eproper
@eproper.bsky.social
Recovered academic, higher ed adjacent; recovering NYCer, DC adjacent
If you see this I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If you see this I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
And yet the CEOs say their job is the only one that can’t be replaced by AI.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And yet the CEOs say their job is the only one that can’t be replaced by AI.
Reposted by eproper
also, a #narrativedisorder angle: contrast this grim picture with the decades of media showing us totally unrealistic projections of what it's like to live in the US, from the NYC apartments of FRIENDS to idk the suburbia of TO ALL THE BOYS I LOVED BEFORE to any small-biz romcom...
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
also, a #narrativedisorder angle: contrast this grim picture with the decades of media showing us totally unrealistic projections of what it's like to live in the US, from the NYC apartments of FRIENDS to idk the suburbia of TO ALL THE BOYS I LOVED BEFORE to any small-biz romcom...
Some folks who use AI say they used it for topic x, and it was helpful because it gave them ideas, although they fact-checked and it was wrong and y and z.
Thinking about this in context of writers saying, “Ideas are the easy part, they are coming out of my ears.”
Thinking about this in context of writers saying, “Ideas are the easy part, they are coming out of my ears.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Some folks who use AI say they used it for topic x, and it was helpful because it gave them ideas, although they fact-checked and it was wrong and y and z.
Thinking about this in context of writers saying, “Ideas are the easy part, they are coming out of my ears.”
Thinking about this in context of writers saying, “Ideas are the easy part, they are coming out of my ears.”
Another bad thing.
Beginning 1/1/2026, the Annual Pass will cost $80 for U.S. residents and $250 for nonresidents...Nonresidents without an annual pass will pay a $100 per person fee to enter 11 of the most visited national parks, in addition to the standard entrance fee.
www.doi.gov/pressrelease...
This is insane
www.doi.gov/pressrelease...
This is insane
Department of the Interior Announces Modernized, More Affordable National Park Access | U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior today announced the most significant modernization of national park access in decades, delivering new digital America the Beautiful passes, updated annual pass artwork, ...
www.doi.gov
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Another bad thing.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’m in trouble.
I’m in trouble.
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’m in trouble.
I’m in trouble.
the fuck
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
the fuck
I forgot SBF existed. How many rich white Sams am I supposed to keep track of anyway?
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I forgot SBF existed. How many rich white Sams am I supposed to keep track of anyway?
Last repost: I don’t agree that racism isn’t at play. Posting for the poverty rate analysis.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Last repost: I don’t agree that racism isn’t at play. Posting for the poverty rate analysis.
Reposted by eproper
"The Valley of Death: Why $100,000 Is the New Poor
Once I established that $136,500 is the real break-even point, I ran the numbers on what happens to a family climbing the ladder toward that number"
interesting analysis:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Once I established that $136,500 is the real break-even point, I ran the numbers on what happens to a family climbing the ladder toward that number"
interesting analysis:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"The Valley of Death: Why $100,000 Is the New Poor
Once I established that $136,500 is the real break-even point, I ran the numbers on what happens to a family climbing the ladder toward that number"
interesting analysis:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Once I established that $136,500 is the real break-even point, I ran the numbers on what happens to a family climbing the ladder toward that number"
interesting analysis:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The federal government is posting anti-trans propaganda on Facebook.
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The federal government is posting anti-trans propaganda on Facebook.
Reposted by eproper
part of it is that it's illustrative of how material stability has been hollowed out for EVERYONE. it doesn't make sense to single out a regular person who was lucky enough to establish a career in a field at the right time and place. the real problem is how many are robbed of that opportunity
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
part of it is that it's illustrative of how material stability has been hollowed out for EVERYONE. it doesn't make sense to single out a regular person who was lucky enough to establish a career in a field at the right time and place. the real problem is how many are robbed of that opportunity
I need someone to explain what “frozen hot chocolate” is, since it sounds like an oxymoron.
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I need someone to explain what “frozen hot chocolate” is, since it sounds like an oxymoron.
Reposted by eproper
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Reposted by eproper
I cannot believe people actually write like this. It's horrifying. How are people so illiterate so rich?
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I cannot believe people actually write like this. It's horrifying. How are people so illiterate so rich?
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Reposted by eproper
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
Reposted by eproper
Reposted by eproper
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
Mamdani and Virginia governor/AG PLUS Cheney dying, what a day.
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Mamdani and Virginia governor/AG PLUS Cheney dying, what a day.
Reposted by eproper
Still terrifying
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Still terrifying
I don’t know what I thought a cuttlefish looked like, but it wasn’t that.
Seeing cuttlefish in the wild will never get old to me.
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I don’t know what I thought a cuttlefish looked like, but it wasn’t that.
The Oz
He destroyed his stone
Yes
YES
The despair is out
He destroyed his stone
Yes
YES
The despair is out
my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
Ozyman, Ozyman-
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Oz
He destroyed his stone
Yes
YES
The despair is out
He destroyed his stone
Yes
YES
The despair is out
So THIS is where the term “redneck” comes from???
In this moment, coal miners turned their red bandanas into a symbol of solidarity — both to distinguish themselves from the enemy and to show that, across racial lines, coal miners were united along class interests
For this reason, they were known as the "Redneck Army."
For this reason, they were known as the "Redneck Army."
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So THIS is where the term “redneck” comes from???