Software Engineer at @twilio. Formerly digital products at @asianartmuseum. Also petting dogs, eating cake, smashing patriarchy. Pronouns: any.
Oakland, CA
Joined May 2008
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Mel retweeted
Holidays are fast approaching and there is 50 BIPOC families needing help with their Amazon wish lists for the holidays. Me and few others been driving this for a while.
Please share this out to get visibility! I do not want to let these families down this year.
Link for printable flyers: tinyurl.com/holidayviewform2…
Google sheet to see families Wishlist links(They consent to having it shared): tinyurl.com/holidayregalia23
Have you ever stepped into a crosswalk at 11pm, wearing all black, while a driverless car tries to make an unprotected left turn, just to feel something.
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Mel retweeted
We’ll, I guess it’s time for me to re-link the old posts I wrote back in 2014.
reappropriate.co/2014/04/did…
Mel retweeted
When will San Francisco's bleeding heart liberal government finally start caring about runaway violent crime and do something about...(checks notes)...tech bros missionlocal.org/2023/04/bob…
I may have teared up a bit at these photos of Fletch at @depechemode 😭
ALT Depeche Mode performing at the Golden 1 Center. The screen on stage is displaying photographs of Andrew Fletcher by Anton Corbijn.
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Mel retweeted
My god. The autopsy shows bullet exit wounds through both of Tort's hands, indicating that their hands were raised when they were murdered.
"The autopsy further reveals that Manuel was most probably in a seated position, cross-legged when killed."
ajc.com/news/crime/family-ac…
Mel retweeted
No modern tech company has a purely technical system. They’re all sociotechnical systems. You can’t dismantle half a system and expect it to continue to function as is. Tech still actually needs humans with context in order to work.
Everyone: Do you have big plans for your sabbatical?
Me:
ALT A squirrel standing on a wooden patio chair with it’s front paws on the table looking towards an outstretched hand holding a peanut.
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Love when pals make good shit. clique-lhf.bandcamp.com/albu…
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Trying to remember how to be a human being as I go into the office for the first time in three years.
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Eye contact: what is too much? What is too little? How do you form sentences while making it? When in doubt stare at a plant in the corner while speaking. 🪴
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