lorimt.bsky.social
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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#Gerrymandered and fired up? Fight back—run for office, even when the map is rigged. Can’t Win Victory Fund helps “can’tidates” in impossible districts make noise, grow the vote for up-ballot races and push for fair maps—and yes, we make it fun.
Apply to run: cantwinvictoryfund.com/run
Apply to run: cantwinvictoryfund.com/run
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#Gerrymandered and fired up? Fight back—run for office, even when the map is rigged. Can’t Win Victory Fund helps “can’tidates” in impossible districts make noise, grow the vote for up-ballot races and push for fair maps—and yes, we make it fun.
Apply to run: cantwinvictoryfund.com/run
Apply to run: cantwinvictoryfund.com/run
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57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.
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Who I am voting for, and why, Cambridge 2025.
(Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
(Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
Who I am Voting for (and why
Who I am Voting for (and why!) 2025: Cambridge There’s an election in Cambridge. November 4. You should vote. For starters, here is a cheat sheet. You do not need to read beyond the first page. You p...
docs.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Who I am voting for, and why, Cambridge 2025.
(Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
(Easy chart on the first page, then 7 pages of word salad, which is still more comprehensible than some of the school committee candidates' websites)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(Also obligatory fuck off Tim Flaherty)
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My top 6 picks for City Council are those endorsed by both A Better Cambridge and Cambridge Bike Safety.
Incumbents
- Marc McGovern
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Burhan Azeem
- Sumbul Siddiqui
Challengers
- Dana Bullister
- Ned Melanson
If you want more housing and safer streets, you want these 6!
Incumbents
- Marc McGovern
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Burhan Azeem
- Sumbul Siddiqui
Challengers
- Dana Bullister
- Ned Melanson
If you want more housing and safer streets, you want these 6!
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My top 6 picks for City Council are those endorsed by both A Better Cambridge and Cambridge Bike Safety.
Incumbents
- Marc McGovern
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Burhan Azeem
- Sumbul Siddiqui
Challengers
- Dana Bullister
- Ned Melanson
If you want more housing and safer streets, you want these 6!
Incumbents
- Marc McGovern
- Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
- Burhan Azeem
- Sumbul Siddiqui
Challengers
- Dana Bullister
- Ned Melanson
If you want more housing and safer streets, you want these 6!
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"The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/" - @mims.bsky.social
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
Original draft of syllabus is here - www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-politi... - still in need of a summary piece on the role of capital in shaping the AI economy
The Political Economy of AI: A Syllabus
As I’ve noted occasionally before, one of the most potentially useful things that academics do is preparing syllabi, and hence organizing information about the world.
www.programmablemutter.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/" - @mims.bsky.social
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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What has the #CambMA @abciepac.org Pro-Housing City Councilors Accomplished?
Check it out www.abciepac.org/aho-accompli...
and while you are at it, please consider donating to and/or volunteering for ABC IEPAC so we can ensure our progress is not rolled back.
Check it out www.abciepac.org/aho-accompli...
and while you are at it, please consider donating to and/or volunteering for ABC IEPAC so we can ensure our progress is not rolled back.
a sign that says vote for affordable housing is above a house
Alt: a sign that says vote for affordable housing is above a house
media.tenor.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What has the #CambMA @abciepac.org Pro-Housing City Councilors Accomplished?
Check it out www.abciepac.org/aho-accompli...
and while you are at it, please consider donating to and/or volunteering for ABC IEPAC so we can ensure our progress is not rolled back.
Check it out www.abciepac.org/aho-accompli...
and while you are at it, please consider donating to and/or volunteering for ABC IEPAC so we can ensure our progress is not rolled back.
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if you've been thinking about an e-bike and the cost has been holding you back, this closeout sale is worth a look. this might be the lowest price i've seen for a UL-listed e-bike with a dealer network.
A couple years ago, I helped a bunch of people get a good deal on a RadPowerBikes RadMission. I referred more than 180 people to buy the bike, which was on sale for $500, and I said there would never be a deal that good again.
Here's a deal almost as good.
www.velotricbike.com/products/vel...
Here's a deal almost as good.
www.velotricbike.com/products/vel...
July 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
if you've been thinking about an e-bike and the cost has been holding you back, this closeout sale is worth a look. this might be the lowest price i've seen for a UL-listed e-bike with a dealer network.
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Our new poll for @abundanthousingma.org is out this morning. "Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development."
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development
Voters strongly support land use policy changes that would make multifamily development easier in Massachusetts, according to a statewide survey commissioned by Abundant Housing Massachusetts (AHMA).
bankerandtradesman.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Our new poll for @abundanthousingma.org is out this morning. "Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development."
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
bankerandtradesman.com/survey-finds...
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Gigantic protest in Boston
April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Gigantic protest in Boston
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@cambridgemass.bsky.social has a housing crisis. Yet unaccountable "Neighborhood Conservation Districts" (NCDs) run by the city drastically decrease housing construction and increase down-converted unit losses compared to equivalent parcels outside NCDs.
dan-sprague.github.io/2025/03/30/ncd
dan-sprague.github.io/2025/03/30/ncd
Neighborhood Conservation Districts Suppress Housing in Cambridge, MA
Stories of variation around a mean.
dan-sprague.github.io
March 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@cambridgemass.bsky.social has a housing crisis. Yet unaccountable "Neighborhood Conservation Districts" (NCDs) run by the city drastically decrease housing construction and increase down-converted unit losses compared to equivalent parcels outside NCDs.
dan-sprague.github.io/2025/03/30/ncd
dan-sprague.github.io/2025/03/30/ncd
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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This isn't deportation if they are being sent to a random country not of their origin. This is a slave prison.
Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to accept deportations of American citizens www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including violent American criminals
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “there are obviously legalities involved” in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals.
www.pbs.org
March 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This isn't deportation if they are being sent to a random country not of their origin. This is a slave prison.
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I love seeing companies that make inclusion a priority.
Bunch adapts their bikes for people with disabilities at no extra charge- need a special seat? Included. Need a modification for a wheelchair? Included.
This is another example of that.
Bunch adapts their bikes for people with disabilities at no extra charge- need a special seat? Included. Need a modification for a wheelchair? Included.
This is another example of that.
On 3/21 we donate 50% of profits to Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network - selected by our families!
Annual tradition & usually one of our bestselling days. Checkout 3/21 & help us break donation record!
Read more: bunchbike.com/blogs/the-bu...
#cargobike #luckyfew #downsyndrome #inclusion #bunchfam
Annual tradition & usually one of our bestselling days. Checkout 3/21 & help us break donation record!
Read more: bunchbike.com/blogs/the-bu...
#cargobike #luckyfew #downsyndrome #inclusion #bunchfam
March 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I love seeing companies that make inclusion a priority.
Bunch adapts their bikes for people with disabilities at no extra charge- need a special seat? Included. Need a modification for a wheelchair? Included.
This is another example of that.
Bunch adapts their bikes for people with disabilities at no extra charge- need a special seat? Included. Need a modification for a wheelchair? Included.
This is another example of that.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Status report, "Adventures in Staying Housed" dep't: The time for lease-signing on our rental house is getting really close... but we've got some arrears we're trying hard to handle. Can we interest you in some sale-priced #ebook bundles? 🙂Details are here: www.tumblr.com/dduane/77775...
Status report: In the "Adventures In Staying Housed" department...
Greetings to the Bluesky folks who've dropped by! Just to confirm what's going on:
We're hoping to sign the lease on our rented house early next week, but we have some rental arrears that we're very…
www.tumblr.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Status report, "Adventures in Staying Housed" dep't: The time for lease-signing on our rental house is getting really close... but we've got some arrears we're trying hard to handle. Can we interest you in some sale-priced #ebook bundles? 🙂Details are here: www.tumblr.com/dduane/77775...
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I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge.
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style
Here’s the details 🧵
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I'm kinda Over the lazy "techies need to take liberal arts classes so that they don't turn out terrible" argument.
Peter Thiel & Alex Karp did their undergrad degrees in philosophy. Elon Musk & JD Vance both have Bachelor of Arts degrees.
A liberal arts education isn't a panacea against bad ideas.
Peter Thiel & Alex Karp did their undergrad degrees in philosophy. Elon Musk & JD Vance both have Bachelor of Arts degrees.
A liberal arts education isn't a panacea against bad ideas.
February 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I'm kinda Over the lazy "techies need to take liberal arts classes so that they don't turn out terrible" argument.
Peter Thiel & Alex Karp did their undergrad degrees in philosophy. Elon Musk & JD Vance both have Bachelor of Arts degrees.
A liberal arts education isn't a panacea against bad ideas.
Peter Thiel & Alex Karp did their undergrad degrees in philosophy. Elon Musk & JD Vance both have Bachelor of Arts degrees.
A liberal arts education isn't a panacea against bad ideas.
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US foreign aid is frozen so people aren't getting crucial medication! Keep up the fight against these actions by contacting Congress. If you're in DC or one of the 22 states in the lawsuit, also contact your Attorney General. For instructions, go to: tbfighter.link/contact-congress
February 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
US foreign aid is frozen so people aren't getting crucial medication! Keep up the fight against these actions by contacting Congress. If you're in DC or one of the 22 states in the lawsuit, also contact your Attorney General. For instructions, go to: tbfighter.link/contact-congress
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Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.
If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...
If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...
January 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.
If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...
If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...