Flip Van de Voort

“has an old friend for dinner”

sugarcube Design tokens, generated CSS, and optional components. Build front ends on strong, reusable foundations.

Sugarcube is now publicly available!

sugarcube.sh

I’m now on @eurosky.social!

Yuck… why does everyone have to be a piece of shit?

Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

What is Nick Shirley? Slop doesn’t need to be AI-generated

This piece is incredibly important for understanding the Trump administration and what happens next. There's a stochastic element to what they do, because social media algorithms are central, not incidental, to government policy www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

Started watching The Last of Us recently. I can’t believe they fit that entire Bill and Frank storyline into one episode. Incredible.

Picture of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer

stoppable duo <3 when they're together nothing is possible <3 when they join forces the ceiling is the limit <3

AI is everywhere and yet YouTube doesn’t automatically convert miles to km. Seems like an actual problem AI could solve

Heatcheck — Find the Best NBA Games Know which NBA games are worth your time — without spoilers.

Just in time for NBA Christmas, I'm soft-launching heatcheck.site. Heatcheck tells you if an NBA game was good without spoiling the result.

To do so, I've built the Heat Index, a system that accounts for final score margin, lead changes, and back-and-forth drama.

Would love your feedback!

2 police officers relive Jan. 6 through their own bodycam footage D.C. police officers experienced some of the most intense violence during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We sat down with two of them to rewatch their body camera footage from that day.

D.C. police officers experienced some of the most intense violence during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We sat down with two of them to rewatch their body camera footage from that day. n.pr/4pjPwtV

YouTube video by HITRECORD Tech Optimism: Non-Broligarch Edition

TIL Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a responsible-AI activist

youtu.be/3fgxeq4Nrm8?...

A notification from the Apple Weather app reads: “Severe Snow or Ice Warning. These conditions are expected by 10:00. (KNMI Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)”

Jokes on you Apple, I was warned of this hours ago by my little brother singing in the kitchen because, apparently, he doesn’t have to go to school today.

New Year Doughnuts - Oliebollen You can’t set foot in the Netherlands in the festive period without encountering these Dutch doughnuts, even though it’s on New Year’s Eve that they are most traditionally eaten; indeed, it’s said tha...

I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...

Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.

We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NYC parking is free??

Ironically, this is exactly why X needs to be regulated

This is the type of science I want to believe /s

Simply: If you need something fixed or a new page added before the year is over, I can help.

I have some availability before the holidays 🎄

I can help with:
– Framer and Webflow landing pages (design + build)
– CSS/layout fixes
– Quick UX polish

1-2 day turnaround. DM me if you need a hand.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the Bondi Beach attack, at a Sydney hospital.

I've used this at least once a week since I got it years ago. Money well spent.

Warming Gradient is on npm now! Much easier to do than I expected. You can also use it using UNPKG's CDN now. Eventually, I want to get my own CDN set up instead of relying on third parties but this will do for now.

www.npmjs.com/package/warm...

Drinking The Largest Beer At The Airport Makes Everything Better An essay by Austin L. Ray

I wrote an important essay that will improve your holiday travel if you follow its very specific instructions:

airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.