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Erin Casali

@folletto.bsky.social

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Musings on design, product, psychology, society and business. Often discussing good leadership and (remote) orgs. With a side of randomness. she/her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Now: Sr. Director, Product Design, Xero Ex: VP Product & Design, Jetpack / WordPress / WooCommerce

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · Oct 8

I just restarted sending my newsletter after... 3 years?

Why am I saying this after I sent instead of before to get more followers? I kinda like at this point to do things a bit randomly and not following "growth" patterns.

Anyhow, here it is:
intenseminimalism.ck.page/newsletter

Intense Minimalism Newsletter

This is the newsletter by Erin Casali on design, psychology, business, and tech.

intenseminimalism.ck.page

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16h

This is basically how AI took over the workplace.

Sure, there was some push (Microsoft baking it into Office) but the "use AI for everything or be fired" dorks are do-nothing managers, using their free time to become TESCREAL-pilled, and posturing in front of each other about how agentic they are.

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 18h

Whenever you hear a tech CEO spinning out *absolute fucking nonsense* using star trek language, some of what you're hearing is a screeching positive feedback loop between him and the crackpots he's spending all of his time listening to.

Some of whom he literally created.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 16h

Lotta people warning me about fascism while still getting that Substack coin.

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 17h

Nobody encouraged me.
School education had nothing.
If anything, everything was saying how horrible being trans is.

I’m still trans.
I still transitioned.

I’m still mourning the years I lost because I didn’t know it was an option. I hate the society that hid this from me.

Fuck transphobes.

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 18h

‘Section 28 2.0’: New “transphobic” curriculum restricts teachers from encouraging Trans+ pupils to understand their identity 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/

RSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculum

It has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Russ Wilcox @russwilcox.bsky.social · 20h

For example

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montygibbon.bsky.social @montygibbon.bsky.social · 1d

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 1d

Handling senior stakeholders can be tricky. Our top tips for managing up:

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 2d

frog semiotics redemption arc 2025

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Lisa Angela 🌱 @leeloowrites.bsky.social · 1d

More footage from the front lines of Portland...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 1d

Crush their narrative.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Ludicrous. That never happened in history. /s

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Anyhow, follow my art ;)

Here: @inklingoflate.bsky.social

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Nuance? From the Oatmeal? Well done ;)

The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

ANDREESSEN: Even if a nuclear war ends up destroying all the planet, “the result would be hyper-depopulation, which is the thing that people miss... Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be scavengeable for free”

/s

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

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Angelos Arnis 🏴‍☠️ @arn.is · 2d

One of my longest posts… blends together enshittification, bullshit jobs, managerialism, extractivism, deskilling under AI.

Influenced by works of @katecrawford.bsky.social @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy @olivia.science @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social @cwarzel.bsky.social and many others

The infrastructure of meaninglessness

Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which...

collectivefutures.blog

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Legend:
Red: maga far right
White: kkk far right

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Not to be confused with burying the led, where you hide illumination systems that are too bright.

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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “deserves the Nobel Peace Prize” like threatening Norway if anyone but him wins.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Follow is fine trying to find the exit, less fine in a back alley.

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

It can be a practice to make people pay attention for forms that require that, yes. The way to do that is to avoid creating patterns.

Creating repetition then breaking it is different. They benefit: you end up paying.

Also: it’s telling that the actual legal form on the next page doesn’t flip.

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

Also honestly I would pay even if I don't watch live TV just to support the BBC... if they weren't instrumental to push transphobic narratives all the time and be part of the oppression of so many people.

But with all this BS? Nah. F*ck them.

Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 2d

It's not enough that the UK TV Licensing simply says "buy a license" and puts the "I don't need a TV license" as a hidden option, they also play games with the form to try to make people stumble by changing the question structure half way through.

So many dark patterns.

The screenshot shows the TV Licensing questionnaire in the UK, switching the statement structure from "yes" to "no" half way through ("Do you ever watch" NO becomes "Can you confirm" YES).

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Hà Phan @hpdailyrant.bsky.social · 3d

Open role working on RMX (Rich Media Experiences) at Zillow. Emphasis on emergent tech, automation-powered experiences and spatial design. This is a strategic and hands-on role.
zillow.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Zillow...

Principal Product Designer

About the team The Zillow Experience Design (ZxD) team is a fast-paced, collaborative, and driven product design team. We’re a tight-knit, fun-loving, and upbeat group. Meet us and learn more: https:/...

zillow.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

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Erin Casali @folletto.bsky.social · 3d

What? I can’t hear you!

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