Category: Essays
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I Do Not Consent.
> Read More: I Do Not Consent.You do not have to just watch this happen on TV. You are allowed to change the events you see on the screen. Please, get up and help me.
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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
> Read More: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?My partner and I first broached the possibility that we might need to flee the country last summer. After election day, we began that preparation in earnest. I’m making the document we used to begin this conversation with friends and colleagues freely available to the public. I hope it helps.
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Deplatforming Myself: A Tech Manifesto
> Read More: Deplatforming Myself: A Tech ManifestoThe internet has become one big roach motel. I lay the blame for this development solely at the feet of The Platform; the proliferation of venture-capitalist backed walled gardens, which are incentivized to trap users inside and milk them like cattle. This has me re-evaluating my relationship with The Platform, what I want out of…
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Read the Room, Apple 🎉💀
> Read More: Read the Room, Apple 🎉💀Gestures are frequently triggering at inappropriate times, in the best case simply ruining a solemn moment with tasteless commentary. In others, it’s creating legitimate panic and discomfort for patients in mental health care settings.
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I Will Be Free
> Read More: I Will Be FreeI’ve wanted to take a risk like this for a long time. I put it off because I was scared. I was told my whole life, by deeply uncurious people with small imaginations, that I’d never make it. And I believed them. That became my story. Let’s write a better one.
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I Was Laid Off In Retaliation for Anti-Discrimination Whistleblowing
> Read More: I Was Laid Off In Retaliation for Anti-Discrimination WhistleblowingIn order to protect women, gender nonconforming folks, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community from suffering as my peers and I have, I feel ethically obligated to go public with my experience. In this article, I will outline why I have sufficient reason to believe that my former employer Rune Labs has…
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Precisely How Not to Conduct a Job Interview
> Read More: Precisely How Not to Conduct a Job InterviewHave you ever wondered how to most efficiently scare away potential talent? Our top scientists have been hard at work on this very question, and created the most dreadful job interview imaginable. While this knowledge is incredibly cursed, we here at JobCo believe that the study will accelerate future breakthroughs in the field of human…
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Suppose Google was Compromised
> Read More: Suppose Google was CompromisedThreat modeling is the information security practice of anticipating and mitigating negative outcomes in physical and digital systems, most often unauthorized access, theft, and vandalism. I thought it would be fun to practice this skill on a novel scenario. Even better if its something apparently nobody has ever solved or published resources for, but that…
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Help, I Am Being Haunted by Store-Brand Oreos
> Read More: Help, I Am Being Haunted by Store-Brand OreosA story about my family history of gambling addiction, childhood experience with food insecurity, and how emerging technologies which facilitate financial speculation continue to influence my career in tech.
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Consent and Abuse in Boyfriend Dungeon
> Read More: Consent and Abuse in Boyfriend DungeonIn this article, we’ll discuss how Boyfriend Dungeon contrasts via gameplay both healthy and unhealthy consent models. We’ll also break down the anatomy of abuse by isolating specific emotional manipulation techniques that are employed by its antagonist, and explore the unique potential of dating sims as learning tools, which empower survivors of abuse to safely…
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