Ellen Spertus
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Ellen Spertus
@ellenspertus.bsky.social
Computer science professor at #Khoury College of Computer Science at #NortheasternUniversity, formerly Mills College #Google #AppInventor #Mozilla #Code.org #MIT #Microsoft. #CSed #feminist #SanFrancisco #Oakland
Julia Evans is great, but I need something that starts with pwd and is free.
July 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I found it too depressing to read in the current political environment. I loved her book I loved her book on the Great as Migration.
May 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I found it too depressing to finish in the current political environment. I loved her book about the great migration.
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My favorite part of the article:

[Researcher Jacob] Glanville figured that a person who'd been repeatedly exposed to lots of different venoms might have human antibodies that could target such a site to interfere with the toxins. "I was calling vivariums hoping for a clumsy snake researcher."
May 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Where you at today's protest in the Castro? I didn't see you but maybe that's just because you didn't speak.
April 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@ianmmacintyre.bsky.social Thanks for including your Bluesky handle, although the link in the article goes to a nonexistent Twitter account. www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/cana...
Canada places 200% tariff on little Canadian flags Americans wear while travelling
OTTAWA – As US President Trump’s unilaterally-launched trade war continues, Canadians have struck back with counter-tariffs on a valued American item: the little Canadian flag patches Americans put on...
www.thebeaverton.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
To be clear, this is satire, which means it won't be true for several months.
March 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I would add defunding universities to abuses of power that should not be done in our name.
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by Ellen Spertus
March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM