treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

I think, if I’m being honest with myself, this is the main reason I refuse to touch these things. More so than being environmentally dilligent, even more so than wanting to avoid being a thief. I am very good at my job. I enjoy being very good at my job. I do not want to become less good at my job

It is absolutely preferable to not pick up the cigarette in the first place news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...

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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Something I think about often is how the reward for promptly responding to emails is receiving more emails.

also the written test!

Alex@mplsalex.bsky.social · 3d ago

My hot take for today is that you should have to retake a road test every time you renew your license, and you should undergo an annual vehicle safety inspection when you renew your tabs.

My hot take for today is that you should have to retake a road test every time you renew your license, and you should undergo an annual vehicle safety inspection when you renew your tabs.

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

The FDA just announced they won’t release their “safety review” of abortion pills until March of next year. In other words: They’re stalling until after the midterms.

FDA says it will complete safety review of abortion pill in March

A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the FDA to provide an update on its safety study as part of a lawsuit seeking to overturn a provision allowing mifepristone to be delivered by mail.

nbcnews.com

the speed at which human beings move from "this terrible thing exists" to "everyone just has to learn to live with it" is truly alarming and illuminating. Immediately moving to compliance. Watching this in real time is incredible.

The mobility of children is simply not taken seriously or viewed as important. Something illustrative is how people will often say that kids "don't count" when you remind them that children and young teens are nondrivers who deserve the right to get around without cars.

Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 7d ago

having sat thru my company's latest AI update, I'm looking forward to all the 22 year olds in their first job doing bigtime strategic thinking while my team continues to clean up the errors that will now made by robots instead of the ones made by 22 year olds

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

projects.propublica.org

these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us

Sarah Burris@sarahburris.bsky.social · 2w ago

Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

This stopped me in my tracks. The cumulative weight of a bunch of instances that can be dismissed as one-offs or no big deal...it's a lot.

maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

The appeals court has sided with New Kings Democrats in Brooklyn Democratic party struggle, ordering the Aug. 25 rule changes voted on by prior district leaders, calling them "null and void."

I’ve been avoiding certain trending topics here but I believe everyone is discussing whether it’s ok to bring an iced coffee to a lesbian bar in western Massachusetts?

If you are comparing rerouting a bus to the Nazis, you are a deranged lunatic, not a concerned citizen.

Doug Gordon@brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3w ago

"As an elder, this feels like Nazi Germany in 1933. What are you gonna do next? Kill me because I’m elderly?” This is a real thing a person said about a plan to reroute a bus and make it safer for people to bike. People are not okay.

Your regular reminder that if you have ANY reason not to fast on Yom Kippur (and mental health IS HEALTH) -- it's not just "ok" to eat -- you're *commanded* to do so --

Home | A Mitzvah to Eat

At A Mitzvah to Eat, we empower Jews needing ritual accommodations to safely connect to sacred Jewish practice and community. We provide resources, support, and advocacy for these Jews, as well as the...

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i'm curious how the AI agent will understand me, my goals and everything I care about when after years of therapy *I* don't even know those things

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4w ago

Here is how Mark Zuckerberg talks about AI agents vs what they are actually doing: It doesn't take that many people's annoying little "assistants" to pollute the internet, harass people, suck up dinner reservations, hack stuff, etc.

further proving my point, the person who told me yesterday the cost was $1600 just emailed a quote and the now it's only $650

Naomi 🐺@naomiwolf.bsky.social · 4w ago

today i spoke to 4 different plumbers to find out how much it would cost to replace my pedestal sink with a vanity and have received quotes ranging from $350 to $1600?! i do not understand how anything works anymore and believe more firmly than ever that everyone is just making shit up

today i spoke to 4 different plumbers to find out how much it would cost to replace my pedestal sink with a vanity and have received quotes ranging from $350 to $1600?! i do not understand how anything works anymore and believe more firmly than ever that everyone is just making shit up

Naomi 🐺@naomiwolf.bsky.social · last mo.

"it's gonna be a big job" words you don't want to hear from your super who just cut several holes in the bathroom wall to investigate the source of the water damage.

LIRR not running to Brooklyn on Rosh Hashanah weekend is a HATE CRIME

update: I was right. we arrived 55 min late.

Naomi 🐺@naomiwolf.bsky.social · last mo.

look, I love traveling by train, but it's amazing how bad amtrak's app and comms have been on this Vermonter trip train left 30 min late & the first text I got from amtrak about the delay was 15 min after we left app is still showing a 20 min arrival delay when it's clearly gonna be an hour late

look, I love traveling by train, but it's amazing how bad amtrak's app and comms have been on this Vermonter trip train left 30 min late & the first text I got from amtrak about the delay was 15 min after we left app is still showing a 20 min arrival delay when it's clearly gonna be an hour late

while I have never had it in sandwich form, I did once make peanut butter and pickle ice cream

Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · last mo.

today at the sword and the sandwich, @davidswanson.bsky.social explores the weirdness of the PB&P: peanut butter and pickle. featuring: the history of pickles!!!!! buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Strong, persuasive analysis.

Ellie Saurus@elliesaur.bsky.social · last mo.

Reasons to ride a bike: - Bikes are fast and get you places on time - Gives you a nice butt - Most energy efficient way to travel - Get to go whee the whole time - Virtually immune to traffic - The going whee thing, but again

i was with a group of about 20 people at breezy point last weekend and 3 of us got stung! luckily not by those mauve stinger ones.... www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/02/j...

Jellyfish Clog Shores and Sting Swimmers as Summer Wanes in Rockaway

One lifeguard said he’s heard more complaints about jellyfish in three days than in 25 years on the job.

thecityreporter.nyc

My heart goes out to the millions of people struggling to remember how to write "Thanks! Sounds great!" in an email.

The Independent@the-independent.com · last mo.

ChatGPT down: OpenAI chatbot not working in major outage

The grim reaper is grabbing all the wrong heauxes!!!!!!!