www.maptap.gg April 14
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Finding little games such as on LinkedIn and NY Times fun, and I’m now hooked on this map game. Typically, I’m horrible. But today I did pretty good.
www.maptap.gg April 12
100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 91🎉 96🏅
Final score: 961

Can we just tell 🍊🤡💩 he won the Nobel Peace Prize and fly him toward Oslo… only to “layover” in The Hague and drop him off at the International Court of Justice for his war crimes trial?

Apple Watch award celebrating 2,000 completed Move goals. Dated March 7, 2026

I hit my daily Move goal for the 2,000th time on my #AppleWatch

@brenttoderian.bsky.social A decade ago I relocated to London after 18 years in NYC. Had I moved from another part of the US, where I wasn’t already accustomed to walking and public transit, I don’t think the transition would have been as easy. I’ve never needed to own a car 🚗

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Given the perilous situation 🍊🤡💩 has plummeted us into this weekend, the nightmare continues.

I had the pleasure of hearing @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Professor Joseph Stiglitz speak about the challenges facing the global economy. I was especially honored by his generosity in taking the time to speak with me one-on-one about my PhD research.

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Universal chooses Bedford to be location of its first theme park in Europe Keir Starmer hails visitor attraction – set to open in 2031 – as a way to bring jobs and growth to region

The year 2031 seems a long way off, but we’ll just have to wait. I’m glad #UniversalStudios has received all the need planning permission to break ground. With my background in live entertainment, I know how many creative jobs this will support and will be a boost to the UK.

How Japan Built a 3D-Printed Train Station in 6 Hours (Gift Article) As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

My background is on lumber–built residential offsite construction. But given the challenges facing the construction industry, it’s key to utilize a range of building techniques to solve problems. For example, this @nytimes.com story leveraging 3D printing to erect a train station in rural Japan.

Columbia Spectator

The Columbia Spectator is a student run and managed newspaper, and they’ve been doing a very good job covering the news on campus. www.columbiaspectator.com/columbia-in-...

This was a response to those who broke into a university building and vandalized it. My understanding is that holding of degrees is temporary until further investigation can take place.

@brenttoderian.bsky.social The tweet posted is an over simplification of what has been happening. The University Judicial Board issued expulsions, temporary degree revocations, and multi-year suspensions for students involved in the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall on Thursday.

Believe! Apple’s Emmy Award-winning “Ted Lasso” renewed for season four Apple TV+ announced that the global phenomenon “Ted Lasso” is officially returning back to the football pitch for a fourth season.

Thought they stuck the landing with the final episode. Excited for it to be returning, but hope they have a story worth telling. Given the world we're living in, I think we could all use a bit of Ted's optimistic outlook on life. #TedLasso #AppleTV+

"Be curious, not judgmental"

@mchshe.bsky.social is also self-financing a new national theater to fill the gap left by the 2024 shutdown of National Theatre Wales, forced to close after a 1.6 million pound ($1.96 million) funding cut.

Michael Sheen Writes Off Over $1M Worth of Debt for 900 People Using His Own Money The Welsh actor has started a debt acquisition company to highlight how banks profit off of vulnerable people, set to be shown in the Channel 4 documentary 'Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaw...

In a world of full of the likes of Elon Musk, be like @mchshe.bsky.social The Welsh actor has started a debt acquisition company and has written off £1 million ($1.29 million) of debt for 900 people using £100,000 ($129,000) of his own money.

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Every time I pick up my phone, I’m worried to see what horrible thing has just happened. At least egg 🥚 prices are coming down… oh, wait!

Ukraine’s resilience has become a symbol of courage for the world. Today, we continue to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people as they fight for their freedom, sovereignty, and future. 💙💛

Lastly, I don’t think academics are eager to study artificial intelligence replacing advanced degree positions, as it suggests they themselves could be at risk of job loss, especially in a “publish or perish” environment.

The Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines Why the United States lags behind other industrialized countries in sharing the benefits of innovation with workers and how we can remedy the problem.The U

If you’re interested in reading more look at David Autor, @carlbfrey.bsky.social and @erikbryn.bsky.social

Some good reads include

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Workers with less experience gain the most from generative AI | MIT Sloan Less-experienced contact center agents become more productive with assistance from generative artificial intelligence, a new study finds.

You make a good distinction that you’re looking for people with an advanced degree being replaced by LLMs. From my experience most studies are still looking at more entry level roles (those to be replaced first by technology). For example, this study out of MIT. mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

How American Racism Shaped Nazism American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for many, it is intuitive that the United States parallels Nazi Germany’s racism in both ...

5/5 Nazi lawmakers admired the flexibility of American racial laws, which often relied on vague definitions of race. This “know-it-when-I-see-it” approach to racial classification influenced how the Nazis formulated their own racial categories.
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Jim Crow Laws and Nazi Racial Policy - Lunch-and-Learn with Tom White 7-28-2020 YouTube video by Holocaust Center for Humanity

4/5 One example is the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, which stripped Jews of German citizenship and prohibited marriages between Jews and non-Jews, were directly influenced by American racial legislation.
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3/5 In the 1930s, Nazi Germany studied Jim Crow laws to shape their own racist policies. The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading Black newspaper, noted in 1933, “Hitler Learns from America.” Langston Hughes summed it up: “Fascists is Jim Crow peoples, honey.”
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Hitler's American Model How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany

2/5 “The Nazis saw America as the world leader in creating racist laws.” — James Q. Whitman, ‘Hitler’s American Model’ (2017)
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1/5 As it’s Black History Month, and as we’re currently fighting a resurgence of fascism, let’s take a look back at how the Nazi party looked closely at American law, particularly Jim Crow laws and other discriminatory policies, as they developed their own racist legal framework.

Blue Man Group on a crowded NYC subway.

New York City bids farewell to Blue Man Group today. It’s been a remarkable run of more than three decades!

I will always fondly remember my time with the company as part of their marketing team. It was a remarkable group of creatives that continually inspire. #BlueManGroup

If you're not screaming expletives at the TV or while reading the news the last 2 and half days, you're doing it wrong!