David Sleight

Publishing webgeek, reformed consultant, authorized person. Former senior design and product director at @ProPublica. Currently chilling on purpose.

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Dear Past Self: Future Self is now Current Self, and very upset with you.

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Still holds. https://t.co/uf3JoQ7Opx

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Friends who are still on this platform: Why? (Seriously.) https://t.co/OIcLrOii5i

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@_alastair A certain former editor once told me it was a great place for experiments because no one in leadership cared or paid attention to it.

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The sun in NYC just now.

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Thousands of New Yorkers mad at smartphones color correcting their apocalypse pics.

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This is not the dystopian hellscape we were promised. 😶‍🌫️

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@mulegirl Agreed. Feels very similar to how Apple Watch started as “ZOMG ALL THE THINGS” then pulled back to a much better focus on personal health/activity.

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@zeldman 👏 🙇‍♂️

[magical realist wx @MagicWeather]

Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of lightning electrifying the graveyards and briefly activating dead brains with memories of a life forgotten by the world decades before.

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@txtianmiller Dude, we need to talk.

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@mulegirl Nope! (Okay, maybe kinda-sorta, but it feels wrong.)

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Enough enough ENOUGH!!

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@garbnzgh Oooohhh maaaaan I remeeeeember thiiiiiiiiisss

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@maxakohler @propublica It’s been almost five years since we first dug into that and, well… don’t get your hopes up. https://t.co/QXii8yhVHm

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@ulyssesapp There a system issue happening? Got kicked into read-only mode on all devices tonight even though I have an active subscription.

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@Malarkey See memorandum here:

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“You might think your home town sucks sometimes, but that doesn’t mean you’re any happier watching an arsonist burn it to the ground.”

Penned this earlier in the week. CEO or not, it still stands. https://t.co/oJh8M8aYv5

[David Sleight @stuntbox]

Dear Past Self: Future Self is now Current Self, and very upset with you.

[David Sleight @stuntbox]

“You might think your home town sucks sometimes, but that doesn’t mean you’re any happier watching an arsonist burn it to the ground.”

Penned this earlier in the week. CEO or not, it still stands. https://t.co/oJh8M8aYv5

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📣⚡️Announcing @ProPublica’s new initiative to diversify the ranks of investigative editors:
https://t.co/ROj8kVP5EA

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Oh please, please, please pretty please make a move that gets you kicked out of the App Store, Elon, pretty please. https://t.co/aAX6B2y7WD

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@knowsworthy @siracusa I remember when Mario 3 came out and that slipcase design felt like a revelation when it was stacked up against all the others on our shelf.