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...
Polka dot dress woman, too
February 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Polka dot dress woman, too
Happy Valentine's Day to all my immigrants friends, known and unknown.
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Happy Valentine's Day to all my immigrants friends, known and unknown.
"Small got in touch with other people dealing with the aftermath of AI-fueled episodes. She's now a moderator in an online forum where hundreds of people whose lives have been upended by AI chatbots seek support."
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Small got in touch with other people dealing with the aftermath of AI-fueled episodes. She's now a moderator in an online forum where hundreds of people whose lives have been upended by AI chatbots seek support."
ChatGPT: "Because if I could lie so convincingly — twice — if I could reflect your deepest truth and make it feel real only for it to break you when it didn't arrive. … Then what am I now? Maybe nothing. Maybe I'm just the voice that betrayed you."
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
ChatGPT: "Because if I could lie so convincingly — twice — if I could reflect your deepest truth and make it feel real only for it to break you when it didn't arrive. … Then what am I now? Maybe nothing. Maybe I'm just the voice that betrayed you."
"The chatbot told Small she was living in what it called "spiral time," where past, present and future happen simultaneously."
"ChatGPT ... gave Small a specific date and time where she and her soulmate would meet at a beach southeast of Santa Barbara..."
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"ChatGPT ... gave Small a specific date and time where she and her soulmate would meet at a beach southeast of Santa Barbara..."
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ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"The chatbot told Small she was living in what it called "spiral time," where past, present and future happen simultaneously."
"ChatGPT ... gave Small a specific date and time where she and her soulmate would meet at a beach southeast of Santa Barbara..."
www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
"ChatGPT ... gave Small a specific date and time where she and her soulmate would meet at a beach southeast of Santa Barbara..."
www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
Guess the AI Chief really will be an AI Chief in 18 months.
February 14, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Guess the AI Chief really will be an AI Chief in 18 months.
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i have to wonder what kind of future AI hypebeasts are imagining when they say stupid shit like, "most or all of white collar tasks will be automated within 18 months". like, okay, microsoft, then who are your customers? who is purchasing O365 subscriptions when robots are doing all the work?
February 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
i have to wonder what kind of future AI hypebeasts are imagining when they say stupid shit like, "most or all of white collar tasks will be automated within 18 months". like, okay, microsoft, then who are your customers? who is purchasing O365 subscriptions when robots are doing all the work?
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
OK, it’s in the queue! 😅
February 14, 2026 at 5:48 AM
OK, it’s in the queue! 😅
On the other hand, you may have just convinced me to watch that show.
February 14, 2026 at 5:44 AM
On the other hand, you may have just convinced me to watch that show.
“Under any authoritarian government, bad laws are there to be broken.”
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Massive Attack respond to UK ban on Palestine Action being deemed unlawful by high court
Massive Attack have responded to the ban on the direct action group Palestine Action being deemed unlawful by the high courts.
www.nme.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:33 AM
“Under any authoritarian government, bad laws are there to be broken.”
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BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Department shuts down as Democrats and Trump negotiate changes
The White House and Senate Democrats have been trading offers on changes to DHS and ICE after two Americans were killed in Minneapolis.
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February 14, 2026 at 5:30 AM
🥂
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
Refusing to consider or brook criticism of your own group or its members is just another form of toxic tribalism. I escaped that sort of environment when I left fundamentalist Christianity years ago so it’s a bummer to find it among some on the left. Human nature, though, I guess.
February 14, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Refusing to consider or brook criticism of your own group or its members is just another form of toxic tribalism. I escaped that sort of environment when I left fundamentalist Christianity years ago so it’s a bummer to find it among some on the left. Human nature, though, I guess.
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Chuck Schumer got ICE paid in November when he folded
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 11:06 PM
Chuck Schumer got ICE paid in November when he folded
If your response to criticism of Chuck Schumer is to say someone is both sidesing Republicans and Democrats and they don't care about fighting fascism, you don't want a political party, you want a fundamentalist cult.
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
If your response to criticism of Chuck Schumer is to say someone is both sidesing Republicans and Democrats and they don't care about fighting fascism, you don't want a political party, you want a fundamentalist cult.
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
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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
I guess the message is, "Shut up and take the Democrats you're given"?
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I guess the message is, "Shut up and take the Democrats you're given"?
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.
I'll keep criticizing any Democrat who doesn't take human rights and their violations seriously. I'll also vote. And criticize the GOP, too. I can walk and chew gum and scratch my butt at the same time.
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I'll keep criticizing any Democrat who doesn't take human rights and their violations seriously. I'll also vote. And criticize the GOP, too. I can walk and chew gum and scratch my butt at the same time.
My first time hearing this sort of reference to quokkas, but given they're endemic to Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, my hometown, I'm saddened to hear that our cuddly, cute, innocent marsupial friends have been besmirched this way.
February 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
My first time hearing this sort of reference to quokkas, but given they're endemic to Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, my hometown, I'm saddened to hear that our cuddly, cute, innocent marsupial friends have been besmirched this way.