David Samson

Architectural historian interested in USA modernism and its roots. Author of Hut Pavilion Shrine: Architectural Archetypes in Midcentury Modernism (Ashgate).

[David Samson @ProfDavidSa]

I am sad and worried about my son

[Kira Goldner @kiragoldner]

Writing a paper these days be like: do I offend my human readers by writing a mess of unnecessarily pedantic garbage, or offend my LLM reviewers by omitting it?

[Chris Smyth @Smyth_Chris]

Scale of job losses in universities would be seen as a national crisis in manufacturing. Or any other strategically vital industry

[Brandon Streussnig @BrndnStrssng]

Every headline now is “AI has full access to your bank account, all internet firewalls are irreparably broken, all food will kill you and the dollar has never mattered less. Here’s why you shouldn’t panic:”

[Terrie Montague @Montylockedout]

Anyone else resorting to watching old sitcoms and movies generally🎬 lately?
Maybe I'm getting old lol 😆
but I do find these old classics have better storytelling 👌

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

After controversy and national headlines, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation walked away from a $29.9 million ICE contract. Reflecting on the decision, Tribal Chairman Rupnick said “Indian reservations were the United States government's first attempt at a detention center."

[Omar Montoya Suárez @OmarMontoyaSua1]

Existir no es un negocio. No somos recursos humanos, sino seres humanos. El valor de una persona no reside en su capacidad de producir, sino en su derecho intrínseco a ser.

[Stop the Nonsense @kasthomas]

In my opinion, we are in a Constitutional crisis as of now, because credible evidence is emerging that voting machines have been hacked in 7 states. Which means polling places are crime scenes (potentially) and voting machines need to be collected as evidence. This is new territory.

[‏ً @justjargons]

We are in the final stage of capitalism where global capital can’t expand or sustain past profits. It now consumes public institutions and key systems, sacrificing democracy, welfare, infrastructure, education, healthcare, and ecosystems for short-term gain.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

CAN WE PLEASE START A NEW JOB MARKET FOR NON AI PEOPLE PLEASE

[aki.! @kaworuing]

When you really want to be productive but also you don’t feel like it but not doing anything is eating away at you #Relatable

[David Samson @ProfDavidSa]

the latter

[. @Omgemeraldddd]

Are we actually living through the most chaotic era in human history, or are we just the first generation with social media forced to watch every tragedy on earth unfold in real time, and the world has always been this dark, we were just never close enough to see it?

[x of x @escapebound]

(i like teaching, don’t get me wrong, but it’s really annoying that just when i get in a writing groove i have to stop and prepare for class.)

[Introvert Problems @IntrovertProbss]

A haunted house for introverts:

People jump out unexpectedly and try to make small talk with you. Just when you think you’ve made it out, you enter a room full of people networking, and everyone wants to introduce themselves and exchange contact information

[💂🏻‍♀️👋🏻вєαя🍻🇬🇧™ @BigBearF1]

Not one to show off, but I successfully opened a packet of ham today using the corner marked “open here”.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

We have not forgotten that ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Sometimes it’s not social anxiety. Sometimes the people around you just suck.

[Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhd]

every single academic thing these days is basically just 'peepee poopoo in the age of AI' and i am sick and tired of it all.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Mark Manson was right when he said:

“Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.”

[Khazbi Budunov @foscaecon]

Economics is a social science. Unlike the laws of physics, economic laws are neither timeless nor universal. They are historically contingent, shaped by social relations and institutions, and vary across time and space.