Cyd Harrell
cydharrell.bsky.social
Cyd Harrell
@cydharrell.bsky.social
cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual

she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account)

ex-18F; on the board @publicgood.tech ; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
grabbed a quick screenshot
January 25, 2026 at 7:44 PM
remember when bundling shipment notifications in your inbox was merely automated, maybe with a little machine learning as a treat... & it worked?

I just freaking cannot with the current state of software
January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I think I'm gonna let Elinor Wylie wrap this one up
(poets.org/poem/let-no-...)
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
what the entire hell has been going on while I've been offline
December 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
was just thinking about manta rays & it made me think of Auden's reindeer
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
great post from @kdyz.bsky.social on civil service hiring in NYC - we have similar issues in SF, although I think they're overall a little less rough, but a lot of work to do for tech hires in particular
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
in!
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
me: why are my eyes itchy?
PurpleAir:
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
yeah, once more with a cover photo - I really, really encourage all tech folks to read this
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
holy shit, One Medical required me to not only self attest I have a risk condition but sign a special consent form *with a witness line* to get a COVID shot, in California where it’s supposed to be available to all
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
sometimes I think about bringing back my old website...
October 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
made it just under the wire - I'll always remember Orange Sky Day for itself, but also as the day the first copies of A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide arrived at my house - 5 years!!
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
this slide is in so many of my talks (& it doesn't even include the function piece)
September 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
honestly, I feel like frequent flyer perks started all of this
August 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've got no brief either for or against Burning Man - I've never been & my friends seemed to enjoy it more before tech adopted it - but these people's midlife crises are gonna arrive early & really be *something* sfstandard.com/2025/08/30/b...
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
💯 who remembers sponge painting?
August 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
new late-stage capitalist risk-shift just dropped! apparently we can all pay extra for "order insurance" when we have something shipped from a merchant, since neither they nor the delivery service will stand behind it getting there
August 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
hey Californians, if you got a mailer (already!) against the fall special election to counter Texas gerrymandering, the League of Women Voters wants you to know that the mailer was lying about them - screenshotting with alt text here:
August 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

(hahaha, should be fine)
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
you know, I have a ton of versions of this slide & talktrack in decks about government & technology over the years. not showing up to assist in a disaster is a breach of a very fundamental contract
July 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
um. I don't quite know how to say this, because whoa, wacky idea here...but like, I want an *actual* description of the food I'm ordering to pick up? not "typically" or "often" - wtf?? what are people with restrictions supposed to do here?
July 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this from Texas expert @mattlanza.bsky.social is excellent - key point:
July 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#NoKings in SF - sunshine & solidarity
June 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
you have been kidnapped and a character from the last tv show you watched is trying to rescue you who is coming to save you
June 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM