Tim Shaw
@wdncnu.bsky.social
Experience design / CX, / UX / Service Design. Data visualization. Traditional & wooden boats and boating. Environment & earth science. Incessant, unapologetic punster. ALX VA. He/His. Trying to be a light to drive out darkness.
Reading about abusive, right-wing data orgs gives me shooting pain down to the soles of my feet. I have Palantir fascistitis.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reading about abusive, right-wing data orgs gives me shooting pain down to the soles of my feet. I have Palantir fascistitis.
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Yes yes yes 1,000 times yes
I see people asking "I have UI skills, how do I get better at UX?" My answer is: learn content design.
You can't hide behind whizbang styling when your medium is a sentence with hyperlinks to other sentences. Starting with the content also breaks you out of seeing work as a screen to be "laid out".
You can't hide behind whizbang styling when your medium is a sentence with hyperlinks to other sentences. Starting with the content also breaks you out of seeing work as a screen to be "laid out".
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yes yes yes 1,000 times yes
@everyheron.bsky.social a gently cubist take. Artist unknown.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
@everyheron.bsky.social a gently cubist take. Artist unknown.
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Alexandria neighbors: Working on a story about Housing Alexandria's shared equity homeownership program (Seminary Road, Cardinal Path, etc.)
Looking to speak with anyone who's gone through the lottery, is in homebuyer classes, or has purchased through the program.
Email [email protected].
Looking to speak with anyone who's gone through the lottery, is in homebuyer classes, or has purchased through the program.
Email [email protected].
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Alexandria neighbors: Working on a story about Housing Alexandria's shared equity homeownership program (Seminary Road, Cardinal Path, etc.)
Looking to speak with anyone who's gone through the lottery, is in homebuyer classes, or has purchased through the program.
Email [email protected].
Looking to speak with anyone who's gone through the lottery, is in homebuyer classes, or has purchased through the program.
Email [email protected].
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Spreading the word on this recognition now, but I'm also working on a deeper look at the city’s community policing strategy and its connection to public safety outcomes.
Have a thought on it? Email [email protected].
Have a thought on it? Email [email protected].
Alexandria ranks 15th nationally for National Night Out
Alexandria ranks 15th nationally for National Night Out
The recognition comes as the city saw 50 registered events and a 33% drop in Part 1 crime offenses
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Spreading the word on this recognition now, but I'm also working on a deeper look at the city’s community policing strategy and its connection to public safety outcomes.
Have a thought on it? Email [email protected].
Have a thought on it? Email [email protected].
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Brief recap:
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Brief recap:
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
Nice family gathering for Thanksgiving and Dad's 85th!
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Nice family gathering for Thanksgiving and Dad's 85th!
Friends, raise a glass, if you will, for my dad, 85yo as of a couple weeks ago, and still doing it with his offspring!
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Friends, raise a glass, if you will, for my dad, 85yo as of a couple weeks ago, and still doing it with his offspring!
Actual accumulating sneau in Les Peaucaneaux.
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Actual accumulating sneau in Les Peaucaneaux.
Go go go ALX Turkey Trotters!
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Go go go ALX Turkey Trotters!
Once again I am deeply grateful for the @alexandriavagov.bsky.social sanitation team who must get up wicked flippin' early to get our stuff out of the way. Thanks for doing us a solid (waste)!
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Once again I am deeply grateful for the @alexandriavagov.bsky.social sanitation team who must get up wicked flippin' early to get our stuff out of the way. Thanks for doing us a solid (waste)!
My latest masterpiece, in my head for some time and finally realized. A definitive study of egret subspecies. #bird @everyheron.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My latest masterpiece, in my head for some time and finally realized. A definitive study of egret subspecies. #bird @everyheron.bsky.social
I don't think I have heretofore posted this bit of handiwork form some years back, but, in prep for a new one, I am doing so now. My analysis of key barred owl subspecies. 🦉#bird
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I don't think I have heretofore posted this bit of handiwork form some years back, but, in prep for a new one, I am doing so now. My analysis of key barred owl subspecies. 🦉#bird
A movie that takes place where you are from*
* In that it mashes together multiple towns and takes the name of the one
* In that it mashes together multiple towns and takes the name of the one
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A movie that takes place where you are from*
* In that it mashes together multiple towns and takes the name of the one
* In that it mashes together multiple towns and takes the name of the one
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The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
@josephfray.bsky.social "boost-mo-BEEL", I suppose?
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
@josephfray.bsky.social "boost-mo-BEEL", I suppose?
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Simply glorious.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Simply glorious.
ALXSkeeters, esp with West End restaurant intel: did Feru sell Feru the restaurant? I also see something about it now being soul food, as of recently, but the site still suggests Ethiopian? What's going on?!
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
ALXSkeeters, esp with West End restaurant intel: did Feru sell Feru the restaurant? I also see something about it now being soul food, as of recently, but the site still suggests Ethiopian? What's going on?!
It's not a parking lot; it's a bike-share rack. Cool story for shared transit nerds. wtop.com/national/202...
Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’ - WTOP News
Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore.
wtop.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's not a parking lot; it's a bike-share rack. Cool story for shared transit nerds. wtop.com/national/202...
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NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
Hey ALXSkeets folks. I think I posted this a while ago but long since lost the thread. Anyone have recommendations for reasonably-priced landscape contractors? I want focus on native plants - this should be a BatSignal to some of you - but also bigger stuff like creating a rain garden. Thx,
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hey ALXSkeets folks. I think I posted this a while ago but long since lost the thread. Anyone have recommendations for reasonably-priced landscape contractors? I want focus on native plants - this should be a BatSignal to some of you - but also bigger stuff like creating a rain garden. Thx,
I don't THINK I already posted this. Further evidence the Polynesians ABSOLUTELY made it to South America and back. Which makes complete sense. www.npr.org/sections/the...
How The Sweet Potato Crossed The Pacific Way Before The Europeans Did
The genes of the root vegetable have a juicy story to tell of trans-oceanic adventure. A DNA analysis of sweet potatoes adds evidence to the theory that ancient Polynesians visited South America long ...
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I don't THINK I already posted this. Further evidence the Polynesians ABSOLUTELY made it to South America and back. Which makes complete sense. www.npr.org/sections/the...