oriana schwindt

…gojira???

btw the gum-chewing here indicates an elevated likelihood this guy is a looksmaxxer trying to build up his jaw muscles or whatever

see? meme (note the "kirkinator" element of the username in the second graf) www.wired.com/story/teens-...

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

gotta keep this bookmarked to send to every single person who tells me they "just" use generative AI for meal planning or whateverthefuck www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

MTA Demands Albany Deal With Toll Evasion Already - Streetsblog New York City A new analysis of toll evasion found that the amount of money owed by drivers who don't pay paper toll invoices has more than doubled since 2022, from $147 million in unpaid tolls to nearly $350 milli...

Facts you don't hear from the suburban/NY Post fare evasion caucus

"A new analysis of toll evasion found the amount owed by drivers who don't pay paper toll invoices has more than doubled since 2022, from $147 million in unpaid tolls to nearly $350 million"

@nyc.streetsblog.org

they absolutely have to start enforcing this shit, they could make a billion dollars

Taking my business to TransGenderInclusive Friday’s

Chart from linked article, showing what % of of each major fertilizer type (nitrogen, phosphorus, & potassium) the US imports, 2000-2024. N has gone down from 21% imported to 6%. Phosphorus is a little up from 2% to 13%. Potassium has gone from 76% to 94%.

The US already makes 96% of the N fertilizer we use.

The fertilizer we import the most is POTASSIUM. Which we get from CANADA.

When we import phosphorus, we get 98% of it from PERU. Not Iran.

So the reason we've had trouble getting those is TARIFFS.

farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/07/us-f...

"The best criterion by which to decide whether someone has been forced outside the pale of the law is to ask if he would benefit by committing a crime. If a small burglary is likely to improve his legal position, at least temporarily, one may be sure he has been deprived of human rights." —H. Arendt

got an iced coffee and sat on a bench in the sun while kids and dogs played in the park behind me and experienced Absolute Joy

Fascinating live thread of a US Attorney verbally sweating as his excuses are slowly and methodically unraveled by a federal judge too savvy to believe anything other than they were using AI to fabricate pretty much an entire brief on behalf of the DOJ in an attempt to deceive the court

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

does kevin roose not understand that there is an implied "might" at the beginning of the sentence? does he think there should be a comma after "as well" because he can only see that phrase as a synonym for "also"? does he think it should end in a "?"? i don't get it!

Witness the transformation of Rue de Trévise from car storage to shared community space.

#paris #RuedeTrévise #pedestrian

yeah now that i have to edit the shit that comes out of these models to pay the rent, it's solid for about 250 words and then gets VERY repetitive and very staccato; the lack of intent behind the sentences becomes extremely clear

one thing you realize when you hear the doge bros talk is that they are very, very dumb. like need to be reminded to breathe. also most of them were working at spacex/tesla/twitter or in investment banking before this so, uh, what’s that say about all those places

anyone who likes this should stay tuned for sometime next year when me and @sssparkers.bsky.social and @brantleypalmer.bsky.social's doc about america's indie movie theaters is ready

it's good i don't work there anymore because i would have gotten fired for the fuss i would've kicked up asking why the fuck we were still giving free media to a god damn marketing firm in the UK

how many times is the trade press going to fall for this shit? there was no fucking competition over "signing" an AI-generated image/LLM combo, nor did it "drop" anything. it's a fucking marketing firm using you to drive revenue!

correct headline is "marketing firm continues to attempt to undercut human labor via AI avatars"

i genuinely think roose used gen AI to write this

that paragraph itself feels AI-generated because there is in fact no punctuation necessary in that McCarthy sentence

a hollywood reporter headline that reads "AI Actor Tilly Norwood Drops Debut Single and Music Video 'Take the Lead': "I'm Just a Tool, But I've Got Life""

this framing sucks shit, @thr.com

this is so triggering lol

learning literally anything about adtech makes you want to smash all your devices with a hammer

Digital illustration in ink and color style. A hippopotamus standing on a low hillock. He has the wings and engines of a biplane strapped to his flanks. The propellers are spinning and he's wearing goggles. Sitting on top of the upper wing in front of a control stick is a capybara wearing a white silk scarf that's flapping in th breeze, a leather old-timey aviator helmet and goggles. Just two aquatic mammals who are friends taking to the air. Arcing agains the blue sky and clouds of the background is lettering reading 'Maybe it will happen today'.

seltzer-on-the-fire escape season

hey @mayor.nyc.gov if your DOT isn’t going to institute life-saving universal daylighting can they at least do something about this bullshit everywhere in queens?

"francie doesn't like coffee ice cream" was one of the most thrilling scenes of my 16-year-old life

these dickheads absolutely read that new york times trend piece about buying laundromats as investments but joke's on them my entire building who used the laundromat instead of our in-building units is up in arms