And I Digress

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life

The posts that don't fit neatly into the other categories. Some opinions that I hold tightly. Others that I hold loosely.

11 posts

Of Course We Stalk You
life

Of Course We Stalk You

Social Media & Surveillance: Part 1

It is self-indulgent. It is small. And it is beneath every single one of us.

9 min read
The Gossip Monger
life

The Gossip Monger

Gossip, trust, and the relationships we dissolve by talking too much.

The person who knows everything is also the person who could share anything.

6 min read
We Are Insufferable
lifetech

We Are Insufferable

Tech exceptionalism and the death of decorum.

We have made the social contract optional and called it a feature.

11 min read
I Remembered, Then, That I Am a Woman
lifetech

I Remembered, Then, That I Am a Woman

On being seen as a woman first and an engineer second

Competence, I am learning, is not always the only variable being evaluated.

12 min read
Too Many Cooks
life

Too Many Cooks

A case for a much smaller circle of counsel.

The people who know you well are a very small group. Everyone else is just a stranger with an opinion.

10 min read
Expecting More
life

Expecting More

Goodness and morality and friends.

Should I build disappointment into the architecture of my friendships from the outset?

4 min read
Language is Not Merely a Vessel
techlifesudo

Language is Not Merely a Vessel

The language you prompt in is doing more work than you think.

Prompting is writing. And writing in a language is not the same as writing through it.

7 min read
The Cost of Reducing Friction
life

The Cost of Reducing Friction

Fragmented thoughts on the weakening of social ties.

I'm not sure we completely understood what we were trading away.

7 min read
On Self-Worth
life

On Self-Worth

Conclusions from an existential crisis—straight from my Beli feed!

I began to understand, in my own distorted way, the concept of inherent value.

5 min read
Grief and Goodbyes
lifereading

Grief and Goodbyes

From an old university project.

A reflection on the threads of human connection that remain, against all odds, unbroken.

3 min read
A Rude Awakening
techlife

A Rude Awakening

An old blog post that I wrote about being a woman in competitive engineering spaces.

I could feel the ghost of the struggle that women in STEM face every day.

5 min read