Ellen Pao
@ekp.bsky.social
CEO of Project Include early investor, ex-reddit, ex-VC, ex-lawyer ellenkpao.com
In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
Mister Anthony
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The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...
The Democratic Party freaking out that Democratic Party candidates are winning is the most Democratic Party thing ever.
Clean sweep for Zohran, soooooo maybe the most politically effective mayor in NYC history, in addition to being good at the job.
A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use. 🧵>>
All the props in the world to this guy, but THIS IS NOT A FEEL-GOOD STORY IT IS A DAMNING INDICTMENT OF OUR SOCIETY AND HOW WE TREAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
CNN@cnn.com · last mo.At just 22, Connor Gibson is doing something he never dreamed possible: using his engineering skills to 3D print dentures for America's most vulnerable people — and giving them back their sense of dignity in the process. https://cnn.it/44omGk4
In the "what could go wrong" scenario list, this one has to be the worst possible case
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last mo.NEW: Insane screwup inside Meta. The company exposed worker keystroke data that was being used to train AI — making it potentially accessible to anyone at the company. The data included personnel and performance info, private convos, full transcriptions…imagine your coworkers seeing all of that.
A BBC reporter was interviewing a Cape Verdean man when the team scored its first-ever World Cup goal. It got LOUD and it's delightful.
"We cannot always stop suffering. We cannot always save the people we love. We cannot always change what happens to us. "But we can accompany one another through it."
Guest Column | Facing cancer, I now understand the hidden lesson in my father’s final days
As a Holocaust survivor, my father knew about adversity and survival. But I'm learning something else from the end of his life.
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Y’all really got Elmo fucked up🤣
In college I was part of a club none of us wanted to be in. Special Survivors was for students who had had a close relative die. We didn't have mental health services, and we didn't have tools to manage our grief. Instead, we sat in a dorm room once a month or so and shared our sad stories.
Also let me recommend historian Annette Gordon Reed’s “On Juneteenth” for your summer reading list. I felt vindicated reading that Reed, a Texan, always saw Juneteenth as a Texas celebration. Her dive into the complicated history of Texas, slavery, integration & this holiday is riveting.
It’s Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Island & issued General Order No. 3. It announced that “all slaves are free.” This story of this one event was commemorated through the diaspora of Black Americans for more than 150 years before becoming a national holiday.
“Juneteenth reminds us that freedom delayed is freedom denied. The enslaved people of Texas had to wait 30 months to learn what the rest of the nation already knew. Black women in Texas are still waiting.”
For Black Women in Texas, Juneteenth’s Promise of Freedom Remains Unrealized
State control over reproduction in Texas didn't end with slavery in 1865. Today’s draconian abortion laws and bounty hunts keep Black women in reproductive enslavement.
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"The bar is in hell" I don't want to learn the offensive person's name or promote his shitty actions, but this quote from Charlamagne is insightful.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔥 Charlamagne on Josh Hokit attacking Michelle: “All you do when you bring the Obamas up is remind people what is currently missing from the White House. The Obamas set a standard for decency & class & poise & intelligence... Now that bar is in hell.”
I'm currently reading "Blue Nights" by Joan Didion. A heartbreaker with some funny passages, including this one:
THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE.
"If the United States had closed its racial and gender equity gaps in education and workforce participation back in 2000, the country would have added an estimated $15 to $20 trillion to its economy." www.theeduledger.com/demographics...
The Anti-DEI Era is America's Costliest Contradiction, NCA&T Chancellor James Martin Says
In an interview with The EDU Ledger, the chancellor of the nation's largest HBCU makes an economic case for diversity, tied to the national security imperative.
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Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox (the Eurthymics) 📸 : Robert Mapplethorpe, 1989
Prince. Aretha Franklin. Roberta Flack.
juju@unclejuce.bsky.social · 2mo agowho have you seen perform live that you wish you could relive?
Hmm, I posted "who do you have to kill to become a partner at A16Z?" and YouTube has had the video under review (but... not blocked?) for an hour now. I suppose accurately describing their business policies violates some algorithm? www.youtube.com/shorts/9xciZ...
Who do you have to kill to become a partner at A16Z?
YouTube video by Anil Dash
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New: Regretful cities are literally covering their Flock cameras with black trash bags because they cannot figure out how to immediately exit their surveillance contracts or get the cameras taken down: www.404media.co/cities-are-c...
Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags
Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
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