Flo Ion
@ohthatflo.bsky.social
Freelance tech journalist based in the SF Bay Area. Sign up for my newsletter! Listen to my podcasts! www.florenceion.com I collect Tamagotchi!!
Sorry to be that person but I get rage baiting. I do it on Threads occasionally re: Bay Area stuff and it really gets engagement 😩
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sorry to be that person but I get rage baiting. I do it on Threads occasionally re: Bay Area stuff and it really gets engagement 😩
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Many of these cities are in the Bay Area! Yes! Including your little suburb!
Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license
www.eff.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Many of these cities are in the Bay Area! Yes! Including your little suburb!
Sometimes I go for it in the
@androidfaithful.com newsletter. This week, I explore how Fitbit's personal health coach is more validating than I am to myself, and why even kind chatbots are not a replacement for a sense of self.
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@androidfaithful.com newsletter. This week, I explore how Fitbit's personal health coach is more validating than I am to myself, and why even kind chatbots are not a replacement for a sense of self.
www.androidfaithful.com/fitbits-gemi...
Fitbit's Gemini-powered Health Coach is Nicer to Me Than I Am to Myself
The computer did not call me lazy for prioritizing rest.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sometimes I go for it in the
@androidfaithful.com newsletter. This week, I explore how Fitbit's personal health coach is more validating than I am to myself, and why even kind chatbots are not a replacement for a sense of self.
www.androidfaithful.com/fitbits-gemi...
@androidfaithful.com newsletter. This week, I explore how Fitbit's personal health coach is more validating than I am to myself, and why even kind chatbots are not a replacement for a sense of self.
www.androidfaithful.com/fitbits-gemi...
The right way to cover Nancy Pelosi lol
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The right way to cover Nancy Pelosi lol
Hast du vielleicht ein'n Euro für mich?
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hast du vielleicht ein'n Euro für mich?
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Did Men With No Rizz Ruin the Workplace?
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Did Men With No Rizz Ruin the Workplace?
This is what I get for setting up my phone to scrobble whatever it hears
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is what I get for setting up my phone to scrobble whatever it hears
This is not meant to sound condescending. I feel bad that Gen Z and after won't know the world without the internet. In their music, I can hear them yearning for a semblance of what life was like before it was constantly connected.
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is not meant to sound condescending. I feel bad that Gen Z and after won't know the world without the internet. In their music, I can hear them yearning for a semblance of what life was like before it was constantly connected.
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I also very much encourage you to *click* on articles, not just share them. Higher ups can sometimes make reckless decisions on this based off of clicks.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I also very much encourage you to *click* on articles, not just share them. Higher ups can sometimes make reckless decisions on this based off of clicks.
"wahhhhh I'm dying please save me by granting the same things I preached should be denied to other people goo goo gah gah i'm racist"
Trump said he was “on it” to help cartoonist Scott Adams with his Kaiser treatment, but the health care provider said they were already “working closely” with Adams.
‘I am declining fast’: Bay Area creator of Dilbert begs Trump for help with Kaiser treatment
Trump said he was “on it” to help cartoonist Scott Adams with his Kaiser treatment, but the health care provider said they were already “working closely” with Adams.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"wahhhhh I'm dying please save me by granting the same things I preached should be denied to other people goo goo gah gah i'm racist"
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No pressure, California
If California voters fail to pass Prop 50, the GOP could steal enough House seats to pass a nationwide abortion ban after 20 weeks, overriding state laws. Don't expect the Senate filibuster to save us—they might nuke it to end the shutdown
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October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
No pressure, California
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How Prop 50 affects abortion access nationwide, now in video form:
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California: your vote on Tuesday could impact access to abortion and reproductive healthcare nationwide. Here’s how. ##reproductiverights##california##prop50##yesonprop50 (Besides CA, NJ, and VA, abo...
TikTok video by Susan Rinkunas
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November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
How Prop 50 affects abortion access nationwide, now in video form:
www.tiktok.com/@susanrinkun...
www.tiktok.com/@susanrinkun...
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If you're interested in learning about why ChatGPT seems to want to date you, the way that AI might actually be our doom (spoiler: it's not the robot wars), and why you shouldn't put glue on your pizza, you might enjoy watching an information science professor do standup comedy. youtu.be/4XdJ2xiPies
Standup comedy about AI ethics has to be a new level of dystopia right?
YouTube video by Casey Fiesler
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October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you're interested in learning about why ChatGPT seems to want to date you, the way that AI might actually be our doom (spoiler: it's not the robot wars), and why you shouldn't put glue on your pizza, you might enjoy watching an information science professor do standup comedy. youtu.be/4XdJ2xiPies
This arrived yesterday from @ericmigi.com and company. I wanted it just to have it in my possession, but now I'm earnestly trying to figure out how this will fit into my everyday life.
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This arrived yesterday from @ericmigi.com and company. I wanted it just to have it in my possession, but now I'm earnestly trying to figure out how this will fit into my everyday life.
I am listening to it right now. It ends strongly. But the middle part, where he mixes the One Battle After Another soundtrack into Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers, isn't as epic as I expected. More could have been done there.
Last night in Paris, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter made a surprise return to the decks with his first proper performance in 16 years.
He and Fred again.. were unannounced additions to Because Music's event, and his set included Daft Punk classics and Jonny Greenwood’s “One Battle After Another.”
He and Fred again.. were unannounced additions to Because Music's event, and his set included Daft Punk classics and Jonny Greenwood’s “One Battle After Another.”
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Performs Surprise Set At Because Beaubourg
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter performed his first proper set in 16 years on Saturday. It was a surprise appearance at Because Beaubourg, a two-day multidisciplinary event at the Centre Pompidou in Pari...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am listening to it right now. It ends strongly. But the middle part, where he mixes the One Battle After Another soundtrack into Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers, isn't as epic as I expected. More could have been done there.
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Fitbit's AI-powered personal health coach has officially entered public preview. But don't expect fully-baked features! We'll have more to say on the show this week.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fitbit's AI-powered personal health coach has officially entered public preview. But don't expect fully-baked features! We'll have more to say on the show this week.
The newsletter this week went a little hard because I am super sad Google is shutting down Women Techmakers.
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I'll Never Forget Google's Quiet Retreat From Allyship
The shuttering of Women Techmakers breaks my little green heart.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The newsletter this week went a little hard because I am super sad Google is shutting down Women Techmakers.
www.androidfaithful.com/i-wont-forge...
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Guys, GUYS. Gemini just said that I sound "emotionally grounded." That's it!!! I'm healed!!!
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Guys, GUYS. Gemini just said that I sound "emotionally grounded." That's it!!! I'm healed!!!
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preview for this weekend's preorder. diner notepads, turnip cake tee reprints, scallion oversized tee & longsleeve, heritage bandana reprints, and lucky knot carabiners will be available for preorder from 10.25 until 11.01 12pm PST :)
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
preview for this weekend's preorder. diner notepads, turnip cake tee reprints, scallion oversized tee & longsleeve, heritage bandana reprints, and lucky knot carabiners will be available for preorder from 10.25 until 11.01 12pm PST :)
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hello friends,
here's the second episode of the SAE Automotive Engineering podcast. We talk to Hyundai, Bosch, and Voltaiq about EV manufacturing and the cheat codes for young engineers to supercharge their careers.
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here's the second episode of the SAE Automotive Engineering podcast. We talk to Hyundai, Bosch, and Voltaiq about EV manufacturing and the cheat codes for young engineers to supercharge their careers.
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EV Manufacturing
Podcast Episode · SAE Automotive Engineering Podcast · 10/21/2025 · 53m
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October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Drum and bass and a snowboard game on endless mode
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Drum and bass and a snowboard game on endless mode
This really sucks. Another glaring reminder of how much Silicon Valley has regressed in just 10 years.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...
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‘Their history is just erased’: Google drops a key program for boosting women in tech | CNN Business
Google is offloading a key career resource program for supporting women in tech, another sign the search giant is unwinding its diversity programs following political pressure over diversity, equity a...
www.cnn.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This really sucks. Another glaring reminder of how much Silicon Valley has regressed in just 10 years.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...
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While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.