The Girl with All the Gifts

$3 Billion worth of Vibranium in human form. Detroiter. Plant hoarder, interiors whisperer, creative writer, fine diner. Ex Tweep.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

I encounter so much racism on X. The quality of conversation on here is at an all time low and makes me appreciate how hard OG Twitter worked to keep these ghouls at bay.

[Domo Julio @DapperDomo]

A lot is reported about how Hitler wouldn’t shake Jesse Owens hand after the Olympics but Owens also wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. I think that an excellent microcosm of how history is taught in America.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

My Twitter feeds are very odd this past week. What’s going on over there, Skeleton Crew?

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@nickcald What’d you eat??

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@Phonz @ShermanOaksHosp Wow- glad you’re ok!

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@Mike_Haracz Delicious

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

Insights *that help

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

Unfortunately I think this is any corporate job and I hate it. We spend so much time doing CYA shit and just for the optics shit that we can’t do the shit that would actually make work more productive and enjoyable.

[Ben Gold @bengold]

Now that I no longer work there, I will say that something I really disliked about Google (and this may just be a Big Tech thing and not unique to them) is how much of the job was self promoting and the theatrics of demonstrating impact.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

It’s even worse when your leaders refuse to accept insights they help the company. Elon is stupider and more visible than most, but he’s also emblematic of the sort of myopic, egotistical thinking so many leaders employ.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

We could be doing work so much better, but we’ve convinced ourselves that increasing shareholder returns is the only imperative.

We’ve lost the plot.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@3_stan @behnamrezaei Tristan! You were a delight to work with- such a thoughtful and empathetic leader. Congratulations on this well deserved break!

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

We are all closer to being unhoused than being a billionaire. Understand that.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@anna_punihaole Oh shit. I am not ready, but I’ll get ready

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@MoorishEvan I keep kids out of my environs so I’m good on part of that

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

I finally bought my Dyson vacuum but the Twitter HR folks didn’t tell me there would be 40 pieces in the box. I feel like this is a human-scale Dyson lego set.

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@Gleesonmg214

[The Girl with All the Gifts @ElleWhyBe]

@kms I did!