Chief Technology Correspondent for @Axios; former Senior Editor at Recode. Huge softball, hockey, basketball fan. she/her 🏳️‍⚧️
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Dear Facebook:
We've received your request to change your name. However, due to our real names policy, you will first need to fax us a copy of your court order and new driver's license....
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New: Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman
Its biggest partner, one who has invested billions in the company, learned a minute before the rest of the world, a person familiar with the matter tells @axios.
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Equifax is offering a free copy of my credit report. Of course, apparently it was already offering a free copy of my credit report.
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Open letter:
I love my trans sisters and brothers and my non-binary siblings. I don’t believe their existence, identities, access to housing, employment or medical care should be a matter of debate.
(Feel free to co-sign. It’s that little button marked retweet)
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This takes a bit of work but you will make a lot of folks happy. oh wait, it actually wasn’t that hard.
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I dedicate tonight to Fischer Wells, the only known transgender girl playing secondary school sports in the state of Kentucky. They passed a whole bill to keep one girl, Fischer Wells, off her middle school field hockey team. #imwithfischer
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Exclusive: Apple is pausing all advertising on X, formerly Twitter
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Of note, @Twitter isn't just mandating employees work from home. It is also
-paying hourly workers
-paying costs to set up home office
-paying for additional child care needed as traditional child care options close
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PSA: If you are a trans or nonbinary person (or a massive corporation) looking to change your name or gender on legal documents, the @TransLawCenter has resources for you here.
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It’s been a rough time for trans and nonbinary youth. I wanted to find a way to show them support and #letters4transkids was what I came up with. I hope you will join me by posting a message of encouragement to these amazing young people and tagging it #letters4transkids (1/7)
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More than 400,000 people tuned into Twitch on Tuesday to watch @AOC and @IlhanMN battle it out at Among Us as part of a GOTV effort. axios.com/aoc-ilhan-omar-dra…
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Don’t think of it as an ouster. Think of it as a community-adjusted executive team.
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Big Scoop: The Warriors fan who shoved Raptors' Kyle Lowery is a part owner, multiple sources confirmed to Axios. axios.com/scoop-warriors-fan…
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So, if Germany and the U.S. tie and Portugal beats Ghana than the San Jose Sharks will still have blown a 3-0 lead in the playoffs.
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This is why trans adults are fighting for trans kids.
We made it & we know lots of people who didn’t. We’ve seen it can be better. We’ve seen how kids can thrive & now people want the next generation to go backward. That’s it. That’s the whole plan.
And we won’t stand for it.
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So many trans people go through so much just to be who they are. I am so tired of rich celebrities using our pain as a punch line and/or (but usually and) to deal with their own insecurities.
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Well you could leave it up to each hardware maker to decide. But then people would complain about burger fragmentation.
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.@karaswisher asking @PeteButtigieg about threats to marriage equality. "Are you scared for your family?"
@PeteButtigieg: "Of course. Are you?
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Every day brings a fresh heartache. Every day my trans and non-binary siblings in some state lose some inalienable right. A fundamental right that was nonetheless put up for debate and vote. A right that they need to be safe, a right that helped them feel more fully themselves.
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Scoop: Meta won't offer future multimodal AI models in EU, citing regulatory uncertainty. axios.com/2024/07/17/meta-fu…
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Huge applause for Imane Khelif and whistles and boos for Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori from the large pro-Algeria crowd.
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Twitter exec on stage talking about how it will use AMD’s EPYC 2 processors in the data center.
Also not for nothing, it’s two women in tech on stage talking about their tech, not being women in tech.
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Twitter tells me Steve Bannon’s War Room Pandemic account has been “permanently suspended” for violating its rules on glorification of violence.
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Clarification for @X - is writing someone’s name if they use a pseudonym or some other name against your terms of service as private information. If so, will that be enforced against all users?
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Most accurate gender reveal ever. You won’t know for awhile. Just enjoy getting to know the kid in all their beauty and complexity.
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Human biology is complicated. It can’t be easily defined in a binary nor explained in 280 characters.
Combine that with conflation of intersex and trans issues, mix in mis and disinformation and the result is the mess unfolding in Paris
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As some of you know (and all of you now). I’m headed to Tokyo to cover the Olympics for Axios. It’s been surreal just planning for this but I am extremely excited for the adventure and look forward to sharing lots here and on axios.com
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So twitter really won’t let you read this link to an outside story that is critical of twitter. Say it ain’t so? mediaite.com/opinion/what-el…
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Came back from #ces2019 with the flu. The doctor said it should last into next week, ensuring it’s impact will be felt longer than 99.9% of products introduced in Las Vegas.
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Once again the @USWNT begins the game taking a knee, along with the New Zealand squad in support for racial justice.
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New @axios from #Paris2024
Imane Khelif endures a global firestorm, wins gold in Paris
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Breaking — Twitter announces plan to split itself in four: Golden Globes Twitter, NFL Twitter, CES Twitter and Trump Twitter
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Update: Facebook bans Trump from posting for 24 hours axios.com/facebook-bans-trum…
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To the trans and non-binary youth having a hard time because they found out one of their favorite authors created an entire fictional universe but doesn’t have space for them, I feel you. But you are real and valid. I love you more than Harry, Hermione, Neville and Ron combined.
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Yesterday Anna Luca Hamori posted vicious memes insulting Imane Khelif, comparing her to something less than human. (The posts were later deleted amid a complaint from the Algerian Olympic Committee)
After her fight, Hamori spoke to reporters and thanked her family and friends for the support she has received. I twice asked if she regretted her social media posts. She chose not to answer.
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Breaking: IBM is exiting the face recognition business axios.com/ibm-is-exiting-the… tip @techmeme
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As my final post with a blue check, I send this message of love to all my trans and non-binary siblings and some words of hope for all my fellow human beings on this #TransDayofVisability #TDOV2023
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Apple CEO @tim_cook says "Hate is a cancer" and pledges $2 million to @splc and @adl axios.com/tim-cook-hate-is-a…
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30 years ago I didn’t know the word transgender. axios.com/biden-joint-addres…
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Starting this quarter I will no longer be making a separate iPhone, iPad and iMac joke on Apple earnings day, but will instead offer generic hardware joke as well as humor services.
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Seeing reports that WeWork has delayed its IPO until at least October, or community-adjusted September as it is known internally.
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More @Kasparov63 at #TED2022 "this is not chess, but sometimes things are black and white. ... It's win or lose and so we must fight."
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Writers are the most creative people I know. It's amazing how many things we can think of to do when we are supposed to be writing.
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A beaming Imane Khelif spoke to reporters in Arabic for a couple minutes. But you didn’t have to speak Arabic to understand the pride and joy.
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Breaking: Microsoft says Labor Dept. is querying whether the software maker's commitment to boosting Black representation in ranks and leadership constitutes unlawful racial discrimination by a government contractor.
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tip @Techmeme
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Man @TheDailyShow Trevor Noah defense of trans kids was truly beautiful.
They need us all -trans and not - to speak up for them and their rights to be who they are.
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Twitter removes Trump's tweets amid violence axios.com/twitter-removes-tr…
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A whole group of legislators got together and passed a bill to kick one girl, Fischer Wells, off the field hockey team SHE started. #imwithfischer #letters4transkids
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They told me they started with the Mac because they prioritized where their users are (ouch)
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Just sending a hug to all my trans and non-binary siblings who have started pride month by seeing their identities demeaned, their humanity assaulted and their rights and safety under further attack.
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At a time when nobody thought to create semiconductors in such a manner, @lynnconway did. And then she literally wrote the book that would inspire generations of chip designers.
At a time when few people transitioned, Lynn Conway did so, even though it she lost both family relationships and her job in the process .
And in our time, when some would pit the pursuit of transgender rights against the cause of women's equity in fields where they are underrepresented, Lynn Conway fought for both.
Throughout her life, Lynn Conway was known to question everything except the fierce love and sense of moral justice with which she lived her life.
Though she died this past weekend, her legacy lives on, with a place inside that smartphone you are carrying, in the brains of so many in the tech industry and in the hearts of even more people.
Thank you Lynn Conway. I wish I had gotten to meet you in person, but I am grateful for the words you shared with me and the love you spread in the world.
I wrote a story for Axios here.
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So @BillGates set up an Ebola clinic at #TED2015 and I got to pretend to be a aid worker recode.net/2015/03/18/inside…
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Lots of folks are saying this isn't really an apology. As I note she said she was involved in YouTube's handling and agreed with its decisions. This was an "I'm sorry you were offended" apology, not a "We made the wrong decision and I'm sorry" apology.
Live: YouTube CEO apologizes to LGBTQ community at #codecon - However, she defended the company's decision process in thee Steven Crowder/Carlos Maza saga axios.com/youtube-ceo-code-c…
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There are a bunch of reasons I don’t love embargoes. 1) They often don’t serve original intent: allowing reporters time to report on a complex subject before writing. 2) one person often messes it up for everyone. I try really hard not to be that person. Today I was. Sorry to all
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Reminder, since some seem confused today. Me being a trans woman doesn’t erase anyone else’s lived reality. My reality is different from other women, but all women’s realities differ from one another along so many ways, race, religion, ability class, and so many more.
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I’ll start:
Hey there,
I know it can be hard some times — really hard. It’s tough enough to figure out who you are inside. And then you have figure out what to do with that knowledge and how to make your way in a world that isn’t always so kind. (3/7) #letters4transkids
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Sending a huge hug to each of my trans & nonbinary siblings after another heartbreaking day that saw kids’ opportunities for a happy, healthy childhood diminished, the dignity of our community denied & our safety diminished.
I proudly stand with you and for you every day. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️
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Oh. And Fischer Wells, she started that field hockey team. #imwithfischer #letters4transkids
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One of my favorite things is being able to be in the media, visibly and audibly trans, as an expert in my field and not just for being transgender, though I am proudly trans. Happy #TransDayOfVisibility2019 to all my trans and non-binary siblings!
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Massachusetts votes to uphold civil rights of transgender people axios.com/massachusetts-tran…
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I was today years old when I learned this trick for foisting the end bread on your kid. Flip the bread over. Put the PB and J on the end part and then cut the crusts off because you are a good mom who would never give your kid crust.
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First talk of #TED2016 is available -- and its a good one @shondarhimes on finding, losing and re-finding her "hum"
Shonda Rhimes' TED Talk is up online now! The first from #TED2016: ted.com/talks/shonda_rhimes_… @shondarhimes
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Transphobia is so ingrained in their coverage they are literally issuing a clarification that their story wasn’t transphobic because they didn’t have the opportunity.
The BBC has confirmed the following:
"We can clarify that Brain of Britain's list of women finalists included a trans woman, a detail which was not made available to the Woman's Hour team when they covered the story."
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Listening to the most awesome #TED2016 talk on procrastination. I'll tell you all about it. Later.
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