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Nitya Mandyam
@TheMandyam
Data Science Curriculum Developer.
@NYCPyLadies
Organizer. Ex-astronomer. Currently bildungsroman-ing.
Brooklyn, NYJoined July 2011
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xiaowei @xrw@friend.camp is disserting 😭
@xrw
Two weeks left to apply! Applications close Jan 6th. We're accepting written and recorded applications, please help us spread the word. We have an amazing group of guests this year, incl
@ClarissaRedwine
,
@alexhanna
,
@timnitGebru
,
@aricianoo
, Blunt from
@hackinghustling
+ more
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Logic
@logic_magazine
🎒🎒Applications are now open for Logic School 2023 year 2! Logic School is an online, community run, experimental school for tech workers looking to remake tech from below. It's stewarded by participants from our first cohort @whyderrick @emilychaosays, with support from @xrw.
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Meredith Whittaker
@mer__edith
Yes. The extraordinary cost of developing high availability tech has been hidden behind "free" products that as a rule monetize surveillance. This is why the tech4good ideas to real tech4good ratio is millions:a scant handful. And why we're so focused sustainability at Signal.
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Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)
@joinmastodon
Some people ask us why Mastodon isn't a single website. A single website that can serve the whole world requires so much computing power, infrastructure, and engineering, that it is practically impossible to do without big capital and monetization.
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caren
@_carens_
“Visitation” is a gallery show on display at All Street NYC from Sept 12-15 featuring/debuting abolitionist creations including phenomenal works by several inside collaborators. The show is will debut a collection of painted shoes by my dear friend James Jones (
@Free_Rocko
)
“VISITATION ABOLITIONIST CREATIONS FOR AND FAR FROM HOME Billie Allen Harold Beard Kristina Bivona James Jones Mon Mohapatra Grace Rother Rodney Rachel Wallis On View Sept. 12-15 Reception Sept. 15, 7pm All Street NYC 77 E 3rd Street NY, NY” Two pictures of painted doc Martin books from prison commissary, an octopus strangling the United States, shoes read “the system got the whole US in a chokehold”
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Kyle Cranmer
@KyleCranmer
It's a complicated time financially for all universities, and
@nyuniversity
is no exception. But I agree that all workers deserve a living wage. Also 96% is impressive buy in. I support
@GSOCUAW
’s right to #StrikeOnNYU.
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NYU GSOC|UAW
@GSOCUAW
BREAKING: Our Strike Authorization Vote results are in and ☆✼★━━━━96.4%━━━━★✼☆ of GSOC members have voted YES to authorize a strike. #StrikeOnNYU
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caren
@_carens_
My first for
@jacobinmag
- A look at the Israel lobby's counterinsurgency campaigns targeting Palestine solidarity, anti-apartheid and BLM organizing.
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Jacobin
@jacobin
Israel is facing declining public support in the US and sees the BDS campaign as a key threat to its legitimacy. That’s why Israel is enlisting the US government, university administrators, and even tech companies to try to destroy the BDS movement. jacobinmag.com/2020/06/boycot
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Jacobin
@jacobin
Israel is facing declining public support in the US and sees the BDS campaign as a key threat to its legitimacy. That’s why Israel is enlisting the US government, university administrators, and even tech companies to try to destroy the BDS movement.
jacobin.com
The Campaign to “Kill” the BDS Movement Against Israel Extends Far and Wide
Israel is facing declining public support in the United States and sees the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign as a key threat to its legitimacy. That’s why Israel is enlisting the US...
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Nitya Mandyam
@TheMandyam
My brilliant friend, programmer, engineer and fellow Pylady,
@eng_mclare
delineates the problematic, outdated and toxic aspects of the #StructuralEngineering industry causing her to contemplate leaving it - I’m 💯 certain it’s their loss if she does! Kudos for speaking up! 👏🏽
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Maryanne Wachter @recurse.social/@mclare
@eng_mclare
Why I'm Likely Leaving Structural Engineering - A Thread: @PJJefferis @jjsolly I’ll start with the challenges that I think are universal across the industry, followed by my personal experience…
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caren
@_carens_
I have 6 incarcerated contacts looking to connect with outside pen pals. Building relationships with people on the inside is essential to disrupting alienation & realizing abolitionist futures. If you’re interested in writing please DM me - I’ll send you all the info you need!
“Free them all” written in the stars, black silhouettes of people flying among the constellations.
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