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Underlining, we actually should call people who use DEI as a slur segregationists as a norm.Talk plainly.The mealy mouth defense of diversity rather than simply talking about reparation, repair,& representation is what got us here.No more ambivalent euphemisms.Values, at full volume.
The NAACP has been fighting Alabama’s segregationists for more than a century.
NAACP challenging Alabama’s anti-DEI policy www.chronicle.com/article/anti...
January 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Underlining, we actually should call people who use DEI as a slur segregationists as a norm.Talk plainly.The mealy mouth defense of diversity rather than simply talking about reparation, repair,& representation is what got us here.No more ambivalent euphemisms.Values, at full volume.
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AIRBNB HAS THEIR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM!
Who is the program for?
This program is specifically for bootcamp grads & self-taught devs. Entry-level 6-month program. As of right now, This is a US-only opportunity.
The applications open in February!
Link ⤵️
Who is the program for?
This program is specifically for bootcamp grads & self-taught devs. Entry-level 6-month program. As of right now, This is a US-only opportunity.
The applications open in February!
Link ⤵️
January 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
AIRBNB HAS THEIR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM!
Who is the program for?
This program is specifically for bootcamp grads & self-taught devs. Entry-level 6-month program. As of right now, This is a US-only opportunity.
The applications open in February!
Link ⤵️
Who is the program for?
This program is specifically for bootcamp grads & self-taught devs. Entry-level 6-month program. As of right now, This is a US-only opportunity.
The applications open in February!
Link ⤵️
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*looks directly at camera*
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
*looks directly at camera*
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Remember this? A problem we didn't have in automated speech recognition tools until OpenAI decided they were going to do away with alignment (not the kind that so-called "AI safety" people do)? And they're giving us "artificial general intelligence" any day now right?
apnews.com/article/ai-a...
apnews.com/article/ai-a...
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw. It makes things up that were never said.
apnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Remember this? A problem we didn't have in automated speech recognition tools until OpenAI decided they were going to do away with alignment (not the kind that so-called "AI safety" people do)? And they're giving us "artificial general intelligence" any day now right?
apnews.com/article/ai-a...
apnews.com/article/ai-a...
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Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
January 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
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Is there a single major tech business idea in the past decade that wasn’t just “what if we broke the law, but at scale?”
In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.
'The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court. ChatGPT's future could be on the line
In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Is there a single major tech business idea in the past decade that wasn’t just “what if we broke the law, but at scale?”
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We do not need to be an audience for fascist pageantry. Witness your neighbors, your communities, your loved ones. Witness all we need to protect. Be present where you are, dig your toes deep into the earth, plant yourself to endure the oncoming storm.
I am not watching one single thing produced by or orchestrated by that administration. That's their propaganda. Why would I make it easy on them?
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
January 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We do not need to be an audience for fascist pageantry. Witness your neighbors, your communities, your loved ones. Witness all we need to protect. Be present where you are, dig your toes deep into the earth, plant yourself to endure the oncoming storm.
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Hi! If you care deeply about the open web, I hope you’ll consider joining my team. We get to support projects like Watch Duty, Mastodon & many more. We’ve committed nearly $100M to making the Internet better. And we haven’t wavered one bit in inclusive hiring policies. www.fastly.com/about/jobs/a...
January 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Hi! If you care deeply about the open web, I hope you’ll consider joining my team. We get to support projects like Watch Duty, Mastodon & many more. We’ve committed nearly $100M to making the Internet better. And we haven’t wavered one bit in inclusive hiring policies. www.fastly.com/about/jobs/a...
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This is an excellent primer on some of the privacy dangers posed by large scale AI, from a cybersecurity perspective. Written in clear language, it's the most accessible rundown I've seen yet on these topics!
desfontain.es/blog/privacy...
desfontain.es/blog/privacy...
Five things privacy experts know about AI - Ted is writing things
… and that AI salespeople don't want you to know!
desfontain.es
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is an excellent primer on some of the privacy dangers posed by large scale AI, from a cybersecurity perspective. Written in clear language, it's the most accessible rundown I've seen yet on these topics!
desfontain.es/blog/privacy...
desfontain.es/blog/privacy...
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Today there's discussion about A Man (and the ppl around him) and it can feel like an isolated story about one person, a monster. But we *just* had the Pelicot et al trial in France. In that case, the shock was about how common the men were, just normal dudes. Pls connect all of this in your brain.
January 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today there's discussion about A Man (and the ppl around him) and it can feel like an isolated story about one person, a monster. But we *just* had the Pelicot et al trial in France. In that case, the shock was about how common the men were, just normal dudes. Pls connect all of this in your brain.
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I used to work doing live captioning for deaf & HOH undergraduates and literally day 1 of the training was like “not all deaf people speak ASL and not all people who speak ASL can keep up with live captioning, here is an extensive list of the pros and cons and why they are not interchangeable”
January 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I used to work doing live captioning for deaf & HOH undergraduates and literally day 1 of the training was like “not all deaf people speak ASL and not all people who speak ASL can keep up with live captioning, here is an extensive list of the pros and cons and why they are not interchangeable”
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Once again, witness the way Black people who may object to serving at a base dedicated to someone who fought and killed to keep Black people enslaved doesn’t enter into the framework
January 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Once again, witness the way Black people who may object to serving at a base dedicated to someone who fought and killed to keep Black people enslaved doesn’t enter into the framework
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This is what you are looking for, my beautiful babies.
January 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is what you are looking for, my beautiful babies.
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Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...
RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders
After Amazon imposed a strict return-to-office policy that takes effect in January 2025, other companies followed suit. But are RTO mandates a way to boost productivity and charm Wall Street - or just a way to lose your best performers? In this short video, Brian Elliott, who has studied RTO mandate
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Folks at MIT Sloan looked at multiple studies of return to office (RTO) mandates & found they are lose-lose-lose. No reward from Wall Street for “getting tough,” an actual decrease in productivity & revenue, and loss of top talent. youtu.be/4ec_yZCWOCY...
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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But we've been assured that wearing bright clothing is necessary for safety. Seems bad that the new tech to enhance safety can't see it. www.freep.com/story/money/...
Insurance Institute study: Vehicle safety systems couldn't see reflective clothing
The Subaru Forester outperformed the Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5 in nighttime tests of pedestrian automatic emergency braking systems.
www.freep.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
But we've been assured that wearing bright clothing is necessary for safety. Seems bad that the new tech to enhance safety can't see it. www.freep.com/story/money/...
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stop arguing.
January 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
stop arguing.
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i’ve often had men and women who had more power than me in a situation come up to me after i said the shit that had to be said and thank me
and i hope you know i hold you in all in deep contempt
and i hope you know i hold you in all in deep contempt
One thing I am sick to death of is guys telling me on private backchannels that it's really cool how I speak up, because they "could never do that".
January 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
i’ve often had men and women who had more power than me in a situation come up to me after i said the shit that had to be said and thank me
and i hope you know i hold you in all in deep contempt
and i hope you know i hold you in all in deep contempt
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Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."
January 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."
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If I may, I am inserting my TED talk about starting small, doing whatever you can here
People will join you when they see you working. Your efforts don’t have to be permanent or reach millions of people to matter
Everybody can’t just sit online and complain the next four years
go.ted.com/tiffani
People will join you when they see you working. Your efforts don’t have to be permanent or reach millions of people to matter
Everybody can’t just sit online and complain the next four years
go.ted.com/tiffani
January 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If I may, I am inserting my TED talk about starting small, doing whatever you can here
People will join you when they see you working. Your efforts don’t have to be permanent or reach millions of people to matter
Everybody can’t just sit online and complain the next four years
go.ted.com/tiffani
People will join you when they see you working. Your efforts don’t have to be permanent or reach millions of people to matter
Everybody can’t just sit online and complain the next four years
go.ted.com/tiffani
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If you aren't in a position to sponsor, there are other ways to support maintainers. Pitch an OSS fund in your company. Share a positive experience you had with their library in social or in the project community chat. Go to their repositories and thoroughly review a PR or triage an issue.
Explore the GitHub Sponsors pages of the maintainers of your favorite OSS projects. Find an awesome folk who deserves more support, then press the sponsor button to show them we appreciate their work. Today is a good day to give back.
January 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If you aren't in a position to sponsor, there are other ways to support maintainers. Pitch an OSS fund in your company. Share a positive experience you had with their library in social or in the project community chat. Go to their repositories and thoroughly review a PR or triage an issue.
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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
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If all news is fake, I'd like my news to be like this. Also I'd like some cocoa.
January 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If all news is fake, I'd like my news to be like this. Also I'd like some cocoa.