Theresa O’Connor

index for /2020/06

@hober: RT @ziwe: there are two americas: one fights for black lives and the other fights for brunch https://t.co/TFNsKghfmR
@hober: RT @mrdaveyd: I gotta be honest the worst looting I've ever seen take place happened a few weeks ago when corporations collected over 500 b…
@hober: RT @mirandayaver: You know, I always wanted to know what it would be like to simultaneously experience the Spanish flu, Great Depression, a…
@hober: RT @willwilkinson: Police across the country seem to be willfully inciting violence, effectively rioting against public demands to hold the…
@hober: Thread. https://t.co/Ls8IqUqTQ8
@hober: RT @mshannabrooks: That white people think the Civl Rights movement was exclusively Rosa Parks sitting politely and MLK being ~peaceful~ is…
@hober: RT @erynofwales: As much as I love the hope and optimism that the world's various space programs bring to humanity, it is so hard to feel a…
@hober: RT @chrisarvinsf: nancy tung just said she doesn't believe that the officers who killed mario woods or the officers who killed jessica will…
@hober: @WhyEryn I like that you have a family group chat
@hober: RT @jeannakadlec: OH MY GOD WHITE PEOPLE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP RETWEETING POLICE TAKING A KNEE! THOSE SAME OFFICERS GET VIOLENT LIKE AN…
@hober: RT @jeannakadlec: the police are state actors. full stop. if they want to cross the line, they can lay down their weapons, take off the bad…
@hober: RT @FiloSottile: The Apple/Google Exposure Notification API makes it cryptographically impossible to outright list who a person associated…
@hober: RT @dearbhlala: I’m not sure about this ‘rubber bullets aren’t being used as they were intended’ thing because the British army invented th…
@hober: RT @Advil: imagine if they were this prepared for a global pandemic. regardless of skin color, your well being has never been a priority. w…
@hober: RT @JuliaSerano: this weekend there were *scores* of videos of police (often clearly identifiable) acting w/excessive force & abuse, yet I…
@hober: RT @elonjames: There were more than 15 uniformed officers around that car. Firing 2 cops while they all surrounded that car, punctured the…
@hober: RT @iamstephbeatz: I’m an actor who plays a detective on tv. If you currently play a cop? If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of…
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: Fellow white peoples: give money, pay bail, share resources, show up, listen. Don’t black out your social media unless B…
@hober: RT @MsKellyMHayes: I'm not going to stop saying this bc some of y'all need to hear it: Good/bad binaries around protest are about designati…
@hober: Hell yeah. Tear them all down. https://t.co/EI2SQMMc7e
@hober: RT @SchmiegSophie: @CSCtweets84 @griner There are no Nazi glorifying monuments in Germany and yet somehow we manage to remember our history…
@hober: @NYPDShea @NYPDFIRSTDEP @NYPDTransit @NYPDTransport @NYPDHousing @NYPDChiefofDept @NYPDChiefPatrol @NYPDnews @NYPDDetectives @NYPDDCA hiding badge numbers is merely a shameful way to avoid accountability. pretending otherwise is even more shameful.
@hober: RT @rafuzo: I wouldn't call it a celebration, maybe more like a brief respite from bad scenes. But take the positives where you can find th…
@hober: @rafuzo https://t.co/t0NGj6LVeU
@hober: RT @AP: Prosecutors are upgrading the charges against Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck t…
@hober: RT @caraesten: HAPPY PRIDE, bringing it back to its roots I see
@hober: RT @erynofwales: There is still a global pandemic on. Do make your voice heard, but please also remember to take care of your health!
@hober: RT @amyvdh: @erynofwales @hober please do be careful of mentioning where you might have gotten exposed. see: https://t.co/PXNwvkNbiy
@hober: RT @isislovecruft: i’ve been seeing lots of folks in tech reporting being told they’ll be unhireable if they tweet that #BlackLivesMatter.…
@hober: RT @EntirelyAmelia: Cops: People are really mad at us, how do we fix it? Also cops: Let’s try beating the shit out of them?
@hober: RT @willwilkinson: Acting as if internal Times dissent to publishing a transparently dishonest call for an authoritarian crackdown on polit…
@hober: RT @robot_error: @AstroKatie @NYPDShea @NYPDFIRSTDEP @NYPDTransit @NYPDTransport @NYPDHousing @NYPDChiefofDept @NYPDChiefPatrol @NYPDnews @…
@hober: RT @mcclure111: Incidentally, there *is* @greg_doucette's thread of film-documented instances of police brutality during the Floyd protests…
@hober: RT @greg_doucette: To simplify following the criminal justice news of the last 36 hours, I posted a set of 10 links to police brutality vid…
@hober: RT @AOC: Civil liberties protect ourselves from governments using “crises” and “emergencies” as justification to dismantle our rights. Thi…
@hober: RT @chrisarvinsf: MBTA will no longer allow their buses to be used to transport police to protests. let’s do this @sfmta_muni! https://t.co…
@hober: RT @scottheins: This is just one example of why officers kneeling “with” protesters is a sickeningly hollow gesture and photojournalists sh…
@hober: RT @HoarseWisperer: All of the brutality toward protestors caught on video is making pretty clear that abusive officers aren’t afraid of be…
@hober: RT @robinberjon: I am engaging in a virtual walk out from @nytimes today with 300+ other non-editorial coworkers in solidarity with our Bla…
@hober: @robinberjon @nytimes Good on you, Robin. Beers on me next time we see each other.
@hober: RT @Infosec_Taylor: They protect their own. https://t.co/moDDxP1wyc
@hober: RT @jvplive: If you aren’t anti-fascist, what are you?
@hober: RT @abrokentweeter: Every single copaganda show out there needs a two part series finale: The entire cast watches videos of police brutalit…
@hober: RT @goddammitsarah: @Ali_IngNews police resigning because the crimes of their fraternal order were not protected instead of being embarrass…
@hober: @gfrancie It’s an essential resource to have at hand.
@hober: @MariBrighe secure in the streets, anxious in the sheets
@hober: RT @jangelooff: They’re arresting legal observers. (Courtesy @CSMuncyPhoto) https://t.co/o6iSXoUeK9
@hober: RT @NeilLewisJr: Here are some tips on protesting safely in the COVID era, from the Cornell Center for Health Equity https://t.co/fknPPw6uCI
@hober: RT @_nectarine808_: A thread of positive change that is happening because of the protests:
@hober: RT @leftiblog: If cops shoot tear gas at you, that’s “crowd control”, but if you pick it up and throw it back, that’s “assault with a deadl…
@hober: RT @lizhenry: A few hundred people at this tiny neighborhood protest and march. 24th and Sanchez in SF. Lots of little kids #BlackLivesMatt…
@hober: This is a great list of organizations you can be donating to in this time of need. Don't forget to get matching donations from your employer if that's something available to you. Black Lives Matter. https://t.co/uAs24HfsTm
@hober: @coolgrey I've been using Diagrams a lot lately: https://t.co/gmgLpA3NPJ
@hober: RT @albinokid: She has such a powerful voice. Why is she using that voice to die on a hill of transphobia? It is damaging and sad and makes…
@hober: RT @maplecocaine: JK Rowling is a fucking billionaire and she spends a large part of her limited time on the planet being obsessively mad a…
@hober: RT @delaneykingrox: @Esqueer_ @expectproblems @Marvel tell me this isn't a frame perfect image for a cover! https://t.co/beRnWJLcTa
@hober: RT @zenalbatross: the nypd is a massive organization with a huge budget and seemingly endless resources, but even it can’t keep up with doz…
@hober: @caraesten holy shit that is RAD AF
@hober: RT @thisdiegolopez: Cops are straight up like, we’ll fucking kill you if you keep saying that we kill people
@hober: RT @thisdiegolopez: Don’t forget what an extraordinarly low bar the police are failing to pass. Just stop killing black people. What an unb…
@hober: @Journalgirl The first time I even heard of VBS was as a freshman in college. I’m from New England, was raised Catholic, and went to college in the Midwest.
@hober: RT @joncstone: One reason people insist that you use the proper channels to change things is because they have control of the proper channe…
@hober: RT @designmom: I had no idea until last week how over-funded police departments are. I had never seen it talked about. Did you know about t…
@hober: RT @sfmta_muni: And 3. The SFMTA will no longer transport SFPD to anti-police brutality protests.
@hober: @AlixEHarrow all three?
@hober: @gendereveal My skin is so soft now!
@hober: RT @PadmaLakshmi: NONE of the @LMPD officers who murdered Breonna Taylor on March 13th have been fired or charged any crimes. They are all…
@hober: @rmondello alternate suggestions: service, daemon, or server
@hober: RT @ElleArmageddon: Maybe giving famous people a platform for shouting unchallenged bigotry is a bad feature, actually.
@hober: RT @DrRitaIssa: My friend who's not on twitter found James Stephen's grave - the leading abolitionist lawyer who drafted the Slave Trade Ac…
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: That they did this during Pride month, in the midst of a pandemic, on the anniversary of Pulse, while gaslighting us and…
@hober: RT @meakoopa: Today is the anniversary of the Pulse massacre. https://t.co/k77NybRwVd
@hober: RT @transscribe: My updated piece on the Trump administration defining sex according to biology and dumping federal trans health care non-d…
@hober: @NonbinarySaru John Brown. https://t.co/vfVdcwnWnP
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: Tyra Hunter. Go read about what happened to her. And fight with everything you have for Black trans people.
@hober: RT @girlyfriday: I want to state again that as someone who lives on Capitol Hill, and is a five minute walk away from CHAZ, we are not in a…
@hober: @quephird @erynofwales @kirinqueen and I had a cubano pizza at Magpie in Greenfield, MA once. It was delicious, and the pickles were the pièce de résistance.
@hober: RT @AliciaDrayton_: It’s so heartbreaking to know that Breonna Taylors’ mother was told by the police that her baby was at the hospital whe…
@hober: RT @lifeasasleeper: "iT's oUr HeRitAgE" Pokemon Go has lasted longer than the confederacy did and with three times the Americans behind i…
@hober: RT @gothfemme: uh. the wh- THE WHAT? https://t.co/tmyWxR24XJ
@hober: RT @Chr1stinaG: This. https://t.co/RKnvUMjbjB
@hober: RT @Shakeenz: Please donate to and support organizations run by and serving Black trans people: @TheOkraProject @BlackTransMedia @BlkTransT…
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: Jails and prisons are apparatuses of murder.
@hober: RT @robinberjon: This is a very, very good thread about statues. I'm not sure we ever listen to historians quite enough.
@hober: RT @ElleArmageddon: Yes, ripping master/slave terminology out of your stack and documentation is a lot of effort that may not even directly…
@hober: RT @Gingerhazing: Black Trans folks need support more than ever right now. Join me in donating so they can get healthy homecooked meals! ht…
@hober: RT @djbaskin: To make sure nobody shares a photo of you, put a GettyImages® watermark on your face mask. https://t.co/zSCkyic3LV
@hober: RT @SiobhanFTB: I don't know which cisgender woman needs to hear this but I neither need nor intend to ask for your permission to move thro…
@hober: RT @cassettespence: in2 this sign https://t.co/4GDmpgXnVe
@hober: RT @AstroKatie: Christ, the problem is not ANXIETY about the virus the problem is THE VIRUS which is still actively spreading, potentially…
@hober: Same. https://t.co/nQA4XRzPXc
@hober: RT @erynofwales: Everything about “reopening” feels like capitulation to exhaustion and pressure from people who “just want their normal li…
@hober: RT @Tonyhkchow: This is the #BlackTransLivesMatter protest in Brooklyn right now. https://t.co/rl1MrzCHEV
@hober: RT @nkate96: Dr. Angela Davis on the role of the trans and non-binary communities in the fight for the feminist abolition she advocates for…
@hober: way to read the room, scotus https://t.co/EOzF5xDvqR
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: 6 to FUCKING 3.
@hober: RT @SCOTUSblog: #SCOTUS rules that federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: There is a note that it is all 3! https://t.co/OnF7L0Ab1N
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: I genuinely think this is a full win. We fully won. The HHS rule is completely void.
@hober: RT @gkarwasright: @LouisatheLast @servetus @LauraJeanTruman I am a lawyer and Lousia is correct. It was a statutory interpretation case. An…
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: The words that we crafted. And fought for. In the middle of the night. Through so many drafts. Are in this opinion. The…
@hober: RT @lauren_kelley: It’s so sad that Aimee Stephens isn’t alive to see this day. Thank you, Aimee.
@hober: Gorsuch's opinion puts the court solidly on the side of original meaning originalism (v. original intent originalism). The social conservatives who got into bed with libertarian-leaning originalists in the Federalist Society just got burned so, so bad. You love to see it.
@hober: Yet more (welcome!) evidence that Cold War-era fusionism is dead dead dead. To align yourself with the right at this stage in history is to turn your back on liberty. (That this was always the case—that fusionism was always a liberal capitulation to fascism—is a separate point.)
@hober: RT @JenApparently: In other words, Gorsuch's opinion was BROAD ENOUGH for Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, & Breyer to not have to add more in a…
@hober: RT @JenApparently: Put another way, in 2015, the vote was 5-4 in Obergefell (marriage equality). Kennedy was the 5th vote & the most senior…
@hober: RT @carmencitaloves: These photos are breathtaking. I am so proud and so grateful to @fransquishco for granting us permission to turn them…
@hober: RT @IndivisibleSF: Johnson: “She needs to be off the Board. You cannot continue having racist people on your Board, setting an example for…
@hober: RT @OutlivedDixie: the Zune lasted longer than the Confederacy https://t.co/wrs8iWkYMN
@hober: RT @chrisarvinsf: hell yeah i ride BART Board director Allen Resign Tomorrow
@hober: RT @princess_jem4: just a casual reminder that whatever contribution an abuser might have made to their industry, they ruined infinitely mo…
@hober: RT @SmartAssJen: I can’t do another long thread on why this happens. I just can’t. But here’s an essay I wrote about it. Jesus Christ I am…
@hober: RT @caraesten: https://t.co/HqwbXVgwfO
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: Do not let the bare minimum of legal victory lull us into complacency. We must continue to resist and dissent and rise u…
@hober: @quephird Spirited Take-Away Dronebuie
@hober: RT @jensimmons: Are you a web developer / a person with experience writing code in JS, CSS, HTML, etc? Do you have familiarity with pointe…
@hober: RT @EricaJoy: wait. @jack you have people *volunteering* to work on accessibility at twitter instead of having an accessibility team? i'm…
@hober: RT @yashwinacanter: As a NBWOC whose predominantly-white workplace gets a day off tomorrow in commemoration of Juneteenth, I'm gna donate m…
@hober: I’m taking Juneteenth off tomorrow, and I’ll be donating my day’s income to mutual aid efforts. If you’re able, please consider doing the same. Don’t forget your employer’s matching gift, if that’s something available to you. https://t.co/kihGmdExEf
@hober: RT @BR3NDA: This this this. All those thinkpieces on how women never negotiate so it's our fault we are paid less. This is what happens…
@hober: RT @djcapelis: We still do. The people of Wuhan were asked to do everything they could to arrest the spread. We failed to do our part. h…
@hober: RT @Catfish_Man: Hey, anyone want to work with me and a tiny group of nice folks? We finally got an open spot on the Swift Standard Library…
@hober: How am I supposed to choose between Civilization, Street Fighter II, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario World, and Sonic the Hedgehog? https://t.co/7k4KDy17g3
@hober: @bradeeoh https://t.co/qmwFeyAM7Z
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: The United States just weighed in to defend Idaho’s anti-trans law and oppose equal protection for trans people. Four da…
@hober: This is horrifying. https://t.co/pnxGwKtm1J
@hober: My daughter’s teachers had her make a Father’s Day card for me, so I’m doing just great, thanks for asking.
@hober: RT @Lupita_Nyongo: 1. This is Opal Lee, the force behind the movement to make #Juneteenth a national holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, it…
@hober: status update https://t.co/gqUM7bozv8
@hober: RT @RaquelWillis_: The “I Believe in #BlackTransPower” speech has been shared via clips throughout the week, but @mxalyzaenriquez captured…
@hober: RT @lazerwalker: The ways that ML encodes preexisting racial biases in a single image.
@hober: RT @shaun_vids: if the cops shoot someone and then break all the nearby security cameras and illegally confiscate the footage, we are proba…
@hober: RT @PadmaLakshmi: Germany doesn’t have Nazi monuments to “remind” citizens of their history. Instead, they have memorials for the 6 million…
@hober: RT @jensimmons: I still can’t quite believe that this is now where I work. Oh, yup. As of June 1. I’m Apple’s newest Web Technologies Eva…
@hober: @jensimmons So glad we get to work together now. https://t.co/OyqooTCKvR
@hober: RT @rmondello: We desperately need another Voting Rights Act.
@hober: RT @JYSexton: We need to relearn our history, see what actually happened, and how the Confederacy never went away. It was absorbed, hidden…
@hober: Kiddo: “I’m just being shitty.” Me: “What‽” Kiddo: “I’m just being shitty!” Me: *boggles* @kirinqueen: “Erin, are you just being *silly*? Kiddo: “Yeah, I’m just being shitty.”
@hober: @kirinqueen Clearly!
@hober: RT @socialistdogmom: the charlottesville police department is sending MULTIPLE UNITS out nightly in search of these mysterious amateur pyro…
@hober: RT @ellle_em: All right fvck "Millennials" and "Zoomers" and whatever else....the generations are now "People too old for Homestar Runner,"…
@hober: RT @caraesten: there are so many fun things that people think are simple questions but absolutely are not, any general subset of knowledge,…
@hober: RT @LucySuddenly: The only D.A.R.E I've ever pledged myself to https://t.co/qwEUKmcmOJ
@hober: @MagsVisaggs Saavik. She kept her given name—she saw no logic in changing it—which is why it’s of the form SV?CVk and not T’CVC.
@hober: @MagsVisaggs This also explains how she’s constantly misgendered in TWOK (“Take her out, Mr. Saavik.” etc.)
@hober: RT @MiriSuzanne: As far as I can tell: they'll count it right either way, but only offer "another correct solution" when you make specific…
@hober: RT @xeenon: Congrats to the team, @jessieberlin, and @dethbakin on announcing Safari Web Extensions for macOS! If you would like to join t…
@hober: RT @rmondello: And I know a number of you who follow me are going to be interested in Apple’s Web Authentication platform authenticator. Vi…
@hober: RT @EntirelyAmelia: It says a lot about people who think the words “Black Lives Matter” create an unwelcoming environment
@hober: @kefimochi His name is Rusty. https://t.co/7yElvALMrw
@hober: Thread. 🤣 https://t.co/L2vHwF2EU
@hober: RT @othermaciej: Safari 14 supports Safari Web Extensions, a new extensions model that's mostly-compatible with Chrome and Firefox extensio…
@hober: RT @chasestrangio: Access to ID is not available to all. Older ppl, poor ppl, trans ppl, people of color, disabled ppl, are all deterred or…
@hober: RT @katsiegal: The stats I saw while we were building this site are mind-blowing. Close to 50% of the general fund budget in many major CA…
@hober: @JennyVSimile Happened to me too.
@hober: @JennyVSimile My doctor is trans.
@hober: @marcosc @annevk @plinss @domenic https://t.co/xPwpwiUeku
@hober: @divya I'm so glad you came to Apple. <3
@hober: RT @coolgrey: SFMTA looks to makeover Muni Metro when service returns in August by Jerold Chinn https://t.co/rvnN9aOepO
@hober: RT @johnwilander: ITP is enabled by default in all WKWebView apps for the newly announced releases. Apps can't disable it on their own but…
@hober: @firt Correction: the Remote Playback API in Safari works with AppleTV-compatible devices (Apple TV and smart TVs which support AirPlay 2).
@hober: @maxweisel @mertdumenci omg soup @melstonemusic
@hober: @ellle_em Troutdale Oakham
@hober: @OneCharlieG hell yeah! ☺️
@hober: RT @rosyna: UIWebView has been deprecated for longer than the confederacy lasted.
@hober: RT @rmondello: AutoFill is better than ever in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur, with contact card AutoFill on iOS, Security Code AutoFill for Mac…
@hober: @saintknives Tetris. I was in the hospital recovering from an appendectomy when my folks got me one. I basically didn’t stop playing Tetris the rest of my hospital stay.
@hober: My kiddo: “I put sandwiches in my backpack, then I get into my sandwich spaceship and blast off to the sandwich planet!” Me: omg take me with you
@hober: I miss the office. https://t.co/T4jn3w8e6y https://t.co/CsicXPsSbo
@hober: Watching the NC v. Portland game and gosh, I am very gay. https://t.co/TRkMUqqjhm
@hober: @LouisatheLast red velvet cake is bullshit.
@hober: @mgrdcm Cracking toast, Gromit! https://t.co/rDeZ0idQkN
@hober: *homesickness intensifies* https://t.co/EDQu4tHMPv
@hober: RT @mollypriddy: “i won’t wear a mask proven to be effective during a pandemic because it makes me feel like less of a man” is a good examp…
@hober: RT @beeragon: I made a short film about coming out. Happy Pride. Protect Trans kids. https://t.co/5y6xjM8wm0
@hober: @beeragon 😭❤
@hober: RT @thingskatedid: transporters sed 🤝 fucking stuff up in the pattern buffe
@hober: RT @fordm: Pretty cool how we can’t eat indoors at food places right now, but years of anti-homeless urban design mean there’s almost nowhe…
@hober: RT @sailorhg: fuck the confederate flag, fuck confederate monuments. taking them down for sure isn’t the end of white supremacy in the US b…
@hober: RT @jina: Fragile Mask-ulinity
@hober: @erynofwales and I watched Boy Meets Girl last night and it was so, so good. The script is great, @chellehendley is brilliant. I highly recommend watching it! https://t.co/35lnQhY2pJ
@hober: RT @JayHulmePoet: Comparing trans people's requests for rights and dignity with "Nazism" and "book burnings" is not just tasteless and offe…
@hober: @DavidGallagher @DanielTonkovich @jeffreytumlin Yup. Almost every time I walk down Sanchez, I see at least one car drive down it for more than 2 blocks.
@hober: RT @djconnel: @jeffreytumlin You left out: - permanent. I can’t believe how many smiling kids I see riding their bikes on Slow Sanchez.…
@hober: @djconnel @jeffreytumlin Yup. I would love to see some of these slow streets get transformed to be like Cuba St. in Wellington.
@hober: RT @aminashareefali: Data will be like "I know a Spot" then write a flawless and joyless poem about his cat
@hober: Ticks are the most horrifying creatures in existence.
@hober: @erynofwales @slava_pestov My dog got three ticks on our hike today. 😕�
@hober: @zare_k You make a convincing case.
@hober: @maurawils do you remember googlewhacking? trying to find searches that would only have one result?
@hober: @maurawils it was a lot easier back then
@hober: RT @NoContextTrek: https://t.co/C950HqSrih
@hober: RT @mjs_DC: Today's radical Supreme Court decision bulldozes the wall separating of church of state, forcing taxpayers in nearly 30 states…