Elizabeth Sampat
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I'm afraid this date is a lot closer than we think.
Also, AI and social media may have killed people's ability to engage with difficult material, but students also ask what the point of education is when we're careening twoard a future of underpaid gigs w/ no security and institutional idiocracy.
Also, AI and social media may have killed people's ability to engage with difficult material, but students also ask what the point of education is when we're careening twoard a future of underpaid gigs w/ no security and institutional idiocracy.
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'm afraid this date is a lot closer than we think.
Also, AI and social media may have killed people's ability to engage with difficult material, but students also ask what the point of education is when we're careening twoard a future of underpaid gigs w/ no security and institutional idiocracy.
Also, AI and social media may have killed people's ability to engage with difficult material, but students also ask what the point of education is when we're careening twoard a future of underpaid gigs w/ no security and institutional idiocracy.
Suddenly remembered Spaghetti To Go, this drive-thru pasta restaurant near where I lived in second or third grade. Their whole deal was that you could buy like, a gallon of spaghetti in meat sauce Or fettuccine alfredo for your family and it would come in a big plastic bucket with a handle.
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Suddenly remembered Spaghetti To Go, this drive-thru pasta restaurant near where I lived in second or third grade. Their whole deal was that you could buy like, a gallon of spaghetti in meat sauce Or fettuccine alfredo for your family and it would come in a big plastic bucket with a handle.
YES THIS TOO, SO MUCH
To add to that, I've seen so many designs by committee where people talk about what should be done on a game when they're not the target audience.
People really don't like it when they're not who the game is for!
People really don't like it when they're not who the game is for!
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
YES THIS TOO, SO MUCH
This is the number one issue I find with junior game designers (and unfortunately, non-designers who think anyone can design). So many people cannot tell the difference between "a game I like" and "a game that's designed well" and they get REAL mad if you point out there's a difference
begging people to learn to separate “i like it” with “it’s good.”
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is the number one issue I find with junior game designers (and unfortunately, non-designers who think anyone can design). So many people cannot tell the difference between "a game I like" and "a game that's designed well" and they get REAL mad if you point out there's a difference
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I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
Knoops! They’re a British brand that also has a small chain of hot chocolate cafes and has a huge range of percentiles, all(?) single origin. Second best hot chocolate I’ve ever had, after Philippe Pascoët, which is Swiss and I can’t get it here 😭
I have read through *all* the top level comments and none of these supposed hot chocolate lovers have asked THE most important question, which is: what brand??????
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Knoops! They’re a British brand that also has a small chain of hot chocolate cafes and has a huge range of percentiles, all(?) single origin. Second best hot chocolate I’ve ever had, after Philippe Pascoët, which is Swiss and I can’t get it here 😭
Okay. Please rule on this disagreement.
I am particular about my hot chocolate and buy a bougie brand that lets you choose the % darkness. I like 54%. They were out, so I ordered one 45% and one 65% thinking I could mix them together. I then discovered we had some at home. I KNOW, I AM AUTISTIC
I am particular about my hot chocolate and buy a bougie brand that lets you choose the % darkness. I like 54%. They were out, so I ordered one 45% and one 65% thinking I could mix them together. I then discovered we had some at home. I KNOW, I AM AUTISTIC
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Okay. Please rule on this disagreement.
I am particular about my hot chocolate and buy a bougie brand that lets you choose the % darkness. I like 54%. They were out, so I ordered one 45% and one 65% thinking I could mix them together. I then discovered we had some at home. I KNOW, I AM AUTISTIC
I am particular about my hot chocolate and buy a bougie brand that lets you choose the % darkness. I like 54%. They were out, so I ordered one 45% and one 65% thinking I could mix them together. I then discovered we had some at home. I KNOW, I AM AUTISTIC
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
You couldn’t make A Star Is Born today. The concept of even asking if a girl is happy in this modern world is too far-fetched
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You couldn’t make A Star Is Born today. The concept of even asking if a girl is happy in this modern world is too far-fetched
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
Or, if you’re in video games, you have an aeron because a studio you worked at shut down and didn’t give you severance so you stole it
it's some kind of journalistic malpractice to tell people an areon going for 30% off of $1600 is a meaningful "discount". you're supposed to get one from a shady facebook marketplace guy for $150 at most
Early Black Friday discounts—and a flash sale—help bring down the price of the iconic Herman Miller Aeron. www.wired.com/story/black-...
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Or, if you’re in video games, you have an aeron because a studio you worked at shut down and didn’t give you severance so you stole it
Astrology has to be real because there’s no way I became this much of a bitch just naturally
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Astrology has to be real because there’s no way I became this much of a bitch just naturally
I can always tell when a document at work was written by someone who has done NaNoWriMo too many times because it’s 50,000 words and only 5 of them SAY anything.
For the love of god, someone invent national novel editing month
For the love of god, someone invent national novel editing month
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I can always tell when a document at work was written by someone who has done NaNoWriMo too many times because it’s 50,000 words and only 5 of them SAY anything.
For the love of god, someone invent national novel editing month
For the love of god, someone invent national novel editing month
I love when I give @vernavenisa.bsky.social advice about what to say to someone and then she’s like “I like that a lot! I’m going to run it past some neurotypical friends and see what they say.” 😂
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I love when I give @vernavenisa.bsky.social advice about what to say to someone and then she’s like “I like that a lot! I’m going to run it past some neurotypical friends and see what they say.” 😂
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it’s also a thing where people can be convinced. the right got some people worked up about trans women in sports but possible to get people a lot more worked up about individual/parental rights, genital inspectors, etc
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
it’s also a thing where people can be convinced. the right got some people worked up about trans women in sports but possible to get people a lot more worked up about individual/parental rights, genital inspectors, etc
Unironically: I need to know where I can buy the gay yarn ASAP
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Unironically: I need to know where I can buy the gay yarn ASAP
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
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NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions
In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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We have so much racism hard-coded into America that cops extended that hostility that's only supposed to be directed at PoC to everyone and their mama.
If White ppl knew just how often cops kill dogs, as an extension of their "training," we just might get somewhere on police reform.
If White ppl knew just how often cops kill dogs, as an extension of their "training," we just might get somewhere on police reform.
I'll go to my grave thinking that the only thing that will actually make rightwingers rethink policing in America is exposing them to the number of dogs that American cops kill compared to the rest of the world.
The last time I looked it up, we killed something like 20x more dogs than anyone else
The last time I looked it up, we killed something like 20x more dogs than anyone else
When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We have so much racism hard-coded into America that cops extended that hostility that's only supposed to be directed at PoC to everyone and their mama.
If White ppl knew just how often cops kill dogs, as an extension of their "training," we just might get somewhere on police reform.
If White ppl knew just how often cops kill dogs, as an extension of their "training," we just might get somewhere on police reform.
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"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
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I want to thank all those who have shared this, I was unaware of how many reposts it has gotten; thank you!
Things are more urgent. I got back after once again unclear if they did the inspection, and found this in the door.
Panicked, number went up now $2316.22
#mutualaid #helpfolkslive 🖤🤎💸💕
Things are more urgent. I got back after once again unclear if they did the inspection, and found this in the door.
Panicked, number went up now $2316.22
#mutualaid #helpfolkslive 🖤🤎💸💕
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I want to thank all those who have shared this, I was unaware of how many reposts it has gotten; thank you!
Things are more urgent. I got back after once again unclear if they did the inspection, and found this in the door.
Panicked, number went up now $2316.22
#mutualaid #helpfolkslive 🖤🤎💸💕
Things are more urgent. I got back after once again unclear if they did the inspection, and found this in the door.
Panicked, number went up now $2316.22
#mutualaid #helpfolkslive 🖤🤎💸💕
Instead Adam spent the entire movie mildly bewildered and muttering “I think if *I* met a green lady it’d be easy to just be NORMAL about it”
watching wicked for the first time and resisting the urge to say "she's green for an amazing reason" every five minutes
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Instead Adam spent the entire movie mildly bewildered and muttering “I think if *I* met a green lady it’d be easy to just be NORMAL about it”
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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You would never know from any reporting that men are much more likely to be the victims of violence from strangers
I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
'Dark winter nights feel like an unspoken curfew for women'
Women in the north west of England speak of how they have to be more cautious as nights turn dark.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You would never know from any reporting that men are much more likely to be the victims of violence from strangers