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Robert Stribley

@stribs.bsky.social

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UX Designer + Educator. Writer + Photographer. Australian + American. UX consulting at thisistechnique.com. Teach at SVA. Brooklyn, NY. Interests: UX, digital/human rights, immigration, journalism, misinformation, privacy by design.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here’s a fun update: The reveal for my forthcoming book Design for Privacy. Available from @rosenfeldmedia.com in November!

🔗More info here - rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...

Cover of the book Design for Privacy: Keeping Personal Information Private by Robert Stribley. Salmon and gray cover with a combination of shapes that look like a sea urchin.

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 9h

Every news outlet is refusing to sign Pete Hegseth's reporting restrictions at the Pentagon, and @status.news has learned that includes his former employer, Fox News. Details and more in tonight's newsletter: www.status.news/p/pentagon-p...

The Safe Space Secretary

Pete Hegseth built his career on Fox News mocking "snowflakes." Now, Status has learned, his former employer and others are rejecting his efforts to build a safe space around the Pentagon.

www.status.news

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 9h

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Photo of an older Tony Bennett waving from a stage

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 9h

Jamie, I just made this at home and can confirm: It was a hit with us!

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 10h

Mr. President. A second No Kings protest is about to strike the nation.

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 10h

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11h

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
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Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12h

The man who now owns this magazine was interviewed by the NYT recently.

He “did not have a negative word to say about Trump or his policies. ‘I fully support the president. I think he’s doing a great job.”

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 13h

This reminds me of comment I saw yesterday where someone said slavery wasn’t always immoral because it was simply accepted at the time. So I suggested he ask a slave if it was acceptable at the time.

Hallowed Bae Thy Ween @randallsd.bsky.social · 13h

Made a helpful Venn diagram for today to explain why it's good to call genocides genocides in any era.

A Venn diagram labeled with the red section as "People who say Christopher Columbus wasn't a genocidal villain because you have to judge him by the morals of this time." and the yellow section as "People who say you can't call what Israel is doing a genocide."

The actual diagram is almost entirely orange.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 15h

Oh, I have no excuse not to do this now!

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely. My idea was definitely to update them with arguments/satire to counter the bs typically found inside.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 16h

a man in a blue shirt is making a funny face and the word boom is on the screen behind him

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is making a funny face and the word boom is on the screen behind him

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 18h

“A New York Times headline captured the irony: ‘Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean.’ To the famous Orwellian slogan ‘war is peace’ we can now add a new variation: “peace prize justifies war.’”

Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 18h

The White House is openly complaining that Trump didn't win a Nobel Peace Prize. This is a churlish response since they Nobel's just endorsed Trump's rush to war against Venezuela www.thenation.com/article/worl...

The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump

Trump is mad he didn't win. But by honoring María Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has endorsed his war against Venezuela—and continued Europe's MAGA groveling.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 18h

Sounds like a confession, buddy.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 21h

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 18h

Loving the Chick tract format. I’ve long wanted to take one of the real ones and have some fun rewriting the captions.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven’t seen I’m Still Here yet, I highly recommend it. Poignant, tragic, beautifully filmed and troublingly relevant.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

A Horrifying True Story, Told Through Mundane Details

“I’m Still Here” tempts viewers into a comforting lull before pulling the rug out from under them.

www.theatlantic.com

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta love Portland.

BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 1d

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

As we all know, real activists who achieve real things talk about doing federal crimes on public social media all the time

(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

This country continues to take a hatchet to its own soul.
theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i...

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

theintercept.com

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

Was bummed Mythic Quest got canceled but the short spinoff series Side Quest makes for a fun successor, especially given this description of J. K. Rowling.

Woman who is a comic book store owner speaking, saying, “Dumbledore is a gay wizard created by a white lady who hates trans people.”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

Classic DARVO behavior of an abuser

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Absolutely

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn’t know @jamellebouie.net hosts a podcast about 1990’s political thrillers, now you do. Of course, I had to link to this episode on Starship Troopers.

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Unclear and Present Danger

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and freelance writer John Ganz delve into the world of 90s post-Cold War thrillers with Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast that explores America in an age of ...

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