senykamara.com
I design encryption algorithms for a living but am a Hip Hop scholar at heart. Former CS professor at Brown & research scientist at Microsoft. I currently lead research at MongoDB. I think about how data, algorithms, power and culture intersect
👤 Joined on 20 May 2023
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@senykamara.bsky.social@senykamara.bsky.social → @senykamara.comI would say, both organizing on short notice and organizing in the USA are choices. And they are choices with consequences, the smallest of which is that all claims of diversity are moot
Show PostToday is Pub Day for "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census"!!! ::bounce:: Please support me by buying a copy of the book or asking your library for a copy! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Show PostSpeaking to @politico.com, D&S board member @geomblog.bsky.social has some advice for lawmakers: "Stop worrying about superintelligence, and start making companies pay for putting out unreliable and error-prone systems that could and have harmed people." www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Show PostI indeed went there and called SI "super silly". www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...
Show Post53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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