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@upmasingh.com
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I have a Punjabi name, I'm not named after food. I do UXey things for my day job. Otherwise I'm a home cook, TV watcher, podcast listener, and a slow knitter. Child-free cat lady. Jaded optimist. Philadelphia. she/her

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C.K. Gill 🕷️😷 @ckgill.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Anyone know of a good article to share with a non-tech person about why you don’t want to take medical advice from an LLM?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 25/09/2026
I imagine that job is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking
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upma @upmasingh.com · 17/09/2026
I wish I could come to this one. Have so much fun!
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Dean Sabatino @deansabatino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I Think Like Midnight is busy! Friday we’re opening for War on Drugs in Wilmington and its sold out - but you can catch us at two upcoming porchfests!
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upma @upmasingh.com · 16/09/2026
I don't remember who told me, but I think it was someone who interacts with them. I was so upset. I AM so upset.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 16/09/2026
Someone told me Gen Zers are all like "aww, he's so cute!" Someone please tell them?!!
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 12/09/2026
Balbir Singh Sodhi, a 52-year-old Sikh from India who “radiated love everywhere he went,” was planting flowers for 9/11 victims at his Chevron station when he was killed. Sodhi was one of at least 13 people shot in the aftermath of 9/11 by people seeking revenge for the attacks.
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The Forgotten Hate-Fueled Shootings in the Wake of 9/11
Several shootings driven by Islamophobia were obscured in the aftermath of that day. In a new analysis by The Trace, we revisit what happened.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 12/09/2026
I haven't been on here at all today, but I'll probably scroll later. I can't believe it's been 25 years, it seems like it just happened. But we've been living with airport security, DHS, and ICE for almost 25 years now. *sigh*
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upma @upmasingh.com · 02/09/2026
I absolutely will. And I'm hoping there might be an audiobook too?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 02/09/2026
If/when she comes to Philly we'll go together, yes?
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it may ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 01/09/2026
twice now, I have scheduled a USPS pickup. twice, they have not come. twice, they have sent me a confirmation that the pickup is complete. Liars.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 31/08/2026
Am I reading this right that it's NJ and PA only?
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Andrew Hinton 😷🧡 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
the purpose of a (media) system is what it does
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upma @upmasingh.com · 29/08/2026
I haven't kept up with Avery's podcast since season 2 (but it's just cuz time). Apparently she just started a new series within her podcast (with Derek Guy) and *that* is called The Philosophy Club.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 28/08/2026
But also! Didn't realize @trufelman.bsky.social uses substack like that. Hope she'll reconsider.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 28/08/2026
Articles of Interest is a prx.org show. You can find it on whichever podcast app you use!
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 28/08/2026
I need @nameshiv.bsky.social to comment.
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Science History Institute @sciencehistory.org · 27/08/2026
The mirror changed how we see ourselves. Now it’s changing our relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom. Read the latest Distillations story by Andrea Teagle, a freelance science writer and adventure seeker based in Cape Town, South Africa.⁠ www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
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Extended Family
The mirror changed how we see ourselves. Now it's changing our relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 27/08/2026
Luckily someone in the office mentioned the trolleys were messed up before I left. When I looked at the SEPTA app to get any info... nothing. I came here to see if @septaphilly.bsky.social or @septa-social.bsky.social had anything. Nothing. WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO LOOK?
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The Sensemakers Club @thesensemakersclub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What happens when you slow down enough to actually notice what you're thinking? Joe Elmendorf hosts Mindfulness & Modeling the first Tuesday of every month at 2PM ET — a space where stillness and structure meet. www.thesensemakersclub.com/discussi…
Discussion group graphic for Mindfulness & Modeling, hosted by Joe Elmendorf, meeting the first Tuesdays of the month at 2PM ET through The Sensemakers Club. Purple background with a black and white circular portrait photo of Joe.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 24/08/2026
I thought you were making some kind of high level joke I didn't understand, but then I looked up algae oil, and it's real. Is it buttery like the description I read says?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 24/08/2026
I've been thinking about canola oil ALL DAY now, and I'm kinda anxious for when our grocery stores run out. What will black market canola cost? Will I have to change my cooking oil strategy?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 22/08/2026
Hi. You said podcast? Where I can hear content like this? Where? When? Yes, please!
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upma @upmasingh.com · 21/08/2026
I really need you to come back from hiatus. My evening programming is suffering.
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IAC - Information Architecture Conference @theiaconf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We're excited to announce this year's theme, Architectures of Trust: Building What Endures! We're looking for informative talks & practical half-day workshops from practitioners who shape how people find, understand, & trust information. Submit your proposal by 9/20: sessionize.com/the-ia-confe...
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The IA Conference 2027: Call for Speakers
GoalsThe IA conference exists to promote discourse and learning about the intentional design of information environments. It is a gathering of practit...
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upma @upmasingh.com · 19/08/2026
Where was the pizza from?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 19/08/2026
You are correct. I'm wondering if Zohran is technically a nepo baby?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 18/08/2026
I love Korean corn cheese! Why have I not thought about making it at home?!
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upma @upmasingh.com · 17/08/2026
Nice!!
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upma @upmasingh.com · 15/08/2026
Remember Tiger King? The filmmaker, Eric Goode, has a new doc series on HBO called Monsters of God. About the exotic reptile business. And if that interests you, you might also find this story interesting www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
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Venom in His Veins
Bill Haast, the Florida man who tried to milk medical miracles from deadly snakes.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 15/08/2026
Joy is seeing a hummingbird at your feeder after a long week (and an afternoon of sad news in the world).
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upma @upmasingh.com · 13/08/2026
No dude, high school! I was on swim team with your sister?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 13/08/2026
Wait. Do you two know each other?!
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upma @upmasingh.com · 12/08/2026
Ooo @mleis.bsky.social gave a great talk about this at WIAD Philly this past March
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upma @upmasingh.com · 11/08/2026
"Billionaire dilettantes are weapons of mass destruction, and their special projects have a wide blast radius and inflict a *lot* of collateral damage."
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The Sensemakers Club @thesensemakersclub.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A member recently watched their organization roll out AI across every content touchpoint — with no plan, no governance, and no content person in the room. The tool wasn't the problem. The absence of expertise was. Join us every weekday at 2 PM ET.
The moment you stop being the person who makes sense of the content is the moment the content stops making sense.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 10/08/2026
Wow, glad you're ok! (Are you ok? 🫂)
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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
service design
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upma @upmasingh.com · 08/08/2026
Interested!
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David Dylan Thomas @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Wanna learn about Black history? Specifically the history of Black horror? AND see my movie? Now you can do it all online: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-history-...
Flyer for History of Black Horror + White Meat Appetizer event depicting three dancing zombies.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“The most important thing about a technology isn't what it does, it's who it does it for and who it does it to.” – @doctorow.pluralistic.net lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 02/08/2026
Hanji! Bothh chungi laggi.
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IAC - Information Architecture Conference @theiaconf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We are happy to announce that IAC27 is returning to Philadelphia April 14th - 17th, 2027, where we’ll be hosted by Arch Street Meeting House again! (Don’t worry, their AC is installed now 🙌) Your new chairs, Jaimie Yakaboski, Lisa Ellis, and Sara Mooney are hard at work planning out IAC27!
IA Conference Save the Date April 14 to 17 in Philadelphia, PA
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upma @upmasingh.com · 28/07/2026
At my dentist appointment this morning, I'm trying to figure out a seemingly broken elevator, the woman at the front desk asks, "you looking for immigration." 1. Oh! There's anything immigration related in this medical building? But also, 2. Validation for why I carry my passport these days.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 27/07/2026
"full of 'solved problems'" Does not compute. Who on earth would say that?
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upma @upmasingh.com · 27/07/2026
My takeaway, we should get noodle soup sometime!
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upma @upmasingh.com · 26/07/2026
Attn: West Philly! You will like this.
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upma @upmasingh.com · 25/07/2026
My hummingbird bird buddy is a piece of junk and their customer service is all chatbot and you cannot find a human.
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