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/
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/
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Cyd Harrell
@cydharrell.bsky.social
· Nov 22
hi friends, I’m so thrilled @publicgood.tech is on BlueSky! I've been a board member since 2021 & I care deeply about this org: the only one dedicated to supporting the people who do the very hard work of civic tech
Heads-up: I’m asking for donations give.socialgoodfund.org/t4pg-fund?re...
Heads-up: I’m asking for donations give.socialgoodfund.org/t4pg-fund?re...
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#bm100 cutoffs
Conch: Feb 14 5:00 am ET
Start: Feb 14 6:00 am ET
Loop 1 cutoff: Feb 14 7:20 pm / 19:20 ET
Loop 2 cutoff: Feb 15 8:40 am ET
Loop 3 cutoff: Feb 15 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
Fun Run cutoff: Feb 15 10:00 pm / 22:00 ET
Loop 4 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 am ET
Loop 5 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
Conch: Feb 14 5:00 am ET
Start: Feb 14 6:00 am ET
Loop 1 cutoff: Feb 14 7:20 pm / 19:20 ET
Loop 2 cutoff: Feb 15 8:40 am ET
Loop 3 cutoff: Feb 15 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
Fun Run cutoff: Feb 15 10:00 pm / 22:00 ET
Loop 4 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 am ET
Loop 5 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
#bm100 cutoffs
Conch: Feb 14 5:00 am ET
Start: Feb 14 6:00 am ET
Loop 1 cutoff: Feb 14 7:20 pm / 19:20 ET
Loop 2 cutoff: Feb 15 8:40 am ET
Loop 3 cutoff: Feb 15 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
Fun Run cutoff: Feb 15 10:00 pm / 22:00 ET
Loop 4 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 am ET
Loop 5 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
Conch: Feb 14 5:00 am ET
Start: Feb 14 6:00 am ET
Loop 1 cutoff: Feb 14 7:20 pm / 19:20 ET
Loop 2 cutoff: Feb 15 8:40 am ET
Loop 3 cutoff: Feb 15 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
Fun Run cutoff: Feb 15 10:00 pm / 22:00 ET
Loop 4 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 am ET
Loop 5 cutoff: Feb 16 6:00 pm / 18:00 ET
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February 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Barkley Marathon has started. Time to obsessively follow @keithdunn.bsky.social for updates. #bm100
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Barkley Marathon has started. Time to obsessively follow @keithdunn.bsky.social for updates. #bm100
I think this is somewhat easier when your baby is shaped like a seal lmao
(amazing video & photos, timeline cleanse)
(amazing video & photos, timeline cleanse)
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
February 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I think this is somewhat easier when your baby is shaped like a seal lmao
(amazing video & photos, timeline cleanse)
(amazing video & photos, timeline cleanse)
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the Fallows breakdown I've been waiting for since they first announced the airspace closure
fallows.substack.com/p/what-happe...
fallows.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened in El Paso?
The MAGA clown show takes to the skies. In a dangerous way.
fallows.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
the Fallows breakdown I've been waiting for since they first announced the airspace closure
fallows.substack.com/p/what-happe...
fallows.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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Our Data Security team added a handful of new (bad) things to our timeline:
unbreaking.org/issues/data-...
unbreaking.org/issues/data-...
Data Security — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Our Data Security team added a handful of new (bad) things to our timeline:
unbreaking.org/issues/data-...
unbreaking.org/issues/data-...
oh for sure. right away 👍
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 AM
oh for sure. right away 👍
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& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco. The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...
careers.sf.gov
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
wow
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
wow
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I just spent a couple hours in the whistle inbox, inputting 39 requests. They ranged from 100 for a lady who wants to give them out at church to 3,000 for a large union. All over the country, but one common refrain: I want to help.
Thanks for helping us do this. 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Thanks for helping us do this. 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I just spent a couple hours in the whistle inbox, inputting 39 requests. They ranged from 100 for a lady who wants to give them out at church to 3,000 for a large union. All over the country, but one common refrain: I want to help.
Thanks for helping us do this. 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Thanks for helping us do this. 💓
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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“by the time logistics are the focus of the questions being asked, a country is in a bad place”
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 AM
“by the time logistics are the focus of the questions being asked, a country is in a bad place”
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
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🐈 Chance the cat
🛒 Aubuchon Hardware, Ipswich, MA
🛒 Aubuchon Hardware, Ipswich, MA
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🐈 Chance the cat
🛒 Aubuchon Hardware, Ipswich, MA
🛒 Aubuchon Hardware, Ipswich, MA
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Our Archives & History team released a big update with 19 new events, bringing us up to the present and filling in some earlier timeline gaps with new information:
unbreaking.org/issues/archi...
unbreaking.org/issues/archi...
Archives & History — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Our Archives & History team released a big update with 19 new events, bringing us up to the present and filling in some earlier timeline gaps with new information:
unbreaking.org/issues/archi...
unbreaking.org/issues/archi...
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so i talked to one of the bushes at the super bowl
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
The bushes on the field during the halftime show became a meme after the internet found out they were actually human performers.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
so i talked to one of the bushes at the super bowl
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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the following drone shot that NBC has for the downhill skiing feels like a paradigm shift in covering the sport. it really changes and lets people see just how fast they're going and how much these guys are just on the razor's edge of complete disaster at all time
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
the following drone shot that NBC has for the downhill skiing feels like a paradigm shift in covering the sport. it really changes and lets people see just how fast they're going and how much these guys are just on the razor's edge of complete disaster at all time
grand unified conspiracy theory or grand unified conspiracy? 😵💫
….. i’ve sat here for the last five minutes with “Jeffrey Epstein is actually Satoshi Nakamoto” bouncing around my head
Epstein bankrolled the “principal home and funding source” for bitcoin
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
grand unified conspiracy theory or grand unified conspiracy? 😵💫
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"Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another," says the man responsible—directly or indirectly—for like 90% of the sad things that happened in the past year.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
"Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another," says the man responsible—directly or indirectly—for like 90% of the sad things that happened in the past year.
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if i were still in SF, i would already be walking towards city hall, resume in hand. this is a dream job
& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
if i were still in SF, i would already be walking towards city hall, resume in hand. this is a dream job
& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco. The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...
careers.sf.gov
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
Dave is the best. this isn't my field, but if you're in law or legal education, I be this is useful to you!!
1/ There has never been a more concentrated distillation of my teaching than this lesson: Algos, Bias, Due Process, & You. It is the apotheosis of what I do. I very much hope you enjoy it, share it, and make bits of it your own.
Algos, Bias, Due Process, & You — Suffolk LIT Lab
TL;DR: I built a bunch of highly-modular online simulations you can use with your students. They cover automation bias, the false positive paradox, competing definitions of fairness, disparate impact ...
suffolklitlab.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Dave is the best. this isn't my field, but if you're in law or legal education, I be this is useful to you!!
oh, here we go!!
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 AM
oh, here we go!!