Sandra
@sandrak24.bsky.social
Lifelong learner interested in tech, history, and languages among other things.
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Sandra
@sandrak24.bsky.social
· Dec 5
👋🏾 Hello to everyone, I’m surprised by this influx of new followers. 😅
To clear the air, I am NOT a bot. Up until now, I have been reading and amplifying skeets I find interesting and informative. Thanks for following!
To clear the air, I am NOT a bot. Up until now, I have been reading and amplifying skeets I find interesting and informative. Thanks for following!
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
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ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
www.cbsnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
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Misty has spoken many times about how Prince helped her build her self-confidence and see herself differently at a critical junction in her career, acting as a mentor for years after they first worked together. youtu.be/WHtxzbJHb5o
Prince Helped Misty Copeland See Herself Differently
YouTube video by Sherri
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Misty has spoken many times about how Prince helped her build her self-confidence and see herself differently at a critical junction in her career, acting as a mentor for years after they first worked together. youtu.be/WHtxzbJHb5o
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Misty Copeland's glorious final bow
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | There will never be another Misty Copeland
Copeland championed diversity throughout her career. But with her retirement the American Ballet Theatre is again without a Black female principal dancer.
www.msnbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Misty Copeland's glorious final bow
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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A part of AI adoption is driven by capitalization of knowledge and death of community. People used to help each other (for free!) and now we have service fees and social pressures that make it easier to just ask the bot.
So if you prefer a world with less AI, maybe go say hi to your neighbor.
So if you prefer a world with less AI, maybe go say hi to your neighbor.
October 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A part of AI adoption is driven by capitalization of knowledge and death of community. People used to help each other (for free!) and now we have service fees and social pressures that make it easier to just ask the bot.
So if you prefer a world with less AI, maybe go say hi to your neighbor.
So if you prefer a world with less AI, maybe go say hi to your neighbor.
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Management keeps asking us to provide use cases for AI.
For every single vendor.
They are using business and governments to test use cases in a ‘live’ environment. There is no precautionary principle being applied here. We are so f as a society.
For every single vendor.
They are using business and governments to test use cases in a ‘live’ environment. There is no precautionary principle being applied here. We are so f as a society.
October 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Management keeps asking us to provide use cases for AI.
For every single vendor.
They are using business and governments to test use cases in a ‘live’ environment. There is no precautionary principle being applied here. We are so f as a society.
For every single vendor.
They are using business and governments to test use cases in a ‘live’ environment. There is no precautionary principle being applied here. We are so f as a society.
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Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
School IB economics: Have we passed peak social media?
Demand, market failure
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. buff.ly/z7nfRnN
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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lol so I discovered this week that at this very moment I'm:
- An award-winning researcher
- An award winning founder and entrepreneur
- An acclaimed author and editor
- A #Harvard trained economist (with a PhD on the way)
At this point, I have NO REASON to have impostor syndrome.
- An award-winning researcher
- An award winning founder and entrepreneur
- An acclaimed author and editor
- A #Harvard trained economist (with a PhD on the way)
At this point, I have NO REASON to have impostor syndrome.
a man with a beard is wearing a hat and a jacket
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a hat and a jacket
media.tenor.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
lol so I discovered this week that at this very moment I'm:
- An award-winning researcher
- An award winning founder and entrepreneur
- An acclaimed author and editor
- A #Harvard trained economist (with a PhD on the way)
At this point, I have NO REASON to have impostor syndrome.
- An award-winning researcher
- An award winning founder and entrepreneur
- An acclaimed author and editor
- A #Harvard trained economist (with a PhD on the way)
At this point, I have NO REASON to have impostor syndrome.
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“Imagine having a therapist available 24/7, who never judges you and is completely free.”
What could go wrong?
https://restofworld.org/2025/young-people-in-china-are-embracing-ai-therapy/
What could go wrong?
https://restofworld.org/2025/young-people-in-china-are-embracing-ai-therapy/
Young people in China are embracing AI therapy
Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.
restofworld.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Imagine having a therapist available 24/7, who never judges you and is completely free.”
What could go wrong?
https://restofworld.org/2025/young-people-in-china-are-embracing-ai-therapy/
What could go wrong?
https://restofworld.org/2025/young-people-in-china-are-embracing-ai-therapy/
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tektite.cc or pdsmoover.com for migration
we host myatproto.social and cryptoanarchy.network on our servers (blacksky.app is exclusively for Blacksky Community members)
there's also @transrights.northsky.social
deer.social has a web app
blacksky.community has our moderation built in
we host myatproto.social and cryptoanarchy.network on our servers (blacksky.app is exclusively for Blacksky Community members)
there's also @transrights.northsky.social
deer.social has a web app
blacksky.community has our moderation built in
Blacksky
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
blacksky.community
October 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
tektite.cc or pdsmoover.com for migration
we host myatproto.social and cryptoanarchy.network on our servers (blacksky.app is exclusively for Blacksky Community members)
there's also @transrights.northsky.social
deer.social has a web app
blacksky.community has our moderation built in
we host myatproto.social and cryptoanarchy.network on our servers (blacksky.app is exclusively for Blacksky Community members)
there's also @transrights.northsky.social
deer.social has a web app
blacksky.community has our moderation built in
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I'm also the chair of the board of directors of pactcollective.xyz which fiscally hosts 15 mutual aid orgs in NYC
I'm also a lead organizer of wethepeople.nyc
This is a very clear "career" trajectory
I'm also a lead organizer of wethepeople.nyc
This is a very clear "career" trajectory
October 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm also the chair of the board of directors of pactcollective.xyz which fiscally hosts 15 mutual aid orgs in NYC
I'm also a lead organizer of wethepeople.nyc
This is a very clear "career" trajectory
I'm also a lead organizer of wethepeople.nyc
This is a very clear "career" trajectory
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Blacksky Algorithms Inc is a for-profit company I started as a vehicle for advancing my life's mission of making communal practices of mutual aid a normal practice.
Before Blacksky I starter Papertree as a community bank account. Papertree is now a part of Blacksky. I'm also a mutual aid organizer.
Before Blacksky I starter Papertree as a community bank account. Papertree is now a part of Blacksky. I'm also a mutual aid organizer.
it seems distasteful to use blacksky as evidence of how good bsky is at this when blacksky exists because Bluesky PBC LLC fucked around that community in particular repeatedly for a couple of years
October 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Blacksky Algorithms Inc is a for-profit company I started as a vehicle for advancing my life's mission of making communal practices of mutual aid a normal practice.
Before Blacksky I starter Papertree as a community bank account. Papertree is now a part of Blacksky. I'm also a mutual aid organizer.
Before Blacksky I starter Papertree as a community bank account. Papertree is now a part of Blacksky. I'm also a mutual aid organizer.
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Please stop using Substack.
No, I won’t subscribe. I won’t even click on your links. I’m not supporting a company that allows literal Nazis on their platform. You cannot expect me to hear your complaints about Nazis on the Nazi website.
Use other platforms Ghost or Medium or write a newsletter.
No, I won’t subscribe. I won’t even click on your links. I’m not supporting a company that allows literal Nazis on their platform. You cannot expect me to hear your complaints about Nazis on the Nazi website.
Use other platforms Ghost or Medium or write a newsletter.
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Please stop using Substack.
No, I won’t subscribe. I won’t even click on your links. I’m not supporting a company that allows literal Nazis on their platform. You cannot expect me to hear your complaints about Nazis on the Nazi website.
Use other platforms Ghost or Medium or write a newsletter.
No, I won’t subscribe. I won’t even click on your links. I’m not supporting a company that allows literal Nazis on their platform. You cannot expect me to hear your complaints about Nazis on the Nazi website.
Use other platforms Ghost or Medium or write a newsletter.
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Universities. Rural hospitals. Tech companies. Several sectors are going to be profoundly hurt by this. Not to mention the chaos of the moment as current H1-B owners scramble to get back to the U.S., cancel travel, etc. due to the uncertainty. An absolute mess. As intended.
September 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Universities. Rural hospitals. Tech companies. Several sectors are going to be profoundly hurt by this. Not to mention the chaos of the moment as current H1-B owners scramble to get back to the U.S., cancel travel, etc. due to the uncertainty. An absolute mess. As intended.
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This moment is disturbing even in the mundane: I’ve started taking screenshots of historical sources I’m using in research from the national park service, the smithsonian, and the national archives, just in case they get taken down. It’s now a part of my process and takes time I have to plan for.
September 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This moment is disturbing even in the mundane: I’ve started taking screenshots of historical sources I’m using in research from the national park service, the smithsonian, and the national archives, just in case they get taken down. It’s now a part of my process and takes time I have to plan for.
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👀 biiiiiiiiiiig shout out to Hush
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
👀 biiiiiiiiiiig shout out to Hush
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September 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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"When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning." is so on-point.
"LLMs do not improve one’s writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability. ... What holds for writing is, of course, true for any cognitive skill to-be-learned in education, such as programming skills ... and these too suffer deskilling if not continuously practised"
September 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning." is so on-point.
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1/5
Part 2of Nodestar, our mini series on decentralization, is out today. @alixdunn.com talks with @rudyfraser.com about his endeavor Blacksky Algorithms.
www.themaybe.org/podcast/node...
Part 2of Nodestar, our mini series on decentralization, is out today. @alixdunn.com talks with @rudyfraser.com about his endeavor Blacksky Algorithms.
www.themaybe.org/podcast/node...
The Maybe
www.themaybe.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
1/5
Part 2of Nodestar, our mini series on decentralization, is out today. @alixdunn.com talks with @rudyfraser.com about his endeavor Blacksky Algorithms.
www.themaybe.org/podcast/node...
Part 2of Nodestar, our mini series on decentralization, is out today. @alixdunn.com talks with @rudyfraser.com about his endeavor Blacksky Algorithms.
www.themaybe.org/podcast/node...
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*stares at the camera*
September 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
*stares at the camera*
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Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
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Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers
Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.
www.axios.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
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"Many Black women didn’t 'leave' the labor force by choice. They were laid off, pushed out, or navigating impossible tradeoffs... which reflect the longer arc of systemic disinvestment." - Katica Roy
youtu.be/CeNTHPH3VIs?...
youtu.be/CeNTHPH3VIs?...
300,000 Black women have left the workforce: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
YouTube video by ABC News
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Many Black women didn’t 'leave' the labor force by choice. They were laid off, pushed out, or navigating impossible tradeoffs... which reflect the longer arc of systemic disinvestment." - Katica Roy
youtu.be/CeNTHPH3VIs?...
youtu.be/CeNTHPH3VIs?...
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I point this out for clarity. I also have a long-term interest in how my crafting of ideas is sometimes confused for the very serious idea being crafted. So to be clear: AI is political attack on labor with few limited cases for social value and an absolute ecological disaster.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I point this out for clarity. I also have a long-term interest in how my crafting of ideas is sometimes confused for the very serious idea being crafted. So to be clear: AI is political attack on labor with few limited cases for social value and an absolute ecological disaster.