@atsuzaki @irene @skinnylatte currently Juno (my cat) has taken to eating 3/4 of her dinner then when our other cat (Simon) eats the rest of it, she demands kibble because she is “so very hungry and so very neglected because Simon ate all her food!”

@irene @skinnylatte not *all* day! Just 2 hours :))

@dev @dan @irene Don’t you know of the classic Indo-Chinese dish, orange chicken? Traditionally made with ketchup and white sugar and served in a crock pot to marching band kids.

@dan @futurebird And Juno’s was caught early so she went home same day!

@irene @catsalad 😑😑😑

Minion has been a bit sick while we’ve been gone (nothing serious, the vet thinks it’s just stress, and he’s doing better now) so @sharon had to go pick up a prescription for him at the Safeway

Sharon: I’m here to pick up a prescription for Minion Zhang

pharmacist: date of birth?

Sharon: I’m not sure exactly… he’s a cat

pharmacist: ok. Has Minion picked up prescriptions here before?

Sharon: …no? because he’s a cat?

Attention to my faculty friends: The University of Washington Allen School of CSE is an unsafe environment for women, so as grad application season starts, please tell your students not to apply. There are at least 3 men in the systems lab that have sexually harassed numerous women and they continue to do so. More details below:

It has been 3 months since the women of the UW systems lab sent a letter detailing three incidents of sexual harassment and bullying. The university has bounced them from the Title IX office to HR with no resolution. There is an ongoing HR investigation with the women handing over dozens of incidents and pages of documentation (emails, text messages). At least one of the men has been documented to be physically violent, and he has sexually harassed women across the department, not just in the lab.

Despite this, the women of the lab have been forced to leave their coworking space, leaving them in a precarious position where they must risk interacting with violent men. The systems lab is still holding lab events with the men actively under investigation. The Allen School has become a place where women are AFRAID to go to work and at least three women have been driven out due to harassment. If you know women who are thinking of attending grad school, tell them to avoid UW, especially in systems. I’m happy to put them in touch with the women of the UW systems lab or discuss alternate options with them.

First day of classes (credit: @elba)

Met Juno and Simon!! Thanks to @sharon !

@dev yes she also loves shredded cheese and butter

Juno loves ranch so I got her her own bottle (mostly so she’ll stop stealing mine)

Please contribute to this regardless of gender identity/expression! Someone pointed out that bystander reports could be valuable as well!!
https://discuss.systems/@irene/112849042355948689

@dev @dan preprint! https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04659

@fclc @dev Juno is actually half Pallas cat, half raccoon

@dev correct!

Please congratulate @sharon on becoming a Master of Science!

(In psychology, which means it involves actual people, which sounds complicated.)

@vmiheer @dan “From a young age, I witnessed the deleterious effects that substance abuse can have on an individual and those around them. This was the origin of the research questions I am passionate about today.”

a room full of computer scientists: everyone’s research statement always starts by talking about how they’ve loved computers since they were born at a very young age
@sharon: yeah, that doesn’t work in my field, people look at you suspiciously if you say “I’ve been interested in alcohol and alcohol addiction since I was 5 years old”

@dan @ricci @irene the power of TikTok 😂

@dev Juno (a fellow Capricorn) wishes you the happiest of birthdays!!