@gailchapman.bsky.social
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🌟 We are thrilled to share that our Director, Dr. Nicki Washington, has been honored as a 2025 Distinguished Member of ACM! 🌟
Congratulations to @drnickiw.bsky.social on this deserving achievement! #AiiCEinnovates Thank you to @acm.org for honoring leaders who drive meaningful change in #computing!
Congratulations to @drnickiw.bsky.social on this deserving achievement! #AiiCEinnovates Thank you to @acm.org for honoring leaders who drive meaningful change in #computing!
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌟 We are thrilled to share that our Director, Dr. Nicki Washington, has been honored as a 2025 Distinguished Member of ACM! 🌟
Congratulations to @drnickiw.bsky.social on this deserving achievement! #AiiCEinnovates Thank you to @acm.org for honoring leaders who drive meaningful change in #computing!
Congratulations to @drnickiw.bsky.social on this deserving achievement! #AiiCEinnovates Thank you to @acm.org for honoring leaders who drive meaningful change in #computing!
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My new book is #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers and American Booksellers Association Indie Bestsellers lists.
I am deeply grateful for every person who has read, listened, and joined me to reflect on this journey. I look forward to continuing to see you on the road: kamalaharris.link/107Days
I am deeply grateful for every person who has read, listened, and joined me to reflect on this journey. I look forward to continuing to see you on the road: kamalaharris.link/107Days
October 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My new book is #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers and American Booksellers Association Indie Bestsellers lists.
I am deeply grateful for every person who has read, listened, and joined me to reflect on this journey. I look forward to continuing to see you on the road: kamalaharris.link/107Days
I am deeply grateful for every person who has read, listened, and joined me to reflect on this journey. I look forward to continuing to see you on the road: kamalaharris.link/107Days
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FYI, today is National Voter Registration Day.
September 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
FYI, today is National Voter Registration Day.
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Just learned about this op-ed via Maddow. Grandparents for Vaccine officially launched yesterday.
"Many of today's parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember."
Thank you.
"Many of today's parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember."
Thank you.
Commentary: Why grandparents must lead on vaccines
Becoming a grandparent begins a bond unlike any other - one that promises depth, delight and unexpec...
www.charlotteobserver.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just learned about this op-ed via Maddow. Grandparents for Vaccine officially launched yesterday.
"Many of today's parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember."
Thank you.
"Many of today's parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember."
Thank you.
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"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
www.kgw.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Since we're apparently making everything about race again, happy *SEVENTY-FIRST* birthday, Ruby Bridges.
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Since we're apparently making everything about race again, happy *SEVENTY-FIRST* birthday, Ruby Bridges.
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"Many of today's grandparents lived through a time when vaccines were unavailable. They remember the itchy fevers of chickenpox, the swelling from mumps, or being quarantined with measles - no school, no playdates and sometimes no happy ending."
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
Commentary: Why grandparents must lead on vaccines
Becoming a grandparent begins a bond unlike any other - one that promises depth, delight and unexpec...
www.charlotteobserver.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"Many of today's grandparents lived through a time when vaccines were unavailable. They remember the itchy fevers of chickenpox, the swelling from mumps, or being quarantined with measles - no school, no playdates and sometimes no happy ending."
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/us-v...
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"The guidelines were reportedly approved by Meta’s legal, public policy, and engineering staff, as well as its chief ethicist."
Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids | TechCrunch
The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," such as "black people are dumber than white people."
techcrunch.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"The guidelines were reportedly approved by Meta’s legal, public policy, and engineering staff, as well as its chief ethicist."
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Adding to assigned reading in the fall (along with accompanying one from last reskeet). The in-class discussions about student use of it are interesting and concerning. Anecdotally, campus hypercompetitiveness for A's, everyone else is, and lack of time to meet all semester requirements. [1/3]
you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...
What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT
“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.
slate.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Adding to assigned reading in the fall (along with accompanying one from last reskeet). The in-class discussions about student use of it are interesting and concerning. Anecdotally, campus hypercompetitiveness for A's, everyone else is, and lack of time to meet all semester requirements. [1/3]
Happy to have colleagues who are also friends and are always willing to fight for others and what’s right even when the odds are against us.
We need joy more than ever to sustain us for the long haul. I'm SO happy for my folks whose NSF grants were reinstated this week.
Also happy to report I can now properly roll my "R's," thanks to the rising 4th grader who helped me w/my Spanish last week.
What's your praise report?
Also happy to report I can now properly roll my "R's," thanks to the rising 4th grader who helped me w/my Spanish last week.
What's your praise report?
Yes actually now is a great time to share good news
Now is a great time to celebrate the good news of strangers
To be the kind of people who are happy for other people to have good things happen to them
Yes indeed
Now is a great time to celebrate the good news of strangers
To be the kind of people who are happy for other people to have good things happen to them
Yes indeed
July 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy to have colleagues who are also friends and are always willing to fight for others and what’s right even when the odds are against us.
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"They are not helpful! There was no reason for them to be here in the first place. If anything, it was a provocation." L.A. Mayor Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov makes clear that the presence of the National Guard in her city is not a helpful thing.
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"They are not helpful! There was no reason for them to be here in the first place. If anything, it was a provocation." L.A. Mayor Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov makes clear that the presence of the National Guard in her city is not a helpful thing.
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"To watch these changes unfold without naming them for what they are is to participate in a collective amnesia about how knowledge infrastructures shape power relations."
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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"To watch these changes unfold without naming them for what they are is to participate in a collective amnesia about how knowledge infrastructures shape power relations."
time.com/7285045/resi...
time.com/7285045/resi...
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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The NSF cuts were absolutely horrific. A reminder that hurricane season is less than 3 weeks away and the western part of my state (which is still absolutely wild to think about re: location) is still trying to recover from Helen from September.
According to this, NOAA is prepping an RIF to cut more than half its workforce and NSF has been directly to cut almost half of its 1,700 staff.
May 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The NSF cuts were absolutely horrific. A reminder that hurricane season is less than 3 weeks away and the western part of my state (which is still absolutely wild to think about re: location) is still trying to recover from Helen from September.
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Teaching is political.
Computer science is political.
The end.
Computer science is political.
The end.
I would never presume to lecture a computer scientist on how to teach their material, as I am unqualified.
This computer scientist should not pontificate about teaching subjects where he is unqualified.
Teaching about race is political. Full stop.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
This computer scientist should not pontificate about teaching subjects where he is unqualified.
Teaching about race is political. Full stop.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
Opinion | I Teach Computer Science, and That Is All
Politics has no place at universities or in the classroom.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Teaching is political.
Computer science is political.
The end.
Computer science is political.
The end.
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If you work at or attend a college or university, share this w/the General Counsel’s office. Tell them stop obeying in advance.
The @legaldefensefund.bsky.social has this important analysis of the Trump Administration’s “Dear Colleague” letter to higher ed leaders.
www.naacpldf.org/education-de...
The @legaldefensefund.bsky.social has this important analysis of the Trump Administration’s “Dear Colleague” letter to higher ed leaders.
www.naacpldf.org/education-de...
Setting the Record Straight: The U.S. Department of Education’s Anti-Opportunity “Dear Colleague Letter”
Setting the Record StraightThe U.S. Department of Education’s Anti-Opportunity “Dear Colleague Letter”What Schools, Parents and Students Need to KnowOn February 14,
www.naacpldf.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you work at or attend a college or university, share this w/the General Counsel’s office. Tell them stop obeying in advance.
The @legaldefensefund.bsky.social has this important analysis of the Trump Administration’s “Dear Colleague” letter to higher ed leaders.
www.naacpldf.org/education-de...
The @legaldefensefund.bsky.social has this important analysis of the Trump Administration’s “Dear Colleague” letter to higher ed leaders.
www.naacpldf.org/education-de...
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The House GOP just passed a draconian budget resolution, but despite GOP misinformation, this is just a blueprint, not a final bill. That means there’s still time to push back against proposed Medicaid cuts and tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Here’s what you need to know. 👇
The Budget Blueprint Is No 'Big, Beautiful Bill'
At best, it’s a concept of a plan. But then they’ll try to spin it to voters.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The House GOP just passed a draconian budget resolution, but despite GOP misinformation, this is just a blueprint, not a final bill. That means there’s still time to push back against proposed Medicaid cuts and tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Here’s what you need to know. 👇
“Joy is a masterclass in holding power to account.”
My show, @velshimsnbc.bsky.social, exists because @joyannreid.bsky.social made that viable & important. Joy is a builder, a thought leader, a fierce warrior for justice, fairness and equity. Joy is a masterclass in holding power to account. I can’t wait to see what she ends up doing next. #myhero
February 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Joy is a masterclass in holding power to account.”
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My show, @velshimsnbc.bsky.social, exists because @joyannreid.bsky.social made that viable & important. Joy is a builder, a thought leader, a fierce warrior for justice, fairness and equity. Joy is a masterclass in holding power to account. I can’t wait to see what she ends up doing next. #myhero
February 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My show, @velshimsnbc.bsky.social, exists because @joyannreid.bsky.social made that viable & important. Joy is a builder, a thought leader, a fierce warrior for justice, fairness and equity. Joy is a masterclass in holding power to account. I can’t wait to see what she ends up doing next. #myhero
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"We need more people who can take on roles in the tech sector, we aren’t producing enough, and we certainly need to draw more from multiple sectors of the population. "
Glad to be doing this work with folks like @vbarr4.bsky.social . Onward.
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Glad to be doing this work with folks like @vbarr4.bsky.social . Onward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Musk-Trump-Cruz Assault on Science and the Disabling of American Tech
I’m sitting here digesting the news that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has laid off more than 10% of their workforce (168 people).
substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"We need more people who can take on roles in the tech sector, we aren’t producing enough, and we certainly need to draw more from multiple sectors of the population. "
Glad to be doing this work with folks like @vbarr4.bsky.social . Onward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Glad to be doing this work with folks like @vbarr4.bsky.social . Onward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders
These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...
bit.ly
January 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid