Scott McKee
@scottmckee.design
Experienced Web Designer & Developer | Associate Director of UX at WTW | AI Luddite | Head, hand, and heart
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
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question: Chatbots have a habit of grovelling when they're caught making stuff up. Who actually wants the chatbot to grovel? How did this become the standard behaviour? Who asked for this?
I mean, I could hypothesise and so could you. But how did this actually become standard across the chatbots?
I mean, I could hypothesise and so could you. But how did this actually become standard across the chatbots?
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
question: Chatbots have a habit of grovelling when they're caught making stuff up. Who actually wants the chatbot to grovel? How did this become the standard behaviour? Who asked for this?
I mean, I could hypothesise and so could you. But how did this actually become standard across the chatbots?
I mean, I could hypothesise and so could you. But how did this actually become standard across the chatbots?
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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Newsletter: Crypto’s latest “infinite money machine” is the digital asset treasury company — a publicly traded firm that exists primarily to accumulate crypto. For a while, these stocks traded at hefty premiums to the underlying assets. But now, the trade is unraveling.
Digital asset treasury companies are running out of steam
Convincing traders to pay $2 for $1 of bitcoin worked — for a while. As premiums evaporate, an unwind could be painful.
www.citationneeded.news
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Newsletter: Crypto’s latest “infinite money machine” is the digital asset treasury company — a publicly traded firm that exists primarily to accumulate crypto. For a while, these stocks traded at hefty premiums to the underlying assets. But now, the trade is unraveling.
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Stop trying to make fetch happen
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents alike
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Stop trying to make fetch happen
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Sara’s work has helped me so much over the years. And this course in particular is a wonderful resource for designers and developers at any level.
It’s definitely worth the money!
It’s definitely worth the money!
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The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
practical-accessibility.today
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sara’s work has helped me so much over the years. And this course in particular is a wonderful resource for designers and developers at any level.
It’s definitely worth the money!
It’s definitely worth the money!
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
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Oath of the Engineer: "In my profession I take deep pride. To it I owe solemn obligations. ... I shall participate in none but honest enterprises. ... In the performance of duty, and in fidelity to my profession, I shall give the utmost."
Oath of the Software Engineer: Fuck it we ball
Oath of the Software Engineer: Fuck it we ball
Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications"
Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11 but has issued an important security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.
www.windowscentral.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Oath of the Engineer: "In my profession I take deep pride. To it I owe solemn obligations. ... I shall participate in none but honest enterprises. ... In the performance of duty, and in fidelity to my profession, I shall give the utmost."
Oath of the Software Engineer: Fuck it we ball
Oath of the Software Engineer: Fuck it we ball
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Ten or twenty years ago, if an executive came out and said "actually our products can't be trusted" the stock would take a nosedive rather than go up.
The casual way this techbro talks about the "error-prone" products they are throwing out into the world, the necessity for the consumer to accept, train for, and correct for these, and the impending economic chaos wrought by the frenzy they are creating as though it's normal and natural: holy hell.
Don’t blindly trust everything AI tools say, warns Alphabet boss
Sundar Pichai says artificial intelligence models are ‘prone to some errors’ and warns of impact if AI bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Ten or twenty years ago, if an executive came out and said "actually our products can't be trusted" the stock would take a nosedive rather than go up.
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Fun fact: kids actually have something called an imagination & can make up a voice for their inanimate teddy bear without any help. You don’t have to make it channel Satan.
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
OpenAI blocked access for the toymaker following the incidents.
gizmodo.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Fun fact: kids actually have something called an imagination & can make up a voice for their inanimate teddy bear without any help. You don’t have to make it channel Satan.
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TIL about the HTML Size Analyzer from DebugBear. Great for finding sneaky Data URIs or large payloads of JSON in your pages:
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
HTML Size Analyzer
Break HTML document size down by tag and attribute. Discover bloat like code duplication, large hydration state, and inline images.
www.debugbear.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TIL about the HTML Size Analyzer from DebugBear. Great for finding sneaky Data URIs or large payloads of JSON in your pages:
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
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There are thousands of things like this in tech. Why is search bad in Gmail. Why does Bluetooth suck. Why are most streaming apps bad. Why is file transfer still annoying. Every day it feels like I've got random issues with tech stuff while these companies sink billions into AI
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
There are thousands of things like this in tech. Why is search bad in Gmail. Why does Bluetooth suck. Why are most streaming apps bad. Why is file transfer still annoying. Every day it feels like I've got random issues with tech stuff while these companies sink billions into AI
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10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
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Did you know that you can localize quotes right in CSS?
Now you do! 🫵
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
Now you do! 🫵
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Did you know that you can localize quotes right in CSS?
Now you do! 🫵
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
Now you do! 🫵
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
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The machine that's being built to replace all workers needs workers to bail it out so it can keep existing
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The machine that's being built to replace all workers needs workers to bail it out so it can keep existing
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New word for the AI guy in your life
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
New word for the AI guy in your life
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I’m really looking forward to a chance to listen to this episode. “Design for real life” is a favourite book - I’ve bought dozens to give away, and now I don’t have to because Eric Meyer and Sara Wachter-Boettcher made it free to read:
abookdeparts-dfrl.netlify.app
abookdeparts-dfrl.netlify.app
Design for Real Life
abookdeparts-dfrl.netlify.app
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I’m really looking forward to a chance to listen to this episode. “Design for real life” is a favourite book - I’ve bought dozens to give away, and now I don’t have to because Eric Meyer and Sara Wachter-Boettcher made it free to read:
abookdeparts-dfrl.netlify.app
abookdeparts-dfrl.netlify.app
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Because the software industry doesn’t really monitor defects or anything resembling “quality”, there’s a decent risk that once the bubble pops they’ll just swap out shitty expensive US LLMs for shitty-but-cheaper Chinese LLMs and carry on regardless, because they’ll still believe it’s the future
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Because the software industry doesn’t really monitor defects or anything resembling “quality”, there’s a decent risk that once the bubble pops they’ll just swap out shitty expensive US LLMs for shitty-but-cheaper Chinese LLMs and carry on regardless, because they’ll still believe it’s the future