Latinas Who Code

We just announced that all Basecamp employees get this Friday + Monday off to create a 4-day “get prepared” weekend. Time to think about childcare, elderly care, extra time to go to the store, etc. If you’re an employer who can afford to do this, I hope you’ll follow suit.

Let’s go: ‘We’re starting a 15-city tour + a 50-State campaign, starting in early primary states, to build political and public support for a Green New Deal.’ - @sunrisemvmt #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike ⬇️

Louder for the people in the back. (📸 :@latinaswhocode) #girlswhocode #womenempowerment #girlsinstem bit.ly/2T7cllS

Scientists & engineers launched “InSight” from Earth (a moving platform) across 300million miles to arrive where Mars (a moving target) will be seven months later, landing safely to do geophysics at the Martian equator. And you have a problem listening to us about climate change?

Have you checked out the new Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide and/or Code Club Book of Scratch yet? What do you think? raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry…

Hour of Code! Having so much fun coding dance moves with unplugged @codeorg Dance Party! @hcsrsd10ct #HourOfCode

"Scratch isn’t just a good introduction to programming; it is a real programming language in its own right. A programming language is a language that allows people to communicate instructions to a computer. Scratch does just that." #CSEdWeek #HourofCode medium.com/scratchteam-bl…

Automate your tropical fish tank using a Raspberry Pi, thanks to Reef-Pi, the complete tank management system from @RanjibDey, published on the @adafruit Learning System: raspberrypi.org/blog/reef-pi-r…

Another group of students is sorting and analyzing equivalent fractions. They need to make a few more moves... can you see where? #fractionsarereal #makeitvisual #mathmatters

Winamp plans a streaming-friendly revival in 2019 engadget.com/2018/10/15/win…

Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were socially & intellectually enfranchised from the beginning of civilization.

“Do, or do not. There is no try.” -- Yoda

Happy 100th Birthday to Ms. Katherine Johnson, NASA human computer who calculated trajectories for the Apollo space missions by hand!

Female, minority students took AP computer science in record numbers buff.ly/2wt2le7

When it comes to finding tutorials on the internet, many makers' first port of call is @YouTube. In today's post, we round up 10 of our favourite content creators and why we think you should follow them. Is your favourite there? Who did we miss out? raspberrypi.org/blog/10-raspbe…

Summer is coming to a close and the #FirstDayofSchool is almost here! Tag us in your posts/photos or use #BackToSchoolMD to show us how you're celebrating the new school year! @HCPSS @HCPSchools @pgcps @CarolineCoPS @BaltCoPS @BaltCitySchools @wcboe @GCPSHappenings @DCPSChampions

Mindstrong 🧠 is seeking Data Scientist's,that aren't afraid to roll up their sleeves do some coding & change Healthcare! @WomenWhoCode @GirlsWhoCode @LatinasWhoCode @codewithveni @Code2040 #datascience #statistician #Python #R #MachineLearning #Algorithms #PHD #DataScientist

Happy #ScratchDay! How are you celebrating Scratch today?