Kendra Albert / is on Nostr

Bespoke bullshit and combat epistemology for the right causes.

Non-oblique description: Public interest technology lawyer. Friends and really good sandwiches make me happy.

Last Notes

2024-10-30 16:43:15

If there are folks who are up for fighting the Wikipedia good fight, this biography is super salesy, definitely not NPOV, and suggests that this dude invented web chat customer support, which I am skeptical of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_LoCascio

2024-09-01 12:51:08

Surveillance is everywhere in the modern city.
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2024-07-30 01:27:49

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@npub1rhr…gh5p are you fucking kidding me?!?
also, having seen some of the bs aimed at Kim's account, thank you to both you and Alex for all of your work.

2024-07-23 15:51:28

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@npub1sj9…fzul fair enough! I think the others I can think of have not been known by the offensive name in recent memory - Brazil nuts, for example!

2024-07-23 15:43:12

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@npub1sj9…fzul makrut lime leaves under their previous name!

2024-06-24 15:56:32

Did you know that as an adult, you're allowed to just make raspberry lemonade? https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/05/pink-lemonade/

2024-06-04 13:28:21

Come for the fascinating long read about a scandal in bankruptcy court in Texas, but don't miss the fact that the wife of one of the implicated judges was apparently was deeply transphobic to the reporter, who appears to be a cis dude with a ponytail!?!? https://www.businessinsider.com/conflicts-of-interest-deepen-southern-district-of-texas-bankruptcy-court-2024-5
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2024-04-01 20:12:08

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@npub1wmr…g240 Perhaps you could attend the talk or read the book, and thus find out what Prof. Williams thinks about that argument!

2023-10-26 15:59:59

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@npub1md8…lhh6 I have thought about this a lot! I think the answer is yes! Professors get paid by universities to do research where they are the authors, after all.

2023-10-26 15:50:27

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Would your article be publishable without the RA's contribution? If the answer is no, congrats, they're an author.

2023-10-26 15:46:34

Legal academia hot take: If your research assistant did the research for your article, they should get an authorship credit.

2023-09-27 20:20:12

Instead of a failure list, I should keep a "missed opportunities due to systemic oppression" list, where I keep track of all the things I didn't do because I didn't trust that I would be safe if I did.
[This insight brought to you by a 10 day trip that I just said no to because the organizer's response around "have you thought about non-binary inclusion" was...patronizing and embarrassing, giving me no confidence that I could participate and not get misgendered the entire time.]

2023-09-27 17:17:34

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@npub1vs7…a6g3 subscribed because I found out about it on here! :)

2023-08-26 12:26:14

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@npub14c2…2aqx @npub1ulm…hweg ah yes, the lucrative experience of coming forward as a survivor of sexual coercion 🙄

2023-05-27 14:52:10

Are you just catching up on the bonkers story about the lawyer using ChatGPT for federal court filings? This is a thread for you.