Mastodawn

How to win my instant support as a customer:

"We have decided not to focus on generative AI features, and instead reinvest heavily in quality assurance for our core products through hiring, training, and process development."

Allie Potts 5d ago

Madeleine Morris 5d ago

"I used to judge those herds of gazelle when the lion eats one of them alive and everyone keeps going — but no, humans are just the same. That’s the real meaning of herd immunity. We’re fundamentally immune to giving a shit.”

This is the most honest and magnificent essay on living through a democratic collapse. If you read anything today, it should be this.

Via @Lazarou

https://indi.ca/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there/

I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There.

Living in Sri Lanka during the end of the civil war, I saw how life goes on, surrounded by death

indi.ca

Allie Potts Apr 19

I’ve been tasked with putting together my late mother-in-law’s memorial video. Moms: please let someone else take the family photos from time to time, even if you don’t think you look your best. Your kids will want to see you.

Allie Potts Apr 8

Mandu 🥟Apr 7

I could move... but nah.

#Caturday

Allie Potts Apr 6

Street Art Utopia Apr 6

The Empty Library memorial, to remember the book burnings done by Nazis. In Berlin, Germany.

Allie Potts Apr 6

The Verge Apr 6

‘Millions’ may have protested Trump and Musk yesterday https://www.theverge.com/news/644237/millions-protested-hands-off-estimates-trump-musk-doge

‘Millions’ may have protested Trump and Musk yesterday

Activist groups involved in planning the “Hands Off!” protests on April 5th say “millions” demonstrated in the US against President Trump and Elon Musk.

The Verge

Allie Potts Mar 23

David Tanner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Mar 23

#SilentSunday

Allie Potts Mar 21

The Conversation U.S.Mar 21

The Trump administration moves to defund libraries and museums by closing the Institute of Museum and Library Services. A scholar explains how the agency supports cultural institutions and communities — and what’s at stake if it shuts down: https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-starve-libraries-and-museums-of-funding-by-shuttering-this-little-known-agency-252455

Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency

The consequences of shutting down the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be particularly dire for smaller museums and rural museums.

The Conversation

Allie Potts Mar 20

The Verge Mar 20

We ran the wrong headline about the fired FTC commissioners https://www.theverge.com/policy/633397/ftc-bedoya-slaughter-democrat-media

We ran the wrong headline about Trump firing the FTC commissioners

We hedged on whether or not the firings of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter were illegal. Under existing Supreme Court precedent, they are.

The Verge

Allie Potts Mar 18

Vee Mar 17