Racquel Simone
racquelsimone.bsky.social
Racquel Simone
@racquelsimone.bsky.social
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Don’t forget to pay attention to your local elections in these coming months and years. Don’t grow apathetic, vote (pretty please).
January 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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No matter how good you think you are, you gotta be coachable if you want to get better.
January 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?

Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
It was meh and the lighting wore me out.
started season 2 of Squid Game 😵‍💫
December 28, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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LeBron: “I love the NFL, but Christmas is our day.”

STRAIGHT UP FACTS!!!
December 26, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Hmmm their episode of “How I Built This” popped up for me the other day. Let me go bookmark it so I can listen.
December 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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I love how all gospel songs are just like “yeah life is tough but one day it won’t be…when I die” LMAOOOOOOO
December 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Yes. Lol. Mostly if I see something I want to pop the CSS hood on.
When someone gives you the link to their personal/small business site, do you instantly go and inspect it in the browser? Or am I a special breed of dork?
December 16, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Huge red flag any time a company refers to their workforce as family. Not only can family members be dysfunctional AF, this is clearly a business. Just say that and treat your people well.
December 10, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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“i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live”
— Nikki Giovanni
December 10, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Finally replaced my airpods. I have to have them for flights. Also need them for the days I want to work out of the coffee shop instead of home. Airpod pro’s noise cancellation is elite, but the latest version of noise cancellation for the newest non-pro airpods will suffice.
December 10, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Saturday nights are for being indulgent.
December 7, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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This has been one hell of a year.
December 7, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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Asking questions is an amazing thing. It's a way to learn & fill in your knowledge gaps. However, to build trust with teammates, do your due diligence before reaching out to ask a question. You don't want ppl to feel they're constantly answering questions you could have easily answered on your own.
December 6, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI.

Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini

And many many more within/outside academia.

Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
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December 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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I have been walking around with this slide for four years, trying to explain to anyone who would listen that we are choosing the same path right now.
December 5, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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The thing that separates a useful tool from an abuse of data is, and always remains, CONSENT. Does the tool take someone's work and put it outside their control? If it does, it's theft, and you should not do it to someone who has not indicated they don't consider that use theft.
December 3, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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“Breaking in” to tech is hard, but staying and growing in tech is harder. We never really talk about it, so I wrote a long blog post sharing why i think it’s hard and how to navigate tech.

dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
How to Stay and Grow in Tech (especially if you're a minority)
The de-evolution of "breaking into tech" "Break into tech" started as a well-intentioned...
dev.to
December 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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The older you get, the more you realize that you can have it all… just not all at once. Life is all about seasons.
December 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Yall need to be clear.

All the time. Every time.
November 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM