People who hype AI have no idea about diminishing returns We have decades of research showing that when people only work on hard stuff & don't get sufficient breaks, they burn out If AI is sold as a tool that "automates the mindless parts of work" then the worker is only left w the hard parts

What I don't get about AI hype is this: People w middling productivity don't need masterful tools They need to minimize distractions. They need to develop the skill of focus. They need to differentiate between planning & strategizing. They need to evaluate risk AI doesn't give them any of that

This article asks, "What if the problem isn't AI but men?" www.wired.com/story/meet-t...

Interesting design, and it's true about the ear being a good, steady source for HR via the skin, but aren't we all just so over "innovative" wearables? Give me a watch or give me nothing www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

One of America's leading tech writers, @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social , has announced he's leaving the newsroom to start the Youth AI Safety Institute at Common Sense Media geoffreyfowler.substack.com/p/what-is-ai...

A top contender in the Shittiest Announcement to Fire Employees category www.coinbase.com/blog/buildin...

Tom's Guide said "sleep tourism" would be "one of 2025's biggest travel trends" Was it? I thought "sleep on vacation" was something parents of small children do when their kids are finally old enough to be left with another adult, but not an industry www.tomsguide.com/wellness/sle...

Scientists found a "golden orb" at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Alaska. After 3 years, they finally figured out that it is... a bunch of dead cells from a sea anemone www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Tip: If you cannot locate an email address for customer service for a company, open the Terms of Service, search for (press ctrl+F) "@". Almost always, you can find an email address in there. #techtip #customerservice

You went to the Red Rooster Harlem approximately 14 years ago, and today you got your first ever email from them

an absolutely brutal reminder that as reporters at non-worker-owned outlets, you don't own your story; your corporation does. it's their IP, not yours.

"Economists & labor researchers are increasingly asking why the gains from AI-driven productivity aren't flowing to workers" Are they? ARE THEY? Have they not paid attention to the last 50yrs of capitalism?! *Unions* help workers, not increased productivity qz.com/ai-productiv...

Counterpoint: Did it ever know? www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

The acronym POS will never ever mean "point of sale" to me

Soft off days for remote workers. I'm 100% PRO this. Get your job done, don't leave your immediate coworkers hanging, and then go live your life #work #worklife #remotework www.fastcompany.com/91528048/no-...

Went back and read that 2016 Guardian interview with Ottessa Moshfegh where she says she wrote Eileen by buying a book called The 90-Day Novel and following all its instructions. I know she got some shit for it, but honestly, she's a complete bad-ass www.theguardian.com/books/2016/s...

Didn't we hear about this, like, two years ago? Ah, it's the same case, but now the trial has concluded. www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...

An unrated thing about email is, you know how you have a conversation sometimes and you think to yourself a day later "what I should have said was..." — with email, you can just wait a day, have the thought, and send the right message.

Exactly one year ago today:

Quote post with something "good" that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) Action Park (1978-1996)

I very nearly started writing for a new client until I read the terms of service for its CMS (which doubles as its payment system) closely. The CMS charges writers 10% of their payment You want me to PAY A FEE to WORK FOR YOU?! GTFO I declined the work

the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it

This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

Energy policy think tanks keep putting out proposals like "give Mark Zuckerberg sole control over our utility rates by making him America's next grid czar" and the people in Everytown, America are like "go ahead and fuckin try"

I do sometimes think it's funny that a weather app, now owned by IBM, is named after an anti-government revolutionary group who were classified as terrorists

WATCH THE NASA YOUTUBE NOW

Someone asked me if I use AI in my work as a writer No. Unequivocally no. 1) It's not reliable for anything I do 2) Whatever value it *might* provide is not worth the water, energy & other resources it'd take to get there "Is the potential value worth burning down a patch of rainforest?" Nope!

Could you even imagine if those 4 astronauts on Artemis II had seen a nuclear bomb go off on Earth? What are we doing down here?...

I just spent an hour trying to find the paperwork I need from my U.S. health insurance company to give to the Thai hospital that will perform routine preventative medical care 1 hour I still don't have the forms, but I have 2 phone numbers that I can call 6 hours from now when the lines open

Part of me is excited about the space mission Part of me is deeply sad that "scoping out potential landing sites for future robotic space missions" means someone is getting ready to send crafts to mine for rare minerals

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP and the Idaho Alliance for Retired Americans , my law firm has filed a motion to intervene to oppose DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Idaho’s complete, unredacted voter registration list. www.democracydocket.com/cases/idaho-...

Eating 5 prunes a day has shown some potential to halt or slow bone loss in postmenopausal women. But it's always tricky to put too much stock into the health benefits of a snack, especially when studies were sponsored by "Big Prune" hellogloria.com/essays/will-...

I was just thinking about how in the early 2000s the term "muffin top" was thrown around all the time to shame people's bellies, and sometimes in self-shaming, and I know the world isn't perfect, but I'm so happy I never heard that stupid term any more

My superpower used to be that I could sleep 8 or 9 hours without interruption, almost every single night Now in midlife, my superpower is that I can have a glass of wine, not crave a second glass, and still sleep 8 to 9 hours without interruption My apologies if you’re jealous. It IS a superpower

Some people say that in a relationship, you should never go to bed angry. You know what I say? GO TO BED! Sleep! No one is in a position to work out a problem when they're tired.

Why call the children of my siblings, "nibblings?" Clearly, it should "chibblings"

When I travel, it often makes sense to take a train or bus, especially in the US & Canada My last 2 trips to N America included Amtrak (Buffalo to Syracuse), OurBus (Ithaca to New York), and ferry (Vancouver to Nanaimo, Vancouver Island). Here are some apps I use: www.wired.com/story/skip-t...

Really good essay on dealing with grief and losing friends in middle age, and how our social networks aren't as equipped to deal with the loss of a friend as the loss of a parent. From @jilleduffy.bsky.social hellogloria.com/essays/the-g...

Why are women trying to eat 2 cups of beans per day? I went looking for answers, and it sure did take me places! This story got wild... hellogloria.com/essays/the-n...

The number of product reps & execs who reach out asking if I could review a product & don't seem to know that I've ALREADY REVIEWED THE PRODUCT is astounding Often they look at the best-of list & want to be on it, w/o seeing that I reviewed the product in question & it scored too low to be included

Is this not one of the wildest scams? North Koreans have been posing as remote IT workers from western countries & getting jobs, like, real paying IT jobs. Then they steal & launder millions to fund the North Korean regime #cybersecurity #tech #scams #scammers www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The irony that your air traffic controller or TSA agent might be not working because they're busy driving your Uber/Lyft to the airport #GovernmentShutdown #AirTravel

AI boosts productivity while arming adversaries as @leolaporte.me, @jilleduffy.bsky.social, @stamos.org, & @gigastacey.bsky.social discuss the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks on This Week in Tech covering OpenAI's security researcher & the F5 hack! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1056

AI stocks waver as ‘Big Short’ investor bets against Palantir, Nvidia That was from the Washington Post late last night (Tues Nov 4) Eastern time. This morning (US time), the update is the bet was $1.1 billion Gift article wapo.st/3WEdZhL

Traveling in the US by air? Only book refundable or cancelable tickets With TSA, air traffic controllers, & other fed gov workers not receiving pay, you're at an enormous risk—flights canceled, such massive delays, etc. Op-ed from 2023; relevant now www.pcmag.com/opinions/onl...

The only time I get happy email is when all 17 of the books that I'm waitlisted for at the library come in on the same day

AI* is trained on the stupidity of the internet, using text written to satisfy the ever-changing demands of Google search optimization. I hope machine learning can be used for good in, say, science&med, but that'll be in private closed systems using hand-selected data *Large consumer-grade gen AI

In Thailand, the zoo ran a drill to see how staff and police would deal with escaped animals, like Moo Deng, and the footage is fantastic www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8K_...

Who's voting today? Polls open at noon Eastern US time explore.org/fat-bear-week

I'm working on 2 articles that deal w preparation for death, organizing & passing along info A tip! US citizens: Search for the legal forms you need & include your state in the search. You're likely to find free versions that are legally binding, though you may have to get them notarized