Linguistics PhD candidate @ Stanford. syntax + interpretation. she-her.
world of evaluation
Joined January 2020
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NYU A&S linguist @champoll was called for semantics expertise in a Supreme Court deportation case. He led a team from @Stanford and @ucdavis reviewing an immigration statute where the words “not” and “or” combine for “a textbook case of ambiguity.” as.nyu.edu/nyu-as/as/feature…
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How much of my life have I spent turning article/book Bibtex entries into incollection entries and how do I get that time back 😥
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Real cancel culture is getting locked up for a petty drug case, being too poor to get lawyer, having your public defender convince you to agree to a felony. Then society tell you where you can live, whether or not you can vote & what jobs you can hold for the rest of your life.
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Have your own photos of the hazy, orange sky from around the Bay Area this morning? Share them in the comments below or tag us in your tweets:
The Bay Area woke up to foreboding, smoke-choked skies this morning. Here’s why: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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My biggest regret as a 1st year grad student was pretending to say I knew X when I didn't really. Learning to say "No, tell me about X" became a gateway for (1) learning stuff, (2) getting to know a person, and (3) learning how to say no in other areas of my life.
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when I'm making plans:
"I'm down" - yes
"I'd be down" - I'm not down, but if I must be down I will be.
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Linguistic apartheid unveiled. An indispensable step to make #BlackLivesMatter . Thank you Sharese King & Katherine @K_Kinzler @UChicago. Op-Ed in @LAtimes : Bias against African American English speakers is a pillar of systemic racism latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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One of my research topics in grad school was fairness, accountability and transparency (FAT) in NLP systems. I've kept up with the literature.
Here's a quick thread of papers I'd recommend reading on the topic if you want to get up to speed.
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It’s time to unlearn the culture of policing. Policing people’s disabilities, policing people’s gender, policing people’s sexuality, policing people’s AAVE, policing people’s everything. It’s time to unlearn that. It’s time to dismantle that socialization.
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Anissa Zaitsu retweeted
hey a good way to tell if a proposed piece of policy is hollow and performative is if a ton of corporations support it
Anissa Zaitsu retweeted
Many things, but defunding police must be paired with a redistribution of those funds into things that benefit everyone & actually prevent harm (healthcare, social services, education). Folks want to talk about more than that regarding harm. Read this: akpress.org/beyond-survival.…
Anissa Zaitsu retweeted
UCSC grad students are fighting to have their labor rights acknowledged. I strongly urge the president of the UC system to stop threatening them, especially immigrant students, for organizing. I stand with @payusmoreucsc
npr.org/2020/02/15/806282721…
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Faculty stand in solidarity with graduate students at the base of campus on the third day of the full teaching strike. #UCSCstrike #UCSC
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Intense day 3 @ the picket. 4hr stand off w/ 100+ cops, 17 students arrested. #ucscstrike is a peaceful protest, yet @UCSC brings extra cops from out of town instead of meeting students’ demands for a living wage #cola4all
youtu.be/-_17xLsLzjQ
Anissa Zaitsu retweeted
I’m a PhD student & TA at @ucsc — I’ve been fighting alongside my colleagues for a COLA to afford the cost of rent here.
Recently, the UC’s switched payroll systems. I should’ve been paid on the 31st, but wasn’t. I’m now two days late on rent.
I’m ready to walkout on the 10th.
