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@HustleBitch_ @BenPentreath was this you?

🚨 SARAH JESSICA PARKER SPOTTED IN BRAZIL - PANICKED, CRYING, “WHAT? SO THEY’RE COMING HERE TONIGHT?!” This looks bad. She’s filmed crying at a restaurant, visibly shaken and speaking urgently - like she’s processing something heavy in real time with panic written all over her face. So who is “they” - and why does it look like she just found out something she wasn’t supposed to hear?

@kbg_joe @Sam_Dumitriu Actually I don't think we can. Nicotine and heavy metals in small quantities are likely just as harmful as working in a kitchen near a grill. We need evidence before overreacting

@Sam_Dumitriu Vaping hasn’t been around long enough for there to be long term studies on passive effects. the vapour contains nicotine and heavy metals etc, and these are more concentrated indoors We can draw reasonable conclusions without waiting for people to die as evidence

The NHS: “While secondhand smoke from cigarettes causes serious harm to others, there is no evidence so far that vaping is harmful to people around you, and any risks are likely to be very low.” So why is the government proposing to ban it in pubs?

Watched the whole of the figure skating final this evening and the @bbc cut away for the gold medal performance, we're absolutely furious!

@seanharkin @janeinglefield The gold medal performance and @bbc showed every other one but that

@seanharkin @janeinglefield Literally missed Mikhail Shaidorov's medal performance can't believe it

I’m actually going insane, BBC showing all that shite talking and now a stupid VT. Just put on the actual skating #Olympics

@immostlyreading @JeremiahDJohns nytimes.com/interactive/20…

This is genuinely how democracies fall into authoritarianism. This is an attempt to end democracy. If you think it's an exaggeration, please ask yourself what you would have thought if Obama had thousands of masked agents killing people in red states, and promised to remove them only if he got control of the state's voting infrastructure.

@JeremyCliffe Biggest game changer would be to repeal and rewrite the EU implementations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Let our own consumers and companies amend and adjust any software to suit our own needs (including when repairing tractors!)

[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them. Eg: - Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans) - Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma - Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence ecfr.eu/publication/br…

@PeteHegseth @Southcom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Wil…

For your Christmas wish list…

@usrbinsean @usgraphics Designed by US consultancy Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Seagate chairman Steve Luczo said that the new logo reflects how the company is helping “businesses and consumers realise the full potential of living data.” You're right it's nonsense

@po228 @usgraphics I'm certain it just went 3D because they're stupid and following a horrible trend.

15 years later, this still makes me unreasonably upset, eBay logo was fun but used a very sterile/business typeface (Univers)—a brilliant contrast. Whimsical but made of serious matter.

@usgraphics @usrbinsean Looks like the logo mark in each instance is trying to represent current digital storage technology, from tape drives up to 2002 to spinning platters in the 2010s. Does the 3D nature of the latest refer to 3D NAND memory?

@usrbinsean 1979-2015 was good. The new one is -40 points.

Forbes 30 under 30 has been doing this for years

@dieworkwear These are AI artefacts 💯

I disagree that this is an aesthetically pleasing photo. Tristan's outfit ruins it and I'll tell you why. 🧵

@TerribleMaps Now so keen to visit Bulgaria

The drinking map of Europe

@usgraphics Neither of them use the most legible option, aligning by the decimal point

Table design alone is a disqualifer for a good Government system.

GOV UK design system shows one button example on an entire laptop screen's real estate. Almost 35% of it is covered by a massive banner on top. GOV UK has really clear affordances for forms. But their typographical structure, layout, liberal use of white space, hiding stuff, etc is far from ideal. Government does more in disemminating information to public than collecting information (forms). Collection of information is a small % of interaction with the public. Design system should optimize for both. > second to none. I am sorry, I disagree when I can only see 10 rows of data on a page. Using space efficiently is part of good design. It is literally the projection of information on the retina in a given slice of time. I think Hick's law is one of the most damaging things in design—it has been proven to be wrong in several studies after it but it still sticks. None of these fads existed pre-90's. Wasting it with massive margins and paddings reminds me of high end luxury brand website where they want to convey exclusivity and scarcity, just like how there are like 2 purses on a giant shelf in a Louis Vuitton store. Otherwise, it is a waste of space. You want a well organized, dense, clearly labeled layout that has an excellent workflow. Certain "Wizard" type workflows may be better but it is highly situational and the path that a user may take should be sufficiently complex for a positive trade-off (Turbo Tax workflows for e.g.). I do think Gov design system is a massively challenging task and hard to get it right across wide range of devices. USWDS system is decent on a relative basis IMO.

@LongTimeHistory Oh God, are Americans inverting the meaning of the word "could" in all circumstances now? In the original sense, I could care less

ICE deports Texas man—he was born on U.S. military base to father serving in Army. He doesn't hold citizenship in any country—so just deported to Jamaica. His birthright citizenship case was even brought before Supreme Court—but not taken up. "Google my name," he begged guards trying to prove his Supreme Court case—but they claimed they could get good enough cell service. Jermaine Thomas has only lived on a U.S. military base or in the United States his entire life. A neighbor called the police on him for tying his dog's leash to a pole so he could move out of his last apartment—he has not been a free man ever since. "This is the most bizarre deportation case that I have come across as a Texas reporter," said Maggie Quinlan of The Austin Chronicle. #DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE #DemsUnited

@GayPatriot @dieworkwear Wow even I understand your laws better than you do. Crossing the border without papers is a federal misdemeanor for a first offense. Overstaying a visa is a civil infraction that means you don’t have legal status, so you can be deported, but not criminal

@dieworkwear And their first act in my country was to break our immigration laws and become a criminal. Deport, and come in legally. Period.

I shared my story because I think the narrative about undocumented immigrants has become very slanted in order to justify crackdowns. It doesn't help when people think that all undocumented immigrants are criminals who hate the US. The ones I know are good, hardworking people.

@fasc1nate @SongFinderBot wot diss?

This is Quetzalcoatlus northropi, the largest pterosaur ever found and possibly the biggest flying animal in history. Its wingspan reached about 59 feet (15.9 meters).

@EmilyRPeck @chantalfdez @lapresmidi I thought it was making a comeback? And not a moment too soon. Still dying to know what that secret might finally be

If you're looking for some podcast counter-programming to all the election analysis -- check out this interview I did with @chantalfdez and @lapresmidi about their brilliant new book, "Selling Sexy," it's all about the rise and fall of Victoria's Secret slate.com/podcasts/slate…

@natasharibeiro @sarafischer @washingtonpost Actually yeah! I don't really know how modern newsrooms work any more tbh. All the TV shows I love that feature them are based in the 90s! Highly recommend Tokyo Vice incidentally

.@washingtonpost requiring staff to return to office 5x per week by June 2, 2025, per email sent to staff