Research Engineer @PluralityInst. Previously @southpkcommons @AbnormalSec @DataKind, @ITP_NYU, @recursecenter
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2008
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Peter Darche retweeted
Liquid democracy sounds radical until you notice most people already do it: they ask the friend who actually reads the ballot. We built @OpenBallotApp to make that legible.
Peter Darche retweeted
My cofounder David is part of the team that made OpenBallot: technology for liquid democracy. It's all about helping people navigate elections relationally via interpersonal trust.
Peter Darche retweeted
Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERN’s record by a factor of 10.
Last week, we enriched isotopes in the world’s most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years.
Now, we’re building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.
Peter Darche retweeted
Update: the House may vote on the farm bill tomorrow.
This is a critical time. @RepLuna is leading a last minute fight to strike the SOB Act from the farm bill.
Call your reps. We need a vote to strike SOB. If leadership won't allow that, we need to kill the farm bill.
This is shocking: the House Rules Committee just blocked a vote on stripping the Save Our Bacon Act from the farm bill.
The SOB Act, buried deep in the farm bill, would wipe out state bans on pork from crated pigs, condemning millions to a lifetime in gestation crates.
We were getting very close to having the votes to pass Rep. Luna’s bipartisan amendment to strip the SOB Act from the bill on the floor of the House.
Then pork industry lobbyists got to work. Behind closed doors, they got Rules Committee leadership to stop a vote entirely and protect the SOB Act from the scrutiny it can’t survive.
The only option now is to kill the whole rotten farm bill. Please call your representatives at (202) 225-3121 and tell them to vote NO.
Peter Darche retweeted
10 years ago today, @craigbarowsky and I left our day jobs to focus on a little side project we called @DataKind. Little did we know that was the beginning of a grand adventure in trying to use data and AI for the greater good 1/x
Peter Darche retweeted
Thanks so much for help in finding his kids!
Here is a GoFundMe for Jeffrey and his family.
Please help them take some time off from the gig economy to recover from this traumatic incident:
gofundme.com/f/help-the-fang…
Peter Darche retweeted
For those who are able to: please try to scrape and save any videos and livestreams of the Capitol storming and occupation. Just like after Charlottesville in 2017, many of those who are streaming will delete their streams once they realize how incriminating the footage is.
Peter Darche retweeted
Tomorrow's April 1. You probably know people who are going to be struggling more than usual to pay their rent. If you still have your job and can afford it, consider helping some of them out with no strings attached.
Peter Darche retweeted
If you/someone you know in California is being affected by #COVID19 & struggling with getting:
- Unemployment (reduced hours; lay-off)
- Paid family leave (if you have to stay home to care for someone)
- Short-term disability (if you get sick)
You can send them my way for help.
Peter Darche retweeted
Learn more about Friendship here: plato.stanford.edu/entries/f…
Peter Darche retweeted
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. bit.ly/2H6P68U
Peter Darche retweeted
$5 = 4 masks. Demand grows FAST. Please donate, prevent turning folks away. Venmo: @MaskOakland
We now face an $8750 demand/day Donations avg. $3000/day.
Community groups seek 5000+ masks a day + we can deliver 2000 directly to vulnerable individuals.
#HelpUsBreathe #CampFire
Peter Darche retweeted
GEORGIA VOTERS: We know there are long lines at almost every polling location. If you are in a line to vote and the polling location is closed, please STAY IN LINE and call the Voter Protection Hotline immediately to let us know: 1-888-730-5816. #TeamAbrams #GAGov #gapol
Peter Darche retweeted
Applications for our fall batches are now open! Come spend one, six, or twelve weeks becoming a better programmer: recurse.com/apply
Peter Darche retweeted
As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future. xitter.gq/presssec/status/870367…
.@POTUS "I was elected by voters of Pittsburgh, not Paris. I promised I wld exit or renegotiate any deal which fails to serve US interests"
Peter Darche retweeted
Markets now trading at 43% that Trump reaches 2020 as POTUS and 27% gone by end of year. Lowest point of presidency predictwise.com/politics/tru…
Peter Darche retweeted
thinking of donating to @ACLU? these people will match up to $20,000 per month for all of 2017. avc.com/2017/01/a-20000-matc…
Peter Darche retweeted
.@UncommonSchools is looking for amazing school leaders to help us #ChangeHistory. Learn more and apply today: bit.ly/2iJlNwv
Peter Darche retweeted
De-funding @NASAEarth and Earth monitoring by other agencies would cripple #climate research, #weather forecasting, and #disaster response. xitter.gq/guardianeco/status/801…
Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’ d.gu.com/Mk9PnJ
Peter Darche retweeted
This is a good development. We'll need more things like this. xitter.gq/Yair_Rosenberg/status/…