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AI journalism has a hype problem. To move past the cycle of reacting to each story, @sayashk and I analyzed over 50 pieces from 5 prominent outlets. We've compiled a list of recurring pitfalls that readers should watch out for and journalists should avoid. aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/ei…
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TOMORROW: Tech workers are organizing to stop their companies from enabling Israeli violence against Palestinians — and they want to share their successes and challenges, next steps, and their vision for the future with you!
Register: bit.ly/techforpalestine
#NoTechForApartheid
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Even on a day of celebration, its a reminder that 1) being queer and looking different is still hard and 2) some people hold a violence so present that they can release it at us in <1 second.
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Today a man on a motorbike stopped, looked straight in my eyes and spat in my face. I was on the way to see my partner's DJ set at @amsterdampride.
#amsterdampride #prideamsterdam
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I made a bot that leaves a comment on any solid images found in the #blacklivesmatter tag on IG. Hope this will help clear up the hashtag and allow info to be found easily. I might need help scaling it, will put on GitHub soon #BlackTechTwitter
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It’s the 200th anniversary Florence Nightingale’s birth. She was the first woman to be a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society - here’s her application form which I took a photo of when I worked there. We can see her data driven approach today in how we respond to Covid-19
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Feels good to get back to the blackboard and chalk life! Thanks to the good folk at @BayesCentre & @EdinburghUni for having me come to speak about using statistics and data science for good. #Statistics #DataScience #researchers #aiforgood
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I’ve done a few projects in ocean science and can confirm: it's a great area for data scientists and techies to contribute to protecting the environment.
And this looks like a cool way to start getting amongst it:
mothershipmissions.com/thebi…
#dataforgood #aiforgood #TechForGood
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Oh, and 2 out of 3 of them are younger than 35 🌱
#Election2019 #election #GE2019 #GeneralElection2019 @electoralreform @inter_gen
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3.8m registrations between the 2019 election being called and the deadline.
31% more than 2017 election registration period, despite being 6 days shorter.
With ~36.9% already-registered voters updating details, that is over 2.4m new registered voters - in 29 days! 🗳️🎉 #GE2019
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Replying to @electoralreform
Since 2014, of the 38 days with over 100,000 registering, 14 were in the month between the 2019 election announcement and registration deadline.
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Number of voter registrations on deadline day.
2015: 479157
2016: 525254
2017: 622398
Projected 2019: Almost 800000
Something big is happening: be part of it. #RegisterToVote gov.uk/register-to-vote @electoralreform













