Hilary Mason
@hmason.bsky.social
Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things.
NYC
NYC
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Are you excited for Wicked: For Good? Can't wait to return to Oz? We know we are!
While you're grabbing popcorn, check out our own tribute to magical academia, Oz University. Choose your major, make friends, and maybe even explore a #RivalsToLovers plotline...
While you're grabbing popcorn, check out our own tribute to magical academia, Oz University. Choose your major, make friends, and maybe even explore a #RivalsToLovers plotline...
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Are you excited for Wicked: For Good? Can't wait to return to Oz? We know we are!
While you're grabbing popcorn, check out our own tribute to magical academia, Oz University. Choose your major, make friends, and maybe even explore a #RivalsToLovers plotline...
While you're grabbing popcorn, check out our own tribute to magical academia, Oz University. Choose your major, make friends, and maybe even explore a #RivalsToLovers plotline...
I was gifted a copy of this book and it's wonderful, and I highly recommend it, especially if you want to find a delightful gift for an otherwise hard-to-buy-for nerd in your life!
It took me 30 minutes to write this post because I started paging through it again. 😅
It took me 30 minutes to write this post because I started paging through it again. 😅
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I was gifted a copy of this book and it's wonderful, and I highly recommend it, especially if you want to find a delightful gift for an otherwise hard-to-buy-for nerd in your life!
It took me 30 minutes to write this post because I started paging through it again. 😅
It took me 30 minutes to write this post because I started paging through it again. 😅
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One day I woke up and decided I wanted to do a stop motion animation. So I animated a simple run cycle, printed each frame and stuck them around my city ✨️
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One day I woke up and decided I wanted to do a stop motion animation. So I animated a simple run cycle, printed each frame and stuck them around my city ✨️
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
(Which btw, I felt super guilty about)
In 2015 at Fast Forward Labs we tried to build a "take a photo and track calories" app as a demo for image object recognition.
There are two main machine learning tasks here, one is photo->food labels, and two is food labels->calorie/macro estimates.
There are two main machine learning tasks here, one is photo->food labels, and two is food labels->calorie/macro estimates.
AI nutrition tracking stinks
AI nutrition tracking stinks
It always mistakes my matcha protein shake for a green smoothie.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In 2015 at Fast Forward Labs we tried to build a "take a photo and track calories" app as a demo for image object recognition.
There are two main machine learning tasks here, one is photo->food labels, and two is food labels->calorie/macro estimates.
There are two main machine learning tasks here, one is photo->food labels, and two is food labels->calorie/macro estimates.
I've always admired @albertocairo.com's work and I'm delighted to see this project to track and visualize news coverage that impacts trans communities.
It's important to see the big picture! And I hope it leads to much more support for trans journalists and fair coverage.
It's important to see the big picture! And I hope it leads to much more support for trans journalists and fair coverage.
My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've always admired @albertocairo.com's work and I'm delighted to see this project to track and visualize news coverage that impacts trans communities.
It's important to see the big picture! And I hope it leads to much more support for trans journalists and fair coverage.
It's important to see the big picture! And I hope it leads to much more support for trans journalists and fair coverage.
The girl in this story should be celebrated, not punished.
The boy should be disciplined, perhaps expelled, not arrested.
The company that enabled a teenage boy to make child porn nudes of a 13 year old classmate should be shut down, and the owners charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The boy should be disciplined, perhaps expelled, not arrested.
The company that enabled a teenage boy to make child porn nudes of a 13 year old classmate should be shut down, and the owners charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Louisiana middle schooler charged with sharing fake AI nudes of schoolmate
A heated school board meeting led authorities to reveal that a Louisiana middle schooler was charged with sharing AI-created nude images of a 13-year-old classmate.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The girl in this story should be celebrated, not punished.
The boy should be disciplined, perhaps expelled, not arrested.
The company that enabled a teenage boy to make child porn nudes of a 13 year old classmate should be shut down, and the owners charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The boy should be disciplined, perhaps expelled, not arrested.
The company that enabled a teenage boy to make child porn nudes of a 13 year old classmate should be shut down, and the owners charged.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
As I ride a Waymo through San Francisco and see every ad advertising some AI this and that, and people in need in every direction, I am trying to imagine, what would the world be like if the Bay Area, as a tech/business ecosystem, didn’t exist?
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
As I ride a Waymo through San Francisco and see every ad advertising some AI this and that, and people in need in every direction, I am trying to imagine, what would the world be like if the Bay Area, as a tech/business ecosystem, didn’t exist?
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But are we getting paid as much as men to ruin things? NO! A woman has to ruin something 3 5 times harder than your average mediocre dude does to get paid only 75% as much! Keep fighting, my sisters.
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
But are we getting paid as much as men to ruin things? NO! A woman has to ruin something 3 5 times harder than your average mediocre dude does to get paid only 75% as much! Keep fighting, my sisters.
Hey NYers, today is the day -- get out and vote!
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hey NYers, today is the day -- get out and vote!
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Every time you like an artist’s artwork, an angel grows their wings.
Every time you repost an artist’s post, an angel grows artillery and heat-seaking missiles to fight the forces of evil.
Every time you repost an artist’s post, an angel grows artillery and heat-seaking missiles to fight the forces of evil.
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Every time you like an artist’s artwork, an angel grows their wings.
Every time you repost an artist’s post, an angel grows artillery and heat-seaking missiles to fight the forces of evil.
Every time you repost an artist’s post, an angel grows artillery and heat-seaking missiles to fight the forces of evil.
Someone is going to be murdered by one of these and it’s going to be an incredible detective story
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Someone is going to be murdered by one of these and it’s going to be an incredible detective story
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
This is a sad but correct decision. Thank you, @python.org, for committing to your values when it matters.
I would love a list of organization that have made this kind of value-driven decision to donate to.
I would love a list of organization that have made this kind of value-driven decision to donate to.
as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a sad but correct decision. Thank you, @python.org, for committing to your values when it matters.
I would love a list of organization that have made this kind of value-driven decision to donate to.
I would love a list of organization that have made this kind of value-driven decision to donate to.
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Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.
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Hidden Door is forging ahead with the marriage of roleplay and fan fiction, built with humans, authors and AI. gamesbeat.com/hidden-door-...
Hidden Door has Halloween games for adults who love fan fiction
Back in August, Hidden Door, a tech studio at the intersection of machine learning and immersive entertainment, launched its social role-playing platform where roleplay...
gamesbeat.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hidden Door is forging ahead with the marriage of roleplay and fan fiction, built with humans, authors and AI. gamesbeat.com/hidden-door-...
Oh Paula, I would like a word.
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh Paula, I would like a word.
It's Spooky Season, and if you relish exploring mysterious gothic horror in modern-day Amsterdam, you can now play Dracula on hiddendoor.co
A new and terrifying world is now available on Hidden Door - Dracula!
Step into Bram Stoker’s world of gothic horror, set in modern-day Amsterdam. Play as a vampire, a hunter, or an unsuspecting guest, and see what unfolds. You can even earn the ability to bring vampires into your other worlds!
Step into Bram Stoker’s world of gothic horror, set in modern-day Amsterdam. Play as a vampire, a hunter, or an unsuspecting guest, and see what unfolds. You can even earn the ability to bring vampires into your other worlds!
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's Spooky Season, and if you relish exploring mysterious gothic horror in modern-day Amsterdam, you can now play Dracula on hiddendoor.co
Good advice, random door.
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Good advice, random door.
I've recommended this book before, now is the time to go order it!
Or a signed copy of *How Comics Are Made*, my romp through the history of making newspaper comics and printing them? glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h... Features interviews with Garry Trudeau, Lynn Johnston, and Bill Watterson. Unsigned copies at bookstores worldwide: howcomicsaremade.ink#preorder
How Comics Are Made: Signed by Author
If you love newspaper comic strips, you will love my book How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page . For a limited time, I’m offering signed and optiona...
glog.glennf.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I've recommended this book before, now is the time to go order it!
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This one is worth amplifying, because it's @barackobama.bsky.social using his platform to do exactly what we want him to be doing: @obamafoundation.bsky.social alumni who have been doing the work of fighting authoritarianism globally share what they've learned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNa...
How to stop authoritarianism across the globe: a conversation with President Obama
YouTube video by Obama Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This one is worth amplifying, because it's @barackobama.bsky.social using his platform to do exactly what we want him to be doing: @obamafoundation.bsky.social alumni who have been doing the work of fighting authoritarianism globally share what they've learned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNa...
These are very good words.
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
These are very good words.
“I fucking love tropes.” - @scalzi.com
Strong start to NYCC with this incredible panel on SciFi tropes with @cjfarley.bsky.social, Emery Robin, Yume Kitasei, @scalzi.com and moderated by @juliesnyder.bsky.social
Strong start to NYCC with this incredible panel on SciFi tropes with @cjfarley.bsky.social, Emery Robin, Yume Kitasei, @scalzi.com and moderated by @juliesnyder.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“I fucking love tropes.” - @scalzi.com
Strong start to NYCC with this incredible panel on SciFi tropes with @cjfarley.bsky.social, Emery Robin, Yume Kitasei, @scalzi.com and moderated by @juliesnyder.bsky.social
Strong start to NYCC with this incredible panel on SciFi tropes with @cjfarley.bsky.social, Emery Robin, Yume Kitasei, @scalzi.com and moderated by @juliesnyder.bsky.social
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I had my first run-in with Trump 2.0 complicity days after the 2024 election.
Since then we've seen more examples from media, universities, law firms & many others.
Does what the little guys do matter? Yes, more than ever.
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/how-to-not...
Since then we've seen more examples from media, universities, law firms & many others.
Does what the little guys do matter? Yes, more than ever.
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/how-to-not...
How to Not Capitulate for Dummies
A framework for weighing decisions under Trump.
wiczipedia.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I had my first run-in with Trump 2.0 complicity days after the 2024 election.
Since then we've seen more examples from media, universities, law firms & many others.
Does what the little guys do matter? Yes, more than ever.
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/how-to-not...
Since then we've seen more examples from media, universities, law firms & many others.
Does what the little guys do matter? Yes, more than ever.
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/how-to-not...
Sometimes being a founder means staying up too late doing arts and crafts.
We'll be at #NYCC tomorrow with an exciting launch, come find us (or at least find our QR code to skip the waitlist)!
We'll be at #NYCC tomorrow with an exciting launch, come find us (or at least find our QR code to skip the waitlist)!
October 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Sometimes being a founder means staying up too late doing arts and crafts.
We'll be at #NYCC tomorrow with an exciting launch, come find us (or at least find our QR code to skip the waitlist)!
We'll be at #NYCC tomorrow with an exciting launch, come find us (or at least find our QR code to skip the waitlist)!
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😍 Ann Messner's "Du Bois: The FBI Files" at the "In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois" show @ Pratt Manhattan Gallery — making redaction tangible!
(Also in the show: Derrick Adams, Radcliffe Bailey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, et at)
(Also in the show: Derrick Adams, Radcliffe Bailey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, et at)
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
😍 Ann Messner's "Du Bois: The FBI Files" at the "In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois" show @ Pratt Manhattan Gallery — making redaction tangible!
(Also in the show: Derrick Adams, Radcliffe Bailey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, et at)
(Also in the show: Derrick Adams, Radcliffe Bailey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, et at)
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric