Last year, I wrote a post about my intentions for 2018. They were exceedingly optimistic, particularly given how much work I had to do in 2018 for safety and healing, but it was a well-intentioned effort nevertheless. What I learned from it is that I need to be more specific and set more concrete plans. ...
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Last year, I wrote a post to try to hold myself accountable for self-improvement goals in 2018. I thought 2018 might be a better year, and in a lot of ways it was, but I was perhaps not prepared for how hard it would be. I did a lot of great things this year, and I missed some goals, too. So, to prepare for next year, let’s have a look back at what 2018 held for me, and then in a later post I’ll look ahead for what goals I want to set for myself. ...
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— currently reading —
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Susan Sontag
You can't go home again
Thomas Wolfe
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— projects —
I am an advisory board member of the Advancing Data Justice project, a collaboration between the Alan Turing Institute, the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), and individuals and communities across the globe.
Youth Equity and Sexuality Lab
I advise the Youth Equity and Sexuality Lab at Suffolk University, a research lab focused on promoting positive adolescent and young adult sexuality development; preventing sexual violence; and fighting fascism, cis-hetero-patriarchy, and white supremacy.
A study of the daily lives of violent far-right actors using court records to peer inside their living spaces.
A people’s history of the removal of statues honoring racists, slave owners, and colonizers, largely during the Uprising in the Summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.
I am an advisory board member of The Prosecution Project, a data-driven project studying the patterns of prosecution of extremism, terrorism, and political violence.
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— key technologies —
python
Comfortable with many architectures and frameworks.
Azure
I can set up most services with IaC and understand the basic concepts to a practical degree.
AZ-900, DP-900
Apache Airflow
Can build complex dags and optimize workflows, familiar with metadata model.
F#
denotes recent progress. For a more complete overview, see my CV.
— languages —
English
American, Mother Tongue
Deutsch
Can engage in daily conversation.
B2 Zertifikat 2022 (Goethe Institut)
Español
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