@olincollege 2010; tech for good/PM; Former @seattlelgbtq. Former candidate for WA 43rd LD Rep. Now back in Boston, MA (JP). Opinions are my own. she/her
I have @jessimurray on bluesky if you’re there. I also dunno if I’m going to try to revive my Mastodon presence (in bio), etc, but I no longer feel good about being on twitter really so 🤷🏻♀️
Very clearly related to why Coded Bias was a much better documentary than that one where a bunch of former tech dudes sadly said “we had no idea we were destroying democracy” (The Social Dilemma)
All 7 women in this survey said "no" to "Is an AGI likely to cause civilizational disaster if we do nothing?".
6/7 warned of that narrative distracting from corporate power grabbing and other immediate risks.
Only 5/15 men said "no" to this question.
(p-value for χ² = 0.014)
Well @mashable is out here spreading misinformation. Bluesky does not “own everything you post” according to the TOS provision quoted in this article. How do I know? I did a research study on social media copyright licenses. 🧵https://t.co/lXFirINAvO
Also the fact is that the beneficiaries of the security feature were partially the verified individuals but more so the audience who would understand whether a tweet they saw was authentic. Verification/security should have been something Twitter invested in not tried to monetize
Verification wasn’t about denoting who was popular— it was a security feature that happened to often be more necessary for popular accounts. Removing the security aspect of it means that the core value prop was erased. That’s why no one wants it anymore.
I sent out my goodbye email at work yesterday (today is my last day) and amusingly enough, I have gotten far more Instagram requests for my dog’s account than LinkedIn requests for me. (Admittedly I was already connected to many on LI but I still enjoy it)
interesting to note that clarence thomas is a stickler for administrative procedure when it comes to whether you’re allowed to challenge the state’s decision to kill you https://t.co/Vq3xOHajWC
Remembering when my old building manager ripped up my rent check that I put in the box over the weekend instead of on Friday so that he could also give me a “failure to pay” fee in addition to a late fee. Cost me $150. Cap the fees to disincentivize weaponizing them.
(I’m switching departments, but going to avoid putting all the details on Twitter right now. Need to figure out what kind of presence I should have online etc etc, but wanted to share the news with friends!)