Stephanie

[Rho Rider @RhoRider]

So I went all in on automating my job the last 3 months…spent 200+ hours and burned $1000s in Claude Code credits on a company API plan. Set up >25 agents and analysis / reporting routines with meticulously developed skill files to drive.

Today, I only use maybe 5% of the tools I built.

tbh I got burnt out of the endless loop of manually verifying every data point & math output, debugging, iterating, arguing with the LLM prompt cycle.

I got sick of constantly re explaining context despite having hard coded context files.

While it *feels* like I’m getting far more done with AI, i’ve added up the time it takes to get polished results, and found in many cases i’m only modestly saving time vs a “good enough” manual equivalent.

I can’t deny AI has unlocked new capabilities for me to do my job…but it’s also adding on scope that cancels out efficiency gains

YMMV

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

Hey @claudeai team, Cowork would make me even more productive and quicker if I could select the options it gives me with my mouse instead of having to type them out 🙏🏻 It's not anyways possible to use microphone.

[austin lau @helloitsaustin]

some more ramblings from working at @AnthropicAI.

I've been asked a few times what the single most important thing a growth marketer should be doing with AI that most aren't.

surprise, it's not just a single specific task. after running dozens of growth workflows through Claude, I think the useful stuff worth doing falls along four dimensions 🧵

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@felixrieseberg Claude please pick me 🙏🏻 This is the coolest gadget ever!

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@heynavtoor @threadreaderapp unroll

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@BBCNewsNI "Low stake" is how they'll start out, but not how it'll end up. Children should not be formally tested until secondary level, they're too young for all that pressure

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

If anyone is interested to know in more detail.. here's the official W.H.O HIV staging

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

Last week, I lost a 35-year-old patient to AIDS.

The worst part? He had no idea he was even sick. From history we got to know, he was having recurrent fevers for many years, lost a few kilos, he used to just pop a paracetamol, and go back to work. He thought he was just tired from life.
By the time he reached our hospital, it was already too late

He didn’t look like the dying patients you see in movies. He looked like any other guy.

But internally, he was fighting a war for maybe a decade? without any weapons.

When his labs came back, his CD4 count (the soldiers of the immune system)was less than 50.

A healthy person has 500–1,500. He had almost nothing left.

HIV is a very manageable condition today. ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) works wonders, it can make the virus undetectable and let you live a full, normal life..

But the medicine only works if you recognize the signs early. If you wait until the house is already burned down, there is very little we can do..

Let me quickly brief you the stages of HIV

First: The "Flu"
2–4 weeks after exposure, you get a fever, sore throat, or a rash. It feels like a standard viral bug. You "recover" in a week and think you are fine.

Stage 1: The Silence (Clinical Latency)
This is where my patient lived for years.
The virus reproduces slowly. You have zero symptoms. You feel healthy. Maybe a random fever once a year that you blame on the weather.
Because you feel fine, you never get tested. This is the most dangerous stage because you are still infectious and don't even know it.

You might have Persistent Generalized Lymphadenopathy-swollen, painless lymph nodes in the neck or armpits for >3 months.
Most ignore these!

Stage 2: Mild Symptoms
The immune system is starting to slip.

Look for:
>Moderate unexplained weight loss (<10% of body weight).
>Recurrent URIs (sinusitis, tonsillitis, otitis media).
>Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
>Minor skin issues (Seborrheic dermatitis, fungal nail infections).

Stage 3: Advanced Symptoms
The breaking point is near. This is where symptoms become hard to ignore:

>Unexplained severe weight loss (>10% of body weight).
>Chronic diarrhea or persistent fever
>Oral Candidiasis (Thrush).
>Pulmonary TB.

Stage 4: AIDS (Severe Symptoms)
This is the stage my patient was in.
CD4 count <200 plus "AIDS-defining" conditions like HIV wasting syndrome, Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), or extrapulmonary TB.

By the time he reached us, he had opportunistic pneumonia. Without an immune system, even the strongest antibiotics can't save you.

He succumbed last week because he spent years managing symptoms with paracetamol instead of finding the cause.

In 2026, no one should be dying of AIDS. Don't trust the mirror. Trust a blood test. It's the only way to know before it's too late

[Dr. Eoin Lenihan @EoinLenihan]

Without wanting to bring the mood down, these are the dark days after Christmas where the black dog raises his rabid head & many young men in particular are tempted to find permanent solutions to their quiet desperation. Keep an eye out for those discreetly, indirectly 'saying goodbye' or getting their affairs in order over the next days.

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@mlchealth I had to travel from Belfast to Comber today for a private vaccination as there was no stock that I could find anywhere! They said that the jabs they provided today were likely the last of them - very grateful to the lady in Gordon's chemist who pointed me in their direction

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

The minister has got this wrong. It would be more accurate to say:

If a child is happy feels safe and supported in school, they will feel a sense of belonging, and will want to attend.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

🔊ANNOUNCEMENT | Education Minister Paul Givan has launched a public consultation on a new draft strategy to improve school attendance and understand the reasons behind pupil absence.

The proposed Attendance Matters Strategy sets out six priority areas to support children and young people to attend school every day.

🔗 To find out more and have your say, visit: https://t.co/ng7CVe0nX2

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@RTELateLateShow When is the girl in the blue check shirt releasing her album - I need to listen to it asap 🎤

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@anon_opin My dream is to have the power to give someone the shits on the spot

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@Matt_Pinner Beryl

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

I don't know Jonathan Anderson but I'm proud of him #northernireland #dior

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

Honestly, every time I travel to Dublin on the train with @Translink_NI there is some problem requiring a bus transfer. It's more convenient to drive so that's what I'll be doing in future

[Naomi Long MLA @naomi_long]

Not everyone will have a merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Sadly those affected by domestic abuse will often feel even more isolated and vulnerable.

Reach out for help: the helpline is free and there 24/7 to listen and to help.

Don't suffer in silence.

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

This is such an earworm
https://t.co/ddmcQadKV0

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

The NHS collapse - it has taken just 13 years - take a look at this from Channel 4 News

Then share it so that people can be reminded that things were better and can be again

[Stephanie @stephanie6000]

@DLPReport Oh this is much nicer than the other one