listen up democrats: we did not vote for you for y'all to find common ground and reach across the aisle. we voted for you to crush our enemies, to see them driven before us, to hear the lamentations of their women
Kyle Stewart
@kylestewart.bsky.social
Education UX research, design and strategy | accessibility | food pantry | Michigander and recovering Yooper | Universalist Unitarian (UU)
Shout out to the election workers pulling a 16 hour shift today, you the MVP
Recent LLMs feel like they are "verbosity-maxxing" and default to delivering waaaay more text than a typical user wants or would find helpful.
Growing up, my family ran a train and riverboat tour in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I spent my summers growing up on and around this 200 capacity vessel. I've had to scrape and paint this thing a ridiculous amount of times.
Ndgree, the Grand Remonstrator@ndgree.bsky.social · 3w agoGo to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a picture of a boat you like.
treelaw perverts on reddit must be beside themselves with this East Potomac golf course tree removal case
Molly Roberts@mollyroberts.bsky.social · 3w agoDOJ: Talking about tremoval compatible/not compatible. With what? KG: Period of significance: foundation period. As a whole, 1917-1941. Compatible = species, viewline, size of tree. Views and vistas identified in CLR. DOJ: Compatibility is broad things discussed in CLR. Right? KG: Yes.
After lunch with a friend, I visited a nearby bookshop on a whim looking for an Emily Wilson translation of the Odyssey. An employee found it in the Classics section and she commented that someone else had recently asked for the same translation. Inspired to read by a podcast series about it
I've been working at food banks / pantries at least once a week for the past ~5 years, seen over 20 different mobile pantries operate and currently staff an indoor pantry on Wednesdays. These mobile pantries take a lot of work to run well and I want to shout out some of the critical roles 🧵1/n
River Ranch Dog@riverranchdog.bsky.social · last mo.We saw a record two-mile-long line of cars at our food bank in rural Oklahoma last week.
Kids made me take this picture coming out of a roller rink last night. Now I'm making you look at it.
Do you save the crusts of your pizza for last or do you eat the crust before proceeding onto the next slice?
These promos for National Treasure 3 are getting out of hand
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo agoMalibu residents evacuate after massive, expanding sinkhole opens at Nicolas Cage’s house
At a board game con today, and absolutely love this Crokinole board. Crokinole is a fantastic disc flicking bar game and this board was made by BrownCastle Games.
As the Great Trade War heats up, Canadian shock troops have occupied neighborhoods in suburban Detroit
Vacation pic of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, MI. I love how the arch covers the horizon and makes it hard to tell where Lake ends and sky begins
With Lake Ontario changed to Lake America, the common mnemonic for remembering the great lakes (HOMES) doesn't work anymore. With the swapping of O for A, I propose a new mnemonic: SHAME
“There are so many incredible things you can put your money toward that are more worthwhile than the Democratic National Committee,” read the email attributed to DNC chair Ken Martin
New DNC Fundraising Email Urges Voters To Find Something Better To Do With Their Money
WASHINGTON—Pleading with recipients to use their hard-earned cash more productively, a Democratic National Committee fundraising email sent out Thursday urged voters to find something better to do wit...
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obviously i think AI is an abomination. i have talked about this for a long time and will continue to do so, but today i was struck with something REALLY COOL that i do not think is discussed enough on the opposite end: the JOY and FULFILLMENT of being able to hire and work with human artists.
I hate stories like this and many reactions to it. The researchers had a model basically brute force 700k configs of a virus, of which they hand selected several hundred to be manufactured in a lab. It's not like they prompted "make me a virus." It's not nothing but the headline framing is overblown
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo agoBreaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens.
Saw this photogenic toad while I was poking around outside this morning
RE: AI Hype In our time people who have no connection with science expect it to produce miracles and nothing but miracles, but they're practically incapable of distinguishing a genuine scientific miracle from a conjuring trick or intellectual acrobatics Monday Starts on Saturday - Strugatsky Bros
I lit up like it was fucking Christmas when I saw @edzitron.com was the guest on Nik Suresh's latest podcast episode. I followed Nik's breakout AI article to his appearance on your pod, which I've found to be very grounding as I work in a tech industry gone mad.
Someone has lost their damn mind and it's not me. In order to pay my son's doctor bill, I have to sign ME up for a MyChart account. Sign up involves Experian asking Q's to verify my identity, which was fine up until this one. What the actual fuck? I have to Google astrology shit to pay a bill?
