“The tools got easier. The job got harder. But for people willing to focus on what actually matters—understanding humans and building things they genuinely want—this is the best time ever to build something meaningful.” — Anton Sten

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#Design #Business #Jobs #Skills #AI #DesignTools #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Quotes

CW: Sexual assault

In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women.

This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-police

Good. Although when it comes to social networking, #Europe should embrace the #Fediverse & other open source projects.

#Mastodon is already being used by many European government agencies, although I wish they were more bullish about other home grown apps like #Peertube & #Vernissage.

👉🏾 Europeans seek 'digital sovereignty' as US tech firms embrace #Trump https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/europeans-seek-digital-sovereignty-us-tech-firms-embrace-trump-2025-06-21/

Thought this article from Low Tech Magazine was very interesting, and encourages me to think of ways to reduce temperature, besides just AC, during the upcoming heatwave:

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/06/dressing-and-undressing-the-home/

#lowtech #solarpunk #degrowth #anticonsumption #hvac #ac #heatwave #heat #cooling