Mark
@putrnrd.bsky.social
He/Him - tech stuff, social justice, mental health, chronic illness.
Disabled people who are able to work are no less a part of the disability community.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America! O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be! -Langston Hughes, from ‘Let America Be America Again’ (1935) #everynightapoem
Obama got emotional in a recent interview recalling how he used to read letters from Americans all over the country. And then I got emotional remembering how presidents used to be able to read.
For those interested, Penzeys is having a sale on all their GREEN spices in "honor" of the reflecting pool swamp debacle and you need the code "FILES" to get the deal. Also, you'll get some Black Lives Matter stickers in honor of Juneteenth. www.penzeys.com/shop/spices/...
Why didn’t we send Joy Behar then?
JD Vance: "I have seen some progressive criticisms of me saying, 'What experience does the VP have with hostile, high-stakes negotiations?' And I would point out that just two days ago I spent over an hour on The View. Joy Behar is way tougher than the Iranians."
The true risk is: "an AI salesman will exploit your boss's infinite horniness for replacing mouthy workers with pliable machines to sell him a chatbot that *can't* do your job, and then your boss will fire you and replace you with that inept, defective chatbot." 17/
Hi. If someone tells you about their depression, anxiety, or even insomnia, try to avoid responding with obvious remedies that they have of course already tried. They’re suffering, not stupid. Also please avoid banal mental reframing efforts and quackery. Perhaps just listen kindly. Okay then.
Loving people well is a practice. It requires showing up when it is inconvenient and paying attention when it would be easier not to.
Dogs have no idea how wonderful they are. They just walk around making the World a better place 🐾🐕
To all the other trans people out there: I hope you know that your existence is a gift and that the world is a better and more magical place because you are here.
“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.” ~ James Baldwin
this is great. was the science teacher in stranger things a real person??
1982 report tries to explain home computers | WABC-TV Vault
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One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
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Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years
New excuse from a student being asking to submit handwritten work. He's on deployment and has no access to paper. Online education is broken.
Social Engineering Tactics List of examples by Yogsec: Psychological Manipulation Tactics Building Trust & Rapport Elicitation Techniques Impersonation & Pretexting Digital Social Engineering Physical Social Engineering github.com/yogsec/Socia...
Alabama House speaker said he hopes SCOTUS “will overturn Amendment 14,” the one that made Black people citizens and guaranteed equal protection under law. It wasn’t just a slip. Today’s newsletter. 👉 link.al.com/public/45636...