Mike Osswald ✳️
@mikeosswald.bsky.social
Naturally curious digital strategist, inspector of UX nuisance, ignoring most previous instructions, I used to call this “new media,” southpaw
Pinned
Mike Osswald ✳️
@mikeosswald.bsky.social
· Jan 20
I have had iPhone since 2008. I can ONLY EVER USE ALARMS to actually be reminded about anything I need to take care of. Alert sound, then snooze until done. Repeat daily if you don’t want to do it that day. Add “must do now” if really important. #UX
I’m imagining the Louvre thieves not being able to pronounce Louvre over and over as they make their plans.
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I’m imagining the Louvre thieves not being able to pronounce Louvre over and over as they make their plans.
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
August 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Awww you guys - the Acting Director of ICE is really upset that we keep accurately refering them the American Gestapo and calling out their kidnappings. Keep up the good work everyone!!!
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Awww you guys - the Acting Director of ICE is really upset that we keep accurately refering them the American Gestapo and calling out their kidnappings. Keep up the good work everyone!!!
Who among us owe our careers to Bill Atkinson? I know I do. Rest in Peace Bill, you inspired millions…
www.wired.com/story/bill-a...
www.wired.com/story/bill-a...
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
Atkinson’s gleeful brilliance helped people draw on computer screens and access information via links.
www.wired.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Who among us owe our careers to Bill Atkinson? I know I do. Rest in Peace Bill, you inspired millions…
www.wired.com/story/bill-a...
www.wired.com/story/bill-a...
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Pioneering Apple engineer Bill Atkinson dies at 74
Pioneering Apple engineer Bill Atkinson dies at 74 | TechCrunch
Bill Atkinson, an engineer who played a key role in the development of the Macintosh and other landmark Apple products, has died of pancreatic cancer.
techcrunch.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pioneering Apple engineer Bill Atkinson dies at 74
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
June 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
RIP Bill Atkinson. In tribute, I whipped up a quick implementation of Atkinson dithering
June 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
RIP Bill Atkinson. In tribute, I whipped up a quick implementation of Atkinson dithering
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
RIP Bill Atkinson. One of a kind www.wired.com/story/bill-a...
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
Atkinson’s gleeful brilliance helped people draw on computer screens and access information via links.
www.wired.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
RIP Bill Atkinson. One of a kind www.wired.com/story/bill-a...
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
@thetnholler.bsky.social posted on IG.
Rep Dean rips into McMahon during the budget hearing.
McMahon WILL leave an infamous legacy.
Her answers simply solidify her selfish intent of using her position to better her family. Her ignorance is truly baffling.
Our children will suffer the price.
Rep Dean rips into McMahon during the budget hearing.
McMahon WILL leave an infamous legacy.
Her answers simply solidify her selfish intent of using her position to better her family. Her ignorance is truly baffling.
Our children will suffer the price.
May 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@thetnholler.bsky.social posted on IG.
Rep Dean rips into McMahon during the budget hearing.
McMahon WILL leave an infamous legacy.
Her answers simply solidify her selfish intent of using her position to better her family. Her ignorance is truly baffling.
Our children will suffer the price.
Rep Dean rips into McMahon during the budget hearing.
McMahon WILL leave an infamous legacy.
Her answers simply solidify her selfish intent of using her position to better her family. Her ignorance is truly baffling.
Our children will suffer the price.
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
🔥 @RepMcGovern: “THIS IS NOT POLICY. THIS IS THEFT… done under the cover of night.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🔥 @RepMcGovern: “THIS IS NOT POLICY. THIS IS THEFT… done under the cover of night.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
When you take healthcare from millions of Americans, people will die.
Kill the bill. Not Americans.
Kill the bill. Not Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
When you take healthcare from millions of Americans, people will die.
Kill the bill. Not Americans.
Kill the bill. Not Americans.
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Job interview process:
-Resume screen
-Recruiter phone call
-Manager phone call
-Design challenge round
-Deadlift round
-Portfolio review round
-Wizard's quest round
-Whiteboarding round
-Spend the night in a haunted mansion
-Panel interview with the entire C-suite
-Org pivot, position abolished
-Resume screen
-Recruiter phone call
-Manager phone call
-Design challenge round
-Deadlift round
-Portfolio review round
-Wizard's quest round
-Whiteboarding round
-Spend the night in a haunted mansion
-Panel interview with the entire C-suite
-Org pivot, position abolished
May 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Job interview process:
-Resume screen
-Recruiter phone call
-Manager phone call
-Design challenge round
-Deadlift round
-Portfolio review round
-Wizard's quest round
-Whiteboarding round
-Spend the night in a haunted mansion
-Panel interview with the entire C-suite
-Org pivot, position abolished
-Resume screen
-Recruiter phone call
-Manager phone call
-Design challenge round
-Deadlift round
-Portfolio review round
-Wizard's quest round
-Whiteboarding round
-Spend the night in a haunted mansion
-Panel interview with the entire C-suite
-Org pivot, position abolished
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
"The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology."
“The Trump administration has fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CBS News Saturday.”
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology."
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims
You receive a call on your phone. The polite call centre worker on the line asks for you by name, and gives the name of your bank. They say they're calling from your bank's fraud department. "Yeah, r...
shkspr.mobi
May 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.
Another Eugenics Wednesday!
April 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Another Eugenics Wednesday!
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
She told Trump the Smithsonian needs changing. He’s ordered her to do it.
Who is Lindsey Halligan, the attorney assigned to help remove “improper ideology” from Washington’s most important cultural institution?
wapo.st
April 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Let’s hope Noem’s purse did not contain her cell phone with any active Signal chats
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen
The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Let’s hope Noem’s purse did not contain her cell phone with any active Signal chats
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Reposted by Mike Osswald ✳️
Trump is sending a Russian scientist who created a breakthrough cancer detection microscope back to Putin's Russia. She was a dissident who criticized Putin and now will be in danger.
“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection... But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Trump is sending a Russian scientist who created a breakthrough cancer detection microscope back to Putin's Russia. She was a dissident who criticized Putin and now will be in danger.