Torrey Podmajersky

2026 Scholarship The Button Equity Scholarship aims to remove the financial and logistical obstacles that make conference attendance impossible for many people.

The @buttonevents.bsky.social Equity Scholarship is now open!

This scholarship exists to include more voices at the Content Design table. If you believe you qualify, please apply by April 3! www.buttonevents.com/2026-confere...

It’s not lost on me that this is happening during Ramadan and during fasting hrs.

I don't have anything I can say on here except that I want everyone, especially the kids, to be safe and well, and that my heart hurts for so many people I care about who are terrified for their loved ones tonight

Inevitability:
Epstein Files → Epic Fury → Epic Fail

@rith.au Hank started a science, thought you'd want to update the days.

A cat sleeps on top of a stack of papers and a bag of knitting.

Hawthorn says I should take breaks from reviewing @buttonevents.bsky.social talk submissions... But they're so good, y'all. This community is full of STARS.

Go see this talk, and you'll be equipped to push back on "engagement" as a metric—AND SAVE US ALL.

Ha! I'm glad you finally found the newsletter! I should improve its visibility in the header, but "newsletter" has so many characters...

(The link: www.catbirdcontent.com/chirp/)

This in Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio by the way. Could not love this any more :)

seriously. "Discovering all physics" is just trolling here. They're ludicrous.

As backronyms go, this is an excellent one.

And it's real: www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

Pitch a talk for Button 2026 Submit a talk proposal for Button 2026!

I am bouncing up and down in my chair like a little kid as I wait to look at talk submissions for Button 2026.

But I don't get to see them if YOU don't pitch them. Submit by 11:59pm CT (that's UTC -5) tonight, February 20!

www.buttonevents.com/2026-confere...

thank you for this! I thought it was lost forever!

😭

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

Exactly the problem around here 😂

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.

And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

I heard a theory last night about how this paradox is the argument between autism brain and ADHD brain

NOBODY wants this, Google.

A system built to eat people never stops eating people.

Meta banking on people willing to be pay to be haunted is end-times kitsch

Torrey poses with a pony in an enclosure at Toni's Ponies

Happy New Year to you and especially to the horses at Toni's Ponies rescue in Kingston, WA.

Donate here to invest in their good fortune: www.tonisponies.org/donate

Thank you to Rev. Jackson for his lifelong service to freedom.

"users need personalization" is a smokescreen for "ad platforms need user personalization to sell ever-more-specific targeting to advertisers"

Note taking is so good for when my brain is feeling itchy or distracted.

"What skill do I lose an opportunity to practice by using AI for this?" - Torrey Podmajersky, www.catbirdcontent.com/chirp

In this week's Chirp newsletter, I share a "gut check" method for gaining alignment, and about how vital it is to practice any skill—mental, physical, emotional—that I want to keep.

www.catbirdcontent.com/chirp

#UX #AI #ContentDesign

Team Button says thanks for the nudge! You've got them investigating where to spend their social media energy 👀😁

This used to be the quiet part. Is it better now that it's out-loud?

Me too 🙏🏻💖