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Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in πŸ‡¦πŸ‡² & πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ώ. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.

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Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran

Gift link if needed www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

28.02.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg. Omg. Omg. What the fuck is going on???

28.02.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kate Hudson: Who Gets to Be Taken Seriously? - The Sam Sanders Show

Wow. @samsanders.bsky.social interviewing Kate Hudson was incredible. Sam was so respectful while asking her about romcoms in her career. At the end, I could feel that Kate herself was a little surprised herself. play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/the-s...

28.02.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After watching Shrinking with The Confrontation, I learned my spouse hasn't seen Les Mis. So now we're watching the film version (which I've never seen before), and I'm having to explain why French peasants have Cockney accents.

28.02.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How are others bringing enshittification into tech and society classes? Extending onto surveillance capitalism?

28.02.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@vitak.bsky.social , did I defeat the final boss here?

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And then when students had to do an activity where they came up with their own contextual integrity violation scenario, they were much better than in the past.

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"So that's the exact same information, but the context and distribution are different."

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Let's then imagine that you work on The Ave (off-campus, not related to the uni) and somehow there is a tool whereby the Registrar sends your boss your class schedule so that your boss knows exactly when to schedule you." [they make faces at this]

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What I said: "You all are registering for next term's classes, right? So imagine that you and your friends all exchange your schedules so that you can find a time/day that you all are available for lunch. That would make sense right?" [students nod]

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that I defeated the final boss. I came up with a contextual integrity example that I feel like works perfectly.

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are anyone else's students super obsessed with Love Story: JFK Jr. And Carolyn Bisset?
So many questions about how things worked in the 90s!

24.02.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the best Olympics Gala I've ever seen. We're now doing a Kpop Demon Hunters medley.

21.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is anyone else's Peacock somehow not showing the Skating Gala right now? #Olympicsproblems

21.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

17.02.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm FINALLY trying to get into the groove of LinkedIn circa 2026.
It feels like it is basically a work-promotion/related exclusive social site and people actually post a lot of content on there? I'm not entirely sure how to describe it or think about it.
But I did port over all of my pubs, media.

17.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I think about how I'd like to teach an entire class on privacy and surveillance, but I feel like it would bum me out. My privacy/surveillance module in my tech + society class is my fave and students' fave. But 10 weeks of that might be hard, emotionally. How do others deal with this?

17.02.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And already transcribed = chef's kiss for teaching! Thank you!

17.02.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! This went out this morning/late last night, right? I listened to it but then went to go search for it, found the other (older) one. Thank you!

17.02.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As everyone becomes more aware of surveillance and surveillance overreach, maybe this won't be so difficult?

16.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like it has been so normalized into their existence since they were little, that when I say anything about this, it is as if they cannot image how it would be possible to feel "safe" without this.

16.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone else that teaches privacy/surveillance to undergrads knows that it has been SO common for them to have been monitored by their parents with Life360, Find My..., etc., that it can be REALLY challenging to get them to see how this is problematic.

16.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ring’s adorable surveillance hellscape Also on The Vergecast: the Epstein files, ChatGPT ads, and Ferrari EVs.

Also @reckless.bsky.social 's @theverge.com -cast from the other day was EXCELLENT on this, but might be a smidge too long for me to assign to students, given the other materials in the surveillance module.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8787...

16.02.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In the recent past I've used the Nest Cam "Capture your baby's first steps!" promo material to illustrate this method of masking surveillance. But the moment that I saw the Ring + lost dog thing, I knew I had another one!
What's the BEST writing you've seen on this that I might assign to students?

16.02.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

For some this is well known, but not for all... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

16.02.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Weird moment. Trying to show my kids videos of Van cats, and trusting videos from 10+ years ago MORE because they're less likely to be AI.

15.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why have set-ups let us down? Why have set-ups let us down?

Appropriate for Valentine's Day, I was interviewed by a student journalist (and former student) about online dating!
www.dailyuw.com/article/why-...

14.02.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Claude Cowork is now available for Windows. Watch out world.

14.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The podcast @tangoti.bsky.social is killing it recently. Every episode recently really got me thinking. I learned some new things in each episode.

12.02.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This is an INSTANT add to the next time that I cover Section 230 in depth.

10.02.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0