Tami Forman
@tamimforman.bsky.social
Nonprofit CEO, mom, advocate for gender equality, wife, storyteller.
Humans for me, AI for thee …
Always look to see what the tech bros want for their own kids: small class sizes with human teachers, human tutors with expert content knowledge, cell phone restrictions in classrooms, high per pupil spending, the arts and humanities--and much more they say is too costly for public schools.
The tech world is pushing AI into everything and telling us it's both the way of the future and inevitable. Meanwhile, in the tech world:
March 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Humans for me, AI for thee …
Vaccines are miracles.
A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 point to the success of the HPV vaccine.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Vaccines are miracles.
Elections have consequences.
March 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Elections have consequences.
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well the thing is, the story progressives tell young men is less appealing than ‘your problems are women’s fault and you should manipulate them to get back what they’ve taken from you.’ so. now what
If progressives want to win back young men, then they must talk to them and address their needs, instead of constant scolding. All the finger wagging just drives them to Rogan, Peterson, and the Tate brothers. And they DO talk to young men.
March 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
well the thing is, the story progressives tell young men is less appealing than ‘your problems are women’s fault and you should manipulate them to get back what they’ve taken from you.’ so. now what
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Happy Women’s History Month!
Gender equality gains have stalled and at this rate, it will take 134 years to reach full parity, according to a report by JPMorgan.
It Will Take 134 Years for the World to Reach Gender Equality, JPMorgan Says
Gender equality gains have stalled and at this rate, it will take 134 years to reach full parity, according to a report by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
www.bloomberg.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Happy Women’s History Month!
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7 Stages of Pen Grief:
1. Realizing it doesn't work
2. Scribbling on the notebook
3. Scribbling harder on some cardboard or whatever
4. Looking at the full ink reservoir and frowning
5. Sucking on the ballpoint
6. Scribbling on the notebook some more
7. Throwing it across the room
1. Realizing it doesn't work
2. Scribbling on the notebook
3. Scribbling harder on some cardboard or whatever
4. Looking at the full ink reservoir and frowning
5. Sucking on the ballpoint
6. Scribbling on the notebook some more
7. Throwing it across the room
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
7 Stages of Pen Grief:
1. Realizing it doesn't work
2. Scribbling on the notebook
3. Scribbling harder on some cardboard or whatever
4. Looking at the full ink reservoir and frowning
5. Sucking on the ballpoint
6. Scribbling on the notebook some more
7. Throwing it across the room
1. Realizing it doesn't work
2. Scribbling on the notebook
3. Scribbling harder on some cardboard or whatever
4. Looking at the full ink reservoir and frowning
5. Sucking on the ballpoint
6. Scribbling on the notebook some more
7. Throwing it across the room
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There are critics of DEI who point to its historic use as a way to capture the rhetoric of social justice movements and mitigate the transformative potential of anti discrimination law, and then there are critics of DEI who think race and sex discrimination is good.
do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There are critics of DEI who point to its historic use as a way to capture the rhetoric of social justice movements and mitigate the transformative potential of anti discrimination law, and then there are critics of DEI who think race and sex discrimination is good.
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do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”
February 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
do i roll my eyes at a lot of DEI stuff? yeah, i wrote a whole essay about why i thought it was bullshit back in 2020. but trump et al aren’t saying, “corporate DEI policies mainly exist to protect corporate interests from discrimination lawsuits.” they’re saying “get the blacks out”
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the fucking enforcement arm of the federal government is launching a war on integration an effort to push tens of millions of americans to the bottom of an arbitrary hierarchy of value and yeah, it pisses me off to see nominal allies say “oh yeah maybe they have a point”
February 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the fucking enforcement arm of the federal government is launching a war on integration an effort to push tens of millions of americans to the bottom of an arbitrary hierarchy of value and yeah, it pisses me off to see nominal allies say “oh yeah maybe they have a point”
He's not qualified for this job (I feel like I'm going insane on that point) but even if he was, this kind of stuff should be disqualifying.
January 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
He's not qualified for this job (I feel like I'm going insane on that point) but even if he was, this kind of stuff should be disqualifying.
Pete Hegseth waxing poetic about hiring and promoting based on "merit" is ... something.
The rage I feel watching him be taken seriously despite being WHOLLY unqualified for the job he's seeking is hard to describe.
The rage I feel watching him be taken seriously despite being WHOLLY unqualified for the job he's seeking is hard to describe.
January 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pete Hegseth waxing poetic about hiring and promoting based on "merit" is ... something.
The rage I feel watching him be taken seriously despite being WHOLLY unqualified for the job he's seeking is hard to describe.
The rage I feel watching him be taken seriously despite being WHOLLY unqualified for the job he's seeking is hard to describe.
Happy New Year! We're 9 days in and it's already been a lot. As the curse goes, "May you live in interesting times." Indeed.
I have my plans for the year, but I wanted to put out something that is more about the attitude and energy I'm bringing to 2025.
tamimforman.substack.com/p/my-five-th...
I have my plans for the year, but I wanted to put out something that is more about the attitude and energy I'm bringing to 2025.
tamimforman.substack.com/p/my-five-th...
My Five Themes for 2025
Whether you do resolutions, goals, plans, or none of those, you may find these ideas inspiring as we head into a new year
tamimforman.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy New Year! We're 9 days in and it's already been a lot. As the curse goes, "May you live in interesting times." Indeed.
I have my plans for the year, but I wanted to put out something that is more about the attitude and energy I'm bringing to 2025.
tamimforman.substack.com/p/my-five-th...
I have my plans for the year, but I wanted to put out something that is more about the attitude and energy I'm bringing to 2025.
tamimforman.substack.com/p/my-five-th...
The idea that content mods in TX are inherently less biased than content mods in CA is patently absurd. But has anyone noticed that salaries in TX -- even in high COL areas like Austin -- are lower than they are in :: checks notes :: SF BAY?!?
January 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The idea that content mods in TX are inherently less biased than content mods in CA is patently absurd. But has anyone noticed that salaries in TX -- even in high COL areas like Austin -- are lower than they are in :: checks notes :: SF BAY?!?
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A fun fact about congestion pricing for the haters is that you only get charged one $9 toll to enter the congestion zone per day, no matter how many times you come in or out. It's $6 to ride the subway twice. You're spending three extra dollars.
January 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A fun fact about congestion pricing for the haters is that you only get charged one $9 toll to enter the congestion zone per day, no matter how many times you come in or out. It's $6 to ride the subway twice. You're spending three extra dollars.
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In seriousness I hope that in 2025 we can see a revival of a feminism worth the name—one committed to the eradication of rape, sexual harassment, abortion bans, domestic violence, femicide, and all the other violence and indignity imposed on women because they are women.
December 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM
In seriousness I hope that in 2025 we can see a revival of a feminism worth the name—one committed to the eradication of rape, sexual harassment, abortion bans, domestic violence, femicide, and all the other violence and indignity imposed on women because they are women.
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it’s interesting that one flew over the cuckoos nest depicts psychiatry as a feminizing oppression of natural virility when in reality it was mostly used by (overwhelmingly male) psychiatrists to subdue female patients
December 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM
it’s interesting that one flew over the cuckoos nest depicts psychiatry as a feminizing oppression of natural virility when in reality it was mostly used by (overwhelmingly male) psychiatrists to subdue female patients
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my armchair psychological diagnosis is that the drive to accumulate as much wealth as possible eats away at the drive for self-improvement or the internal desire to cultivate any skills or tastes. these people build huge mounds of treasure and then essentially just sit around looking at it, empty.
find it genuinely delighting that people with enough money to never work again (and do literally anything they want anywhere in the world at any time) seemingly have nothing going on in their lives and are so miserable they are just spending the holidays frantically posting
December 27, 2024 at 9:28 PM
my armchair psychological diagnosis is that the drive to accumulate as much wealth as possible eats away at the drive for self-improvement or the internal desire to cultivate any skills or tastes. these people build huge mounds of treasure and then essentially just sit around looking at it, empty.
The idea that we just watched “what was on” is mind blowing to them.
Tried explaining "tv" as I knew it growing up to my teenagers, and how if you missed a show THAT WAS IT, YOU NEVER SAW IT AGAIN (unless you got lucky and caught a re-run that was aired over the summer). Kids were skeptical/horrified
December 21, 2024 at 3:19 AM
The idea that we just watched “what was on” is mind blowing to them.
Some of the objects in the sky that New Yorkers have called in because of the drone panic turn out to be stars.
10/10, no notes.
10/10, no notes.
December 20, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Some of the objects in the sky that New Yorkers have called in because of the drone panic turn out to be stars.
10/10, no notes.
10/10, no notes.
This is the music Spotify calls "oldies."
It might behoove them to realize it's the GenX mom who pays for the subscription ...
It might behoove them to realize it's the GenX mom who pays for the subscription ...
December 17, 2024 at 7:19 PM
This is the music Spotify calls "oldies."
It might behoove them to realize it's the GenX mom who pays for the subscription ...
It might behoove them to realize it's the GenX mom who pays for the subscription ...
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What if they just periodically had to sit in their office closets while someone simulated being a shooter in the corridor, like my grade school children do?
“New York state is considering creating a special hotline exclusively for CEOs to report perceived threats”
New Crisis Hotline for CEOs?
Governor of New York wants to protect CEOs
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:29 PM
What if they just periodically had to sit in their office closets while someone simulated being a shooter in the corridor, like my grade school children do?
😂
President-elect Trump says he intends to nominate George Glass to one of the most important Ambassadorships: Ambassador to Japan.
George, who previously dated Jan Brady, is a former investment banker and served as US Ambassador to Portugal.
George, who previously dated Jan Brady, is a former investment banker and served as US Ambassador to Portugal.
December 17, 2024 at 12:12 AM
😂
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we're hitting new years resolutions and I have a few percolating, but the thing that really strikes me across them is how much I want LESS. I want fewer inputs, and to do fewer things but to do them well and deeply. Wanting LESS in a culture that constantly pressures us to desire more feels wild.
December 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM
👀
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“You can’t tell me what to do!”
— me, to my own todo list, that I wrote
— me, to my own todo list, that I wrote
December 12, 2024 at 6:20 PM
“You can’t tell me what to do!”
— me, to my own todo list, that I wrote
— me, to my own todo list, that I wrote