Derek Kın̈sman
@derekkinsman.com
He/him. Rude mechanical. Award losing maker of things. Social impact tech director. Fan of guillotines. Settler Canadian living on the ancestral homelands and traditional territory of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples (Guelph, ON).
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Derek Kın̈sman
@derekkinsman.com
· May 18
June 30, 2008 – May 18, 2025.
We said goodbye to Buckley this morning. I don’t know when the correct words will leave my throat, they are stuck there. Certainly not today.
We said goodbye to Buckley this morning. I don’t know when the correct words will leave my throat, they are stuck there. Certainly not today.
Me: watches the movie “Together” very much by myself. And also in the dark.
Also me:
Also me:
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Me: watches the movie “Together” very much by myself. And also in the dark.
Also me:
Also me:
This was a fun one to design. Yes, the design inspiration is extremely on the nose. No, there is nothing spooky in this issue.
Find tricks and treats galore in this month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly, including @jhensliterature.bsky.social on myhouse.wad, @orringrey.com on Sepulchre, and our regular crew on all things spooky.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This was a fun one to design. Yes, the design inspiration is extremely on the nose. No, there is nothing spooky in this issue.
Me: sees a new email from @themountaingoats.bsky.social about 20th anniversary Sunset Tree merch.
Me: clicks link.
Bandcamp: sold out.
Me, sad, but also a fan of limited edition things and knows the drill: daaang, that was fast.
Me: clicks link.
Bandcamp: sold out.
Me, sad, but also a fan of limited edition things and knows the drill: daaang, that was fast.
October 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Me: sees a new email from @themountaingoats.bsky.social about 20th anniversary Sunset Tree merch.
Me: clicks link.
Bandcamp: sold out.
Me, sad, but also a fan of limited edition things and knows the drill: daaang, that was fast.
Me: clicks link.
Bandcamp: sold out.
Me, sad, but also a fan of limited edition things and knows the drill: daaang, that was fast.
New Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe album is pure ambient heaven (the first two in the collaboration, Luminal, and Lateral, are also stellar). brianeno.lnk.to/Liminal
Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe - Liminal
Listen to Liminal by Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe.
brianeno.lnk.to
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe album is pure ambient heaven (the first two in the collaboration, Luminal, and Lateral, are also stellar). brianeno.lnk.to/Liminal
Heya friends, I lost my job this morning and am back on the market. If you’re in need of a Canadian tech director I’d love to chat. ❤️ www.linkedin.com/in/derekkins...
Derek J. Kinsman - Unwinnable | LinkedIn
Creative developer, designer, researcher, strategist, and prototyper with over a decade… · Experience: Unwinnable · Location: Guelph · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Derek J. Kinsman’s profile on ...
www.linkedin.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Heya friends, I lost my job this morning and am back on the market. If you’re in need of a Canadian tech director I’d love to chat. ❤️ www.linkedin.com/in/derekkins...
Rest in power. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News
Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.
www.cbc.ca
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rest in power. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
Reposted by Derek Kın̈sman
Persuade your co-workers, harass your bosses, this train leaves the station tonight!
🚂 🐦📊🚃
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The autumn evening cohort for Binoculars to Binomials starts Thursday.
Which means you have a little over 48 hours to jump on board!
Get to know your local birds, learn some fun approaches to data viz, and... completely rewire your 🧠?
jerthorp.me/learning
Which means you have a little over 48 hours to jump on board!
Get to know your local birds, learn some fun approaches to data viz, and... completely rewire your 🧠?
jerthorp.me/learning
September 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Persuade your co-workers, harass your bosses, this train leaves the station tonight!
🚂 🐦📊🚃
🚂 🐦📊🚃
GF: what’s all this Final Fantasy Remake thirst trap stuff on your computer?
Me: babe, it’s for @unwinnable.com. I promise. Babe. Babe.
GF: [fading footsteps]
Me: babe, it’s for @unwinnable.com. I promise. Babe. Babe.
GF: [fading footsteps]
We reached the 100 new subscribers we needed to unlock a Final Fantasy and politics issue for you folks! We'll start production soon with the goal of publishing it in early 2026.
Thank you SO much for all of your help with this drive! We couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you SO much for all of your help with this drive! We couldn't have done it without you.
September 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
GF: what’s all this Final Fantasy Remake thirst trap stuff on your computer?
Me: babe, it’s for @unwinnable.com. I promise. Babe. Babe.
GF: [fading footsteps]
Me: babe, it’s for @unwinnable.com. I promise. Babe. Babe.
GF: [fading footsteps]
Reacher: the early adventures of young Norm Scully is a great Brooklyn Nine Nine prequel.
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Reacher: the early adventures of young Norm Scully is a great Brooklyn Nine Nine prequel.
Ah dang. Rest in power. 😢 www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene dead at 73 | CBC News
Graham Greene, an Oneida actor from the Six Nations of Grand River in Ontario who was Oscar-nominated for his role in Dances With Wolves, died Monday in Stratford, Ont., at the age of 73.
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Ah dang. Rest in power. 😢 www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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This was made quicker and better than the original vibes-only slop.
This was made quicker and better than the original vibes-only slop.
When it takes a good engineer two days to recreate an accessible version "design studio" that DOGE people are extolling, you know the "design studio" sucks.
May I present to you americabydesign.fail
May I present to you americabydesign.fail
America by Design Fail
Trump fired the best designers in the Federal Government
americabydesign.fail
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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This was made quicker and better than the original vibes-only slop.
This was made quicker and better than the original vibes-only slop.
Hey US friends, I know doing surveys is your most favourite thing, but this one is very important.
It would be very cool if people who a) like the idea of free online tax filing that is not a bait-and-switch from a private vendor and b) support an innovative tool that users loved, would respond to these surveys.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
August 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey US friends, I know doing surveys is your most favourite thing, but this one is very important.
This lil duder has just been chirping all day. I can’t tell if it’s reciting some sort of epic poetry — the Iliad of his kind — to the other small creatures, or if he’s out here drumming up a rebellion. Either way I put some nuts out. Gotta support the arts and/or the uprising.
August 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This lil duder has just been chirping all day. I can’t tell if it’s reciting some sort of epic poetry — the Iliad of his kind — to the other small creatures, or if he’s out here drumming up a rebellion. Either way I put some nuts out. Gotta support the arts and/or the uprising.
My favourite thing about this post is that we now have a name for AI users: Sloppers.
August 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My favourite thing about this post is that we now have a name for AI users: Sloppers.
New art for the art collection.
August 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
New art for the art collection.
1) Watch this video.
2) Sign up for @jerthorp.bsky.social's next Binoculars to Binomials workshop.
3) Get rich (emotionally rich, not rich in a capitalist sense, because there's nothing better than geeking out about birds).
2) Sign up for @jerthorp.bsky.social's next Binoculars to Binomials workshop.
3) Get rich (emotionally rich, not rich in a capitalist sense, because there's nothing better than geeking out about birds).
New doc releases today!
- Ultrasonic recording of a starling that can record and playback virtually any sound
- Analyzing incredible slowed-down bird songs
- Showing you how to do this (and way more) on the cheap
youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
- Ultrasonic recording of a starling that can record and playback virtually any sound
- Analyzing incredible slowed-down bird songs
- Showing you how to do this (and way more) on the cheap
youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
1) Watch this video.
2) Sign up for @jerthorp.bsky.social's next Binoculars to Binomials workshop.
3) Get rich (emotionally rich, not rich in a capitalist sense, because there's nothing better than geeking out about birds).
2) Sign up for @jerthorp.bsky.social's next Binoculars to Binomials workshop.
3) Get rich (emotionally rich, not rich in a capitalist sense, because there's nothing better than geeking out about birds).
It is wild that in 2025 the best we can do for carpal tunnel & other nerve compression injuries from repetitive strain is major surgery or dozens of different pseudoscience pretend therapies. Have you tried this fingerless mitten that is slightly too small but makes your hand mildly warmer?
July 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It is wild that in 2025 the best we can do for carpal tunnel & other nerve compression injuries from repetitive strain is major surgery or dozens of different pseudoscience pretend therapies. Have you tried this fingerless mitten that is slightly too small but makes your hand mildly warmer?
And you can force me into doing Final Fantasy inspired layout.
You can do this. You can make everyone write about Final Fantasy
We're at 58 of 100 subscribers to meet our Final Fantasy/politics issue campaign goal! Once we hit 100 new Unwinnable Monthly subscribers, we'll put that theme on the docket. We won't stop posting mostly related images until we get there, so get subscribing: unwinnable.com/subscribe/
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
And you can force me into doing Final Fantasy inspired layout.
It me! I look forward to spamming @guelph.ca with Canada Goose appreciation zines. Will have extras to pop in the mail as well.
(if you're interested in data viz, ecology, creative coding, observational practice…and birds, BtB is a great, chill workshop worth taking. Highly recommend)
(if you're interested in data viz, ecology, creative coding, observational practice…and birds, BtB is a great, chill workshop worth taking. Highly recommend)
I love these very lo-fi zines that @derekkinsman.com made for my Binoculars to Binomials course!
Canada Geese are the punkest rock of birds.
This was for an assignment about bringing data out into public spaces. Derek is printing 50 of these and distributing them around Guelph.
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Canada Geese are the punkest rock of birds.
This was for an assignment about bringing data out into public spaces. Derek is printing 50 of these and distributing them around Guelph.
🪶📊
July 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It me! I look forward to spamming @guelph.ca with Canada Goose appreciation zines. Will have extras to pop in the mail as well.
(if you're interested in data viz, ecology, creative coding, observational practice…and birds, BtB is a great, chill workshop worth taking. Highly recommend)
(if you're interested in data viz, ecology, creative coding, observational practice…and birds, BtB is a great, chill workshop worth taking. Highly recommend)
It's only theft if it comes from the theft region of France. Otherwise it's just late stage venture capitalism.
NEW: In 2023, a high-profile group of authors sued Meta, alleging that the company had infringed on their copyright by training LLMs on their work. Today, Meta scored a major victory as a federal judge ruled that the company did not violate the law.
Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case—but There’s a Catch
A federal judge ruled that Meta did not violate the law when it trained its AI models on 13 authors' books.
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It's only theft if it comes from the theft region of France. Otherwise it's just late stage venture capitalism.
Happy decade of this absolute banger existing to all those who celebrate.
First time I’ve listened to this album straight through in a good long while and it is just perfect front to back.
First time I’ve listened to this album straight through in a good long while and it is just perfect front to back.
June 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy decade of this absolute banger existing to all those who celebrate.
First time I’ve listened to this album straight through in a good long while and it is just perfect front to back.
First time I’ve listened to this album straight through in a good long while and it is just perfect front to back.
Woah. One of my favourite indie rpg shops now stocks my lil zine. That’s neat. Also, this thread is a real danger to your wallet (but scroll it anyways). So many amazing things from the coolest makers.
For our anthro pals to try
solo: Brambletrek by @crossedpaths.co.uk (as a brave mouse in a big forest)
duet: Badger+Coyote To-Go by @pandiongames.com (our fave animal friends, travel-size)
multi: In the Light of a Faded World by @derekkinsman.com (post-apocalyptic, post-humans life for critters)
solo: Brambletrek by @crossedpaths.co.uk (as a brave mouse in a big forest)
duet: Badger+Coyote To-Go by @pandiongames.com (our fave animal friends, travel-size)
multi: In the Light of a Faded World by @derekkinsman.com (post-apocalyptic, post-humans life for critters)
June 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Woah. One of my favourite indie rpg shops now stocks my lil zine. That’s neat. Also, this thread is a real danger to your wallet (but scroll it anyways). So many amazing things from the coolest makers.
I love spending my day reading job applications—for very senior level positions—that were all written by ChatGPT. It's just the best.
the word schitts creek that is on a woman 's face
Alt: Alexa Rose, rubs her eyes in frustration.
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I love spending my day reading job applications—for very senior level positions—that were all written by ChatGPT. It's just the best.
I guess Disney realized the art-theft machines they rely on were art-thefting their art.
June 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I guess Disney realized the art-theft machines they rely on were art-thefting their art.