Big news: @jeremyphoward & I have moved to his home country of Australia (he is not a USA citizen & has been wanting to return for years). I’m excited about the move, although it is bittersweet 1/
The last year in the USA has been horrifying. I’m lucky in so many ways: we were able to isolate pretty strictly as a family of 3 (a privilege that many did not have) & our daughter thrived at home with us, although it was still hard to go for a year with... 2/
no in-person childcare; not seeing any of my friends; hearing regularly that mass preventable death is okay as long as it is mostly people with chronic illness (like me), the elderly, & BIPOC dying; and worry of not being able to access an ER or ICU 3/
https://twitter.com/math_rachel/status/1326966747266629632?s=19
These are not the only or even the primary reasons for our move, but they did help shape my thinking.
I have so many loved ones in the USA & I will certainly come back to visit. I still love San Francisco. 4/
I have so many loved ones in the USA & I will certainly come back to visit. I still love San Francisco. 4/
I’m sad to leave my dream job as Director of the Center for Applied Data Ethics at USF. I will be joining the USF Data Institute Advisory Board to stay involved. 5/
I’m excited about Australia & what the future holds. We will be living in Brisbane. We are still in mandatory quarantine (on day 11 of 15). I’m looking forward to connecting with others in Queensland working on data ethics, algorithmic bias, surveillance, & more in the future 6/
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