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Inequality is Everywhere in Tech. And Tech is ok with it.

The #TechHearings Thoughts from my time in Product Safety at Twitter

I created the Product Safety and Security Team at Twitter. At different points in time I was responsible for the engineering of tools to mitigate Abuse, Compromised Accounts and the Login Infrastructure up to and…

Tech’s Term Sheets of Harassment

Let’s address tech’s culture of harassment instead of its harassers

Silicon Valley is coming to terms with courageous women sharing their painful and disturbing experiences of sexist, misogynistic…

The Legacy of Uber’s Absent Leadership

I read that there is a petition circulating at Uber to bring Travis back. For for those petitioning for it, I have a small piece of advice: Take your heads out of your collective asses.

A Black Man Walks Into the San Francisco CTO Summit…

Living the Nightmare

I woke up at 4:30 am this morning from a nightmare. In this nightmare, I was pulled over by the police, handcuffed, arrested and taken to jail. No reason for the arrest was given. While in jail, I was subjected to invasive searches and told I would be given an injection but not told what it…

I’m Calling it Black.

On Friday September 16th, unarmed #TerrenceCrutcher was shot and killed by police…