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Thrilled to welcome @catalytic led by @sychou, & Ravi Singh to @pagerduty to bring no code automation for ops and flexible workflows to our customers. #operationscloud pagerduty.com/blog/pagerduty…


Some great guidance from @MargaretValtie here on making it easier for your dev teams to use AWS safely

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Historian of coups and right-wing authoritarians here. If there are not severe consequences for every lawmaker & Trump govt official who backed this, every member of the Capitol Police who collaborated with them, this "strategy of disruption" will escalate in 2021


Support one of the best restaurants in the city AND get delicious wine for a good price. I promise it’ll make what’s left of this shit year slightly better. Do it.

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Electing people who ignore science is deadly.

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In the words of the inestimable Jim Anchower, it's been a while since I rapped at ya, #energytwitter. Today's thread: capital budgeting in the industrial sector and what that means for the (in)efficiency of energy investments in that space.

Apparently, long twitter threads about energy policy issues are popular. I had no idea. But it gives me hope that perhaps we can start to have a more serious and informed debate about energy policy. Taking suggestions for other topics you'd like me to wonk out on.



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You can hear Roger Penrose talk about the early days of black hole theory on the #MindscapePodcast. preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2019/0…


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Market Box has made 4,000 deliveries of fresh food to Woodlawn neighbors in need. Here's how to help them keep it going: buff.ly/3mIKQyR.

BlockClubCHI's tweet image. Market Box has made 4,000 deliveries of fresh food to Woodlawn neighbors in need. Here's how to help them keep it going: buff.ly/3mIKQyR.

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The public relations machine within police departments -- paid for by taxpayers -- has wide influence in shaping the public narrative. Which videos get released by police, and which do not? My latest: latimes.com/california/sto…


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We’re getting hit from all sides! #DefundCPD & get us the resources we need to survive & then thrive! Stop normalizing Black death & suffering! We deserve to live & have happy fulfilling lives period! #GoodKidsMadCity

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More Black people have gone to jail for protesting police murders than the number of police who have actually murdered Black people. And now people are getting killed for protesting police killings


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Excited to present (my first vision paper🥳) "Deformable Style Transfer" at #ECCV2020! DST is a one-shot, geometry-aware style transfer method that works on non-face images. Work with Nick Kolkin, Jason @Salavon and Greg Shakhnarovich @TTIC_Connect @UChicago

sunniesuhyoung's tweet image. Excited to present (my first vision paper🥳) "Deformable Style Transfer" at #ECCV2020! DST is a one-shot, geometry-aware style transfer method that works on non-face images.

Work with Nick Kolkin, Jason @Salavon and Greg Shakhnarovich @TTIC_Connect @UChicago

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Media and politicians respond to riots by saying that more police and prisons are necessary but we know that's never kept us safe. We need to ask how we got here in the first place. Chicago needs resources and investment — not more police. theappeal.org/after-recent-u…

theappeal.org

After Recent Unrest, Chicago Leaders Are Pointing Fingers In All The Wrong Places

In difficult moments like this, we can’t let bad faith attacks set our community back. What our families need are resources and investment, not more police on the streets.


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i crave aeronabs ucsf.edu/news/2020/08/4…


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This is a tragic story. Whole communities are dying as the coal industry dies. But shame on elected officials who could have acted to prevent this and didn't. energynews.us/2020/08/11/wes…


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Chicago officials keep dipping into the accounts of the city's top economic development program - aka TIFs - whenever they want $ for something else. They even talk about a TIF "surplus." The money is supposed to go to neighborhoods needing investment. chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/7/21357…

mickeyd1971's tweet image. Chicago officials keep dipping into the accounts of the city's top economic development program - aka TIFs - whenever they want $ for something else. They even talk about a TIF "surplus."

The money is supposed to go to neighborhoods needing investment.

chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/7/21357…

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Madalena McNeil is accused of buying red paint before a protest. Under aggressive new criminal charges, it could mean she spends the rest of her life in prison. trib.al/OxregyC


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These 68 videos show clear apparent instances of police officers escalating violence during protests. Most departments refused to share details about investigations and discipline or even officers’ names. Here’s what we learned about each case. propub.li/3fsD3At


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Oh, and this tactic of trying to convince white city residents and suburbanites that their city is a hellhole? This isn’t 1960. It won’t work. We love our cities, and care about resolving their problems in meaningful ways. We get that a place can have problems and still be great.


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Please follow this thread about what we’ve been doing to end #GunViolence in #Chicago

Thread: Great question & we don’t have all the answers & would love to know your thoughts too. But it’s two things we’re doing rn on a small scale with limited resources. 1. We’ve been building relationships with foe’em off 51st & getting resources out to their hood.



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