iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

People like this are our last hope

Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 17/09/2026

In sf; seems like everyone bullies the waymos, which makes sense game theoretically *and* gums up traffic. I wonder if the possibility of road rage is load bearing.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 20/08/2026

First blog post for the Center for Globally Beneficial AI (globeai.uw.edu) - Reframing Jevons Paradox as a law in the computing context: kurtisheimerl.substack.com/p/jevons-law...

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Brian Gawalt @brian.gawalt.com · 22/07/2026

been showing this one to the kids a lot, because it's funny, but also sub rosa cuz low pass filtering was also foundational to my career

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Colin Perkins @csperkins.org · 20/07/2026

Another excellent edition of the ACM/IRTF Applied Networking Research Workshop getting underway at #IETF126 in Vienna www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/progra...

Johanna Ullrich from the Interdisciplinary Transformation University (ITU) in Linz giving the ANRW2026 keynote.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 20/07/2026

It's always funny to me how people equate LLMs to other, less understood things. We don't know how neurons make consciousness, but we absolutely know how LLMs work. They are not a black box. They are intricately designed, often public white boxes. There's no consciousness because we can look at it.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 14/04/2026

Seeing lots of papers at #CHI2026 still using online survey tools... not sure if we can still do that.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 11/04/2026

I also don't understand why this is a problem.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 11/04/2026

So can anyone tell me what cutting a submarine cable even does? There's redundant links so things will slow down a little but not a lot of impact on connectivity. Yet they do it. There must be some reason they are so geopolitically relevant.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 27/02/2026

I once again remind everyone that "finding new customers for a product" is not the same as "one person one vote". No one is democratizing anything here.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 26/02/2026

Can anyone tell me how captchas still work? It seems like they shouldn't but I still see them around.

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Katharina Reinecke @katharinareinecke.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Working on pluralistic alignment? Our newest Substack post dives into Jeff Basoah’s research on whether and how AI should culturally adapt. globeai.substack.com/p/how-cultur...

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How Cultural Adaptation of LLMs Can Backfire

The surprising insights that made me rethink the goal of pluralistic alignment

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New Ideas in Networked Systems @nines-conference.org · 09/02/2026

NINeS 2026 is tomorrow! We have just posted (at nines-conference.org/attend) details on how to join the livestream, which starts at 1am UTC, and will let you experience what is going on at several pods and also hear our keynotes. We hope you join us. 1/2

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NINeS 2026

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 27/01/2026

With the recent news of the pullback, I am troubled a bit that it seems that Alex Pretti simply bringing his gun, not using, pulling, or brandishing, was really impactful in this change. If he had been killed without it, the uproar seemingly would have been a lot smaller.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 16/12/2025

I find myself increasingly frustrated with the "artifacts have politics" line of reasoning; it's correct and good to understand (we now teach it in our intro) but the degree and intention of the politics is way more important than the binary nature of it.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 09/12/2025

Really delightful book fwiw.

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Allen School @uwcse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Can smart technologies help people experiencing homelessness? #UWAllen prof @kurti.sh and postdoc Esther Jang worked with tiny house villages in Seattle to explore their potential for managing infrastructure and other community needs. #ThisIsUW #CSCW #HCI #IoT news.cs.washington.edu/2025/12/04/a...

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Allen School researchers explore smart technologies for empowering people experiencing homelessness - Allen School News

Modern Internet of Things (IoT) technologies such as smart home devices, sensors and security cameras have transformed how we interact with our physical environments. As University of Washington resea...

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 25/11/2025

I don't think it's well understood that Google lost the SEO wars. LLMs/AI let them fight back by controlling the content but there's no going back to a world where Google can correctly identify good human content. It's just not possible.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I am recruiting new PhD students this year in: 🌆 Urban Computing / GeoAI 🥽 Augmented Reality 🎨 Creativity Support Tools Why join us? Work on state-of-the-art Human-AI research that has real-world impact at one of the top CS programs in the world. Deadline: Dec 15 See: jonfroehlich.github.io

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Jon E. Froehlich

Professor Froehlich’s academic webpage.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 04/11/2025

I once again implore technologists to stop saying they "democratize" things. You're not doing "one person one vote", you're just selling to new people that didn't get sold to before.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 02/11/2025

I'm going to assume this is less ominous if you can speak the language.

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 01/10/2025

Submit nominations for the 2026 award period of the Applied Networking Research Prize until November 17, 2025 www.irtf.org/anrp/

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 12/09/2025

Whenever these things happen, I am reminded that solo shooter from a rooftop is just not a leftist way of doing things. It's not communal. Instead a big group of friends station themselves around town with grenades. That's communal.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 18/07/2025

In an update on my own AI negativity, I learned that AI girlfriends are not the most impactful AI product at the moment, it's actually AI boyfriends.

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Seattle Community Network @seattlecommunitynetwork.org · 17/07/2025

On June 13, and 14, several volunteers from the Seattle Community Network installed networking equipment including routers, access points, and cabling to enable broadband internet access for the residents at the Y K Building at 110 14th Ave., in Seattle. #seattlecommunitynetwork #seattle

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Senate committee on appropriations markup meeting is starting now. They'll be discussing a lot of stuff, but in particular, science agencies like NSF & NASA. Yesterday Sen. Moran indicated funding would be 33.9 billion, preserving FY '24 numbers. www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/ful...

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Full Committee Markup of Commerce, Justice, Science; Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA; and Legislative Branch Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 11/06/2025

It's interesting to me that the last two major tech hype cycles (LLMs and VR) both are amazing tech demos that seem full of potential but manifest as shallow "solutions-in-search-of-problems".

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 18/05/2025

My favorite thing about Hans is how he was drafted into WW1 and died. If life was a book this would be a bit of a heavy handed metaphor.

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Ethan @drbeef.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)! #AcademicSky

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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 02/05/2025

What's funny is I talk about this a lot in my networks class; it wasn't just the NSF, the DoD built the Internet. It goes to show how much an ideology (decentralization) can have massive repercussions on designs and how technology isn't wedded to its funders in the way lots of people presuppose.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

key to the healthiness of many hunter gatherer pops of antiquity was VARIETY. one major area where the carnivore bro guys go wrong is imagining these ancient humans as eating just meat. in fact the majority of their calories came from vegetarian sources ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...

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Hunter-gatherer diets—a different perspective12

See corresponding article on page 682.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 28/04/2025

I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable speaking to the "thin waist" of the Internet. I guess it's least accurate to its time?

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Andor has so far made the very intelligent decision to make the Emperor a character in absence. this is because you can't see that big goofus laugh and not love the sonovabitch

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 05/04/2025

What sort of crazy situation would someone need to be in to only need to print the "even" pages of a document?

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 02/04/2025

As ostensibly a networking professor doing computer things, I want to sadly note the passing of Dave Taht, an absolutely amazing engineer and person. These are the people who make the world go around and it's sad there's one less today (libreqos.io/2025/04/01/i...)

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In loving memory of Dave Täht

04/01/2025We are devastated to report that Dave Täht has passed away.Dave was an amazing man, helping the world with FQ-CoDel and CAKE, fighting bufferbloat and trying to make the world a better pl…

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 02/04/2025

I don't think people quite understand how much of current US electoral politics is simple outlandish contrarianism. Like a whole country of oppositional defiant disorders.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 14/03/2025

I think an underappreciated element of the current electorate (both sides) is that they literally just want someone to do something, anything. Democrats being the party of staid management is a losing play. I do think this a quintessentially American perspective though.

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Mallesh Dasari (He/Him) @mallesh.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

ACM HotMobile workshop registration rates are unbelievable... just for a two-day workshop. I don't understand why they do this. What;s wrong with these people? It's the academics :(

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George Porter @georgemporter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Catching up on the news during my lunch break is my new least favorite daily activity

Prometheus having his liver eaten by a giant eagle

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 15/12/2024

While the look is great, I don't understand how these guys aren't too warm all the time. It's like the opposite of how women always look like they are cold.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 12/12/2024

A voice of america post has to be like being on an icebreaker in Alaska right? That doesn't seem like a place to put a mover and shaker.

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 04/12/2024

We're doing degrowth in class today which always brings the question of "why are you doing science right now?". This post (dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/12/conf...) sorta exemplifies this question. I've found a lot of value in thinking about my work as art. I use science to show alternative realities.

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Confessions of a Disillusioned Scientist | Do the Math

AI-generated stranger; I’m not so young/attractive

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Kurtis Heimerl @kurti.sh · 04/12/2024

I like this insight. Like with everything through this era, even the fascist esthetic is a literally cartoonish facsimile of an ideal. Like, it just has to be and look stupid.

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