Avi Rappoport - Berkeley liberal, mom, librarian, enterprise search consultant, ally. she/her. mastodon: @avirr@sfba.social
Berkeley, CA, USA
Joined February 2009
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I always avoided the algorithms and just followed interesting people. But the racist, sexist, transphobes, haters, nazis, elon worshipers, and/or free speech absolutists are diving me away. I’ll check my DMs here and follow on mastodon: Sfba.social/@avirr
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I want to slow this discourse down for a moment and be very clear and deliberate about why Armstromg's history of cheating in cycling is important and relevant here, beyond a cheap gotcha. (thread)
ALT Lance Armstrong: Is there a world in which one can be supportive of the transgender community and curious about the fairness of trans athletes in sport yet not be labeled a transphobe or a bigot as we ask questions? Do we yet know the answers? And do we even want to know the answers?
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I LITERALLY stopped working on my memo so I could read this indictment.
I am on page 24 and JESUS LUPITA NYONG'O CHRIST.
HOW this man still has the capacity to shock me after everything that's happened, i'll never know.
but I am sitting here *STUNNED*.
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AS IF THIS FEDERAL AGENCY.........WHOSE *CHIEF* RESPONSIBILITY IS *LITERALLY* TO *KEEP* THINGS......WOULDN'T KNOW.......THIS VERITABLE MOUNTAIN OF DOCUMENTS........WAS MISSING.
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We have a new page on @OurWorldInData on Influenza!
• How many people die from flu each year?
• How has mortality changed over time?
• Which strains are currently circulating?
• What can flu-like illness trackers tell us?
All here + thread below!
ourworldindata.org/influenza
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Okay, I read it so you don't have to. Here's a reaction thread to @openAI / @sama 's blog post from Friday "Planning for AGI and beyond":
openai.com/blog/planning-for…
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Harvey Weinstein was given another 16 yrs. On his sentence. He said he “doesn’t deserve it”. Did the women he raped and assaulted deserve it? They had hopes, dreams and were trying to work. They didn’t deserve what he did to them!🥵🥵
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R. Kelly and Harvey Weinstein sentenced to life in prison today. A good day it is.
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At least 15,136 Russian military servicemen died in the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to @mediazona_en. That’s more military personnel than the Soviet Union lost throughout the entire Soviet–Afghan War.
meduza.io/en/news/2023/02/24…
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BREAKING: Biden’s EPA has just ordered Norfolk Southern clean up the ENTIRE site of the East Palestine,Ohio train derailment.
They will also have to pay ALL associated costs.
Failure to do so will result is a fine of 300% of the cost.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT BIDEN!
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TLDR; 1) Precision Scheduled Railroading and 2) recent rollbacks to high hazard train braking improvements are key contributors to these kinds of accidents; 3) rail industry & disaster insurance market failures and 4) low public issue salience are barriers to addressing them.
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New research from @CCDHate finds that 10 right-wing accounts reinstated under Musk's "general amnesty" policy will likely generate over $19 million in advertising revenue this year. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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San Francisco Bay as seen from The Lawrence Hall of Science
static.lawrencehallofscience…
UDC is the United Daughters of the Confederacy
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A very good week for Rep Maxwell Frost:
Got border police to debunk open borders lie
Had big moment mocking GOP Twitter lunacy
Went viral blasting DeSantis drag crackdown
I talked to Frost about his approach and why Dems must wage information warfare:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Does downtown Berkeley have any student-friendly destinations at night? The movie theaters gave us that. What are all the people living in the new towers supposed to *do*?
The final curtain for the Regal UA, Berkeley’s 90-year-old art deco movie palace berkeleyside.org/2023/02/12/…
