wasabi brain

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Yup.

https://qz.com/1872176/half-of-us-network-tv-dramas-are-about-cops

The biggest factors in the delta between what cops actually do, and white white folk incorrectly think they do:

1) Copaganda TV shows

2) Framing by newspapers and TV news

Without this sustained disinformation campaign against Black people, white folk would not accept this level of racism.🤷🏿‍♂️

Half of US broadcast network dramas are about cops

Perhaps one reason why America’s national reckoning on police brutality took so long to arrive is because TV is conditioning its citizens to view cops as reliable heroes.

Quartz
Could the impending energy shock lead to return to remote work? At least less mandatory days in the office? I sure hope so
Business media being honest about state of affairs in the war because they need to put actual money behind it so can’t afford to buy propaganda https://youtu.be/ddf5ov9_ASo?si=1moSXFuZO_NOoR0L
Trump is now being cornered; Russia is the biggest winner from the war: Edward Fishman

YouTube

If your company actually became vastly more productive, because of "AI" or whatever, you wouldn't lay off people: you would take on new efforts, make higher profits, have more things going on.

Layoffs are always - always - a sign of bad decisions, misallocation of priorities. Gross mismanagement. Always.

The war was basically won in the first 2-3 days but also it could take 4-6 weeks more but also we have enough munitions to fight forever but also we’re gonna take munitions out of S korea over to centcom but also we destroyed their navy but also if they don’t open up SOH then they’re really in for it but also everything’s fine but also don’t worry we’ll escort ships so it’ll be fine but also we’re gonna do the biggest release of strategic oil reserves ever but also…

RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116188889226457814

“I did 75% of it in two evenings” is the new “Can’t you just:” an unwitting indication that the speaker doesn’t even understand the problem

A LLM can never be used where both "receive untrusted input" and "do a bad thing" are both true.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5oej2vum42qalvecfspsupmb/post/3mgdl2royhs2c
If you’re holding a hot dog and the person you’re talking to is crying, how long do you have to wait to take a bite?

Science magazine has an informative article about 3 male scientists who resisted Jeffrey Epstein's attempts to network with them.

The one thing all have in common is that they listened to women's advice.

https://www.science.org/content/article/why-three-scientists-said-no-epstein

Today, on LinkedIn Says The Funniest Things:

"Are people being paid to write comments and articles denouncing AI as a fad"

Yes, it's a conspiracy funded by Cory Doctorow, Gary Marcus and Ed Zitron. Or, as we know them collectively, "Big Blog".