My second monitor kicked the bucket and I can feel my productivity draining away. All those mono-tasking advocates would probably point out how focused I've been in searching for a new second monitor though. 😂

NEW: I talked to Nandini Jammi has left this hellscape and Claire Atkin about their campaign to convince ad exchanges to cut ties with top spreaders of election misinformation. And I quote: “I think a lot of butts clenched at the idea that we were formalizing this.” protocol.com/policy/check-m…

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⚡️Zelensky: Russia fired rocket artillery at Kharkiv today. This is clearly a war crime. A peaceful city, peaceful residential areas, no military facilities. Dozens of eyewitness recordings prove that this is not a single false volley, but a deliberate destruction of people.

Thousands of civilians were waiting for evacuation at a railway station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, at the moment of the attack. kyivindependent.com/national/at-le…

The exodus of child protective services investigators that happened after Texas ordered them to "investigate" trans kids has resulted in the state no longer having the resources to investigate actual instances of child and sexual abuse: texastribune.org/2022/04/11/tex…

Day 90 of Ukraine resistance. For 3 months, Russia has been bombing and launching missiles on Ukraine, its soldiers killed, raped and looted. More than a million of Ukrainians deported. But Ukraine is still standing, north regions liberated. World must not get tired to support 🇺🇦

Boston friends! I miss you and am planning to spend some time there this summer to reconnect. So I'm looking to sublet a room 🏠 for a month or two. Do you happen to have or know of one that's available for July & August (possibly late June too)? I'd love to hear about it! 🙏

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Wow. Huge tech companies having no accountability or transparent appeals process for user bans has become such a problem, it looks like there's now a whole cottage industry of 3rd parties trying to spam (and scam?) people it happens to.

I work with some folks in Ukraine and Putin's ongoing atrocities against their country are awful and insane. Yesterday Russia attacked Ukranian cities with a new wave of missiles, causing blackouts, 19 dead, 105 injured. cnn.com/2022/10/10/eur… Terrorism, plain and simple.

Upwork just stole $10k from me and permanently suspended my Top Rated account.

If you live in Cambridge or Somerville, please throw a couple bones at Cambridge Day, which is raising money to ensure the only hyperlocal news source north of the Charles can keep doing its (vital) thing. gofund.me/fa177deb

I rolled out a few updates to EmergentMind.com that should make it even easier to stay informed about the latest AI developments. A short thread on the changes which I'd love feedback on...

Been a long time since I've put one of these out there... I'm headed over to Davis Square, gonna grab a drink at the Foundry and work on some notes. If anyone wants to meet up, DM me. Old friends, new connections (digital media, community building, art & geekery) both welcome.

Just want to give a quick shout-out to @StickerGiant. If you're looking for custom sticker printing, I recommend them. Great values, great quality. Back when I was organizing events for the Boston tech scene, they supported as a sponsor for many years.

Changed my Gmail "undo send" time from 5 to 20 seconds. Gotta give myself a longer window as I get older, my reaction time's slowing down. 😅

When I went to law school, I knew a law degree would be helpful no matter what I chose to do in life. Never did I imagine that I would use my skills & training to "prove" my husband's innocence to federal prosecutors after @jeffbezos & Amazon tried to imprison him. A 🧵 /1