Post by @timnitGebru@dair-community.social

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣

✴️ You can now preorder it at https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-Unlearning/Timnit-Gebru/9781668093078

✴️ Is there a local bookstore that you think should order this book? Can you let me know, or, even better, let them know?

✴️ Is there a place I should plan to come for a book tour when the book is out? Can you lmk?

Deep Unlearning

Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—deliveri...

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Rémy

@rusty@piaille.fr 6 days ago

@vico

Yannick Forster

@yforster@types.pl last wk.

@timnitGebru if you want to come to Paris, we can organise a reading / event through https://parislitup.com. We have connections to several independent English language bookstores and literary bars

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Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social 7 days ago

@yforster Sounds good. I'll add it to my spreadsheet

Eve Buron

@cburon@mamot.fr 5 days ago

@timnitGebru @yforster It would be amazing.

⏚ Antoine Chambert-Loir

@antoinechambertloir@mathstodon.xyz last wk.

@timnitGebru will you eventually travel to France?

Koantig

@koantig@mamot.fr last wk.

@timnitGebru
Looking forward to it!

Note: The link to kobo leads to an empty search at the moment

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social 7 days ago

@koantig Sorry which link?

Koantig

@koantig@mamot.fr 7 days ago

@timnitGebru It was eBook/Rakuten Kobo but I've just tried and it works now!

lobingera

@lobingera@chaos.social last wk.

@timnitGebru

FYI: in germany the book is already listed as available (printed and ePub), so everyone can pre-order from their local bookshop.

(delivery date is reported as: between monday 1.3.27 and thursday 4.3.27)

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@lobingera Whoa that's good to know.

lobingera

@lobingera@chaos.social last wk.

@timnitGebru ... to be precise (as i as a reserachers should be): I could find it in the online list of my local bookshop and 2 others, so i assume it already shows up on the list of imports (i'm don't have access to this kind of index).

It's not listed in the german wide index of available books - but that's not uncommon for non-german books. Also for foreign publishers' books there is no fixed price.

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@lobingera I think I was confused. The book can be sold in Germany I believe. We just don't have a German version yet.

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Karen Keiller

@KarenKeiller@indieweb.social last wk.

@timnitGebru Are you planning any promotions or talks in Canada?

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@KarenKeiller Yes. I will already be at UBC in April but also will be in Montreal at some point. Should probably also plan something for Toronto, but I have to figure out all these dates.

elle

@elle@weathered-steel.social last wk.

@timnitGebru picked up a pre-order, can't wait until February 💜 🖤

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@elle Amazing. Thank you so much.

Joek van Montfort

@xota@mastodon.sdf.org last wk.

@timnitGebru pre ordered at American Book Center abc.nl In Amsterdam which might be a good place to start promotion in Europe

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@xota Thank you!!

Katy Swain

@katyswain@mastodon.social last wk.

@timnitGebru If you're planning to go as far as the Antipodes (as you should), Readings bookstore in Melbourne is mandatory. They organised great events for both @emilymbender and Karen Hao last year.

https://www.readings.com.au/events/emily-m-bender-and-kobi-leins-discuss-ai

https://www.readings.com.au/events/karen-hao-talks-ai

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Frederik Borgesius

@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social last wk.

@timnitGebru Congratulations! Looking forward to read this!

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@Frederik_Borgesius thank you!

BlumenKid

@RotHorseKid@mastodon.social last wk.

@timnitGebru I wanted this book and to support your work so much that I just gave my date of birth to the company that ate all our local bookstores and shat out a bad website. Thanks for doing what you do.

Alaric Snell-Pym

@kitten_tech@fosstodon.org last wk.

@timnitGebru 🤔 what's the function of the MOSFET and a variable resistor in the -ve power rail of the op-amp on the cover...

I'm gonna build the visible portion of that circuit on a breadboard

Timnit Gebru (she/her).

@timnitGebru@dair-community.social last wk.

@kitten_tech OMG 😂 . Great idea!

Dorothea Salo

@dsalo@digipres.club last wk.

@timnitGebru Room of One's Own in Madison would likely be delighted to have you visit. They hosted Emily and Alex for the AI Con tour.

I would also be THRILLED BEYOND BELIEF to have you lecture here in enemy territory (https://cai.wisc.edu/), if your plans allow. LMK if that sounds intriguing and I'll see if I can start the scaring-up-funding wheels rolling.

Cordelya

@cordelya@toots.cordelya.net last wk.

@timnitGebru
I'll bet good folding money that the lovely folks at @iffybooks in Philadelphia would want to sell this book!