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🎓→👩🏻💻 Left academia for tech 10 years ago
🏗️ Built data teams from the ground up
💁🏻♀️ Hired and mentored awesome data scientists
🏆 Championed ethical data practices
🌈🎉 LIVING the change I want to see in the tech industry
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
Immediately after the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II's death, visits to @Wikipedia skyrocketed, reaching 929,000 views per minute. In all, there were 551 million pageviews to Wikipedia on 8 Sept.—the second-highest number of views on a single day this year (27 Feb. is first).
You know things are messed up when you hear @kairyssdal blandly say, "that's the normal pattern after mass shootings.
Plot twist! @FedEx actually delivered the package today AND rang the doorbell.
But they left the package on the sidewalk. I ran down immediately to grab it.
Delivery date is still marked as yesterday, of course.
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
Embrace the silly - and the POCKETS!
The Ponderosa Pants are available on Kickstarter *right now* and come in women's sizes 14-24, in Mountain and River fit styles, in Sage Green or Slate Gray!
Help spread the word by sharing this video and our link 🙌🏽
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This. I've been hearing it from my colleagues and feeling it myself. I miss random social connections and serendipitous moments that spark inspiration. theglobeandmail.com/business…
This thread! 💖 #WomensHistoryMonth
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"The movie that was number 1 in the box office on your 21st birthday is how your 2021 is going to play out."
Just... No.
ALT The Sum of All Fears CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland.
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
Unreasonable policies are causing unprecented processing delays effectively killing #H4EAD, that you so passionately championed in past, forcing skilled immigrants (mostly women of color) out of jobs
We urge you Madam .@VP for immediate relief to #ResolveH4EADdelays & #SaveH4EAD
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
“I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap
“I can see that,” responds judge
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
Our CEO Katherine Maher will be stepping down in April 2021, capping a seven-year tenure at the Wikimedia Foundation. Here's a few of the enormous things that she and the organization were able to accomplish in that time: wikimediafoundation.org/news…
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
Happy birthday Wikipedia! (You can use the giphy app and type #Wikipedia20 to get awesome gifs like this created just for the celebration)
Happy 20th Birthday @Wikipedia! For years I've come to you for reliable information, and I'm honored to contribute to the movement working toward a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. #Wikipedia20
Kate Zimmerman retweeted
Within roughly two hours and with relatively little dissonance, @Wikipedia editors had a fully updated post for @TheElliotPage, including a redirect. Some back-and-forth about categories, how and where in the entry to recognize his transition, what to include.
My son, age 5: What's natural?
Me: It means it's not made by man.
Son: Or woman?
Me: Yes! Exactly. *glows with pride*