Raised gifted; non-practicing. If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it. 🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtkqisipus2f"butterscotch pudding?" that's 3 of my favorite things!!21 Aug 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkqisipus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtkpqvruik2fBsky was the only time I got in on the ground floor for anything, and all I got out of it was Alf hog and this recipe for cookies made with pudding mix21 Aug 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkpqvruik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtkpg6tdwc2fOne of the evergreen UX articles of all time [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkpg6tdwc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtkntfrzwk2fVillains are always saying shit like "how do you know that your mentor isn't really the evil one, while I am the good one" Well for one, my mentor's mansion is named something like Restinghome or Niceborough while yours is the Terror Fortress of the Deathbastard21 Aug 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkntfrzwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtkn5oxjzk2fThe Hysterical Jesus: A Study of Joke-telling in the Roman Levant21 Aug 2026 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkn5oxjzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3lo2ai4suk22sStandardizing English spellings (catalog vs catalogue edition): 🇺🇸 fog 🇬🇧 fogue 🇺🇸 frog 🇬🇧 frogue 🇺🇸 hedgehog 🇬🇧 hedgehogue 🇺🇸 morg 🇬🇧 morgue 🇺🇸 tong 🇬🇧 tongue 🇺🇸 vog 🇬🇧 vogue 🇺🇸 fug 🇬🇧 fugue 🇺🇸 rog 🇬🇧 rogue 🇺🇸 vag 🇬🇧 vague30 Apr 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2ai4suk22shttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3lye34hsu3c24"more like operational FART!" I holler, driving my panzer away from my supply lines at top speed08 Sep 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lye34hsu3c24https://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtkk37t3gc2fApple's only meaningful innovation over the past 10 years was a wireless earbud that deliberately got rid of the feature of other wireless earbuds that prevented them from getting lost21 Aug 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkk37t3gc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjym6ngt22fAirgapping my secure PC by switching its internet connection to wifi20 Aug 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjym6ngt22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjm3pxqe22lThe same story is now playing out again across UX organizations, who are defunding any centralized synthesis driving a shared consensus of reality in favor of "democratizing research" so that every PM can cook up a survey proving their pet idea right [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjm3pxqe22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjlcy55fc2fEven AI boosters are sounding the alarm on how much damage one idiot can do to the codebase with Claude. But they're still hung up on "the way *I* use it is fine, but..." There is no but. Boosting AI means boosting the entire AI project, which is ideologically aligned against notions of "quality". https://blog.florianherrengt.com/ai-removing-middle-class-software-engineering.html?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content20 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjlcy55fc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjkws34lk2fWell I wouldn't say it's *mandatory*. But you do have to do it.20 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjkws34lk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjjvdytns2fAh, I see the problem. The CPA who did my taxes this year was a Certified Party Animal20 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjjvdytns2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjdvxbiys2kI love herbal tea, call me Chamomiley Cyrus20 Aug 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjdvxbiys2khttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtjbniaapk2fIn the One Piece universe, the middle initial D indicates a person with powerful abilities. Gol D. Roger. Monkey D. Luffy. Portable D. Format.20 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjbniaapk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtj7ryhfw22fLet me introduce the crew. *points to enormous muscular guy.* This is Big Dog, we call him that because he's huge, ha ha! *points to slim average looking guy* and this is Medium Dog. I'm sure you can guess why! That's right — he communes with the spirits of the departed20 Aug 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj7ryhfw22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtickalbos2fThey can never do an Avatar series with more modern technology than Korra, because waterbending can be used to moderate heavy water nuclear reactors and rule the world with an atomic fist20 Aug 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtickalbos2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtibrq5tls2fIn an emergency, my team is trained to deploy the Post Protocol, deploying my entire drafts folder all at once in order to disorient and overwhelm any adversary20 Aug 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtibrq5tls2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mthuv5ovgc2hBetween this and politicians chaining their campaigns to data centers that ~everybody hates, it appears that reading the room is truly a dead art [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthuv5ovgc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mthsuuud3k2hAdblocking my liege so that I can't see the banners with the call to arms [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthsuuud3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtgqfjythc2mYou can only get sharp insights like this from the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading, England. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgqfjythc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtgpedw76s2m"If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?" Yeah, of course. It would be fine: everyone else would cushion my fall.19 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgpedw76s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtfr6j4tjk2mVampires can actually go out in the sunlight with no problem. As a feudal aristocrat, Dracula was simply terrified of getting a tan, and therefore resembling a poor person.19 Aug 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfr6j4tjk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mtfql45xec2mBluesky community notes would be incredible. All the notes would be like "this post is a distraction from the ORANGE CHEETO in the White House!!!" and have 16,000 votes from resister bots19 Aug 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:o7xt7svg2xtjbb4e2xqahqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfql45xec2m