zeldman

Automattician. OG blogger/webdesigner. Author, “Designing With Web Standards.” Publisher, A Book Apart (RIP).

[zeldman @zeldman]

Stop calling right-wing radicals “conservatives.” There is nothing remotely conservative in their multi-pronged war against our Constitutional democracy.

[zeldman @zeldman]

“The interesting personas weren’t the ones with the most traits. They were the ones with the most things removed.”

Remove the mouse. Remove color vision. Remove the assumption that your user has used the web before. Every constraint you strip from an AI test persona reveals something your design reviews never will. In the Design blog at Automattic.

https://t.co/3A9IsfQO6q

[zeldman @zeldman]

What a workshop taught us about closing the gap between design and code.

“The bigger shift isn’t the tooling. It’s where design work happens now. Design iteration used to live almost entirely in @Figma and then get translated into code.

“With #AI in the loop, a lot of that iteration is moving into the codebase itself: tweaking spacing, trying a different empty state, rewording microcopy, rethinking a small interaction—all using production components, real data, and actual platform constraints.

“Figma is still where most of the bigger UX thinking starts. But the local dev environment is becoming a design tool in its own right: one where your prototype is already built from the real thing.”

https://t.co/eo4r3tBhhi @automatticdsgn

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

So true it hurts

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Willem Arondeus was a gay Dutch artist who participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazis from identifying Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo.

His final words before execution were, "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Walt Disney in 1931

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

The Red Weaver (la tejedora roja), by Spanish Surrealist painter Remedios Varo #WomensArt #SurrealistArtWeek

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

At an aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

Tonight New York's landmarks are lit to recognize the beginning of Pride Month! 

New York is the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and we're proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community every day.

We'll never stop fighting for a future where everyone can live freely with dignity, safety, and respect.

[Kemani🇳🇬 @Kemani_0718]

One of the unsung architects during the golden age of Philly Soul.

RIP Dexter Wansel

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

A reminder.

[zeldman @zeldman]

TL;DR: It sucks.

“Is it a good thing that websites’ content will be sucked up by Google and used like raw ingredients without users being shuffled toward the websites themselves? That has massive implications not just for those websites’ ad revenue, but also their readership numbers and control and autonomy over their own creative works.”

https://t.co/Hqogx9bXJP

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

By Simon Bailly.

[Ahmad Alfy @ahmadalfy]

I still remember the first time I read this. A List apart had some of the best resources back in the day. Thank you @zeldman

[Dave Winer @davewiner]

The title of the talk is "The web's social web." This is the description.

WordPress should be at the center of the "really open" social web. The wpcom API makes that possible now. We just have to start building and the developers will come, followed by the writers and a new open ecosystem built out of web itself..

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Very nice creative.

credit - Pebble art by Jane Steven

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City.

Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation. https://t.co/Ptoy3nAKz4

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.

From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City's history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers.

To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully.

Happy Pride, New York City.

[Arthur Lambillotte @artlambi]

Some of the explorations we went through before landing on the @MeshHQ logo ✏️

[zeldman @zeldman]

Wiki Loves Pride 2026 is a global campaign to create and improve articles about LGBTQ+ people, history, and culture across all Wikimedia projects. It runs all June. Volunteers welcome!

https://t.co/CbkV9YYQYj