Sara Ali

she/her. occasionally I talk about the internet on the internet. rt != endorse.

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

👀 https://t.co/oocTeGIBj7

[Nicholas Bagley @nicholas_bagley]

It's not about the gadgets. It's about knowledge.

Fascinating and bang-on take from @ns_whit on the vast improvements in home cooking since 1960. https://t.co/zSzUXzx0Vt

[Candace Avalos @candaceforpdx]

The Census data is here! Right here in OR, tireless work was put in by an unprecedented coalition of community groups towards achieving an equitable & accurate count. RT & thank the Census Workers & the #WeCountOregon coalition for their hard work! #ORredistricting #ORleg #ORpol

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

Why are you charged the prices you're paying for broadband? I'm joining with @NTENorg and @ConsumerReports to #BroadbandTogether and test my internet speeds. Together, we can fight for a more equitable internet! https://t.co/wnX4LC3gpS

[Chelsea Parlett @ChelseaParlett]

Teaching Neural Nets (very very basic introduction) today

and while I don’t normally like popping peoples bubbles about how *cool* stats is, I think it’s important to demystify things like Neural Nets.

THEY’RE NOT MAGIC😤

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

"Life in the age of algorithms"
https://t.co/aJ8VF1QIN9

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

https://t.co/NEMk1drkGH

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

Wow, I shoulda just read this site instead of wasting away in grad school https://t.co/iXA4iV5N4a

[Ilya Kashnitsky — bsky @ikashnitsky.phd @ikashnitsky]

if I had just one shot to share an important idea💡here it is. No joke. Look 👀

RATIOS DEMAND LOG SCALE

👇 the coolest non-trivial example when a log Y-axis is required to represent ratios

going from 50 in ~1988 to 25 in ~2001 is as bad as going from 100 in 1970 to 50 in ~1988

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

"AI [is] neither artificial nor intelligent. It’s the opposite of artificial. It comes from the most material parts of the Earth’s crust and from human bodies laboring..." https://t.co/87WSfOMDJP

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

Equity and ethics in paying for survey data: https://t.co/yzboo43Ifb

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

A resource for inclusive and accessible image descriptions - also useful guidance on writing alt text. Thank you @mimosaishere for sharing. https://t.co/I0dSHpG4p0

[Praan Misir @pmisir]

I'm still reflecting on @culturejedi's powerful closing keynote, and I am so grateful that it can be shared publicly. It's a must-watch folks.

[LisaGuernsey @LisaGuernsey]

Don't miss this @NewAmericaEd @OTI event 3/22 at 1 pm ET w/blockbuster line-up: leaders at @dpla @ALALibrary @netinclusion, and more. Talking new survey data + innovations to provide wifi, #digitalnavigators, pop-up options & more during the #pandemic. #librariesdigitalshift

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

emoji illuminati indeed
https://t.co/ymHzb15wzm

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

"The solution to an information problem is not more information." It's sincere organization, taxonomy, curation.
https://t.co/VI05cyV3dr

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

“Instead of getting a diverse sampling, we had a stampede of people who were younger and healthier than those who had initially gotten the links." https://t.co/XC6tKUUH6B

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

https://t.co/iAaGbwRXCw

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

https://t.co/PWVdvpLnRO

[Sara Ali @sararasmussn]

"Bringing more people online in the United States — not to mention the rest of the world — cannot be done by technology alone. We also need to think holistically about the barriers to internet access among individuals and society." @ShiraOvide, NYT On Tech