Bärí A. Williams, Esq.
@bariawilliams.bsky.social
Tech Esq. + Ops | DEI/Ethics advocate | Asker of “why” | Around the way etiquette lover | Oakland’s own #TownBusiness | Cal Alum | ex-Meta
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I believe #BlackHistoryMonth is every month, but love having my book included in this list... and there's a new giveaway to encourage you to read my take on being a Black woman in tech where we're hyper visible but invisible. #SeenYetUnseen
Grab it here (or Amazon if you): shorturl.at/QKj1g
Grab it here (or Amazon if you): shorturl.at/QKj1g
I’m sure they could concoct some story about how scary a 1st grader’s costume was that they “feared for [their] life.”
That song is always sung, even if it’s about kids.
That song is always sung, even if it’s about kids.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’m sure they could concoct some story about how scary a 1st grader’s costume was that they “feared for [their] life.”
That song is always sung, even if it’s about kids.
That song is always sung, even if it’s about kids.
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🎉 Season 6 of The Tech Humanist Show launches with
@bariawilliams.bsky.social!
Bärí shares her journey merging law and tech, creating Meta's supplier diversity program, and why her book "Seeing Yet Unseen: A Black Woman Crashes the Tech Fraternity" matters now more than ever.
@bariawilliams.bsky.social!
Bärí shares her journey merging law and tech, creating Meta's supplier diversity program, and why her book "Seeing Yet Unseen: A Black Woman Crashes the Tech Fraternity" matters now more than ever.
June 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🎉 Season 6 of The Tech Humanist Show launches with
@bariawilliams.bsky.social!
Bärí shares her journey merging law and tech, creating Meta's supplier diversity program, and why her book "Seeing Yet Unseen: A Black Woman Crashes the Tech Fraternity" matters now more than ever.
@bariawilliams.bsky.social!
Bärí shares her journey merging law and tech, creating Meta's supplier diversity program, and why her book "Seeing Yet Unseen: A Black Woman Crashes the Tech Fraternity" matters now more than ever.
Reposted by Bärí A. Williams, Esq.
Sunday, June 1st, "The Silicon Shrink" author Daniel Oberhaus joins @bariawilliams.bsky.social, @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, & Omar Zahzah at the Bay Area Book Festival to discuss problematic reports from the frontlines of tech. Link for details: www.baybookfest.org/session/prob...
Problematic Reports from the Frontlines of Tech - Bay Area Book Festival
While the tightrope of technological advancement is proving quite difficult to navigate, experts from the frontlines of the tech industry are here to offer insights on how we can move forward as a…
www.baybookfest.org
May 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Sunday, June 1st, "The Silicon Shrink" author Daniel Oberhaus joins @bariawilliams.bsky.social, @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, & Omar Zahzah at the Bay Area Book Festival to discuss problematic reports from the frontlines of tech. Link for details: www.baybookfest.org/session/prob...
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The Bay Area Book Festival is this weekend! I'll be in conversation with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social @bariawilliams.bsky.social Omar Zahzah and Daniel Oberhaus about their books that detail tech's impact on Oakland, Black women, psychiatry, and Palestinian people www.baybookfest.org/session/prob...
May 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Bay Area Book Festival is this weekend! I'll be in conversation with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social @bariawilliams.bsky.social Omar Zahzah and Daniel Oberhaus about their books that detail tech's impact on Oakland, Black women, psychiatry, and Palestinian people www.baybookfest.org/session/prob...
It's interesting how all of these stories have a common thread, and the first one is just...
May 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It's interesting how all of these stories have a common thread, and the first one is just...
Well, I just got back from seeing Sinners with my almost 15 yr old son.
That was a time! And I realize he grew again. Some more. 🫠
That was a time! And I realize he grew again. Some more. 🫠
May 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Well, I just got back from seeing Sinners with my almost 15 yr old son.
That was a time! And I realize he grew again. Some more. 🫠
That was a time! And I realize he grew again. Some more. 🫠
Fantastic piece that sums up Black women's resistance that I see.
‘We don’t have an option not to fight’: How Black women are resisting now 19thnews.org/2025/04/blac... via @19thnews.org ews.org and @errinhaines.bsky.social
‘We don’t have an option not to fight’: How Black women are resisting now 19thnews.org/2025/04/blac... via @19thnews.org ews.org and @errinhaines.bsky.social
‘We don’t have an option not to fight’: How Black women are resisting now
Black women are rejecting narratives that suggest their lack of visibility since November 5 translates into inaction.
19thnews.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fantastic piece that sums up Black women's resistance that I see.
‘We don’t have an option not to fight’: How Black women are resisting now 19thnews.org/2025/04/blac... via @19thnews.org ews.org and @errinhaines.bsky.social
‘We don’t have an option not to fight’: How Black women are resisting now 19thnews.org/2025/04/blac... via @19thnews.org ews.org and @errinhaines.bsky.social
There is a reason why Mark:
1. Eliminated DEI programs & fact checking
2. Changed offensive speech policy (w/ S. Miller approval)
3. Donated to inauguration fund and hosted a party
4. Bought a DC home 2 weeks ago
5. Made multiple pilgrimages to MAL
Pay. To. Play. He wants the Eric Adams special.
1. Eliminated DEI programs & fact checking
2. Changed offensive speech policy (w/ S. Miller approval)
3. Donated to inauguration fund and hosted a party
4. Bought a DC home 2 weeks ago
5. Made multiple pilgrimages to MAL
Pay. To. Play. He wants the Eric Adams special.
Meta is on trial in DC today. The FTC is advancing a blockbuster antitrust case, alleging that Mark Zuckerberg's company illegally built a "social networking monopoly" through years of "anticompetitive conduct." But there is a big if: Whether President Trump will intervene. Here's my full story >>>
If Meta loses in antitrust case, it could be forced to break itself up by selling Instagram and WhatsApp | CNN Business
Meta is going on trial starting Monday.
www.cnn.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There is a reason why Mark:
1. Eliminated DEI programs & fact checking
2. Changed offensive speech policy (w/ S. Miller approval)
3. Donated to inauguration fund and hosted a party
4. Bought a DC home 2 weeks ago
5. Made multiple pilgrimages to MAL
Pay. To. Play. He wants the Eric Adams special.
1. Eliminated DEI programs & fact checking
2. Changed offensive speech policy (w/ S. Miller approval)
3. Donated to inauguration fund and hosted a party
4. Bought a DC home 2 weeks ago
5. Made multiple pilgrimages to MAL
Pay. To. Play. He wants the Eric Adams special.
Good on them! We need more of this. I also understand and recognize they come from a point of privilege with a ridiculously large endowment that they can say no.
Other schools without that luxury need to band together and say no. Same with law firms. (Can't believe I have to type that last one.)
Other schools without that luxury need to band together and say no. Same with law firms. (Can't believe I have to type that last one.)
Harvard rejected the Trump administration's demands to change its policies to keep billions in federal grants.
Its president said the demands are unnecessary and infringe on free speech rights.
Its president said the demands are unnecessary and infringe on free speech rights.
Harvard University rejects Trump administration demands to change policies
The university notified the administration that it will not comply with the list of demands, putting $9B at risk.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Good on them! We need more of this. I also understand and recognize they come from a point of privilege with a ridiculously large endowment that they can say no.
Other schools without that luxury need to band together and say no. Same with law firms. (Can't believe I have to type that last one.)
Other schools without that luxury need to band together and say no. Same with law firms. (Can't believe I have to type that last one.)
Paul Weiss, now Skadden. A dumpster fire. When lawyers are caving, it's the beginning of the end. Add JD Vance in charge of what's in the Smithsonian museums - carte blanche to erase history and culture...
Where is an active opposition party?! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
Where is an active opposition party?! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
March 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Paul Weiss, now Skadden. A dumpster fire. When lawyers are caving, it's the beginning of the end. Add JD Vance in charge of what's in the Smithsonian museums - carte blanche to erase history and culture...
Where is an active opposition party?! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
Where is an active opposition party?! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
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Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.
Translation: "Change your admissions policy such that only white Americans can be admitted. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Sorry, last page ran into word limits in alt text. Rest of the text reads: Deliver a plan for comprehensive admissions reform. The plan must include a strategy to reform undergraduate admissions, international recruiting, and graduate admissions practices to conform with federal law and policy.
March 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Translation: "Change your admissions policy such that only white Americans can be admitted. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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Really realizing that his sixth strategy for trying to attain world-historical hero status is by punishing perceived domestic enemies. His power flows crush his enemies, delivering satisfying retribution for his supporters.
Taken together, Trump's five power flows: expansion, destruction, rule by Executive Order, unification as forced capitulation, and erasing inconvenient truths are an authoritarian consolidation of power in the person of Donald Trump. He has become, or is becoming, the Leviathan.
March 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Really realizing that his sixth strategy for trying to attain world-historical hero status is by punishing perceived domestic enemies. His power flows crush his enemies, delivering satisfying retribution for his supporters.
Sam Bankman-Fried has a burner... Zoom/Teams/Meet in prison?! How do we get out of this simulation?
March 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Sam Bankman-Fried has a burner... Zoom/Teams/Meet in prison?! How do we get out of this simulation?
And so it begins... "If you don't teach what we want, and make your students behave how we determine is appropriate, then we will take your funds and cripple the university. Thus, kids will have to go to Oral Roberts or Liberty University."
We need to move on this. Now.
We need to move on this. Now.
Breaking News: The Trump administration cut off $400 million bound for Columbia University, saying the school had failed to act against antisemitic harassment.
Trump Live Updates: News on Russia Sanctions, Iran Talks, Student Loans and More
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And so it begins... "If you don't teach what we want, and make your students behave how we determine is appropriate, then we will take your funds and cripple the university. Thus, kids will have to go to Oral Roberts or Liberty University."
We need to move on this. Now.
We need to move on this. Now.
Someone please list the Dems that voted to censure Rep. Green. I wanna see something...
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Someone please list the Dems that voted to censure Rep. Green. I wanna see something...
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The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— oh.
March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— oh.
I would enjoy just one day when someone reached out to me to ask how they could be of assistance. Every email, text, call, DM, smoke signal, carrier pigeon I receive is someone asking me for something - time, money, free legal advice, etc.
I'm tired. I ain't got it and not good for it.
I'm tired. I ain't got it and not good for it.
March 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I would enjoy just one day when someone reached out to me to ask how they could be of assistance. Every email, text, call, DM, smoke signal, carrier pigeon I receive is someone asking me for something - time, money, free legal advice, etc.
I'm tired. I ain't got it and not good for it.
I'm tired. I ain't got it and not good for it.
Nevermind this is wholly inefficient and the large scale federal gov. version of "a meeting about a meeting that could've been an email," but who is reading this? Some DOGE kid who is 19 deciding if the work of someone in the role for 20 yr made enough progress?
How are the decisions made?!
How are the decisions made?!
Breaking News: Elon Musk said federal workers must summarize their accomplishments for the week in an email or be forced to leave, a tactic he used after buying Twitter. Follow live updates.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest News on Elon Musk, CPAC and More
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Nevermind this is wholly inefficient and the large scale federal gov. version of "a meeting about a meeting that could've been an email," but who is reading this? Some DOGE kid who is 19 deciding if the work of someone in the role for 20 yr made enough progress?
How are the decisions made?!
How are the decisions made?!
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The most effective way to stop 47, was to NOT ELECT 47. Elections have real consequences for ALL people who are on this soil (which is why I remain confused about ppl who withhold their vote).
And yet, we're still in this Murc's law feedback loop
And yet, we're still in this Murc's law feedback loop
February 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The most effective way to stop 47, was to NOT ELECT 47. Elections have real consequences for ALL people who are on this soil (which is why I remain confused about ppl who withhold their vote).
And yet, we're still in this Murc's law feedback loop
And yet, we're still in this Murc's law feedback loop
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
Watching this new season of "Love is Blind" feels like a part-time job that requires long hours but underpays. My God. This is boring as hell.
Does location make a difference? I'm starting to think so. Too many sane people in MN. lol #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlind8
Does location make a difference? I'm starting to think so. Too many sane people in MN. lol #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlind8
February 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Watching this new season of "Love is Blind" feels like a part-time job that requires long hours but underpays. My God. This is boring as hell.
Does location make a difference? I'm starting to think so. Too many sane people in MN. lol #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlind8
Does location make a difference? I'm starting to think so. Too many sane people in MN. lol #LoveIsBlind #LoveIsBlind8
I believe #BlackHistoryMonth is every month, but love having my book included in this list... and there's a new giveaway to encourage you to read my take on being a Black woman in tech where we're hyper visible but invisible. #SeenYetUnseen
Grab it here (or Amazon if you): shorturl.at/QKj1g
Grab it here (or Amazon if you): shorturl.at/QKj1g
February 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I believe #BlackHistoryMonth is every month, but love having my book included in this list... and there's a new giveaway to encourage you to read my take on being a Black woman in tech where we're hyper visible but invisible. #SeenYetUnseen
Grab it here (or Amazon if you): shorturl.at/QKj1g
Grab it here (or Amazon if you): shorturl.at/QKj1g
Birthday parties at the place of business for Charles Entertainment Cheese.
1. Without saying your age, what was something that was popular during your childhood?
January 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Birthday parties at the place of business for Charles Entertainment Cheese.