Erica J. Peters
@ericajpeters.bsky.social
Opened my professional home organizing business in 2021; before that I wrote books on culinary history: Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam (2011) and San Francisco: A Food Biography (2013).
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Companies keep saying “AI” when they really mean “people you can’t see.”
AI-Powered Drive-Thru Is Actually Run Almost Entirely By Humans
Checkers and Carl’s Jr. are among US fast-food chains hailing AI-powered drive-thrus as labor-zapping wizards that speed up service. But a popular provider of these systems recently revealed a cruci...
www.bloomberg.com
December 7, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Companies keep saying “AI” when they really mean “people you can’t see.”
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yes. the thing that is worthwhile to engage with is the fact that at the point that antislavery americans start seriously engaging in ordinary politics they are a minority among a minority against a political system and public that is largely stacked against them
November 6, 2023 at 7:45 PM
yes. the thing that is worthwhile to engage with is the fact that at the point that antislavery americans start seriously engaging in ordinary politics they are a minority among a minority against a political system and public that is largely stacked against them
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I guess many (and rightly so!) panegyrical obituaries will be published soon, but I really like this article that encapsulates so well her personality, her unique research interests and her impact in the field: www.universityaffairs.ca/features/fea...
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
October 23, 2023 at 4:26 PM
I guess many (and rightly so!) panegyrical obituaries will be published soon, but I really like this article that encapsulates so well her personality, her unique research interests and her impact in the field: www.universityaffairs.ca/features/fea...
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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Beautiful.
Davis's coda:
Davis's coda:
October 23, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Beautiful.
Davis's coda:
Davis's coda:
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It’s so important that we carry the lessons of the past through to today. Merely because one group commits atrocities and acts with depravity does not mean vast hundreds of thousands or even millions of others should be lumped together with them and made to suffer.
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October 8, 2023 at 3:42 PM
It’s so important that we carry the lessons of the past through to today. Merely because one group commits atrocities and acts with depravity does not mean vast hundreds of thousands or even millions of others should be lumped together with them and made to suffer.
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It's that time of year again! We're collecting monographs, journal articles, and book chapters published in 2023 by historians working off the tenure track. Lists will be published the week after US Thanksgiving. Use the form to submit your work--or that of a friend! 🗃️
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has assembled lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in that calendar year, and we’re doing the same this year for 2023 pu...
contingentmagazine.org
October 8, 2023 at 12:05 AM
It's that time of year again! We're collecting monographs, journal articles, and book chapters published in 2023 by historians working off the tenure track. Lists will be published the week after US Thanksgiving. Use the form to submit your work--or that of a friend! 🗃️
Lovely shots!
And here’s sunset over the Pacific (w dog) on the same day
October 8, 2023 at 5:38 AM
Lovely shots!
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They need hundreds of studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of cash as an anti-poverty measure, but tech companies get to experiment with self-driving cars on city streets without any government oversight
Weirdly, *every time* they do a “just give people enough resources to live” experiment it works to reduce misery and save governments money but they gotta keep studying it forever I guess.
They had similar results in 2014 with the 100,000 Homes Project, too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%2C0...
October 4, 2023 at 2:21 PM
They need hundreds of studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of cash as an anti-poverty measure, but tech companies get to experiment with self-driving cars on city streets without any government oversight
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Skepticism about whether Target is really closing stores due to shoplifting, or lying like Walgreens:
Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.
On September 26, Target announced it was closing nine stores "because theft and organized retail crime are…contributing to unsustainable business performance." Target said that before making the dec...
popular.info
October 6, 2023 at 2:00 AM
Skepticism about whether Target is really closing stores due to shoplifting, or lying like Walgreens:
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Fantastic piece from my friend Michal Raucher in The Revealer:
"Jewish advocates for reproductive justice in America have an opportunity to push back against [anti-choice claims]. But if they remain preoccupied with proving their religious authenticity in conservative terms, they’ll squander it."
"Jewish advocates for reproductive justice in America have an opportunity to push back against [anti-choice claims]. But if they remain preoccupied with proving their religious authenticity in conservative terms, they’ll squander it."
The Religion of Reproductive Rights Claims: The Jewish Fight to Legalize Abortion — The Revealer
Instead of using conservative Christian religious freedom strategies, Jewish groups should draw on their history of reproductive rights activism
therevealer.org
October 4, 2023 at 5:31 PM
Fantastic piece from my friend Michal Raucher in The Revealer:
"Jewish advocates for reproductive justice in America have an opportunity to push back against [anti-choice claims]. But if they remain preoccupied with proving their religious authenticity in conservative terms, they’ll squander it."
"Jewish advocates for reproductive justice in America have an opportunity to push back against [anti-choice claims]. But if they remain preoccupied with proving their religious authenticity in conservative terms, they’ll squander it."
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Profile of Jewelle Gomez in The Guardian. Flowers now 🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻 www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Jewelle Gomez: the Black lesbian writer who changed vampire fiction – and the world
Her first novel was turned down by several publishers, then embraced by a feminist press. As an author, poet, playwright and activist, she has continued to claim space for queer storytellers
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2023 at 3:39 AM
Profile of Jewelle Gomez in The Guardian. Flowers now 🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻 www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
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The "Poem-a-Day" offering today is Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt's 1872 "The Palace-Burner," which deserves to be better known.
A dialogue about a newspaper photo documenting the Paris Commune, it opens w/ the mind-blowing line "She has been burning palaces."
Please read!
poets.org/poem/palace-...
A dialogue about a newspaper photo documenting the Paris Commune, it opens w/ the mind-blowing line "She has been burning palaces."
Please read!
poets.org/poem/palace-...
The Palace-Burner
She has been burning palaces. “To see
poets.org
September 3, 2023 at 12:35 PM
The "Poem-a-Day" offering today is Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt's 1872 "The Palace-Burner," which deserves to be better known.
A dialogue about a newspaper photo documenting the Paris Commune, it opens w/ the mind-blowing line "She has been burning palaces."
Please read!
poets.org/poem/palace-...
A dialogue about a newspaper photo documenting the Paris Commune, it opens w/ the mind-blowing line "She has been burning palaces."
Please read!
poets.org/poem/palace-...
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Not only did two driverless cars block an ambulance from taking a critically injured person to the hospital before he died, but the victim needed to go to the hospital in the first place after being stuck by the driver of a different car.
Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance in Fatal Accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says
Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said. The company said it was not at fault.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2023 at 11:08 AM
Not only did two driverless cars block an ambulance from taking a critically injured person to the hospital before he died, but the victim needed to go to the hospital in the first place after being stuck by the driver of a different car.
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Engaging in blatantly partisan fuckery to install a democratic senator in replacement of mitch mcconnell would be the most honest possible way to honor the legacy of mitch mcconnell. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Kentucky governor won't commit to GOP appointment if McConnell steps down
A recent state law directs the governor to select a Senate appointee from a list of three names submitted by the state executive committee of the outgoing senator’s party.
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Engaging in blatantly partisan fuckery to install a democratic senator in replacement of mitch mcconnell would be the most honest possible way to honor the legacy of mitch mcconnell. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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okay the other thing i did this weekend was right this column on slavery, federalism and abortion rights that i liked. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/o...
Opinion | What the Contradiction of Slavery Tells Us About Abortion Rights
When states have radically different laws, American life is unsettled.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2023 at 1:02 AM
okay the other thing i did this weekend was right this column on slavery, federalism and abortion rights that i liked. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/o...
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“Paris introduced “mixité” to the showers in 2006 to cut costs and to reflect the city’s liberal attitudes about gender...” The reporter might have mentioned who the targets of such a policy likely were: anyone preferring modesty (eg Muslims who veil). www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/w...
To Experience Paris Up Close and Personal, Plunge Into a Public Pool
Swimming in Paris is a full-on cultural experience, offering intimate views into the French psyche, which is on near-naked display in the swimming lanes, locker rooms and (mostly coed) showers.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2023 at 3:57 PM
“Paris introduced “mixité” to the showers in 2006 to cut costs and to reflect the city’s liberal attitudes about gender...” The reporter might have mentioned who the targets of such a policy likely were: anyone preferring modesty (eg Muslims who veil). www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/w...
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Cleaning woman in MOMA, NYC, 1950s
Fritz Henle
Fritz Henle
September 4, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Cleaning woman in MOMA, NYC, 1950s
Fritz Henle
Fritz Henle
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On this Labor Day, remember the unions who pushed for 8 hour work days and weekends off in the first place. Those used to not be a thing!
September 4, 2023 at 5:13 PM
On this Labor Day, remember the unions who pushed for 8 hour work days and weekends off in the first place. Those used to not be a thing!