I gotta say, it’s been really refreshing to
(1) attend a conference not in my immediate field, and
(2) not have to give a talk/organize/etc

Out of the two, I think (1) is the bigger contributor to how refreshing/exciting the experience is

Faculty should do this more often

Welp, I suppose I’ll start using the toot horn again

First order of business:
I’m headed to the first conference in YEARS that I’m going to *just attend* and not speak at, not organize, etc

It’s a weird feeling

If I know folks attending MLSys this year, hit me up ☺️

Also, people who know me know I grew up in South Florida on boats and whatnot

So it’s an extremely weird feeling to be here and to have my whole tech/science life colliding with 🏝️☀️🚤

Florida has always been an explicitly not scientific/not tech place to me

I should also note that I’m coming out of a cave… A pandemic-into-motherhood-into-family-health-stuff cave

So I’ve been out of the Twitter/conference/etc circuit for a bit 🫤

Please be kind ❤️

If people in Congress were generally young enough to have daycare-aged children, the whole national daycare shitshow would be fixed in a day

Change my mind