Smitha
@smithakp.bsky.social
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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
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
Listening to Careless People, AKA that Facebook exposé. I’ve been shaking my head every few minutes, but chapter 6 has me especially angry - Sheryl Sandberg pushing her selfish UX decisions, and - more importantly - WANTING TO USE FACEBOOK TO BUY KIDNEYS IN MEXICO AND BRING THEM HOME IN HER HANDBAG.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Listening to Careless People, AKA that Facebook exposé. I’ve been shaking my head every few minutes, but chapter 6 has me especially angry - Sheryl Sandberg pushing her selfish UX decisions, and - more importantly - WANTING TO USE FACEBOOK TO BUY KIDNEYS IN MEXICO AND BRING THEM HOME IN HER HANDBAG.
I've been developing cold and sinus symptoms at my desk the last couple of days, and masking up as a precaution. (Not that I should have ever stopped.) Either I'm coming down with something (I tested covid- and flu-negative yesterday), oooorrrrr the capitalist grind is making me physically ill.
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I've been developing cold and sinus symptoms at my desk the last couple of days, and masking up as a precaution. (Not that I should have ever stopped.) Either I'm coming down with something (I tested covid- and flu-negative yesterday), oooorrrrr the capitalist grind is making me physically ill.
My credit card companies make it really hard for people to actually pay them money. Perhaps it's an antipattern to gather late fees on top of everything else. I am SO, SO sick of Bank of America and Wells Fargo's shitty UX, to the point that I almost want to cancel my cards with them.
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My credit card companies make it really hard for people to actually pay them money. Perhaps it's an antipattern to gather late fees on top of everything else. I am SO, SO sick of Bank of America and Wells Fargo's shitty UX, to the point that I almost want to cancel my cards with them.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
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November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
Bahahahaha - watch if you need a laugh. It’s kind of adorable. #GeographyNow #AdolfHitlerUunona
m.youtube.com/shorts/ZlC3W...
m.youtube.com/shorts/ZlC3W...
Namibia loves ADOLF HITLER ❤️ (Uunona)
YouTube video by Geography Now
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Bahahahaha - watch if you need a laugh. It’s kind of adorable. #GeographyNow #AdolfHitlerUunona
m.youtube.com/shorts/ZlC3W...
m.youtube.com/shorts/ZlC3W...
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Key takeaway: DOGE wasted tons of money, fired many excellent federal employees and destroyed vital programs. They have been dispersed into different agencies to protect them.
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Key takeaway: DOGE wasted tons of money, fired many excellent federal employees and destroyed vital programs. They have been dispersed into different agencies to protect them.
If you see this, qtp with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
If you see this, qtp with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health.
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this is a story about farming that they have decided to make about datacenters. the amazon rep called them liars directly and they just print it and then return to insinuating all sorts of shit
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
this is a story about farming that they have decided to make about datacenters. the amazon rep called them liars directly and they just print it and then return to insinuating all sorts of shit
Today I learned that a #muumuu (or mu’umu’u) is a loose Hawaiian dress, akin to Hawaiian shirts, and NOT a tacky joke. It was introduced by missionaries to “civilize” the “half-naked savages.”
So yeah, I won’t be throwing around that term lightly again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27um...
So yeah, I won’t be throwing around that term lightly again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27um...
Mu'umu'u - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Today I learned that a #muumuu (or mu’umu’u) is a loose Hawaiian dress, akin to Hawaiian shirts, and NOT a tacky joke. It was introduced by missionaries to “civilize” the “half-naked savages.”
So yeah, I won’t be throwing around that term lightly again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27um...
So yeah, I won’t be throwing around that term lightly again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27um...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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a man who gets an email like this from his own mother should be legally required to reveal it to every woman he ever meets ever ever
![We still love you, but we are broken by your behavior and lack of character. I don't want to write emails like this and never thought I would. If it damages our relationship further, then so be it, but at least I have said my piece. [Redacted]
And yes, we are praying for you (and you don't deserve to know how we are praying, so skip the snarky reply)
I don't want an answer to this... I don't want to debate with you. You twist and abuse everything I say anyway. But...
On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way, I say... get some help and take an honest look at yourself...
Mom](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tm3djotsgwdkml5jn5rpubhd/bafkreifcbxiabi7zxvs6muuks5ba2ugax7554oib7ucldsilio3xwaes34@jpeg)
November 30, 2024 at 6:21 AM
a man who gets an email like this from his own mother should be legally required to reveal it to every woman he ever meets ever ever
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User research in tech in a nutshell! Vol. 2
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
User research in tech in a nutshell! Vol. 2
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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📢📢 THE PIRATES OF DARK WSTER IS ON TUBI I REPEAT THE PIRATES OF DARK WATER IS ON TUBI 📢📢
link.tubi.tv
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
📢📢 THE PIRATES OF DARK WSTER IS ON TUBI I REPEAT THE PIRATES OF DARK WATER IS ON TUBI 📢📢
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I am thrilled beyond words that Pirates of Dark Water is available to watch for free on Tubi
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I am thrilled beyond words that Pirates of Dark Water is available to watch for free on Tubi
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Don't know if any of you need to hear this, but all of PIRATES OF DARK WATER is on Tubi and (so far) it holds up pretty well for a 30+ year old show.
a close up of a blue sculpture with a swirl in the middle
Alt: The opening credits/ logo of The Pirates of Dark Water
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Don't know if any of you need to hear this, but all of PIRATES OF DARK WATER is on Tubi and (so far) it holds up pretty well for a 30+ year old show.
How fun to discover, halfway through dismantling furniture and after spending the last 4 hours shoving a ridiculous amount of stuff into closets, that the furniture delivery I thought was today is NEXT weekend...
Oh well, at least it made me clean up. And acknowledge that I have way too much stuff.
Oh well, at least it made me clean up. And acknowledge that I have way too much stuff.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How fun to discover, halfway through dismantling furniture and after spending the last 4 hours shoving a ridiculous amount of stuff into closets, that the furniture delivery I thought was today is NEXT weekend...
Oh well, at least it made me clean up. And acknowledge that I have way too much stuff.
Oh well, at least it made me clean up. And acknowledge that I have way too much stuff.
They are all traitors, with the blood of hundreds of thousands on their hands. Let there be justice, and soon. #DOGE
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
They are all traitors, with the blood of hundreds of thousands on their hands. Let there be justice, and soon. #DOGE
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
And my laundry cart collapsed. I was perhaps overzealous in trying to combine multiple trips into one. Perhaps.
Cute guy I’d been making eye contact with gave me a knowing look and skedaddled off to the elevators.
Time to return to the tried-and-true method that is “utility cart + Ikea bags.”
Cute guy I’d been making eye contact with gave me a knowing look and skedaddled off to the elevators.
Time to return to the tried-and-true method that is “utility cart + Ikea bags.”
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And my laundry cart collapsed. I was perhaps overzealous in trying to combine multiple trips into one. Perhaps.
Cute guy I’d been making eye contact with gave me a knowing look and skedaddled off to the elevators.
Time to return to the tried-and-true method that is “utility cart + Ikea bags.”
Cute guy I’d been making eye contact with gave me a knowing look and skedaddled off to the elevators.
Time to return to the tried-and-true method that is “utility cart + Ikea bags.”