Smitha
@smithakp.bsky.social
Now: SEA. Prev: PIT+ATL+徳島県.
UX designer. Ethical tech is cool. GenAI is bullshit.
JET Program alum. 日本語OKかも。
Volcanoes, violins, not violence…but punching Nazis is OK.
That Pirates of Dark Water (.net) lady. 🏴☠️💎
PFP: a rotund bird w/ blue + pink feathers
UX designer. Ethical tech is cool. GenAI is bullshit.
JET Program alum. 日本語OKかも。
Volcanoes, violins, not violence…but punching Nazis is OK.
That Pirates of Dark Water (.net) lady. 🏴☠️💎
PFP: a rotund bird w/ blue + pink feathers
If I didn’t already have international travel plans for MLK Day, I’d gladly visit a national park that day. I’ll set aside a PTO day preemptively for Juneteenth.
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks. n.pr/48oR7tq
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national parks.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If I didn’t already have international travel plans for MLK Day, I’d gladly visit a national park that day. I’ll set aside a PTO day preemptively for Juneteenth.
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Sneering douchebag: "You're gonna be famous on the internet!"
The Internet:
The Internet:
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Sneering douchebag: "You're gonna be famous on the internet!"
The Internet:
The Internet:
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A real thing that happened
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A real thing that happened
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“The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri’s alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden, Reuters noted”
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
arstechnica.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri’s alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden, Reuters noted”
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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User research exists, in large part, because exposure to other humans who aren’t like us is what prevents us from being monsters. Being insulated from someone else’s reality makes it far easier to exploit or harm them for profit. Research “automation” is insulation.
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
User research exists, in large part, because exposure to other humans who aren’t like us is what prevents us from being monsters. Being insulated from someone else’s reality makes it far easier to exploit or harm them for profit. Research “automation” is insulation.
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The goal was never just deportation, it was always denaturalization
BREAKING
The US Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order attempting to strip birthright citizenship from children of noncitizen parents.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order attempting to strip birthright citizenship from children of noncitizen parents.
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The goal was never just deportation, it was always denaturalization
Do I need to start going to the gym just to keep up with my ebooks? I'm 25% of the way through Careless People, with only 11 days to go and people waiting to check it out.
Also, through an extreme comedy of errors, I ended up getting 2 pizzas last night, and one's pretty much gone already.
Also, through an extreme comedy of errors, I ended up getting 2 pizzas last night, and one's pretty much gone already.
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Do I need to start going to the gym just to keep up with my ebooks? I'm 25% of the way through Careless People, with only 11 days to go and people waiting to check it out.
Also, through an extreme comedy of errors, I ended up getting 2 pizzas last night, and one's pretty much gone already.
Also, through an extreme comedy of errors, I ended up getting 2 pizzas last night, and one's pretty much gone already.
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Seattle’s New Women’s Hockey Team Wins First Game, Speck on Seattle Times Sports Page: tinyurl.com/muxy5mty
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
So sick of constant consolidation through acquisition…and Netflix’s track record on supporting animated productions is pretty dismal, so WB Animation would be screwed.
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
So sick of constant consolidation through acquisition…and Netflix’s track record on supporting animated productions is pretty dismal, so WB Animation would be screwed.
Didn’t they evict the Institute of Peace from this very building, and fire most of its employees, at the start of the year? What is this shit?
Usually, re-dedication ceremonies are held in broad daylight, with pomp and circumstance and a heads up to the press to cover said event with smiling politicos and speechless honorees….not marked with a “hey! look what we did when no one was looking!” tweet after business hours.
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Didn’t they evict the Institute of Peace from this very building, and fire most of its employees, at the start of the year? What is this shit?
From my very limited online perspective from across the pond, it seems like the UK’s backsliding hard on trans rights. Open statements of support like this are SO important.
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
From my very limited online perspective from across the pond, it seems like the UK’s backsliding hard on trans rights. Open statements of support like this are SO important.
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
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Day 3: #ArtAdventCalendar
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Day 3: #ArtAdventCalendar
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
I am so burned out and overwhelmed. I don’t know where to go from here.
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I am so burned out and overwhelmed. I don’t know where to go from here.
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Increasingly tech is seeking to solve for the problem "humans exist," which is what you'd expect to see in a system where humans are seen as a cost and not a value.
“Humans get tired; some days are better than others. The AI does not get tired. It doesn’t get grumpy. It doesn’t have a bad day. The AI is consistent,” says Juan Espinoza, vice provost” demonstrating that humans can be profoundly ignorant and make vibe-based decisions.
Replace him with a chatbot
Replace him with a chatbot
Judging from the quotes in here, university admins are some of the least “ai literate” people in existence. No wonder they think students need to be taught how to use it.
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Increasingly tech is seeking to solve for the problem "humans exist," which is what you'd expect to see in a system where humans are seen as a cost and not a value.
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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This sounds like when my ex boyfriend tried to convince me why NFTs had any actual
value
value
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This sounds like when my ex boyfriend tried to convince me why NFTs had any actual
value
value
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Normalize treating this like the psychopathic behavior that it is
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Normalize treating this like the psychopathic behavior that it is
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What could possibly go wrong.
Unfathomably stupid idea
Unfathomably stupid idea
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What could possibly go wrong.
Unfathomably stupid idea
Unfathomably stupid idea
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My favorite Christmas song of all time is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Rowlf the Dog and John Denver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSV...
John Denver and Rowlf the Dog - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
YouTube video by Enrico Banson
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My favorite Christmas song of all time is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Rowlf the Dog and John Denver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSV...
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.