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So more of the usual, bravo
Google, Meta, and Microsoft are investing in “AI for good” tools to tackle problems like wildfires, hunger, and maternity deaths in Africa. But some experts say such projects could exploit the continent for data and erode local control.
New from @tarykuh.bsky.social
New from @tarykuh.bsky.social
Big Tech’s “AI for good” spending increases in Africa. So does skepticism
While Google, Microsoft, and Meta provide AI for social good, some advocates say projects exploit the continent for data, erode local control.
restofworld.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So more of the usual, bravo
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“49% of people aged 18 to 24 and 34% of all renters indicated that they spent more than half their income on rent. 57% of all respondents said they were considering moving to a new city because of high rent costs.”
Think about how this changes our society.
Think about how this changes our society.
Half of young Canadians spending more than 50% of earnings on rent
New survey data suggests it is increasingly difficult to limit rental expenses to one-third of income
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“49% of people aged 18 to 24 and 34% of all renters indicated that they spent more than half their income on rent. 57% of all respondents said they were considering moving to a new city because of high rent costs.”
Think about how this changes our society.
Think about how this changes our society.
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The leeches on our system are those with clever accountants and lobbyists www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The leeches on our system are those with clever accountants and lobbyists www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
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“I strove to be a shitty person to impress shitty people and win their admiration and patronage and it turns out shitty people are shitty. I was not expecting that because I am very dim in addition to being shitty.”
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Lauren Southern’s new memoir reveals her "painful attempts to contort herself into an archetypical tradwife,” writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg. “Her story should be a cautionary tale for the young women who aspire to the domestic life she once evangelized for.”
Lauren Southern’s new memoir reveals her "painful attempts to contort herself into an archetypical tradwife,” writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg. “Her story should be a cautionary tale for the young women who aspire to the domestic life she once evangelized for.”
Opinion | A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife. It Almost Broke Her.
Being an anti-feminist, it turns out, is no shield against abusive male power.
nyti.ms
August 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
“I strove to be a shitty person to impress shitty people and win their admiration and patronage and it turns out shitty people are shitty. I was not expecting that because I am very dim in addition to being shitty.”
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Palantir is in the news a lot lately. However, the public discourse about the company often misconstrues it as a data broker, a data miner, a single centralized database, etc. But what does Palantir actually do?
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
www.wired.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Palantir is in the news a lot lately. However, the public discourse about the company often misconstrues it as a data broker, a data miner, a single centralized database, etc. But what does Palantir actually do?
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
I wrote a piece to firmly & clearly answer that question:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Good article, disagree with some conclusions. It’s not just that “real life is bifurcated into two worlds that aren’t actually separate anymore,” but that the logics of the online world dictate more and more of the offline world
The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results
Trends always have an element of randomness, but our algorithmic feeds have made them unintelligible.
www.bloomberg.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Good article, disagree with some conclusions. It’s not just that “real life is bifurcated into two worlds that aren’t actually separate anymore,” but that the logics of the online world dictate more and more of the offline world
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I wrote last week about how the tech dream is ending for mid-career workers. This is a really good companion piece about how entry level tech jobs are vanishing, too, and the Silicon Valley gold rush is coming to a close: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
August 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I wrote last week about how the tech dream is ending for mid-career workers. This is a really good companion piece about how entry level tech jobs are vanishing, too, and the Silicon Valley gold rush is coming to a close: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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Stock buybacks are corporate theft. They are the result of surplus value not being given back to labor. They should be illegal. #Econsky
American Companies Are Buying Their Own Stocks at a Record Pace
Buybacks are expected to top $1.1 trillion in 2025, led by big banks and tech firms
www.wsj.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Stock buybacks are corporate theft. They are the result of surplus value not being given back to labor. They should be illegal. #Econsky
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Tech companies continue to rush products to market without proper safety measures. AI programs that write code are making the problem worse. And since the US still doesn’t have a comprehensive data privacy law, consumers are left to fend for themselves. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
When apps leak our data, who is responsible?
The Tea and Flo apps put women at risk. Where are the consequences?
www.washingtonpost.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tech companies continue to rush products to market without proper safety measures. AI programs that write code are making the problem worse. And since the US still doesn’t have a comprehensive data privacy law, consumers are left to fend for themselves. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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This article is trash. It's catnip for us humanists. But it's trash.
93% of computer science grads have jobs. The system isn't breaking.
This article wants you to believe AI is taking everyone's job. But it isn't. It isn't that powerful.
93% of computer science grads have jobs. The system isn't breaking.
This article wants you to believe AI is taking everyone's job. But it isn't. It isn't that powerful.
"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This article is trash. It's catnip for us humanists. But it's trash.
93% of computer science grads have jobs. The system isn't breaking.
This article wants you to believe AI is taking everyone's job. But it isn't. It isn't that powerful.
93% of computer science grads have jobs. The system isn't breaking.
This article wants you to believe AI is taking everyone's job. But it isn't. It isn't that powerful.
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normalize 'clanker' to insult AI!
August 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
normalize 'clanker' to insult AI!
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Fantastic read by Trevor Quirk on the most fascinating topic: data flows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Fantastic read by Trevor Quirk on the most fascinating topic: data flows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
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Some of remember back in the early 2000's when Gates Foundation & others prompted STEM uber Alles at the expense of liberal arts, which help develop a wide range of skills that are transferable to other fields. We wrote abt the folly of it, but weren't billionaires. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some of remember back in the early 2000's when Gates Foundation & others prompted STEM uber Alles at the expense of liberal arts, which help develop a wide range of skills that are transferable to other fields. We wrote abt the folly of it, but weren't billionaires. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
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As if housing costs in the Bay Area aren’t a serious issue already.
Billionaires need to be reminded what it’s like to be told no. This should have never been allowed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
Billionaires need to be reminded what it’s like to be told no. This should have never been allowed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As if housing costs in the Bay Area aren’t a serious issue already.
Billionaires need to be reminded what it’s like to be told no. This should have never been allowed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
Billionaires need to be reminded what it’s like to be told no. This should have never been allowed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
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Horrifying. Rule changes in collision sports generally won’t save us from the horrors of TBI.
cc @bachynski.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
cc @bachynski.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
2 Japanese boxers die from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts at same event in Tokyo | CBC Sports
Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.
www.cbc.ca
August 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Horrifying. Rule changes in collision sports generally won’t save us from the horrors of TBI.
cc @bachynski.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
cc @bachynski.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
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“Trump and the new AI search tool on his social media network, Truth Social, don’t exactly see eye to eye. Truth Search AI contradicts him by saying tariffs are a tax on Americans, the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, and his family’s cryptocurrency poses a conflict of interest.”
🎁 link: wapo.st/3HpR2uG
🎁 link: wapo.st/3HpR2uG
New chatbot on Trump’s Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him
An “answer engine” on Trump’s social media site says the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, tariffs aren’t boosting the stock market and Barack Obama is seen favorably.
wapo.st
August 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Trump and the new AI search tool on his social media network, Truth Social, don’t exactly see eye to eye. Truth Search AI contradicts him by saying tariffs are a tax on Americans, the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, and his family’s cryptocurrency poses a conflict of interest.”
🎁 link: wapo.st/3HpR2uG
🎁 link: wapo.st/3HpR2uG
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remember there’s always a lucrative position for the seeming critic of the tech industry who doesn’t actually challenge its power and foundational ideas.
the prodigal tech bro is one example. there’s a whole industry of academics and journalists who serve in this role too.
the prodigal tech bro is one example. there’s a whole industry of academics and journalists who serve in this role too.
The Prodigal Techbro
Prodigal tech bro stories skip straight from the past, when they were part of something that—surprise!—turned out to be bad, to the present, where they are now a moral authority on how to do good…
conversationalist.org
August 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
remember there’s always a lucrative position for the seeming critic of the tech industry who doesn’t actually challenge its power and foundational ideas.
the prodigal tech bro is one example. there’s a whole industry of academics and journalists who serve in this role too.
the prodigal tech bro is one example. there’s a whole industry of academics and journalists who serve in this role too.
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Having seen much of the discourse around the new ChatGPT release, I think that a huge part of the problem is the idea that big commercial LLMs should be all-purpose.
It is absolutely absurd that the exact same technology would be used as a companion chatbot AND as an enterprise productivity tool.
It is absolutely absurd that the exact same technology would be used as a companion chatbot AND as an enterprise productivity tool.
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Having seen much of the discourse around the new ChatGPT release, I think that a huge part of the problem is the idea that big commercial LLMs should be all-purpose.
It is absolutely absurd that the exact same technology would be used as a companion chatbot AND as an enterprise productivity tool.
It is absolutely absurd that the exact same technology would be used as a companion chatbot AND as an enterprise productivity tool.
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"learn to code," they said
Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively, compared to biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively, compared to biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"learn to code," they said
Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively, compared to biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively, compared to biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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“Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science & computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 % and 7.5 % ... That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history grads”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science & computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 % and 7.5 % ... That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history grads”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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A minor but good reason to reduce inequality is because billionaires are, at their core, truly bizarre. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A minor but good reason to reduce inequality is because billionaires are, at their core, truly bizarre. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
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The inequality in wealth and privilege is unimaginable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The inequality in wealth and privilege is unimaginable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
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on.ft.com/3J7Bj3R Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
I’d settle for ‘can we just have one day when people sodding stop being gullible and calling it that’. It’s not frigging intelligent it’s pattern matching code.
I’d settle for ‘can we just have one day when people sodding stop being gullible and calling it that’. It’s not frigging intelligent it’s pattern matching code.
Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
The gap between hype and reality is frustratingly wide and growing
on.ft.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
on.ft.com/3J7Bj3R Can we just have one day when no one mentions AI?
I’d settle for ‘can we just have one day when people sodding stop being gullible and calling it that’. It’s not frigging intelligent it’s pattern matching code.
I’d settle for ‘can we just have one day when people sodding stop being gullible and calling it that’. It’s not frigging intelligent it’s pattern matching code.