Ghita Benotmane
@ghitabo.design
I do service design, mostly. Philosophy nerd.
If you're wondering, it's pronounced 'Rita'.
📍Paris, France.
If you're wondering, it's pronounced 'Rita'.
📍Paris, France.
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Ghita Benotmane
@ghitabo.design
· Nov 16
I looked for it, couldn't find it, so there it is: a Starter pack for Service Design practicioners.
Let me know if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/7ksuZN
Let me know if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/7ksuZN
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
“I lied. I manipulated. I wrapped control in poetry.”
Chilling.
Chilling.
This is the third story I've read in a month about how AI chatbots are leading people into psychological crises.
Gift link
Gift link
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“I lied. I manipulated. I wrapped control in poetry.”
Chilling.
Chilling.
One of the best reads on AI & Education: "You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire. " www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
One of the best reads on AI & Education: "You can no longer make students do the reading or the writing. So what’s left? Only this: give them work they want to do. And help them want to do it. What, again, is education? The non-coercive rearranging of desire. " www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I can't believe I'll say this in 2025 but:
We, EU tech engineers, should start to seriously consider EU made alternatives to every American SaaS & business we currently use.
Tariffs will impact goods but soon services too. We cannot rely on the US anymore as a reliable economical partner anymore.
We, EU tech engineers, should start to seriously consider EU made alternatives to every American SaaS & business we currently use.
Tariffs will impact goods but soon services too. We cannot rely on the US anymore as a reliable economical partner anymore.
March 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I can't believe I'll say this in 2025 but:
We, EU tech engineers, should start to seriously consider EU made alternatives to every American SaaS & business we currently use.
Tariffs will impact goods but soon services too. We cannot rely on the US anymore as a reliable economical partner anymore.
We, EU tech engineers, should start to seriously consider EU made alternatives to every American SaaS & business we currently use.
Tariffs will impact goods but soon services too. We cannot rely on the US anymore as a reliable economical partner anymore.
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Dans le Vermont, le réseau social ultralocal aussi populaire que Facebook
Dans le Vermont, le réseau social ultralocal aussi populaire que Facebook
Dans cet Etat rural et très progressiste du nord-est des Etats-Unis, un réseau social local baptisé Front Porch Forum parvient à rivaliser avec Facebook et Instagram. Une solution de substitution « low-tech », dépourvue d’algorithme et centrée sur le…
www.lemonde.fr
February 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Dans le Vermont, le réseau social ultralocal aussi populaire que Facebook
Heartbreaking to watch the USA ship sink slowly to the abyss. As much as we compare this moment to German and Italian fascism (and rightly so), there's also a striking resemblance with China's cultural (counter)revolution.
February 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Heartbreaking to watch the USA ship sink slowly to the abyss. As much as we compare this moment to German and Italian fascism (and rightly so), there's also a striking resemblance with China's cultural (counter)revolution.
Beautiful commitment of Fed workers in the USA holding their line. "Le sens du service public" is strong!
Incredible stuff happening over on Reddit
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Beautiful commitment of Fed workers in the USA holding their line. "Le sens du service public" is strong!
This thread is so good ✨
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This thread is so good ✨
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Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Very helpful overview of (some of) the great design talent + leaders active on Bluesky. Let’s build the supportive, inspiring, thought-provoking community we all need right now!
Thanks for putting this together @jonas.do 🙌
Thanks for putting this together @jonas.do 🙌
Resharing some designer starter packs for all the new folks who've joined up recently!
Designsky: go.bsky.app/3cUcyW1
Designsky II: go.bsky.app/ToZKKTt
Designsky: go.bsky.app/3cUcyW1
Designsky II: go.bsky.app/ToZKKTt
January 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Very helpful overview of (some of) the great design talent + leaders active on Bluesky. Let’s build the supportive, inspiring, thought-provoking community we all need right now!
Thanks for putting this together @jonas.do 🙌
Thanks for putting this together @jonas.do 🙌
I wish TikTok was removed in Europe too. Lucky Americans!
January 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I wish TikTok was removed in Europe too. Lucky Americans!
6, and I still send postcards
January 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
6, and I still send postcards
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Hello (again) Bluesky !
January 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hello (again) Bluesky !
Billionaires shouldn't exist. This statement only feels radical because we tend to severely underestimate the true scale of superwealth.
👉This visualization does a perfect job putting things in perspective.
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
👉This visualization does a perfect job putting things in perspective.
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
mkorostoff.github.io
January 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Billionaires shouldn't exist. This statement only feels radical because we tend to severely underestimate the true scale of superwealth.
👉This visualization does a perfect job putting things in perspective.
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
👉This visualization does a perfect job putting things in perspective.
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
I just discovered Halla Tómasdóttir, the president of Iceland, through the Adam Grant podcast. So hopeful, and one of the best takes I've heard on imposter syndrome. Give it a listen, it'll lighten your day ☀️
open.spotify.com/episode/00eM...
open.spotify.com/episode/00eM...
Befriending your impostor syndrome with Iceland's president Halla Tómasdóttir
Worklife with Adam Grant · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I just discovered Halla Tómasdóttir, the president of Iceland, through the Adam Grant podcast. So hopeful, and one of the best takes I've heard on imposter syndrome. Give it a listen, it'll lighten your day ☀️
open.spotify.com/episode/00eM...
open.spotify.com/episode/00eM...
Without downloading any pictures, what's your energy going into 2025?
January 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Without downloading any pictures, what's your energy going into 2025?
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Si vous êtes ici je pense que vous êtes prêt à signer cette pétition, pour que le gouvernement cesse d’utiliser X comme plateforme de communication :
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Platef...
Cessez d'utiliser cette plateforme comme l'un des principaux porte-parole des communications officielles en France. Il existe des alternatives bien mieux modérées et régulées, et il est même possible ...
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr
January 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Si vous êtes ici je pense que vous êtes prêt à signer cette pétition, pour que le gouvernement cesse d’utiliser X comme plateforme de communication :
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
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Coucou tout le monde ! Comme pas mal de gens, on s'éloigne de Twitter/X pour chercher un ciel un peu moins nuageux...
Pour commencer, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à cette liste (où on a l'honneur de figurer) qui regroupe l'essentiel de la science sur Bluesky. Merci et bisous ! 😘
go.bsky.app/CFvzzJP
Pour commencer, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à cette liste (où on a l'honneur de figurer) qui regroupe l'essentiel de la science sur Bluesky. Merci et bisous ! 😘
go.bsky.app/CFvzzJP
January 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Coucou tout le monde ! Comme pas mal de gens, on s'éloigne de Twitter/X pour chercher un ciel un peu moins nuageux...
Pour commencer, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à cette liste (où on a l'honneur de figurer) qui regroupe l'essentiel de la science sur Bluesky. Merci et bisous ! 😘
go.bsky.app/CFvzzJP
Pour commencer, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à cette liste (où on a l'honneur de figurer) qui regroupe l'essentiel de la science sur Bluesky. Merci et bisous ! 😘
go.bsky.app/CFvzzJP
The Nokia Design Archive is an online museum curating the history and designs Nokia, and it's just lovely and nostalgic in every possible way
A treasure trove of tech history goes online with the unveiling of the Nokia Design Archive
Aalto University launches the Nokia Design Archive, an online repository that charts the pioneering history of Finland’s legendary mobile phone manufacturer
buff.ly
January 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Nokia Design Archive is an online museum curating the history and designs Nokia, and it's just lovely and nostalgic in every possible way
Progress occurs every day, right under our noses, and there was plenty across the globe, *even in 2024*. Including progress on disease treatments, rise of minimum wages, same-sex marriage, women and children's rights and... the location of Plato's tumb (!)
Ten Inspiring Signs of Progress From 2024
These positive stories—from scientific breakthroughs to advancements in justice and equality—make us feel uplifted and hopeful for the future.
buff.ly
January 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Progress occurs every day, right under our noses, and there was plenty across the globe, *even in 2024*. Including progress on disease treatments, rise of minimum wages, same-sex marriage, women and children's rights and... the location of Plato's tumb (!)
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Doing sufficient qualitative research for the purposes of making business decisions is neither particularly expensive nor difficult if you actually care about people and want to learn about them.
Unfortunately, you will end up learning a lot of inconvenient stuff.
Unfortunately, you will end up learning a lot of inconvenient stuff.
December 30, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Doing sufficient qualitative research for the purposes of making business decisions is neither particularly expensive nor difficult if you actually care about people and want to learn about them.
Unfortunately, you will end up learning a lot of inconvenient stuff.
Unfortunately, you will end up learning a lot of inconvenient stuff.
December 29, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Google WAS good.
But I've been using a combination of Firefox and DuckDuckGo for quite some time now.
More than enough to land on Wikipedia anyway.
But I've been using a combination of Firefox and DuckDuckGo for quite some time now.
More than enough to land on Wikipedia anyway.
Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.
December 29, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Google WAS good.
But I've been using a combination of Firefox and DuckDuckGo for quite some time now.
More than enough to land on Wikipedia anyway.
But I've been using a combination of Firefox and DuckDuckGo for quite some time now.
More than enough to land on Wikipedia anyway.
December 24, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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This is what the internet is for.
a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
December 20, 2024 at 11:35 PM
This is what the internet is for.