Agreed, and much the same can be said about self-driving cars too. Especially as folks push to make human spaces unfriendly to humans for the sake of a service they want to sell. And in both cases the only asset here is owned by a corporation you lease time from.

I swear we are the country that got wealthy through hard work (and WWII) while denying ourselves the benefits of that wealth under the guise of “the rich earned it”.

The problem that you're suggesting that AI solve is not a problem that should be solved with AI: it is a problem of culture and it needs a cultural solution. To help students think through an idea without facing ridicule or bias, we don't need AI: we need to create a better educational environment.

"But if something that used to be a normal childhood activity is now seen as so dangerous that parents who let their sons walk in the neighborhood are considered felons, the problem is not just with how we enforce our laws but also with how we allow cars to define how we live."

Hell yeah @molly.wiki preach! RSS is the way.

Littering across a dozen planets.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

For anyone wondering what the game in the gif is, it's CrossCode. It's got a demo, check it out. I do need to play more of it myself at some point.. store.steampowered.com/app/368340/C...

I.D.I.C. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.

as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.

Photo of a cat enjoying the sun before having to go in for major surgery this week.

that image of all the girls keeps getting reposted (you know the one) so I drew going on a date with all of them

apropos of nothing but it's funny how certain folks will always try to chase the style of studio ghibli/miyazaki but only on a surface level and never tackle the themes of environmentalism, anti-war, and empathy i.e. the stuff that made those movies masterpieces

Imagine making Tay, but on purpose.

Just look at how we view hoodies. On Mark Zuckerberg, the hoodie is a symbol of whiz kid meritocracy breaking norms and developing the New Economy. On people like Trayvon Martin, the hoodie is sometimes seen as proof of criminality. Again, it's about the bodies beneath the clothes.

Or, and hear me out, don't use genAI in your lit reviews. My god.

Checking the query response ruins the point of using an LLM. People want it to be this magic thing that spits out the answer so they save time and effort. So why would you double check that? And why do we expect high schoolers to check their query responses when adults won't even fucking do it?

When you see posts like "THIS HUGE NUMBER HAS BEEN SAVED!" ask, "At what cost?" What necessary systems are about to fail horribly? 👏 Starvation 👏 Diets 👏 aren't 👏 healthy 👏 for 👏 People 👏 or 👏 Nations.👏

Opinion | Republican policies will increase the cost of nearly everything I buy, while lavishing benefits onto billionaires. But Democrats are insufficiently racist. I have never felt more politically homeless.

Re: "old people" in fandoms/gaming: My 1st video game was Pong. My generation literally created gaming. I still write fanfic & enjoy the art of others. Why? Because I CAN. So, children - don't give up what you love over some BS notion of immaturity. Life is literally too short.

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

Folks are getting notice to remove all EPO & DEI from NASA-related websites. I haven't (yet). I'm moving my NASA-funded work to URLs that don't touch anything else. As always, I believe science is better when we make space for all voices to be heard & feel heard. chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...

Reminds me of what my engineering manager said once when I asked for time to fix a problem that threatened to stop a 100+ person org from being able to work: “You don’t get noticed for the problems you avert from happening, just the problems you solve."

Yup, had this run through our household. Good hygiene is super important. Having to share a single bathroom in an old house is possibly the key reason I caught it despite cleaning + PPE.

If only Taco Bell had the guts to bring this back.

When reactionary centrists say "echo chamber" what they really mean is "non-violent community." Everyone needs a non-violent community, and there is nothing bad or shameful about wanting a place where you won't be harassed, judged, or vilified.

please additionally note that this does nothing about the actual very real issue of intersex folks having non-consensual surgeries and hormones forced on them to make them fit into the constructed norm! it's very important to also include intersex people in this conversation!

Intersex people exist. Trans people exist. They are unusual, so trying to apply the usual approximations is as silly as trying to apply Newtonian physics to things moving close to or at light speed. Legislating such things is as insane as legally ruling that Pi=3... as has been done in the past.

Do yourselves a favor: no matter how you may feel about the United Healthcare guy getting killed, watch what you say online. Be very careful how you interact with posts detailing his death. Some folks are farming for your reactions. Some events don't need your opinion for others to see.

people who have never experienced open racism — or open bigotry of any sort — do not appreciate the way it can be psychologically destabilizing. and on the main, it actually isn’t healthy to be so resilient and thick-skinned that you don’t react to slurs and dehumanization

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

lmao #VForVendetta

I love this and also want to add: You don't need to start and Lead A Thing. Join a Thing. Be a follower. A foot soldier. Many of us millennials somehow imbibed the idea that we need to Go Forth and Create and Lead and Build. But often, the thing already exists, and we need to join.

As an internet old who has watched countless social platforms, chat systems, and BBSes (!) rise and fall, I'm flummoxed by the current hot take that "nothing has or will come along to replace what Twitter once was." Um, hello? Social networks are always ephemeral, online and off. Join a new one!

Always 💖 Don't make me tap the sign

this idea that trump is an "easy" opponent so any loss obviously represents the failure of the democrats to run a proper campaign...you are willfully disavowing the core realities of the country in which you live

Jewish history is one of long exile, of many exiles. Anti-Zionist Jews recognize this and stand in solidarity with Palestinians who have been exiled from their homes in Palestine, and Sukkot with its symbolism and significance is a powerful expression of this

I would literally rather you use a scribble on a post-it note as your blog header than an AI "illustration"

I’M PRINCESS I DO WHAT I WANT

regular reminder bodily autonomy is a “house divided” issue. it is neither politically nor constitutionally tenable to allow each state to determine the legal rights a pregnant person has. www.cnn.com/2024/09/23/h...

I mean I don’t know what this alleged whistleblower is revealing, but perhaps it’s to do with the fact that Black people in media have been talking for years about how lighting design methodology is standardized based on white skin and Harris is absolutely correct to demand her own presets

there's a difference okay

That tracks! This should be obvious but apparently isn’t to a lot of people— if you get a computer to do the thinking for you, you don’t actually learn anything. The process is the point of studying, not the outcome

FWIW I’m pretty sure all my (legit) human-spaceflight and Mars-research friends would prefer a Harris presidency.