Barbara K. Talkington
@barbaraktalkington.bsky.social
Human-Centered Research
and Research Design | Research Affiliate @uwcsde.bsky.social @UW
fucks around and finds out (research)
All opinions are my own RTs ≠ Endorsements
Follow my ceramics journey @rarastudionoona.bsky.social & pixelfed.social/rara
and Research Design | Research Affiliate @uwcsde.bsky.social @UW
fucks around and finds out (research)
All opinions are my own RTs ≠ Endorsements
Follow my ceramics journey @rarastudionoona.bsky.social & pixelfed.social/rara
Had a great time with morning as a panel judge for students presenting on racialized policies and targeted universalism. Amazing work both of the implications of current and historical policies and future research opportunities.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Had a great time with morning as a panel judge for students presenting on racialized policies and targeted universalism. Amazing work both of the implications of current and historical policies and future research opportunities.
The big dark has arrived in the northwest, meaning I get a second wind around 9. This shit is great for my sleep cycle 😅🥹😅
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The big dark has arrived in the northwest, meaning I get a second wind around 9. This shit is great for my sleep cycle 😅🥹😅
The job hunt has been hard but occasionally it feels like every role has led me to something more meaningful towards my interests, goals, and skills. It feels magic.
🤞
🤞
a man with a mustache is clapping his hands in front of a group of people with the word magic written on the screen .
Alt: a man in the center of two other people with a mustache is throwing sparkly confetti with his right hand that is coming up from below the shot in the air as just turn his head towards his right shoulder with the word magic written on the screen .
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April 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The job hunt has been hard but occasionally it feels like every role has led me to something more meaningful towards my interests, goals, and skills. It feels magic.
🤞
🤞
Sometimes I’m reminded how much folks don’t understand 3rd culture people.
Sometimes existing is lonely.
That’s why I always want folks to be seen and heard.
Sometimes existing is lonely.
That’s why I always want folks to be seen and heard.
April 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sometimes I’m reminded how much folks don’t understand 3rd culture people.
Sometimes existing is lonely.
That’s why I always want folks to be seen and heard.
Sometimes existing is lonely.
That’s why I always want folks to be seen and heard.
In the era of smartphones, autocorrect, and general dysfunction, please don't come here for spelling.
Save that for official reports and presentations.
If I get the point, I'm calling it good.
#iykyk 🤷🏻♀️
Save that for official reports and presentations.
If I get the point, I'm calling it good.
#iykyk 🤷🏻♀️
a man is kneeling down in front of a group of people and asking , is that some sort of code ?
Alt: a man is kneeling down to see a screen that a woman is sitting in front of asking , is that some sort of code ?
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April 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In the era of smartphones, autocorrect, and general dysfunction, please don't come here for spelling.
Save that for official reports and presentations.
If I get the point, I'm calling it good.
#iykyk 🤷🏻♀️
Save that for official reports and presentations.
If I get the point, I'm calling it good.
#iykyk 🤷🏻♀️
The health carry system in the US is sickening
a drag queen with a red rose in her hair is dancing and says sickening !!!
Alt: a drag queen with a red rose in her hair is dancing and with the caption sickening !!!
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March 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The health carry system in the US is sickening
There are folks out there who will center their moment of embarrassment over the entire situation that led to it.
#reflections #whyamIextroverted
#reflections #whyamIextroverted
a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it
Alt: a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with “ help with an exclamation point “ written on it in all capital letters
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March 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
There are folks out there who will center their moment of embarrassment over the entire situation that led to it.
#reflections #whyamIextroverted
#reflections #whyamIextroverted
I’ve never been more appreciative of my friends who build and create families with intention.
You truly give me hope for the future generation when the bar is in hell.
You truly give me hope for the future generation when the bar is in hell.
March 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’ve never been more appreciative of my friends who build and create families with intention.
You truly give me hope for the future generation when the bar is in hell.
You truly give me hope for the future generation when the bar is in hell.
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
Don't go. Instead, go be with your constituents.
If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
March 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Don't go. Instead, go be with your constituents.
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Disney. No Google. No Apple. No Visa or Mastercard. And especially no Facebook. I will not be posting on Meta platforms for the next 24 hours in support of the economic blackout…
Can you say the same?! 🤚
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
Can you say the same?! 🤚
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
February 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Disney. No Google. No Apple. No Visa or Mastercard. And especially no Facebook. I will not be posting on Meta platforms for the next 24 hours in support of the economic blackout…
Can you say the same?! 🤚
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
Can you say the same?! 🤚
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
I truly love going through the carwash. What an engineering marvel.
a car is being washed in a car wash with a sign that says solarized
Alt: a car is being washed in a car wash with a sign that says solarized
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February 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I truly love going through the carwash. What an engineering marvel.
At a cafe working on my life and I see "Bikes are friends" and I immediately mentally add "NOT FOOD"
a shark is swimming in the water with the words fish are friends not food
Alt: animated shark raising left fin while talking with the words fish are friends not food
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February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
At a cafe working on my life and I see "Bikes are friends" and I immediately mentally add "NOT FOOD"
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. Period.
Here are some ways that I've found them to be similar.
Here are some ways that I've found them to be similar.
Barbara K. Talkington, MPA on LinkedIn: #uxresearch #designthinking #research #userexperience
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
In many ways, social research and design aren't so different. Both…
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February 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. Period.
Here are some ways that I've found them to be similar.
Here are some ways that I've found them to be similar.
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I saw someone say “sustainability” is dead and hold us back and I’m over here waiting for us to be able “sing to trees” to build structures
#lotr
#lotr
a painting of a forest with lots of trees and branches
Alt: a painting of a forest with lots of trees and branches and a tree link creature walking through it
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February 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I saw someone say “sustainability” is dead and hold us back and I’m over here waiting for us to be able “sing to trees” to build structures
#lotr
#lotr
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
길원옥 할머님, Gil Won Ok, one of the known final 8 surviving Korean women who were forced into sexual enslavement during Japan's occupation of Korea, passed this week at 96. She dedicated the rest of her life, protesting weekly for accountability from Japan.
February 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
길원옥 할머님, Gil Won Ok, one of the known final 8 surviving Korean women who were forced into sexual enslavement during Japan's occupation of Korea, passed this week at 96. She dedicated the rest of her life, protesting weekly for accountability from Japan.
Hi @ifttt.bsky.social, when can we expect similar integrations to twitter for Bluesky?
I want to be able to like something and it get sent automatically to a google sheet.
I want to be able to like something and it get sent automatically to a google sheet.
a brown and white dog is laying on a couch with the words pretty please ceba loves you written above it .
Alt: a brown, black, and white dog is laying its head on the join of an L shaped couch at seat level looking at the camera and waging its tail with the words pretty please ceba loves you written below it .
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February 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hi @ifttt.bsky.social, when can we expect similar integrations to twitter for Bluesky?
I want to be able to like something and it get sent automatically to a google sheet.
I want to be able to like something and it get sent automatically to a google sheet.
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.
February 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.
I’ve had to take my “fucks around and finds out” tagline off my bios because we’re in the find out phase
#pedropascal gets it right
@pedropascalfans.bsky.social ?
#pedropascal gets it right
@pedropascalfans.bsky.social ?
a man with a mustache and a blue shirt is laughing with his mouth open .
Alt: a man with a mustache and a blue shirt is laughing with his mouth open that devolves into crying
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February 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I’ve had to take my “fucks around and finds out” tagline off my bios because we’re in the find out phase
#pedropascal gets it right
@pedropascalfans.bsky.social ?
#pedropascal gets it right
@pedropascalfans.bsky.social ?
Reposted by Barbara K. Talkington
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
When the sun comes out after it being overcast all day
a man with pink hair and a beard is covering his face with his hand and says hiss
Alt: a man with pink hair and a beard is covering his face with his hand to block an unseen light source and says hiss
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February 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When the sun comes out after it being overcast all day
Interior Chinatown with Jimmy Yang, Ronny Chieng, Chloe Bennet is an inside joke of all the erasure and racism Asian and third-culture people experience in a Black and White reality.
It’s beautifully on the nose while keeping experience viewers grounded in humor so we can stick with the pain.
It’s beautifully on the nose while keeping experience viewers grounded in humor so we can stick with the pain.
a cartoon of a woman with the words " when will my reflection show who i am inside " on the bottom
Alt: a cartoon woman looking at herself in the reflection of her ancestors’ headstones as she removes makeup with the words " when will my reflection show who i am inside " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Interior Chinatown with Jimmy Yang, Ronny Chieng, Chloe Bennet is an inside joke of all the erasure and racism Asian and third-culture people experience in a Black and White reality.
It’s beautifully on the nose while keeping experience viewers grounded in humor so we can stick with the pain.
It’s beautifully on the nose while keeping experience viewers grounded in humor so we can stick with the pain.
Sometimes anger is the appropriate response when someone says you’re dismissing them to dismiss you.
elmo is wearing a top hat and standing in front of a fire
Alt: elmo is wearing a top hat and standing in front of a fire with hands to the sky
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February 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sometimes anger is the appropriate response when someone says you’re dismissing them to dismiss you.