What a glorious truth to read spelled out, so unexpectedly and necessarily and shockingly, because of where we find ourselves

Long break up process, but finally deactivated Twitter

Having now driven in Boston during peak traffic times, I can honestly say that Cincinnati has worse drivers with equally bad traffic.

Idk who needs to hear this, but we don’t need to build more housing. There are a lot of empty houses and apartments in a lot of parts of the country. The issue is landlords and “the market.” Hope this helps!

There is something magical about women complimenting you and men ignoring you

I can't speak for all American Jews, but for me at least, a presidential candidate saying there's Good Jews (ones who vote for him) and Bad Jews (ones who don't) and if he loses the election it was "rigged" and he'll blame Jews, is a lot more concerning than some college students denouncing Israel.

Some women I know are vocally supporting a local domestic violence organization, which is great. Except they just as vocally support my abuser despite knowing my story because they want to “keep the peace” / “he probably didn’t mean it” This is why nothing changes.

In case you’re considering leaving academia, my boss ended our 1-on-1 call with: “so I’ll try to not get eaten by a bear and you try to not get too involved with a cult this weekend” So yeah it’s pretty great outside the ivory tower.

Very few things consistently make me happier than being in NYC in September

Jesus fucking christ finally someone actually tested AI performance before assuming that it would do everything faster and better than a human for cheaper, setting targets accordingly, and letting staff burn themselves out

CWcameronwilson.bsky.socialSep 3, 2024 5:49am

As part of a test run for Australia's corporate regulator, AI was used to summarise submissions made by the public. The trial found that AI performed worse in every metric compared with humans. Assessors suggested AI would make more work for people, not less. www.crikey.com.au/20...

AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information, government trial finds

A test of AI for Australia's corporate regulator found that the technology might actually make more work for people, not less.