Software Developer. Data enthusiast. Lover of hamsters. Promoter of women in tech.

San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2014
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There is no First Amendment right to amplification... content-based recommendation systems and collaborative filtering are never neutral; they are always ranking one video, pin, or group against another @noUpside wired.com/story/creating-eth…
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Can you name all 59 women who came forward against Cosby? Can you name half of them? Can you name 5? Would you recognize them out of context? Do you want an autograph? Cool so we agree that women don’t make rape accusations to become famous.
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Maybe instead of telling white men they can be anything and they can have everything, we should start asking why they ever thought that everything was there to be had and why they ever thought they deserved it in the first place. medium.com/@IjeomaOluo/the-a…
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reminder: machine learning can amplify biases arxiv.org/abs/1707.09457 (algorithm predicted that person cooking is a woman 84% of the time, compared to 67% of people cooking being women in the data set)
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Do you know of African innovators whose work shows impactful application of machine learning and AI? Nominate them for the Maathai Impact award. Impact can mean many different things - please check website for details; nominations close 30 April. deeplearningindaba.com/maath…
On March 22: Go behind the scenes with #TechIntersections to learn how we turned an idea into the biggest tech conference for underrepresented #WOCInTech. RSVP bit.ly/SystersTechTalk #cc @systers_org @ellenspertus @IdalinBobe
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Robots and AI Mean We Need People More Than Ever: An Interview with Sense’s Lead Data Scientist ow.ly/rGWT30j0F48
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"The devil is in the data, but the magic is in the methodology." By Nicola Hughes @GirlMeetsCode @EmpowerWID #WomenInDataSF @thoughtworks
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Unique strengths of #FemaleFounders leading startups: 1000 stories of brain dominance from @SOSVvc . @GlobalInvestHer @InspirefestHQ @AnnODeaSR @angelacademe @Addidi @fcubedvc @junaxup thought you might find of interest! medium.com/sosv-accelerator-…
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Women are geeks, and geeks are women. #InternationalWomensDay That’s why this month, we’re celebrating extraordinary fans, who are making geekdom better for everyone.
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Read women. Cite women. Credit women. Teach women. Publish women. Present women. Acknowledge women. Award women. Amplify women. Hire women. Support women. Promote women. Hear women. Believe women. Follow women. Pay women. Pay women. Pay women. #IWD2018
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A new study reveals that just having one woman in the C-suite can triple the number of women in a company's management pipeline! fortune.com/2018/03/06/women…
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Why Are There Few #womenintech? Watch a Recruiting Session | @WIRED ow.ly/ESsJ30iHOK7
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Shattering the Glass in Male-Dominated Industries: 7 Lessons From Women Who Have goo.gl/YQGMQ3 #womenintech
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A Simple Step Towards More Inclusive Tech Events by @betterallies ow.ly/Y3fd30iykN1 @Code_LikeAGirl
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Meet 21 of Africa’s game-changing Tech and Digital women entrepreneurs — @lionessesa ow.ly/jP0130iDiW4
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I thought discrimination against women in tech was bullshit. Then it happened to my wife. goo.gl/5Lf5GH
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I find it hard to believe people are using Siri and are still convinced AI will take away all of our jobs
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If Only Quoting Women Were Enough - @nytimes ow.ly/Ohtt30iBMlI
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Women over forty represent a small and incredibly important fraction of the tech community. Read ways in which you can combat ageism in tech #WomenInTech #HomeInTech #Inclusion thght.works/2An52Sj
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