Notices by Irene Zhang (irene@discuss.systems)

@DeliaChristina ok so the other disturbing thing is that my German friends have been like, well they taught us all at school how to spot a Nazi and watch out for the rise of fascism again. But THEY DIDN’T TELL US WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

@DeliaChristina sometimes I wonder if we’re just doomed to repeat WWII. Even after all the anti-Nazi propaganda in our movies for literally the last 80 years, somehow it didn’t work??

@inthehands actually since the whole UW situation started at a conference, I get anxious now and mild panic attacks. They aren’t fun places to see my friends and talk to colleagues about exciting research but places where I have to avoid people and hope no one tells me something too traumatic. You can read about it here but basically the university blamed me and spent a ton of money producing a report to that effect. https://irenezhang.net/blog/2025/03/04/uw-harassment.html

@inthehands yeah same with what happened at UW. It’s just that there’s usually not enough women to get together even.

@wollman @dan @inthehands that would actually have been the best case scenario! If it’s not a shared institution, then there’s basically nothing to be done.

@wollman @dan @inthehands see the many years of Walter Lasecki https://www.michigandaily.com/news/walter-lasecki-resigns-effective-august-30-amid-new-sexual-harassment-allegations/

@inthehands in a survey that we did in 2022, we found that one in 10 attendees of CS conferences have been sexually harassed or uncomfortable enough to need to leave the conference. Not one out of 10 women, one out of 10 attendees.

Kate Manne writes about the #cornell7 I am not comparing the severity of the accusations here (not that they should ever be compared) but the administration reaction is EXACTLY like UW. The administration resorts to DARVO because they have no real excuse, so they claim the people demanding accountability (me and the women) to somehow be the real problem. https://archive.is/QwAqF

Also her article about banning frats is 💯. Not only are frats a hotbed of rape and misogyny, their environment is getting replicated in the workplace, with startups and tech companies wanting to have frat cultures. #cornell7 https://substack.com/home/post/p-218484501

@jgilbert @DeliaChristina I’ll just post this here again. Just remember that these men were somewhere in the middle and women are surrounded by them. No one on the left side showed up.

@catsalad @dan obviously, Pixel would also generously contribute

@kf don’t think too much

@kf I feel like the whole vibe of the show is just gorgeous clothes and New Orleans.

@skinnylatte is it because of our cats.

@atsuzaki BUT just think about how you can experience my childhood instead of @skinnylatte’s! We can offer pork tenderloin sandwiches!!

@annika @alice that’s good although the places I’ve seen it actually for sale seem to indicate that some sellers might think it’s practical ..? https://www.ebay.com/itm/226724339921

Wow, I’ve seen the most useless designer item possible and I’m not even sure if it’s ironic. A Supreme x Masterlock collab with this transparent lock. So .. do they not understand how locks work? Clearly it came with a set of keys and presumably some people attempted to use them as locks? @alice needs to weigh in. https://editorialist.com/p/supreme-transparent-lock/

@skinnylatte and all of these apply to universities plus they have some extra prestige so more power.

@dalias @JessTheUnstill @ATLeagle @raven667 @alice things I recently bought from the Costco that don’t have internet connectivity: toilet seat, toothbrush, laptop .. no wait scratch that last one 😂

@JessTheUnstill @ATLeagle @raven667 @dalias @alice I’d say a flat screen tv but they probably sell those in a two pack