Marcia Bates

How much time were leaders given to show their spectacular incompetence? Trump: 4 years, Boris Johnson: 3 years, Liz Truss: just 6 weeks. Even in failure, women are give a raw deal!

Californians: Vote No on Propositions 26 and 27. 26 expands sports betting but hurts card clubs. 27 blows open online sports betting--on your phone any time anywhere--not limited to casinos. Corruption of sports world and a new set of gambling addicts will be result.

The "right" of one group of people to have life or death control over other people''s bodies is called slavery. The Supreme Court has brought female slavery back to America.

Don't kid yourselves, young(er) people: SCOTUS decision brings back 1950's abuse of pregnant women: back-alley abortions, heavy pressure to adopt out, banning of pregnant girls from school, pariah status for single mother and "bastard" child. Do you want that for your child?

Don't forget to register for Information Architecture Conference 2022! Sunday April 10 is last day to register for April 18-23 conference. @theiaconf

I don't know which to be madder about--that all attention is on Chris Rock and Will Smith, when the person wronged was Jada Pinkett Smith, or the fact that she has alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes hair to fall out in gobs. This is NOT "growing old" as per Bill Maher.

Check out the amazing lineup of workshops and conference sessions for Information Architecture Conference #iac22. Early bird regis. ends soon. Conf links products, psychology, search and information design in the unique mix needed for high quality easy-to-use sites. @theiaconf

Ukraine is HUGE! It is bigger than Germany or France or Spain or Japan. It is bigger than California--in fact, is the size of California and Illinois combined. Putin is locking down some fine, central land in the core of Europe.

#mtpdaily Example of words with one meaning taking on another: "American exceptionalism" used to be a somewhat pejorative phrase describing the ideology that America was special and better than other countries. But now many interpret it to mean simply that America IS better.

#KyleRittenhouse Another white man skates. How many people does a white man have to kill before he qualifies for punishment?

Senator Sinema: Do what is right for the nation and your state. Vote for the Democratic packages. Your position only helps Donald Trump become dictator. Even if you lose the next election, you will nonetheless be revered for your courage. @SenatorSinema

Senator Manchin: Drop the ego trip and do what is right for the nation and your state. Vote for the Democratic packages. Your position only helps Donald Trump become dictator. Even if you lose the next election, you will nonetheless be revered for your courage. @Sen_JoeManchin

Texas legalizes vigilantes going after abortion-seeking 13-year old girls who got pregnant from rape or incest. Vigilantes to be rewarded with $10,000 bounty prize. Grotesque medieval fascism perpetrated by people who dare call themselves Christians? #RealHandmaidsTale

What an accomplishment! Over 120,000 people airlifted out of Afghanistan in two weeks. And the last plane lifted off at one minute to midnight the last day. What a relief to see a federal administration with 21st century competency and skills. Next up: Jobs and global warming.

Governor Newsom: Do more about homelessness please!! @GavinNewsom

Doesn't Joe Manchin realize that he is being a stooge for the Republicans in his retention of the filibuster? Does he think that if he acts morally, then the GOP are going to? If we lose now, autocracy follows, as more and more votes are cut off in GOP legislation nationwide.

@emalone Saw your presentation at IAC21 conference. Brilliant work! This material needs to be published in peer-reviewed social science research literature, so scholars get what you have learned too. I'd be happy to help if you are interested. Find me on Web. Marcia Bates.

Dear IA friends: See Information Users and Information System Design: my book of 16 published articles ranging from user research to info sys design features to support search. Teaser: "Integrated model of info seeking and searching." Available online. @theiaconf

One of best info retrieval studies I've ever read! van der Vegt et al. JASIST 72(2) 2021 Used standard IR design to discover if users got answers right. Ability to interpret answer way more important than quality of search engine. Only 54% right. Matches library Ref. Desk exper.