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software engineering, ttrpg stuff. "snarky yet honest." / "When you bring a dragon into this world, you can't control what happens after" -AJ29. (he/him) (parod

[Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin]

New York Times running an oped with the subject line “We Owe It to Nex Benedict to Do Better by Bullied Teens” without the oped in question being about how *the NYT* is actually the one who owes LGBT teens better is wild lmao

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I spent a bunch of time digging into what we call "tech debt" to better understand how to plan around it, and now you can all read the results! https://t.co/g8vNwB4XuA

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@modernserf @NWSNewYorkNY Oh oh, so this is snow that fell during a calendar day, not the total accumulation at some point in time, ok, ty!

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@lightwayves @Cmdr_Hadfield It's an environmental thing: native flora and fauna and a lot less water, fertilizer, lawnmower energy use, etc

[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

The least safe way of getting around right now is in a car. Public officials need to be clear on that.

[Queens College PSC @psc_qc]

Please RT!

@psccunygc @PSC_CUNY @JortsTheCat

#CareNotCuts #APeoplesCUNY #FixCUNY #AgainstAusterity

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@singgenberg wow it's incredible to see someone so deeply miss the irony

[Tech Won't Save Us @techwontsaveus]

#2: EMILY M. BENDER

A few months later, it was time to learn a bit more about how large language models actually worked, so @emilymbender came on the show to give us her view on computational linguistics and why ChatGPT wasn’t really intelligent. https://t.co/3qilaFUvkP

[Tech Won't Save Us @techwontsaveus]

#1: TIMNIT GEBRU

As the AI hype was taking off, @timnitGebru came on the show to give us her expert opinion on what to make of it and told us about her experience in Silicon Valley. It resonated with a lot of listeners. https://t.co/wHYCztiTwh

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@molly0xFFF the constant balancing act that i never succeed at

[LeVar Burton @levarburton]

Happy Thursday to everyone, except Nikki Haley!

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@TakenPilot Eh it regularly recommends I follow people I have blocked anyway

[Hari Kunzru @harikunzru]

I think of Adams not so much as the pilot, more the guy who is trying to get me to try a new fragrance for men at the airport duty free counter

[wint @dril]

ok so the evil hospital we destroyed turned out to be a normal hospital? Uh oh!! hope we dont make the same mistake 100 more times

[Peter Ratcliffe, forever Canadian 🇨🇦 @PeterHRatcliffe]

Those who wrongly deny that Canada's mostly science based approach to Covid has saved lives need to look at this chart.

The US per capita death rate for Covid from start to Dec. 19, 2023 is 243% of Canada's. We could matched the US and have had 129,932 deaths instead of 53,470.

[Matthew Green @matthew_d_green]

Reminder: Santa has no idea if you’ve been naughty or nice because Signal doesn’t retain enough metadata to comply with the necessary pen/trace orders.

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@paulbiggar Respect

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@endtwist @NYCMayor Yeahhhh—I mean we FOUND a couple people but the Dems refused to run them so

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Hey @NYCMayor, I don't want you to fail. You failed. I want you to resign so we can have someone competent

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

NYPD overtime pay for extra officers in the subway went from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million this year, according to city records obtained by Gothamist. https://t.co/YbGwjFvKH8