Nishant Shah (@nishantshah1) 's Twitter Profile
Nishant Shah

@nishantshah1

Senior Advisor for Responsible AI, State of Maryland. Formerly @meta @amazon @USDS @refunite, some other stuff. Itinerant.

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Joyce Carol Oates (@joycecaroloates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

is anyone else experiencing a distortion of time? each day feels monumental & tomorrow seems totally unpredictable; one week ago feels like one month; the future feels foreshortened, like a blank wall just a few inches away. past crises, like raging wildfires, near-forgotten.

Andy Slavitt ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@aslavitt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Big news. There is a now national resource & clearinghouse for N95 masks. This is a place to go if you have of if you need. Consider helping to circulate this. Thank you Project N95! #GetMePPE projectn95.com

U.S. Digital Response (@usdresponse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Governments everywhere are working around the clock to respond to #COVID19. We have 1000+ volunteer experts in data, digital services and more to match with govs to support. Gov leaders, we are ready to show up and pitch in. Let us know how we can we help: usdigitalresponse.org

Nishant Shah (@nishantshah1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out the Pandemic Response Repository - a collection of open source resources from New America helping governments respond to Covid-19. Submit or take. Big ups Mark Lerner! newamericafoundation.github.io/pandemic-respoโ€ฆ

David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Itโ€™s been about a year since the publication of The Uninhabitable Earth, and a few weeks since the release of the paperback (amazon.com/Uninhabitable-โ€ฆ). An amazing amount has changed in those twelve months, and yet itโ€™s not nearly enough. A thread:

Nishant Shah (@nishantshah1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One moment among many. A lone bugler's solemn lament wafted over the Seattle cityscape this morning in that familiar tune that has mourned battlefield deaths for centuries. It felt appropriate. We are in a struggle for the soul of America. #BlackLivesMatter

Matthew McAllister (@mc4llister) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Colorado is recruiting its next CIO! Major opportunity to impact how the state leverages tech to respond to COVID, unemployment, and broadband access. Deadline Sept 4. governmentjobs.com/careers/coloraโ€ฆ

Nishant Shah (@nishantshah1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a thread. โ€œThe death of plankton led to the life of cotton, which led to the bondage of enslaved people who harvested it, which led to the freedom of the voters who descended from them.ย Death leads to Life leads to Bondage leads to Freedom.โ€

Nishant Shah (@nishantshah1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Holidays book recommendation: Kim Stanley Robinsonโ€™s โ€œThe Ministry for the Future.โ€ The vignettes approach is SO good. Digging this whole cli-fi genre.