Ruby Ku @rubyku

She/her. Product @HowToOpenSource. Civic technologist & organizer. Hong Kong born and raised. Turning Texas blue. Tweets are my own. Austin, TX Joined February 2007

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Fox News @FoxNews

4 years ago

Texans blast Elon Musks' Boring plan to dump wastewater in local river: 'This is a hot mess' fxn.ws/40atEW9

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My dispatch from last night's long-awaited Boring Co. public hearing in Bastrop: Neighbors aired their grievances about Elon Musk's companies setting up along the Colorado River. There were cheers, jeers and a sense of relief from the overflow crowd bit.ly/3yY2buQ @MyABJ

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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz

4 years ago

Elon Musk has moved to Texas in a big way—even building a company town, as WSJ previously reported. But plans to dump treated wastewater into the Colorado River aren’t going over well with his farmer neighbors. w/ ⁦@thetrough⁩ wsj.com/articles/musks…

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

To the candidates who ran on crime in their campaign - and lost - I just want to let you know that the things that will make me feel safer are more local businesses and more street lights, not more cops.

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More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS

4 years ago

JUST IN: California becomes the second state in U.S. history to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution, joining Vermont.

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

@AP_Politics Expected this, but still feels disgusted and nauseous about the result.

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More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS

4 years ago

BREAKING: Proposition 5 in Vermont passes making it the first state to codify abortion rights in its constitution.

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

For those unaware of what @elonmusk is doing in Bastrop, Texas, you should really give it a listen here: keepbastropboring.com

Chap Ambrose @chapambrose

4 years ago

Imagine if the same crew overhauling Twitter purchased all the land around your family’s homestead and turned it into an industrial complex. And they moved at the same breakneck pace and with the same level of carelessness. That is our daily reality.

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mat honan ☀️ @mat

4 years ago

Today’s Platformer is genuinely one of the craziest dailies I’ve ever read. It’s got like six novels worth of plot crammed into a daily beat story/email. And there was a lot it didn’t even get to! Cannot even imagine the mess that’s coming tomorrow

Casey Newton @CaseyNewton

4 years ago

More news from Twitter today: Elon Musk and David Sacks have both discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall eventually, @platformer has learned platformer.news/p/musk-discuss…

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

4 years ago

Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that “free speech” is actually a $8/mo subscription plan

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

Wait what. Is this a joke.

Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT

4 years ago

Two weeks ago, Saudi Arabia sentenced a 72 year old American citizen to 16 years in jail for tweets critical of the regime he sent while in America. This week, the Saudis partnered with Elon Musk to buy Twitter. Do you think the Saudis bought it to promote free speech?

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Shambi Imari v3.0 @webgyrl2

4 years ago

“Sponsor people not in the room” - Jemiah Sius @heyjemiah during Inclusion & Diversity in Open Source at @AllThingsOpen

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

On algorithm recognizing dark skin, @heyjemiah reminds: Maybe hand dryer not recognizing my hands seem small, but a SWAT team also showed up at my door accusing me of bank fraud.

Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

Yes language matters. Inclusive language matters. Appreciate @jeromejsanders's talk today @AllThingsOpen on incorporating human rights into the software development lifecycle. 👀: cisco.com/c/en/us/about/…

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

Today @AllThingsOpen opened w/ @ceceliacreates talking about how diff types of contributions could lead to diff types of contributors. Now @EriolDoesDesign brings it back: The more we share the stage with diff ppl doing diff things, it'll become normal bc that's just what we do💯

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

How do you explain "belonging" to a 5 yo? Take it from an ex-elementary school teacher who hosts dance parties to create inclusive learning spaces💛 Contributing to the playlist is such a great analogy. Invite someone to add a song to the playlist 🎶

Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

Oh the truths @dev_nikema just shared on stage @AllThingsOpen. Saw on your bio that you are releasing a book soon. Can’t wait to read it.

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

As a designer, I loved seeing @veethikaa sharing examples @AllthingsOpen on including community when making decisions in open source. Public feedback forums, documenting decisions, & kickoff videos for every milestone make up a great framework for open source projects to adopt.

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

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Ruby Ku @rubyku

4 years ago

Excited to be @AllThingsOpen representing @HowToOpenSource. Left some stickers at the sticker table and starting the first day here at the DEI summit.