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Chapel Hill, NC. MSIS student, interested in economic justice and criminal justice reform. I have too many hobbies. she/her/hon

Heck yeah. My new #paper with Lindsay Oluyede & Carlos Pardo is out today in #TransportReviews:

"The why and how of COVID streets: a city level review of research into planning motivations and approaches during a crisis"

This labor of love examined the processes that led to and shaped #COVIDstreets programs in 28 cities around the world, as reported in peer-reviewed literature. 🧵

#COVID #transport #planning #ShiftingStreets

https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2023.2295368

Boost this until it breaks. Then boost it some more.

We need to sound the alarm!

Dem leadership have cut a deal with MAGA speaker Johnson to ram through a reauthorization of Sec 702 mass surveillance as part of the must-pass NDAA.

Learn more & call: https://fightforthefuture.org/actions/tell-democrats-stop-pushing-racist-surveillance/

Tell Democrats: Stop Pushing Racist Surveillance

We have to ACT NOW. Call Schumer, Jeffries, and key Democratic leadership and demand they STOP pushing racist, mass surveillance.

Fight for the Future
A computer science professor was talking about his family member who was shot by IDF in the West Bank, and he had to preface that by saying "Hamas is not in the West Bank." The only thing another one of my fellow computer scientists had to say was "That's not true, there are many Hamas supporters in the West Bank." The dehumanization is so deep.

CNN talks about Palestinian deaths like its a natural disaster.

"Palestinian American family mourns 42 relatives killed in a single day in Gaza"

How exactly were they killed CNN? Was it an earthquake? A flood? Some sort of natural disaster? The number of videos I've seen of Palestinians who have lost entire generations of their families because they were bombed in their homes, facing western journalists with absolutely no empathy for them, is sickening.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/world/palestinian-american-family-relatives-killed-gaza/index.html

If you work in tech and haven't heard about "being glue", I would say that it's vital to read about it:

https://noidea.dog/glue by @whereistanya

You'll either feel extremely heard, or it will open your eyes to what some of your (disproportionately female) coworkers struggle with on a regular basis.

Being Glue — No Idea Blog

Slides and notes for the Being Glue talk.

No Idea Blog
I know it's similar to a previous post, but I couldn't help myself with the #excel news about #python

hahhaaha #python in #excel runs on the cloud bc of course it does.

it's categorized as one of microsoft's connected experiences which are sort of like privacy darkmatter - "we get to use the unspecified data and to preserve their privacy users are free to not use the service."

Connected experiences in Office - Deploy Office

Provides Office admins with information about connected experiences for Office, such as experiences that analyze content or experiences that download online content.

Be like a cat. Hiss at strangers. Eat your own hair. Live your best life
Round 1. Lowest votes gets dropped. Vote with your heart. No clarifications. No second guesses. Please boost because it’s important.
Fresh squeezed orange juice
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October
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Finding unexpected cash in a coat pocket
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The weird way flamingos stand
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I knew someday I'd get too old to recognize new celebrities but I did not expect to get too old to recognize what celebrities are famous for. every day I go "is that a new singer" and then a person born in 2007 goes "ew no they're a peeble streamer on doop" as I inch closer to the grave