Hunter Schwarz
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On this day in 1773: a group of American Patriots called the Sons of Liberty dump tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston Harbor to protest monopoly and taxation without representation by the British Parliament against the colonies. A Boston Tea Party.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On this day in 1773: a group of American Patriots called the Sons of Liberty dump tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston Harbor to protest monopoly and taxation without representation by the British Parliament against the colonies. A Boston Tea Party.
Saguaro progress pic
December 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Saguaro progress pic
Dream job alert 🌭 www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Dream job alert 🌭 www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
What is this genre of men called?
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What is this genre of men called?
Type designer Lucas de Groot, who designed the State Department's outgoing font Calibri, told me the decision to switch back to Times New Roman is "hilarious and regrettable." www.yellopolitics.com/p/the-design...
The designer behind Calibri,the font the State Department is ditching, speaks out
Plus: Trump wants the U.S. to build tiny cars
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December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Type designer Lucas de Groot, who designed the State Department's outgoing font Calibri, told me the decision to switch back to Times New Roman is "hilarious and regrettable." www.yellopolitics.com/p/the-design...
Ralph Lauren’s limited-edition three-piece U.S. Postal Service capsule collection was designed in collaboration with USPS historians.
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ralph Lauren’s limited-edition three-piece U.S. Postal Service capsule collection was designed in collaboration with USPS historians.
The new Utah 2034 logo is weird and divisive, but it's also genius. A temporary logo designed as a placeholder until the final emblem of the Games is released, it introduces shapes through typography that can be used as the building blocks of a full brand later www.yellopolitics.com/p/ok-ill-adm...
OK I'll admit it: I love the Utah 2034 logo
Plus: What’s in a political party name?
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December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The new Utah 2034 logo is weird and divisive, but it's also genius. A temporary logo designed as a placeholder until the final emblem of the Games is released, it introduces shapes through typography that can be used as the building blocks of a full brand later www.yellopolitics.com/p/ok-ill-adm...
Happy 44th birthday to Miss @britneyspears ✨💐
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy 44th birthday to Miss @britneyspears ✨💐
Trump's campaign is upcharging for his Christmas merch and calling it a discount in emails to his mailing list:
MAGA Merry Christmas hats that go for $28 on his site are being sold for $35 in emails, and 2026 calendars that go for $25 are being sold for $32 in emails.
MAGA Merry Christmas hats that go for $28 on his site are being sold for $35 in emails, and 2026 calendars that go for $25 are being sold for $32 in emails.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump's campaign is upcharging for his Christmas merch and calling it a discount in emails to his mailing list:
MAGA Merry Christmas hats that go for $28 on his site are being sold for $35 in emails, and 2026 calendars that go for $25 are being sold for $32 in emails.
MAGA Merry Christmas hats that go for $28 on his site are being sold for $35 in emails, and 2026 calendars that go for $25 are being sold for $32 in emails.
federal court: rules that Trump's tariffs are illegal
me:
me:
August 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
federal court: rules that Trump's tariffs are illegal
me:
me:
The Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk honoring the 49 lives lost in the 2016 nightclub shooting in Orlando has been removed and painted over by the state www.fox35orlando.com/news/pulse-m...
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk honoring the 49 lives lost in the 2016 nightclub shooting in Orlando has been removed and painted over by the state www.fox35orlando.com/news/pulse-m...
McGruff is selling "Take a Bite Out of DOGE" tees that look bootleg but aren't to raise money after government cuts forced the National Crime Prevention Council to put a pause on work on a new PSA.
August 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
McGruff is selling "Take a Bite Out of DOGE" tees that look bootleg but aren't to raise money after government cuts forced the National Crime Prevention Council to put a pause on work on a new PSA.
mentally I am here
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
mentally I am here
A team of astronomers says it has found a new moon orbiting Uranus and it’s so tiny you can walk the whole thing in two hours.
August 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A team of astronomers says it has found a new moon orbiting Uranus and it’s so tiny you can walk the whole thing in two hours.
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my chat with @hunterschwarz.bsky.social for this week's open tabs! Hunter's newsletters, Yello and Whig, are 100% required reading imo
August 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
my chat with @hunterschwarz.bsky.social for this week's open tabs! Hunter's newsletters, Yello and Whig, are 100% required reading imo
The U.K. government website got a redesign and refreshed logo meant to help build trust in government and encourage more citizens to use the site. www.yellopolitics.com/p/his-majest...
His Majesty’s government website has a new brand identity. Here’s why.
Plus: “Zohran for New York City” and a new era of progressive political design
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August 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The U.K. government website got a redesign and refreshed logo meant to help build trust in government and encourage more citizens to use the site. www.yellopolitics.com/p/his-majest...
The "Belligerents" section of the Israel-Iran war page on Wikipedia has been updated to include the United States.
June 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The "Belligerents" section of the Israel-Iran war page on Wikipedia has been updated to include the United States.
Revolutionary War-era symbols that have been associated with the political right for more than a decade-and-a-half are now popping up on the left. Say hello to the Democratic Revolutionary Revival. www.yellopolitics.com/p/sorry-cons...
Sorry, cons, the Revolution is liberal now
Plus: Mariah Carey changed her font in her new music video but you might not notice
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June 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Revolutionary War-era symbols that have been associated with the political right for more than a decade-and-a-half are now popping up on the left. Say hello to the Democratic Revolutionary Revival. www.yellopolitics.com/p/sorry-cons...
Pope Francis' message to attendees at the 2023 World Youth Day was "todos, todos, todos," or "everyone, everyone, everyone." 🕊️ abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Pope Francis restates Catholic Church is for everyone, including LGBTQ+ people
"The Lord is clear," the pope insisted on Sunday. "The sick, the elderly, the young, old, ugly, beautiful, good and bad."
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April 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pope Francis' message to attendees at the 2023 World Youth Day was "todos, todos, todos," or "everyone, everyone, everyone." 🕊️ abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Sometimes, this press release could have been a cat video. What NASA’s award-winning content strategy can tell us about building support for government. www.yellopolitics.com/p/what-nasas...
What NASA’s award-winning content strategy can tell us about building support for government
Plus: This graphic designer won $1 million from Elon Musk. Her story’s changed.
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April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sometimes, this press release could have been a cat video. What NASA’s award-winning content strategy can tell us about building support for government. www.yellopolitics.com/p/what-nasas...
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Ignore the BS - "Trump’s actually spending more than Biden."
From @hunterschwarz.bsky.social
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From @hunterschwarz.bsky.social
whig.substack.com/p/trumps-act...
Trump’s actually spending more than Biden
Plus: Xtina produced Burlesque the Musical
whig.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ignore the BS - "Trump’s actually spending more than Biden."
From @hunterschwarz.bsky.social
whig.substack.com/p/trumps-act...
From @hunterschwarz.bsky.social
whig.substack.com/p/trumps-act...
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I bet this will be especially interesting to linguists who study gestures. By @hunterschwarz.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/yello/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/yello/p/...
How Trump uses finger pointing like a secret language to visually communicate
Plus: Want to design the infrastructure of the future? Here’s three steps for the U.S. to get there.
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I bet this will be especially interesting to linguists who study gestures. By @hunterschwarz.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/yello/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/yello/p/...
In short order, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s campaign has built a brand that’s proud and patriotic in an election that’s become all about standing up to Trump. “We’ve never had an election like this.” www.yellopolitics.com/p/the-patrio...
The patriotic branding of Canada’s Liberal campaign is aggressively Canadian
Plus: Trump’s trying to make “liberation day” happen
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April 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In short order, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s campaign has built a brand that’s proud and patriotic in an election that’s become all about standing up to Trump. “We’ve never had an election like this.” www.yellopolitics.com/p/the-patrio...
Well this is bleak… an empty email from 538 of its top politics stories of the week was sent out this afternoon with nothing in it :(
March 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Well this is bleak… an empty email from 538 of its top politics stories of the week was sent out this afternoon with nothing in it :(
"goat" has entered the lexicon to the extent that it can now be used in newspaper headlines 🐐
February 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"goat" has entered the lexicon to the extent that it can now be used in newspaper headlines 🐐