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Gloria Huang

@riaglo.bsky.social
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Digital public service. Working in emergency management, rediscovering joy in the chaos of social media.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Resilience targeting is an attack on individual and community resilience during disasters through misinformation, confusion, and efforts to overwhelm, in order to prevent communities from recovering and keep them vulnerable.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 01/03/2025
I had a front row seat to watch 18F get started a dozen years ago by some of the smartest and most dedicated public servants I’ve ever met. Their work saved countless lives, and yes, hundreds of millions, probably billions, of dollars. But just as significantly: it made government more responsive.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2025
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.
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Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Instead of directly correcting false claims, “bypassing” offers an alternative strategy: focus on positive, truthful statements about the same topic. New research suggests it can be very effective and I cover it in more detail here! substack.com/home/post/p-... #MisinfoResearch
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"Bypassing" is a new way to counter misinformation, but how does it work?
A new study found that "bypassing" can counter misinformation without direct confrontation.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Mutual aid is not just a disaster response, it’s a way of caring for one another, building stronger communities, and preparing for whatever life may throw at us next. It’s a labor of love—and a way of life. I put together a reading list (and words of advice) for LitHub: lithub.com/we-only-have...
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We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid
For all of humanity’s many, many flaws, one of our most redeeming characteristics as a species is an almost-universal desire to connect with one another. When terrible things happen and communities…
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Much of this rings true for federal US government too.
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 10/01/2025
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.
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amy o'kruk @amyokruk.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
with Christmas over, decor is starting to come down, and hopefully *carefully* 🎄🎄🎄 👉 accidents related to Christmas trees, lights and ornaments send thousands of Americans to emergency departments each year
Chart headline: Classic Christmas decor is linked to the most hospital trips
Chart subtitle: An average of 16,035 patients are admitted to emergency departments for decor-related injuries each year, with nonelectric Christmas decor typically representing about half of all injuries.
Chart title: Estimated annual US Christmas-decor-related hospital visits, Christmas 2004 to 2022
Chart description: A streamgraph styled as a Christmas tree show the number of Christmas-decor-related hospital trips since 2004, e.g. there were 20,015 estimated trips in 2022 and the majority of trips were caused by nonelectric Christmas decor. 
Chart source: Consumer Product Safety Commission (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System)
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
When I have the rare quiet moment to ponder on this year i often think about issues of trust. This paper eloquently explains the balance of trust between journalists and online creators:
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"The good old days when America was “great” aren’t the 1950s. They’re whatever decade you were 11, your parents knew the correct answer to any question, and you’d never heard of war crimes tribunals, microplastics or improvised explosive devices." Fun read! Gift link: wapo.st/3ZL8WgH
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Analysis | America’s best decade, according to data
When pollsters asked Americans when America had the best economy, most moral society or best music, one variable best predicted their answers. It wasn’t race, gender or politics.
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Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Translating dance into smartphone vibrations, a different type of (tactile) spectatorship: “The scientific question at hand was: How can we enhance the experience of dance, reaching beyond just audio and visual input into tactile or other forms of sensory input?” indianewengland.com/dance-the-au...
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Dance the Audience Can Feel: Shriya Srinivasan Harnesses Haptics to Translate Movement, Make Her Art More Accessible - INDIA New England News
Eileen O’Grady, Harvard Staff Writer The Harvard Gazette Shriya Srinivasan danced with precise steps, using graceful flicks of her wrists to depict a heroine holding a mirror and applying makeup […]
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Great discussion of how to more productively frame discussion about our online info environment, which aligns completely with what I’ve found helpful when reflecting on how to improve digital communications.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/12/2024
18/ Formaldehyde is everywhere, and it will take more than our individual efforts to protect ourselves. Yet if there’s only one thing you take away from this thread, open up a window. Seriously. It may just be our cheapest and best course of action.
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How to Reduce Formaldehyde Exposure in Your Home
The underregulated toxic chemical can be found in common household items from couches to clothes. We asked experts how you can reduce your exposure.
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Yes!! Great piece that highlights how both education and participatory democracy are critical.
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Heesoo Jang @heesoojang.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
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South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I just discovered the full triptych today and it’s well worth the listen! @viennateng.bsky.social has been a staple in my playlists since I was just out of my teens and her voice always reaches deep inside and shakes new feelings loose. ❤️‍🔥
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/11/2024
This story knocked the wind out of me and i hope esquire paid this man. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
There’s work being done to address this that the article touches on as well- like free courses on how to be a “trusted voice” online.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon. Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Today, the White House Office of Management & Budget is hosting a third listening session on a draft framework & guidance for public participation: www.performance.gov/blog/2024-pu... Comments are due Friday. I’m writing mine today. If you know how our government can do better, please contribute. 🇺🇸
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Participation
The White House wants your ideas to develop a Federal framework, guidelines, and leading practices for public participation and community engagement (PPCE) activities
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Having this clarity will go a long way towards helping many product teams in government who have faced delays in executing usability tests, often due to uncertainty from their PRA agency contacts. It’s well worth celebrating!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/11/2024
Have I had my mind changed on social media? Yes - NOT by arguing with randoms, but by following experts and first hand folks who share what they do, what they think and what's going on. The change isn't binary - I used to think one thing, and suddenly now another - it's slow and additive: Learning.
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Useful piece. Also remember BlueSky doesn't have a verification system yet so be vigilant www.logicallyfacts.com/en/article/b...
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Is Bluesky set up to deal with misinformation?
As the number of Bluesky users skyrockets, how will it handle misinformation and content moderation?
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Tom Loosemore @tomski.com · 18/11/2024
Excellent post by @projectsbyif.bsky.social on designing digital public services to embrace feedback. I'd only add that those who have time and motivation to respond can be very unrepresentative. In public services, the dog that doesn't bark is often suffering the most. medium.com/writing-by-i...
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Feedback is about change
On Thursday I joined a roundtable to help shape the future vision for UK digital public services.
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Christian Wolf @chriswolfvision.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I forgot from whom in my feed I got this from, but anyway, this network analyzer is crazy efficient. It gives you ideas for accounts to follow based on your own followees. I just added 50 accounts or so. bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
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Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Enjoyed this game! It was quick to pick up, thought provoking and even had a realistic segment on the role Trust and Safety plays on social platforms post-disasters and emergencies 👏
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Our "election rumor research" team's latest analysis describes online conspiracy theorizing alleging that Musk's Starlink satellites were used to alter election results in Trump's favor. uwcip.substack.com/p/conspiracy...
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Conspiracy theory spreading on social media about Starlink interfering with election results
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Sarah Gold 🇵🇸 ✊🏼 🕊️ @sarahtgold.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This is very cool, a "mistakes" page on an organisation's website, where they issue reports on mistakes made and lessons learnt. First time I've seen this www.givewell.org/about/our-mi...
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Our Mistakes
This page logs mistakes we've made, ways in which our organization has failed or currently fails to live up to our values, and lessons we've learned. This page focuses on issues that could affect the ...
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
As someone trying to find their social media voice again after giving up for some time on the bird platform this is surprisingly inspiring! 💙
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Hector @hctr.dev · 16/11/2024
I made a thing! I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃 Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something
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Nightsky | hctr.dev
See live conversations from all over Bluesky as a dynamic night sky
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Funny thing about social media is that “influence” flows in two directions: from influencers to audiences, and from audiences to influencers. Also: go Ben, go!
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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 13/11/2024
This platform is already bubbling with people who care about reimagining the social internet into something better. Here's a starter pack. Reply with more folks we should add!
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Mubashar “Mubs” Iqbal @mubashariqbal.com · 11/11/2024
Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find. So I built it: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database. Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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Gloria Huang @riaglo.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
What I didn’t quite anticipate this week was the sudden, driving need to look inward and consider what being a public servant means to me. Some reaffirming of values I’ve long held but also asking more questions and finding the “why” for staying.
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