In her excellent book Frostbite, author Nicola Twilley writes about how modern fruits and vegetables have been engineered not for taste, but for shipping. Those grocery store tomatoes? They weren’t bred for flavorthey were bred to survive weeks of cold storage and transport. Their thick skins and firm flesh optimized...
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05 June 2025
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Bill Hunt – IRS Direct File Open Source release
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22 May 2025
Bill Hunt – Series Four Shirts
Chris Given talks about his teams work on IRS Direct File, which allowed the American people to file their taxes for free, no strings attached. This tool is now open source for anyone to use! Its a shame this amazing and impactful project was cancelled by the federal government. Check...
If youre building or even thinking about social networks, you really need to give this talk from Erin Kissane an hour of your time! The liberty of our work is not actually an adolescent freedom from caring what we do to other people, but the freedom to actually care as...
A couple weeks ago I donned my Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and glimpsed the future. Heavier and bulkier than my typical Warby Parker spectacles, but able to pass for typical Wayfarer sunglasses. They are imperfect, but they are the first pair of smart glasses worth owning. It is important to...
Ive just released my latest series of shirts, featuring three new designs:
Im From The Government And Im Here To Help
Thats A Problem for Next Fiscal Year
Unfunded Mandate
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