Kirsti
@kst.bsky.social
Librarian. Geek. Music is life. I block early & often. “Always fight for the user, never for the system.”— Cory Doctorow.
Reposted by Kirsti
I think it was @tressiemcphd.bsky.social who was insistent that we decouple our online work lives from our online personal lives and here's data point one million supporting that theory. A lot of people can't ditch google for work functionality, but separating out personal accounts gives you options
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says
DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.
gizmodo.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I think it was @tressiemcphd.bsky.social who was insistent that we decouple our online work lives from our online personal lives and here's data point one million supporting that theory. A lot of people can't ditch google for work functionality, but separating out personal accounts gives you options
Reposted by Kirsti
NEW:
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
The New School Cancelled Their Class on Global Soccer and World Politics. We Are Going To Teach it Anyway.
When institutions abandon critical thinking, we build our own classrooms.
karenattiah.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
NEW:
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments.
They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics."
We are going to teach it anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
American hero
#OTD in 1944, Gordon Hirabayashi sends Attorney General J. Charles Dennis a letter and a loyalty questionnaire he received from a Seattle Draft Board. The questionnaire was sent to Japanese Americans, but Hirabayashi refused to answer the document and returned it to the draft board.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
American hero
Reposted by Kirsti
Pretty lucky when a large river otter walks out of Puget Sound while you happen to have a camera pointed that direction. Very unexpected find at Lincoln Park in #Seattle today.
#photography #wildlife #mammals #mustelids
#photography #wildlife #mammals #mustelids
February 16, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Pretty lucky when a large river otter walks out of Puget Sound while you happen to have a camera pointed that direction. Very unexpected find at Lincoln Park in #Seattle today.
#photography #wildlife #mammals #mustelids
#photography #wildlife #mammals #mustelids
Reposted by Kirsti
Seattle neighbors sent a message at the Northgate Target store today. Large group went in the store & delivered letter with demands to manager. Target Corporation Stop Supporting ICE. #ICEOUTMN #ABOLISHICE #BOYCOTTTARGET
February 16, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Seattle neighbors sent a message at the Northgate Target store today. Large group went in the store & delivered letter with demands to manager. Target Corporation Stop Supporting ICE. #ICEOUTMN #ABOLISHICE #BOYCOTTTARGET
Showed off my ebike to a friend after the concert tonight. We're gonna find a time for me to visit so he can test ride it. He was really excited because he says they've got a car on its last legs & he was wondering about replacing it with an ebike.
February 16, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Showed off my ebike to a friend after the concert tonight. We're gonna find a time for me to visit so he can test ride it. He was really excited because he says they've got a car on its last legs & he was wondering about replacing it with an ebike.
TIL
5. Earworms tend to use 3rd/4th/5th intervals. If you want a universal brain cleaner, find a piece that starts with a big interval. My go-to: the theme from I Dream of Jeannie. Warning: stop this video before the theme from Bewitched. The intervals are ultra-earwormy. youtu.be/6WLsEOrSGZQ?...
I Dream Of Jeannie - Bewitched - New Project Funk Orchestra & Marco Pierobon
YouTube video by Luca Merlini
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 6:01 AM
TIL
Reposted by Kirsti
(10/11) Dubal’s research showed that dynamic rates are coming for wages too, with Uber drivers with identical workloads and performance getting different pay based on the lowest amount the algorithm calculated they’d accept. www.columbialawreview.org/content/on-a...
ON ALGORITHMIC WAGE DISCRIMINATION - Columbia Law Review
INTRODUCTION Over the past two decades, technological developments have ushered in extreme levels of workplace monitoring and surveillance across many sectors. These automated systems record and quant...
www.columbialawreview.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(10/11) Dubal’s research showed that dynamic rates are coming for wages too, with Uber drivers with identical workloads and performance getting different pay based on the lowest amount the algorithm calculated they’d accept. www.columbialawreview.org/content/on-a...
Reposted by Kirsti
(3/11) A December 2025 Consumer Reports investigation found that Instacart prices for identical items varied by as much as 23% between different users. Instacart characterizes these discrepancies as routine ‘A/B testing’. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(3/11) A December 2025 Consumer Reports investigation found that Instacart prices for identical items varied by as much as 23% between different users. Instacart characterizes these discrepancies as routine ‘A/B testing’. www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
Reposted by Kirsti
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
Reposted by Kirsti
Cannot recommend this thread enough if you value privacy/security in your digital tools
You will never run out of reasons to continue masking. A grocery store hasn’t seen my whole face since before 2020 because as a former theatrical lighting tech and near-sighted person with an astigmatism, I’ve almost always have my sunglasses on indoors.
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Cannot recommend this thread enough if you value privacy/security in your digital tools
Reposted by Kirsti
Which basically means any politician trying to speak out forcefully about the excesses and abuses by CBP/ICE has to reckon with the fact that local and state police departments have been engaged in very similar practices and in many cases with a similar pack of accountability.
February 16, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Which basically means any politician trying to speak out forcefully about the excesses and abuses by CBP/ICE has to reckon with the fact that local and state police departments have been engaged in very similar practices and in many cases with a similar pack of accountability.
Reposted by Kirsti
If you want to learn what SSPE is like, there are real stories from real people about the devastation measles can wreak even years later
The return of measles will mean the return of SSPE.
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
If you don't know what that is, read this. www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
What Measles Did to My Family
My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
If you want to learn what SSPE is like, there are real stories from real people about the devastation measles can wreak even years later
Friend is performing in a concert in N Seattle tonight. Wanted to try out a Thai place on Lake City Way but there was no bike parking *anywhere* for blocks, so now having dinner someplace with bike racks.
February 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Friend is performing in a concert in N Seattle tonight. Wanted to try out a Thai place on Lake City Way but there was no bike parking *anywhere* for blocks, so now having dinner someplace with bike racks.
Reposted by Kirsti
As federal immigration agents surge into communities and detain people, the number of habeas petitions — claims challenging those detentions — has increased.
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
projects.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
As federal immigration agents surge into communities and detain people, the number of habeas petitions — claims challenging those detentions — has increased.
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
Reposted by Kirsti
In the US, the resistance to progress on many things, usually has a component of "the majority of white US folk prefer the outcome of what the system was previously doing."🤷🏿♂️
As in, most white US folk don't want George Floyds. But they do want the ability to call the cops on random Black people.
As in, most white US folk don't want George Floyds. But they do want the ability to call the cops on random Black people.
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
In the US, the resistance to progress on many things, usually has a component of "the majority of white US folk prefer the outcome of what the system was previously doing."🤷🏿♂️
As in, most white US folk don't want George Floyds. But they do want the ability to call the cops on random Black people.
As in, most white US folk don't want George Floyds. But they do want the ability to call the cops on random Black people.
Reposted by Kirsti
A neither good nor bad thing, is that systems that have been the same way for a long time, are often very resistant to change.
If they weren't resistant to change, they would have been changed already!
Often, driving change requires finding the buffer or dynamic that causes that resistance.
If they weren't resistant to change, they would have been changed already!
Often, driving change requires finding the buffer or dynamic that causes that resistance.
February 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM
A neither good nor bad thing, is that systems that have been the same way for a long time, are often very resistant to change.
If they weren't resistant to change, they would have been changed already!
Often, driving change requires finding the buffer or dynamic that causes that resistance.
If they weren't resistant to change, they would have been changed already!
Often, driving change requires finding the buffer or dynamic that causes that resistance.
Reposted by Kirsti
The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center released 100 Black Voices, an astonishingly good reading list featuring books selected by some of today's most celebrated Black writers, artists, and luminaries.
100 Black Voices: Books for Adults
This list—curated by the Schomburg Center’s Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division—features 100 books personally selected by some of today's most celebrated Black writers, artists, and luminaries. Discover a selection of 20 titles you can read right away, explore books in accessible formats, and learn more about the Schomburg Centennial.
www.nypl.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center released 100 Black Voices, an astonishingly good reading list featuring books selected by some of today's most celebrated Black writers, artists, and luminaries.
Reposted by Kirsti
#BHM Day 15: Black Pilgrims on the Road 🧶
The figure at the heart of this colorway is a Black knight shown mid-journey, riding with purpose rather than spectacle. He appears in the late-15th-cent travel account of Arnold von Harff’s travel account, a record of pilgrimage routes,
1/6
#yarnsky
The figure at the heart of this colorway is a Black knight shown mid-journey, riding with purpose rather than spectacle. He appears in the late-15th-cent travel account of Arnold von Harff’s travel account, a record of pilgrimage routes,
1/6
#yarnsky
February 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
At The Beacon Cinema to see Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon on a semi-large screen.
Fred Astaire is also in it but I care much more about Cyd Charisse. 😆
Fred Astaire is also in it but I care much more about Cyd Charisse. 😆
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
At The Beacon Cinema to see Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon on a semi-large screen.
Fred Astaire is also in it but I care much more about Cyd Charisse. 😆
Fred Astaire is also in it but I care much more about Cyd Charisse. 😆
Reposted by Kirsti
Recently in one of the education sessions the doctors I work with run, they brought up how many children used to die from measles each year.
2 million. 2 MILLION children used to die every year, worldwide, from measles.
That is the world anti-vaxxers want, and it is evil.
2 million. 2 MILLION children used to die every year, worldwide, from measles.
That is the world anti-vaxxers want, and it is evil.
February 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Recently in one of the education sessions the doctors I work with run, they brought up how many children used to die from measles each year.
2 million. 2 MILLION children used to die every year, worldwide, from measles.
That is the world anti-vaxxers want, and it is evil.
2 million. 2 MILLION children used to die every year, worldwide, from measles.
That is the world anti-vaxxers want, and it is evil.
I'm crying. You're crying. We're all crying.
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I'm crying. You're crying. We're all crying.
Reposted by Kirsti
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Reposted by Kirsti
Today is the last day to get your hands on Feb's monthly yarn or roving colorway: Petals & Presence. The story of our figure of inspiration was one I really enjoyed researching bc she was a little outside my area of expertise. Twas a win win bc I learned so much along the way too! 🧶
#yarnsky
#yarnsky
February 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Today is the last day to get your hands on Feb's monthly yarn or roving colorway: Petals & Presence. The story of our figure of inspiration was one I really enjoyed researching bc she was a little outside my area of expertise. Twas a win win bc I learned so much along the way too! 🧶
#yarnsky
#yarnsky
I laughed so hard! 🤣
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I laughed so hard! 🤣