Insomnia last night, 3:00 a.m. Turned attention to Euler's equation, e^(iπ) + 1 = 0, considered by some the most perfect formula. Proved it to myself using Taylor series. Fell asleep. Mathematicians have fun too.
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Whitney Bourne by Ernest Bachrach for RKO, 1938.
Realizing that the Valkyries fanbase is Whisky Pete Hegseth's worst nightmare.
🎬 Now streaming on Criterion Channel 24/7: Godzilla (1954) Directed by Ishiro Honda Starring Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai Next film starts around: 96 minutes (9:03 AM EDT/6:03 AM PDT) Watch on Criterion Channel
The Terrazzo at the 1920s Blackpool Winter Garden was quite wild
@oneirodynia.bsky.social @mike.teczno.com y’all got to cheer harder!
@oneirodynia.bsky.social Please tell the Valkyries players to not "go at" Kuier. They tried that last game, too. It doesn't end well.
@ifyoucantwell.bsky.social You may have already been shown this, but Ringer NBA analyst Zach Lowe went out of his way to highly praise Halt and Catch Fire on his latest podcast. A clip: youtube.com/shorts/2KG8g...
'Halt and Catch Fire' at 96 on the Best TV Shows of the 21 Century list??? | The Zach Lowe Show
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🎬 Now streaming on Criterion Channel 24/7: Detour Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason Next film starts around: 69 minutes (3:13 PM EDT/12:13 PM PDT) Watch on Criterion Channel
K Curves are everywhere. They're the defining economic pattern of this internet age.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 4d agoA friend of mine has argued that a consequence of AI on tech jobs will be fewer people making more money on average. In big tech, I’m seeing this happen just from companies doing layoffs then preferring senior super ICs over college grads when they do hire.
#WNBA I'm cheering the Valks, but cannot deny Ogunbowale's greatness. Wow.
Let's just stop at the first 13 words. The world would be a hugely better place.
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · 5d agoGo For It Ladies.......
Too many Americans are permanently embarrassed wannabe enslavers.
Peter Merholz@peterme.com · 5d agoThe United States was a slaveholding nation, and has never instituted a formal process to repair, reconcile, or otherwise come to terms with this aspect of its history. Every American should feel ashamed of this.
The United States was a slaveholding nation, and has never instituted a formal process to repair, reconcile, or otherwise come to terms with this aspect of its history. Every American should feel ashamed of this.
Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 5d agoToday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. First observed in 2013 as Orange Shirt Day, it is a day for public commemoration, learning and reflection on the history and intergenerational trauma of the Residential School System in Canada.
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. First observed in 2013 as Orange Shirt Day, it is a day for public commemoration, learning and reflection on the history and intergenerational trauma of the Residential School System in Canada.
It’s evident that no good UX practice is at play with most model companies, and only a passing glance at places like MSFT. They instead rush features to market and hope for the best. The basic usability of these tools is atrocious.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6d agoSo you know previous waves of technological fabulism the tech companies threw a little loose change at social behavioral research and user interface experience. whats interesting about AI interesting is that they aren’t even pretending to care about how people use the technology.
Fresh what now?? Another great example of @karenmcgrane.bsky.social’s maxim “truncation is not a content strategy”
Stuart Palmer@spalm.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole".
And I'll be honest, in the 4.5 years I've been running this account, this is easily in my top 10 favorite threads I've ever written
This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.