Stephanie Borel

Don’t choose to do things that make you look good. Tackle the tough ones. You’ll look rugged and hardened but the respect you’ll inspire will go deep.

@designmom these people need to go through any archives and they'll see jobs listed against women ( washerwomen, maids, sellers,...) they were simply not allowed to keep their own money. Stop being so blind and short-sighted that you can only think about the american middle class nodel.

We didn’t fight to work. Women have ALWAYS worked. We fought to get paid.

Copied from fb.... My daughter came home from school and said, “Mom, you’re not going to believe what happened in history class today.” Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game. He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions: “Form the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.” She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion. Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know you’re not lying? Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty. The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone. Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes. Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said, “Alright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.” And not one hand went up. The whole class exploded. “Wait! You messed up the game!” And then the teacher dropped the bomb: “Did I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?” My daughter said the room went dead silent. That’s when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos. And isn’t that exactly what we’re seeing today? Different words, same playbook. Instead of “witch,” it’s liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that. The labels shift, but the tactic is the same. Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided. Then sit back while trust crumbles. The danger was never the witch. The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies. Refuse the whisper. Don’t play the game. Because the second we start hunting “witches,” we’ve already lost.

@dalil592 Aucune idée si ça peut aider mais faut faire du bruit là: service-public.fr/particuliers/v…

Voilà ce qu’on trouve dans un Kiosque relay en Bretagne. (Magazine furia, papacito) Donc ça c’est normal, ça choque personne ? Du racisme banalisé accessible à tous ?

@dalil592 Mais c'est trop grave putain!

@netflix WHO'S FLYING TO CANADA?

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@ZahraVonDoom @hassanrahim Worst. i don't have one anymore. Only a portfolio PDF.

@StephBore @hassanrahim As a web designer, what does your personal/business website look like? I am also a designer and I feel like I need my page flashier. Now I’m wondering if my site should look like Craigslist.

said it before and i’ll say it again, if your invoices look like they were made by a graphic designer they get paid 35% slower. they need to look like they’re made on an IBM thinkpad with shitty enterprise software. argue with yourself i have years of research behind this

@therobotdreamer @hassanrahim yup, they messed up on purpose. Their strategies to get people to spend are vicious: you can’t find easily what you want which allow them to expose their users to as many items they wouldn’t buy.

@StephBore @hassanrahim Yeah right, Amazon messed up with the searching, following the google path

@ADHDForReal it's just the digital equivalent of having everything on your desk: best way to find sth again because you'll see it at anytime if you're looking for sth else.

@vikare06 Maybe bc the studios are now devaluating the effort it requires to make good animation bc "tech makes everything faster" and keep killing quality by crushing deadlines while under-paying animators. Creativity comes from time and financial safety.

Technology has advanced so much and yet, the peak of cinema is still 1999, from every point of view.

@CinemaScene404 This film is harrowing. unnamed Middle-East. She has a child with a man from another religion. She marks the child with a 3 dots tat. The child is taken away, her man killed. She joins the rebels. The child is trained to be a torturer, he will rape his own mother in prison.

People who understand the context of this scene will never see the world the same way again.

@itsme_urstruly Talk less, Listen and observe more . Fools who run their mouths off look unhinged.

What’s a “cheat code” you discovered in real life that actually works?

@Enezator If you want to see badass fights by female warriors - really good for animation and illustration references: instagram.com/aurelia_agel/

@Enezator That's Aurelia Agel, one of the best stuntwoman in Hollywood. She's the double for most of the badass female characters. With her boyfriend (the blong guy at the beginning) they do a lot of these vids to play up fights choreo.

This tough woman did not forgive you for touching her

@drctmglesss2 @Enezator In a public gym yes. They do these choreo in their own gym. Her boyfriend is a trainer for other stuntmen so all these videos are made in their own gym studio for professional stuntmen.

@StephBore @Enezator In real life both would get arrested and banned from the gym.

@joenatoli The first edition is my bible, always on my desk even as a seasoned designer. what changes were made? I’m wondering if I should buy it.

Weighing in at a hefty 294 pages, I am proud to report that Leah Buley and my 2nd Edition of THE USER EXPERIENCE TEAM OF ONE is indeed a no-stone-unturned survival guide for #UX and #ProductDesign practitioners of all kinds. I'm going to put my humility aside, friends and say this: if you're just starting out or are transitioning from another industry, I've got two words START HERE. There is simply no better, clearer, simpler or more practical guide to all you need to know about this job. That was true of Leah's original release a decade ago — and I've done my level best to make sure it's absolutely true now, after ten years of seismic changes in all we do — and all the ways we do it. But don't take my word for it: “A practical, honest, and incredibly approachable handbook for UX designers to build support, get off the ground, and make a noticeable impact as a UX team of one. Highly recommended!” – Vitaly Friedman, founder of Smashing Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “...a must-read for anyone in design, whether you are just starting out or are an experienced product designer trying to push your organization forward. This book is packed with practical approaches that will help your organization, no matter the size, deliver significant impact through design.” — Andy Vitale, Chief Design Officer at Constant Contact, speaker, educator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Joe is one of our community’s most prolific UX voices and contributors, and this new edition reflects his deep expertise and generosity. Were time travel real, I’d gift this to my past self.” — Amy Santee, career strategist and coach for UX professionals” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “It’s always been one of the best books on UX, and this excellent new edition brings it up-to- date with the dramatically changed UX landscape.” – Steve Krug, author of Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Leah and Joe successfully deliver a rich compendium that balances the concrete with the intuition necessary for making a real impact.” – Kevin Bethune, founder of dreams•design+life and author of Reimagining Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Sets you up for success with great advice on everything from choosing the right battles to exercising influence remotely.” – Cyd Harrell, author of A Civic Technologist’s Practice Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Essential... This book explains how to approach a problem, what tool you should use, and why you’re doing what you’re doing.” – Isaac Gertman, chair, Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whether you're an actual team of one or just someone looking for a simpler, smarter, better way...this is it: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-user…

@realEstateTrent Saving trick from old times: Batch cooking in the weekend then unfreeze blocks for meal times during the week. Also, if the kids are old enough: make them make an easy to put together meal :) - e.g burgers, pizza... They'll feel empowered and there's less work for you.

Been chatting with my wife about an issue I want to solve, but am a bit stumped -- so thought I would ask the question here, and maybe get some ideas: We both work full-time, and have two young kids at home. Our nanny leaves at 5pm, and then I get home a bit after that. We play with the kids for about an hour (while my wife makes them dinner), have dinner, and then we each give one of them a bath, and help put them to bed. By then it's around 7pm, we're both completely exhausted. We would like nothing more than to enjoy some downtime the rest of the night after a long day, but the work is just beginning. The kitchen and dining areas are now a mess from dinner, the dishes need to be done, and food needs to be prepared for the kids for the next day. By the time all of it is done, it's after 9pm, we are beyond exhausted, and the day is essentially over. We have a cleaner that comes to the house twice a week, but of course wraps up well before 6pm. What do other people do to solve this issue? How do you win back your free time after the kids go do bed, without leaving a mess overnight and ensuring they have food ready for the next day?

@nic_carter ... and here's the difference : the left thinks in systems and understand the knockdown effect of AI at large (depletion of ressources, mental atrophy...) while people on the "right" are into easy and cheap self-serve. You won't go anywhere by yourself if the whole ship sinks.

i've noticed a weird aversion to using AI on the left. not sure if it's a climate or an IP thing or what, but it seems like a massive self-own to deduct yourself 30+ points of IQ because you don't like the tech

@Spartakussug You’re incredibly blind to the reality of women‘s networking and socialisation patterns. The only women beyond 40 who feel lonely are the ones whose lives revolves entirely around their husband or children. Co-dependency is unhealthy, whatever the gender.

Yes but it’s theirs. In their name. On their terms. In their bed. With security. With their money. All these other things society foists on them aren’t critical. Or if they were, society would have told them to achieve them. Let them age in peace. And cry if they want to.

@itsme_urstruly I stopped my unconscious self-blaming. I would blame myself for not being on top of things, not good enough etc…etc… all that was wasting my energy and I resented going about my day. Things change when I tuned it off and focused the energy saved forward.

People who used to feel tired and fatigued all the time but now feel full of energy, what needed to change? what did you do?