Did I Say That Out Loud?
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Exhausted nonprofit ED serving survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and exploitation in this wackadoodle environment. Gems of joy and humor are fuel for my soul. Not here to argue. Asshats will be blocked and receive bad karma.
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#academicsky and other folks: tell your not really online friends, colleagues, and administrators that writing with AI is writing with the blood of other people: people paid a pittance to clean up (often disturbing) content instead of being paid what they're worth as writers. 1/2
“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute…These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#academicsky and other folks: tell your not really online friends, colleagues, and administrators that writing with AI is writing with the blood of other people: people paid a pittance to clean up (often disturbing) content instead of being paid what they're worth as writers. 1/2
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Check in on your friends working in the nonprofit sector. The last two weeks are worse than any government shutdown we’ve experienced (and there were doozies).
February 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Check in on your friends working in the nonprofit sector. The last two weeks are worse than any government shutdown we’ve experienced (and there were doozies).
November 23, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Opened my office to this gorgeous burst of sunshine! #MondaySmiles
November 19, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Opened my office to this gorgeous burst of sunshine! #MondaySmiles
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20 mostly white private academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from North Carolina in the past three years alone.
None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close.
None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close.
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
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November 18, 2024 at 11:14 PM
20 mostly white private academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from North Carolina in the past three years alone.
None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close.
None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close.