I propose a test for talking about responsibility over AI actions: If I duct tape a knife to a roomba, put it in a room, and turn it my on, who is responsible for any nicks?

Go see @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social sing! (And the ball game too.)

Jean Walsh@therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social · 7d ago

OK people what are you doing this Saturday night? Because YOURS TRULY will be singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Oakland Ballers game! 🎶🎤🥎

For people who DO like tablet note-taking, what do you like and why? I go between notebooks and a large 2020ish iPad. The iPad feels awkward. I’ve looked at reMarkable many times but I’m not totally sold on it.

Something I find fascinating about the commetariate class, and I’m pointedly including YouTubers, is how they do not live in the same reality as others. “In 2016 everyone was doing this”. That’s not true. In 2016 some people chasing numbers were making posts/videos about this. That’s different.

We went through an event on the scale of the US homefront experience in WWII but we can't talk about it because too many people will start screaming conspiracy theories we have to "teach the controversy" on our own experiences! often on our loved ones' deaths! of course we're not healing so well!

Under-scrutinized aspect of LLM scamming: the unit economics change the shape of scams. You know why e.g. foreign prince type scams are painfully obvious? So that only people with the most greed / the least scam literacy respond to them. But when responding is cheap, why pre-filter?

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d ago

Rapidly becoming convinced that one major immediate impact of AI diffusion is a massive uptick in the sophistication and scale of scams and hacks. Seeing it everywhere.

If fare inspection is known to be inaccurate, yet continues, it’s just an exercise in letting staff decide who they want to kick off the bus/train.

Bryan Culbertson 🥄@bryanculbertson.com · last wk.

We learned at MTC meeting today that Clipper fare verification devices will report a rider as unpaid even though they have paid 😱 @bart.gov @sfmta.com @caltrain.com stop all fare inspections until Cubic fixes this! mtc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...

I just learned about a new workgroup that is extremely up my alley, and I didn’t try to join it because I already have a major responsibility to focus on. Please clap.

I’m shocked that I’ve never been fired for publicly asking “should we do this” when management wants to own something new. It’s bound to happen eventually!

TONIGHT! AC Transit staff and part of the board is attempting a coup, to prevent members of the board from actually advocating for the constituencies that elected them. “The board exists to rubber-stamp what we tell them and stay quiet” is profoundly undemocratic. Meeting: bsky.app/profile/geor...

George Spies@georgespies.bsky.social · 2w ago

Elected representatives are responsible to their constituents. Why else have elections? This core understanding is entirely missing. That a board member "should not engage their constituents to attend board meetings and speak out on behalf of their interests", p7, is absurdly anti-democratic. 3/x

Speak out tomorrow against this undemocratic, anti-transit rider, and all together bizarre set of recommendations to the AC Transit board from consultants actionnetwork.org/events/speak...

Speak out! AC Transit Board votes Wednesday to silence rider voices

Speak out against Agenda Item 4. Tune in and give comment via Zoom here: https://actransit.zoom.us/j/98487175063 The AC Transit board on Wednesday will receive a report that recommends drastic an...

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Carter Lavin@carterlavin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Kinda messed up that AC Transit's board consultants call for "obedience" from the board actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...

What happens when foreign aid disappears? Here’s how countries are coping with the loss of USAID and the State Department foreign aid programs. Read the latest from @royaizadi.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/why-mil...

Why militaries benefit from U.S. foreign assistance cuts

Governments are turning to their militaries to fill the void left by U.S. aid cuts. But filling the gaps then expands military power across civilian sectors.

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This planning phase is critical. The Geary metro's feasibility and usefulness depend on how we conceptualize it now. Money is limited, even for public goods. If we innovate with pragmatic design, we can afford more stations, build the line all at once, and fund construction without waiting decades.

dereksagehorn.bsky.social@dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Important graphic for why people should attend this meeting.

I've just published this article, Part 1 of 4 about the choices that will enable San Francisco to finally build a Geary metro. medium.com/@infrastruct...

Plan the Geary metro right, right now

Part 1: Strong corridor; tight station spacing; frequent trains

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It’s an actual Dream Come True for me! Today I am driving a Muni Bus wearing the iconic Landor Livery, the true colors Muni is meant to display, designed by the great Walter Landor in 1975, introduced alongside the greatest logo in transit history, the Muni Worm.

Taylor Farms also owns and runs Earthbound Organics, which is available in nearly every grocery store across the US

val@trickycrayon.com · 3w ago

This framing is so disgusting and irresponsible. Yes, Taylor Farms supplies Taco Bell. THEY ALSO SUPPLY TONS OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. People will take "avoid Taco Bell" as the lesson which is NOT HELPFUL. www.wcvb.com/article/cycl...

Increasingly suspecting it’s not possible to send SMS messages for any hobby projects anymore. Been going back and forth with inscrutable A2P 10DLC rejections, which at this point feel more like rejection quota roulette than reasons.

Getting agreement on KPIs drives me up the wall because of the pressure to present simple-looking statistics that tremendously mislead, because to more accurately represent reality would be to define/measure statistics that require context to interpret.

Join us and @transbaycoalition.bsky.social and @streetsforallsf.org for an SF Happy Hour to meet your fellow transit riders and advocates interested in upcoming rail projects in SF! More info and RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/san-f...

A surge of monsoon moisture this weekend could bring a few showers to the Bay Area, but most of the rain will evaporate before reaching the ground. This is called virga and can lead to some stunning cloud displays that resemble jellyfish. Sunsets should be epic!

Bay Area fog gives way to tropical clouds this weekend. The sunsets should be epic

Abundant tropical clouds are expected over California this weekend, but this monsoon surge may not have the energy needed to turn fair-weather clouds into thunderstorms.

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“Run more buses” is almost always the first answer to making transit better in the US and Canada. Many don’t want to hear it because of the appeal of trains (and that buses aren’t capex projects), but it’s true. Ability to just show up, and transfers not breaking trips, does wonders.

august 🍂@auguststreet.ca · 4w ago

thing is, bus speeds between LA & toronto are comparable. not dismissing speed issues, but the biggest delta between TO & LA is frequency (+integration) of bus+rail. lowering bus wait times region-wide is still the best bang-for-your-buck transit investment out there with quick results. 1/

it's been over a week since venezuela got hit by earthquakes. >30k people are still missing. it's really easy to feel hopeless right now. i've made this post to share how you can help from canada by supporting (1) trusted orgs & (2) local donation drives if you're in canada, pls share :) 🇻🇪🇨🇦 (1)

Which is the worst desk chair: IKEA folding chair or target camping chair?

Fable feels like what I'd expect from an Opus 4.10 so far - definitely a big step up in large contexts with a lot of noise, but the cost is dubious for something that is still liable to run amok burning tokens on a bad path.

bernie wagenblast, whose voice new yorkers hear every time they ride the train www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/n...

The SFMTA puts the trans in transit. @sfmta.com

The California Coastal Commission is frequently guilty of nimbying and catering to rich coastal homeowners, but the base fact that everyone has the legal right to enjoy and access California’s coastline is massive.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is it time for another one of my Californian rants about how batshit insane it is that so much of the East Coast’s beaches are heavily controlled + privatized for the benefit of loathsome rich coastal property owners?