liz
@catboss.bsky.social
indoor cat, usually reading.
📚 anthropolopgy, ethics, marx, mil & civil service, romance, sf/f, tech, ux
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth.
📚 anthropolopgy, ethics, marx, mil & civil service, romance, sf/f, tech, ux
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth.
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"It's hard to see [accessibility issues on new .gov sites] as anything but a deliberate choice. That also sends a clear message of who this administration feels has a place in American life, who is worthy enough to access information and services and who is not worth their time."
Last week I hade the opportunity to speak at @dotgovdesign.bsky.social about accessibility in the civic tech space, why we should all start using assistive tech, and why improving our skills as practitioners is so critically important in this moment. jaredcunha.com/blog/dotgov-...
My talk for DotGov Design 2025
I had the opportunity to speak at the 2025 DotGov Design conference. My talk was titled “Design for Accessibility and Inclusiveness in Civic Space” which covered topics such as why it's so important t...
jaredcunha.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"It's hard to see [accessibility issues on new .gov sites] as anything but a deliberate choice. That also sends a clear message of who this administration feels has a place in American life, who is worthy enough to access information and services and who is not worth their time."
on bsky i’m nobody. irl i’m an accomplished industry technologist and government bureaucrat who is uniquely qualified to advise academic committees on the relevance and need for their major, minor, certificate, and graduate programs. and i do!
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
on bsky i’m nobody. irl i’m an accomplished industry technologist and government bureaucrat who is uniquely qualified to advise academic committees on the relevance and need for their major, minor, certificate, and graduate programs. and i do!
[vibrates with pride in second-rate public land grant university system]
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
[vibrates with pride in second-rate public land grant university system]
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Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart
Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize
Bolsonaro: Minha tornozeleira esta falando comigo então tentei abrí-la com uma solda
Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize
Bolsonaro: Minha tornozeleira esta falando comigo então tentei abrí-la com uma solda
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart
Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize
Bolsonaro: Minha tornozeleira esta falando comigo então tentei abrí-la com uma solda
Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize
Bolsonaro: Minha tornozeleira esta falando comigo então tentei abrí-la com uma solda
everyone laughs at zines until they turn out to be relevant again. whoops! it just keeps happening, the transmission of information
I wrote for @theintercept.com about how prosecuting transportation of these pamphlets is a danger to all writers, journalists, and Americans.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
everyone laughs at zines until they turn out to be relevant again. whoops! it just keeps happening, the transmission of information
a couple weeks back i had a few similar interactions on here that left a bad taste in my mouth. the algtorithmic-tech-whatever of online comms shapes exposure to content that we can’t control, we DO still have a lot quite a LOT of power to establish tenor & expectations of personal interactions.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
a couple weeks back i had a few similar interactions on here that left a bad taste in my mouth. the algtorithmic-tech-whatever of online comms shapes exposure to content that we can’t control, we DO still have a lot quite a LOT of power to establish tenor & expectations of personal interactions.
oh my god. i am the dumbest girl in the world. i honestly thought with the nyc mayoral election over, i’d not have to hear about new york city politics again. and yet
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
oh my god. i am the dumbest girl in the world. i honestly thought with the nyc mayoral election over, i’d not have to hear about new york city politics again. and yet
sitting in a RUSTBELT PUB listening to many elderly neighbors discuss jeffrey epstein and The Files
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
sitting in a RUSTBELT PUB listening to many elderly neighbors discuss jeffrey epstein and The Files
this is social science
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
this is social science
frankly, how dare clifford geertz?? send post
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
frankly, how dare clifford geertz?? send post
i do not like how social media works or is designed. i am the first to notice this
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
i do not like how social media works or is designed. i am the first to notice this
yall ever think about how many ways humans can be
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
yall ever think about how many ways humans can be
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
-close reading clifford geertz this week
-ate an incredible stuffed pepper on saturday
-the new frankenstein movie was fine
-ate an incredible stuffed pepper on saturday
-the new frankenstein movie was fine
*watched an all time great world series (sorry jays)
*outer world 2 is pretty good
*started reading the pulitzer winning hirohito biography and thats bangin
*those costco grilled chicken skewers aren't bad
*anno 117 next week
*alright i'm out of things
*outer world 2 is pretty good
*started reading the pulitzer winning hirohito biography and thats bangin
*those costco grilled chicken skewers aren't bad
*anno 117 next week
*alright i'm out of things
American life is truly dogshit right now. Here are some things I have recently enjoyed:
— Watching Luka Doncic do pretty much anything
— The new Airpods Pro
— New season of English Teacher
— Counting how many times people say "Good morning" in the new Kathryn Bigelow movie with Kat. (I'd guess 30+?)
— Watching Luka Doncic do pretty much anything
— The new Airpods Pro
— New season of English Teacher
— Counting how many times people say "Good morning" in the new Kathryn Bigelow movie with Kat. (I'd guess 30+?)
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
-close reading clifford geertz this week
-ate an incredible stuffed pepper on saturday
-the new frankenstein movie was fine
-ate an incredible stuffed pepper on saturday
-the new frankenstein movie was fine
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
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Picard management tip: The truth is that sometimes you just won't know the right thing to do. You still have to try.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Picard management tip: The truth is that sometimes you just won't know the right thing to do. You still have to try.
this thread is really good!
HYPOTHESIS: repeat exposure to the LessWrong discussion boards is functionally indistinguishable from mercury poisoning.
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
this thread is really good!
i grade for a course on internet culture that’s designed to be one of the first writing-heavy courses freshmen take. this is a D essay.
Pretty sure I could write a 10,000 word academic article just unpacking all the misdirections in this one paragraph.
Wrong about intelligence, wrong about tech development, wrong about the political economy of AI, etc.
These arguments should never have escaped discussion board containment.
Wrong about intelligence, wrong about tech development, wrong about the political economy of AI, etc.
These arguments should never have escaped discussion board containment.
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
i grade for a course on internet culture that’s designed to be one of the first writing-heavy courses freshmen take. this is a D essay.
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Metal band t-shirt but the font is that weird skrangly AI text
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Metal band t-shirt but the font is that weird skrangly AI text
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This is one of the rare times where we really do need retired senior generals and admirals to speak out--Dempsey and Mullen should step up to articulate that these are illegal orders.
The JAGs have been fired, so we need for former leaders to tell us all.
The JAGs have been fired, so we need for former leaders to tell us all.
"military officials may be getting directed to execute potentially illegal actions. Given this, how can we not hear from a top official who may have already concluded they’re being asked to carry out the unacceptable?"
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is one of the rare times where we really do need retired senior generals and admirals to speak out--Dempsey and Mullen should step up to articulate that these are illegal orders.
The JAGs have been fired, so we need for former leaders to tell us all.
The JAGs have been fired, so we need for former leaders to tell us all.
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too late; for i have already pictured myself as the hyperphantasic adult who can conjure visual fantasy worlds and you as the typical imager with pruned neuronal connections
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
too late; for i have already pictured myself as the hyperphantasic adult who can conjure visual fantasy worlds and you as the typical imager with pruned neuronal connections
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Concrete Mixer by Man Ray, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137472
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137472
November 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Concrete Mixer by Man Ray, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137472
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137472
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it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!