Author: camilleacey
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Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police Because reform won’t happen. By Mariame Kaba (reprinted without permission from the NYT) Ms. Kaba is an organizer against criminalization.June 12, 2020 Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300 million. But efforts to solve police violence through liberal…
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May 2020 Lead Dev AMA
In case you missed it, here is everything I said in my Lead Dev AMA the other day I had a few questions that would be great to get your thoughts on. You mentioned that ‘Some hands support’ can work well at big and small organisations. Are there any specific use cases where you’ve seen…
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Kollaps und Mutualism
Since the lockdown/”PAUSE” order was issued here in so-called New York nearly a month ago, a group of friends and I have come together to discuss the current collapse/failure of the state and what we radicals might make in and of it. For our first session, we discussed technologist Vinay Gupta‘s concept of resilience maps…
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Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power
“The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of our deepest knowledge.” – Audre Lorde
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Gratitude – December 2019
I can’t believe the year is almost over. What a whirlwind it has been! Before it come to a close, here is some stuff that has given me life in the last month or so…. Interview on Pleasure Activism with adrienne maree and autumn brown I don’t even know where to start. adrienne maree brown…
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Rewrite The Docs at ATO 2019
If you’re here because you saw my talk at All Things Open 2019, thank you!! If you are here just because, thank you too! 🙂 The original blogpost that my talk was based on is here and below are links to some of the organizations I mentioned. The ones that accept donations are indicated with…
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Gratitude: August 2019
Before the month is out, I just want to share a few things that gave me life as of late. The Last Black Man In San Francisco This movie was stunningly beautiful. When I saw the trailer I thought it was going to be sort of the same thing as Barry Jenkins’ Medicine for Melancholy…
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A Few Things to Consider Before Becoming A Remote-Friendly Company
A few years ago when I was at Clubhouse I blogged about our process of becoming a geographically distributed team. In that case, the first stumblings towards global domination were not made to acquire talent but rather in an attempt to retain talent vital to our team (talent = people we really loved working with…
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My DEI Sniff Test
I recently started a fantastic and challenging new job, but before I got here I spent 6 long months carefully job hunting. At this point in my career, I have afforded myself the right to be a lot more picky about where and with whom I work since I spend more waking hours with coworkers…
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Gratitude: May 2019
Before the month ends, I am just sliding in here to share a few things that gave me life this month. Cillian Murphy’s Playlist on BBCRadio 6 Music I completely live for Cillian Murphy. For the past few months, he has been covering for Guy Garvey (of Elbow) on BBC Radio 6 Music. I like…
Camille E. Acey 