Merje Shaw
@merje.bsky.social
User Researcher interested in the environment and ethics, increasingly working on AI these days. I also like to talk about silly things so there’s that…
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Between all the AI slop, sponsored posts and the terribly implemented cookie consent banners and pop ups and ad banners when you do finally find a website that may contain the answer to what you were searching for - I can definitely see why you’d use AI.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Between all the AI slop, sponsored posts and the terribly implemented cookie consent banners and pop ups and ad banners when you do finally find a website that may contain the answer to what you were searching for - I can definitely see why you’d use AI.
Between all the AI slop, sponsored posts and the terribly implemented cookie consent banners and pop ups and ad banners when you do finally find a website that may contain the answer to what you were searching for - I can definitely see why you’d use AI.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Between all the AI slop, sponsored posts and the terribly implemented cookie consent banners and pop ups and ad banners when you do finally find a website that may contain the answer to what you were searching for - I can definitely see why you’d use AI.
I got knocked out in November last year so must be able to improve on that this year
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I got knocked out in November last year so must be able to improve on that this year
I strongly believe that the societal issues were seeing right now, including the shift to the right, are the patriarchy’s fight back
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I strongly believe that the societal issues were seeing right now, including the shift to the right, are the patriarchy’s fight back
Talk to me like I’m five because I don’t understand: what did they actually decide?
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Talk to me like I’m five because I don’t understand: what did they actually decide?
Thems were good chats
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thems were good chats
100% - that’s definitely a thing. Bit the connection just kind of persists, too, even when you don’t actually see the other person for ages. Also hi, how are you?!
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
100% - that’s definitely a thing. Bit the connection just kind of persists, too, even when you don’t actually see the other person for ages. Also hi, how are you?!
Key data point missing: they are 13
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Key data point missing: they are 13
Don’t worry. My child 1 is also poorly and wanted to be cuddled to sleep last night when usually I’m not even cool enough to exist in the same space without causing serious eye rolling
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Don’t worry. My child 1 is also poorly and wanted to be cuddled to sleep last night when usually I’m not even cool enough to exist in the same space without causing serious eye rolling
I generally find that (pretending) i know and love the music I am being “introduced” to very quickly makes said music deeply uncool for the teenager
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I generally find that (pretending) i know and love the music I am being “introduced” to very quickly makes said music deeply uncool for the teenager
I could write that whole page in one sentence: “In conversations, don’t be neurodiverse.”
January 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I could write that whole page in one sentence: “In conversations, don’t be neurodiverse.”
What there is a shortage of in civil service is those people being listened to…
December 9, 2024 at 10:23 PM
What there is a shortage of in civil service is those people being listened to…
Maybe.. but other cyclists aren’t usually clad in a death machine weighing over a ton so arguably they’re less threatening anyway 😂
December 6, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Maybe.. but other cyclists aren’t usually clad in a death machine weighing over a ton so arguably they’re less threatening anyway 😂
From drivers - cyclists usually look out for each other
December 6, 2024 at 8:44 PM
From drivers - cyclists usually look out for each other
Well… and also, the sheer amount of abuse you get in London for being visibly female and riding a bike Out In The Open is quite something
December 6, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Well… and also, the sheer amount of abuse you get in London for being visibly female and riding a bike Out In The Open is quite something
Mark things with which room they will go in and put them straight in that room. A staging area of boxes will just mean you will forever have a pile of stuff there
November 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Mark things with which room they will go in and put them straight in that room. A staging area of boxes will just mean you will forever have a pile of stuff there