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Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs."

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 20h

my hottest take on The Police, one of my all time favorite bands, is that Stewart Copeland was truly the driving force behind their sound, which is incredibly evident when you listen to his solo work compared to Sting's. disclaimer: Stewart Copeland is one of my imaginary boyfriends

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

if you really want to ruin someone's life, make a political donation using their contact info. It doesn't even matter what party it's for.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm generally a live-and-let-live kind of person with spiders in the house, but Birdie just found a spider that was the size of a small rodent and after 1) screaming, and then 2) praising her profusely for her hunting skills i 3) disposed of it while still screaming in my heart.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You know this is my third or fourth go around with this kind of technological innovation for consumers and citizens. And a lot of it is the same. Same pattern of exaggerated benefits, underestimated challenges. What’s new this time is the sector isn’t even pretending to care about the consumer.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this sheep smokes two packs of unfiltered a day

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ok, this might be the best political ad ever, at least for the Bluesky audience

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All those personal pizzas for reading books were training us for our horrible future of selling our time and labor for wages

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

youtube is the best music discovery platform. it consistently puts amazing and niche stuff in front of me. this is gorgeous. and only 139k views.

youtu.be

Pan Tèrra - Quit My Job (Official Video)

YouTube video by Pan Tèrra

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am flustigated at the amount of anxillity I'm dealing with

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

gentle reminder: the void is for screaming, the abyss is for staring, please don't mix that up and ruin the experience for the rest of us

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mblneto.bsky.social @mblneto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

LLM memory works like the tattoos and post it notes from the main character in the movie Memento.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's review covers the 1899 Dutch advertising film THE SICK CIVIL SERVANT; OR, VAN HOUTEN'S NEW CHOCOLATE SENSATION, which presents hot cocoa as the foolproof cure for all that ails you! moviessilently.com/2026/09/28/t...

moviessilently.com

The Sick Civil Servant; or, Van Houten’s New Chocolate Sensation (1899)

An ailing man is immediately cured when his physician shows up with a large, branded cup of hot chocolate. Early advertising film showcases how the more things change…

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I would simply like fewer movies about the worst people and more movies about the best people.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Taking a Four Loko to a job interview

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

just decided the world is worth saving.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

spite driven motivation is powerful af

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

we have once again reached that time of year when every cricket in my neighborhood makes the annual pilgrimage (through some secret portal, I seriously don't know how--or why--they get down there) to my basement to die.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ok my Canadian friends, which of your weird ass flavored chips are you pairing this with?

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have been listening to The Durutti Column for like three hours straight, and despite my best efforts to be in a bad mood, it is making me so happy.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

oh no, I'm gonna have a field day with this one.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I desperately need a buddy comedy with Zack Galifianakis and Nick Offerman

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

despite all my rage i still need to earn a fucking wage

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

starting to think that spending our "one wild and precious life" posting on LinkedIn et al (because current times demand constant visibility and self promotion just to find work) is not particularly good for individual OR community health.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

this mayor is going to make me like both kids and prime ministers now

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I listened to New Order's "Movement" (1981) on today's walk; I listen to a lot of New Order but generally prefer the slightly later albums, but wow this first album is such a vibe for current day mood.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

so much of digital design/UX design theory and practice assumes work on software (presumed a useful digital product for people) but practitioners end up building tools for extraction and exploitation

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

call me radical but i just don't think I should have to pay more for my health insurance, with a 10k deductible and a bunch of co-pays, than I do for my mortgage, which actually provides me with housing.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the momentary terror in my heart when I saw this picture, I can still remember an essay question in one of my lit classes that asked us to compare themes from The Sound and the Fury and The Wasteland.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

yep. almost my entire career has been in enterprise software, trying to understand how people made things and especially made decisions and using those insights to make people's jobs a bit easier, and then the last few years have been about how to just cut the humans out of the equation completely.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A list of online free, no login no install utility tools, to handle text, files conversions, but also help you with construction, finance, cooking and more. There is even a dice roller, with modifier! www.normaltools.com/tools/dice-r...

normaltools.com

Normal Tools — Useful online tools, no nonsense

Small, useful online tools that work directly in your browser.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

my belief is that at least one out of every ten cats (conservative estimate) is actually an alien, because what better from which to observe our true nature? they can still be as judgemental as they want, and we will still plod on, undaunted.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

for every Woman of a Certain Age who has a snuggly cat, I promise you they have some sort of shorthand to communicate "I'm having a hot flash and although I love you dearly you need to get the fuck off me now"

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

hey friends, a little reminder that I'm available for part time freelance UX/product work. Discovery, research, strategy, ops. I have been told I am a goddamn delight to work with and I will make you some amazing custom playlists.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

news flash: constant horrors are exhausting

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

this is helpful context for the very unexpected episode of the "Death, Sex, and Money" podcast episode I stumbled across a couple months ago, and that's all I'm going to say about that, you can hunt down the episode yourself and deal with the consequences.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the world is a total dumpster fire but for now I still have this to spark joy

A picture of an alter eco chocolate bar called Orange Blackout, an 85% orange dark chocolate. It is fantastic

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: New Potatoes

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh no, YouTube has served me up REM unplugged and I am just going down the rabbit hole now

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm watching a live concert of The Police "Synchronicity" tour on YouTube, and 1) I am having a great time and 2) I wish you could witness Birdie watching me having a great time. She is a little confused but at the same time very happy to see me having fun.

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

while we're at it, bring back slide out keyboards

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm reading a book by an author that doesn't use oxford commas and I am starting to lose my shit, lol.

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