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Christina Warren

@filmgirl.bsky.social

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Twitter: film_girl Instagram: film_girl GitHub: filmgirl Mastodon: [email protected] DevRel @ Google DeepMind. Past: GitHub. Lover of OSS, media, tech and pop culture. Journalist (Mashable, Gizmodo) turned developer. I host podcasts and videos.

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · Feb 5

Personal News: This week I’ve joined Google DeepMind to work in Dev Rel for all things Gemini, Gemma and Google AI Studio! I’m so so excited to be alongside so many talented people and to build the coolest shit I can! LFG!!

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 9h

The merch bonanza is still unhinged but it def seems tamer than before. I think it’s because there isn’t a huge song they can play for us every 30 seconds

Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 9h

holy shit this is so good

Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 9h

I have never been more jealous in my life. My scam queen to end all scam queens.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 9h

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 14h

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 11h

OBS and Screen Studio have both been fine for me for hour plus records — Screenflow too. But if this is a real concern, maybe look into an external recording device. Ecamm Live might work too.

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casey morell @caseym.org · 2d

wow. RIP rick edmonds -- huge loss for the journalism world. more info at the end of poynter's daily newsletter today www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Today is MSNBC’s first day apart from NBC. Here is its new code of principles. - Poynter

The new network’s 10 core principles emphasize fairness, accuracy, transparency and firm limits on AI

www.poynter.org

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 5d

Love you, Manton

Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 5d

No they said “We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps,” Apple said in a statement to Business Insider. “Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock, we have removed it and similar apps from the App Store.”

Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 5d

And since that is so clearly the case (because this isn’t about illegal or illegal, it’s about bowing to government pressure one way or another), you don’t get to pretend to take a high road on any moral or ethical arguments about App Store practices or pretend you stand up to governments.

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 5d

Still in the App Store. www.npr.org/2019/02/12/6...

Apple, Google Criticized For Carrying App That Lets Saudi Men Track Their Wives

An app that allows men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in the Apple and Google app stores in Saudi Arabia. The firms are getting blowback for carrying the app.

www.npr.org

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 5d

Oh that’s absolutely the rationale. But then cite the real reason you remove or won’t remove, which is “we do what governments tell us to do.”

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 5d

Kinda wild Apple will kick ICEBlock out of the App Store on safety grounds but the Saudi government app that lets men track women (their “property”) and control their travel is fully allowed even after the Human Rights Watch AND members of the Senate begged them to ban it.

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

YOU MADE A DEAL WITH THIS DEVIL TURNS OUT MY DICK'S BIGGER!!!!

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Taylor Swift Eve to all who celebrate!

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

New article from The Free Press

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

“Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.
By Tyler Cowen
10.02.25

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t disagree! Just pointing out options!

Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

The MSA scripts on GitHub work extremely well. Just saying.

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

That’s must not true. There were good ideas but they weren’t fully formed at all. The fact that Windows RT wasn’t fully Metro proves that. But there is another difference: if Apple had done it, all the app developers would’ve adopted the new design language and actually built apps for the phone.

Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

Easier to automate a good Windows install/setup experience too!

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

The fact that Office came to iPad before Windows RT will never not be funny and an amazing indictment of the flawed Windows 8 strategy.

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

I had an Asus or Acer RT device that was sent to me to review and that they didn’t want back for a very long time and sometimes I would use that and just go “why?!”

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

Literally for all the Windows 11 bitching (and aside from some stupid arbitrary hardware support stuff, I like Windows 11. It reminds me of macOS and that’s a good thing for me!) it feels like people have forgotten that Windows 8 existed. And I appreciate the ideas at the time. But goddamn.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

We all skipped Windows 8 unless we were forced to use it and are better people for it.

SirJohnCard @sirjohncard.bsky.social · 6d

I like how they just skipped past Windows 8 like "Nah, I'm good"

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Christina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yeah it’s obviously a bug. I just like the fantasy of a few million people reinstalling windows 7