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anne gibson

@kirabug.com
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SFFH Writer, UX designer, design systems builder, and accessibility geek. Wrote the Alphabet of Accessibility Issues. She/her. Can roast a duck, knit, beat Skyrim, but can't make Tuna Helper. Has 2 jack russels: Myka and Mei

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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.
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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I got a bill in the mail from a memory removal service and I'm finding it very difficult to contest the charges.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026
hey @dylanw.social how close are you to redmond?
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Milo 😾 : Momma, Ah want a "Blabbermouth" button installed asap! 😾😼😂 (Cr @wordypaws) #dog #cat #wordsmith
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Dylan Wilbanks @dylanw.social · 28/09/2026
Boomers 1996: I AM CUTTING YOU OFF! YOU ARE NO CHILD OF MINE! Boomers 2026: why are they cutting me off I didn’t do anything
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026
Is it weird that I can lay out my husbands meds bottles in alphabetical order with the right amount of space per bottle without thinking about it? He’s down to 20 oral meds a day now! #transplantTales
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026
@techconnectify.bsky.social also how bad is your radon problem if you’re pumping it out when you’re on slab?!?
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026
@techconnectify.bsky.social watching the heat pump hot water video — what was the comment about the Northern Europeans in regards to?
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 27/09/2026
Yesterday: Body: we got the flu shot yesterday so we should rest today Me: Oh I don't feel that bad, I'll do chores. Today: Body: YOU WILL SIT YOUR ASS DOWN OR PUKE Me: yes body
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026
I feel for the folks at Epic who just did a great upgrade to things like “view my test results” and somehow the “what changed” message link on the dashboard is the one that got busted. Epic folks, if you're listening, that test results page is SO. MUCH. BETTER. thank you!
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026
Dear all the men in tech: you did this, you allowed it, you continue to allow it. It's your job to fix it. We can't fix it. “If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse, you can’t put it out from inside the house!” — Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton, the musical. www.wired.com/story/women-...
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We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026
Late yesterday on The Interconnected, I waxed poetic about things that last 50 years, and wondered which parts of the web fall under that category. theinterconnected.net/kirabug/on-5...
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On 50 years – The Interconnected
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026
Me: Myka-bear are you eating that toy? Myka: [chew, chew, swallow] No mom I would never eat a toy. Me: Myka, stop eating that toy. Myka: (best innocent face) I can’t stop eating the toy I’m not eating Me: Give me that Myka: MY HEART IS BROKen ooh a puppy treat #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 22/09/2026
My latest newsletter is out, in which you can learn how to attend a live recording of my Short Story Intensive workshop. Also, you will discover Elsie's opinions on opera. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/the-...
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The Mary Robinette Gazette: September, 2026
Want to get my newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here. I was recently an instructor on the final (for now) annual Writing Excuses cruise. A lot of the conversations I had with attendees were about …
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026
stand up for trans people: it is the right thing to do and it just will not hurt you, not now, not in this environment and maybe folks can start to relearn that trans people are pretty fucking cool, actually
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026
Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...
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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia
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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 22/09/2026
Since Tapas is going kaput, I'm just saying if you want a backup host (particularly for your short comics), you could consider using @leaflet.pub This is a demo site I made with it, and I put up 2 short comics to show how it works testcomic.leaflet.pub #comics
screenshot of a Leaflet blog that has been formatted for comics
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026
This is on my refrigerator at home.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026
OK friends I'm going to start a patreon around my writing. Which off these ideas appeal to you? - a poem every other day - a paragraph or quote from whatever i'm writing every few days - a video of me reading a poem angrily once every two weeks - a post of how it's going / personal blog every day
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026
that tracks
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026
Vote! Also, there's a message from the King. youtu.be/ayWiE_gL9mU?... + @monteiro.bsky.social @erikahall.bsky.social
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 21/09/2026
Haven't made one of these in a long time.
On the top, a panel containing a form from a call for speakers. it is in an error state. the name provided is anne gibson in all lowercase. the error message (under both first and last name, neither of which are labeled correctly for accessibility and internationalization) says all uppercase or all lowercase letters are not allowed. 

Below that is a longer note in a callout box that says please note that you're (emphasis) logged in as anne gibson (end emphasis) and submitting a session in that context. This event doesn't allow you to submit session for somebody else while being logged in as yourself, or to submit sessions for multiple speakers with the same account. 

below that is another warning (without the callout box this time) that says changing this will update your system-wide profile. 

panel 2: tommy lee jones in a sheriff's uniform holding a newspaper. he is looking over the rim of his glasses at someone just left of the camera with his brow furrowed. if he had laser beam eyes the person he was looking at would be dead.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 21/09/2026
stevekpeacock.substack.com/p/burning-br... I was in a class with Steven Peacock years ago. His writing was excellent then and I’m confident it still is. He’s got a new book coming out in November.
stevekpeacock.substack.com
Burning Bridges, the new WARLOCKS OF WHITEHALL novel, coming November 5th
And you can pre-order the ebook right now!
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 21/09/2026
Doesn’t @seananmcguire.bsky.social have a bunch of info about what mumps does to the testicles? Or was that someone else? Either way I think that info is very effective to convince people to get vaccinated.
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Sweet Summer Sock 🎖️💎🧦 @drosgood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You give a man fire you heat him for a day. Set a man on fire and you heat him for a lifetime.
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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My advice: buy this book if you’re the person who, when your surgeon says “So do you wanna see the photos from the pathology report?”, replies “Obviously.”
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 19/09/2026
@philplait.bsky.social why are they “black hole stars” when “black hole sun” was right there?
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Danny Page @danny.page · 17/09/2026
God bless @atherton.bsky.social for this succinct wisdom
Kelsey D. Atherton - tweet from 2019

Oh, you're experiencing a structural problem? Have you ever considered trying different personal choices instead?
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 17/09/2026
The good part of an ebook in the tub is that the phone is waterproof (enough anyway). The good part of a paper book is I can’t switch into a different app. Reading Oliver Sacks on dead tree today while the walk-in tub works the knots out.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 17/09/2026
If I did reviews of not-new books would that interest anyone?
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Raquel 🌈✨ @aistear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 15/09/2026
The writing on Firefly was so good. youtube.com/shorts/t9a87... ... and any time now I will actually do the thing I went on to youtube to do.
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Nat 1 Persuasion - Nat 20 Intimidation #dnd
YouTube video by Flash Fantasy Podcast
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 15/09/2026
I will always love Harry Anderson. youtu.be/-DZOkiMKUPQ?...
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Cheers | Harry the Hat's Best Tricks | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 15/09/2026
it's long dead but i just entered my comic in here. did you enter yours?
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello. They are going to try to fuck with your vote, and we are NOT going to let them. Last week I pinged my friend Dana Chisnell, who knows how elections work, and said "Hey, let’s make it hard for them to fuck with us.” Today, we are very proud to announce the HOW TO VOTE zine. howtovote.tips
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How to Vote / Cómo Votar
A free field guide to what stops people from voting, and what to do about it. English and Spanish, ready to print.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hey you! Yeah you, the tired overworked dehydrated noodle in a capitalist hellscape. Use your goddamn PTO! You have earned it. It is part of your total compensation. Go schedule some time off! Also grab a beverage and a snack.
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The worst person you know @postingposter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This seems straightforwardly in line with the divine command in the Abrahamic tradition to be good stewards of the Earth. It probably shouldn't be controversial, but the adherents of Supply Side Jesus will doubtless take offense.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 15/09/2026
Always a fan of any character whose main communication is "MEEP". See also: Beaker.
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Ale @alepresser.com · 14/09/2026
𝗛𝗲𝘆! Side Quested is up and the blue thing is back. And is cute. Oh no. 🔗 tapas.io/series/SideQ... 🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested 🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/ 🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser 🔹 #webcomics
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Read Side Quested :: Chapter 4: 177 | Tapas Community
Read Side Quested and more premium Comedy Community series now on Tapas!
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love Lightspeed and Nightmare Magazine: they have been some of my staunchest ongoing supporters over the years, they publish amazing fiction, and they are always a joy to work with. Check out their Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...
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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror
We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 15/09/2026
well now I have to put both Spindle's End and A Spoonful of Trouble on my TBR...
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 15/09/2026
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 15/09/2026
I dunno, man, that looks like a muppet flailing to me
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 14/09/2026
The whiplash I got when checking reviews for this "Permanent Mulch Recycled Rubber Pathway."
The product image for "Raedon Permanent Mulch Recycled Rubber Pathway"Bought some of these four years ago and they were still holding up very well, but I own a hair salon and decide to glue hair and make it into a hair path which worked for a while but now it looks disgusting so I needed to replace it
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point 
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1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity.

2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same.As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."

3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study). 

Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my 
@FTC
 tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/dozens-of-americas-largest-companies-have-no-simple-way-to-report-security-flaws/

https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million

5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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anne gibson @kirabug.com · 12/09/2026
Why are you in my compost bin? ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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