krismcd
@krrrismcd.bsky.social
Product, Design, and Travel. Former world’s youngest person.
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“Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, she pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
“Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, she pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).”
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55% of readers of The Information surveyed believe AI is a bubble and of them half believe it will burst this year. Something is shifting
www.theinformation.com/articles/opt...
www.theinformation.com/articles/opt...
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 AM
55% of readers of The Information surveyed believe AI is a bubble and of them half believe it will burst this year. Something is shifting
www.theinformation.com/articles/opt...
www.theinformation.com/articles/opt...
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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"The Foreskin Tactical Hoodie has not yet been approved for military use, and any servicemember who wears one on duty could be considered out of uniform. That said, we have heard that Secretary of War Hegseth owns two in each color."
Sorry Ladies, the Foreskin Tactical Hoodie Is Only for Men
The Foreskin Tactical Hoodie is the antithesis of all things feminine and female. It comes in black, brown, and olive green. It does not come in fu...
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"The Foreskin Tactical Hoodie has not yet been approved for military use, and any servicemember who wears one on duty could be considered out of uniform. That said, we have heard that Secretary of War Hegseth owns two in each color."
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I respect the UK dot gov designers so much because they understand this: there's no competitor or open source alternative to the government. There's just the one place to get these services (which are not only necessary but mandatory), and so the standard of the experience must be impeccable.
Public digital services need to be *so much better* than anything the market offers. You can't switch. You can't get fed up and choose to pay a bit more at Ocado than Sainsbury's because the UX is better. You can't opt out of public services because you're digitally excluded.
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I respect the UK dot gov designers so much because they understand this: there's no competitor or open source alternative to the government. There's just the one place to get these services (which are not only necessary but mandatory), and so the standard of the experience must be impeccable.
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If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
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Anthropic: Best for coding applications
Gemini: Best for summarizing meetings and taking notes
Grok: Best for harassing women and sexualizing children
ChatGPT: Best for assisted suicide
Gemini: Best for summarizing meetings and taking notes
Grok: Best for harassing women and sexualizing children
ChatGPT: Best for assisted suicide
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Anthropic: Best for coding applications
Gemini: Best for summarizing meetings and taking notes
Grok: Best for harassing women and sexualizing children
ChatGPT: Best for assisted suicide
Gemini: Best for summarizing meetings and taking notes
Grok: Best for harassing women and sexualizing children
ChatGPT: Best for assisted suicide
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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"If we expelled him, why— we'd have to expel all the *other* far right pedophiles too."
"I think it is naive, frankly, to say that we should get rid of him because he’s a bad person," the new UK Royal Society president says of Elon Musk's membership.
The society would have expelled Isaac Newton if it made judgments on character & behaviour, Paul Nurse says.
www.ft.com/content/088b...
The society would have expelled Isaac Newton if it made judgments on character & behaviour, Paul Nurse says.
www.ft.com/content/088b...
Elon Musk should keep UK Royal Society membership, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
www.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"If we expelled him, why— we'd have to expel all the *other* far right pedophiles too."
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It's remarkable how quickly "tech" managed to corrode, too, from just 10-15 years ago. Smartphones and networking plateaued and the big new promises (self-driving cars, maybe-space-travel-works-this-time) petered out and after that it's just been crypto scams and rent-seeking.
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
It's remarkable how quickly "tech" managed to corrode, too, from just 10-15 years ago. Smartphones and networking plateaued and the big new promises (self-driving cars, maybe-space-travel-works-this-time) petered out and after that it's just been crypto scams and rent-seeking.
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This is exactly what I mean when I say that UX has no value when the business model is not "make a thing people want and sell it for more than it costs to make."
The top 10 most profitable tech business models these days are different kinds of scam. You don't need design for that.
The top 10 most profitable tech business models these days are different kinds of scam. You don't need design for that.
It's strange how far removed this Obama-era book feels from our time, with its maker-faire optimism during the heady days of the iPhone's first flourishing. But Don, I kept thinking, especially toward the book's flowery final chapters, don't you know everything is a scam now? Tech is scams now.
January 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
This is exactly what I mean when I say that UX has no value when the business model is not "make a thing people want and sell it for more than it costs to make."
The top 10 most profitable tech business models these days are different kinds of scam. You don't need design for that.
The top 10 most profitable tech business models these days are different kinds of scam. You don't need design for that.
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it’s of low priority but I’m going to ask again: one of you write the reported story about these guys who said they couldn’t wear masks who are now all wearing masks
The leading cause of death by far among ICE officers is COVID-19.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
it’s of low priority but I’m going to ask again: one of you write the reported story about these guys who said they couldn’t wear masks who are now all wearing masks
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This sucks but I think non-Americans being justifiably angry at Americans for what the American government is doing and threatening to do, and Americans experiencing that anger and frustration personally in ways that are unpleasant, is probably an important part of any path back to stability
January 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM
This sucks but I think non-Americans being justifiably angry at Americans for what the American government is doing and threatening to do, and Americans experiencing that anger and frustration personally in ways that are unpleasant, is probably an important part of any path back to stability
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However, within "what is the ROI of UX?" hides a different, very real question: "does this company have a reality-based business model?"
If yes, then UX is probably the most important function. User research, problem framing, experimentation, iteration are the best process to make a useful thing.
If yes, then UX is probably the most important function. User research, problem framing, experimentation, iteration are the best process to make a useful thing.
January 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
However, within "what is the ROI of UX?" hides a different, very real question: "does this company have a reality-based business model?"
If yes, then UX is probably the most important function. User research, problem framing, experimentation, iteration are the best process to make a useful thing.
If yes, then UX is probably the most important function. User research, problem framing, experimentation, iteration are the best process to make a useful thing.
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"What is the ROI of UX?" is shaped like a question, but it is actually two hostile premises:
1) that UX is sufficiently marginal for its value to be openly questioned
2) that the asker has the authority to judge this question, and practitioners are merely consulted on it, as a matter of courtesy
1) that UX is sufficiently marginal for its value to be openly questioned
2) that the asker has the authority to judge this question, and practitioners are merely consulted on it, as a matter of courtesy
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
"What is the ROI of UX?" is shaped like a question, but it is actually two hostile premises:
1) that UX is sufficiently marginal for its value to be openly questioned
2) that the asker has the authority to judge this question, and practitioners are merely consulted on it, as a matter of courtesy
1) that UX is sufficiently marginal for its value to be openly questioned
2) that the asker has the authority to judge this question, and practitioners are merely consulted on it, as a matter of courtesy
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I think the key to this version of US imperialism is the interaction of 1 and 2 here
i think that people really underestimate reality that
1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man
2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually
3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas
1) administration has no doctrine, it is really about a single, mercurial, and half-awake man
2) the administration is a constantly churning system with factions that rise and fall contextually
3) might not have happened if trump tower caracas
January 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I think the key to this version of US imperialism is the interaction of 1 and 2 here
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AI truly allows everyone to be a software entrepreneur*
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* accelerates development of apps no one wants to use by 100x, and democratizes losing your shirt in the process
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* accelerates development of apps no one wants to use by 100x, and democratizes losing your shirt in the process
"Google Cloud Run cost me $4,676 in 6 weeks with zero traff"
> I fed my setup, budget, and constraints as context into Gemini CLI,
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4637...
fuckin vibe infra
> I fed my setup, budget, and constraints as context into Gemini CLI,
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4637...
fuckin vibe infra
Google Cloud Run cost me $4,676 in 6 weeks with zero traff | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
AI truly allows everyone to be a software entrepreneur*
—————
* accelerates development of apps no one wants to use by 100x, and democratizes losing your shirt in the process
—————
* accelerates development of apps no one wants to use by 100x, and democratizes losing your shirt in the process
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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I’ve seen this show before
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I’ve seen this show before
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Some random thoughts besides the illegality of it all.
1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
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1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
🧵
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Some random thoughts besides the illegality of it all.
1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
🧵
1. There's no tactical or strategic logic to it because to the extent Venezuela represents a problem, it is not one that military force can solve.
🧵
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with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards