🕷️ Design advocate @zeroheight.com 🫠 Noise maker in @brutalligators.bsky.social 🦄 they/them lurkmoophy.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mll4t7itck23We're hiring another design advocate - https://apply.workable.com/zeroheight/j/A9AD6B1FE7/ If you're looking for a role where you get to write about design systems, talk about design systems, tinker with design systems stuff, and team up with other companies to do some cool shit around AI and design systems... 👀11 May 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll4t7itck23https://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mlkycammhk23CONVERGE IS HAPPENING AGAIN! Can't remember if I've already posted about it, but get your tickets to the Best* Design Systems Conference. converge.zeroheight.com *As confirmed by me, and I am completely unbiased. https://converge.zeroheight.com/11 May 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkycammhk23https://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mlj3iitgcc2hIn Berlin for the weekend next week... Who do I know in Berlin who wants a coffee or a drink? Also, Berlin recs please!10 May 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj3iitgcc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mlftcahgfs2mDid the guardian forget to put the title of the article on this page? 😅🤔 kind of love the mid-read graphic break…09 May 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlftcahgfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mlddnujjh22uOn the plus side, @futureteens.bsky.social have a new album out and it's great, so at least there's that https://open.spotify.com/album/2ghxbtWUK4TG3YvCahRsUO?si=DKkUmVwiTHOU_SpF5c4RLA08 May 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlddnujjh22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mldcz5xohk2uBut even then, it makes me think whether there needs to be a real push over the next 2 years for tactical voting again. Even though Labour have genuinely been terrible, would you prefer another Labour government than Reform in power?08 May 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldcz5xohk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mldcvndv6c2uIt's pretty demoralising to think that one of the best chances we have is Reform winning more councils, completely fucking it up from a governance point of view, and showing they're not ready for national leadership. But it even feels like people might not care about that.08 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldcvndv6c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mldcswqohk2uBut for the next GE (I mean, there's still potentially 2-3 years, and a lot can happen), I'm genuinely worried that the centre and left are too divided and split to cause anything other than Reform winning loads of seats, even if they only do it with low percentages.08 May 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldcswqohk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mldciu5csk2uCan this country please get its shit together? It still baffles me that FPTP has maintained in this country, because it's seriously fucking everything right now.08 May 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldciu5csk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mld4h4cmwc2gHeard the best euphemism yesterday: “my grandad would spend all his time polishing his purple Peugeot”08 May 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld4h4cmwc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mlaoiennos26TIL that the word ‘hussy’ originated from the word ‘housewife’. It went from housewife to meaning a ‘pert girl’ to an immoral or immodest woman. Yet another great example of misogyny screwing language.07 May 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaoiennos26https://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3ml6cyxlpws2xTrying to build a scraper to get a curated list of gigs that are happening in the UK based on an artist list, venues and promoters and GOD IT'S HARD. Bandsintown and Songkick don't provide public APIs anymore so it feels like the only option is to set up some extremely fragile and awful scrapers 🫠06 May 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6cyxlpws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3ml65f6iyr224I forgot my headphones at the gym. Pray for me.06 May 2026 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml65f6iyr224https://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3ml2co3z4l22aYou know what? Apples are great.04 May 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2co3z4l22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mkrqblfcxc2dSharing this album with anyone I get the chance to. Neighbourhood Kids were one of my big finds of last year. Old-school hip-hop from indigenous voices in the US. It slaps so hard. https://open.spotify.com/album/65H4m6SO4feP5j1jQTadEO?si=t927q1gOR4WSWLTesIrmgA01 May 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrqblfcxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mkphnd3abk2dGod I hate tailwind30 Apr 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkphnd3abk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mkpcdv4p7s2dAnd while we're there, some more candidates for Bruts tees...30 Apr 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpcdv4p7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mkpcaqbgr22dDid some old school photoshop editing to create these two monstrosities for potential Brutalligators tees coming up. How terrible/great was 80s-early 00s poster design...30 Apr 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpcaqbgr22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mknbdnsatk2dI've got a "fun" little css problem. I have a line of text, and I want to have these pixel hashes after the text, but fill the container. The problem is I want it to fill it at all browser widths. I attempted this with flex and used the repeating svg as a background, but no dice. Anyone know how?29 Apr 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknbdnsatk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mkmmtj53rs2dThis. This is exactly what's going to happen. So be careful if you're using this shit for essential stuff that you run because it's going to get mega expensive in the next couple of years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmmtj53rs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mklddt4gac2wTIL that one of the founders of Grind coffee used to be in Bodyrockers, who made this absolute ridiculous slice of 00s Australian electro https://open.spotify.com/track/0reKGVcWLVvl1FzjZ6TACy?si=ZoWqIFjQQV-BInZ_dLbesw28 Apr 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklddt4gac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mkfluyyvqs2rFor musical fans highly recommend Kimberly Akimbo, which is getting its UK debut at Hampstead Theatre in August. Super heartwarming, sad and funny musical. Don’t miss it https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2026/kimberly-akimbo/ https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2026/kimberly-akimbo/?fbclid=IwZnRzaARa6XBleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAZM_qoBNHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6LmO0ZeiaOpfbxHeHLWGReGgW49ZkY0qDw1k_x5HmGLvY_bBBXtUsAWRAEpw_aem_IJb4LEz6gb0zNRdlLvp2oA&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=6596741996844&utm_content=6927756400844&utm_term=6708321587644&utm_campaign=659674199684426 Apr 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfluyyvqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mk5s4lrv6c2yAdded to the "discourse" about how design systems are more than components, and Claude Design ain't helping convince people otherwise... https://zeroheight.com/blog/ai-is-coming-for-the-wrong-half-of-your-design-system/23 Apr 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5s4lrv6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mk2zin4kkk2yLove that our second top listener on lastfm is 'a sad gay'22 Apr 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2zin4kkk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mk2yqarr4s2ySaw Avenue Q last night and it's still great. They haven't updated much (just some references). I thought it would feel too on the nose and problematic in 2026, but surprisingly still sits on that edge pretty well.22 Apr 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2yqarr4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lurkmoophy.bsky.social/post/3mjz4tpanrc2s@soysaucechin.bsky.social and I are back on our DS WTF bullshit tomorrow and talking about DESIGN SYSTEM MANDATES. Do you actually need one? Is it important? And if you do, how do you go about getting one? Tomorrow at 4pm BST / 8am PT / 11am ET. Let's go. https://webinars.zeroheight.com/register/zeroheight-design-systems-wtf-53-is-a-design-system-mandate-worth-fighting-for21 Apr 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:arc2fdisqfdowq675dkndl6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz4tpanrc2s