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On Toppling Monuments

I’m taking a break from social media for a moment, but here’s a quick thought: Ask me how much I care about where we draw the line on toppling monuments of bigots and slaveholders. This might be a conversation I’d be interested in if 99% of America’s statutes weren’t of white dudes. As it stands, […]

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On the “Google Memo”

You’ve probably heard this story by now. I’m not going to give this any more emotional attention, but wanted to throw down a few quick things that have been bothering me: Damore’s “freedom of thought” is not under attack.  Once you have written a 10-page screed and issued it to your fellow employees, some of […]

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“I don’t want to give out my phone number” — A gendered security issue

I’d just given a talk and was having a nice chat with a young man who was doing similar work and wanted to stay in touch. “Great, just give me your Signal number,” he said. I hesitated. I’ve been using Signal for several years, since it was TextSecure. It’s by far the most trusted messaging […]