a Zacharia is just under half a Scaramucci

#uspol #zacharia #maths

There is something uniquely difficult to me about reading LLM generated text. I find myself going over it many times until I can understand.

I think text written without actual understanding is very easy to skim, but very hard to understand.

Does anyone else find this?

I am coaching my son's U10 rec soccer team, and am having difficulty with two kids who have been verbally fighting. For some reason that I don't understand yet, one of the kids resorts to insults against the other kid. I've talked to both kids, but it is still happening. I try to give empathy to the kids, using non-violent communication. I do not control the kids and how they react to each other, but there are things I can control. I want to focus on those things.

#coaching
#nvc

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@lindamciver @Su_G

Adam Becker wrote the book More Everything Forever. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-becker/more-everything-forever/9781541619593/

Gil Duran wrote The Nerd Reich: bookshop.org/p/books/the-nerd-reich-silicon-valley-fascism-and-the-war-on-democracy-gil-dur-n/a6f6f0dce1150339

And you can also preorder my own upcoming book https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-Unlearning/Timnit-Gebru/9781668093078. Honestly I hadn't realized how long I've had to deal with these people for until I wrote my book 😡

Cis women,

If you have some sort of "Women's Group", or even just a circle of women who go and get lunch together, intentionally and explicitly invite trans women. A lot of us are reluctant about proactively inviting ourselves to places that we might encounter TERFs.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/117439956914383391

Ditto, be explicitly trans-inclusive in all of your marketing materials and code of conduct! You want TERFs to fuck off right outta your group.

I bet you’d like some good news, and this story about a wildlife overpass delivers.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/10/14/i25-wildlife-overpass-collisions-drop/

h/t @davidho

#Colorado #wildlife

Oh. And now he’s “SO BORED”.

ANOTHER CO-AUTHOR PAPER ACCEPTED DANCE!!!

Damn, 2 in one week!

Honestly feels magical to watch your child go from this flushed miserable noodle back into a human person after just a little dose of Motrin.

#Spotted while roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (1?) in a stripy red and white onesie is huffing, chuffing and puffing like a little steam train as she crawls in a straight line across a cafe floor towards a toy basket.
On a MIGHTY MISSION.
Mum cruising along behind, keeping pace.

A small human (4?) in a Hulk jumper is hugging Mum with a monkey grip.
Head on Mum's shoulder.
Eyes half closed.
Small Hulk might be very strong but he likes hugs too. Mum nuzzling the top of his head and smiling.

Four teens are sitting around a cafe table, laughing, joking and happily talking over each other.
Demolishing a big bowl of wedges sitting on the table between them.
Friendship and potatoes.
The perfect combination.

A small human (3?) is RUNNING REALLY FAST up to Nana while holding a bedraggled bouquet of hand-picked flowers and leaves and rather interesting sticks.
Holding them out with utmost aplomb.
Nana accepting them with a wide, proud smile.

A woman (40s?) waiting in line at a checkout is saying to a friend: "I woke up this morning and just listened to my husband sleeping for a while and I felt so happy. It's silly and it's just breathing, but I love him and it's nice, you know

Any typos spotted in this post are enjoying a cosy afternoon working while it's rainy and misty outside. If typos spotted, they'll be making a big pot of potato and leek soup and will be putting on their extra fluffy socks. It's that kind of vibe.

My children are very good at taking turns. They even take turns being sick. So I get to have one child with manic energy, and one child barfing everywhere. Twice!

#parenting

Tonight I was reminded of my trip to Cabo Verde in April/May. My favorite part of that trip actually occurred in Casablanca.

I had a 12 hour layover so rode the light rail into the city. On the way back to the airport two women and a two year old sat next to me. In my (very) broken French we had a nice conversation about our kids.

She was trying to keep the two year old awake so she would take a proper nap when they got home instead of a 20 minute nap on the train. It was funny because not too long ago I was on the MAX in Portland with my daughter trying to keep her awake to take a proper nap when I got home.

Not that I’ve really had a problem with seeing humanity in others but it was just a really special and humanizing experience for me. Here I am on a train on a continent I’ve never been to before where they speak a language I barely fathom and here’s a family having exactly the same experience I had with my family.

I'm so overcaffeinated I'm coming up with ballot measure acrostics just for someplace for the energy to go

For example, San Francisco, let's put billionaires in a BIND: vote for B & I, and No on D
#sfpol

I wrote about the foundational belief on the Right - that equality is an “un-American” evil.

This piece is free to read.

But recently, only paywalled pieces have generated new memberships and thereby revenue.

I am hoping we can buck the trend so that I can keep publishing free essays regularly.

https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/51dc92fb-fbbe-4fbb-a7f3-1023da99da40

frankly i don’t see how the story of Frankenstein’s monster has any similarity at all to this software i assembled out of the corpses of other software i stole then shuffled around and plugged in to see what happened

Nov 3rd is election day and ballots are already reaching people by mail. It’s our chance to do something about things! We have very good reasons to get to the polls this time.

The TL;DR is Yes/No/No on propositions 40/41/42 to tax billionaires, and No/No/No on proposition D/E/F to keep the mayor accountable to the people, and Yes on the Regional Transit Measure to save our public transit.

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Jesus fucking Christ I had a MORNING

Why does it feel my job choices are make Juuls for babies or die in an airport elevator???