new essay from @avierkant.bsky.social on the double-bind health threat of data centers. "the 'promise' of AI is cancer alley everywhere." blindarchive.substack.com/p/indifferen...

Indifference engines

Brief thoughts on AI and data centers

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Thanks in part to AOC, egg freezing is allll over the news these days. But what does it actually entail? Is it affordable? Painful? As part of COYOTE's First Aid Kit service journalism series, we're sharing this helpful guide from @19thnews.org on the science behind this fertility choice.

First Aid Kit: Should You Freeze Your Eggs? What to Know About the Costs and Process

Egg freezing is an increasingly popular fertility treatment, but there are multiple medical and financial considerations to take into account before starting the process.

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Every time people post AI-generated food posters, I think back to how a real life diner decided to use a photo from my old food blog on their menu over a decade ago. lizdenys.com/journal/arti...

My innards are basically eating themselves right now (I'm in a severe amount of pain, especially standing), and I have to say it's really humiliating to ask for a seat on a subway and have no one offer to get up. People suck.

what the fuck do you mean "everyone is using AI and nobody admits it." what the fuck do you mean. who are you talking to. you have allowed a demon to devour your soul. begone

Another aspect of this I didn't touch on last night - like I've seen with every streets change, there are active misinformation campaigns being spread by drivers who derail or waste significant time at public meetings spreading that misinfo.

Liz Denys@liz.nyc · 2d ago

I hate to be at a bus rider forum in a breakout room with people who are clearly not regular bus riders.

Rodneyse is proving all her critics right. Anyone who supports her in this should lose any future in politics. Rodneyse is a disgrace.

Carey@careylikemariah.bsky.social · 2d ago

Huge story breaking right now in NYC: BK Dems party boss Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn announced that she's subverting the will of Brooklyn's voters (a majority of whom recently voted to change party leadership) by dramatically changing the rules in order to hang onto her position as party boss.

January 6: Flatbush

Carey@careylikemariah.bsky.social · 2d ago

Huge story breaking right now in NYC: BK Dems party boss Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn announced that she's subverting the will of Brooklyn's voters (a majority of whom recently voted to change party leadership) by dramatically changing the rules in order to hang onto her position as party boss.

If you're a central Brooklyn bus rider, make sure to fill out issues on this map: nycdotprojects.info/project-feed...!

This was a really frustrating place to be sharing my recent experiences with very limited mobility and completely being dependent on the bus to get to only accessible stations or other buses because surgery recovery really limited my mobility.

Liz Denys@liz.nyc · 2d ago

I hate to be at a bus rider forum in a breakout room with people who are clearly not regular bus riders.

I hate to be at a bus rider forum in a breakout room with people who are clearly not regular bus riders.

AI makes children better at doing their homework but 20% stupider so it's impossible to say whether it's good or not

Colin M. Henry@henryhenryhenry.com · 2d ago

recommend reading the paper in entire: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

American lives & institutions really are deeply shaped by identity-based prejudice and disadvantage, particularly regarding race and gender. People didn’t like to hear this; partly because some of the people saying so were self righteous and annoying, but mostly because it implicates us all morally.

Cole Harry found himself in the midst of a sudden divorce. His ex took the apartment, the furniture — and his Rancho Gordo Bean Club subscription. When heirloom beans are caught in the middle of a messy divorce, who should get custody? @soleilho.com asks Bay Area food club leaders to chime in.

It’s Over — But I’m Keeping The Bean Club

When heirloom beans are caught in the middle of a messy divorce, who should get custody? Bay Area food club leaders chime in.

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See you there! Let's build bus rider power and win more equitable transportation!

Flatbush Streets for People@flatbushstreetsforpeople.com · 4d ago

Join our friends at @ridersalliance.org for the Bus Riders' Summit on Saturday, September 12, at The People's Forum in Midtown Manhattan, for a day of organizer trainings and workshops on how to win better bus service in our neighborhood! Details and RSVP here: action.ridersalliance.org/summit-26/

Tbh it’s weird that many critiques about “consumerism” have been about little trinkets from China, and not like, the gigantic cars and houses Americans buy but don’t really need.

we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism

It's not about plagiarism. It's about the hounding. It's about them wanting to mob up on certain people, and it's predictable who those people will be. If they cared about intellectual theft, we wouldn't be living in the world we are living in. This is about a hierarchy of who deserves to exist.

The idea of a Black academic being hounded to death for alleged acts of plagiarism in an era when universities are entering into contracts with AI companies and encouraging AI use among students, while Big Tech is stealing EVERYTHING humans write...

I think 30 to 40 miles is a lot easier than it sounds, but also, 30 to 40 miles is where you start really needing to think about proactively snacking so you don't bonk. Eating before you're hungry and packing the right snacks and electrolyte drinks for that is its own skill and not obvious at all.

🚲@bicycle.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Presumably though, you have some experience and confidence on a bicycle since you’re reading a blog post about how to go on trips that require you to bike 30 or 40 miles in a day.” I genuinely believe anyone can do this. thirty miles on a bike is the equivalent of a casual day hike.

Apparently Lilly Wachowski does s tier alt text

Lilly Wachowski@lillywachowski.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.

"Living through a global resurgence of fascism, the greatest difficulty has proved to be not arguing against it, but convincing non-fascists that fascism’s adherents really mean it. That they believe what they are telling us they believe—and they will act accordingly."

Fascists Really Believe It

Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.

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“Having code attributed to Claude "definitely would be not desirable," he said, as he would not want professionally shipped code to carry an invisible marker that could raise questions a authorship, compliance, or client policies.” I got one weird trick for you, buddy

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 6d ago

Translation: the cheaters are big mad

My first time riding a bicycle of any sort this summer! So much surgery recovery this year has kept me off mine, and I'm glad electric bikes exist so I can get back to riding a lot sooner (even if it was only for like 8 blocks cuz I'm taking recovery very carefully).

Matt@mattdenys.bsky.social · 6d ago

Happy Summer Streets from me and @liz.nyc!

free mashup idea to anyone who will make it: "Zombieboy" by Lady Gaga and "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani

amid all the "woke 1" discourse that really did not need to happen in the way it has, I recalled that last year I asked a bunch of organizers and thinkers to reflect on 2020 and the collective possibilities it laid bare for us, and not a one said it went too far

What the 2020 Protests Can Teach Us About Protesting Today

"It is up to us to change everything. But, against the doomers, I believe in this moment we may be uniquely poised to do so."

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Sharing this piece I wrote about how low vision cyclists use ebikes and how license and insurance requirements will create barriers for us

E-Bikes Mean Freedom for Low-Vision Bicyclists

Recently enacted and proposed regulations requiring licenses or insurance for e-bike riders threaten a vital transportation lifeline for Americans who can’t drive.

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“Gen AI does NOT help disabled people. Quit using disabled people as a shield. Implying that disabled people cannot think and create themselves is disgustingly ableist. Gen AI is actually very dangerous.” www.vice.com/en/article/p... newatlas.com/technology/a...

People With Disabilities Say This AI Tool Is Making the Web Worse for Them

AccessiBe aims to make the internet fully accessible to the visually impaired by 2025—but activists say the company's AI is making things worse.

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Kim Crawley (she/her) 😷🍉@stopgenai.com · last yr.

I'm also organizing this because millions of creative workers are being thrown into Gen AI induced poverty really quick, and we need #MutualAid now. Thank you @tante.cc Better website coming soon. www.indybay.org/newsitems/20...