wardepartment (the original)
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Erin F. she/her | ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ Rogers Park, Chicago, IL, USA | #UX | design systems | ❤️ @unclewil
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i’m so tired of all the questions they ask me at the pharmacy every time
December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
i’m so tired of all the questions they ask me at the pharmacy every time
Today in #funemployment, I was asked this question on a UX job application:
"Do you want to be the best in the world at what you do? How are you going to make that happen?"
"Do you want to be the best in the world at what you do? How are you going to make that happen?"
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today in #funemployment, I was asked this question on a UX job application:
"Do you want to be the best in the world at what you do? How are you going to make that happen?"
"Do you want to be the best in the world at what you do? How are you going to make that happen?"
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Here's the article that goes through step by step to fix it.
How to Turn Liquid Glass into a Solid Interface - TidBITS
Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design can be hard to read in certain situations. If you encounter any issues, here’s how to adjust the transparency and other visual effects across macOS, iOS, watc...
tidbits.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here's the article that goes through step by step to fix it.
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Hanukkah is not about cookies Hanukkah is about FRIED FOOD
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hanukkah is not about cookies Hanukkah is about FRIED FOOD
The only font I’m at war with is Papyrus.
December 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The only font I’m at war with is Papyrus.
al-ex-an-der-ham-il-ton
There’s a secret language beneath your favorite movies, musicals, and even video games.
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
al-ex-an-der-ham-il-ton
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There’s a secret language beneath your favorite movies, musicals, and even video games.
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There’s a secret language beneath your favorite movies, musicals, and even video games.
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...
why is everything so difficult to get open?
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
why is everything so difficult to get open?
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
I NEED UNGUENT
New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. tinyurl.com/29822yb2
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Collection online - The so-called “Strike Papyrus” written by Amunnakht
More than 4.000 of the approximately 40.000 objects in Museo Egizio’s collection are accessible here. All data are constantly updated, thanks to the continuous study and documentation of the objects.…
tinyurl.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I NEED UNGUENT
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singing this a lot lately
It's okay to not like things
YouTube video by 8O8X
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
singing this a lot lately
amaze
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
amaze
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Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
Yeah, I mean, I'm critical of any video nowadays that is trying to elicit an emotional response, especially when it's asking for subs at the end. It's weird that all the people seem to end up with the dog they want. And shelters are overflowing, where are the rooms full of people wanting to adopt?
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
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An incredible piece of writing, a gift of a sort I had not known it was possible to receive
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
An incredible piece of writing, a gift of a sort I had not known it was possible to receive
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
sorry about your cookies
this is probably TMI
sohla.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
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*C+C Music Factory voice*
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
*C+C Music Factory voice*
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PHOTOS: Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man's arrest
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
PHOTOS: Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man's arrest
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
day 5 of the advent calendar I ordered for Wil not being delivered on time
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
day 5 of the advent calendar I ordered for Wil not being delivered on time
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Anyone that posts that picture of steve cropper with the les paul is canceled
#stevecropper #telecaster
#stevecropper #telecaster
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Anyone that posts that picture of steve cropper with the les paul is canceled
#stevecropper #telecaster
#stevecropper #telecaster
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It's the last week to enter! Get your submissions in by Friday, Dec. 5! pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's the last week to enter! Get your submissions in by Friday, Dec. 5! pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
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Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract. The contract includes a pay raise that averages 8% for all union members.
Museum of Science and Industry workers ratify first union contract
chicago.suntimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract. The contract includes a pay raise that averages 8% for all union members.
#RIP thanks for the music, Steve
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#RIP thanks for the music, Steve