Tracy Chou
@triketora.com
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.
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
'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
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...
fortune.com/2025/02/06/d...
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This is fascinating, as an example of where an AI tool, used properly and carefully, can help people understand things. This is why I get annoyed at the people who insist that there are no positive uses of AI tools. Yes, many use it poorly. But used well, it can be very useful.
A lifetime of strange sensory symptoms finally made sense only when an AI was allowed to think about medicine the way no clinician has time to. My story: markatwood.substack.com/p/the-seven-...
The Seven-Minute Visit Cannot Understand a Human Body
A lifetime of strange sensory symptoms finally made sense only when an AI was allowed to think about medicine the way no clinician has time to.
markatwood.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is fascinating, as an example of where an AI tool, used properly and carefully, can help people understand things. This is why I get annoyed at the people who insist that there are no positive uses of AI tools. Yes, many use it poorly. But used well, it can be very useful.
i am a top 0.1% user on strava in lifetime activities 👀
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
i am a top 0.1% user on strava in lifetime activities 👀
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “The pita bread was warm and toasty, unlike my ex wife’s heart.”
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “The pita bread was warm and toasty, unlike my ex wife’s heart.”
my granola crunched is hysterical but it is 100% unshareable lol
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
my granola crunched is hysterical but it is 100% unshareable lol
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
cookie monster and big bird??
We outside eating pretty patties IRL, y'all come eat cc: @jongraywb.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
cookie monster and big bird??
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slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved
the breakdown of sources for jaggedness is a good framework for thinking about jobs that won’t be automated away by ai in the near future
This blog post by Helen Toner (well-known by some for a stint on the OpenAI board) is *really really* interesting because it is the first thing I've read by someone in Frontier AI that starts to get to grips with sociotechnical concerns open.substack.com/pub/helenton...
Taking Jaggedness Seriously
Why we should expect AI capabilities to keep being extremely uneven, and why that matters
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the breakdown of sources for jaggedness is a good framework for thinking about jobs that won’t be automated away by ai in the near future
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
so painfully sf (spotted in noe valley)
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
so painfully sf (spotted in noe valley)
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none of this is news but wow does america hate working mothers
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
none of this is news but wow does america hate working mothers
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This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
what should i do with my newfound blue check glory
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
what should i do with my newfound blue check glory
a former colleague put some of our team's critical systems on airtable and now it's too much work to migrate off but i seriously hate airtable every time i use it 😭
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
a former colleague put some of our team's critical systems on airtable and now it's too much work to migrate off but i seriously hate airtable every time i use it 😭
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For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
For the first time ever, I had to make a payment in crypto.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
I can now confidently say that crypto payments combine the speed of a dial up modem and the ease of updating the drivers on a 1998 HP Laserjet printer.
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Larry Summers is on the board of OpenAI
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Larry Summers is on the board of OpenAI
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We'd have less fascism if more guys got knocked the fuck out early in life for stuff like this until they dropped the habit
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We'd have less fascism if more guys got knocked the fuck out early in life for stuff like this until they dropped the habit
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.