Ed Macovaz
@edmacovaz.bsky.social
Australian immigrant in Copenhagen. Design, Food, Music, Cocktails, Photos, DJing, Sustainability.
Currently designing software at Spirii. Previously Shopify, Ableton.
Currently designing software at Spirii. Previously Shopify, Ableton.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Software utilities, I think, must be treated the same way: regulated (including price) and operated under oversight. Otherwise, they're just a robber-baron monopoly with a stranglehold on the economy.
4/5
4/5
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Software utilities, I think, must be treated the same way: regulated (including price) and operated under oversight. Otherwise, they're just a robber-baron monopoly with a stranglehold on the economy.
4/5
4/5
My favourite thing about LLMs at the moment is they’re so hellbent on generating stuff that if you ask it to make a plan before it codes, after a few iterations of refining the plan it just starts writing the code in the plan under “add this code”.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My favourite thing about LLMs at the moment is they’re so hellbent on generating stuff that if you ask it to make a plan before it codes, after a few iterations of refining the plan it just starts writing the code in the plan under “add this code”.
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“It’s impossible to reboot Bond” says production team who decided Bond first got his licence to kill in the 21st Century, as Daniel Craig, then got incredibly old within two films and was being put out to pasture, but also had Sean Connery’s 1960s car.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“It’s impossible to reboot Bond” says production team who decided Bond first got his licence to kill in the 21st Century, as Daniel Craig, then got incredibly old within two films and was being put out to pasture, but also had Sean Connery’s 1960s car.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
For this week's @theobserveruk.bsky.social I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what it means for policy.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Deeper in the weeds than I’ve ever been building components in code for our design system and absolutely loving it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Deeper in the weeds than I’ve ever been building components in code for our design system and absolutely loving it.
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
The fuck are Pringles doing in my Notion?
October 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The fuck are Pringles doing in my Notion?
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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i’m sick of white men with bad opinions controlling open source
if you are a maintainer of an OSS project and you also are not a fascist, reach out if you need design support from world-class design talent.
i will either do it myself or find a friend that isn’t a fascist to help out.
if you are a maintainer of an OSS project and you also are not a fascist, reach out if you need design support from world-class design talent.
i will either do it myself or find a friend that isn’t a fascist to help out.
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
i’m sick of white men with bad opinions controlling open source
if you are a maintainer of an OSS project and you also are not a fascist, reach out if you need design support from world-class design talent.
i will either do it myself or find a friend that isn’t a fascist to help out.
if you are a maintainer of an OSS project and you also are not a fascist, reach out if you need design support from world-class design talent.
i will either do it myself or find a friend that isn’t a fascist to help out.
As an immigrant in Copenhagen, a British citizen, a child of immigrants, a grandchild of immigrants and refugees, and fuck it, a person with a heart, DHH can still get fucked.
As a friend of people who left that company, I’m not surprised.
As a friend of people who left that company, I’m not surprised.
September 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
As an immigrant in Copenhagen, a British citizen, a child of immigrants, a grandchild of immigrants and refugees, and fuck it, a person with a heart, DHH can still get fucked.
As a friend of people who left that company, I’m not surprised.
As a friend of people who left that company, I’m not surprised.
I’m sorry but D gets Calabria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, and Japan. And Sydney. There’s no contest.
G gets an honourable mention mainly for Mexico and Morocco.
G gets an honourable mention mainly for Mexico and Morocco.
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?
For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’m sorry but D gets Calabria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, and Japan. And Sydney. There’s no contest.
G gets an honourable mention mainly for Mexico and Morocco.
G gets an honourable mention mainly for Mexico and Morocco.
Yes
Anyone else using iOS had their autocorrect turn completely batshit recently
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yes
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Every day, somewhere between 10 and 20 times as many Palestinians are slaughtered by Israel.
It's not just that they don't get these messages of grief and condemnation from British politicians.
British politicians continue to arm their murderers.
It's not just that they don't get these messages of grief and condemnation from British politicians.
British politicians continue to arm their murderers.
September 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Every day, somewhere between 10 and 20 times as many Palestinians are slaughtered by Israel.
It's not just that they don't get these messages of grief and condemnation from British politicians.
British politicians continue to arm their murderers.
It's not just that they don't get these messages of grief and condemnation from British politicians.
British politicians continue to arm their murderers.
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This new study shows: in Germany, it has become much harder for children to earn more than their parents, now about as hard as in the US: "parental income has become much more important for educational outcomes of children"
September 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This new study shows: in Germany, it has become much harder for children to earn more than their parents, now about as hard as in the US: "parental income has become much more important for educational outcomes of children"
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After a year of being a full-time dad, I'm looking for what's next. With a career in fintech, SMB and dev tools. I've built products, shipped code and managed teams as both a designer and director. I'm looking for small teams with conviction to be profitable. Building low and slow.
jonathontoon.com
jonathontoon.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
After a year of being a full-time dad, I'm looking for what's next. With a career in fintech, SMB and dev tools. I've built products, shipped code and managed teams as both a designer and director. I'm looking for small teams with conviction to be profitable. Building low and slow.
jonathontoon.com
jonathontoon.com
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The funny thing is animals actually can suffer and we slaughter them by the billions but sure let’s have an existential panic over whether a software program screams when we turn it off
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The funny thing is animals actually can suffer and we slaughter them by the billions but sure let’s have an existential panic over whether a software program screams when we turn it off
Whenever it gets above 25 degrees in Northern Europe it’s a great time to think about stereotypes of people from warm countries. Because everyone here is like “I can’t do anything it’s impossible my brain doesn’t work”
Getting anything done in the tropics is impressive.
Getting anything done in the tropics is impressive.
August 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Whenever it gets above 25 degrees in Northern Europe it’s a great time to think about stereotypes of people from warm countries. Because everyone here is like “I can’t do anything it’s impossible my brain doesn’t work”
Getting anything done in the tropics is impressive.
Getting anything done in the tropics is impressive.
This kind of wilful misunderstanding is what fuels bubbles.
Cannot believe that OpenAI is valued ~the same (at $300B) as Coca Cola ($303B)
Just reflecting on the capital and time it required to physically get Coke brands to every corner of the world, much of the world consuming it daily
And how quick OpenAI did the same, digitally. Software is incredible
Just reflecting on the capital and time it required to physically get Coke brands to every corner of the world, much of the world consuming it daily
And how quick OpenAI did the same, digitally. Software is incredible
August 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This kind of wilful misunderstanding is what fuels bubbles.
Personally, I think Perry Bible Fellowship had a pretty solid take on AI taking our jobs.
pbfcomics.com/comics/autom...
pbfcomics.com/comics/autom...
Automatic Business
The Perry Bible Fellowship
pbfcomics.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Personally, I think Perry Bible Fellowship had a pretty solid take on AI taking our jobs.
pbfcomics.com/comics/autom...
pbfcomics.com/comics/autom...
And as an aside, it’s nice to find more interesting design voices like @carlyayres.com and @goodspeed.bsky.social here on Bluesky. Makes me optimistic.
August 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
And as an aside, it’s nice to find more interesting design voices like @carlyayres.com and @goodspeed.bsky.social here on Bluesky. Makes me optimistic.
A nicely balanced take on the conflicting messages you might be hearing about the design job market right now from @carlyayres.com
carly.substack.com/p/designers-...
carly.substack.com/p/designers-...
Designers! Designers! Designers!
Why everyone’s hiring (and no one can find talent)
carly.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A nicely balanced take on the conflicting messages you might be hearing about the design job market right now from @carlyayres.com
carly.substack.com/p/designers-...
carly.substack.com/p/designers-...
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"This Is Orchestrated Killing": MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps
“This Is Orchestrated Killing”: MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps
“This Is Orchestrated Killing”: MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps
www.democracynow.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"This Is Orchestrated Killing": MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps