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@brownorama.bsky.social

Information Architect @ Curious Squid https://curious-squid.com (ex-EightShapes) Jewish dad • Family cook • Tabletop gamer Podcast: https://unchecked.buzzsprout.com/ Author: https://medium.com/greenonions/books/home Upcoming events: lu.ma/curioussquid

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God, please grant me the confidence of this FedEx delivery estimate.

26.01.2026 23:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

24.01.2026 19:23 — 👍 24140    🔁 6259    💬 291    📌 291

Are you interested in disinformation about nutrition?

I had the opportunity to chat with Dan Brown and Rachel Price about why there is so much nutrition disinformation, what makes nutrition so disinformation-prone, and how I approach nutrition disinformation in my practice and teaching.

12.01.2026 22:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Episode 10: Disinformation and nutrition, with Dr. Amelia Finaret Podcast Episode · Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation · 01/09/2026 · 54m

Just in time for last week’s release of the new “US Dietary Guidelines”, episode 10 of Unchecked: The Architecture of Disinformation @rachelprice.bsky.social and I interview @afinaret.bsky.social, food economist and clinical dietitian

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12.01.2026 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Did any of these tech bros actually read the books?

31.12.2025 19:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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@mattleacock.bsky.social The Brown boys are loving Fate of the Fellowship!

23.12.2025 01:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Connect with Dan @ Curious Squid - Dan Brown

I've designed a couple tabletop games. I'm not a professional game designer, though. Happy to chat if it's helpful. You can grab a time on my calendar.
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22.12.2025 15:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I haven’t lived in NYC since my teens and now I can clearly see that New Yorkers participate in a collective delusion: That the crosstown traffic is on the next street over is not as bad.

04.12.2025 18:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 Applications for UX Mentoring in 2026 now open! 📣

ℹ️ Info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/danmbr...

🐶 Dog for algorithm

24.11.2025 13:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I gave away food to the hungry.
The food was a sandwich and the hungry was me.
It was lunchtime.

19.11.2025 16:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm working on a novel and this morning I crested 41,000 words. It's the longest piece of fiction I've ever written. When I attempted last year, I lost steam at 40,680 words.

My goal: 75k words by the end of December.

16.11.2025 14:38 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation Misinformation and disinformation thrive in today’s technology landscape, and arguably present the greatest threat to modern society. Information architecture – the practice of designing and managing ...

In search of: Podcast guest who can speak to disinformation about the US economy.

I have a podcast called Unchecked about disinformation and the systems that enable it.

We've covered vaccines, gun violence, climate change, + more.

Send recs to unchecked@curious-squid.com

unchecked.buzzsprout.com

07.11.2025 15:41 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Today I learned that anagrammatic homophones are two words that sound the same and are anagrams of each other, like tied and tide.

Today I also learned that large language models can not grasp this concept.

06.11.2025 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Taxonomy Boot Camp 2025 Daily Event Overview Get a high level overview of everything happening at Taxonomy Boot Camp 2024 in Washington, DC taking place Monday November 17 - 18, 2025.

Taxonomists! Board gamers! Come join me, @brownorama.bsky.social, @cacheblaster.bsky.social
and Chantal Schweizer at #taxonomybootcamp www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2025/Agenda.... for our panel on Taxonomies, Data Models, and Board Games focused on the brilliant game #Wingspan - Monday 17 November

04.11.2025 22:14 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

Imagine what the world would be like if instead of AI, the technology that was unfettered by regulation and targeted for investment was renewable energy.

27.10.2025 23:50 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#nokings bingo: Epstein

18.10.2025 14:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Episode 7: Disinformation and climate culture, with Brandon Schauer Podcast Episode · Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation · 10/15/2025 · 56m

Episode 7 of Unchecked, The Architecture of Disinformation features an interview with Brandon Schauer

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17.10.2025 15:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unchecked Episode 7!

@rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Brandon Schauer (ex-Adaptive Path and ex-Capital One) about his work on shifting behavior to help with climate change.

🏮🪰 Also, new look for Unchecked, featuring invasive species Spotted Lantern Fly.

Please listen, review, and share!

17.10.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Dan Brown Loves Board Games | Podcast Episode on RSS.com In the first episode of season 4, Dan Brown joins us to share about his love of hobby board games. He talks about transitioning from games like Monopoly to discovering the more advanced Carcassonne, w...

We’re back!
In the first episode of season 4, @brownorama.bsky.social joins Design Downtime to talk about his love of board games.

(I’m shocked it took me this long to get to this topic…)

09.10.2025 13:51 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Tylenol people be like:

First they came for the vaccines
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a vaccine...

21.09.2025 20:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In this episode we talk to @cward1e.bsky.social, professor of communications and disinformation expert, about the state of disinformation. She shares insights from her research and outlines a “timeline of toxicity,” describing how online spaces evolved to support insidious disinformation techniques.

12.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Episode 6: Disinformation and its consequences, with Prof. Claire Wardle - Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation SYNOPSISDr. Claire Wardle is a disinformation expert and communications professor at Cornell University. She joins Rachel and Dan to talk about the history of disinformation study, how new technology ...

📣📣📣Dropped today: Episode 6️⃣ of Unchecked: The Architecture of #Disinformation with @cward1e.bsky.social

In every episode of Unchecked, we talk to an expert, reflecting on our practice as designers and identifying novel perspectives to bring to our work.

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12.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Coffee 100%

09.09.2025 14:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am an early bird in a family of night owls AMA

09.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Graphic for IAC26 featuring the theme 'Navigating Complexity: Clarity and Understanding with IA.' Bold text reads ‘Speak at IAC26’ alongside photos of diverse speakers and audiences, with the IAC logo.

Graphic for IAC26 featuring the theme 'Navigating Complexity: Clarity and Understanding with IA.' Bold text reads ‘Speak at IAC26’ alongside photos of diverse speakers and audiences, with the IAC logo.

🚨 The #IAC26 Call for Speakers is OPEN! 🚨

We’re seeking talks + poster presenters for the 27th annual Information Architecture Conference.

📅 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025 (PST)
📍 Philly, Apr 14–18, 2026

Submit your talk today 👉 sessionize.com/IAC26
Learn more 👉 linktr.ee/theiaconf

04.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 11    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 4

Gameplay + world building + story are all on point

04.09.2025 11:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An independent video game that was first teased in 2019 is finally dropping tomorrow. They announced the release date two weeks ago, and my 14yo son has spoken of little else. You'd think the messiah was coming.

04.09.2025 02:44 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Harris Teeter reading the writing on the wall.

28.08.2025 16:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Besides all the creative solutions people are discussing, there’s one thing everyone can do:

M A S K

28.08.2025 12:29 — 👍 510    🔁 231    💬 16    📌 4

The hand behind the back is peak proficiency

26.08.2025 15:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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