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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/11/2023

In favor of a ceasefire: Democratic voters 80% House Democrats 8% Republican voters 56% House Republicans 0% All voters 66% All House members 4% Chart by @stephensemler.bsky.social

Most voters want a ceasefire, but hardly anyone in Congress supports one. This chart shows the percent in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza. Among Democratic voters, 80 percent; House Democrats, 8 percent. Republican voters, 56 percent; House Republicans, 0 percent. All voters, 66 percent; all House members, 4 percent. Data comes from House Resolution 786 and an October 20, 2023 poll from Data for Progress. More at stephensemler.substack.com

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 10/11/2023

The success of book summary services, like Blinkist, rides on the fact that... 1. Many books are fluff that actually fit better in a short, bulleted format. 2. It makes us _feel_ like we're learning, assuaging our anxiety-driven push for intellectual output & productivity,

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 10/11/2023

A lot of "cringe" is people trying to police others behavior because they lack the courage to be their authentic & vulnerable selves, and it's easier to poke at others as an ego defense. It's also the trivialization of a deeper issue: shame.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 04/11/2023

Billion dollar AI idea: When you open the selfie camera to that super unflattering angle that makes you wince, it auto translates it to your best angle. 🥴🤳 ➡️ 💄💁‍♀️🤳

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 03/11/2023

Instead, he challenges them on the conceptual grounds of their argument: He argues that poverty is in fact a lack of freedom. Cohen claims money is an INUS condition for freedom & illustrates this using a hypothetical society with "access tickets" to various goods & services.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 03/11/2023

I wrote a section-by-section summary of G.A. Cohen's "Freedom and Money". (Like a normal person.) Cohen criticizes liberal Rawls & Berlin for ceding to right-wing political philosophers by agreeing with the premise that lack of money is to suffer simply lack of means & not interference of freedom.

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Alexandria Thylane Rohn

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🪴 Plantpunkx🪴 @plantpunkx.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

W fit of the weekend! 🍕🐀

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 29/10/2023

Lmao this got flagged as suggestive. What kind of place is this? I had hopes for Bluesky but I'm tired of every other photo of mine getting flagged in some way. 🙄

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 26/10/2023

Btw, y'all noticing the nice, single-stall, full-privacy gender-neutral bathrooms being installed as social mores around gender evolve? On behalf of trans people: You're welcome. 💩😌

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 24/10/2023

New cardio + core workout just dropped 🏃‍♀️🤩🥵🙌

Simple 45 minute, cardio+core gym routine
* This is a one week (four-day) workout routine that focuses on cardio and core.
* Every day starts with a 10 minute warm up and end with a 10 minute cooldown.
* The main part of the routine is just 25 minutes, during which you’ll move quickly and safely between exercises to maintain an elevated heart rate.

Warmup and cooldown
* Light jog (Heart rate zone 2 or 3) (5 minutes)
* Stretch (5 minutes)

Monday and Friday (Or, Day 1 and 4)
* Run / cycle / elliptical (Heart rate zone 3) (5 minutes)
* Lunges (Try to perform with weights) (10 minutes)
* Glute bridge (Try to perform with weights) (10 minutes)

Tuesday (Or, Day 2)
* Run / cycle / elliptical (Heart rate zone 3 or 4) (25 minutes)

Thursday (Or, Day 3)
* Run / cycle / elliptical (Heart rate zone 4 or 5) (5 minutes)
* 1 minute plank (2x) (4 minutes)
* Crunches (2x) (4 minutes)
* Kneeling cable crunch (3x) (Prefer high weight with low repetitions) (6 minutes)
* Medicine ball twist (3x) (6 minu

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 15/10/2023

Locke’s Second Treatise on Government has become a foundational text in liberalism and has shaped Western governance and individual rights. Chapter. V. Of Property focuses on property rights and has had major influence on the development of capitalism and private ownership.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 15/10/2023

Locke includes two provisos: First, that “there is enough, and as good, left in common for others.” And second, that the person uses the resource before it spoils.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 15/10/2023

I wrote a simplified, section-by-section summary of "Chapter. V. Of Property" from John Locke's "Second Treatise Of Government". Locke argues that people come to acquire property rights by “mixing their labour” with natural resources.

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John Locke on Property

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 08/10/2023

“If people didn’t have to work they would just be lazy and do nothing!” Meanwhile: Every year people lose their minds in that weird, single dead week between Christmas and New Year’s.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 04/10/2023

Had to authenticate the app, enter the 2fa security code, and solve a captcha just so I can rotate my smart fan 20 degrees without getting out of bed. The future is now.

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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

Techbro: Magic Eight Ball, are you sentient? Magic Eight Ball: Signs point to yes Techbro: OH MY GOD

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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

I made another page about Privacy on here, not exhaustive, but a good intro, I think :)

Intro to Bluesky privacy:

(drawing of unlocked padlock)
1. Your Bluesky acct is PUBLIC (as of yet there is NO priovate option)

2. There are NO private messages (drawing of letters "DM" with no sign through them)

(drawing of round face behind brick wall)
3. Blocks are PUBLIC (people aren't notified when you block them, but your block list info is available for public search)
(drawing of snake tempting round face person saying "yesss look up who blocked you")

(drawing of round face with fingers in ears)
4. Mutes are Private
but...
5. Mute Lists are PUBLIC
you can follow others' mute lists and/or make your own by going to Moderation --> Mute Lists

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 10/08/2023

I'm a big advocate for gender affirming care— including medically. Which is why I support cis men seeking things like Rogaine, Viagra, & testosterone replacement therapy.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 04/08/2023

V attractive young woman on TikTok making "humorous" video about her insecurities around negative canthal tilt and top search on video is "what is negative canthal tilt"— unlocking a new insecurity for a whole cohort of young women. 🫠

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 31/07/2023

Sometimes I get upset I don't have like an extra stomach so I can keep enjoying, y'know?

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 29/07/2023

Barbie movie was great! I'm a fan of Greta Gerwig. It explored feminism, capitalism, toxic masculinity, womanhood contradictions, and life's purpose. Hari Nef as trans Barbie was lovely & not tokenized. But I do also wish for a more _conspicuously visible_ trans character. And how about trans men?

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 23/07/2023

if you're trans, but can pass as your assigned gender at birth in most interactions, and a trans woman is like "hey what you're doing is shitty for trans people," consider saying something other than "I'm trans too!"

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 13/07/2023

- The 2010s was a great time for the likes of Uber, Lyft & other loss-making companies. However, going forward I don’t think the market will be as supportive of unprofitability. - “Boring”, "traditional" companies (banks, pharma, govt, etc.) have proved more secure.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 13/07/2023

- In the months since last November, Big Tech (AMZN, META, GOOG, MSFT) has seen around 71,000 people let go. - I’d estimate 20-40% of cuts at Big Tech were SWEs, so between 14,000-28,000 SWEs. - This group’s compensation expectations will likely need to adjust.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 13/07/2023

- Hiring has cooled in Big Tech and at VC-funded startups. - Salaries are flat, while equity allocation to venture-funded companies is falling. - Venture funding is reducing, companies backed by VC capital can no longer afford to compete as aggressively with Big Tech compensation.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 13/07/2023

New grads’ salaries in the US? - Until 2022, all looked good, with starting base salaries slowly increasing to nearly $130,000. But then in January 2023, starting salaries dropped to a low of $105,000. - Perhaps promising, a new cohort is job searching & finding recovering comp.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 13/07/2023

- Downward pressure on compensation at top of the market impacts the rest of the industry. - Microsoft & Netflix had no raises. - Some tier 2 & 3 companies have surprisingly increased comp. (Shopify, HubSpot) - Total comp at Tier 3 publicly traded companies fell due to downward stock price.

The trimodal nature of tech compensation. Tier 3 compensation changes greatly impact the rest of the market.

Tier 1 has most positions and lowest comp.
Tier 2 has less positions and middle comp.
Tier 3 has less positions and highest comp.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 13/07/2023

State of the tech market in 2023 🧵 - Venture funding is getting smaller. Without VC, companies grow more slowly. - Based on funds raised now, the future volume of tech vc looks like it will be much smaller than in 2020-22. - In contrast, AI is receiving lots of funding.

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The State of the Tech Market in 2023

Reflecting on the tech market from compensation, VC funding and RTO dimensions. What are the fundamental shifts happening that we’ve not seen in more than a decade?

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 11/07/2023

On the disposability, precarity, & abuse of trans fems. Always a great read.

The diversity-centric system expects more jobs to fix the problem, ignoring how long we've been damaged and made unfit for their jobs. They encourage the Strong Woman stereotype because it means taking the damage onto ourselves. We need more than jobs; we need social reintegration.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 10/07/2023

Why do I have to be a part time economist, psychologist, & political scientist to survive this world? 😮‍💨

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 06/07/2023

I can understand using Twitter because there’s pre-existing community & it was a special product for its time. But with alternatives like Bluesky, Mastadon, etc that are just as capable, there’s not a meaningful reason to use Threads.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 06/07/2023

Why are people, particularly those who are Twitter refugees & self proclaimed politically left, checking out Threads when it’s owned by an arguably worse company?

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 04/07/2023

This got flagged as "sexually suggestive." What? I'm doing the hard work of trying to celebrate, love my body. The poses themselves are both clearly non-sexual. Get over yourselves.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 03/07/2023

We all have the desire to be noticed and for many it’s easier to troll other people’s posts because they don’t have the insight or charisma to garner followers. But to their dismay, no one is entitled to someone’s time & attention.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 28/06/2023

Good day! 😊 Remember to drink plenty of water, take full breaths, & release the tension in your jaw & neck. Proud of you for making it this far. Whether it be getting out of bed, a big professional accomplishment, or personal growth. ❤️❤️❤️

Alexandria sat down and looking softly into the camera. An orange mood lighting is cast.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 25/06/2023

Pride 2023 in NYC. Healing is a journey but trying day by day to love & celebrate myself. 🏳️‍⚧️✊💕

Alexandria posed in the gritty and graffiti night streets of NYC. She’s wearing black boots, a black skirt, and a pink lace bra, and choker.

Alexandria looking over her shoulder in a crowd wearing a pink lace bra, choker, and metal mace necklace.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 17/06/2023

Heaven is having cute lil weekend tea & brunch moments.

Alexandria sipping a mug of tea & smiling. She’s wearing a fuchsia t shirt and skull calavera earrings.

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Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️ @alexandriathylane.com · 16/06/2023

130k - 260k trans people have already moved states! An additional 1.3 million are considering moving. Anti-LGBT legislation & the concomitant emboldened bigotry are spiking. This is a state of emergency for trans people, particularly in red states.

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US Internal Refugee Crisis: 130-260k Trans People Have Already Fled

A growing refugee crisis is occurring in the United States, and it is getting very little coverage. I highlight the growing migration crisis, the people fleeing, and the laws they are fleeing from.

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