Kim de Laat
@kdelaat.bsky.social
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Assistant prof + sociologist of work and culture at the Stratford School, U Waterloo. Studying inequality in paid/unpaid work in creative and tech sectors, and the who/when/why/where of how work is accomplished (esp. remote and hybrid).
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I had the honor of working with Ray and his brilliant student Ria Chakraborty this past year. Among his many other accomplishments, he was committed to bridging the social and physical sciences. What a tremendous loss. My heart breaks for his family and students.
preskill.bsky.social
Raymond Laflamme 1960-2025. A great scientist, renowned for his pioneering contributions to quantum error correction. A great leader, founding director of the Institute for Quantum Computing. A great colleague and teacher whose legacy continues to inspire us.
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IQC and Waterloo mourn the loss of Raymond Laflamme | Institute for Quantum Computing | University of Waterloo
Raymond Laflamme, a trailblazer in quantum information processing and pioneer of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, died on June 19 after a lengthy battle with ca...
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kdelaat.bsky.social
Pugh talks about this in The Last Human Job, maybe that’s where you read it? I prefer to wait in the checkout line with a human cashier for this very reason.
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Sade - Lover’s Rock
kdelaat.bsky.social
My department, University of Waterloo Stratford School, is hiring for a teaching stream position in business!

Here is the job ad: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Please share this with your networks and reach out if you have any questions.
Search Jobs - University Affairs
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jenniferlena.bsky.social
Also worth pointing out that Bezos’s support of the incoming administration is worth your opposition; bleeding his profits is A Good Idea for all workers
lissajostewart.bsky.social
Just a reminder that Amazon workers are striking tomorrow through Monday, and that none of the “deals” are good enough to justify crossing the picket line.
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pgonalon.bsky.social
Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...
kdelaat.bsky.social
Thanks for this! Could you add me please?
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klangensiepenmep.bsky.social
Attending the #womensconference in #NewYork #CSW68
And thinking what an honor: so many women are not allowed to speak or show off

We are there for you:

💚women in #Iran
💚Women in #Syria
💚women in #Afghanistan

And all women they have no right to raise their voice
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snarkysteff.bsky.social
Today is the day that made every Canadian woman of my generation a feminist.

Today, we remember.

Je me souviens.

(L’ecole polytechnic massacre, Dec 6, 1989.)
A CP round up showing the 14 beautiful women murdered that day. 14 women who never got to be the engineers they worked so hard to become.