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Director of Engineering at @DevotedHealth. Eng leadership coach. LP @OverlookedVC & @awfundvc. Prev: Toast, athenahealth, Google, HubSpot, MIT.

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.@poemsbytaz composed the perfect haiku for me to commemorate #GHC17 with @SlackHQ, @lesbiantech, & @smithmegan. Thanks, @TheHaikuGuys!

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@severija_b @dvu84djp @juni33987614 @dawnhi5423 @DuDu_8210 @sikpangslice @_jaxtaposition @WomenLeisure @qoyuzas cc @dvu84djp @juni33987614 @dawnhi5423 @WomenLeisure

[Severia Bel @severija_b]

What happens when digital innovation isn’t paired with gender equality? My article for @NewLinesMag explores AI #deepfake abuse that targeted women in #SouthKorea this summer.

Shoutout to fellow reporter Hyerim Jang. Ty to @allyjung and many others who contributed 🙏
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@timhwang https://t.co/8pPcMtafRx

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@LukeMercado11 You wouldn't need to guess; any link or reference to a registry is generally replaced with a way to send cash in🧧 (red envelopes) or via Venmo

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@film_girl The Reception section of that Wikipedia article is hilarious

[KerrBear 🪷 @MPLSKerrBear]

People can analyze, hypothesize, blame Dems till they are blue in the face. None of it matters.

This is the game right here.

Misinformation works. Those that believed misinformation voted Trump. Those that believed the truth voted Harris.

There is NO candidate that can change this.

Republicans have a well oiled propaganda machine that spans all media platforms and we do not.

Period.

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

I think it's tempting to think of this election as if everyone was working from the same information and the country just made a very dark choice. How could all these women vote for someone who hates women? How could all these latino men vote for someone who hates latino men? Et. Cetera.

But the data doesn't really support this. Everywhere (except the Dakotas) that abortion rights were on the ballot, it won a majority. Which means there were people who voted for Trump (who took away abortion rights) while voting highly in favor of abortion rights.

Same with the economy. There are people (most Trump voters!) who say the economy was the biggest issue. Yet, Biden built the best economy in the world and endless economists agree Trump's policies (such as one can discern them) would crash the economy.

Finally, no, latino men are not voting for their own deportation. They're just not. There's something more complicated going on.

In all of these cases, PROPAGANDA WON. Trump said he would protect women (he won't). Republicans said they would build a better economy (they won't). Et cetera.

So this gets to the heart of the matter: the issue is the INFORMATION. By large majorities, voters are pro-choice, they are pro-Bidenomics and anti-deporting millions of people. Poll after poll said this and statewide measure results confirm it. Yet the anti-choice, anti-Bidenomics, pro-deporting millions of people candidate won.

The only logical conclusion one is left with is that we are simply not reaching voters with the information they need to vote their interests.

Some of this is no doubt the right-wing media propaganda machine. Some of it is that we have always been bad at messaging these voters.

And if there's some soul searching we should earnestly do in the coming months, it can't just be doomsday, "America hates women! America wants inflation!" stuff, tempting as it may be.

And instead, to start asking the question which can turn the tide, which is: How do we COUNTERACT the right-wing media propaganda machine? How do we reach voters who care about Democratic priorities and basic American values with messaging that speaks to them?

That is a question with an answer. That is an answer which change the direction of the country.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

If you’re on Twitter right now, you are not the kind of person who is going to miss out on big picture analysis long-term.

I think the thing to do today is focus on stuff that’s close, stuff you believe in, stuff you’ve gotta do, and stuff that brings you joy.

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@theanarice you did an incredible job 🫶

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@ben_rosen I thought people typing "on" were just making a typo on their phone keyboards or something

[April King 🌀 @CubicleApril]

got laid off in the big @dropbox layoffs today.

if anybody is looking for a staff-level engineer who loves mentoring and who is an expert in web security, email security, TLS/PKI, keys and secrets management, and general defense security stuff, please feel free to hit me up.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said https://t.co/mRjYfdxWgR

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@AnneChovy2 not for long!

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@lillybilly299 didn't need background knowledge for Logo or HyperCard, then used FrontPage while I learned html basics

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@westofhouse That's awesome - congrats, man!

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

Yale has directed its campus Women’s Center to adopt a position of “broad neutrality,” effectively mandating the end of the center’s feminist mission.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

Why does Israel get to issue evacuation notices in another country? These are terrorism threats not notices.

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@katiedimartin @mollywidstrom regardless of what you decide, it's still 3 rows closer to completion!

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@GrantSlatton Careful, an intrepid founder might hear you!