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Mike Chowla ✅Apr 22, 2023

RT @_B___S
This veterinarian has a comfort dog assistant that helps sick dog patients know that everything will be alright

Mike Chowla ✅Apr 15, 2023

Every time I fly the Queen of Skies, the 747, I wonder when my last 747 journey will be.

Lufthansa should be flying them for at least another decade so it is probably a ways off. But when I get the gate and see the majestic aircraft, I wonder if it is my last time on one.

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 28, 2023

RT @cameronmoll
I have zero context how or why this lovely, delicate animation was approved by leadership. But I'm 98% certain it wasn't pitched with business impact jargon.

Instead someone probably advocated hard for delight — or simply showed leadership what sheer delight feels like.

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Mike Chowla ✅Mar 27, 2023

2/ And then hits me, most of the text freely available on the Internet for what different levels of Product Managers do is job descriptions used for recruiting. And thus what ChatGPT spits back is a basically job description.

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 24, 2023

RT @KyungLahCNN
Asian Americans to Democrats: "we want safe streets, good schools and less progressive ideology." That's the message and 2024 warning from San Francisco. Footnote about our unfortunate experience at the end. @OutFrontCNN story features @JoelEngardio. Producer: @jasonkCNN

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 23, 2023

"We teach a traditional, Western civilization, liberal classical education."

Anyone who says this should have to pass a test on classical education. And it looks like all the school officials in Florida who say it would fail even the most basic test.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/03/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-statue.html

An Interview With the School Board Chair Who Forced Out a Principal After Michelangelo’s David Was Shown in Class

"Well, we’re Florida, OK?"

Slate

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 17, 2023

At a stunning event space that was originally Williamsburg Saving Bank. 150 years ago, a building this grand was how banks convinced depositors they were a stable institution. Deposit insurance seems like a better way to me.

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 14, 2023

RT @CatoInstitute
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States is not some sort of libertarian, free trade utopia.

https://bit.ly/3yDbX5z

#ProtectionistMadness #CatoTrade

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 5, 2023

1/ 5 star rating scales no longer contain much useful info. This Levoit air purifier has 4.3 out 5 which sounds pretty good except it's median lifespan is only about 2 years.

I bought two, they both failed, one before 2 years, one just after two years.

Mike Chowla ✅Mar 4, 2023

RT @jbarro
Yes yes yes yes yes https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/i-cannot-stress-enough-that-grade?r=9w60&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

I Cannot Stress Enough That Grade Point Average is Racially Stratified Too

you want to replace the SAT because it's racially stratified with a metric that's... also racially stratified

Freddie deBoer