Melissa Ingle

Senior data scientist and educator. Transgender parent to two children. She/her

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@YashuaTheBurb Oh my gosh!

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@YashuaTheBurb I requested to speak.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

The amount of mental gymnastics required to invalidate the voices of 90,000 transgender Americans (4-5% of the trans population) of whom only 3% say they are unhappy with their transition would be laughable if they weren’t being performed by a man with such an enormous megaphone.

[Jesse Singal @jessesingal]

yeah this is sorta the bigger point, and an often neglected one. patients have all sorts of reasons to say they're satisfied with a procedure. that's why you need EBM principles to actually measure this stuff.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@theminoritygay Not even close!

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

If you’re curious about some of the X clones, or if you checked them out and didn’t like, give them a(nother) look. Both BSky and Threads have gotten much better recently. Both have gained more diverse users, and Threads figured out ppl don’t want to hear about brands.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@TheRealBeatnic So true, Jayne! ❤️

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

I used to drink a lot at Xmas because I thought it made things better. It actually made them so much worse. Not everyone needs sobriety, but I can personally attest I’m so much happier and healthier now. If booze just makes you miserable, please at least consider getting help.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@ChardonnayM @ekat2468 @ErinInTheMorn Yeah. I live in CA, when I came out the req was to file a motion to the court, get a date and pay a fee. I was strongly advised to buy 3 notarized copies of the order when granted, each for $40. The petition itself cost money and time off. If you’re poor you can’t do that.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@ChardonnayM @ekat2468 @ErinInTheMorn It’s states that don’t allow self-Id. CA allows it and is not approved.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@philmandelbaum I think the only author I really knew was Joy Buolamwini.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@philmandelbaum @safiyanoble @NYUpress Oh this is good. I may refer to some of these in my dissertation.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

You’ll never guess which social media site is currently experiencing a raft of porn bots making the site difficult and annoying to navigate.

That’s right: Threads. My tiny acct has gained at least 100 porn bot followers in the past week alone. Great job, Zuck!

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@iRamona No worries!

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

Nov 2022: Musk blames transgender ppl for advertisers fleeing. https://t.co/VQxaWatXZn
Sept 2023: Musk blames Jewish ppl for advertisers fleeing. https://t.co/vOhbfPgQ6S
Nov 23: Musk blames advertisers for advertisers fleeing. Advises them to stay away. https://t.co/5PKpLBZGY7

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

Musk, having challenged advertisers to a fight, lying bleeding and bruised in the school yard: And stay away!

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

We are rushing headlong into an AI crisis and it’s not the ridiculous ‘rogue AGI’ theory Silicon Valley VCs claim to worry about. Instead, the robots are doing exactly what we tell them to. With terrifying precision.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

The view off my back porch this morning in San Francisco. Sometimes it’s okay to live here.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@theminoritygay Gotta start carrying a camera around so I have an excuse to just chat up random hot dudes I see on the street.

[Melissa Ingle @mingle74]

@HackingButLegal It’s disgusting. I’ve typed and retyped so many things. But there’s too much to say. It’s like a playbook. Out of the woodwork they come and the woman never gets believed. Why hasn’t The NY Times investigated? Too busy ruining trans kids lives?