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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis . “As thousands... Jason Kottke

    The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis. “As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to ke…

    Today · 10:48
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    • Autocratic backfire : when dictators construct echo...
    • Darren Aronofsky’s AI Studio Used Artificial...
    • Do you know about the original vampire ending for Marty...
    • Tim Burton on Catherine O’Hara :...
    • ProPublica : “The two federal immigration agents...
    • Another brutal Melania pan : “First Lady is a...
    • When horrible people make bad art, the reviews are fun to...
    • “The end of Temporary Protected Status has...
    • Illustrator Chris Piascik has made several of his...
    • Stamps: Graphic Art in Miniature
    • I learned two important pieces of news in this post: 1)...
    • This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered...
    • Spurious Correlations
    • Minnesota community leaders are calling for an...
    • A huge collection of graphic design archives and...
    • “There isn’t a lot of reliable information...
    • Prettifying Graffiti
    • “AI skeptics need to update their priors: Plenty of...
    • Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and...
    • Your Friends Are Still Acting Like Everything is Normal...
    • Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education....
    • Thing I did not know I was looking for (but totally was):...
    • Vintage Tourist Maps of Japan
    • The Copyrightability of Fonts Revisited by Matthew...
    • Clint Smith visits the National Memorial for Peace and...
    • Bruce Springstein wrote & recorded a song about...
    • David Lynch Went to the First Beatles Concert in the US (1964)
    • Why do RSS readers look like email clients? “When...
  • People Photographed With Their Vehicles Tina Roth Eisenberg

    People photographed with their vehicles. Made me smile.…

    Today · 08:08
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    • Thinking Is The Enemy of Creatvity
    • Painted Rocks
  • Improving my newsletter's open rate the hard(er) way Cassidy Williams

    Turns out just asking for help gets you help? Who knew? Here's how I increased my newsletter open rate.…

    Two Days Ago · 17:00
  • Studio Notes #69 Dan Cederholm

    Hi Folks,Normally we'd deliver quick bits to you, as we do every Friday. Today however, we are essentially closed for business; standing in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and all people…

    Three Days Ago · 10:14
  • Hand-me-down tools for school Derek Featherstone

    Tools I've used in my tech life that help my son in school…

    Four Days Ago · 19:33
  • Minimum viable image optimization Stoyan Stefanov

    This post is another installment of the series dedicated to building sightread.org. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. When I was writing the last blog post, it occurred to me that I'm still optimizing images by ha…

    Four Days Ago · 17:10
  • Mark your calendar: Local News Day is 9 April Jeffrey Zeldman

    It’s no secret that newspapers across the country exist in a fragile ecosystem. Automattic has long supported journalism and local media with investments in publications and platforms like Longread…

    Four Days Ago · 09:57
  • Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood Jeremy Keith

    Towards the end of 2025, I wrote: I think I might change things up in 2026. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to write all the little reviews at once, I think I should write a review…

    Four Days Ago · 07:45
  • Tubes Chris Coyier

    Me, Stacey, and Miriam kicking it talkabout about CSS Scope & Mixins: Daniel and I chattin’ about playing the long game…

    The Other Day · 17:11

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