Laura Stupin

Data science student. Former field engineer in Rwanda. Naïvely still believes in trying to make a change in the world.

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

@cjtarsney I'm a data science student who wants to support Democrats. I'm looking for a political data challenge to dig into, any recommendations of datasets or puzzles I should look at?

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

@diyat I'm impressed by your experience in political tech. I'm a student looking for a data science challenge, any recommendations for interesting political/voting data sets to look at?

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The percentage of Americans who agree that climate change exists has jumped by 10 percent in just the past 4 years.

Now that we finally agree on the problem, we need to come together on the solution: Green New Deal.
https://t.co/gBfvRZZKDV

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

#kintsugi is Japanese art form where broken pottery is glued back together with gold silver or platinum #tedxNyarugenge

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

@MTNRwanda 4000 RWF disappeared from my phone between 730- 930 am today. Second time your service has stolen money from me.

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

BLOG: #Canada’s got a good thing going — a tax on carbon https://t.co/2hZGFX3D2h #climatechange

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

@MTNRwanda I loaded 5000 RWF phone yesterday. I made less than 8 min calls, today it's gone. How can customers trust you with mobile money?

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

.@WhiteHouse @OMBPress The Social #CostOfCarbon is a vital step towards a price on carbon. Please strengthen it! http://t.co/nAgKiRQwSD

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

There's a demonstration at kongawea, they've blocked the road with stones, no way to get from nyali to lights, go another way #mombasa

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Africa's economy is growing faster than the economies of all other continents.
http://t.co/ZqrnfTXr4F

[Inhabitat @inhabitat]

A one million euro wind turbine was completely crowd-funded in the Netherlands in just 13 hours! http://t.co/zJCblqPSX9

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Everything happens for no reason.

[Remember H. Rosling @HansRosling]

I´m not optimist, I´m surprised! Never imagined to see Sub-Saharan Africa with 6 fold faster economic growth than UK!! http://t.co/1npeMk8a

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

Google is gobbling up virgin "digital land" in Africa. http://t.co/p7b68wKh

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

Small successes can mean big change "@TheEconomist: lack of optimism plays large role in trapping people in poverty http://t.co/yrv3cxOu"

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

@miradu #mobiletwitter cool! but text now crammed in narrow columns, makes scrolling painful on Nokia2330 w/Opera ( common phone in Ghana)

[greenprophet @greenprophet]

World’s Largest (Gargantuan) #Solar Thermal Plant Opens in Saudi Arabia http://t.co/A4pPixGg

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

#Ashesi is quite impressive. Fighting corruption in Ghana with outstanding leadership education. TED: http://t.co/2oXsit5U

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

Had a great time at #ashesi social entrepreneurship forum yesterday. Awareness for #SocEnt is growing in Ghana!

[Laura Stupin @squidskin]

Wow, what a fantastic catalog of clean energy social enterprises!! http://t.co/xiWrL95a