Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ
@greynotgrey.is.helpful.fyi
Raconteur, bon-vivant, and man-about-town.
Teacher, media designer, légétébéqouis.
MTL QC CA 514-1312
Teacher, media designer, légétébéqouis.
MTL QC CA 514-1312
This horseshit doesn't happen on Mastodon. 'sayin.
Bluesky is a centralized corporate social platform regardless of what technical misdirection they attempt.
Bluesky is a centralized corporate social platform regardless of what technical misdirection they attempt.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This horseshit doesn't happen on Mastodon. 'sayin.
Bluesky is a centralized corporate social platform regardless of what technical misdirection they attempt.
Bluesky is a centralized corporate social platform regardless of what technical misdirection they attempt.
I ordered 2 used books on #cephalopods but got one book on cephalopods and a hardcover #Pogo songbook from the 50s full of big Walt Kelly drawings... it's not what I expected but I'm not complaining
#books #vintage
#books #vintage
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I ordered 2 used books on #cephalopods but got one book on cephalopods and a hardcover #Pogo songbook from the 50s full of big Walt Kelly drawings... it's not what I expected but I'm not complaining
#books #vintage
#books #vintage
I was drawing clown noses on all the election signs in the municipal election we just had in Montreal, and people kept giving me shit... my response:
"si la politique est ridicule, la ridicule est politique, c'est democratie"
#Montreal #elections
"si la politique est ridicule, la ridicule est politique, c'est democratie"
#Montreal #elections
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I was drawing clown noses on all the election signs in the municipal election we just had in Montreal, and people kept giving me shit... my response:
"si la politique est ridicule, la ridicule est politique, c'est democratie"
#Montreal #elections
"si la politique est ridicule, la ridicule est politique, c'est democratie"
#Montreal #elections
A fun little CSS generator I intend to show my students - metallic efects.
design.dev/tools/metall...
#css #frontend #UIDesign
design.dev/tools/metall...
#css #frontend #UIDesign
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A fun little CSS generator I intend to show my students - metallic efects.
design.dev/tools/metall...
#css #frontend #UIDesign
design.dev/tools/metall...
#css #frontend #UIDesign
Lots and lots of methods, even my personal favourite, #6.
container {
display: grid;
}
.item {
margin: auto;
}
css-generators.com/center/
#css #frontend #uiux
container {
display: grid;
}
.item {
margin: auto;
}
css-generators.com/center/
#css #frontend #uiux
How to center an element horizontally and vertically
100 different ways to center a single element horizontally and vertically inside a container.
css-generators.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Lots and lots of methods, even my personal favourite, #6.
container {
display: grid;
}
.item {
margin: auto;
}
css-generators.com/center/
#css #frontend #uiux
container {
display: grid;
}
.item {
margin: auto;
}
css-generators.com/center/
#css #frontend #uiux
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Great article on LLMs. tl,dr: uncanny valley exists for a reason, hone that detection skill.
Reminds me of the full version of the doppelgänger legend - if you see your double, kill it before it takes over your life and kills YOU.
#ai #LLM
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Reminds me of the full version of the doppelgänger legend - if you see your double, kill it before it takes over your life and kills YOU.
#ai #LLM
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Great article on LLMs. tl,dr: uncanny valley exists for a reason, hone that detection skill.
Reminds me of the full version of the doppelgänger legend - if you see your double, kill it before it takes over your life and kills YOU.
#ai #LLM
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Reminds me of the full version of the doppelgänger legend - if you see your double, kill it before it takes over your life and kills YOU.
#ai #LLM
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
If you hate bagels & smoked meat so much, you don't deserve Montreal, and shouldn't have moved to the Plateau.
Alex Norris (Projet Montreal) was such a dick about this that I resolved to never vote PM again as long as they let him to run on their ticket.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Alex Norris (Projet Montreal) was such a dick about this that I resolved to never vote PM again as long as they let him to run on their ticket.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Bagels, pizza and chicken: Critics say Projet Montréal didn’t live up to promises on wood smoke
"Those who are responsible for protecting the health and well-being of Montrealers have failed in their duty,” a complaint reads.
montrealgazette.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you hate bagels & smoked meat so much, you don't deserve Montreal, and shouldn't have moved to the Plateau.
Alex Norris (Projet Montreal) was such a dick about this that I resolved to never vote PM again as long as they let him to run on their ticket.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
Alex Norris (Projet Montreal) was such a dick about this that I resolved to never vote PM again as long as they let him to run on their ticket.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
I make it personal policy not to platform transphobes - but contextually this is great and yeah, "Stay mad, JK". Good on Glamour UK for standing firm. Protect the dolls.
www.huffpost.com/entry/glamou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/glamou...
Major Fashion Magazine Fires Back After JK Rowling, Right Wingers Flip Out About Cover
The magazine doubled down after facing criticism from right wingers and the "Harry Potter" author.
www.huffpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I make it personal policy not to platform transphobes - but contextually this is great and yeah, "Stay mad, JK". Good on Glamour UK for standing firm. Protect the dolls.
www.huffpost.com/entry/glamou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/glamou...
Google AI said the ideal internal temp. for a beehive is 3435°C. Note that 1084°C is the melting temp. of copper. I took a screenshot for proof.
"Brood-rearing area
Ideal temperature:
3435°C (9495°F)"
I'm sure the LLM just stripped out the en dash (34-35°C) but wow
#AISlop #AI #enshittification
"Brood-rearing area
Ideal temperature:
3435°C (9495°F)"
I'm sure the LLM just stripped out the en dash (34-35°C) but wow
#AISlop #AI #enshittification
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Google AI said the ideal internal temp. for a beehive is 3435°C. Note that 1084°C is the melting temp. of copper. I took a screenshot for proof.
"Brood-rearing area
Ideal temperature:
3435°C (9495°F)"
I'm sure the LLM just stripped out the en dash (34-35°C) but wow
#AISlop #AI #enshittification
"Brood-rearing area
Ideal temperature:
3435°C (9495°F)"
I'm sure the LLM just stripped out the en dash (34-35°C) but wow
#AISlop #AI #enshittification
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H2O is water and H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide. What is H2O4?
Drinking.
Yeah. I’ll see myself out.🤪
Drinking.
Yeah. I’ll see myself out.🤪
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
H2O is water and H2O2 is hydrogen peroxide. What is H2O4?
Drinking.
Yeah. I’ll see myself out.🤪
Drinking.
Yeah. I’ll see myself out.🤪
Some interesting examples of Yiddish and Hebrew design, seen in Mile-End Montreal. I live in a mostly Hassidic neighbourhood.
Haredi Jewish anti-Zionist protest posters.
#GraphicDesign #poster #Yiddish #Hebrew
mstdn.social/@ianrogers/1...
Haredi Jewish anti-Zionist protest posters.
#GraphicDesign #poster #Yiddish #Hebrew
mstdn.social/@ianrogers/1...
Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ (@ianrogers@mstdn.social)
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Some interesting examples of Yiddish and Hebrew design, seen in Mile-End Montreal. I live in a mostly Hassidic neighbourhood.
Haredi Jewish anti-Zionist protest posters.
#Graphic...
mstdn.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Some interesting examples of Yiddish and Hebrew design, seen in Mile-End Montreal. I live in a mostly Hassidic neighbourhood.
Haredi Jewish anti-Zionist protest posters.
#GraphicDesign #poster #Yiddish #Hebrew
mstdn.social/@ianrogers/1...
Haredi Jewish anti-Zionist protest posters.
#GraphicDesign #poster #Yiddish #Hebrew
mstdn.social/@ianrogers/1...
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I went on a used vinyl blitz today, & made good finds from opera to experimental to new wave to, well, this.
I have always loved krautrock & while it might be responsible for techno, industrial, & a new mindset about how music could be, this one is simply a total banger.
youtu.be/FnlY4cTls94?...
I have always loved krautrock & while it might be responsible for techno, industrial, & a new mindset about how music could be, this one is simply a total banger.
youtu.be/FnlY4cTls94?...
Kraftwerk - Trans - Europe Express (Full Version) - Vinyl
YouTube video by Rick Mendoza
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I went on a used vinyl blitz today, & made good finds from opera to experimental to new wave to, well, this.
I have always loved krautrock & while it might be responsible for techno, industrial, & a new mindset about how music could be, this one is simply a total banger.
youtu.be/FnlY4cTls94?...
I have always loved krautrock & while it might be responsible for techno, industrial, & a new mindset about how music could be, this one is simply a total banger.
youtu.be/FnlY4cTls94?...
I suspect I have been cursed with werewolfism but there was a mistake in the incantation.
This morning I had a tickle in my throat, I coughed, and as if I was a cartoon cat, a feather flew out. Seriously, no joke. A feather.
So apparently I now roam the streets at night ...as a cartoon cat?
This morning I had a tickle in my throat, I coughed, and as if I was a cartoon cat, a feather flew out. Seriously, no joke. A feather.
So apparently I now roam the streets at night ...as a cartoon cat?
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I suspect I have been cursed with werewolfism but there was a mistake in the incantation.
This morning I had a tickle in my throat, I coughed, and as if I was a cartoon cat, a feather flew out. Seriously, no joke. A feather.
So apparently I now roam the streets at night ...as a cartoon cat?
This morning I had a tickle in my throat, I coughed, and as if I was a cartoon cat, a feather flew out. Seriously, no joke. A feather.
So apparently I now roam the streets at night ...as a cartoon cat?
Look, if you get a nazi tattoo you are never, ever going to be progressive. It takes a very special white boy to get that shit tattooed. You're intentionally marking yourself with it. If you go back on it you're a coward & a liar as well as a piece of shit racist, because yeah, you always were.
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Look, if you get a nazi tattoo you are never, ever going to be progressive. It takes a very special white boy to get that shit tattooed. You're intentionally marking yourself with it. If you go back on it you're a coward & a liar as well as a piece of shit racist, because yeah, you always were.
Lots of stuff in here I forgot about or barely knew. Mental note to start using operators more!
#uidesign #frontend #css
frontendmasters.com/blog/learn-m...
#uidesign #frontend #css
frontendmasters.com/blog/learn-m...
How much do you really know about media queries?
There are a ton more @media queries than
frontendmasters.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Lots of stuff in here I forgot about or barely knew. Mental note to start using operators more!
#uidesign #frontend #css
frontendmasters.com/blog/learn-m...
#uidesign #frontend #css
frontendmasters.com/blog/learn-m...
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What Happened to Apple's Legendary Attention to Detail? blog.johnozbay.com/what-happene... asks Cryptee CEO, John Ozbay (who's literally the Designer-est person I know)
What Happened to Apple's Legendary Attention to Detail?
A long rant about Apple's design choices.
blog.johnozbay.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What Happened to Apple's Legendary Attention to Detail? blog.johnozbay.com/what-happene... asks Cryptee CEO, John Ozbay (who's literally the Designer-est person I know)
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ
When you just wanted to fix a button but ended up creating new design system... classic #YakShaving
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/yak-sha...
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/yak-sha...
11 • Yak Shaving - Hitchhikers Guide to Design
Yak shaving describes the endless, sometimes absurd chain of small, unexpected tasks that you end up doing when trying to complete a bigger goal. In UX work,...
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
When you just wanted to fix a button but ended up creating new design system... classic #YakShaving
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/yak-sha...
#UX #Design #UI #UXDesign #ProductDesign #DesignThinking #books #humor #DontPanic #UXFails
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/yak-sha...
A gem from the Nielsen Norman Group—one of the most respected names in UX research. They tested AI-generated "synthetic users" for design research.
The verdict? They're "too shallow to be useful."
The verdict? They're "too shallow to be useful."
October 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"It need not threaten our moral positions to (...) (learn) the history (...) (This) knowledge is critical, but not for the purposes of rationalising existing violence or authorising further violence."
#israel #palestine #peace
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#israel #palestine #peace
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Judith Butler · The Compass of Mourning
We are to condemn or approve, and that makes sense, but is that all that is ethically required of us? In fact, I do...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"It need not threaten our moral positions to (...) (learn) the history (...) (This) knowledge is critical, but not for the purposes of rationalising existing violence or authorising further violence."
#israel #palestine #peace
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#israel #palestine #peace
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Mom can you pick me up people are anthropomorphizing linear algebra again
October 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Mom can you pick me up people are anthropomorphizing linear algebra again