally, each step framed in the language of anti-corruption, public safety or ef…

A wave builds into a tsunami. I went for a run just over two years ago. Then, it was to shake out the results of the 2024 election. A deep disappointment, but also acceptanc…

Fascinating book “I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”. First you learn what it's like to do the no-skill jobs in China, but near the end it takes a twist as he quits to become an insightful writer. My n…

Stuart Frisby nails a problem I’ve been observing for a while. This is where design as infrastructure stops being a slogan and becomes a requirement. If the tool can’t communicate a stan…

Archive.Design is a digital archive of graphic design related items. A labor of love by Valery Marier.…

🎬 Added to the film diary:Vampyros LesbosJesús Franco, 1971, ★★★PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PABlade RunnerRidley Scott, 1982, ★★★★FlowGints Zilbalodis, 2024, ★★★★Fear CityAbe…

I used Nathan Clark's CleanFrame project to make my 2021 Samsung TV work and feel better!…

I had my little Smashburgers in Bend website on Astro on Cloudflare Pages. While I 💜 both of those things, CodePen hosting is more than capable, and that’s obviously extremely fun and satisfy…

Have you ever wanted to display all variants of a Button next to each other in your Storybook like your designer did in Figma? But then you come to a screeching halt when you realize :hover, :active,…

Good Morning, Friendly Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🐆 Apparently I’m about a year late to this, but Cheetos…