sophie alpert

@sophiebits.com

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you have the ability to understand things principal engineer, react person, super gay, still masking

screenshot of enclose horse. one wall tile is 50% opacity
Screenshot of Google Books Ngram chart. In 1830 or so, "the wild west" started being commonly used used, whereas "a wild west" was near-zero until 50 years later. For the last 100 years, "the" remains at 3 to 4 times "a".
photo of a muni bus in SF driving at night. instead of a route name and number, its digital display reads “2026-02-14v1 SFChrom2”
On Smartypants, Paul Robalino presents a slide that reads "YES to Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Discrimination and Hate". Paul's a well-dressed white guy and he's standing in front of a fireplace in an ornate room with piles of old hardcover books delicately arranged below the TV showing his slide, which has a checkmark next to each type of discrimination
Screen recording of a cursor moving down a list of menu items. The cursor itself moves smoothly down the list, but the hover effect on each menu item happens before the cursor reaches it instead of being in sync with the movement. It looks so unnatural.
a screenshot of my bluesky profile, except instead of my name it says "The New York Times" in dark red letters
Yet after employees recently circulated the petition to return tampons, liners and pads to all restrooms on the company's Silicon Valley campus, the signatories received an email from the vice president of workplace services. While it had "not been the intention of Meta leadership to make employees feel unwelcome or excluded in our offices, at this point we do not have plans to revisit our on-site amenities offerings," the email said. "But I will share your feedback with leadership."
NYT connections: TRIO OF SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS HAT TRICK, THREEPEAT, TRIFECTA, TRIPLE CROWN NEEDS FOR PAINTING A ROOM DROP CLOTH, PAINT, ROLLER, TAPE FOOD NAMED AFTER CITIES BROIL, CHEESESTEAK, SPROUTS, WINGS _ DERBY DEMOLITION, HOME RUN, KENTUCKY, SOAP BOX
giant soulless hallway. except painted on one wall are arrows and the text “Nice! You’re halfway there.”
screenshot of a 5-star Amazon review I rarely leave reviews, but I felt compelled to write one for this product because it has truly impressed me. From the moment it arrived, I could tell it was well-made and of high quality. The packaging was secure, and everything was neatly arranged, which was a great start. What really stood out to me was how easy it was to use. Whether you're familiar with products like this or it's your first time, you'll have no problem figuring it out. The setup was quick, and it worked exactly as described. I've been using it consistently since it arrived, and it hasn't let me down once. The performance is outstanding. It delivers exactly what you need and more. One thing I particularly appreciate is how reliable and efficient it is. It has quickly become something I reach for regularly, and I can already tell it's built to last. Durability is another major plus. It feels sturdy and well-constructed, so I have no concerns about it holding up over time. I've accidentally put it to the test a couple of times, and it has proven to be tough and long-lasting. For the price, I couldn't ask for more. I've seen similar products that cost much more but don't offer the same level of performance or reliability. This one strikes the perfect balance between affordability and quality. Customer service has also been top-notch. The company clearly stands behind their product and is
screenshot of an email from Figma: Still need to edit files? An admin has changed your FigJam seat at Notion from full to viewer-restricted. This means you’ll be able to view files you have access to, but can’t edit them. If you still need to edit, request an upgrade from your admins—you’ll be able to include a note to explain why, too.
on black cardstock, beautiful gold ink spells the words “LIBERATION IS SPELLWORK” arranged in a narrow column and bracketed by ornate flourishes printed in the same ink. next to the paper, metal type is arranged into the mirror-image template used to make the print
screenshot from the StoryGraph website CONTENT WARNINGS Submitted by users as part of their reviews Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Violence Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Infidelity Minor: Rape, Racism, Slavery
screenshot of google translate spanish: derecha english: right
Screenshot of NYT Connections app. It shows a popup with “Now play in dark mode.” and an illustration of a connections puzzle using the dark mode UI. One category has already been submitted (the category is darkness: shadow, dusk, night, eclipse). Of the twelve remaining words, four are selected (brake chain saddle tong) and the other 8 are not (cub chin move spoke otter hawk seal malt).
screenshot of twitter Matthew Prince reposted: Mark Cuban Congrats @realDonaldTrump. You won fair and square. Congrats to @elonmusk as well. #Godspeed 14h ago, 426k likes
screenshot of the macOS menu bar orange microphone options icon, showing a choice between "Standard" and "Voice Isolation" microphone modes
screenshot of Facebook telling me "We removed your post. It looks like you tried to gather sensitive information from others. This goes against our Community Standards on cybersecurity." atop an Oct 2016 post from me in a group called Traffic Users that starts "www.trunkstable.messenger.com gives SSL certificates warnings. If you hit www.trunkstable.messenger.com, you get a cert from *.facebook.com (with a few SANs) back, which my browser..." and then is truncated
photo taken near Times Square. two gigantic digital billboards just about street level show ads for Stripe. one reads “OpenAI accelerates enterprise adoption with Stripe.”, the other says “Hertz makes checkout a smooth ride with Stripe.”, both against a purple background and accompanied by some 3D illustrations
a photo of kristen bell, looking pretty similar to, I guess, hayden panettiere
Screenshot of two tweets First tweet, by lcamtuf, reads “I’m sick tired of people pushing their ‘memory-safe language’ agenda when a viable solution is within reach.” atop a screenshot of a new mallocPlusAI function being called with the string argument "Enough memory to store up to 5 integers" and stored in an int* pointer Second tweet by me says “great news, I just tested and this code already works perfectly today” atop code calling malloc(sizeof("Enough memory to store up to 5 integers")) and storing the result in an long* pointer
screenshot of Google Docs UI: Anyone on the internet with the link can view
a mounted telescope before a railing made of rocks. behind them, an impenetrable wall of fog where nothing at all is visible
Alaska Airlines ad that says “We Care a Lot”
plain selfie of me. I’m wearing glasses and a black t-shirt. my hair is a little wet.
meme of spider-man pointing at spider-man
“you guys are getting paid?” guy