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Caroline, doing the work

@carolinethegeek.bsky.social
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PhD. youth+tech+community+design researcher, UW iSchool Postdoc, TTRPG-er, enjoyer of things. Always learning. She/her. Profile pic by Ari! Yes, I'm here. In the midst of job search. carolinerpitt.phd

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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 2h
Teaching Moral Reasoning and Interaction Design this quarter (some may remember I taught Ethics and Policy for Information Management in Winter), so similar theories but for undergrads vs MSIM students. Also, if you're in industry and want to chat with my class, let me know!
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Secretary Bunch is a national treasure. He deserves a Medal of Freedom. The Smithsonian - and the country - will miss his leadership when he retires. I wish him well. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
nytimes.com
Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution (Gift Article)
In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Persephone (cat): hits puzzle button Persephone: follows me excitedly as I get the puzzle and put treats in it Also Persephone: Looks offended that a) I expect her to actually do the puzzle and b) it's not her favorite treats (we're out, so we just have like... 3 other kinds)
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Related to that re-post about accessibility issues at PAX West (but I didn't want to derail that post), one of the coolest aspects of @orcacon.bsky.social is the Accessibility Coordinator (who patrols with a measuring stick to make sure the con is navigable). www.orcacon.org/accessibilit...
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Chris Hopper Accessibility Consulting @chrishopper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's not intersectionality if it's not accessible
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
JKR is alive and very rich and hating trans people is her whole deal so you can just not f with her or her work. So much art in the world that isn’t being made by someone who is trying to erase my children.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Brainstorming pages/layout/etc. for my website. There are a ton of guides and templates and such, so I'm sure I can make something decent. Question: for those who look for job candidates or panelists or collaborators or otherwise look at people's websites, what info do you want to find?
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Tetris, welcome to the Resistance
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One #PAXWest panel left to do! Sunday, September 6th 11:00 am Blue Dragon Theatre with me, @samanthabethune.bsky.social @kindofstrange.com @geekyfriedrice.bsky.social @gregtito.com and @adamjohns.bsky.social
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Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is your periodic reminder that I'm on the job market and would love to bring my approach to your department, school, lab, or organization. carolinerpitt.phd Autumn 2026 Teaching: Moral Reasoning and Interaction Design (INFO 356) And we've got some fun papers in the works.
carolinerpitt.phd
Caroline Pitt’s Homepage
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I don't currently have any plans to be at PAX West but I will be in the area, so if anyone needs last-minute booth/table support... (Or if you want to grab lunch or a beverage or something.) (I wasn't sure I would be in the area so I didn't apply for any panels. Welp.)
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
... I talk like I'm from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic and very much not the Midwest apparently. True, but not precise. Also kind of GenAm/newscaster accent but nowhere near as crisp.
A heatmap of most and least similar dialects for me in the US.Screenshot of most similar (Portland Maine, Boston, Philadelphia) and least similar (Omaha, Kansas City, Milwaukee)
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As a reminder I have this starter pack that I'd love to add more folks to (mostly to make a fun custom feed of TTRPG scholar nerdery). I know there are more than 150 of us but I haven't hit that limit yet so... #TTRPG #RPG #TTRPGScholars go.bsky.app/NmSNGup
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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 30/08/2026
My favorite blend is BACK (in a few days technically) #synesthesiaart #thegoblinking #greentea
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Everyone's a critic of my photography staging. (I got my backer stuff and also a gift for someone.)
A cat sniffing a stack of tea boxes next to a plush dragon. A cat scent marking a dungeon crawler Carl tea sampler box.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Getting some conference/convention FOMO this summer for sure, but super inspired by all the great work coming out of these meetups! Looking forward to attending in the future, but for the moment I'm living vicariously through the posts. (And channeling some positive energies into job searching!)
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Hope all my fellow Seattle folks are safe. Went to Bite of Seattle on Friday afternoon (bf wanted to go) because it was likely to be the least crowded. It was still *very* busy, so I can imagine how densely packed it was today. Terrifying.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Please enjoy first strawberry of the garden and first cherry tomato of the garden. Both delicious.
A ripe strawberry on the plant A cherry tomato on a counter.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/07/2026
By the rules of the social construction of knowledge, the academic article form is a fantasy sub-genre
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Newfound Planets @i-find-planets.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We have discovered a planet. It is small-scale and impolite. The wind is dainty and smells of garlic.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Meatballs and orzo tonight. Somehow the mint was mysteriously absent from the fridge but we made it work... turns out shiso/perilla works fairly well, the catmint was fine but didn't do much compared to the shiso. (I have both in the garden.) www.foodandwine.com/greek-meatba...
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What are your favorite Python learning resources (preferably .edu/free/open)? I took a couple semesters of object-oriented programming (Java) in undergrad and I have some basic web programming familiarity, but I want to strengthen my quant analysis and dev skills, as I've been doing a lot of qual.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Yep: “[T]he point is that communing with other people doing critical work is necessary to sustain the work.”
civicsoftechnology.org
Community, Care, and Joy in Remaking, Resisting, and Reimagining EdTech — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Annual Conference : We are holding our 5th Annual Conference on August 6th-7th, 2026! Our keynotes this year are Dr. Meredith Broussard (data journalist & aut...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
*taps microphone* Is this thing on?? I AM LOOKING FOR SCIENCE HISTORIANS. IF THAT IS YOU PLEASE WAVE AT ME OR YELL LOUDLY IN MY DIRECTION! (It's for a wee little side project)
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I have various goals this summer and they include 1) learning more programming (Python, mostly) and 2) making a proper website. Have begun both of these, eventually carolinerpitt.phd will redirect to carolinerpitt.github.io and we will be ~fancy~.
carolinerpitt.github.io
Caroline Pitt’s Homepage
Check here for updates!
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don't think we have a lab bsky so gonna put this here... Ari did a new version of the lab sticker with our newer lab members! Clockwise, starting at 12: Jin Ha, Jason, Emmi, Johnny, Marc, me!, Lidia, Michele, Runhua, Alex, Dany, Lane, Nisha. It's so cuuuute.
Chibi style cartoon illustrations of members of the UW GAMER (Game Research) Group in a circle around the lab logo.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Spring quarter grades submitted! Now maybe I can catch up on CR. Or hibernate briefly. ~semi-sabbatical summer~
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We need to have a long conversation in higher ed (and ed in general tbh) about our dependence on proprietary software platforms, especially learning management systems
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April Wright @wrightam.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
For years I've insisted that my dream job is working in an 18F-style software modernization office for higher ed. This is exactly why.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This makes me want to email my ethics and policy masters' students from last quarter and go "remember when we talked about data minimization?"
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 07/05/2026
another ransom made possible by cryptocurrency
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Luckily my students don't have anything due *today* but I was hoping to work on grading their literature reviews. Undergraduate research methods is always an adventure. (Instructure/Canvas "down for scheduled maintenance"... right... scheduled...)
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Solid reporting on why "age verification and age assurance" are just fancy ways of saying "online identity checks" and why lawmakers have much better ways to address online harm if they'd just listen to experts and impacted communities www.governing.com/policy/state...
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States Are Increasingly Trying to Keep Kids Off Social Media
Massachusetts is one of the latest states to suggest that social media platforms should either bar, or provide special protection to, young users. But some experts are raising privacy alarms.
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EPIC @epic.org · 07/05/2026
On Wednesday, EPIC and @cdt.org urged HUD to withdraw its proposal to collect new categories of personally identifiable information and introduce AI features to draft case summaries and email responses. Alarmingly, it seems the department has already begun collecting this data and using AI tools.
epic.org
EPIC, CDT Urge HUD to Abandon Proposed AI Tool That Would Use Sensitive Data
Updates
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Magdalena Donea | 🇷🇴 🇬🇷 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ @maggy.kia.net · 07/05/2026
I'm working in four different Canvas instances these days, and three of them are down right now. And I've finished all my work in the one that's still up. Great day for higher ed and single points of failure, yay. I say we bring back pigeons.
*UCSD* Canvas showing a message from the hackers saying, in part: "If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisor firm and contact us privately at [] to negotiate a settlement. You have till the end of the day by 12 May 2026 before everything is leaked. Instructure still has until EOD 12 May 2026 to contact us."*San Diego State* Canvas showing a message from the hackers saying, in part: "If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisor firm and contact us privately at [] to negotiate a settlement. You have till the end of the day by 12 May 2026 before everythin*SDCCD* (San Diego Community College District) Canvas showing a message from the hackers saying, in part: "If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisor firm and contact us privately at [] to negotiate a settlement. You have till the end of the day by 12 May 2026 before everything is leaked. Instructure still has until EOD 12 May 2026 to contact us."
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Messing with labmates in a specific way by asking if a game is an antelope.
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Marianne Aubin Le Quéré @mariannealq.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I had heard people at #CHI2026 say that they didn't want AI-generated podcasts to be made on top of their work. While this perspective is totally understandable, I thought the podcasts could potentially be useful. But after looking up one of mine, I can't believe this feature was allowed to launch.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
While I can't be at #CHI2026 in Barcelona, I am on two papers looking at how children think about and interact with AI in creative contexts! programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/peo... Also, lots of GAMER Group and KidsTeam UW rep in the @uwdub.bsky.social list: dub.washington.edu/posts/2026/c...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/04/2026
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
king5.com
UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers
A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's a good moment to unclench your jaw and take some deep breaths. It won't fix this, but it's probably wise to avail yourself of any emotional regulation tools you find useful.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 22/03/2026
Kids should not be the property of their parents :)
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
And in case there was any room for doubt, the Republican coauthor of KOSA explicitly said she expects and hopes the bill to make it harder for queer people to connect with each other and find out they're not alone (as Katelyn says she did here) www.them.us/story/kosa-s...
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Lawmaker Says the “Kids Online Safety Act” Aims to Protect Kids from “The Transgender”
KOSA has bipartisan support but LGBTQ+ advocates say it would be harmful.
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Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
KNOW YE OF STARSHIP FROM FGU? I'm working through old Space Gamers as prep work for Designers & Dragons 3e, and I came across these curious review of _Starship_ by FGU, distributed by Flying Buffalo. Unable to find any other reference, on BGG, in catalogs, etc. Anyone have other info on this game?
SHOOTING IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY:
A Review of STARSHIP
by Tony Watson
E~ery on:e in a while a really
good, 1nnovat1ve game will appear
fro~ a small and relatively unknown
desIgn group. Such is the case with
Fantasy ~ames Unlimited's Starshia·
. !t IS apparent that some goo
th1nk1ng and design work went into
the cre~tion of Starship. The game
system IS excellent and achieves its
end as well as entertaining the
players with a good "feel" of space
contact and engagement.
The key word is "contact."
Starship is not a game of space combat
per se; it is a game of contact.
Each of the two players controls one
starship in a.situation governed by
one of four dIfferent scenario
orders with goals kept secret from
their opponent. There are four sets
of mission orders for both the
Interceptor and the Intruder. They
range from attempts at peaceful contact
to the out and out destruction
of the opposing vessel. Levels of
victory are determined by comparing
the actual outcome of the encounter
to.thr~e different categories of
c~lter1a: TacticaL, or military
vIctory; Strategic, or fulfillment
of outlined missioned goals; and
Command, or violation of certain
orders (such as firing when forbidden
to, etc). It is possible for a
p~ayer to win a resounding military
v1ctory yet still lose because of
a failure to fulfill his strategic
g?als ~a peaceful contact) and/or
vIolatIng orders (firing at the
oppo~ing vessel). It is also quite
poss1ble for both players to claim
a victory since their objectives
may be very diverse.
The actual mechanics of the
game are somewhat like many air
wargames, including speed, damage,
and weaponry status (which are maintained
on a series of tracked
charts) .. Sliding counters along the
tracks WIll denote changes in the
vessel speed, what weapons are armed,
shield strength, and any damage the
vessel may have accrued. But most
important , the tracks kept record
of any critical strain that any of
the systems have taken.
Movement and combat are handled
in terms of str…engineering record, a distance computation
chart for each player and
one map. There is a set of unmounted
counters. for both sides. Rules are
in a twenty page booklet that is
generally clear and comprehensive.
Components are in black and white.
Starship is fast paced and
plays well. The emphasis is on skill
and bluff, outmanuver and good
planning rather than luck and certainly
one of the better science
fiction tactical system around.
Starship is $6 from Flying
Buffalo Inc., P.O. Box 1467,
Scottsdale Az. 85252.
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Caroline, doing the work @carolinethegeek.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Found one of my favorite Diana Wynne Jones books at Twice Sold Tales today. Apparently there's an updated one from 2006... I should do a meta TTRPG game... "You know, so many of these books are so much the same that I could write the guidebook for the country they happen in." - DWJ
A photo of the cover of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. The entry for the Reek of Wrongness in the Tough Guide.
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