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Software engineer @beyond12. Actor. I made @heybinky.

Oakland, California
Joined December 2006
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I made an app for when social media bums you out but you still want to scroll through stuff on your phone. itunes.apple.com/us/app/bink…
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BREAKING: New Mexico is now the second state to ban qualified immunity — a major step toward increasing police accountability and preventing wrongful convictions. bit.ly/31S5rrj
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We're hiring! @beyond12 is looking for our first-ever Director of Engineering. We work to close the graduation gap for college students from underrepresented backgrounds. Applications due March 14. #edtechjobs #edtech Link: b12my.co/B12DirectorEngineer…
Gary Larson's site for his legendary comic "The Far Side" has been updated with new art and "new era" "coming soon" messaging for the first time in 20 (?) or more years. bit.ly/2mbeD8l
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When cheap postage stamps came out in the 1800s suddenly people could send Christmas Cards. Since the medium was new, the visual language didn't really exist yet. Their symbolism is all over the map and it's fantastic. #MerryChristmas #History #VisualArt
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Introducing Wordsworth: an app to help historical fiction authors avoid linguistic anachronisms by comparing their writing to works from 1800-1923. Conceived, developed, & coded by me as my @Hackbright final project. wordsworth.us/
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The Festival continues tonight w/ a new full-length play by a new-to-Olympians playwright, SATURN by @jleink! @EXIT_Theatre, 8 PM. Poster by Donald Bolin.
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The value of outrage flare-ups is a complicated equation, but this thread is an eloquent statement of one side of it. xitter.cf/navalang/status/102119…
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Extremely high-quality bug content: xitter.cf/silverpebble/status/10…
Last night I went to the cinema. Oceans 8 was 👌& I now have a bit of a crush on Cate Blanchette. I was making my way to the carpark when I noticed a commotion in front of Nando's. Several people were gathered round something on the floor. One or two saying 'Its a cockroach!'...
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The spectacular secret treasures that have been growing beneath Mexico for 500,000 years buff.ly/2eDzOH5
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It's like a karaoke version of "Fitter Happier". live.theverge.com/apple-wwdc… via @verge
My friend saw this hand-pieced 3D hyperboloid quilt at a quilt show & I am completely losing my mind over this thing.
New Favorite Twitter Account: This 9 year old goes around petting dogs and tweets about each one. xitter.cf/IvePetThatDog/status/9… – at Chicago, IL
I pet Blaine. He is a rescue who was brought to Chicago from Alabama. Blaine was adopted from @onetailatatime . He is a 3 year old rat terrier, hound mix. Blaine likes to run all over the house, but after a long walk he gets lazy and sleeps.
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Meanwhile the Spectator letters section hits peak Britishness. – at Fingal, Ireland
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Good. All of America should be doing this. xitter.cf/thehill/status/9899568…
JUST IN: Seattle officials move to wipe marijuana convictions from the books hill.cm/xSAb6sj
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The Blue Room, 1923 by French artist Suzanne Valadon #womensart
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If the person who named Walkie Talkies named everything Stamps = Lickie Stickie Defibrillators = Hearty Starty Bumble bees = Fuzzy Buzzy Pregnancy test = Maybe Baby Bra =Breastie Nestie Fork= Stabby Grabby Socks = Feetie Heatie Hippo = Floatie Bloatie Nightmare = Screamy Dreamy – at Greenwich, London
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