zeldman
@zeldman.bsky.social
Ava’s pa. OG blogger/web designer. Automattician. Author, “Designing With Web Standards,” etc. Founder, alistapart.com (1998), happycog.com (emeritus), zeldman.com (1995). RIP: abookapart.com, aneventapart.com. Former SVA MFA IXD faculty. zeldman.link
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
Tomorrow is #BlueBeanieDay.
a pixel art of a person with a blue hat
Alt: Animated pixel art of a person wearing a blue beanie.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Tomorrow is #BlueBeanieDay.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern & Tom Stoppard are dead.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern & Tom Stoppard are dead.
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I have volumes of ugly tracts about how Jews, Germans, Finns, Hungarians, Poles, and "Papists" can't possibly acclimate to American life because they are hereditary degenerates.
What I always find fascinating about comments like this is that they have been made about literally every immigrant group throughout American history: Germans, Irish, Miller's Jewish ancestors, etc.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have volumes of ugly tracts about how Jews, Germans, Finns, Hungarians, Poles, and "Papists" can't possibly acclimate to American life because they are hereditary degenerates.
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
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Diner | Richard Estes
1971, oil on canvas
1971, oil on canvas
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Diner | Richard Estes
1971, oil on canvas
1971, oil on canvas
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Greg Bovino calls NANCY SINATRA "a main cause of violence"
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Greg Bovino calls NANCY SINATRA "a main cause of violence"
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Hegseth: “Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.”
NYT: “The U.S. military does not know who specifically is being killed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
NYT: “The U.S. military does not know who specifically is being killed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Hegseth: “Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.”
NYT: “The U.S. military does not know who specifically is being killed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
NYT: “The U.S. military does not know who specifically is being killed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Conversation:
Out of curiosity I decided to try and run the numbers on how much Netflix you can watch for the energy cost of a ChatGPT prompt
As far as I can tell it's between 5.1 and 10.2 seconds, depending on which end of the 2019 IEA Netflix energy usage estimate you use
simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/29/...
As far as I can tell it's between 5.1 and 10.2 seconds, depending on which end of the 2019 IEA Netflix energy usage estimate you use
simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/29/...
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Conversation:
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It's a good thing that Goldman Sachs has never been wrong or held conflicting interests around such advice in the past.
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's a good thing that Goldman Sachs has never been wrong or held conflicting interests around such advice in the past.
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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Here's an excellent resource that tracks events/actions by the Trump administration.
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
www.trumpactiontracker.info
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here's an excellent resource that tracks events/actions by the Trump administration.
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
(NARRATOR VOICE: Why aren't any media outlets doing this?)
h/t @chrischirp.bsky.social
www.trumpactiontracker.info
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November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The tweet authored by Stephen Miller about "you're not just importing individuals, you're importing societies"
should be a textbook example of how the fallacies of division and of composition (both of which he commits in the same speech act) are signature of bigoted animus.
should be a textbook example of how the fallacies of division and of composition (both of which he commits in the same speech act) are signature of bigoted animus.
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The tweet authored by Stephen Miller about "you're not just importing individuals, you're importing societies"
should be a textbook example of how the fallacies of division and of composition (both of which he commits in the same speech act) are signature of bigoted animus.
should be a textbook example of how the fallacies of division and of composition (both of which he commits in the same speech act) are signature of bigoted animus.
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As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
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A whole lot of people still can't figure out why students are struggling and absenteeism is so high. They seem oblivious to the fact that millions of kids have long COVID. Many are still talking about the brief stay at home period from 2020 as causal. Sometimes I just want to give up. It's COVID!
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A whole lot of people still can't figure out why students are struggling and absenteeism is so high. They seem oblivious to the fact that millions of kids have long COVID. Many are still talking about the brief stay at home period from 2020 as causal. Sometimes I just want to give up. It's COVID!
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
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Men don’t listen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/science/cats-meow-men-women.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k8.yDrr.jGj-zwF5oEbh&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/science/cats-meow-men-women.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k8.yDrr.jGj-zwF5oEbh&smid=url-share
nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Shopping has always been a game. Now it’s being rigged against you, as businesses use algorithms to set prices and rapidly adjust them throughout the day. This new technology is called dynamic pricing, and companies are using it to jack up prices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
Opinion | Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Shopping has always been a game. Now it’s being rigged against you, as businesses use algorithms to set prices and rapidly adjust them throughout the day. This new technology is called dynamic pricing, and companies are using it to jack up prices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...