Photo of the Week: Which Black-backed Gull Did I See?

Large white gull with deep gray/black back, orange tipped yellow bill stands in the shallow open water of the marsh.

When I first traveled down the main road of Sterling State Park in Monroe, Michigan this weekend, I couldn’t miss the gulls.

They were everywhere!

In the lagoons, near the boat launch, in the air, and in the Hunters Club Marsh where I often see lotus pods along the shoreline in winter.

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Takeaways from Defeating Deceptive Design: Getting Control of Our Online Lives

Women with long brown hair types on a laptop, design document next to her along with a coffee mug on a wooden desk.

In their MozFest 2022 Defeating Deceptive Design: Getting Control of Our Online Lives online session, Ame Elliott of Simply Secure, Carlos Iglesias from the World Wide Web Foundation, and Kaushalya Gupta of the World Wide Web Foundation shared initial research findings from their Tech Policy Design Lab on deceptive design.

The presentation was short, followed by interactive sessions in breakout rooms to discuss deceptive design, barriers to change, and brainstorm methods for addressing deceptive design.

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