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Katherine Crighton
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life goal: infamous recluse. sometimes I write things, too • a Sibling on the @NoStoryIsSacred podcast • experimental archaeology from the Scientific Revolution • interactive media & game design • katherinecrighton.com • they/them (basically bees)
Yupppp. And in addition, it creates extra authentication work to establish legitimacy of both the primary sources *and* any secondary sources referencing videos accessed after this rollout. (So so grateful that my most used citation styles include "accessed on" data, but DANG.)
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Either way, we're looking at an enormous repository of cultural artifacts being rendered largely unusable for historical research or archiving.
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Creators can turn it off (for now), and viewers can switch to the original upload (for now), but:

1. those are additional hurdles to get to the original experience;

2. there's no guarantee that those "choices" will remain ones we can make.
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I'm sorry did you say favorite train songs
youtu.be/T8oCmfd85IQ?...
Casey Jones (The Union Scab)
YouTube video by Pete Seeger - Topic
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There's a game based on the Nicaraguan sign language story! Really encourages thoughtful reflection on the act of communicating: thornygames.com/pages/sign
Sign: A Game about being Understood
A game about power from unlikely places and a language born in play.
thornygames.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by Katherine Crighton
BTW I printed these. Three plates filled with these is a LOT of fucking whistles, and you set it up to print overnight and wake up to a big old plateful.

makerworld.com/en/models/11...
Micro Whistle - The Smallest 3D Whistle by ACstudio MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
Boost MePer il fischietto più piccolo da stampare in 3D42MM DI PURA POTENZA!!!Piccolo nelle dimensioni, gigante nell’efficacia!Minuscolo fischietto, il più piccolo mai progettato per la stampa 3D, sol...
makerworld.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Reposted by Katherine Crighton
They did give me a nightmare scenario addition:

"The larger the datacenter, the larger the battery backup it needs, which we also only have recently started addressing in the code."

And added "So, yeah, I guess we're waiting for a Triangle Shirtwaist Fire for datacenters."
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM