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multi-head attender, likelihood maximizer, waveform manipulator, San Francisco inhabitor, information securer, infosponge, lover of bicycles and transit
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it's ironic, because artists seem absolutely enraged and terrified that AI is helping coders replace them, but from what I see, the more apparent and profitable applications have actually involved non-technical folks having the ability to take engineers' work away from them
For my part, seeing AI catch up to my abilities in several domains has been painful. I feel a sense of loss. And I’m in a position where I have (a tiny bit of) leverage and control over the process. I can only imagine how painful it would be if I felt like it were completely out of my hands
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
it's ironic, because artists seem absolutely enraged and terrified that AI is helping coders replace them, but from what I see, the more apparent and profitable applications have actually involved non-technical folks having the ability to take engineers' work away from them
why is our former Republican governor better on transit infrastructure issues than so many CA Democrats
"I'm a bike rider" | #ArnoldSchwarzenegger (Toronto Star)
If the #Terminator visited your city on his bike would he say "I'll be back"?
#Liverpool #Manchester #Leeds #Sheffield #Newcastle
momentummag.com/arnold-schwa...
If the #Terminator visited your city on his bike would he say "I'll be back"?
#Liverpool #Manchester #Leeds #Sheffield #Newcastle
momentummag.com/arnold-schwa...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Expresses His Love for Toronto Bike Lanes
Schwarzenegger and his choice to navigate Toronto on two wheels highlights the city's progressive approach to mobility.
momentummag.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
why is our former Republican governor better on transit infrastructure issues than so many CA Democrats
the Internet was not made for doom scrolling and pseudonymously acting out one's depression/anxiety. no, it was made for this
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
the Internet was not made for doom scrolling and pseudonymously acting out one's depression/anxiety. no, it was made for this
gonna start referring to French and German citizens as EUians and seeing if I can make it happen
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
gonna start referring to French and German citizens as EUians and seeing if I can make it happen
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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conservatives, it turns out, are absolutely correct about there being quiet, load-bearing institutions that are vital to the existence of civilization. they're just opposed to them
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
conservatives, it turns out, are absolutely correct about there being quiet, load-bearing institutions that are vital to the existence of civilization. they're just opposed to them
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Unscientific vibe shift prediction: wouldn't be surprised if you saw a shift among liberal artists who take politics more seriously/are very tapped into the zeitgeist from "you can't trust THE MAN, who has AN AGENDA" to "you can't trust selfish people who won't cooperate when it's needed"
February 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Unscientific vibe shift prediction: wouldn't be surprised if you saw a shift among liberal artists who take politics more seriously/are very tapped into the zeitgeist from "you can't trust THE MAN, who has AN AGENDA" to "you can't trust selfish people who won't cooperate when it's needed"
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I think ~20% of non-partisan NIMBY housing comments about private equity and vacancy & related myths are actual honest to god bot operations run by landlords
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think ~20% of non-partisan NIMBY housing comments about private equity and vacancy & related myths are actual honest to god bot operations run by landlords
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You people have got to stop saying this kind of thing. I’m sorry that 15 years ago a CS professor said something obnoxious in a faculty meeting but the idea that humanities degrees are “not tied to capitalism” while STEM degrees are is some of the purest bullshit I’ve ever seen in my life.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You people have got to stop saying this kind of thing. I’m sorry that 15 years ago a CS professor said something obnoxious in a faculty meeting but the idea that humanities degrees are “not tied to capitalism” while STEM degrees are is some of the purest bullshit I’ve ever seen in my life.
this is also how you wed kitchen table issues to concerns about democracy: they're sponging you every day through fraud and corruption, and our leaders let them
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
this is also how you wed kitchen table issues to concerns about democracy: they're sponging you every day through fraud and corruption, and our leaders let them
I think I would be ok with Ben Garrison losing his job and being replaced by AI
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think I would be ok with Ben Garrison losing his job and being replaced by AI
it doesn't help that we have an elite class that now seemingly spends most of their time with a bloodstream full of amphetamines or weird Soviet experimental chemicals
That begs the question: why has everyone lost their damn minds?
And the answer I think is Phone x COVID x Neoliberalism = everyone is insane.
And the answer I think is Phone x COVID x Neoliberalism = everyone is insane.
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
it doesn't help that we have an elite class that now seemingly spends most of their time with a bloodstream full of amphetamines or weird Soviet experimental chemicals
slave trader: "I've never believed in the term 'personal freedom'"
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
slave trader: "I've never believed in the term 'personal freedom'"
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What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
data centers can use _nonpotable_ water! it doesn't even have to compete with the drinking water supply.
But have you considered that AI will use up every drop of water on Earth and then we'll all die? No I don't understand how water works and I will not answer any more questions.
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
data centers can use _nonpotable_ water! it doesn't even have to compete with the drinking water supply.
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I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
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Not technically allowed to say what I think should happen to everyone involved in the boat strikes but I think we all know what it is and that it should definitely happen
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Not technically allowed to say what I think should happen to everyone involved in the boat strikes but I think we all know what it is and that it should definitely happen
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i still believe in what harris and others said last year: "we're not going back"
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i still believe in what harris and others said last year: "we're not going back"
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i have never been nostalgic for the past before i was born and reading history only reinforces this. running water is good. not losing children to preventable diseases is good. human beings not being property is good.
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
i have never been nostalgic for the past before i was born and reading history only reinforces this. running water is good. not losing children to preventable diseases is good. human beings not being property is good.
a big issue with convincing people that Holocaust atrocities were real was people's cynicism after being fed WWI propaganda about Belgian babies being roasted on German soldiers' bayonets and whatnot
an underestimated threat AI poses is not convincing you that fake things are real, it’s convincing you that real things are fake
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
a big issue with convincing people that Holocaust atrocities were real was people's cynicism after being fed WWI propaganda about Belgian babies being roasted on German soldiers' bayonets and whatnot
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It was a fucking active conspiracy and this is Astead's confession.
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It was a fucking active conspiracy and this is Astead's confession.
seriously considering giving up on my Vox subscription now that they're gonna shove this bullshitter in my face all the time
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
seriously considering giving up on my Vox subscription now that they're gonna shove this bullshitter in my face all the time
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There's an alternate universe where Preston didn't melt his brain on twitter beefs, is an effective supe and got reelected last year.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There's an alternate universe where Preston didn't melt his brain on twitter beefs, is an effective supe and got reelected last year.
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exactly. If he wasn't so committed to making online YIMBYs his enemy, we'd actually have a Supe advocating for expanding Slow Streets and bike lanes right now
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
exactly. If he wasn't so committed to making online YIMBYs his enemy, we'd actually have a Supe advocating for expanding Slow Streets and bike lanes right now