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...
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.
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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...
They mean read the Bible OR the Quran OR the Torah OR the Vedas/Bhagavad Gita OR the Tripitaka OR Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World OR whatever, right? Right? So a requirement that truly protects religious freedom?
Mississippi public schools may soon have to set aside time for students to pray and read the Bible and other religious texts under the Mississippi Open to Religion Act, which the Mississippi House passed on Feb. 11.
www.mississippifreepress.org/schools-woul...
www.mississippifreepress.org/schools-woul...
Schools Would Have to Set Aside Time for Prayer, Bible Readings Under Mississippi Bill
Mississippi public schools may soon have to set aside time for students to pray and read the Bible and other religious texts under the Mississippi Open to Religion Act.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
They mean read the Bible OR the Quran OR the Torah OR the Vedas/Bhagavad Gita OR the Tripitaka OR Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World OR whatever, right? Right? So a requirement that truly protects religious freedom?
Underlying his beliefs is definitely the idea that white culture is simply better but also that culture is some sort of static thing that never changes. Both ludicrous ideas. Plus US culture has ALWAYS been multivariegated. (On the landmass we invaded.) Bigots just don’t like that.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Underlying his beliefs is definitely the idea that white culture is simply better but also that culture is some sort of static thing that never changes. Both ludicrous ideas. Plus US culture has ALWAYS been multivariegated. (On the landmass we invaded.) Bigots just don’t like that.
Everything is going to need a giant Ctrl+Z the day this administration is finally removed.
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Everything is going to need a giant Ctrl+Z the day this administration is finally removed.
I agree. And I don’t see it getting anything but worse in the near term .
In a world of cord-cutting and algorithmically-determined online content, it's easy to barely know what's going on in the country or the world.
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I agree. And I don’t see it getting anything but worse in the near term .
First they came for the undocumented immigrants
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the asylum seekers and other legal immigrants
And I did not speak out
…
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the asylum seekers and other legal immigrants
And I did not speak out
…
The Trump administration is dramatically expanding an effort to revoke U.S. citizenship for foreign-born Americans as it works to curb immigration, according to two people familiar with the plans.
Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say.
nbcnews.to
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
First they came for the undocumented immigrants
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the asylum seekers and other legal immigrants
And I did not speak out
…
And I did not speak out
Then they came for the asylum seekers and other legal immigrants
And I did not speak out
…
Why do our politicians not know the Constitution better than their Bibles? (Not that they know those much better, either.)
What I’m gathering from this is that according to the Bill of Rights, the right of citizens of the United States to beer shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State
Rep. Brian Steil: "I flew home to my home state of Wisconsin, went to buy a 6 pack a beer, the clerk asked for my ID, confirmed it, and then I was allowed to buy the beer. I just think it's nuts that we protect our beer more than our ballots."
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Why do our politicians not know the Constitution better than their Bibles? (Not that they know those much better, either.)
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I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
This explicit transphobia is spelled out in excruciating detail. Direct from Cass again.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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BREAKING
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
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Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
BREAKING
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I went down South in early January for a funeral and met two different people who asked me if I was OK living in New York “now.” I told them I wouldn’t be living here if I didn’t like it, I appreciate the city’s diversity, and not much more because they couldn’t change the subject fast enough.
On my flight today, a chatty lady said, “I can’t go to New York with all that’s going on over there.” And I said, “What? Free child care?” And she stopped talking to me.
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I went down South in early January for a funeral and met two different people who asked me if I was OK living in New York “now.” I told them I wouldn’t be living here if I didn’t like it, I appreciate the city’s diversity, and not much more because they couldn’t change the subject fast enough.
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Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay
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Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
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Clearly, Mike Johnson lives out his days trapped inside a sensory deprivation tank.
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Clearly, Mike Johnson lives out his days trapped inside a sensory deprivation tank.
Did you lie to the American people about the addictive properties of nicotine?
Execs: The DOW is 50,000!
Execs: The DOW is 50,000!
February 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Did you lie to the American people about the addictive properties of nicotine?
Execs: The DOW is 50,000!
Execs: The DOW is 50,000!
Bluesky Hall of Fame
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Bluesky Hall of Fame
I’m done. You can’t have a rational conversation about the merits of feudalism on here!
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I’m done. You can’t have a rational conversation about the merits of feudalism on here!
I don’t know how you convince some people this is wrong anymore. Obviously, you can’t. Only remains to fight it and highlight it for anyone who has some managed to remain in the dark about it all, at this point.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I don’t know how you convince some people this is wrong anymore. Obviously, you can’t. Only remains to fight it and highlight it for anyone who has some managed to remain in the dark about it all, at this point.
Honestly, I don’t believe striving to touch the top rung is a meaningful, productive, or psychologically healthy life goal.
“Unlike ‘Succession’ or ‘The White Lotus,’ which fixate on the already élite, ‘Industry’ centers largely on the strivers: people who claw their way upward while knowing full well that they may never be allowed to touch the top rung,” Inkoo Kang writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/ij1D7R
“Industry” Is a Study in Wasted Youths
In the new season of the hit HBO series, its young protagonists have left the trading floor that made them. Their second acts are revealing.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
February 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Honestly, I don’t believe striving to touch the top rung is a meaningful, productive, or psychologically healthy life goal.