Derek Powazek
@fraying.bsky.social
I used to make websites. I wrote the book “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and more.
Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products at https://milkbarn.farm.
Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products at https://milkbarn.farm.
Yeah I smell bullshit.
Coast Guard Again Classifies Swastikas, Nooses As Hate Symbols
According to a press release posted on the Coast Guard website: “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these sym...
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Yeah I smell bullshit.
Thanks to @kissane.myatproto.social for the likely answer:
It’s because the Coast Guard sits under Homeland Security in the org chart. There are going to be a lot of disgusted Coasties.
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Thanks to @kissane.myatproto.social for the likely answer:
Yeah I have a family member who was in the Guard for a long time. I bet he's spitting mad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yeah I have a family member who was in the Guard for a long time. I bet he's spitting mad.
Thank you! That makes sense.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Thank you! That makes sense.
That’s second year design student.
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
That’s second year design student.
I’ve refused to upgrade my phone OS, but it’s creeping into all the apps.
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I’ve refused to upgrade my phone OS, but it’s creeping into all the apps.
It’s basically the emboss photoshop plugin from 1994.
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s basically the emboss photoshop plugin from 1994.
I genuinely hate all the Liquid Glass edges. It looks like what every first year design student does.
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I genuinely hate all the Liquid Glass edges. It looks like what every first year design student does.
Why do I still feel so divided, darth
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Why do I still feel so divided, darth
Yes that’s why I said “formerly.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Yes that’s why I said “formerly.”
And, yeah, the Coast Guard taking the swastika off their hate symbols list is also antisemitic.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
And, yeah, the Coast Guard taking the swastika off their hate symbols list is also antisemitic.
More fascism, racism, abuse and harassment, sure.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
More fascism, racism, abuse and harassment, sure.
This is another great use of social media by a politician (my senator!). Telling people directly about the work you're doing to uncover corporate crimes.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is another great use of social media by a politician (my senator!). Telling people directly about the work you're doing to uncover corporate crimes.
They really are just that dumb.
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
They really are just that dumb.
I continue in my belief that if Bluesky had been named something without the word "blue" in it, the right wouldn't have had a problem with it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I continue in my belief that if Bluesky had been named something without the word "blue" in it, the right wouldn't have had a problem with it.
Honestly, I was just complaining about the noise, but yeah, that too.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Honestly, I was just complaining about the noise, but yeah, that too.
