Miguel Gómez
@prplmnkydw.bsky.social
Historian, Middle Ages, Spain
People are acting like this is rebuilding a country club. It is not. Muni is a low cost city owned golf course open to the public. It is part of AVL parks and rec.
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More FEMA money is headed to WNC, including $7.7 million for Asheville’s municipal golf course
News of the funding’s release comes one day after U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis (R) released their holds on some of President Trump’s Homeland Security nominees.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People are acting like this is rebuilding a country club. It is not. Muni is a low cost city owned golf course open to the public. It is part of AVL parks and rec.
I would have hoped that the silly trope of “honor culture” would have disappeared. It was silly when Jim Webb did it. It was ridiculous when JD Vance was pushing it. But here we are, the bad penny returns.
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...
When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them - Berkeley News
The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley.
news.berkeley.edu
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I would have hoped that the silly trope of “honor culture” would have disappeared. It was silly when Jim Webb did it. It was ridiculous when JD Vance was pushing it. But here we are, the bad penny returns.
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
This definitely sums up my experience
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This definitely sums up my experience
Trump is clearly signaling that he thinks the “national security moms” and the scary Muslim commies are on the same side. When the various parts of the American left also figure out that, for the time being at least, they are all on the same side, then maybe we can salvage all this.
The Democratic Party has a plan to prevent the next Mamdani by running a new type of candidate: the national security mom
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
National Security Moms Are Here
Trump's call for arresting Democrats targets new political bloc, foreshadowing what's to come
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trump is clearly signaling that he thinks the “national security moms” and the scary Muslim commies are on the same side. When the various parts of the American left also figure out that, for the time being at least, they are all on the same side, then maybe we can salvage all this.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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sorry jacques this is your name now, bad tech rules
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
sorry jacques this is your name now, bad tech rules
It’s 1), and some 2), and no 3).
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It’s 1), and some 2), and no 3).
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You know what gets a bad rap? The Inquisition
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You know what gets a bad rap? The Inquisition
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
FWIW I saw ads like this years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
FWIW I saw ads like this years ago.
What passes for news sometimes…
About 212 million people — around 65 percent of the population of the contiguous United States — live in the areas expected to see freezing cold over the next seven days.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Tracking Freezing Temperatures in the U.S.
See detailed maps of the latest forecast for freezing temperatures in the United States.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What passes for news sometimes…
I love this stuff.
Thrilled to have this piece by Omar Muhammed & @fancynahyan.bsky.social out now. I'll be using it tomorrow in a talk at UC-Merced on "Where Do Pandemics Come From? Using Black Death Narratives to Rethink the Origin of Pandemics." Or the question we really need to ask: when are pandemics? A quick 🧵.
Thanks to Kerra for this write up on the Plague maqama article. @uniofexeternews.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I love this stuff.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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I can’t understand why anyone would pitch to Ohtani when he’s having a game. Especially in a high stakes situation. Just walk him!
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I can’t understand why anyone would pitch to Ohtani when he’s having a game. Especially in a high stakes situation. Just walk him!
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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US Academia Be Like
October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
US Academia Be Like
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'New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform is tested.' 1/2
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
'New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform is tested.' 1/2
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Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
The right is quickly moving to dominate media. This is low hanging garbage, but things like TikTok and CBS are less so. This is obviously a strategy, and they are pretty good at being strategic. Big problem, left better find a solution.
The taxi TVs generally show local news and little pop-culture segments. Adding NEWSMAX is what the kids would call “a choice.”
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Taxi TV Is MAGA Now
New York City taxi riders are now served conservative news segments during their trips.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The right is quickly moving to dominate media. This is low hanging garbage, but things like TikTok and CBS are less so. This is obviously a strategy, and they are pretty good at being strategic. Big problem, left better find a solution.
This is true, and the op-ed about what a crisis MAGA people getting ahold of TikTok will be is not wrong.
One thing about saying Democrats should do this or that messaging is that there's nowhere to do that messaging right now. Major social media platforms work for Trump, the networks are scared of him (or taken over by his lackeys). Dems can say whatever they want but there is no megaphone effect.
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is true, and the op-ed about what a crisis MAGA people getting ahold of TikTok will be is not wrong.