“Parents must realize that refusing vaccinations doesn’t just put your own child at risk. It puts other children at risk.”

tbh, I think you’re vastly overstating the usability of mail merge. It is basically stuck in the 90s and still very annoying to use, tbh.
I would love if regular software was just better and more user-friendly so that people would just use that, but tbh as someone who has to use mail merge, it sucks

Something will be lost when all the mountains in the US finally get cell coverage. They will be diminished. There will be nowhere you can get away.

Oops! May want to resend those links

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

“The BBC… found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a [market-moving Trump] social media post or media interview was made public.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DHS officials warn about growing shutdown backlogs | Federal News Network The DHS shutdown is leading to unpaid utility bills at the Coast Guard, a vacuum of cyber planning activities at CISA, and grounded aircraft at CBP.

Every day this regime stays in office, we are less safe federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.

donald trump is giving a speech in front of an american flag . Alt: donald trump is giving a speech in front of an american flag .

Good morning!

Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates—

💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion

💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million

💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million

💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million

And Jared became a billionaire last year.

Have a great day!

I don't think prioritizing the enjoyableness or rewardingness of work needs to be framed in such a short termist frame, tbh

Beyond GDP: Making Sense of Hard Choices in Development YouTube video by Cornell Global Development

Some stuff that’s really informing my thinking on this:
Critical Hedonisms: open.spotify.com/episode/1N6n...
This talk from @abenanav.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Qw...

So on the one hand, we might see the “dopamine hit” in a negative light. But also maybe designing around these kinds of positive feelings might actually yield benefits to productivity. Or maybe not, and maybe it’s worth it anyways!
Definitely gonna think and read up on this more…

Like what if productivity could be a secondary or tertiary output is systems? What if we’re already productive enough? What if increases in productivity are actually undercutting the things productivity was supposed to give us (free time, increased standards of living)?

Something I’ve been chewing on (more elaborate write-up in progress) is something I’ve been calling “the fun economy,” which explores what it would look to prioritize the enjoyableness/rewardingness of work rather than productivity.

I don't really think it's the sycophancy that gives a dopamine hit. It's getting an instant response to intellectual labour in a way that wasn't possible before. I also think this dopamine hit is primarily what users who are (or who just feel) more productive with AI are 'benefiting' from.

Oooh, this is very interesting! Going to think on this a bit.

prediction that the 2026 El Nino will be super big (hot)

It might be, or might not be; we really can't tell at the moment
and this is something the blog post alludes to only in the 4th paragraph

How confident should we be in a prediction of El Niño? Seasonal forecasts are fuelling headlines about El Niño, but uncertainty remains. This blog explains what the signals mean, where confidence is growing, and why caution is still essential.

at the end, he recommends paying atten to the European center predictons, but doens't provide a link to the right part of the european forecast center's website, which is a hot mess

but as I read this,
www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

right now, we don't have a lot of confidence in the

It's hard to overstate how much of an advance that result is. Mean survival for pancreatic is very low (owing to lateness of stage at discovery & other factors). A true breakthrough

Page views and other analytics mean little to me because I have nothing to sell. However, knowing the impact of this quasi-work---it resembles the faculty duty of service, but it's often deeply personal---motivates me to continue writing.

I’ve probably said something like this before, but thanks to anyone who has told me that my advice pages or my posts helped them understand academia or overcome obstacles. Several times at CHI this past week, PhD students and junior faculty whom I hadn't met before approached me to say that.

"Resistance is vital, be it in the form of students mocking administrators, instructors refusing to avoid controversial topics or legal action on the part of professional societies. These acts highlight cracks in the repressive regime and undermine its legitimacy."

I was told having kids would make me conservative (and that paying my own taxes would do the same). Instead it's rejuvenated my socialism. I see how kind people are to us every day, and they're a reminder that everyone, even the jerks, was once an innocent kid that deserved a better world.

the danger posed by the constant presence of cars is a big one for me

I’m always amazed chuds use the NYC subways as the height of terror when I’ve never witnessed more spontaneous acts of kindness between strangers than on the streets of New York, particularly on the subway.

literally every day my wife or I go outside with our daughter people go out of their way to be friendly, offer aid or a kind word, no matter where we've traveled. it's nice to remember that hostility as default mode of interaction is not destiny, much as it benefits some to pretend it is

Seeing how everyone (esp parents but just in general) helps when a kid needs help at the park or a parent needs a hand has definitely restored my faith in humanity

some things about becoming a parent are radicalizing in ways I expected - e.g being reminded viscerally how screwed we'd all be if childcare and other care work disappeared. but other things are radicalizing in ways I didn't - like experiencing constant spontaneous solidarity in ways big and small

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But the purest of pleasures lies in writing our story of tomorrow.💯

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The exclamation timing is also great

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