Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈

no fascists at this party!

computers,
art,
& feelings.

software eng. @kickstarter.

she && they // @adaacademy c11 //
#BLM #NoTechForICE #ProtectTransKids

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

wearing a sari to your corporate job at Facebook is not "decolonizing the workplace"

[🍉 don't look away 🍉 don't stop talking 🍉 🍉 @Sirma_Bilge]

now let's talk about how "decolonize" has been turned into a hot sauce you can put on everything.

[Manu (they/them) @mxmanukaur]

DAYBREAK ✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧
So honored to be a part of this beautiful music video. I welcome & crave more collaborations like this one where I get to create with Black, Dalit, Indigenous, Queer, Trans visionaries. Please share 💙

https://t.co/39ZwlzGfKX

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

@raxsha @_ashwxn I used to do caste discrimination organizing w/ AWU but left Google a month ago. Can pass this along to fellow organizers!

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

Yo that's my sibling!!!

[Suhas Arehalli @sArehalli]

This might be the right opportunity to announce that I'll be joining @Macalester as an assistant prof. of Computer Science! I'm beyond excited to join the amazing MSCS department at Mac.

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

the feminine urge to hiss at someone during a business meeting like you're a 9-year-old roleplaying Warrior Cats during recess

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

#womenintech #WomenInSTEM #lgbt #bipoc #blackintech #diversity #inclusion #equity

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

hi #techtwitter ! the non-profit coding program I attended needs your help! if you can provide an inclusive work experience for an Ada student for 5 months this fall, pls dm me! and pls share widely and tag any companies that might be interested!

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

hi #techtwitter ! the non-profit coding program I attended needs your help! if you can provide an inclusive work experience for an Ada student for 5 months this fall, pls dm me! and pls share widely and tag any companies that might be interested!

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

Torn on this because on one hand I'm so happy to see positive mainstream messaging about trans people in India, but on the other hand, Sbux threatened to take away trans healthcare when their employees unionized so it gives me the ick that they're using trans stories in their ads

[Starbucks India @StarbucksIndia]

Your name defines who you are - whether it's Arpit or Arpita. At Starbucks, we love and accept you for who you are. Because being yourself means everything to us. #ItStartsWithYourName. 💚

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

Please donate to this GoFundMe, it's urgent!!! Compton residents depend on this garden as one of the only sources of fresh fruits and vegetables in a food desert. They have *hours* left to raise the money.

And if you can't donate, RT to signal boost!
https://t.co/IpeN7HVfjM

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

I'm contributing $10/month! If you can afford to, please match my donation and support this important work!

[Manu (they/them) @mxmanukaur]

Jai Bhim! Dalit Desk is at risk of shutting down. They report on caste atrocities in India that are often ignored by the mainstream media. Please contribute at least $10 a month & please send to your savarna family members esp those with disposable income! https://t.co/7h8pDPOaWF

[Seattle City Council @SeattleCouncil]

BREAKING: The Seattle City Council has passed first-in-the-nation legislation to protect people from discrimination based on their caste. The ordinance was sponsored by @cmkshama.

[kai (they) @old_coilysiren]

Hey tech workers, still think you don't need unions? heh.

[barrel server @ ylfa’s bottleneck 🪓 @mouseabolition]

Listen you don’t have to like EEAAO. Your loss. But I don’t really get how you look at a movie that is quite literally about a mother learning to embrace her daughter just in time to prevent her from committing suicide & said “there’s no genuine emotion here”

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

@jynnantonyx this movie singlehandedly revived the teen comedy. It's Gen-Z Mean Girls with a hint of Heathers

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

@hisaacdelr I really don't get it, like there are plenty of vacation spots where the locals love and welcome tourists. Why go to the one where the native people on the land are begging you not to go?

[Shubha Rajan 🌦️🌈 @panicpixels]

senior leadership keeps telling us they can't release aggregate stats of who's been laid off so we can see trends in tenure, level, location, and demographics

isn't the company's business model collecting and selling aggregate data while claiming it isn't a privacy violation? 🤷‍♀️

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

Google NYC employees who arrived at the office early this morning stood in a line to test their badges-- if light turned red, it meant you had been laid off. if green, you were safe. 👎

[Noah Giansiracusa @ProfNoahGian]

Ugh @Google will "recalibrate" the level of risk it is willing to take when releasing AI tools, due to competitive pressure from @OpenAI. This is the kind of market-driven arms race we do NOT need when it comes to tech that could drastically reshape society, for better and worse.

[Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll]

What the fuck is going on at Google? By looking my at the caliber of the people they laid off, I’m guaranteeing that they have no clue what’s going on.

[Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll]

In the past, layoffs would scare investors given they may hint bad planning, poor revenue plans, poor growth potential, etc. Nowadays, investors feel happy about layoffs. But layoffs doesn’t address the underlying issue: poor management and dysfunctional organizations.