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Robert Stribley

@stribs.bsky.social

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UX Designer + Educator. Writer + Photographer. Australian + American. UX consulting at thisistechnique.com. Teach at SVA. Brooklyn, NY. Interests: UX, digital/human rights, immigration, journalism, misinformation, privacy by design.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here’s a fun update: The reveal for my forthcoming book Design for Privacy. Available from @rosenfeldmedia.com in November!

🔗More info here - rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...

Cover of the book Design for Privacy: Keeping Personal Information Private by Robert Stribley. Salmon and gray cover with a combination of shapes that look like a sea urchin.

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Nathan Shedroff @nathanshedroff.bsky.social · 2h

Ironic that his name is Miranda. www.huffpost.com/entry/united...

U.S. Citizen Detained And Held At ICE Building In Portland For Hours Before Release, Lawyer Says

“Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans," Democratic U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum said.

www.huffpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

Writing something about ICE and sweet Jesus it is so incredibly dark what they are doing to these cities. We have all seen the videos, but when you wade into the details of their actions, it is extraordinarily bleak.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 7h

We should be putting up signs to mark these acts of state violence in every community in the country.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The neighborhood signs follow an older tradition of simply bearing witness — in this case, to the arrests by federal agents of immigrants who make up the fabric of some neighborhoods.
By Anthony J. Rivera

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 11h

It really feels like government by sociopaths. I think it IS government by sociopaths. Their leader go in and invited the rest.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 14h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 11h

Who looks more ridiculous: The guy in the frog suit exercising his first amendment rights? Or the dudes playing army, terrorizing, assaulting, and arresting innocent people?

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 14h

Buck wild how these guys try to turn terms like “No Kings” and “antifa” into the exact opposite of what they stand for. “Empathy” is bad, too, let’s not forget. Five more minutes before “democracy now!” and “Vote!” will be called anti-American sentiments, too.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

Johnson slams the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place in DC next week as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.”

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15h

Mainstream media needs to be playing these videos non-stop and following up on clear abuses of power.

Where is the investigative journalism?

I’ve seen perhaps hundreds of these videos and they are happening all across the country right now.

These are not isolated events.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

New in PN: The Trump Murder Policy

"Trump has claimed Venezuelan boats are being attacked because they’re smuggling drugs, but his evidence doesn’t amount to much more than 'trust me, bro.'"

The Trump Murder Policy

Let's call his strikes on Venezuelan boats for what they are.

www.publicnotice.co

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Frog gets it

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

Concrete Milkshake is my new punk band. Maybe we can open for you.

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 1d

“New York is a separate country.”

Photos taken around midtown Manhattan today

Sign near Rockefeller Center reading “New York is a separate country.” Attributed to “Mickey”

Famous Rockefeller Center art deco carving/sculpture entitled “Wisdom.” Features say God likes man growing with a compass in the clouds. Script beneath that reads, “wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times”

Red fire truck parked at a fire station with a large Batman figure attached to its front. A spray painted black Batman symbol can be seen on the driveway before it.

A young woman sings with a microphone and speaker, standing at the corner of two streets in midtown Manhattan

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 2d

Trump about to levy some very high tariffs against the Vatican.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

Ukeleles being strummed en masse. Chickens openly addressing government officials. Line dancing in a public thoroughfare. Frogs, unicorns and dinosaurs getting their interspecies groove on.

Portland is lost. May God and Donald Trump save what's left of the United States of America.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 2d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not saying that the Washpost’s new Opinion editor was sent on a mission destroy that section’s reputation.

I’m just saying that if someone were sent to destroy the Opinion section’s reputation, they’d be doing exactly what this guy is doing.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

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Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 3d

Since, 2008 I've always thought of Sally Hawkins in the context of Mike Leigh's Happy Go Lucky. She was delightful. Now, I'm watching Bring Her Back and I'll never ever see Sally Hawkins the same way again. Good God.