This sets an important precedent, one that will impact generations to come.

The brave women of Iran

This isn’t about nostalgia, it’s about remembering what was possible, and what was taken away. History matters because it shows people what normal once looked like.

@levelsio What’s missing in most inflation debates is product cycles. When products fail faster, people are forced into more frequent replacement cycles - that’s a real loss of wealth, even if sticker prices look stable.

”Ord stoppar inga kulor” – exiliranska journalisten och människorättsaktivisten Masih Alinejad 🏳️ intervjuas av Suzanne Gottfarb svd.se/a/rrgvbe/ord-s… via SvD Ledare

Today, TIME reported that more than 30,000 people may have been killed in Iran. President Donald J. Trump, your words mattered. When America spoke with strength, the people of Iran heard it. Now that strength must be matched with action by holding the killers accountable. I

There’s a difference between condemnation and action. One is politically correct; the other is consequential. Symbolic language matters, but credibility is built on follow-through. People are noticing.

What’s under-discussed is incentive design. Supermarkets are optimized for shelf stability, margin, and velocity, not nutrition. Ultra-processing isn’t an accident, it’s the business model.

techbimbo Not to generalize, but this comes down to product designers optimizing for clarity and scale, while brand designers optimize for mood and identity. The aesthetics follow.

Worth remembering the Silk Road wasn’t just trade, it was infrastructure, governance, and cultural exchange. Persia didn’t just sit on the route, it engineered it.

Principles are constraints, not recipes.

“Good design is honest” – Dieter Rams

Ancient Greek Coins With Octopuses

One of my projects in Q1, Prompted Playlists. You describe what you want to hear. Spotify turns it into a playlist. The visual language draws from the physics of sound, where frequency becomes visible vibration and form emerges. Designed to feel alive, not applied.

New feature shipped last week: About the Song. Tap into the story behind the music - context, meaning, and details around the tracks you love, right where you listen.

Forgive me father for I have synthed

how to build a bootstrapped startup without funding: 1. pick a problem you personally have. if you don't use your own product daily, quit now 2. skip the pitch deck. open your code editor. ship something ugly in a weekend 3. charge money from day 1. free users give you nothing

what i've been working on this week!