I'm totally jazzed to announce that effective July 26, I'll be joining Public Health @GovCanHealth as Chief Data Officer and director general of Data Management, Analysis and Innovation. Like many of you, I've been watching the public health and data space for the past few years.

In the 1970s, Dutch cities like Amsterdam were full of traffic and air pollution. Now they are models of sustainable urban planning. Here's the story of how the Netherlands started building their cities for humans, not cars. 🧵

The e-Binder is a great resource for finding the talent you need while supporting your department’s accountability for diversity and inclusion as well as the Clerk's Call to Action. 2/

The long awaited Black Executives Network e-Binder with professional profiles of Black federal public servants ready for career advancement along with new opportunities and challenges is finally available! #BlackPublicServantsMatter #InclusiveStaffing 1/

🚨New version of Blawx (v1.4.0-alpha) released!🚨 Changes how the code deals with true / false values, and completely revises the scenario editor fact interface to increase its ability to express general, false, and uncertain facts. 1/🧵

GE's departure for an amazing opportunity leaves a big hole in our team: get in touch if you think you have what it takes ;) Portfolio includes outcomes database major IT project, data linking for GBA+, n4p data utilization capacity, etc. Team overview:

Suppose you have 100 health beans in your health bag.

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And yeah, I know they’ll get the thumbs right, but I’ll stand firm on the rest.

Add to the fact that a) we’ve trained the AI on peoples art without attribution or compensation and b) that future iterations will also be trained on the morass of AI generated art, the future of art will be a derivative swamp void of meaning. That has trouble with fingers…

On the subject of #AIart, Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) says he will always "consume, and love, art made by humans."

On #Dec6 first, we mourn Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

Look, if everyone is worried about students cheating on essays for AI, instructors can just cheat right back. I asked OpenAI to give me an essay question & make a rubric for grading. I had GPT-3 actually write the essay. I then had the OpenAI grade the essay & give comments. ✅

Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.” #Colbert

Really interesting read on how infrastructure impacts experience. My 2c is that as I (slowly) connect with folks on #Mastodon, my experience keeps getting better.

“Mastodon is not an ad-driven platform. There is absolutely zero incentives to let awful people run amok in the name of engagement. The goal of Mastodon is to build a friendly collection of communities, not an attention leeching hate mill.”

VA’s new mobile app just passed 1 million downloads, with a 4.8 App Store rating. @DeptVetAffairs is quietly delivering one of the government’s biggest tech success stories. How’d we do it? 🧵

Love seeing this thoughtful analysis of how #network connections seem to work on #Mastodon. It’s hard to figure out all the social and practical implications of the #Fediverse. Thanks!

What are the things that you most wish people knew about Covid? The absolute top essentials?

We need more agitation in government. Don't let things around you get too comfortable. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. And you're probably not the only one who feels it. Speak up. Ask why. Push for better. Question authority. Build alliances for change.