Dan Danowski

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

Feb 13: Cowboys

One of the most iconic parts of US culture, and most Americans aren't even taught the origin of the word "cowboys."

Read the whole linked thread.

Thanks for that. It was eye-opening and I love the detail in it.

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

a dog is laying on a chair in a living room . Alt: a kid is laying on a chair in a living room .

Your annual reminder for parents giving their children electronic gifts tomorrow: make sure you have enough batteries, and if it runs on software, do them a solid and download those OS updates before they open the gift tomorrow. No kid wants 5 hours of software updates before they get to play

Well, in that case. Good morning!

Believe the survivors. Release the files. All of the files.

Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.

/clears throat/
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

Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

Updating my LEGO White House

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...

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

FUN FACT:

Our military is not being paid,

but the ICE gremlins are.

Make that make sense.

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...

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

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.

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.

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?

Watch ICE illegally arrested Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes inside a hospital emergency room—simply for asking them to show a warrant for a man they detained.

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, 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

Kavanagh Stop: guilty until proven innocent.

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

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?...

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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.

“Your” vs “My” in user interfaces Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

Should you go for “my” or “your” when labeling items in interfaces? In summary: Use “your” when communicating to the user. Use “my” when the user is communicating to you.


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

The last 100 years of US politics

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

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

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.