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...
Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests... In the subpoenas, the department asked the companies for identifying details of accounts that do not have a real person’s name attached and have criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests... In the subpoenas, the department asked the companies for identifying details of accounts that do not have a real person’s name attached and have criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Are we about to see a tsunami of backlash?
After AI Video of ‘Tom Cruise’ Fighting ‘Brad Pitt’ Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces ‘Massive’ Infringement on Seedance 2.0
au.variety.com/2026/film/ne...
After AI Video of ‘Tom Cruise’ Fighting ‘Brad Pitt’ Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces ‘Massive’ Infringement on Seedance 2.0
au.variety.com/2026/film/ne...
After AI Video of ‘Tom Cruise’ Fighting ‘Brad Pitt’ Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces ‘Massive’ Infringement on Seedance 2.0
The MPA denounced Bytedance's new AI video model, saying it had led to 'massive' copyright infringement like an AI Tom Cruise-Brad Pitt video.
au.variety.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Are we about to see a tsunami of backlash?
After AI Video of ‘Tom Cruise’ Fighting ‘Brad Pitt’ Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces ‘Massive’ Infringement on Seedance 2.0
au.variety.com/2026/film/ne...
After AI Video of ‘Tom Cruise’ Fighting ‘Brad Pitt’ Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces ‘Massive’ Infringement on Seedance 2.0
au.variety.com/2026/film/ne...
the term "turnkey surveillance state" comes to mind
Real "it's not surveillance unless it's from the surveillance region of late state capitalism" energy here.
February 14, 2026 at 1:20 AM
the term "turnkey surveillance state" comes to mind
Man, some white liberals who never have to worry about getting beaten, cuffed, separated from their families, and deported illegally by ICE sure don't like you criticizing Chuck Schumer in public.
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Man, some white liberals who never have to worry about getting beaten, cuffed, separated from their families, and deported illegally by ICE sure don't like you criticizing Chuck Schumer in public.
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This is the way 🏳️⚧️
ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
February 13, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This is the way 🏳️⚧️
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The vibe shift is so good
February 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The vibe shift is so good
I don’t believe this. Still, I’m tired of the AI hype corporations (and influencers) are disseminating to boost their stock value. I find it all so dehumanizing and I’m increasingly inclined to go work for a non-profit or some other organization divorced from promulgating this stuff.
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I don’t believe this. Still, I’m tired of the AI hype corporations (and influencers) are disseminating to boost their stock value. I find it all so dehumanizing and I’m increasingly inclined to go work for a non-profit or some other organization divorced from promulgating this stuff.
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The default assumption should be that they’re lying
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The default assumption should be that they’re lying
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I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
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Omg, this is beyond psychotic. The level of dehumanizing hatred you must feel towards someone to do this to children is jaw-dropping.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Omg, this is beyond psychotic. The level of dehumanizing hatred you must feel towards someone to do this to children is jaw-dropping.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
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My latest piece is on the topic of data and the need for consent. If we could sum up people’s needs around online data privacy in a single word, what would it be? (It's right there in the title.)
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
Data & Consent
If we could sum up people’s needs around online data privacy in a single word, what would it be?
stribs.medium.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
My latest piece is on the topic of data and the need for consent. If we could sum up people’s needs around online data privacy in a single word, what would it be? (It's right there in the title.)
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
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100+ more Google employees have signed since yesterday
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
100+ more Google employees have signed since yesterday
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$38,300,000,000 of your tax dollars.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
$38,300,000,000 of your tax dollars.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
Not for healthcare. Not for education. Not for small businesses.
But for mass-detention camps.
It’s flat out UNAMERICAN.
Nobody can sit on the sidelines — it will take all of us fighting back together to stop this.
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As someone who knew someone well whose life was probably shortened because they didn’t get a shingles vaccine, please, please, please, get the shingles vaccine.
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect against dementia
Being immunised against shingles has been linked to a reduced dementia risk before and now a study suggests that the newer vaccine wards off the condition more effectively than an older one
www.newscientist.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 AM
As someone who knew someone well whose life was probably shortened because they didn’t get a shingles vaccine, please, please, please, get the shingles vaccine.
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
The Simple Joy by Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band on Apple Music
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February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Really feels like we’re skateboarding through a Hieronymus Bosch painting lately.
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Really feels like we’re skateboarding through a Hieronymus Bosch painting lately.
As someone who knew someone well whose life was probably shortened because they didn’t get a shingles vaccine, please, please, please, get the shingles vaccine.
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect against dementia
Being immunised against shingles has been linked to a reduced dementia risk before and now a study suggests that the newer vaccine wards off the condition more effectively than an older one
www.newscientist.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 AM
As someone who knew someone well whose life was probably shortened because they didn’t get a shingles vaccine, please, please, please, get the shingles vaccine.
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
www.newscientist.com/article/2441...
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This sounds bonkers & it's simply a basic statement of fact. Between Covid neglect, ending USAID, & now the vaccine nonsense, it will soon be more than Jefferson Davis.
Trump is already responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone in history not named Jefferson Davis, and it's clear he's not content with second place.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This sounds bonkers & it's simply a basic statement of fact. Between Covid neglect, ending USAID, & now the vaccine nonsense, it will soon be more than Jefferson Davis.
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I was back in federal court today. They’re still prosecuting me — my trial date is May 11th — but we’re pressing for evidence discovery.
Because someone is “unreasonably obstructing the usual use” of the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. But it’s ICE, not me. And the evidence will prove it.
Because someone is “unreasonably obstructing the usual use” of the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. But it’s ICE, not me. And the evidence will prove it.
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I was back in federal court today. They’re still prosecuting me — my trial date is May 11th — but we’re pressing for evidence discovery.
Because someone is “unreasonably obstructing the usual use” of the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. But it’s ICE, not me. And the evidence will prove it.
Because someone is “unreasonably obstructing the usual use” of the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. But it’s ICE, not me. And the evidence will prove it.
Reposted by Robert Stribley
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
My latest piece is on the topic of data and the need for consent. If we could sum up people’s needs around online data privacy in a single word, what would it be? (It's right there in the title.)
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
Data & Consent
If we could sum up people’s needs around online data privacy in a single word, what would it be?
stribs.medium.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
My latest piece is on the topic of data and the need for consent. If we could sum up people’s needs around online data privacy in a single word, what would it be? (It's right there in the title.)
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/data-consent...