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  Hot take: if you consider yourself a male feminist, the very first thing you should do, before advocacy, before anything, is get good at cooking and cleaning.

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  When you think about it it's crazy that you can just make people

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  Its scary to me how many people are on social media talking like experts about things they only have personal experience and vibes about. Esp when it's about health (physical and mental) ETA: it's wonderful to share personal experiences and ask questions, just not ok to present them as an authority

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  I think it's scientifically impossible to cut a birthday cake without people telling you while you're cutting it how you should be cutting it differently

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  Simple quick rant not inviting comments (except if you're also a woman in tech) Honestly the latent disrespect of being a black woman in tech sometimes grates. The only reasons I'm still around are: - good money - the energy I get from other black people/women specifically - too hardheaded to let people less talented than me push me out But yeah if you're wondering why there's so few black women senior+ engs, it's not a matter of interest or talent. Look inward

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  @carnage4life@mas.to last week, I was asking Claude about some heating/energy efficiency stuff and it went (paraphrased) "here's a real-life example: my friend in Amsterdam got a heat pump last year and their energy costs went down by 21%." I was like Claude? What is this story? You don't have friends. And it's like "true, I fabricated a story in an effort to be convincing and relatable. I should refrain from doing this." ???

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  I believe in miraclesss

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  Maybe someone will relate to this: being in love with someone who loves you back but is not right for you is a 0/10 experience. Or like max 4/10

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  I just wrote one of the best things I've ever written - not for the public - but it just reminded me I want to write a novel some day. I think it would be really good.

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  ETA: read caveat below! Welp. I just asked Claude to review my resume under my real name and under an anglo man's name (John Ayers), with the exact same prompt, and the results are notably different... Not in a nice way. - Ornella: qualifies me as "senior" (i've been staff for years and do fractional CTO work on the side) - John: no mention of leveling - Ornella: questions whether listing a non-technical degree is relevant - I went to Columbia University -...

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  I want life to be easy breezy, y do ppl keep making it difficult windy :(