Nicki Washington, Ph.D.
@drnickiw.bsky.social
Habitual CS line-stepper, HBCU stan.
Bull City, Gen X, and unserious as hell.
"I am Nina and Roberta, the one you love but ain't heard of."-Rapsody
Bull City, Gen X, and unserious as hell.
"I am Nina and Roberta, the one you love but ain't heard of."-Rapsody
She was the last living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, right? Losing an important connector like her, without her ever receiving reparations, and in a year like this one that has gone so far backwards is an extra level of heartbreak. Godspeed.
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One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies at age 111
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
She was the last living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, right? Losing an important connector like her, without her ever receiving reparations, and in a year like this one that has gone so far backwards is an extra level of heartbreak. Godspeed.
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This is a huge win that you might have missed last week: we successfully pressured airlines to shut down their data broker, which was selling passenger data to the government without a court order. I'm going to keep at it until other industries to follow suit.
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is a huge win that you might have missed last week: we successfully pressured airlines to shut down their data broker, which was selling passenger data to the government without a court order. I'm going to keep at it until other industries to follow suit.
If you are Black GenX who was born and raised in Durham, you understand how heartbreaking this is. A GENIUNELY good person and generational talent. Thinkin of all my Hillside folks today. Godspeed. 💔
www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/r...
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Rodney Rogers, former NBA player and Wake Forest basketball star, dies at 54
The ex-NBA star died of natural causes linked to a spinal cord injury from a dirt bike accident that left him paralyzed in 2008, according to a statement from Rogers' family.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If you are Black GenX who was born and raised in Durham, you understand how heartbreaking this is. A GENIUNELY good person and generational talent. Thinkin of all my Hillside folks today. Godspeed. 💔
www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/r...
www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/r...
Ol' girl resigning is odd, no?
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Ol' girl resigning is odd, no?
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My constant reminder to students that you’ll enjoy college a lot more if you try.
once again grading and lamenting the disappearance of students' voices and students' work and their replacement by LLMs.
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
My constant reminder to students that you’ll enjoy college a lot more if you try.
Y'all. Y'AAAAAAAAAALLLLL. OH. MY. GOD!!!
Stuart Scott’s legacy comes to life in ESPN’s new ESPN Originals ‘Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott’
A tribute to a trailblazing anchor who broke barriers, brought hip-hop culture to SportsCenter & inspired millions
Premieres Wed., Dec. 10 | 9p ET | ESPN
🔗 bit.ly/4iaL2Uo
A tribute to a trailblazing anchor who broke barriers, brought hip-hop culture to SportsCenter & inspired millions
Premieres Wed., Dec. 10 | 9p ET | ESPN
🔗 bit.ly/4iaL2Uo
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Y'all. Y'AAAAAAAAAALLLLL. OH. MY. GOD!!!
Super late to the party, because s1, ep 1 was a line for me for yeaars after it released. But now that I’m catching up on Black Mirror, I can’t help but blurt out at some point in almost every class this semester “it’s literally a Black Mirror episode."
a man with a beard and mustache is laughing with his mouth open
ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is laughing with his mouth open
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November 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Super late to the party, because s1, ep 1 was a line for me for yeaars after it released. But now that I’m catching up on Black Mirror, I can’t help but blurt out at some point in almost every class this semester “it’s literally a Black Mirror episode."
The way that nap took me...
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The way that nap took me...
He Died at a School for Disabled People. Decades Later, His Brother Sought Answers.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The fact that we have yet to defund Peter Popoff Ministries and that damn miracle water is upsetting me and my homegirl.
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The fact that we have yet to defund Peter Popoff Ministries and that damn miracle water is upsetting me and my homegirl.
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Alice has been such a brilliant light in the world for her joy, her passion, and her commitment to disability justice. May she rest in power.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Alice has been such a brilliant light in the world for her joy, her passion, and her commitment to disability justice. May she rest in power.
Fri, 730pm. I'm just gettin out of bed cause auntie decided to go to The Boy Is Mine Tour on a school night, and I paid for it this am. But Brandy, Monica, and Kelendria were PHENOMENAL!
Monica and those '95 Never Meant to Cause You No Pains RUINED ME!
Monica and those '95 Never Meant to Cause You No Pains RUINED ME!
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Fri, 730pm. I'm just gettin out of bed cause auntie decided to go to The Boy Is Mine Tour on a school night, and I paid for it this am. But Brandy, Monica, and Kelendria were PHENOMENAL!
Monica and those '95 Never Meant to Cause You No Pains RUINED ME!
Monica and those '95 Never Meant to Cause You No Pains RUINED ME!
OUR GIRLS MADE IT TO CHARLOTTE! Gen X and the millennials were OUTSIDE! Monica brought out Anthony Hamilton and the '95 Never Meant to Cause You No Pains 💀💀. Both looked and sounded amazing.
We have to start weeknight concerts at 7pm when artists have decades of hits like this though!
We have to start weeknight concerts at 7pm when artists have decades of hits like this though!
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
OUR GIRLS MADE IT TO CHARLOTTE! Gen X and the millennials were OUTSIDE! Monica brought out Anthony Hamilton and the '95 Never Meant to Cause You No Pains 💀💀. Both looked and sounded amazing.
We have to start weeknight concerts at 7pm when artists have decades of hits like this though!
We have to start weeknight concerts at 7pm when artists have decades of hits like this though!
Brandy and Monica had all us Gen X’ers and millennials out late as hell on a school night, but MAN was it worth it.
But I. AM. TI’ED!!!
But I. AM. TI’ED!!!
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Brandy and Monica had all us Gen X’ers and millennials out late as hell on a school night, but MAN was it worth it.
But I. AM. TI’ED!!!
But I. AM. TI’ED!!!
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November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That curtain came out like a lap scarf when the church mother catches the spirit.
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
That curtain came out like a lap scarf when the church mother catches the spirit.
Had no idea this was a thing. Also old enough to remember when folks crashed out, because how would Beyonce' know *anything* about country being from Houston? Valuing the product of a machine before a Black woman. Bankrupt, indeed.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Had no idea this was a thing. Also old enough to remember when folks crashed out, because how would Beyonce' know *anything* about country being from Houston? Valuing the product of a machine before a Black woman. Bankrupt, indeed.
There is so much to process here.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There is so much to process here.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
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Save the date - join me and an AMAZING community of scholars at RESPECT 2026! 😍 🌟
I'll be chairing the Doctoral Consortium again this year, so if you have students who might be interested - start thinking about getting them to apply, and stay tuned! 👀
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I'll be chairing the Doctoral Consortium again this year, so if you have students who might be interested - start thinking about getting them to apply, and stay tuned! 👀
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#respect2026 | ACM RESPECT Conference
We're pleased to announce that the ACM Conference on Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) will take place June 8–11, 2026 in Chicago, IL. ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Save the date - join me and an AMAZING community of scholars at RESPECT 2026! 😍 🌟
I'll be chairing the Doctoral Consortium again this year, so if you have students who might be interested - start thinking about getting them to apply, and stay tuned! 👀
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I'll be chairing the Doctoral Consortium again this year, so if you have students who might be interested - start thinking about getting them to apply, and stay tuned! 👀
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
George Clooney’s ability to do press runs that completely avoid the elephant in the room is honestly on brand.
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
George Clooney’s ability to do press runs that completely avoid the elephant in the room is honestly on brand.
NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
NC weather is completely unhinged. An almost 30 degree temperature drop in 24 hours?
😭
😭
All I know is if an entire stadium boo'd me, it would be Door Dash, Instacart, and Postmates for life, cause I would never leave the house again. EVER!
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
All I know is if an entire stadium boo'd me, it would be Door Dash, Instacart, and Postmates for life, cause I would never leave the house again. EVER!
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Seriously: Massive supermarket I went into in North Jersey today was almost empty, with miles of aisles of multi-culti foods & fewer than a dozen customers. Cashiers standing idly. Cutting off SNAP is starving grocery stores, too.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Seriously: Massive supermarket I went into in North Jersey today was almost empty, with miles of aisles of multi-culti foods & fewer than a dozen customers. Cashiers standing idly. Cutting off SNAP is starving grocery stores, too.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sounding the alarm with some of the most scathing dissents in history. HER issuing this stay should automatically signal to us all that we just need to trust *HER*, of all people.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sounding the alarm with some of the most scathing dissents in history. HER issuing this stay should automatically signal to us all that we just need to trust *HER*, of all people.
At dinner last night and my uncle stated he didn’t understand why anyone would destroy good shrimp by putting them on grits….
And I just need to understand who the hell hurt him, to be SC raised and have this kind of God-awful take.
And I just need to understand who the hell hurt him, to be SC raised and have this kind of God-awful take.
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At dinner last night and my uncle stated he didn’t understand why anyone would destroy good shrimp by putting them on grits….
And I just need to understand who the hell hurt him, to be SC raised and have this kind of God-awful take.
And I just need to understand who the hell hurt him, to be SC raised and have this kind of God-awful take.