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Michael Ball retweeted
13 Feb 2023
The @uaw2865 strike is over but @UCPrezDrake wants to impose the costs of paying workers a living wage on the already strained budgets of campuses and departments. Say no to puntive austerity, sign this letter cucfa.org/2023/02/reject-pun… @uc_faculty @UCAFT @AFSCMELocal3299 @CalYDSA
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Michael Ball retweeted
1 Dec 2022
BART Board just approved my proposal to institute 30 min grace period for $6.40 excursion fare! We'll soon stop penalizing riders who enter a station and don't ride BART, especially when it's due to BART delays.
Thanks @JaniceForBART & staff for working with me all year on this!
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26 Nov 2022
This is awesome. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.
25 Nov 2022
I'm excited to fool around with new ways to write code using blocks!
snap.berkeley.edu/versions/d…
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22 Nov 2022
This makes me sad - but @UCBerkeley and @Berkeley_EECS need to take notice!
We cannot be driving away smart and capable and empathetic instructors from our classes.
22 Nov 2022
Officially handed in my notice to quit my lecturer position at UC Berkeley after the fall semester finishes. It’s been an amazing 2 years, but I’m exhausted, and given that I actually have a main full time job as an ML engineer for an amazing startup already, I just have no time.
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22 Nov 2022
I needed to look at the terms of the Amex Purchase Protection / Extended Warranty agreement.... it excludes insurrections. Though the last updated date was 1/1/2020
...can they predict the future or the actuaries just really ahead of the times?
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Michael Ball retweeted
20 Nov 2022
Long thread on why @UniCalifornia Senate faculty should join the @uc_faculty #UCFacultySolidarity rallies on their campus at noon tomorrow to support #UAWonStrike #FairUCNow @uaw2865 @sruuaw @UAW5810
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Michael Ball retweeted
21 Nov 2022
Okay, this is an absolutely horrible idea.
20 Nov 2022
Universities are partnering with sports betting companies to introduce students and fans to online gambling — and reaping millions of dollars in fees. nyti.ms/3TT0bvV
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20 Nov 2022
Quite possibly the most organized the Stanford Band has been! This was cool!
What a beautiful showing of solidarity from @lsjumb during halftime at the Big Game!
Students across California know that fair working conditions make better learning conditions. We will not be divided! #UAWonStrike
ALT A photo of the Cal football field with Stanford band members forming the letters UAW with their bodies on the field. Behind them is a giant crowd in the stadium. They are wearing many colors.
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20 Nov 2022
This! There was lots of pre-complaining but I found it pretty good for BART especially.
Will be extremely useful for Mission Bay to East Bay commuting!
19 Nov 2022
The public art is 💯. And the walk between the Union Square station to the Powell Bart and Muni connections was a lot shorter than I expected.
19 Nov 2022
San Francisco finally has a subway line to China Town!!
Exiciting to see so many people want to check it out… but really @SFMTA_Muni no cell service in brand new tunnels?!
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Michael Ball retweeted
16 Nov 2022
If I ran the CS major (and I never will) students would be required to balance tech courses with humanities 50/50. And only 4 courses per semester. Theyd know less math/physics/cs and thatd be fine.
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Michael Ball retweeted
15 Nov 2022
OK, so I have a few hundred followers across Mastodon instances, what's the best way to converge them? Pick and instance and then migrate over? This is why I hate this so much.
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Michael Ball retweeted
14 Nov 2022
I fully support the right of UC academic workers to organize. They are the backbone of our world-class public university system. I hope that both parties can reach a fairly negotiated agreement. washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Michael Ball retweeted
honestly, one of the highlights of today (esp on this TL) is watching all the strikes going on, particularly from our 48,000 colleagues (!) at the University of California. solidarity. x.com/uaw2865/status/1588009…
BREAKING - 36,558 total votes were cast in UC Academic Workers’ Strike Authorization Votes, with 98% voting Yes to authorize a multi-unit strike if necessary. These are far and away the largest and most decisive strike authorization votes ever taken by Academic Workers in the US.
ALT Pink square graphic with a cutout image of dozens of UAW members holding picket signs. Above the image is the text: "UC ACADEMIC WORKERS' STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTES" and below that is "36,558 VOTES CAST 98% VOTED YES"
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Michael Ball retweeted
14 Nov 2022
This has to be one of my favorite IT stories of all time. And it is deeply relatable to anyone who has ever worked anywhere that scaled really fast and documented poorly.
14 Nov 2022
12 years ago, Twitter’s office used a Mac Mini to tunnel into the servers. One day, an IT guy found it in the closet.
“Anyone know who owns this?”
“Unplug it. Someone will show up.”
Everyone lost access to servers. Huge crisis. It became known as the “Load Bearing Mac Mini.”
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14 Nov 2022
Wow! The largest academic strike in US History according to @BerkeleyUAW2865 #ucberkeley
ALT Pickets with the campanile in the background
ALT Thousands of people in front of Sproul Hall, giving remakes from the Mario Savio Steps
ALT Picketers in front of MLK Student Union
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Michael Ball retweeted
11 Nov 2022
Nearly 48,000 @UofCalifornia academic workers poised to shut down many classes, labs and research with strike on Monday
@UAW2865 @sruuaw @UAW5810 latimes.com/california/story…
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12 Nov 2022
This 'makes sense'....but is too much.
I'd make a joke about needing a PhD but clearly that's not enough.
Update: fixed. Copy the URL, go back to your instance, go to its search bar, paste the URL in there, and now the toot/post can be starred/reshared/bookmarked/etc. Thanks to the helpful replies.
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Michael Ball retweeted
11 Nov 2022
Feel like I did way better this time with our @SplitTicket_ senate ratings; if Kelly and CCM hang on (still not confirmed), we'd go 34/35, missing only PA.
regardless of what happens, still a lot better than my disastrous 2020 predictions! 2 more years under your belt does help.
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