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Tracy Chou

@triketora.com

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founder & ceo @blockpartyapp.com: helping you deep clean your socials and live a better online life harvard bkc affiliate. cofounder project include. early eng at pinterest, quora, usds. stanford bs ee and ms cs. 2022 time woman of the year.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Feb 6

new op-ed on fortune: as an early diversity in tech activist, i reflect on dei in an era where doing dei work or merely voicing support for equity and inclusion can be cause for being fired, harassed, and doxxed.

fortune.com/2025/02/06/d...

'DEI' might be a blip in history—but the value of diversity and inclusion will persist

With diversity, equity, and inclusion under attack, those already in the room should stay there, writes Tracy Chou.

fortune.com

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 18h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Will Hollingsworth @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 15d

I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 16d

why do so many vcs seem to think ghosting is an acceptable way to do business

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 17d

Nice post you got there, it'd be a shame if I deliberately missed your point so I could be tedious about it

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18d

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world.

10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.

10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.

But that's how it works.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 18d

Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 18d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 19d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18d

Still incredible which one of these guys is viewed by the state as reacting inappropriately.

Kimmel tweet

Instead of the angry finger- pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to
senseless gun violence.

Musk "The left is the party of murder" tweet.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 19d

nothing says "we care about your privacy" more than sharing your data with 222 partners

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 21d

i love that someone made this video

Tim Krief @timkrief.com · 22d

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 22d

today’s date is all squares! 9/16/25

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Block Party @blockpartyapp.com · 22d

Catch @triketora.com on the latest episode of Stupid Sexy Privacy!

"Block Party's Tracy Chou returns to talk with @bjmendelson.com about the fight against privacy nihilism and how to get the most out of Block Party."

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 23d

NYT attorney David McCraw told Trump lawyers before they sued that their legal claims amounted to "a litany of personal complaints" about the NYT premised on "the deeply troubling notion that anyone who dares to report unfavorable facts about a presidential candidate is engaged in "sabotage"

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 25d

this is crazy how did they come up with this i am amazed at modern medicine www.today.com/health/men-s...

Man, 34, Is No Longer Blind After Tooth Is Implanted in Eye in 'Crazy' Surgery

Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.

www.today.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25d

This is an excellent list of tips. One thing I also do: I use @blockpartyapp.com which walks you through your social media settings to make them safer. I have found it easy to use & helpful. there are lot of settings on a lot of platforms and it’s hard to keep track of them all.

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 25d

Right, so this is ol’boy’s real/regular email address, not a burner—he’s written Google Maps reviews with it three years ago. That means he’s used it for lots of other things too.

Which means if Elizabeth wanted to track this guy down it would be piss easy

9/10 trolls SUCK at OSINT

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 25d

Today in unhelpful AI suggestions

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 29d

i feel like sirens need to shut off automatically if they’ve been going for over 5 minutes nonstop and the vehicle hasn’t gone anywhere

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 9

sexism and misogyny waiting around every corner to pop out and getcha

what the hell kind of poll was this with the men voting her least likely to succeed

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 8

not being able to receive packages at home means i’m visiting amazon locker every day lol

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 7

i finally watched kpop demon hunters

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 6

bros in my linkedin dms be like,

“hey i’ll be in the united states, want to meet up?”

“i saw you studied in china, i’m from china, perhaps we have mutuals and should connect?”

what kind of garbage “personalization” is this, are these the ai sdrs that are so hyped and all over sf billboards

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 6

so far this weekend has featured legal contract review late friday night and saturday night, with more forecasted for sunday night. the thrilling life of a founder!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Sep 6

Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.

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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · Sep 3

cloths* ugh autocorrect typo