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I am looking for
sketches/wireframes/...
that you use for communicating about UI design decisions in mails/issue trackers/chat/...

If you have some, please send them along with a brief explaination of context!

Often design is concerned with specification ("this is how it should be build") but I am curious about the phase of "maybe we could do this...?! or that...?"

Knowing about code switching is important - particularly understanding how, like so many other things ✌️regular people ✌️ barely notice, it disproportionally negatively affects minorities.

- and no, it's not just ethnic/linguistic minorities, either; as Niba mentions, the way we speak is strongly connected to identity, so anyone whose identity doesn't Conform™️ is going to have an additional mental load from code switching.

youtube.com/watch?v=EcbRM2r9SAU

5yr study suggests #chimpanzees strike stones against trees as form of #communication
Research team collected video footage at five distinct locations within a nature reserve in Guinea-Bissau. Using camera traps and with essential support from local field guides. In specific areas, a striking behavioral pattern was observed: adult male chimpanzees repeatedly struck stones against tree trunks, resulting in characteristic piles of stones at the base of these trees.
phys.org/news/2025-05-year-chi

Phys.org · Five-year study suggests chimpanzees strike stones against trees as form of communicationBy Wageningen University

Musk turned off #Starlink during #Ukrainian #counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast in 2022

3 sources told Reuters #Musk told senior engineer at #SpaceX to deactivate #satellite coverage in #Kherson which #UkrainianForces were trying to liberate

Over 100 Starlink terminals became dead zones

Ukrainian units lost #communication, #drones stopped transmitting video, artillery couldn't adjust fire due to a lack of coordination

pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/07

Ukrainska Pravda · Musk switched off Starlink during Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast in 2022 – ReutersBy Taras Mishchenko

🤔 ☎️ 📱 My rotary phone was still working after 20 years when I replaced it, and my monthly bill minimal, now phones that cost upwards of thousands of dollars are switched every year and cell service is over $100 a month.

Pay phones have vanished

We really screwed up by restricting communication to only the privileged.

We are excluding more people from our society each year; lack of housing, air conditioning, higher food prices, no effective social supports.
And you wonder why crime is high, eh.

Wait a couple years ...the lack of community inclusiveness will blow up in our faces.

#Entitlement #Monopoly #Communication
#HumanRights #Canada
#Poverty #Crime #housing

Weird exchange with my AMV Contest Coordinator over award names we're handing out for honorable mentions.

One entry submitted for the Upbeat/Dance category used a song that is catchy/dancy but the lyrics are depressing in a kind of haha barely holding it together way. Images from Shirobako & other shows.

I suggested we call it "Best Genre Subversion".

My Coordinator was like how about we call it "You need a hug, bro?" and that my suggestion might sound tone deaf.

I replied I don't see it that way, I'm autistic and just being factual, but it's your contest so I'm fine with your title I suppose.

(you Allistic weirdo)

*huff*

Going to a regional burn today (like #BurningMan but smaller and cuter). After half a dozen of these, I am struck by a pattern, which probably represents some basic group dynamics: the burns themselves are overwhelmingly welcoming and positive, while the communication about the event from the organizers is often scolding, sarcastic, and sometimes even a bit hostile.

I suspect the organizers spend a lot of time dealing with bullshit we plebs don't see much of, and--like cops--they end up seeing everyone through that lens. I think #communication here has some challenges.

"“Reading scholarly work is greatly beneficial to life in general. Being able to pick out flaws in reasoning and affirm strong hypotheses can help protect readers from misleading information,” said Elijah.

Open till Aug 20, the challenge invites students to submit stories on chemistry, biological science, medical science as well as other science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields."

straitstimes.com/singapore/stu

The Straits Times · Student starts science journalism contest with 2 others, uses his scholarship funds for prize moneyHe believes the competition could promote better science storytelling. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

#futureproof #tech #AI #communication #blackswan #media #po;itics The day is coming when we'll be back to quill pen and parchment viz the drop out rate of 'cutting edge' advances. Two examples in my experience. #mobile connectivity = zero. #BBCSounds = zero. No TV since the liars fixed the referendum vote. Papers online, do I trust em anymore. Even the #Grauniad beginning to get a bit whiffy. It is #genocide (& has been for a long time) & #Farage is a #fascist and #refugeesarewelcome.

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Most likely, you and your brothers and sisters do not know what your parents did to avoid boredom because you are using phones at the table, so you don't talk at the table anymore with your parents, like they did with their parents.

Smartphones drastically reduced the communication between children and parents.

@davep
#Family #Phones #Communication

a new revision of @lily's nonviolent communication guide is now live on my web server :3

eriis.gay/share/Concise%20NVC%

if you:

• have feelings, wants, and needs
• interact with other human beings (or otherkin, etc.)
• run into conflict sometimes

...definitely consider giving it a read! ^_^

nvc is a great way to learn how to identify and express feelings, and to make sure you, your loved ones, etc. are "playing fair" when you run into conflict