Ryan Cuppernull

Bit late, but had to throw it out there after seeing this weeks email - Yoto as a potential alternative to the Tonie. Our kids are obsessed with theirs! Really well designed, uses cards instead of figures making storage easier, & some great 'radio' shows! Bit pricey as well, but a great product!

Sums it up pretty well. A GOVT for the rich & for corporations, NOT for the people.. The new gilded age is going to crush us all. Get money out of politics.

'The Silence of the Good People' Plus: news.

Good bit on and link to the 1960s animation, The Hangman. Oh so relevant...

He laughed a laugh as he looked at us:
“ . . . Did you think I’d gone to all this fuss
To hang one man? That’s a thing I do
To stretch the rope when the rope is new.”

animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-silenc...

Design Isn’t Dead. You Sound Dumb The problem of clueless critics, inflated egos, and AI panic

Usually not a fan of this kinda post, but this is good and accurate: medium.com/design-bootc...

Market manipulation at the highest level. They should all go to jail for this nonsense...

I'll never send my kids to, nor support an institution that kissed the ring of a fascist bully. History will surely look back and label the cowards that choose the purse over the people.

This thread sums it up well... (not this specific post, but the thread)

Why are people mad at Chuck Schumer? Is it the whole rolling over and playing dead like a dog while another dog takes a giant shit on your face thing?

Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash—Asterisk The United States leads the world in airline safety. That’s because of the way we assign blame when accidents do happen.

Really interesting read about accountability, solving problems, and regulation processes and such. Applicable beyond air travel for sure. Shame these are the types of processes and systems we are at risk of losing right now...

asteriskmag.com/issues/05/wh...

Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem (Gift Article) Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.

How do we actually get here as a democracy - proportional representation?

(Gift link, no paywall)

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Listen up.

Perfectly captured.

So what can we actually do? What can us normal average voters and people actually be doing? Calling reps? Boycotts? Truly, what is the effective action list moving forward for people?

The State of UX in 2025 From design tools, to our design process, to the user behaviors that will change the way we design — a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.

Pretty spot on for the year in UX/Product Design if you ask me..

trends.uxdesign.cc

Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving

YouTube video by NPR Music Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert

Gonna go down as one of the best Tiny Desks... ❤️‍🔥

youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...

Sanitize It - Chrome Web Store Remove tracking information from the current page and automatically copy the URL to your clipboard.

Sometimes the simple things make all the difference. I love this little extension to clean up URLs and use it multiple times a day, so good and so simple. Thanks @seth.bsky.social! 🧼💜

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sanit...

What are you doing to organize for / benefit your community or against fascism, let us know below and reach out to each other.

Let’s build, stronger together 💪

With all the current announcements & what I've learned from @99pi.bsky.social Power Broker series, I'm terrified & growing very concerned with the unchecked power an un-elected advisor/appointment/etc can have. These are people not chosen by the people, but can have insane amounts of power.

This is a great time to be alive if you're a giant sack of steaming shit

Am I the only who uses the Spotify friends feed? I freakin love it, love seeing what people have been listening to & finding new things. I keep it pinned, always brings me joy. The one service I'd actually like to see invest a bit more in their social features.

SF Symbols | Apple Developer Documentation SF Symbols provides thousands of consistent, highly configurable symbols that integrate seamlessly with the San Francisco system font, automatically aligning with text in all weights and sizes.

The new Apple SF Symbol animations are such a cool solution for supporting basic animations - using layers & groups in the SVG to create diff animations that can be used on all icons. Love this.

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/sf-symbols#Animations

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. - YouTube

Exciting to see some of what we have been working on getting announced! It's great working with & learning from so many talented folks on such new & innovative experiences. Excited for where we are going! 💜

youtube.com/watch?v=FCfwc-…

Yeah, but have you ever gotten a splinter out of a 5 yr olds foot while they scream hysterically at you and flail around? 💪😅

(They're fine 😊)

There are two kinds of designers; those who are tired of Jira, & those who would kill for Jira...

Live Closer to Your Friends They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbors?

Live closer, live smaller, find & make your community. 💜

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/03/neighbors-friendship-happiness/673352/

Gonne give it a shot here.

Things I like & might talk about, in no order & surely an incomplete list:

📐 Product Design
🎞️ Animation
✨ AI & Tech
🎛️ Synths & Sounds
📚 Books & Comics
🚲 E-Bikes > cars
🏘️ Intentional Communities
🦍 Humans & Nature
🤯 Expanding