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.
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The beacons have been lit and Gondor calls for aid!
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The beacons have been lit and Gondor calls for aid!
Yeah. That seems about right.
December 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yeah. That seems about right.
Across 24 issues there is much excellent writing. There's a whole issue dedicated to being critical of GenAI. The cover art is wild. There's mention of Susanna Clarke, Lilo & Stitch, Monopoly, Zelda, cooking, butterflies, Godzilla, Buffy, Deftones, & more.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Across 24 issues there is much excellent writing. There's a whole issue dedicated to being critical of GenAI. The cover art is wild. There's mention of Susanna Clarke, Lilo & Stitch, Monopoly, Zelda, cooking, butterflies, Godzilla, Buffy, Deftones, & more.
Reposted by Derek Kın̈sman
There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now:
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now:
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
David said it out loud, so now it has to happen. If we get a hundo new @unwinnable.com subs before the new year, we'll add some romantasy fanfic to our upcoming Final Fantasy x Politics issue.
Please make me regert suggesting this idea, …daddy.
Please make me regert suggesting this idea, …daddy.
If we get 100 more subscribers between now and 12/31 @derekkinsman.com says we can add at least one romantasy fanfic story to @unwinnable.com's Final Fantasy x Politics issue.
You know what to do! Make him regret saying this!
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You know what to do! Make him regret saying this!
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December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
David said it out loud, so now it has to happen. If we get a hundo new @unwinnable.com subs before the new year, we'll add some romantasy fanfic to our upcoming Final Fantasy x Politics issue.
Please make me regert suggesting this idea, …daddy.
Please make me regert suggesting this idea, …daddy.
My favourite tournament bracket of the year just dropped.
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My favourite tournament bracket of the year just dropped.
I feel like @letterboxd.social has an opportunity to take over the Doomscrolling market by adding a few gamesy/mindless Tinder-style UX replacements to the mobile app. 1) Seen this movie? Y/N. 2) For not seen movies: wishlist? Y/N. 3) For seen movies: Liked? Y/N. And 4) For seen movies: Rating.
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I feel like @letterboxd.social has an opportunity to take over the Doomscrolling market by adding a few gamesy/mindless Tinder-style UX replacements to the mobile app. 1) Seen this movie? Y/N. 2) For not seen movies: wishlist? Y/N. 3) For seen movies: Liked? Y/N. And 4) For seen movies: Rating.
Any BC area friends wanna go throw rocks at U Vic for me? Maybe for yourself if there’s enough rocks?
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Any BC area friends wanna go throw rocks at U Vic for me? Maybe for yourself if there’s enough rocks?
I cannot deal with how good Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age looks. Framestore are doing next level vfx that are breaking my brain.
Also, the show is just as good as all the other nature documentaries of this style.
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Also, the show is just as good as all the other nature documentaries of this style.
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I cannot deal with how good Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age looks. Framestore are doing next level vfx that are breaking my brain.
Also, the show is just as good as all the other nature documentaries of this style.
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Also, the show is just as good as all the other nature documentaries of this style.
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Annual super secret secret government tracking device installation complete.
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Annual super secret secret government tracking device installation complete.
Adversarial Poetry is a thing I didn't know I needed in my life. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it worked 62% of the time
Hacking the planet with florid verse.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Adversarial Poetry is a thing I didn't know I needed in my life. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Benn Jordan’s spy camera sequel just dropped. Double the video. Double the cameras. Double the security risks. Double the surprises.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Benn Jordan’s spy camera sequel just dropped. Double the video. Double the cameras. Double the security risks. Double the surprises.
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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rest in power. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...
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Persuade your co-workers, harass your bosses, this train leaves the station tonight!
🚂 🐦📊🚃
🚂 🐦📊🚃
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.
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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.