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Mouth needs to be bigger.

13.02.2026 00:20 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Orange tabby with white feet from top view, curled in sleeping position, laying on a blue and red crab beach towel.

Orange tabby with white feet from top view, curled in sleeping position, laying on a blue and red crab beach towel.

Happy #Caturday from Carebear.

07.02.2026 18:05 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Or Merry Christmas to GenX and above. Everyone else, just be confused. ;-)

25.12.2025 13:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Always answering questions on the way to the shitter.

01.12.2025 15:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A vintage black-and-white photo of the 1940 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Superman balloon. The figure has an unusual, bulky body with stiff arms pointed downward, a rounded head with minimal facial detail, and an overall design that barely resembles Superman. Parade handlers walk below holding long guide ropes as the balloon floats between buildings.

A vintage black-and-white photo of the 1940 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Superman balloon. The figure has an unusual, bulky body with stiff arms pointed downward, a rounded head with minimal facial detail, and an overall design that barely resembles Superman. Parade handlers walk below holding long guide ropes as the balloon floats between buildings.

A color photo of the 1966 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Superman balloon. The balloon shows Superman with extremely exaggerated proportions—broad chest, tiny waist, and unusually long legs. His face appears simplistic and stylized, and his arms extend straight out in a flying pose. Parade handlers walk underneath as the balloon moves through the street.

A color photo of the 1966 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Superman balloon. The balloon shows Superman with extremely exaggerated proportions—broad chest, tiny waist, and unusually long legs. His face appears simplistic and stylized, and his arms extend straight out in a flying pose. Parade handlers walk underneath as the balloon moves through the street.

Macy’s Two Most Unsuper Superman Floats

Superman’s first Macy’s balloon debuted in 1940, but it got reworked into a football player the next year. The 1966 redesign didn’t help much either, with some truly wild proportions.

#ThanksgivingParade #Macys

28.11.2025 02:19 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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WordPress, Your Way Create your site. Share your voice. Earn online.

Apropos of nothing in particular, WordPress.com and WordPress VIP are natively real-time multi-datacenter, not on AWS or any other third-party cloud provider.

21.10.2025 10:43 👍 23 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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Happy #Caturday from Carebear.

11.10.2025 15:30 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m so sorry that was said with a bit of sarcasm (but LOVE nonetheless). I don’t even think their website exists anymore. :-(

I miss it too!

23.09.2025 15:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
/ass-a-met-o-fine/
noun
1. A point of stupidity with no bottom that should scare and embarrass everyone.
2. A reason to listen to medical experts and not babbling quacks and idiots.
Similar: bleach

/ass-a-met-o-fine/ noun 1. A point of stupidity with no bottom that should scare and embarrass everyone. 2. A reason to listen to medical experts and not babbling quacks and idiots. Similar: bleach

In case you were wondering… #Tylenol

23.09.2025 01:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our billionaire President put an airline lobbyist in charge of the Department of Transportation. So no, this is not a surprise.

05.09.2025 00:14 👍 5290 🔁 1414 💬 96 📌 31

Overheard in Philly: Go Birds. #Eagles #GoBirds

05.09.2025 00:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cartoonist: Lectrr

21.08.2025 19:39 👍 6794 🔁 1628 💬 81 📌 54

Glad I still have my PageSpinner license. ;-)

01.08.2025 00:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Marvel Comics writer Chip Zdarsky when asked if Steve Rogers cries during sex:

“I will say, he does not cry during sex, but unfortunately one of the things he does during sex is salute.”

(via youtu.be/hJzwAb6cBz8?...)

06.07.2025 01:35 👍 89 🔁 37 💬 5 📌 13
An orange tabby cat lies curled up on a dark gray couch in a patch of sunlight. The cat is resting its head on the cushion beside a blue fleece blanket and two patterned blue-and-white throw pillows.

An orange tabby cat lies curled up on a dark gray couch in a patch of sunlight. The cat is resting its head on the cushion beside a blue fleece blanket and two patterned blue-and-white throw pillows.

Cozy Carebear #Caturday

05.07.2025 16:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A chart titled “AI & UX Discourse Detox” with two columns. The left column lists unhealthy discourse patterns: FOMO, Gaslighting, Clickbait, Hot Takes, Flexing, and Elitism. The right column offers healthier alternatives: Curiosity-Driven Learning, Critical Perspective, Nuanced Storytelling, Thoughtful Dialogue, Shared Discovery, and Community Stewardship. Each row includes a short description and matching icon. Designed by Mike Schindler (mschindler.com).

A chart titled “AI & UX Discourse Detox” with two columns. The left column lists unhealthy discourse patterns: FOMO, Gaslighting, Clickbait, Hot Takes, Flexing, and Elitism. The right column offers healthier alternatives: Curiosity-Driven Learning, Critical Perspective, Nuanced Storytelling, Thoughtful Dialogue, Shared Discovery, and Community Stewardship. Each row includes a short description and matching icon. Designed by Mike Schindler (mschindler.com).

The way we’re talking about AI in design is kinda crazy-cuckoo-nutsack-bananas. It’s leaving folks anxious, excluded, exhausted.

So, I wrote a piece to name the patterns — and offer something healthier in return.

👇 Read the full piece:
tinyurl.com/4954ewxn

#UX #AI #ProductDesign #DesignSky #UXSky

30.06.2025 17:39 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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a man is standing on a ledge with his arms in the air in front of a city . Alt: Rocky Balboa is standing on the top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a gray sweatsuit raising his arms in triumph
30.06.2025 17:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy #Caturday from Carebear, hiding under a bush

29.06.2025 01:37 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy #Caturday from Carebear.

14.06.2025 23:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nice! Ben Shahn is seriously my favorite artist. Found a big book of his in college and was blown away. We need more expression like that today.

31.05.2025 17:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is not a pipe: UX, AI, and the risk of satisficed product design AI’s grip on design forces us to reconsider our role in shaping perception, reality, and — most importantly — decision-making.

Just published a new piece with UX Collective:
“This is not a pipe: UX, AI, and the risk of satisficed product design.”
Exploring how generative tools challenge design decision-making.

@zeldman.bsky.social, your ears should be ringing.

👉 lnkd.in/e3FH_5J8

#UX #AI #designsky #uxsky #design

30.05.2025 18:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Edit a posts and replies.

28.05.2025 01:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Time for UX Solidarity During radically shifting times, these UX truths still hold us together — reminding us of the value we bring, and the purpose we serve.

The UX world feels a little adrift right now—it’s easy to feel disconnected.

I wrote a piece about what still holds us together.
Shared truths. Real collaboration. Compassion over clickbait.

👉 The Time for UX Solidarity
medium.com/@mschindler/...

#UX #AI #designsky #uxsky

20.05.2025 20:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

07.05.2025 01:03 👍 9381 🔁 2368 💬 265 📌 329
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Sorry David, but no. #Survivor

24.04.2025 01:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Carebear’s my hero. Happy #Caturday

29.03.2025 20:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Carebear don’t care that it’s #Caturday but I do.

22.03.2025 23:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

28.02.2025 20:44 👍 80336 🔁 34287 💬 1177 📌 1666
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Illustrating in Figma: Tips and Tricks Illustration plays a vital role in visual storytelling, enhancing everything from blog posts to product interfaces. As I have been fortunate to play a key role in shaping the illustration style and…

♛ Illustrating in Figma: Tips and Tricks | by Marina Verdu

A compelling collection of fabulous Figma plugins!

automattic.design/2025/02/27/i... #figma #illustration #illustrating #tips #tricks #techniques #plugins

27.02.2025 15:48 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Pretty simple really. He says he was giving his heart out to the crowd. The normal way to do this is to hold your hand over your heart and then simply point with one finger. That’s how a non-Nazi would do it. What he did was entirely something else.

27.01.2025 23:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0