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Physical media is dying and I HATE it
Everything being digital and not actually OWNING what you pay for is absolute BS.
- Consoles being sold without disc drives
- PCโs donโt have Disc drives anymore
- Games and movies not getting Physical releases
We are sacrificing physical art for the sake of a little connivence and it feels like only a very small group of people care.
BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA/ART!!
Reporters: Conditions donโt magically become safer when the camera is rolling. Please keep your mask and goggles on, they are vital for protecting your health in this dangerous environment. It is also critical to set a good example for everyone watching.
I keep getting questions about this. Here is my rec for hierarchy of masks for wildfires (worst to best)
--> N95
--> N100
--> P100 (the P designation means resistant to oil)
--> P100+organic vapor (all the prior ones only capture particles, not gas-phase toxics. If you're frontline reporter/responder, this is what you should be wearing)
Since LA is on fire and part of the south is frozen, I think itโs a good time to remind everyone or tell for the first time that ChatGPT and other forms for AI are contributing to the rapid warming of our planet.
Seems important that in Fahrenheit 451, books were still โavailableโ in single-paragraph summariesโโread Hamlet in five minutes!โโbut the books themselves had been banned for being too difficult. Tech boosters see a warning and think itโs an instruction manual.
So letโs clarify again: the mask is not the illegal part; itโs doing a crime. That means that a mask has nothing to do with crime. So why the mask ban, then? We already have a crime ban because crimes are illegal.
Me hope your #NewYear is filled with lots of cookies! ๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช
Itโs absolutely batshit that you canโt opt out of a lot of this AI stuff. Like I donโt need Google to generate an AI search summary, and I donโt need a product reviews AI summary, thatโs what the damn stars are for. Make it stop.
We're currently seeing high levels of RSV across New York City. RSV can cause severe illness, especially in infants and older adultsโbut there are simple steps all New Yorkers can take to stay healthy:
https://t.co/3DnZ5RAgAs