No you cannot determine which drugs are safe and effective with machine learning. You cannot. It will not work. People will die.

This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain 
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Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.

The Amatron was one of my favorite toys as a kid. It turns out that Hiroyuki Watanabe also had invented some of the most clever handheld pre-digital toys such as Blip, Digital Diamond, Digital Derby, and Missile Strike. Thanks to @aarieff.bsky.social for letting me tell this story! ter.li/JKeegan

What a wonderful article by @aarieff.bsky.social in Dwell about the early years of modern prefab, it was so exciting! My heart bumped with every name of people I knew, we were going to change the world.

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It's cold out here, people. Cold ...
"The usual rate for freelance journalists is 50 cents to $1 per word — the same as it was 25 years ago."
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That'll really help the brand's climate-friendly upscale image.

This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.

“Companies are trying to convince us that robotic cars are better because they are more technologically sophisticated, as if technological sophistication is itself the measure of a transport mode’s value, rather than its practical utility for people.”

I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died?

That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

A gallery person told me I should paint things SF art buyers want in their house. So I asked myself what does someone who drives a Tesla with a HARRIS/WALZ sticker want? I think I nailed it. This is _Political Painting for a Centrist to Hang_, 18x24. Wax and razor blades. #artadventcalendar

This, exactly this! And parents (mostly mothers) who are doing the chaufeuring should be able to get behind this. @cambridgemass.bsky.social @boston.gov @jfh01.bsky.social

The tsunami scare today in the Bay Area illustrates how Elon Musk has changed X for the worse in emergencies.

This is the real account of Berkeley PD. But changes in verification means it no longer has a verified badge. Anyone searching for immediate info might be uncertain if this post is legit.

QuakeSky activated

"the owner of The Los Angeles Times says his product team is working on a new tech-driven “bias meter” to add to articles on the paper’s website as soon as next year." www.yahoo.com/news/los-ang...

I'm into this theme for the Venice Biennale www.porchusavenice2025.org/open-call

Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.

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Donations to @ppfa.bsky.social are matched $1 for $1 today. Great day to give: www.plannedparenthood.org

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Announcing a new call for pitches from @technologyreview.com! The print theme this time is Creativity. More here (including a note about AI pitches 🙂) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Really @sfstandard.com? Was the family killed by a car while waiting for a bus to blame? Why not cover the things that actually cause pedestrian deaths: massively huge SUVs that eliminate pedestrian visibility, poor road design, complete lack of traffic enforcement. sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...