For about 5 weeks I raised a little over 17k to erase medical debt for RIP Medical Debt to celebrate my 50th birthday instead of presents!

That equals 1.7 million in medical debt erased!!

Thank you to all who donated!

I loved Saron’s talk at #EpicWebConf #EpicWebConf 24! It was a beautiful story of her path from idea, to funding, to pivot, to newsletter, to multihyphenates product she teased she’s building!! So cool!

Had to read it twice

'Over half of the state's short-term rentals are owned by people out-of-state'

People will spend hours spiraling in Google and StackOverflow, and their answer is in the technical documentation, 2 sections down.

this is why tacking racism, injustice, discrimination, bias, etc, without tacking power asymmetries is meaningless

Hawaii is on the verge of banning Airbnbs.

Hawaii is facing one of the worst housing crises in the U.S. and over half of the state's short-term rentals are owned by people out-of-state.

Two bills to let local governments enact bans just need final votes.
substack.perfectunion.us/p/hawaii-moves…

booo the fun police arrived 🙄

Is anyone in Atlanta looking to hire a junior software engineer that’s fresh out of college? She has a Computer Engineering degree📜💜

Job hunting has been tough so I’d love to help out if I can.

I just — don’t have it in me anymore. Two-call max contracts me forever and always. It can be boring. Corporate. Whatever. Ya’ll cool companies have lost the plot 😭

Once a college dropout, now an Associate Professor

Tenured 2x: Information Science and Media Studies

My book was listed as one of the top tech books of all time!

Best of all: messages from students saying my book made them feel seen as researchers and Black academics

A much more effective way to combat food insecurity is to pay your workers a living wage.

For real, y’all!

Today I’ve been informed that my position is being eliminated. I was already quietly looking, but I am now assertively seeking a new role. All assistance is welcomed and requested.

'Just call this number to cancel.'

me: [continues to pay $19.99/mo for the rest of time]

When people want to talk about how AI will be the remedy for accessibility…

“Rest is not a reward for hard work, it’s part of doing hard work”- Michelle Bakels dropped absolute GEMS in her talk at Epic Web conf.

I have no choice but to stan!!!

dbrand Won't be working with dbrand until that original tweet is deleted, at least. You're allowed to make shitty jokes, but the internet has made it pretty clear what it think about this one, and the harm from it is unnecessary

I've been around long enough to see a LOT of…

Anyone in extended networks here connected to or working at Gitlab? I could use an intro for a role that seems like it written specifically for me. I’ve reached out to my contacts on LinkedIn. They are all very new at the org (this year) & only could direct me to apply.

Remember all that money pledged to help Black people in 2020?

Then the study showing very little of the money was paid out.

Then the study disappeared from the web too.

Actions. Not placating words.
Cash reparations not the promise of it.