Justin Dauer

My latest on #design: In the AI era, the old subjective shorthand— "good design," "good UX," "bad layout,"— has become less useful, and sometimes actively misleading. The reason is simple: #AI can generate artifacts that look “good” at the surface level in seconds. medium.com/@pseudoroom/...

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Boycott Elon Musk and everything he sells.

Saturday Strides. This morning amongst the autumn colors in Chicago.

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.

iPhone app icons in 2010

Thursday Awakening in Autumn. This morning in Chicago.

this is how a cartoon dog would stand if it was about to be lifted in the air by the aroma of a delicious pie

CEO: I have invented the off button.

Inclusive Design 24 is a free 24-hour accessibility conference running all day. No sign-up. No registration. All sessions are streamed live and publicly on the Inclusive Design 24 YouTube channel h/t Elena Dosil inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

and then they put me on a pickup truck and i gave a speech like you wouldnt believe and randy quaid was there and we had all the pilots and flew up and it was so amazing. i told randy, “randy, fly your plane when the thing opens” and he did and many people say i saved us from the aliens that day

The first Apple logo in 1976 vs. the first Microsoft logo in 1975

UGH. Seriously, fuck this week.

"Mr. President, all these famous 80-year-olds keep dying and then the entire nation says great things about them."

“Mamdani Gave These Parents a Night Off. This Is How They Spent It.” New York City provided four hours of free babysitting to hundreds of families. Parents used the time to reconnect with each other and to tackle chores uninterrupted. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/n...

Tiny kitty breakfast companion

The storm rolling into #Chicago a few minutes ago, tornado sirens wailing in the background.

Red Crescent Moon over the CTA Elevated Tracks in downtown Chicago. This week, 7 years ago.

You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.

I was once walking my greyhounds in a wide open field, freshly cut grass. Nothing around us. I turned away from the pups for a moment, looked back when I felt the leash pull a bit, and saw one of them was holding a full baguette in her mouth. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Lightning-Palooza. Without a doubt, the craziest lightning image I've ever captured. This is one image, not those ridiculous composite images you see too often. Captured on this day in Chicago three years ago.

In the era of Donald Trump, if you are "politically homeless" it's because you are an idiot.

Go—and I can't state this enough—fuck yourself.

Imagine if Republicans had even half the balls of E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels, Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill, or the Epstein survivors.

This is actually the specific shape of corporate workplace disaster I’ve been waiting for. The era of safely typing anything is probably over.

youre not going to believe this but the dumb assholes we put in charge have fucked everything up

My oldest’s academic performance this school year garnered a form letter from the Orange Pedophile-in-Chief, whose printed signature is almost as big as the congratulatory content it taints.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

I’m so furious about how stupid everything is

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling

i am tired of having to listen to dumb assholes just because they have a lot of money

Intense Double Rainbow over Sears Tower on Monday evening in Chicago.

Teachers: "Please help us get AI out of schools, it's ruining education!" Students: "Please don't make us use AI, it's ruining our lives!" Politicians: "We hear you and we want to help you harness the power of AI." #NihilismAndTechnology

Happy May Day from Chicago. There's a lot of events planned around the city today; right now interfaith leaders are gathering with activists outside 1 S. Dearborn Street, the Chicago HQ of Highlands REIT, a real estate investment firm planning to lease a vacant jail in Colorado to ICE.

When it all feels too heavy, put it down for a while. Do not let it break you, or turn you into the thing you despise. We’ve been fighting this madness for a while. It’s ok to feel weary. Do not spiral into despair. Hang tough. We’re in it together. We’ll get through it. Together.

An all-time classic

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

www.ishormuzopenyet.com Brilliant work.

Sweet advection fog blowing in off the lake in #Chicago tonight

I hope dem presidential candidates are paying attention. 👀

The ol' sustainable shoe manufacturer-to-AI compute infrastructure pivot. A story as old as time. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/...

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

Viktor Orban has conceded the election. The opposition is on course for landslide win. Orban was favored by both Trump and Putin. JD Vance campaigned for him. Trump even dangled financial incentives. The people had the last word. It was a hell no to more fascism. It’s our turn now.

he’s playing 4 dimensional chess. he’s take the pieces and sticking them up his nose. he’s eating the board. he’s setting the room on fire while he’s inside. he’s drawing something on the wall in his own poop. it’s a giraffe. underneath he’s writing the word elephant. it’s spelled wrong.

Web designer's desktop in 2002 #WebDesignHistory