I am fascinated by the “if I simply wave the correct magical wand of inputs at the algorithm it will be a trusted ally to me” vision of profit-driven recommendation systems… People will trust a computer program built to manipulate them more than a human who cares about them.

hardest line in real life

taking children away from families that can’t afford to care for them…..placing them in foster homes that receive aid from the city to care for them…..instead of giving the said aid to the struggling family!!

Academia isn’t about fame, or money, or approval. It’s about downloading as many pdfs as you can before you die

Facts 💯

BREAKING NEWS: Jimmy Carter has achieved his goal of living long enough to vote for Kamala Harris. God Bless you, President Carter. 💙

Tim Walz: "If we win Georgia by just a single vote, I will go away happy knowing that was Jimmy Carter's vote that put us over the line."

couples costume where you both go as popes and accuse each other of being the antipope

i cant explain it with science but this is what writers block feels like

here is Bad Witch Praxis, a one page rpg about being the kind of witch we try not to tell stories about because it lacks nuance, but it does let you kill a bunch of people and thats real community imo

Managing data with no standards.

One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the lie that that single mom on welfare or the kid getting free food at school is the problem instead of the ultra rich hoarding more wealth than billions of people have combined and getting tax breaks for doing so.