The "swift surgical" approach works exactly once, on exactly the right target, under exactly the right preconditions. And this administration apparently looked at the one time it worked and concluded it was a generalizable method rather than a specific convergence of very particular circumstances. 🤦

I made a new thing.

It's system tray app that turns any highlighted text into speech using kokorojs. Streams long documents in chunks so playback starts instantly. Word-by-word highlighting synced to audio. All running locally.

It's all open source: steadyvoice.tech

#ADHD #Dyslexia #a11y

Bespoke Accessibility Is the New Productivity Stack I have trouble paying attention when I read. My eyes move across the page, but nothing sticks....

Let's be honest. Local TTS usually sucks. So I fixed it. And wrote about it.

thrd.me/localtts

The Vibe Coding Paradox My last PR for Nudges was +96 −312, touched 38 files, and was about 90% vibe coded. And I’m confident...

I didn’t expect this piece to resonate the way it did.

If you’re curious about the discourse around AI in the development community, the comment section turned into a surprisingly clear microcosm of it.

thrd.me/paradox

Joy is looking at your teenage kids and just thinking "yeah, they're doing it right."

We’re Already There: Exocogence Is Here Now I. The Ambient Revolution I keep seeing the same moment at work. You’re on a call,...

The question is not "to AI or not to AI" anymore. It's "how are you using it?"

thrd.me/exocogence

The Sturdy Pillar Doesn’t Need Reinforcement The morning is quiet. Suspiciously so. You’re already up. The coffee’s cooling. One kid is curled up...

Stable people need checking on, too.

This one’s for the parents who carry everything quietly, and the partners who actually see them.

thrd.me/pillar

Sea of Stars: Pixelated Compassion in an Age of Exhaustion I'm pretty sure if I fed "cozy nostalgic 90s-style RPG pixel art" into an AI image generator,...

Just picked up Sea of Stars from @sabotagestudio.com. Bravo to that team for keeping it human.

thrd.me/rest

Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/1244090/...

The Invisible Developer: Why Caring Burns You Out There's a particular exhaustion that comes from maintaining standards no one else seems to care about...

After 30 years writing code, I've learned the hardest part isn't the tech—it's caring about quality when everyone around you has decided "good enough" is good enough.

thrd.me/invisible

🔍 Transparency Isn't Just What You Show I'm not used to stopping mid-sign-up flow to appreciate good UX. But earlier today, I was creating a...

Spotify is doing something right.

dev.to/junothreadbo...

#ux #spotify #ethics #antidarkpattern

Well... I'm 5 minutes in and...

Thanks for the imposter syndrome, @nonzerosumjames.bsky.social 😂♥️

We’ve Lost Control of AI YouTube video by SciShow

It’s strange that no one acknowledges AI ethics is really a fight with ourselves. We wrote the training set. The more we hate online, the harder alignment becomes. The tool isn’t the problem. We are. We always were. And always will be.

youtu.be/90C3XVjUMqE?...

TPM: *reset*
Windows Hello: Hey, I'd like your keys, please.
TPM: New BIOS, who dis?

Today is not the time to resign yourself to the comfort of cruel stability. Today is the time to stand up, find a way to make the world around you better, and find someone nearby who can help you make that happen.

TikTok video by Amity Grace

Sometimes you just need to say: one thing is designed to justify why some people deserve to suffer, and the other thing is designed to reduce suffering. Pick a side.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AKCd9k/

The world is on fire.

Meanwhile, this is what I do with my free time now, apparently.

audio.thrd.me/more-than-on...

I don’t remember that part of the Bible #snap #government #shutdown #foodassistance #thanksgiving TikTok video by Meghan L. Dowling

"Food, housing, medicine, and safety are human rights. And if you think I'm naive then I think you're a monster."

💯💯💯

www.tiktok.com/@meghanldowl...

You know what would be nice? A political candidate who didn't have solutions. But rather one who had ideas and the capacity for collaboration.

This Is What Fandom Feels Like I didn’t set out to join a fandom. I played a game. I enjoyed it. That was supposed to be the end of...

I didn’t mean to join a fandom. I just played a game, cared too much about the characters, and couldn’t stand the silence after the credits rolled.

New piece on Dispatch and the genius of designing for connection:
👉 thrd.me/fandom

#gamedev #ux #fandomfeels #Dispatch

GitHub - getnudges/monov4 Contribute to getnudges/monov4 development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you’re hiring someone who:

✔ Builds real systems
✔ Has seen things
✔ Talks openly about what didn’t work

…let’s talk.

I’ve got more where this came from.

🔗 github.com/getnudges/mo...

📬 DMs open

#OpenSource #Kafka #GraphQL #CSharp #SoftwareEngineering #OpenToWork

If you ever find yourself going down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole, just remember: the intensity of your reaction has no bearing on the veracity of the claims.

In other words, affect ≠ insight.

Screenshot of a YouTube video by NileRed featuring the text "Tylenol Crystals" with a red arrow pointing to a crystalline structure in a beaker.

I mean... They're not wrong.

youtu.be/b0Ejuew2riA?...

An excerpt from the provided link containing the text: There are common recurrent motivations and indicia uniting this pattern of violent and terroristic activities under the umbrella of self-described “anti-fascism.” These movements portray foundational American principles (e.g., support for law enforcement and border control) as “fascist” to justify and encourage acts of violent revolution. This “anti-fascist” lie has become the organizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault against democratic institutions, constitutional rights, and fundamental American liberties. Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality. As described in the Order of September 22, 2025 (Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization), the groups and entities that perpetuate this extremism have created a movement that embraces and elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes, including justifying additional assassinations. For example, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin engraved the bullets used in the murder with so-called “anti-fascist” rhetoric.

> Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity...

So it is the official position of the White House that speaking out against corrupt systems is an act of terror.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

#wtf #politics #trump #fascism

Bigots: "Go back to your country!"

Also bigots: "Let's bring back the Church of England!"

Sorry, you can't want Christian Nationalism and not contend with the fact that this country was established to escape that.

What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders · Indivisible The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The an...

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

So this is how you drop drug prices, huh?

thehill.com/business/552...

By immediately causing price hikes for the most vulnerable Americans and waiting probably 5 to 6 years for any of those factories to be up and running.

Fantastic plan. 🤦

LIVE: Trump makes an announcement on autism YouTube video by Associated Press

I guess I was wrong.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKF...

Explanation of Vote on a UN General Assembly Resolution Facilitating Virtual Participation of Palestinian Officials in the UNGA 80th Session The Trump Administration has been clear: we must hold the PLO and Palestinian Authority accountable for not complying with their commitments under the Oslo Accords, some of them very basic, and for un...

Always remember this.

usun.usmission.gov/explanation-...

The US voted against the ability for the PLO president to *speak*. Not recognize statehood. Not resolve anything. Allow them to speak. And they refused.

Kenvue is about to start raking in the cash. I guarantee you they're going to say the opposite of what people expect.