Caroline, doing the work
@carolinethegeek.bsky.social
PhD. youth+tech+community+design researcher, UW iSchool Postdoc, TTRPG-er, moderator/ModSquid🦑, enjoyer of things.
She/her. Profile pic by Ari!
Yes, I'm here. On the job market!
She/her. Profile pic by Ari!
Yes, I'm here. On the job market!
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Hi, I'm Caroline (she/her), a postdoc at @uwischool.bsky.social (also HCDE). Designing fun, kind, and thoughtful tech with and for youth.
Current projects: TTRPGs for civic engagement, exploring executive function tools, participatory design of kids' engineering games.
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Hi, I'm Caroline (she/her), a postdoc at @uwischool.bsky.social (also HCDE). Designing fun, kind, and thoughtful tech with and for youth.
Current projects: TTRPGs for civic engagement, exploring executive function tools, participatory design of kids' engineering games.
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Our team at the @cip.uw.edu is currently seeking applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions. Applications received prior to January 15, 2026 will be given priority. Learn more about the positions, salary range, qualifications and application process: apply.interfolio.com/177901
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our team at the @cip.uw.edu is currently seeking applications for up to two postdoctoral scholar positions. Applications received prior to January 15, 2026 will be given priority. Learn more about the positions, salary range, qualifications and application process: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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Learning loss was an ableist concept created by the same people now pumping ai into schools, and feeding student data into ATS systems to reduce their life chances.
It has allowed young people to be written off as damaged.
And as David says- we ignore the impact of a mass death/disabling event
It has allowed young people to be written off as damaged.
And as David says- we ignore the impact of a mass death/disabling event
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Learning loss was an ableist concept created by the same people now pumping ai into schools, and feeding student data into ATS systems to reduce their life chances.
It has allowed young people to be written off as damaged.
And as David says- we ignore the impact of a mass death/disabling event
It has allowed young people to be written off as damaged.
And as David says- we ignore the impact of a mass death/disabling event
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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AI in education is treated as the future of education when it actually represents very old ideas of individualized learning
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
AI in education is treated as the future of education when it actually represents very old ideas of individualized learning
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placesjournal.org/article/extr...
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
placesjournal.org/article/extr...
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
fantastic article by @shannonmattern.bsky.social part love letter to libraries and all they represent, and part dream of the future libraries are building.
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Watson’s death is a fantastic reminder that you can be intelligent without being a good person.
The obituary of someone who gained widespread fame through remarkable achievements at a young age and then expected to be taken seriously for anything he said thereafter.
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Watson’s death is a fantastic reminder that you can be intelligent without being a good person.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
... also the Monster Slash is so good (in a sad way).
www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...
www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
... also the Monster Slash is so good (in a sad way).
www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...
www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...
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In the last handful of years, Dropout fans have turned me onto Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Hundreds of Beavers, the work of Don Hertzfeldt, and other online / offline gems...
What else are your niche comedy favorites?
What else are your niche comedy favorites?
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In the last handful of years, Dropout fans have turned me onto Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Hundreds of Beavers, the work of Don Hertzfeldt, and other online / offline gems...
What else are your niche comedy favorites?
What else are your niche comedy favorites?
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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too big to fail speedrun
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
too big to fail speedrun
Shout out to the Bernedoodle at the Locks who refused to move past us (after I made eye contact) until his people let me get some pets in.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Shout out to the Bernedoodle at the Locks who refused to move past us (after I made eye contact) until his people let me get some pets in.
So far, one paper I helped with is R&R and my first authored one is rejected (borderline RRX) but at least I have a fully written out draft with reviews!
#CHI2026
#CHI2026
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So far, one paper I helped with is R&R and my first authored one is rejected (borderline RRX) but at least I have a fully written out draft with reviews!
#CHI2026
#CHI2026
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Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].
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If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff
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I wish academic administrators a very "don't make essential operational processes dependent upon a single proprietary infrastructure goliath"
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I wish academic administrators a very "don't make essential operational processes dependent upon a single proprietary infrastructure goliath"
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Ohhhhh, I know what I'm giving to my fire marshals tomorrow to make them sad and delve into The Code. futurism.com/future-socie...
First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires
First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.
futurism.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ohhhhh, I know what I'm giving to my fire marshals tomorrow to make them sad and delve into The Code. futurism.com/future-socie...
I mean, @seattledot.bsky.social could've worded this a little better... But anyways.
These things are the scourge of UW campus and a safety hazard.
(UW Station bridge.)
These things are the scourge of UW campus and a safety hazard.
(UW Station bridge.)
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I mean, @seattledot.bsky.social could've worded this a little better... But anyways.
These things are the scourge of UW campus and a safety hazard.
(UW Station bridge.)
These things are the scourge of UW campus and a safety hazard.
(UW Station bridge.)
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It really shouldn't take this much energy to have even just low-level nice things
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It really shouldn't take this much energy to have even just low-level nice things
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When private equity controls the main digital infrastructures and platforms for many HE functions and data collections, it's bound to be trying to capitalize on those assets, and its business objectives may not support the public objectives of the universities locked in to the services it controls.
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When private equity controls the main digital infrastructures and platforms for many HE functions and data collections, it's bound to be trying to capitalize on those assets, and its business objectives may not support the public objectives of the universities locked in to the services it controls.
I'm still recuperating from this nasty cold so I won't be catching the C4 CR premiere live but I'm excited to catch it later.
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I'm still recuperating from this nasty cold so I won't be catching the C4 CR premiere live but I'm excited to catch it later.
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Learn how to create your own RPG with this RPG Design Zine, available on our website. #rpg #gamedev #gamedesign
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Learn how to create your own RPG with this RPG Design Zine, available on our website. #rpg #gamedev #gamedesign
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Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!
Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.