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aspiring gwyneth paltrow with a jane austen cultural shade sensibility.
former archaeologist, current deeply unserious head of engineering.
Here for the memes to soothe broken-ness and insomnia
former archaeologist, current deeply unserious head of engineering.
Here for the memes to soothe broken-ness and insomnia
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This is a terrific piece of writing and insight about where we are with the Times, and where the Times is with us.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is a terrific piece of writing and insight about where we are with the Times, and where the Times is with us.
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As I understands it, the cultural divide between America and China, re: AI, basically boils down to "I'm gonna make a computer that's God (and you can fuck it if you want)" vs "I'm gonna make a computer that's really good at stuff (and can learn to be better)"
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
As I understands it, the cultural divide between America and China, re: AI, basically boils down to "I'm gonna make a computer that's God (and you can fuck it if you want)" vs "I'm gonna make a computer that's really good at stuff (and can learn to be better)"
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Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
July 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
cs degreesalso aggressively migrated to being "code" degrees influenced by FAANG companies - instead of degree programs underpinned by liberal arts mentality or forcing students to have additional exposure to the humanities - many candidates i interview from top schools in CS can't problem solve
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
July 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
cs degreesalso aggressively migrated to being "code" degrees influenced by FAANG companies - instead of degree programs underpinned by liberal arts mentality or forcing students to have additional exposure to the humanities - many candidates i interview from top schools in CS can't problem solve
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The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?
July 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?
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I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
June 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
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Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander (2025)
June 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander (2025)
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A philosopher wins a big grant for a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional project on the "love ethic"
Sullivan Wins $10 Million Grant for “Love Ethic” Project at Notre Dame - Daily Nous
Meghan Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has won a $10 million grant for the project, "Love and Social Transformation: Empowering Scholars and Social Innovators to Dev...
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June 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A philosopher wins a big grant for a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional project on the "love ethic"
i have jokingly shat on the LAtimes for trying to be a national newspaper when it is in fact a local newspaper with a distinct LA /CA brand of loci focus. Shockingly good stuff comes out of where you have actual station chiefs -
This is exactly what they should be doing
This is exactly what they should be doing
In spite of its owner, I must say the LA Times is meeting the moment with wall-to-wall coverage of ICE kidnappings and so many stories about how immigrants are the backbone of everything great about LA. Its staff has a much clearer view of the city than the New York Times does of NYC.
Immigrants founded some of the city’s longest-running and most influential restaurants.These are 18 immigrant-founded restaurants in L.A. from our Hall of Fame list. https://www.latimes.com/food/list/support-immigrant-founded-restaurants-hall-of-fame-guide?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
June 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
i have jokingly shat on the LAtimes for trying to be a national newspaper when it is in fact a local newspaper with a distinct LA /CA brand of loci focus. Shockingly good stuff comes out of where you have actual station chiefs -
This is exactly what they should be doing
This is exactly what they should be doing
millennial angst: everyone older than me didn't learn how to manage critical skim reading of 1000 pgs/wk from age 16+, everyone younger than me can... barely read and might be functionally illiterate.
Three years into this shit and this is the best the AI industry has? "Email summary and project planning"? Also: the woman is the "chief learning officer" at Johnson and Johnson, a company that just cut most of their generative ai initiatives. Why write this?
www.wsj.com/articles/joh...
www.wsj.com/articles/joh...
May 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
millennial angst: everyone older than me didn't learn how to manage critical skim reading of 1000 pgs/wk from age 16+, everyone younger than me can... barely read and might be functionally illiterate.
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New from me for @slate.com: That shocking Hacks twist is the perfect excuse to talk about how it’s time we recognize Hannah Einbinder properly
Hacks’ Shocking Twist Reveals Something Deeper About the Show
There really is no Hacks without Hannah Einbinder.
slate.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
New from me for @slate.com: That shocking Hacks twist is the perfect excuse to talk about how it’s time we recognize Hannah Einbinder properly
this is the Jane Austen of tech writing
What I appreciate here is that the FT scored a video interview with Sam Altman (a high profile get!) for a conceit where he makes lunch and then another FT writer just ruthlessly savages his kitchen appliances and cooking techniques. www.ft.com/content/b180...
Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen
All Drizzle, no sizzle
www.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
this is the Jane Austen of tech writing
In what may be the gayest thing ever;
a hot dude with a great ass despite not well fitted jeans who plays guitar from a steel town is really all it takes to win hearts and minds of conservative very invested in traditional masculinity boomer and gen z men
a hot dude with a great ass despite not well fitted jeans who plays guitar from a steel town is really all it takes to win hearts and minds of conservative very invested in traditional masculinity boomer and gen z men
The right wing meItdown about Bruce Springsteen is hiIarious.
He’s been such an outspoken liberal for ages, what did they expect?🤡
He’s been such an outspoken liberal for ages, what did they expect?🤡
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In what may be the gayest thing ever;
a hot dude with a great ass despite not well fitted jeans who plays guitar from a steel town is really all it takes to win hearts and minds of conservative very invested in traditional masculinity boomer and gen z men
a hot dude with a great ass despite not well fitted jeans who plays guitar from a steel town is really all it takes to win hearts and minds of conservative very invested in traditional masculinity boomer and gen z men
turns out, we did NOT, in fact , have enough exposure to the "first they came for the x" poem or how pattern matching works
In what might be the logical endpoint of American Zionism, the Heritage Foundation has declared that pro-Palestinian activism is not just antisemitic, but is in fact a shadowy global conspiracy … led by Jews. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
May 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
turns out, we did NOT, in fact , have enough exposure to the "first they came for the x" poem or how pattern matching works
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I'll say it again: in a country where due process is individually denied and then broadly eroded and eventually eliminated, being a citizen will not protect you from the terror of this administration.
April 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'll say it again: in a country where due process is individually denied and then broadly eroded and eventually eliminated, being a citizen will not protect you from the terror of this administration.
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Nobodye good doth evir attack the fundinge of libraryes
April 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Nobodye good doth evir attack the fundinge of libraryes
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I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.
March 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.
i am reminded again and again how poorly educated on the basics of history most Americans are. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it feels like a trite axiom and yet here we are.
They're destroying civil rights history because they want to repeal the Civil Rights Act
www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...
www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...
Historic Montgomery Bus Station, Freedom Riders Museum part of DOGE-ordered sell-off
The building housing the historic Freedom Riders Museum appears to be part of a DOGE-ordered sell-off of federal properties.
www.alreporter.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
i am reminded again and again how poorly educated on the basics of history most Americans are. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it feels like a trite axiom and yet here we are.
3. confirm how many graduate students they have slept with / had weird relationships with that in an office setting would get them fired
4. confirm how many graduate students they have graduated and if they got to publish without the professors name.
tbh this may be higher than 1 & 2
4. confirm how many graduate students they have graduated and if they got to publish without the professors name.
tbh this may be higher than 1 & 2
Pro-tip: before emailing a professor to ask if you can join his research lab as a new Ph.D. student...
(1) check whether their department has a Ph.D. program
and
(2) confirm that the paper of theirs you claim to have "just read" is an actually-existing paper and not made up by ChatGPT.
(1) check whether their department has a Ph.D. program
and
(2) confirm that the paper of theirs you claim to have "just read" is an actually-existing paper and not made up by ChatGPT.
a man wearing a black sweater and a white shirt is making a face and says oof .
ALT: a man wearing a black sweater and a white shirt is making a face and says oof .
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January 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
3. confirm how many graduate students they have slept with / had weird relationships with that in an office setting would get them fired
4. confirm how many graduate students they have graduated and if they got to publish without the professors name.
tbh this may be higher than 1 & 2
4. confirm how many graduate students they have graduated and if they got to publish without the professors name.
tbh this may be higher than 1 & 2
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Whenever some dude complains about tampons in men's restrooms, what it really comes down to is that he just doesn't respect women. He feels emasculated by tampons because for him, there's nothing more insulting than to be equated with women. Misogyny is the internal structure of transphobia.
January 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Whenever some dude complains about tampons in men's restrooms, what it really comes down to is that he just doesn't respect women. He feels emasculated by tampons because for him, there's nothing more insulting than to be equated with women. Misogyny is the internal structure of transphobia.
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How did the tech bro crowd, growing up on stories of sci-fi, transhumanism, virtual reality and limitless ability to modify one's body, "biohacking," etc. end up becoming so viscerally anti-transgender? Truly boggles my mind.
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
How did the tech bro crowd, growing up on stories of sci-fi, transhumanism, virtual reality and limitless ability to modify one's body, "biohacking," etc. end up becoming so viscerally anti-transgender? Truly boggles my mind.
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I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
December 30, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.