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I'm not old enough to remember -- but I'm old enough to have heard from people who remembered --
In labor & left demonstrations of the 1st half of the 20th century, a standard warning was "watch out for provocateurs."
And that was before they had all the polling data we have now, showing that public opinion turns toward nonviolent demonstrations & away from violent ones.

"The disconnection between designers and users has let user interfaces to drift off to a space where only designers are satisfied by them. It is time to remember the users trying to find those buttons, trying to bend those spoons, and to take their satisfaction into account, too."
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The Button And The Spoon
As my father approaches his 80th birthday, his first contacts with the latest technologies become ever more interesting. As a pen-and-pencil architect and entrepreneur with 50 years of experience, technology is not a necessity; rather, just another useful tool. He setup his first fax machine at the end of the 90s, and got his first computer a decade after that. At some point in the 2010s he bought a smartphone, and one day asked me for help to finish some task on it. I remember his face when I …

Remember, Trump’s DoE is trying to roll back accessibility requirements for buildings (Section 504).
@… wrote about this and her 9 June update links to a newer comment template:
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New Attempt to Roll Back Accessibility Requirements - Comments Needed
For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is built by an organization that receives federal funds. Now the trump administration is taking the first steps to undo this long history of access in the

The fact that most people—even the punditocracy—seem to willfully not remember who was president in 2020 explains a lot of current political discourse on numerous subjects
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:swgxwbir4rrimj57pf75jckf/post/3lrbbdbrl…

TFW you get a new piece of equipment that solves a problem you've been having for a while and you want to thank the person who told you about them, but can't remember who it was.
Anyway, whoever told me about the MinusK passive vibration isolators, thanks lol.

Love's Shifting Nature
- a suite of instrumental music inspired by deep grief and remembrance -
#grief #NowPlaying
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Love's Shifting Nature #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Remember that Emperor #Trump has:
1️⃣ Demanded a $100M military parade
2️⃣ Pardoned 1,500 Jan 6th criminals
3️⃣ Used US soldiers against Americans
4️⃣ Announced plans to dissolve FEMA, & distribute federal money himself
5️⃣ Deported women & children, including US citizens
6️⃣ Openly defied the Courts

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy
tweeted:
“Important to remember that Trump isn’t trying to heal or keep the peace.
He is looking to inflame and divide.
His movement doesn’t believe in democracy or protest
– and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take it.
None of this is on the level.”

Wow. I remember when $MSFT was $8/share. But AI is just "slop" & has no value, right? 🙄
✅ NEWS: Hottest Job in Corporate America? Executive in Charge of A.I.
https://kurtsh.com/2024/04/18/news-hottest-job-in-corporate-ame…

Amid all the hate & violence, I kinda feel the need to personally up the kindness.
Do the opposite of MAGA: Remember what it means & feels like to need help.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:34542nslyw2xlrewe33gqipg/post/3lr6kzcqapk2…