Also it’s time for the news to stop treating this administration’s racist war against Somalis as “Trump being Trump.” They targeted Minneapolis because they hate an ethnic group here, and now they’re targeting the most prominent political figure in that group with thinly rationalized state violence.
I was listening to a horror podcast where a (male) host was interviewing a (male) writer and they mentioned a bunch of movies and books. Can you guess what they had in common? All written and directed by men. They also named many, many horror writers and you'll NEVER GUESS what they had in common.
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
Couple that study with this. "Comparing AI-assisted pull requests (PRs) against human-only PRs, the researchers found that AI-powered PRs generated 2.74 times more security issues"
Vibe Coding Security Risks Aren’t Like Ordinary Security Risks | IBM
Thanks to vibe coding, AI-generated code continues to comprise a larger share of real-world codebases. This has caused not just an overall increase in security vulnerabilities, but an interesting evol...
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Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
Friends, are you or do you know any graphic designers who are free to take freelance gig on a short notice? Experience in tabletop games is a huge plus! If so, please contact me!
Ozempic gave me colitis, and the ER doctors weren’t surprised. I had no idea that was a possible side effect. Now I’m terrified I’ll end up with gastroparesis so I’m not going to be trying anymore GLP1s. I’ll just stay fat, thanks!
NPR@npr.org · 2d agoScant data about serious adverse effects makes it harder to answer scientific and legal questions about how often the drugs might cause serious harm like blindness or pancreatitis. n.pr/4yH9UdV
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
Reading to children isn't a "sometimes" activity. It's every day. It's multiple times a day. It is a fundamental task of parenting. The fact that there is not one, but apparently many tech buffoons trying to wriggle their way out of this basic responsibility is frankly enraging. Their poor kids.
Pastor Hastur is a real trip! It’s Lovacraftian filk, which is as unlikely and as fun as you think #ConontheCob
The slop machine makes you stupid. The slop machine makes you stupid. THE SLOP MACHINE MAKES YOU STUPID. And that's why they want you to use it. Scared, stupid people are easier to control.
"Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given...individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do." @timothysnyder.bsky.social
Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
"If you're really that sick, we should have universal healthcare."
Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d ago“If you’re really that sick you should be in the hospital” Please stop saying this to chronically ill people. If we went to the hospital every time we suffered, we would live there. Hospitals can’t help us and they often make us worse. We are on our own, and being subtly gaslit doesn’t help.
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Sarah Hans@sarahhans.bsky.social · 4d agoAre you really passionate about something and love to info dump about it to anyone who will listen? Then let me invite you to Penguicon, where info dumping is our love language! We’re a tech con first, but we also have tracks for science, writers, DIYers, and more! 2027.penguicon.org/submit-ideas/
On Election Day they will do everything they can to interfere with you casting your vote, and it being counted. We MUST stand firm. After Election Day, they will try to make those votes vanish, or be discounted. Stand firm. The media will not help us. Film EVERYTHING u can (check your state's laws).
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Things are slowly heating up. While they are still simmering, it's a good time to review skills for street protests. Unfortunately, everyone should read "A Demonstrator’s Guide to Responding to Gunshot Wounds" in order to be prepared for a worst-case scenario. Hopefully, you'll never need it. 🤞
A Demonstrator’s Guide to Responding to Gunshot Wounds
Even if you have no medical training, there are things you can do to maximize the likelihood that a person who is shot in your vicinity will survive.
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I love Asimov's Science Fiction and the magazine's editors. I've published many stories in the magazine. I subscribe to the magazine. Despite that, I'm done with the new MRM owners. This statement is BS. The new owners have squandered the goodwill of their magazines' readers, writers, and fans. 1/
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine@asimovssfmag.bsky.social · 3d agoFrom our publisher:
Remember that if you are in the field—a choice word, because it means we are walking the uncharted territories together—we have a duty to care for the growth, visibility, and dignity of our peers. Artists are not vestigial to the craft of writing. Respect them and they'll respect us.
ICE will kill a child (where we can see it) eventually if they’re allowed to continue. They’ve almost certainly killed immigrant children already, it just hasn’t been caught on film. It’s too bad conservatives don’t give a shit about the children they want to force us to have
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4d agoI am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
Yes, because let’s face it, people often do in fact judge a book (or magazine) by its cover. I know for a fact that there are people previously unfamiliar with my work who ordered my book for the cover alone. I’m honored to get to work with visual artists. Each and every time.
Brandon O’Brien, but wearing a wolf mask@therisingtithes.bsky.social · 3d agoRemember that if you are in the field—a choice word, because it means we are walking the uncharted territories together—we have a duty to care for the growth, visibility, and dignity of our peers. Artists are not vestigial to the craft of writing. Respect them and they'll respect us.
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes. n.pr/4AXBftW
Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.
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