zeldman
@zeldman.bsky.social
Ava’s pa. OG blogger/designer. Automattician. Author, “Designing With Web Standards” &c. Founder, alistapart.com, happycog.com (emeritus), zeldman.com. R.I.P: webstandards.org, abookapart.com, An Event Apart. Former SVA MFA IXD faculty. zeldman.link
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There’s always a tweet.
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
There’s always a tweet.
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First post of the new year:
Before this year ends, I will resolve this, if only just to symbolically give the finger to every low-down, chiseling, extractive business in Christendom.
Cold Storage
Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
First post of the new year:
“When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York.” @theguardian.com @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #opinion #nyc #socialism
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #opinion #nyc #socialism
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
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January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York.” @theguardian.com @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #opinion #nyc #socialism
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #opinion #nyc #socialism
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pregnancy in many red states is now a life-threatening condition
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
pregnancy in many red states is now a life-threatening condition
Great idea. An open source Yahoo, so to speak.
I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information
In an age where AI slop websites have made entire categories of information difficult to find, what we need is Yahoo (or Dmoz): a human-curated list of reliable websites, organized by topic.
January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Great idea. An open source Yahoo, so to speak.
First thing we do when we escape this fascist nightmare: outlaw private equity.
January 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
First thing we do when we escape this fascist nightmare: outlaw private equity.
The dork who gave Musk this lousy idea is an old nemesis of mine. I have few enemies, and wouldn’t label even this dude an enemy—it would be making him far more consequential in my life than he’s been. Still. The way this one rotten idea fast-tracked Twitter’s enshittification is worth noting. 1/2
I still maintain the single worst change Elon made in terms of pure user experience was updating replies to favor the people willing to pay for the blue checks
instantly - overnight - reply sections changed from a font of creative riffing to a barren wasteland of the worst posts imaginable
instantly - overnight - reply sections changed from a font of creative riffing to a barren wasteland of the worst posts imaginable
I left twitter a year ago and I wish I could say it was for moral reasons but it was mostly because it just stopped working and it felt like there were more real people here despite the smaller user base
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The dork who gave Musk this lousy idea is an old nemesis of mine. I have few enemies, and wouldn’t label even this dude an enemy—it would be making him far more consequential in my life than he’s been. Still. The way this one rotten idea fast-tracked Twitter’s enshittification is worth noting. 1/2
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2008: America needs a president who can answer the phone at 3 am
2026: America has a president who wakes up at 3 am and threatens World War III
2026: America has a president who wakes up at 3 am and threatens World War III
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
2008: America needs a president who can answer the phone at 3 am
2026: America has a president who wakes up at 3 am and threatens World War III
2026: America has a president who wakes up at 3 am and threatens World War III
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The words “Locked and loaded” coming from the mouth of an unstable, manic man with access to weapons would trigger an immediate 72-hour psychiatric hold if his family brought him to an emergency room worried about the possibility of violence.
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The words “Locked and loaded” coming from the mouth of an unstable, manic man with access to weapons would trigger an immediate 72-hour psychiatric hold if his family brought him to an emergency room worried about the possibility of violence.
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Delete X. Get rid of it. The entire existence of that company has become an obscenity.
Child exploitation content on X/Twitter sharply increased under Musk, who not only abruptly disbanded the group of volunteer experts advising the platform on child safety, image exploitation, and other abuses in 2022, but tried to blame them for the company's CSAM problem www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1...
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Delete X. Get rid of it. The entire existence of that company has become an obscenity.
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Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like:
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
January 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like:
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
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A brilliant opening maneuver. Framing his predecessor's tenure as aberrant and illegitimate is both totally reasonable and creates room for radical change.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 AM
A brilliant opening maneuver. Framing his predecessor's tenure as aberrant and illegitimate is both totally reasonable and creates room for radical change.
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what I love about personal websites is how they are allowed to evolve organically without nonsense processes and sign off
I just removed a load of crap from mine that was no longer serving any purpose
and now the much needed redesign can begin (in iterations to make me feel something)
I just removed a load of crap from mine that was no longer serving any purpose
and now the much needed redesign can begin (in iterations to make me feel something)
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
what I love about personal websites is how they are allowed to evolve organically without nonsense processes and sign off
I just removed a load of crap from mine that was no longer serving any purpose
and now the much needed redesign can begin (in iterations to make me feel something)
I just removed a load of crap from mine that was no longer serving any purpose
and now the much needed redesign can begin (in iterations to make me feel something)
First post of the new year:
Before this year ends, I will resolve this, if only just to symbolically give the finger to every low-down, chiseling, extractive business in Christendom.
Cold Storage
Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.
zeldman.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
First post of the new year:
Before this year ends, I will resolve this, if only just to symbolically give the finger to every low-down, chiseling, extractive business in Christendom.
Cold Storage
Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.
zeldman.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Before this year ends, I will resolve this, if only just to symbolically give the finger to every low-down, chiseling, extractive business in Christendom.
Sitting on a Quest Diagnostics medical sample
Box in a deserted office hallway after arriving 25 minutes early for a physical therapy session; waiting for my PT to show up and unlock the office. Not complaining! It’s bitter cold in NYC today. Grateful I was able to slip into the building to wait.
Box in a deserted office hallway after arriving 25 minutes early for a physical therapy session; waiting for my PT to show up and unlock the office. Not complaining! It’s bitter cold in NYC today. Grateful I was able to slip into the building to wait.
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Sitting on a Quest Diagnostics medical sample
Box in a deserted office hallway after arriving 25 minutes early for a physical therapy session; waiting for my PT to show up and unlock the office. Not complaining! It’s bitter cold in NYC today. Grateful I was able to slip into the building to wait.
Box in a deserted office hallway after arriving 25 minutes early for a physical therapy session; waiting for my PT to show up and unlock the office. Not complaining! It’s bitter cold in NYC today. Grateful I was able to slip into the building to wait.
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
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drew a horse from imagination. is this what they look like
January 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
drew a horse from imagination. is this what they look like
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The worst year in one picture
January 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The worst year in one picture
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Find me the conservative parents with kids in daycare who would be okay with a group of anonymous men, some masked, some with cameras, being allowed without their permission into their kid’s daycare in the middle of the day to *film their kids*.
Find me one.
Find me one.
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Find me the conservative parents with kids in daycare who would be okay with a group of anonymous men, some masked, some with cameras, being allowed without their permission into their kid’s daycare in the middle of the day to *film their kids*.
Find me one.
Find me one.
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Happy 2026 /// Here’s to all the inspiration to come in the new year!
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
January 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Happy 2026 /// Here’s to all the inspiration to come in the new year!
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign