Robert Stribley
@stribs.bsky.social
UXer + Educator + Author + Photographer. Australian + American.
UX: thisistechnique.com. Teach: SVA. Author: Design for Privacy (Rosenfeld Media). Interests: UX, digital/human rights, immigration, journalism, misinformation, privacy by design. Brooklyn.
UX: thisistechnique.com. Teach: SVA. Author: Design for Privacy (Rosenfeld Media). Interests: UX, digital/human rights, immigration, journalism, misinformation, privacy by design. Brooklyn.
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Robert Stribley
@stribs.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Design for Privacy | Rosenfeld Media
Are your designs protecting—or exposing—your users? In Design for Privacy, you’ll uncover how shifting technologies threaten personal data and what that means for your work. This book offers practical...
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I’m excited to say that my book Design for Privacy is now officially out there in the world! It’s available directly from Rosenfeld Media and via other popular online booksellers, too. rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...
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I got an email today that after an absolutely brutal year might carry me for a long while. Send emails to people, it matters
February 18, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I got an email today that after an absolutely brutal year might carry me for a long while. Send emails to people, it matters
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“Now, there’s a name I haven’t heard in years.”
“Now, there’s a name I haven’t heard in years.”
oh my god Shingy is still grifting as "Former Digital Prophet, AOL," which is kind of the tech sector version of "baby shoes, never worn"
At the furniture trade show I go to each year: let’s have a tech con man speak!
February 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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“Now, there’s a name I haven’t heard in years.”
“Now, there’s a name I haven’t heard in years.”
What the hell is wrong with this guy?
“The incident comes as hundreds of Salesforce workers reportedly plan to urge Benioff to denounce ICE and cancel future business with the agency”
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“The incident comes as hundreds of Salesforce workers reportedly plan to urge Benioff to denounce ICE and cancel future business with the agency”
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Salesforce workers outraged after CEO makes joke about ICE watching them
Marc Benioff’s remarks criticized as employees were reportedly planning to urge him to cancel business with agency
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
What the hell is wrong with this guy?
“The incident comes as hundreds of Salesforce workers reportedly plan to urge Benioff to denounce ICE and cancel future business with the agency”
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“The incident comes as hundreds of Salesforce workers reportedly plan to urge Benioff to denounce ICE and cancel future business with the agency”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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These people would have seized and burned Anne Frank’s diary if they had the chance.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
These people would have seized and burned Anne Frank’s diary if they had the chance.
Excellent
“The ban forces nine sheriff’s offices in the state to immediately sever agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — including the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, which had one of the nation’s longest-running 287(g) agreements.”
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation that bans local law enforcement agencies from formally facilitating immigration arrests. At least eight other states have banned or set restrictions on 287(g) partnerships involving ICE and local police offices.
February 18, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Excellent
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.
February 18, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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"Europe’s privacy watchdog has opened a 'large-scale' inquiry into Elon Musk’s X over AI-generated non-consensual sexual imagery, in the latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the social media site’s Grok chatbot."
EU privacy watchdog opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over sexualised AI images
‘Large-scale’ inquiry is latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the group’s Grok chatbot
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"Europe’s privacy watchdog has opened a 'large-scale' inquiry into Elon Musk’s X over AI-generated non-consensual sexual imagery, in the latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the social media site’s Grok chatbot."
When I read the comments on a clip like this I want to remind folks: the problem isn’t with the quality. That will only improve. The problems are: 1) opportunities for misinformation 2) folks increasingly doubting what they see even when it IS real and 3) our lack of control over our own identities
SAG-AFTRA blasts ByteDance for 'blatant infringement' over its AI video model Seedance 2.0 after a video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting went viral
February 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
When I read the comments on a clip like this I want to remind folks: the problem isn’t with the quality. That will only improve. The problems are: 1) opportunities for misinformation 2) folks increasingly doubting what they see even when it IS real and 3) our lack of control over our own identities
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February 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Thread on the AI dystopia corporate America wants to inflict on us all. Will Congress ever give a damn?
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Thread on the AI dystopia corporate America wants to inflict on us all. Will Congress ever give a damn?
In a sane world, this bigot would leave his office tomorrow and never return to politics again. Go dig ditches somewhere, Randy.
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
In a sane world, this bigot would leave his office tomorrow and never return to politics again. Go dig ditches somewhere, Randy.
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<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
Tom Homan on Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey: "They ought to be saying 'thank you.'"
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
Got three words for you, Homan.
Tom Homan on Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey: "They ought to be saying 'thank you.'"
February 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Got three words for you, Homan.
Pre-ordered. 🥹
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Sturgill Simpson Unveils New Johnny Blue Skies Album
Mutiny After Midnight arrives in March
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February 16, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Pre-ordered. 🥹
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I'm sure people would die to "defend a 'multicultural economic zone.'"
They just wouldn't be bigots.
They just wouldn't be bigots.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I'm sure people would die to "defend a 'multicultural economic zone.'"
They just wouldn't be bigots.
They just wouldn't be bigots.
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traveling back to 2016 to tell people that the Teslas still won't actually drive themselves ten years later, but check out what Elon will be delivering
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
traveling back to 2016 to tell people that the Teslas still won't actually drive themselves ten years later, but check out what Elon will be delivering
Folks who believe AI models are “thinking” should ask them cold “what were you just thinking about?” The answer may surprise you!
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Folks who believe AI models are “thinking” should ask them cold “what were you just thinking about?” The answer may surprise you!
Both shocking and completely unsurprising
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Both shocking and completely unsurprising
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
I have developed quite a loathing for Clear. It’s a product of capitalism glomming onto post-9/11 security theater.
Also, and perhaps less popular an opinion, but I don’t think people should be able to pay to cut the line. Just seems gross. 🤷
Also, and perhaps less popular an opinion, but I don’t think people should be able to pay to cut the line. Just seems gross. 🤷
Been in a lot of US airports lately and I'm here to report that Clear is a chaos agent of a program and shouldn't be allowed.
February 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I have developed quite a loathing for Clear. It’s a product of capitalism glomming onto post-9/11 security theater.
Also, and perhaps less popular an opinion, but I don’t think people should be able to pay to cut the line. Just seems gross. 🤷
Also, and perhaps less popular an opinion, but I don’t think people should be able to pay to cut the line. Just seems gross. 🤷
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“The Commission said the short video platform did not “adequately assess” how its design decisions could harm the well-being of its users, particularly minors and vulnerable adults.”
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EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch
The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation...
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February 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
“The Commission said the short video platform did not “adequately assess” how its design decisions could harm the well-being of its users, particularly minors and vulnerable adults.”
techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/e...
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me