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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · 13d

“Before dawn on June 21, Narciso Barranco loaded his weed trimmer, lawn mower and leaf blower into his white F-150 pickup. He had three IHOP restaurants to landscape and then seven homes. His goal was to finish in time to cook dinner with his wife, Martha Hernandez.”

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He Raised Three Marines. His Wife Is American. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him.

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Aug 28

Can’t wait for this crap to end.

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Aug 12

Seems like the richer or more powerful one gets, the more their childlike nature comes to the forefront.

MINE!
*WAH*
*ACT OUT*

Toddlers with zero empathy, but with private jets and, from time to time, nuclear codes.

a little girl in a red jacket is laying on a brick sidewalk covered in leaves

ALT: a little girl in a red jacket is laying on a brick sidewalk covered in leaves

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 28

You ever do one of those weird Paul-Rudd-in-I-Love-You-Man brain farts, where you're finishing a call with someone on the phone—like, say, a service provider or something—and instead of saying the normal words you utter some gibberish non-word and everyone pretends nothing happened?

Me nethered.

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 25

To all those making a video #podcast — I don't want to watch your Zoom calls. The pandemic is over.

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 24

I don't hate any country.
I hate this, right here, with the heat of a supernova.

Love one another.
Feed these families.

#war #israel #gaza

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 21

Sometimes, and only sometimes, the inexorable passage of time gives me hope that these times shall pass and the clouds will make way for new light

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Jul 21

Donald Trump just reposted an AI video depicting President Obama being arrested by FBI agents. Yes, really.

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 21

Top 10 TV shows of all time, in no particular order:

1. The West Wing
2. Deadwood
3. The Wire
4. Breaking Bad
5. Better Call Saul
6. Scrubs
7. The Sopranos
8. The Office (UK)
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Succession

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 20

Fantastic piece by @meghanor.bsky.social about the effects of AI, its inevitability, and our response.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 14

Yeahhhhhhhhh boi

a soccer player wearing a blue jersey with the word infinite athlete on it

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 8

a close up of a man with a mustache

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 7

Frankly, I know of no one sitting around staring at the walls and gathering dust because they use AI. Most of the folks I know that are using AI are some of the most curious and high-thinking people I know.

I suppose, like with most things,

it all depends.

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 7

Using AI reduces cognitive load significantly, it seems, which makes sense and is also a real concern/consideration.

Genuinely curious followup question:

No one seems to be asking whether or not our cognitive loads, in general, at this point in history, are normal, low, or high?

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 5

Meanwhile, my flag quietly waves in the warm, midsummer breeze, longing for a change of season.

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White House to host UFC fight, US President Donald Trump says

Trump says the fight would be part of next year's celebration of 250 years of American independence.

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jul 1

One day, we're going to cringe our collective butts off that we ever endured a sitting president who was hawking, among many other things, his own fragrance line.

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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

Trump Fragrances are here. They’re called “Victory 45-47” because they’re all about Winning, Strength, and Success — For men and women. Get yourself a bottle, and don’t forget to get one for your love...

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 24

Brilliant line from @christophniemann.bsky.social in this lovely piece about the intersection of #AI and #art.

"I can’t make art when I’m excluded from the most crucial moments."

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Sketched Out: An Illustrator Confronts His Fears About A.I. Art

The advent of A.I. has shocked me into questioning my relationship with art. Will humans still be able to draw for a living?

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 20

With AI, as with everything else it seems, there are only two camps of thought: 1) AI is the way of the future, we must embrace it, and 2) AI is the harbinger of doom, we must fear it.

If I could improve humanity in one single way it would be to stop carving every topic up into two opposing camps.

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 15

Do you hear the people sing?

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 11

I will always love working on the details of interactions within a UI. Years later, it's still surprising how difficult it is to make something feel both simple and clear. #ui #ux #design

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 9

A trio of books that changed my life over the past couple years. I'm a little late to the party on, well, all of these. But seriously, folks.

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 3

To every podcast producer on earth:

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · Jun 2

I'm now noticing sweeping, large price jumps on most of the products I buy regularly. It was sporadic before. Now it's a wave. 🌊 #tariffs

Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · May 29

No kings. Ever. 🇺🇸

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · May 26

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The Strange Luxury of Being Alive on Memorial Day

I’m off work today. My son Jack is off school. He’s in the other room, playing Minecraft, waxing poetic about Creepers, Ender Dragons, and other things I don’t understand. My American flag leans in…

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Charlie Pratt @charliepratt.com · May 20

Dear @figma.com - please let us turn Comments on or off as a default behavior when opening a file. Every file I open, my first step is to turn them off. As a result, I start every project with an eye roll and a pointless key command.