Coffee venues with drip available. The UK could learn.
George Teixeira-Connor
@teixeiraconnor.bsky.social
Working Classicist. www.workingclassicists.com Bass with @ostraka.bsky.social www.ostraka.co.uk
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
theintercept.com
Excellent piece by Simon Hattenstone about City being found guilty. Beautiful line about City fans having gallows humour: “After all, this is a club that believes schadenfreude starts at home…” Hahaha www.theguardian.com/football/202...
We Manchester City fans fear relegation and losing trophies … but club are bang to rights
Despite the club’s shocking attempts to legally filibuster the charges out of existence for the past three years, we’ve rightfully failed
theguardian.com
FWIW I think it's possible to like the David trilogy AND Romulus. Reaction to that Scott interview has been wild. Besides, the real bum-note was Alien: Earth.
Alien Earth Xenomorph Encounter
ALT: Alien Earth Xenomorph Encounter
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A good rule of thumb: If the press release (or stenographic news reporting masquerading as journalism) says that an "AI" did something, that's deliberate obfuscation. Software doesn't do anything of its own accord, but folks sure like to talk about it as if it does: >>
How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization
Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...
buttondown.com
On the Uncritical Adoption of “AI” in Academia With thoughts turning to the new academic year I noticed an Open Letter to Universities in the Netherlands, which I have signed. You can read the letter yourself but here is a summary of the main calls to action: • Resist the introduction of AI in our…
On the Uncritical Adoption of “AI” in Academia
With thoughts turning to the new academic year I noticed an Open Letter to Universities in the Netherlands, which I have signed. You can read the letter yourself but here is a summary of the main calls to action: • Resist the introduction of AI in our own software systems, from Microsoft to OpenAI to Apple. It is not in our interests to let our processes be corrupted and give away our data to be used to train models that are not only useless to us, but also harmful.
telescoper.blog
I Don’t Dance. I really don’t. Under any circs. But between venues, and up a little side street, Miri and I had a wee twirl. Such an overflow of happiness, silliness, love, and a sense of fun. I feel it in my chest as I remember it now. It’s just us, in love, and without a care. ❤️
Got our wedding photos back and I can’t stop looking at them!!! 🤍🤍🤍 here’s a wee snippet… @misterconnor1.bsky.social is the best husband 😭 I’m so lucky
It's the anniversary of the Battle of Actium so a good time to announce the release of Marcus Antonius On Drunkenness. Our audio drama about Mark Antony's lost text and the Republic's last civil war! We owe @mikebeer.bsky.social a bottle of wine 🍷 Episode 1: open.spotify.com/show/0345u5z...
Sharing my website portfolio and telling all you games industry people that I’ve also managed teams, done small-scale PR work, and website copywriting - but also that I’m a fucking delight to work with - for no reason at all other than that my DMs are always open 👁️ miriteixeira.journoportfolio.com
Miri Teixeira's Portfolio - Miri Teixeira
Miri Teixeira's portfolio homepage
miriteixeira.journoportfolio.com
An article explaining that postdoc students *should* be exploited. Get to f*ck.
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2mo agoOpinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Still looking for texts giving a Leftist perspective on Republican Rome. Anyone have any recommendations? The best I’ve read so far are: * Parenti’s The Assassination of Julius Caesar * Kahn’s The Education of Julius Caesar * Woods’ Class Struggle in the Roman Republic
This is a really good dive into the power of wealth over talent. The clips of celebrities who “just kinda fell into it” are so revealing. youtu.be/O0HG7EimeAY?...
The Dark Side of Meritocracy: Why 'Hustling' is a Trap
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
youtu.be
Got to do an interview with a member of Alien Isolation 2's team today at Gamescom, and the excellent @blueskynoise.com had his pet theory blown out of the water (sorry 😬) www.gamespot.com/articles/its...
It's Time I Let Go Of My Favorite Alien Isolation 2 Theory
Ripley, believe it or not, won't be the star.
gamespot.com
The Battle of Alesia was a massive defeat for the Gauls, but was Vercingetorix to blame? Was he simply a loser? Listen to our full episode with Zoé Elise Thomas (@archaeadne.bsky.social) for more... www.ancienthistory101.org/p/vercingeto...
For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to Leptis Magna on the coast of Libya. It's one of the best preserved Roman cities. The city was founded in the 7th c. BC by the Phoenicians. In Roman times it became one of the most important cities of North Africa and a major trading post.🧵1/2 📷Georg Steinmetz
It's time for a little more military history this week, so we have a biography of Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix! Our guest expert is archaeologist @archaeadne.bsky.social , who will take us past the mythmaking of later history, and walk us through the short but dramatic career of an enemy of Rome.
Vercingetorix - a Biography - Ancient History 101
with Zoé Elise Thomas
ancienthistory101.org
There is no moral defence of private education.
The Clacton byelection cost taxpayers a quarter of a million pounds. That is the cost of employing six NHS nurses for a year. Put that on the side of a bus.
“The police told me there was a credible threat” “The police say they didn’t.” “This was a different police. You wouldn’t know this police. They go to another school.”
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
independent.co.uk
Whatever anyone thinks of Nolan's film, its success makes other films in the ancient world appear viable to movie financiers. Can't wait for this one. archive.is/u0QNx
"Bluesky is dying" bro you're talking about a website full of 38 year olds who have fringe political beliefs and listen to black metal bands with >1000 listeners on spotify, nobody here cares about popularity
My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡
Just a reminder that we need to stop saying “welfare” or “benefits” and revert to “social security” which is what it fucking is.