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Tracy Chou

@triketora.com

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founder & ceo @blockpartyapp.com: helping you deep clean your socials and live a better online life harvard bkc affiliate. cofounder project include. early eng at pinterest, quora, usds. stanford bs ee and ms cs. 2022 time woman of the year.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Feb 6

new op-ed on fortune: as an early diversity in tech activist, i reflect on dei in an era where doing dei work or merely voicing support for equity and inclusion can be cause for being fired, harassed, and doxxed.

fortune.com/2025/02/06/d...

'DEI' might be a blip in history—but the value of diversity and inclusion will persist

With diversity, equity, and inclusion under attack, those already in the room should stay there, writes Tracy Chou.

fortune.com

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 1d

I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.

Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 1d

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 8d

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 8d

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

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@SpudBenBean
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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 11d

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 19d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · Sep 23

I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 22

why do so many vcs seem to think ghosting is an acceptable way to do business

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Sep 21

Nice post you got there, it'd be a shame if I deliberately missed your point so I could be tedious about it

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · Sep 20

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world.

10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.

10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.

But that's how it works.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · Sep 20

Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · Sep 20

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · Sep 20

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · Sep 20

Still incredible which one of these guys is viewed by the state as reacting inappropriately.

Kimmel tweet

Instead of the angry finger- pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to
senseless gun violence.

Musk "The left is the party of murder" tweet.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 19

nothing says "we care about your privacy" more than sharing your data with 222 partners

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 17

i love that someone made this video

Tim Krief @timkrief.com · Sep 16

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 16

today’s date is all squares! 9/16/25

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Block Party @blockpartyapp.com · Sep 16

Catch @triketora.com on the latest episode of Stupid Sexy Privacy!

"Block Party's Tracy Chou returns to talk with @bjmendelson.com about the fight against privacy nihilism and how to get the most out of Block Party."

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · Sep 16

NYT attorney David McCraw told Trump lawyers before they sued that their legal claims amounted to "a litany of personal complaints" about the NYT premised on "the deeply troubling notion that anyone who dares to report unfavorable facts about a presidential candidate is engaged in "sabotage"

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 14

this is crazy how did they come up with this i am amazed at modern medicine www.today.com/health/men-s...

Man, 34, Is No Longer Blind After Tooth Is Implanted in Eye in 'Crazy' Surgery

Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.

www.today.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · Sep 14

This is an excellent list of tips. One thing I also do: I use @blockpartyapp.com which walks you through your social media settings to make them safer. I have found it easy to use & helpful. there are lot of settings on a lot of platforms and it’s hard to keep track of them all.

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Sep 13

Right, so this is ol’boy’s real/regular email address, not a burner—he’s written Google Maps reviews with it three years ago. That means he’s used it for lots of other things too.

Which means if Elizabeth wanted to track this guy down it would be piss easy

9/10 trolls SUCK at OSINT

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Sep 13

Today in unhelpful AI suggestions

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 9

i feel like sirens need to shut off automatically if they’ve been going for over 5 minutes nonstop and the vehicle hasn’t gone anywhere

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 9

sexism and misogyny waiting around every corner to pop out and getcha

what the hell kind of poll was this with the men voting her least likely to succeed

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 8

not being able to receive packages at home means i’m visiting amazon locker every day lol

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