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@dandanowski.bsky.social

Happier on the fringe. Introvert. Web worker. Coach of kids, player of sports. Dad. Inadvertent role model. Derry, Northern Ireland.

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Charity is a way for the quality to control who are worthy of help and who are not. Taxes are a tool to distribute money in a way that ensures everyone have a security net, because taxes enables a welfare system that benefits everyone equally

01.11.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

23.10.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3054    πŸ” 666    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 58
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Updating my LEGO White House

23.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 47378    πŸ” 11119    πŸ’¬ 784    πŸ“Œ 438

Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:

popular.info/p/ice-boosts...

21.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1297    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 34
me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis 

my brain: not u though 

me: not me though

me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis my brain: not u though me: not me though

05.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1936    πŸ” 673    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 27

FUN FACT:

Our military is not being paid,

but the ICE gremlins are.

Make that make sense.

13.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3766    πŸ” 1262    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 53
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US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

Say what now? I guess this is what a fancy $400m jet buys you.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

11.10.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

08.10.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 26

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

08.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17426    πŸ” 9452    πŸ’¬ 889    πŸ“Œ 731
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 56565    πŸ” 21248    πŸ’¬ 1747    πŸ“Œ 1258

Hey @chrislhayes.bsky.social. Regarding the raids in the US with federal agents, can we ask why does the Trump Admin think that the police aren't good enough and are just bypassed? Isn't the Republican party supposed to back the Blue?

07.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch ICE illegally arrested Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes inside a hospital emergency roomβ€”simply for asking them to show a warrant for a man they detained.

04.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 993    πŸ” 550    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 74

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26563    πŸ” 13697    πŸ’¬ 768    πŸ“Œ 528

Kavanagh Stop: guilty until proven innocent.

03.10.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dan Danowski β€” Dan Danowski

How do you communicate the value of a design system to your team? We used Lego! I wrote a blog post explaining the workshop we ran and the surprising parallels we found. I'd love to hear what you think. dan.danow.ski/wrote-about/... #design #productdesign #designthinking

16.09.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Socialising Feels Exhausting for Introverts? | Simon Sinek | Be Well Moments
YouTube video by Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin Why Socialising Feels Exhausting for Introverts? | Simon Sinek | Be Well Moments

This video explaining being an introvert is so good. I've had a difficult time putting this to words and Simon Sinek does it so well.

youtu.be/gnW6nwFG460?...

16.09.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

13.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 53477    πŸ” 17924    πŸ’¬ 891    πŸ“Œ 774

Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.

And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.

13.09.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 29813    πŸ” 9803    πŸ’¬ 881    πŸ“Œ 375
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β€œYour” vs β€œMy” in user interfaces Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

Should you go for β€œmy” or β€œyour” when labeling items in interfaces? In summary: Use β€œyour” when communicating to the user. Use β€œmy” when the user is communicating to you.


"Your” vs β€œMy” in user interfaces (5min) By Adam Silver: adamsilver.io/blog/your-vs...

09.09.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The last 100 years of US politics

04.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3846    πŸ” 860    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 49
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In 2003, Dave Shea created the CSS Zen Garden, which beautifully demonstrated the concept of separation of concerns as it applies to the languages of the web.

csszengarden.com

28.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him "[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

Holy fucking shit

26.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3918    πŸ” 1057    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 546
My dog, Blue, in a small stream during our walk.

My dog, Blue, in a small stream during our walk.

We went for a wee walk through the village this evening. Blue wouldn't let me go past his favourite stop along the way.

21.08.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Q3] Lola Odelola CV 2025 Lola Odelola lolaslab.co | lola@lolaslab.co | github.com/lolaodelola Technical Leader | Strategist | Educator Web standards expert and technologist with a proven track record of shaping the future of ...

I’m looking for my next role! Ideally in tech/web leadership. I’m very interested in web accessibility, privacy & standards as leader. I’m also open to mid-level browser engineering roles.

My full CV is: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🧡Below is a thread of cool things I’m currently doing

21.08.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

NPR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?

Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.

www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

11.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6801    πŸ” 2691    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 199
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Curate your own newspaper with RSS Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

31.07.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2600    πŸ” 1000    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 159
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CORRUPTION UPDATE: Donald Trump accepted a β€œfree” luxury jet from Qatar.

A new report says taxpayers will be on the hook for up to $1 billion for renovations.

All for a jet that's going to his future Presidential Library.

28.07.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2350    πŸ” 769    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 52

Oh, boy. I just discovered that deck.blue was a thing... Love it!

27.07.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I laughed at this video for like 2 minutes straight last night and now you get to

25.07.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3632    πŸ” 1383    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 179

So you're saying there's hope....?

19.07.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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