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Having recently switched doctors from someone who was very nice in her delivery but ultimately said horrific things to someone who was truly compassionate to where I was coming from… The difference is not a matter of what you say, it’s in how you provide care.

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Yikes.

People worry about what it means to be a human being when machines can imitate us so accurately, even at the bedside. The truth is that prewritten scripts have always been deeply woven into the fabric of society. Be it greetings, prayer, romance or politics, every aspect of life has its dos and don’ts. Scripts — what you might call “manners” or “conventions” — lubricate the gears of society.
In the end, it doesn’t actually matter if doctors feel compassion or empathy toward patients; it only matters if they act like it. In much the same way, it doesn’t matter that A.I. has no idea what we, or it, are even talking about. There are linguistic formulas for human empathy and compassion, and we should not hesitate to use good ones, no matter who — or what — is the author.
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its 10 days til my book comes out so i am still spamming about this because i am FREAKING OUT so please please please dont let it flop preorder my book preorder sales are so important for authors www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...

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Wild Faith

The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals a...

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AOartofcoop.bsky.social

As an artist, seeing a publication/podcast/whatever use AI art instead of hiring an artist is exactly like watching a scab cross a picket line

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Mmjfrombuffalo.bsky.social

6.5 months I was displaced post-Sandy. Some of the damaged homes were just torn down last year, and Sandy was 2012.

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KIkendrawrites.bsky.social

I think part of this is people really really do not understand how long and hard it is to recover from disaster. They expect magical overnight change and that's not possible.

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My friend works with FEMA and is in Asheville. The right-wing misinformation and left-wing doomerism is actively making things more difficult on the ground. There are *thousands* of government employees and contractors working insane hours and the efforts are fully funded

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former tempe resident here every holiday season, tempe police go to all the churches in the area and specifically warn them not to feed any of the unhoused people or else they would shut them down and that’s just the tip of the iceberg

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KSkatestarbird.bsky.social

I'm baffled at how effectively the right falsely painted Twitter, FB, and other big social media platforms as politically biased and pressured them to stop moderating to address harmful BS, and now the owner of X is literally jumping up and down on the campaign stage for their candidate, and what?

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