Michael Head
@michaelehead.com
Software engineer. UX, usability, HCI fan. He/him.
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This looks adorable
After a brief 7 years we've found ourselves ready to release our little game: Knuckle Creek. Please enjoy the launch trailer with a tune written by our designer Anthony Flack for the purpose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxBY...
Knuckle Creek Official release date trailer
YouTube video by Claymatic Games
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This looks adorable
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Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.
“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity”
@lebassett.bsky.social
www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
@lebassett.bsky.social
www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a fake scandal
WSJ obtained video of Ken Paxton partying with literal fugitives in Dubai, so Republicans panicked and invented a story about Talarico checking into a psych hospital. It backfired.
www.laura-bassett.com
October 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.
If we get models running on toasters, assuming we’re not doomed, can we get affordable gaming GPUs again?!?
www.anthropic.com/research/sel...
www.anthropic.com/research/sel...
AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter
Small AI models may be only months away from being able to self-replicate across cheap IoT devices like Android TV boxes, with no datacenter needed.
www.anthropic.com
October 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If we get models running on toasters, assuming we’re not doomed, can we get affordable gaming GPUs again?!?
www.anthropic.com/research/sel...
www.anthropic.com/research/sel...
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Nothing has a moat anymore but somehow still none of the software does what I want. Interesting
October 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Nothing has a moat anymore but somehow still none of the software does what I want. Interesting
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At last, a big budget Minesweeper
aftermath.site/triple-a-mines...
aftermath.site/triple-a-mines...
October 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
At last, a big budget Minesweeper
aftermath.site/triple-a-mines...
aftermath.site/triple-a-mines...
I really don't think marketing and advertising people actually use the websites. If they did, surely they'd see how awful the ecosystem is that they've created. Terrible load times, janky web pages, awful user experiences. Yes, you can block ads, but we shouldn't have to for better UX.
October 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I really don't think marketing and advertising people actually use the websites. If they did, surely they'd see how awful the ecosystem is that they've created. Terrible load times, janky web pages, awful user experiences. Yes, you can block ads, but we shouldn't have to for better UX.
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may be good for accelerating research, but it also creates a lot of downside risk that would not exist in a public finance model.* These companies are losing money like crazy and they will release anything they think will get them money or investors with little regard to the consequences.
September 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
may be good for accelerating research, but it also creates a lot of downside risk that would not exist in a public finance model.* These companies are losing money like crazy and they will release anything they think will get them money or investors with little regard to the consequences.
This “app name 27” pattern is kind of annoying. Come on, Sonos, you all learned from that disastrous redesign and STILL do this??
www.sonos.com/en-us/sonos-27
www.sonos.com/en-us/sonos-27
www.sonos.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:14 PM
This “app name 27” pattern is kind of annoying. Come on, Sonos, you all learned from that disastrous redesign and STILL do this??
www.sonos.com/en-us/sonos-27
www.sonos.com/en-us/sonos-27
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I have blamed
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
September 25, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I have blamed
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
The agents
That hacked
Your website
And which
You probably
Reasonably thought
I controlled
Forgive me
I am rich
And unaccustomed
To taking responsibility
At least businesses are making it easier to choose by taking one option away—nobody stays anywhere too long in The Age of Layoffs.
September 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
At least businesses are making it easier to choose by taking one option away—nobody stays anywhere too long in The Age of Layoffs.
I wish I was wealthy enough to start a GPU company to make GPUs just for consumers again. PC gamers are so screwed in this stupid AI arms race.
September 24, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I wish I was wealthy enough to start a GPU company to make GPUs just for consumers again. PC gamers are so screwed in this stupid AI arms race.
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What if everything we think we know about teens, tech, and mental health is wrong?
You can't read Peter Gray's new book, Restoring Childhood, without getting that impression ... reason.com/2026/09/15/r...
You can't read Peter Gray's new book, Restoring Childhood, without getting that impression ... reason.com/2026/09/15/r...
'Restoring Childhood' says it’s not smartphones making teens miserable. It’s school.
Computers, video games, and the internet actually helped "restore childhood" in the 1990s, suggests psychologist Peter Gray in a new book.
reason.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
What if everything we think we know about teens, tech, and mental health is wrong?
You can't read Peter Gray's new book, Restoring Childhood, without getting that impression ... reason.com/2026/09/15/r...
You can't read Peter Gray's new book, Restoring Childhood, without getting that impression ... reason.com/2026/09/15/r...
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On this day six years ago, we launched the original HADES after almost two years in Early Access. And to this day-or-night and forever more, we are deeply grateful for all your incredible support of this game.🙏
Thank you for playing, and good luck getting out of hell!
Thank you for playing, and good luck getting out of hell!
September 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
On this day six years ago, we launched the original HADES after almost two years in Early Access. And to this day-or-night and forever more, we are deeply grateful for all your incredible support of this game.🙏
Thank you for playing, and good luck getting out of hell!
Thank you for playing, and good luck getting out of hell!
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📝 If you’re maximizing a bottle for throughput, I think you’ve misunderstood the bottle.
Probably the same for us humans.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...
Probably the same for us humans.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...
Bottlenecks Get a Bad Rap
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
📝 If you’re maximizing a bottle for throughput, I think you’ve misunderstood the bottle.
Probably the same for us humans.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...
Probably the same for us humans.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...
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The US Web Design System is load-bearing infrastructure for thousands of government websites. It makes it easy for small teams with no resources (i.e. most .gov teams) to make usable, accessible websites that work for everyone.
Today, it's as close as it's ever been to being replaced with AI slop.
Today, it's as close as it's ever been to being replaced with AI slop.
September 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The US Web Design System is load-bearing infrastructure for thousands of government websites. It makes it easy for small teams with no resources (i.e. most .gov teams) to make usable, accessible websites that work for everyone.
Today, it's as close as it's ever been to being replaced with AI slop.
Today, it's as close as it's ever been to being replaced with AI slop.
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Fascinating look at a relatively short but crucial era in film history. The comparison stills are incredible.
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/disneys-fi...
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/disneys-fi...
Disney’s Films Used to Look Different
Plus: news.
animationobsessive.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Fascinating look at a relatively short but crucial era in film history. The comparison stills are incredible.
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/disneys-fi...
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/disneys-fi...
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Money that comes into the United States government is government revenue. It is part of the public fisc. There's not "taxpayer money" and then "extra bonus money outside the rules." It's all taxpayer money. And spending *any* of it requires Congressional authorization.
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September 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Money that comes into the United States government is government revenue. It is part of the public fisc. There's not "taxpayer money" and then "extra bonus money outside the rules." It's all taxpayer money. And spending *any* of it requires Congressional authorization.
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Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
popular.info
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
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That's very untrue. Steinem once told Terry Gross that she didn't marry until her sixties because "first I had to reinvent the institution of marriage." Women had no economic equality in the workplace, no equal access, no right against marital rape, sexual harassment...
September 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
That's very untrue. Steinem once told Terry Gross that she didn't marry until her sixties because "first I had to reinvent the institution of marriage." Women had no economic equality in the workplace, no equal access, no right against marital rape, sexual harassment...
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Completely and utterly astonishing.
Colada[139] Artificial Deadlines Part 2
Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination.
datacolada.org/139
Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination.
datacolada.org/139
September 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Completely and utterly astonishing.
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Everything is stressful and a lot of you are looking for work, so I found some open remote tech roles where your work would make the world better (or hopefully just not make things worse?) threaded here!
September 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Everything is stressful and a lot of you are looking for work, so I found some open remote tech roles where your work would make the world better (or hopefully just not make things worse?) threaded here!
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Alex Kretzschmar, Head of Developer Relations for Tailscale, joins us on stage to share their insights. Don't miss "The Rise of Personal Infrastructure" at #AllThingsOpen! 2026.allthingsopen.org/sessions/the...
September 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Alex Kretzschmar, Head of Developer Relations for Tailscale, joins us on stage to share their insights. Don't miss "The Rise of Personal Infrastructure" at #AllThingsOpen! 2026.allthingsopen.org/sessions/the...
