2026-07-26T22:53:56Z https://nostr.ae Anna E. Cook https://nostr.ae/npub123ae553jdtqnrt7v9jy4ay369sch3lul3ecgp2l43a0262ra27sq3aw2vq https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/247/251/962/561/851/original/37ad4de026ac78cd.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/247/251/962/561/851/original/37ad4de026ac78cd.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx4yjqf4ppq9k29rzazjvpz5mrp4kkq3kyxe5pag525lr8xdccyfszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qc2ve94 It’s happening isn’t it 🌝<br/><br/>www.inc.com/bruce-crumle...<br/><a href="https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/55-percent-of-leaders-regret-ai-layoffs-and-a-major-hiring-reversal-has-begun/91380901">https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/55-percent-of-leaders-regret-ai-layoffs-and-a-major-hiring-reversal-has-begun/91380901</a> 2026-07-29T20:30:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsta3a3eyuepuepqc020n9fsyw7c37mw6fx4efarmna80r4yvqkasqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qgectrz Every time fascism increases my hair is just gonna get more blue and I’m gonna talk more about my queer childless cat lady life and how much it rocks 2026-07-10T16:31:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszpt8vlg993pr58n5ez7z8mml6zvwhugtsgj4z0vj8av8enxwvq6qzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qa8zk8d Layoffs will continue until morale ceases to exist 2026-07-07T20:45:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf6v5llvumpgy7kww6cfcrsgjsfd00c00jktsph8l673nwu7jmjtszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q7ywcjm “Guys I’m starting to think maybe AI costs a lot of money” says exec whose been ignoring all of us for years<br/><br/>www.404media.co/the-tokenpoc...<br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/">https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/</a> 2026-06-25T00:30:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8salmlnmlu2anvxeypyz057gdekk3tj9zxa3cuqn9e98q6zyhywgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q27qvtv I walked away from my work laptop yesterday evening and my cat (Onyx) sat on the keyboard.<br/><br/>Cue me checking back in an hour later to have sent <br/><br/>“33333333333333347”<br/>And<br/>“7777777777777777777777777.;/“<br/><br/>To 40 people. 2026-06-19T16:30:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg94qfmuk2756vdh67jsznuvyhjz8yj4yxtwgh7dn6ef6f9tt0k4szyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qa6vu03 Amid the ongoing reporting on Starbucks leaving Seattle, video game studios shutting down despite their success, and countless similar stories, something keeps getting skimmed over: the workers who organized to fight back.<br/><br/>The unions at Starbucks roasters Seattle. The unions inside video game teams 2026-06-18T19:01:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgy33vr3vze4mzlq60rtfn9tmtmgkqenkcpq6p7xsnfnfcklqrgqgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qj3v8yn This list that got leaked was found in the HTML code of the website itself and could be seen by anyone.<br/><br/>That is genuinely the funniest part of this story.<br/><br/>“Tech” billionaires don’t know shit about tech.<br/><br/>www.wired.com/story/leak-e...<br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/">https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/</a> 2026-06-17T22:00:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05serv8dpg62e9s68xkz5vyya7pvaraudx8v8wt5jp5f6uvxqcpgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q39qsgn After 10 years of therapy I do think sometimes you DO actually need to just take the system down instead of just internally working more. 2026-06-09T21:00:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg333musapzdrcyqlk7g7qw2a85q4x7gllhl28w66fpkf2v5qnreqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qqx07kd My partner and I have had different experiences of Paris, I speak decent enough French and my partner does not.<br/><br/>Parisians have smiled at me so widely when I speak in French. <br/><br/>My partner on the other hand has had some terse interactions lol. 2026-05-21T08:30:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdm932ev464gxrdp6fs5fgr5eptu5jf2pcsw95kfperv7pyn9v43czyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qpggd9s Woke 2 has overtaken the castle, the tides of battle are on our side. Onwards to victory!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/596/173/814/978/144/original/874f42b5844f893a.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-18T15:00:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyv68wjc3q0pa6a4ula9m9ydwnar2zga03etu8a62f7gkcwrhe6hczyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qmzdr08 At this point, we should be designing/engineering with the lowest amount of tech or code possible to meet a goal. <br/><br/>Instead, it feels like we are forcing the highest tech solutions into problems that do not require them. <br/><br/>It&#39;s frankly embarrassing.<br/><br/>Sometimes the right solution is the low tech one. 2026-05-12T00:00:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdpcte9nuj7fs87hcwclfp29209xp73uyjqp3s0wwmyv2jp4f6wxqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qn5lekw AI propaganda is so awful, idc who’s posting it.<br/><br/>Like damn, at least give me some good art if you’re gonna bombard me with this crap 2026-05-09T19:30:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrrklmcv5fyvhczeda6sjeuxm45ctnhmhh93h3p555wtm7rcwl5pgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qfvz78g Someone asked me recently how to “turn off AI”<br/><br/>Which goes to show how much companies refuse to gain consent when adding AI to everything.<br/><br/>First thing, move to Linux.<br/><br/>Second thing, use a browser with no AI or an “off” option.<br/><br/>Third, find products to replace AI forcing ones. 2026-05-09T15:30:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs08w0l8hvq0grvsw6q7yymvzr0jrr5wqs8f3tjpunvfj5fqa7p9tgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qhrqnwn These are my children I did make them actually<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/542/382/242/612/415/original/0e12c4f8a5a9edbd.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-09T03:00:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2wckad3jamw4xhuxf6ypnspag7ql8yqcnmc8gjjdqg4xdkz9unqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q0s3zjl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lwslrpe9zrz60svrha8xmlj3628lncn05zf5gdykl8tma8nrrrqc9k9aa'>nevent1q…k9aa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there’s an illustrator I bought the vectors from and modified as needed! I cannot remember their handle but can check later! 2026-05-05T19:20:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr3jfgtk6s69c46954mwmuy4uftmws80txzsl4m343yrn7gvcr49czyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qvm075f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09h94g5732539r8937uewq7u4rsrvjzav97px9u2y6ycvt0pp5rsn2wwru'>nevent1q…wwru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The second article is a governance framework with a workbook for design system teams working to prevent large scale inaccessibility failures caused by using AI.<br/><br/>I poured a lot into these, so I hope they help and start moving us in a better direction again. 💙<br/><br/>annaecook.com/writing/2026...<br/><br/>2/2<br/><a href="https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/governing-accessible-design-systems-in-the-ai-era">https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/governing-accessible-design-systems-in-the-ai-era</a> 2026-05-05T15:00:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09h94g5732539r8937uewq7u4rsrvjzav97px9u2y6ycvt0pp5rszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qvv4rp5 This month, I&#39;ve published two articles and a workbook as a follow-up from my design keynote at axe-con 2026.<br/><br/>TLDR: AI doesn&#39;t &#34;fix&#34; accessibility. It reproduces the structural debt it was trained on, at the speed and scale that AI-assisted coding now operates. <br/><br/>annaecook.com/writing/2026...<br/><br/>1/2<br/><a href="https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/ai-doesnt-fix-accessible-systems-it-depends-on-them">https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/ai-doesnt-fix-accessible-systems-it-depends-on-them</a> 2026-05-05T15:00:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgut687cszeeu5qyd5m4cuyep7j0jmmgdu2yttq3aq6wclnzgqrnszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qqg36up I now have to validate if the cute animal photos and videos on my feed are real not AI.<br/><br/>This alone means AI must be regulated asap 2026-04-30T05:30:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr8e6dakeqdxahems5xy9qu50q78w5qcq4kfw2k3yaqlhkmqhyrtszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qflwqf4 Companies in 2019: we’ve got 16 weeks parental leave, great healthcare, 30 days PTO<br/><br/>Companies in 2026: we are working on a policy that makes you pay us to work here 2026-04-23T20:00:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8tkzamrsfmmxjeexq00lmfdf6j69nf9g69ykygcny8zzm042w9mszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qakpj43 I’m so tired of the tech hype machine.<br/><br/>Idgaf how you’re optimizing with AI, what the hell are you doing for people?<br/><br/>How are you making the world actually better?<br/><br/>Idgaf what your job title is or what you’re selling. <br/><br/>I could give two fucks about your manifesto or your stocks.<br/><br/>Be a fucking human. 2026-04-20T21:00:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvw3pqeyfdx4r5h6zvq9r5cue760y7nfs5hz5yx52ksxtsa9jgh4czyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qlta87g Another wild fear tactic being pressed on tech workers right now is the “permanent underclass.”<br/><br/>Idk anyone who’s is worried about this myself.<br/><br/>But to those who are worried about this:<br/><br/>Class struggles will not be fixed by getting “in” on AI. It’ll be fixed by collective action and labor rights. 2026-04-13T17:00:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswqqzvqc3srfmy20wf5z4vkrtflw0l9hwdrx5kh783t6y5mlxlgcczyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q0sxasf Dear elected official<br/><br/>I am calling once again to say what the fuck make this fucking stop are you fucking serious this man is going to get us killed.<br/><br/>Thank you. 2026-04-07T19:30:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxeryqz8u3w8wyawhd5ryufm83q4nws0u2mtdvvnua73c6kxkaayszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qcpqjtu Sometimes I’ll be going about my day and I’ll remember<br/><br/>Somehow we have a president whose acting like a dictator and we’re all just going about our days.<br/><br/>This man is in the Epstein files and has done so many illegal things openly we can’t even track them.<br/><br/>Like, once again, what the fuck 2026-04-07T01:00:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdu83yxtqap3z0hyjapw2fswtffr3e3jxr6we9m8aeasdly3nghczyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qp7kllm As a neurodivergent person in tech let me make one point here:<br/><br/>Alex Karp is a fascist and misogynist who wants you to be comfortable with the same thinking Nazis had about neurodivergence.<br/><br/>He can fuck right off.<br/><br/>fortune.com/2026/03/24/p...<br/><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/03/24/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-two-people-successful-in-ai-era-vocational-skills-neurodivergence-gen-z-career-advice/">https://fortune.com/2026/03/24/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-two-people-successful-in-ai-era-vocational-skills-neurodivergence-gen-z-career-advice/</a> 2026-03-29T16:30:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8mghnsveune0gf0f0vqgjawge8rmpnsj65kw3y46uwwe84rk6wwqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q9g5kre Most of the time now I feel I have to be numb to the horrible things happening in my country.<br/><br/>Numb enough to see it and know it without falling apart.<br/><br/>Not so numb as to ignore it, to do everything in my power to stop it.<br/><br/>But then some days I feel it all, and it hollows me out, like today. 2026-03-24T05:00:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspaxxq33t2dn7na8m6rf6c64vnvncyy7rs65yypyhv6370ekjlrcgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qg0myh0 Reject the pull of hype and rage cycles, protect your attention<br/><br/>Read a book, bake a tasty treat, go on a little walk, snuggle a cat or dog<br/><br/>I believe in you 2026-03-23T04:00:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvgmlnxyum6qwm9fk5wkl5akp2eq5xa0wfckvdnwnuu399eeh0ydqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q84yllr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7hcvlka9ejeep3vrfgcpmkmnp3gkv5c7qaq2547ehwd7x9902ysqnts2q'>nevent1q…ts2q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean honestly I think Thiel would know about the antichrist.<br/><br/>Seeing as it’s him. 2026-03-17T03:30:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq7hcvlka9ejeep3vrfgcpmkmnp3gkv5c7qaq2547ehwd7x9902yszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q4p7xsf Peter Thiel wanting to debate with the pope about the antichrist is pretty much typical for what I’d expect of a tech billionaire. 2026-03-17T03:30:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs29ptnwxc67v6w6cfnh8qa2e02xh09cy54thrlrhpc3ejs2wj5m2szyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q9ytlyn It was the worst of times it was the worst of times 2026-03-12T19:00:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqpvn4rwummt0xecnyye7lhtqvu5a49dw99cv768hr62070qekyegzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qrz25s6 The internet in 2026<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/207/833/420/671/603/original/ee6e936fb7ddaa0e.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-11T01:00:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdkw64k3f5dzx8l2988rjlw26u4mcmeztcn82rgv3gfxnyjfgjdszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qru3e7w “Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages<br/><br/>The online retail giant said there had been a ‘trend of incidents’ in recent months, characterised by a ‘high blast radius’ and &#34;Gen-AI assisted changes&#34;<br/><br/>We’ve been saying this for years, Gen AI is not a reliable engineering tool! 🥲<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/205/474/585/147/891/original/31320596a167d29b.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-10T15:00:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvx6uycq4guq8tls5jcfvj365dt0me45lpyn979l8fgeppuevymzczyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qu4eyt8 Hey prediction markets are just insider trading for elected officials and you will always lose hope this helps 2026-03-10T01:30:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspyzgdtsr3mul3lfvwnpw5s5en0jzh0hryfm5lqep9tgjha3gvdrczyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qgeesr3 All I’ll say is I’ve left MySpace, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.<br/><br/>I’ll happily abandon any platform if you’re enshittifying it 👹 2026-03-10T00:30:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxt5wq8a76q0e2nkguej2qleqvq84var53t20t5g0zuyuh7l2mzgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q7nluq9 disassociation is better than association anyways guys 2026-03-03T03:00:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zfe5je5vx9y97pkht3x620p5e0r7eghq0egx0qtqmxa43xg5feqzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qgxa7gn Today I read a headline about ICE tear-gassing children.<br/><br/>Then, almost instantly, I got a work ping that needed attention.<br/><br/>That’s the pattern: witnessing something so destabilizing it shakes my faith in humanity then being asked to continue on as if nothing happened. <br/><br/>Without pause. Indefinitely. 2026-02-03T22:00:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhkc47am7r338usy6qsw5k6dd2uk0m9c47gnycp6qvnnkd5e4azszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q3kc4rj I’m sorry so like, looking at the released files today seems to irrefutably prove Trump is a pedophile, not just like maybe, but is.<br/><br/>Am I actually reading this right? Like someone tell me I’m wrong here. <br/><br/>We for sure see this right? And he’s just gonna…stay president? 2026-01-31T01:00:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ddwd5uq26hyc8588kh6m89n38hkqenxa0re2uwvc7xtn95sue4czyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qw8zmkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8m5etqjcjkalhn2gwgh5tf8gxw9vyrgh84wurpjcrsm685qnhwkg6y0h9q'>nevent1q…0h9q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The average person thinks that people in tech are far right like Musk, or comfortable with oligarchy like Bezos.<br/><br/>But many of us are not, many got into this work to do good, on the PROMISE of good even.<br/><br/>And we know ICE is not good<br/><br/>www.wired.com/story/the-bi...<br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-ice-out-tech/">https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-ice-out-tech/</a> 2026-01-30T16:30:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8m5etqjcjkalhn2gwgh5tf8gxw9vyrgh84wurpjcrsm685qnhwkgzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qc77404 There is a tension inside tech work right now between the fear of repercussions and the reality that we need to say “stop working with this fascist regime” 2026-01-30T16:30:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs202wj26nrkmpzgp7875m5raqrlzyg5cg4nrmuw45eysxfzdrphyszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q6t7fzv Minnesota is not the only place that ICE is terrorizing communities in, today several schools in south Seattle had to go into shelter in place because of ICE<br/><br/>www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...<br/><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/two-seattle-schools-shelter-in-place-due-to-reported-ice-activity/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/two-seattle-schools-shelter-in-place-due-to-reported-ice-activity/</a> 2026-01-21T02:00:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxhmwmkmyguyapgkkkhc4dzzkl9f26ccy34qlg43zjyqee3x89qyszyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qey88cy If anyone is waiting for me to respond to an email or send a thing right now please bear with me I am getting my ass kicked lately.<br/><br/>I&#39;m doing my best 🥲 2026-01-14T21:30:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq7k0vdeq64n06hynta45ecr4q0dpj274m8tx68wj4ek3p28q2m7szyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6qd84nk9 I am in the process of getting a whimsical happy tiger tattooed on my back (yay)<br/><br/>My artist listen to me talk about how cool accessibility is for like an hour. <br/><br/>I just love this stuff…I can’t help it. I think it’s neat! 2026-01-13T01:00:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstywldys94zaf8pwtdn5kl04qfnhswgq785jk7dy3rf57clgxv73qzyp28hxjjxf4vzvd0eskgjh5j8gkrz78ln788pq9t7k84atfg04t6q692snk My partner has helped me realize that yes, even in days like today, you can feel a little better with a little care. <br/><br/>Yes, fight back. But also nourish, replenish. <br/><br/>Look at a plant, pet an animal, drink a warm thing, read, love and be loved. <br/><br/>Also damn it why is my partner always right. 2026-01-09T03:00:53Z