Alison3D laser printing company Glowforge Innovates in HR too.Recently Glowforge, which makes 3D printers that operate like a Cri-cut for wood and other materials, created a way to financially support…Apr 21, 2022Apr 21, 2022
AlisonAnti-Gender-Affirming Health Care — March 3, 2022 Round-upA not-as-much-news-as-yesterday day.Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
AlisonGender-Affirming Health Care — March 2, 2022 Round-UpA lot of things happened today including legislative action in Alabama, Utah, Hawaii, and Vermont.Mar 3, 20221Mar 3, 20221
AlisonCriminalizing Gender-Affirming Health Care — March 1, 2022 Round-upThe situation in TX continues to develop rapidly. Here’s a summary of what happened today, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.Mar 2, 2022Mar 2, 2022
AlisonTX Officials Criminalizing Parents for Gender-Affirming Medical Care — Where do companies stand?Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a legal opinion that expanded the Texas definition of child abuse to include providing…Mar 1, 20221Mar 1, 20221
AlisonLGBTQ Crisis in Texas — What is going on? Part 1The Governor and Attorney General of Texas, who face competitive Republican primaries on March 1, issued documents this week that share an…Feb 24, 20221Feb 24, 20221
AlisonGoogle’s Firing of Dr. Timnit Gebru by the DocumentsDr. Timnit Gebru, a black woman doing foundational and beyond-words-important research in AI Ethics, was fired by Google. I’m a white…Dec 18, 2020Dec 18, 2020
AlisonWe Need to be Talking About the University of Minnesota as Part of the Prof. Brad Carlin ProblemIn December 2017 I was made aware of the issues at the NIPS conference and Kristian Lum’s Statistics, We Have a Problem post on Medium…Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
AlisonSoon your grandmother won’t be able to get her wheelchair into public buildingsAt least, if the AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association) and a Republican congress (with Democrat supporters !:angry:!) have…Feb 14, 2018Feb 14, 2018
AlisoninStanton Ventures InsightsAirflow Lessons from the Data Engineering Front in ChicagoRecently (11/1/2017), I hosted a meetup of Chicagoland Airflow users. Despite being only 4 people it was probably the most educational and…Nov 13, 20172Nov 13, 20172
