Kaitlin Thaney  

@kaythaney

ensuring the future of free/open knowledge . also: open advocate, systems nerd, 's partner. in it for the long haul. views my own.

brooklyn, ny.
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Joined March 2009
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  1. Feb 10

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thread👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    I wanna create a thread called . Send a gif that you want to know the backstory to and we'll try to find the original video. First up:
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    Feb 9

    Our Data Bodies is here: Chupadados is here: Fantastic.

    Our Data Bodies and Chupadados are two projects that help marginalized communities understand how data about them is used, highlights . Goal is to give them power over that data.
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    Feb 8

    I’m quoted in this. I think software used to make decisions such as hiring, firing, parole, prison sentences, etc. should be required to be open source.

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    Feb 6

    The things you find in the dictionary.

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    Feb 4

    The campaign wrapped up yesterday. Thanks to so many people for so much kind attention. Over 6500 edits in 22 languages. We crushed the edit numbers from previous years! And, as in every year, I learned so much.

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  6. Feb 6

    Huge thanks for supporting the future of free and open knowledge, ! 🐦🐦🐦

    Yesterday we started an ambitious campaign to get more pigeon pictures on in honor of . Several of you have contributed pigeon pictures. One of you uploaded a picture of a handsome Black-bellied Whistling Duck.
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    Feb 2

    Today we're launching the Web Integrity Project within the to monitor changes to government websites, holding our government accountable by revealing shifts in public information and access to Web resources.

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  8. Feb 5

    This is brilliant. Video director "throttles traffic" in front of the FCC on his bike to protest latest ruling: (HT )

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    Feb 4

    Happy Sunday! Here's a handy guide to determine how caffeinated your owl is, by .

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  11. Feb 4

    Alright non-sportball fans... How are people streaming the greatest event of the year (talking about the PuppyBowl, naturally)? (Really though, ‘s already called Hulu Live and no dice.) Any other ways to stream Animal Planet? 🐶

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    Feb 1

    Even better - when possible, involve people you're working for in the design process.

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    Feb 1

    Seriously, talk to the people you're building stuff for. Why online billing forms often fail for users in Africa.

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    Feb 1

    An industrious day adding citations to backup facts on Wikipedia. Many thanks to all who contributed. Special thanks to and for their enthusiasm. Still 2 days to go! …

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    Jan 31

    As continues, our own interviewed about how she's using librarianship to create a more equitable internet.

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  16. Feb 1

    HT for the link!

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  17. Feb 1

    Just learned about the CHAOSS project, a new-ish effort to explore Community Health Analytics for OSS projects. Initial metrics include project D&I, risk, dependency, and growth/maturity/decline. (cc )

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  18. Jan 31

    join us at March 3rd! ⚡️ 🎨 👩🏻‍💻

    incredibly excited to be moderating 's 5th anniversary and keynote panel with at on march 3rd :)
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    Jan 30

    Be a good person, but don't waste your time trying to prove it

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    Jan 30

    So good from "Data privacy is more like air quality or safe drinking water, a public good that cannot be effectively regulated by trusting in the wisdom of millions of individual choices. A more collective response is needed."

    My latest for the . The Strava debacle shows that individualized "informed consent" is not sufficient for data privacy. Given the complexity, companies cannot fully inform us, and thus we cannot fully consent. Data privacy is more a public good.
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