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I’ve been out of town so a bit behind on things but I liked this one. Black History Month remembers.

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Why put the achievements of our Black History Month heroes each day? Because every 1 of them has had a positive impact on the human experience. Know their names, tell their stories. No matter how much narcissistic people want to rewrite history, they will not have the same impact.

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Years ago I traveled for work quite a bit to Africa. I traveled to DRC right after it was no longer Zaire. I have stories. But I do remember one night sitting and talking with an engineer about the situation in their country. He told me this story about the previous week…

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Bessie Blount Griffin’s work in assistive devices such as self-feeding for amputee’s & disposable emesis basins is renowned.She put her knowledge to work in forensic science research for police departments, working w/Scotland Yard lab for advanced studies in graphology.Black History Month remembers.

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Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner - an American inventor is most noted for her patents in health space for women & mobility challenged including sanitary belt, toilet tissue holder, back washers & a carrier attachment for a walker, developed for her sister with MS. Black History month remembers.

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Marsha Rea Williams has a doctorate in computer science, and her dissertation brought to focus the beginnings of user experience in querying databases. Black History Month remembers.

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Dr. Shirley Jackson, a theoretical physicist, has work that contributed to technical innovations in telecom, including the touch-tone phone, caller ID, call waiting, and fiber optic cable. Black History Month remembers.

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Dr. Gladys West worked on the mathematical model that represented the shape of the earth accurately, which is why GPS works. Without her work, we would still be plotting our routes on flat maps. Black History Month remembers,

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Mildred Loving (1939-2008) was a Black woman whose marriage to a white man, Richard Loving, challenged Virginia's anti-miscegenation laws. Their Supreme Court case, Loving v. VA (1967), declared such laws unconstitutional, striking down a major pillar of racial segregation in the US. #BlackHistory

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The work of Annie J Easley, a scientist, was instrumental in a variety of NASA projects such as Centaur rocket, a first of its kind rocket using unique fuel system. Her work led to the development of batteries used in hybrid cars. Black History Month remembers.

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Patricia Era Bath developed the laser phaco probe, a medical device used in eyes. It is instrumental in dissolving cataracts. She was granted 5 patents for her work with tech, lasers, ultrasound & eyes. Thank her if a loved 1 has had cataract treatment. Black History Month remembers.

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Valerie Thomas worked at NASA from the 60s to the 90s leading to the development of the first satellite to send images from space. She patented the illusion transmitter, an early form of 3D technology. The tech she developed is still used by NASA. Black History Month remembers.

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Passing shaped Black history in the U.S., rooted in slavery and racial discrimination. Anita Florence Hemmings (1872–1960) was the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College—she did so by passing as white. Her story highlights the complex realities of race. #BlackHistory

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Marie Van Brittan Brown was an inventor of the first home security system and instrumental in the invention of the first closed circuit television. Black History Month remembers.

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If there's anybody who follows me, who is a decent security architect who is looking for a role either in London or the Netherlands? Please can you message me? If you can retweet for reach that would be very much appreciated

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Since it’s cold today, it brought to mind Alice H. Parker who designed the first gas furnace powered by natural gas and the first heating system to help distribute heat evenly throughout the building using air ducts controlled independently. Reducing fire risk.

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Melba Roy Mouton was Head of Computer Programming at NASA. Her work helped produce the orbital element timetables, allowing millions to see the satellite from earth as it passed overhead. Black History month remembers.

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Lisa Gelobter has been notably involved in technical innovations on the Internet, such as animation on the web. If you love the animated GIF, think about thanking Lisa Gelobter. Black History Month remembers.

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This was useful for me krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/a-tu...

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Any USAID folks working on cybersecurity, infrastructure, technology projects: please feel free to reach out. How will DOGE impact the work you do? I'm on Signal at JennaMcLaughlin.54.

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Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now: Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten... How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t... Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

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Evelyn Boyd Granville earned her PhD in mathematics from Yale & used skills to help develop missile fuels. Worked at IBM & designed software that helped analyze satellite orbits. Pioneering tech in Project Mercury missions and the Apollo program. Black History Month remembers.

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Poster from a gay hacker space kinda place and yeah, this, next few years gonna be a whole lotta: This

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Direct action: demonstration at the Treasury in DC on Tuesday at 5pm. Follow @indivisible.org for details.

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I wrote recently about how difficult it is to truly delete your Facebook account and this was the resulting flow diagram, which attempts to map out each step. Here's a friend link to the entire piece, which includes some of my thoughts on what Meta's up to lately. medium.com/@stribs/dele...

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Marian R. Croak has many patents & pioneered the use of phone network services to make it easier to donate to crisis appeals including text based donations. Her work was inspired in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina & speaks to the best of us. Black History Month remembers.

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Does anyone remember that movie King Ralph? How feasible is that?

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The other day I was in a meeting where someone introduced themselves as Native American with dual spirit animals, so their pronouns were they/them and instead of freaking out I thought “cool” and proceeded to address them properly like a regular empathetic person would. 🤷‍♀️

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Katherine Johnson, working as a teacher before applying at Langley and eventually becoming a human computer… calculating the flight path for the first NASA mission to space. Black History month remembers.

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From a presentation I was in today…

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This literally made me laugh out loud because when I first saw the hotline I thought how lovely it would be if people just called saying “these people look like they don’t belong here” for every performative ICE and made up authority presence. But this works too.

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Fair warning… I make many many pop culture references for movies and music from my formative years which unfortunately for many of you was the 80s. Be happy you are virtual because lots of times I’m singing those songs.

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