The lack of support I’m getting here on what is one of the hardest days of my life tells me everything I need to know about this garbage site. I’m out. Enjoy reading CFPs and rants about AI without me.

For those of you who had the misfortune of not knowing Manengue while he was alive: he was the best cat ever.

Thank you, Manengue Walker-McGarry, for teaching me to love stronger than I ever thought I could.

So much this. I think of it as a principled boycott. I won’t give a genocidal administration a veil of respectability.

“I’m just a realist” ok will you accept the reality that Biden’s actions against Palestine will cost him votes and potentially the election, and advise him to act accordingly? Or is it only realism when other people have to compromise?

One of the most populous cities in the US, which is hosting the Dem Nat’l Convention in ~6 months, passed a ceasefire resolution today thanks to the efforts thousands of activists

ITinthesetimesmag.bsky.socialJan 31, 2024 10:07pm

Mayor Brandon Johnson broke a tie in City Council to pass a cease-fire resolution, making Chicago the latest in a string of cities to call for peace. inthesetimes.com/article/chic...

Chicago Is Now the Largest U.S. City to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

Mayor Brandon Johnson broke a tie in City Council to pass a cease-fire resolution, making Chicago the latest in a string of cities to call for peace.

Be gentle with yourselves my friends.

AI image synthesis is inherently wasteful. As we all know but often ignore, anything called AI today consumes enormous energy resources and computing power. Also, it relies on the mass exploitation of human labor on a planetary scale. But there’s more to it … 1/6

I usually give students the option of working in a group or working individually. That way students can pick the conditions that best suit their own learning style.

A pediatrician’s two weeks inside a hospital in Gaza www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...