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Asia Hoe

@asia.bsky.social

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UX Designer armed with curiosity, tenacity, and a serious case of dev envy. I design products for people and speak about societal and ethical impacts of technology. I'm also an avid gamer, and dabble in art, words, and code. (She/Her) https://asiahoe.com

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mintlodica ❀ @mintlodica.com · 18h

it's spooky season~ 🐈‍⬛ 💜

#mechanicalkeyboards #artistsofbsky

Manicure of matching purple almond shaped nails with keyboard full of cats.

45% small keyboard with purple and dark blue themed keycaps.

TKL keyboard with purple and dark blue themed keycaps, and copper accent enter key.

6 button keyboard with cat keycaps and hand with matching purple nails holding it.

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 17h

Completely disruptive.

a close up of a white rooster with a red crest on its head .

Alt: A white rooster tilts its head back and cock a doodle doos.

media.tenor.com

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 18h

What is it about train rides that makes it so easy to focus? Way better than a flight.

It's like all the best parts of a cafe but with added stimulus from motion. Especially nice with the view of foliage this time of year. 🍁

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 1d

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Get yours for £189, down from £249, for 2 weeks and super-charge your career prospects

piccalilli.link/js4e-launch-...

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piccalilli.link

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 1d

JEAN-BAPTISTE EMMANUEL ZORG!

I still think he has one of the coolest designs of a sci-fi villain.

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

One of us!

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

Had no idea We're Back was based on a book! One of those animations I felt like I hallucinated as a kid because so many of my friends growing up hadn't heard of it.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that the movie “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” is based on the book by Hudson Talbott?

You can borrow the book AND the movie from your local library! 🦕📖🦖

Movie poster of “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story”

Book cover of “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” by Hudson Talbott

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

Move fast, break things.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

I took one philosophy course and there were about 3 of these types there. That they were women did not make them any less insufferable.

The type to love listening to themselves talk but don't think about the systemic and ethical ramifications at all.

Yeah, the humanities alone can't save us.

Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 2d

Thiel is the guy who sits in the front of the philosophy class who spends his whole time thinking he's clever but not actually learning anything. He makes half arguments. He's a major, but the faculty loathe him.

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

YES! Great book too. Need to revisit it.

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

I do love sticky notes! It's so easy to move them to a different notebook. Or revisit them for an essay.

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

Crafting away messages was such a time. 😂

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

I have read that there might be some cognitive benefits to writing marginalia, but I always wonder how returning the book feels when you've already marked it up.

Can you still form new ideas as you've changed, or do your old notes kind of haunt your interpretation?

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 2d

I can't bring myself to write in my books, so I keep notebooks. But... Muji has refillables now?!

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jacky. @jacky.wtf · 3d

Plugging:

Circuit Breakers -- A Conference for Workers Organizing in Tech

Circuit Breakers is a conference for organizers and activists in the tech industry to come together and learn, build community, strategize, and recognize our collective power. It will be held October ...

techworkerscoalition.org

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 3d

Such crisp work! Love the colors.

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 3d

I forgot how to make custom feeds. Still have to use a third party appñ

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 3d

Haha The Butterfly Effect had an "alternate ending" as an extra on the DVD.

I just really miss pop up video. The ability to unlock trivia (and bloopers!) would be fun.

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 4d

I think something must have happened to my brain in the last 5 years, because I can't stomach horror like I used to.

I stopped watching sadomasochistic films like Saw and Texas Chainsaw Massacre a long time ago, but now, even sci fi horror is incredibly unsettling.

My heebs' been jeebed!

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 4d

Now do kitties. Please. 🥹

The Independent @the-independent.com · 4d

Research suggests that dogs might have a deeper and more biologically complex effect on humans than scientists previously believed

The health benefits of owning a dog, according to science

www.independent.co.uk

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 4d

Oh wow, you look incredible with red hair!

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 4d

Do we have spoiler tags on here yet? I just wanna gush about the music in Hades 2. 🥹

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 4d

That's a wee bit on the nose here. 🙃

Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 4d

There's a Webtoon that's sorta like this.

www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/m...

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Asia Hoe @asia.bsky.social · 6d

Grieving for all the friends who learned this as early as March 2020. Sobering reminder to restock my masks as soon as possible.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 6d

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.

"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.