@timnitGebru@sharon I eventually stopped doing it because it was so disheartening. In particular, we went to ACM with the survey and said, we have money and infrastructure and we’ll do all the work, we just want you to send this to all the SIGs. They responded: actually can you put together a completely different survey that just counts the number of minorities at ACM conferences? 🙄🙄
@timnitGebru@sharon is actually working with a psychologist that studies conference harassment. We started an initiative quite a few years ago to measure harassment and discrimination at CS conferences but never managed to get much traction at ACM conferences. https://www.csclimatesurvey.org
Wow, this really feels like the UW situation. The number of people that I asked to stand up for the women and refused, despite having basically nothing to lose … 🤦♀️ https://beige.party/@tayfonay/113605750057812943
My secret to being a 10x engineer: a daily lie down. It’s the opposite of a daily stand up. If I don’t take a nap with the cats every day I feel bad and my productive drops. Follow me for more life hacks.
Asking for help for the UW systems lab women. As the sexual harassment situation drags on with no end in sight, the grad students are now unable to afford their lawyer. So I started a fundraiser for them if you would like to support. https://www.chuffed.org/project/fight-sexual-harassment-in-the-allen-school
@atsuzaki@dev@dan We actually know many human named cats, including our friends Tim and Tom who had a cat named Tom. Tim adopted Tom before he got married to Tom.
@paw@rogerparkinson@mekkaokereke I have a lot of old friends that are lovely people but prioritize gas prices/abortion/something over my safety. They can act nice but that doesn’t keep me safe