A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says “BREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”
Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity
making this part of her platform. 12/12
Gateway Line AND the Arts District Station. LA is in dire need of transit, active transportation infrastructure, parks, and housing, and building new transit lines in this way can help us get all of that. I really, *really* hope the Nithya Raman campaign seriously considers 11/12
EIFDs can also help bridge the funding shortfall on Sepulveda, allow us to build the Vermont Line without any Measure M money, and (as argued by a white paper I'm working on now), get us a line on Venice and Pico. There's already a study for a DTLA one to get us Phase 2 of the Southeast 10/12
only help us build transit, but to build the kind of city around it that we deserve. A non-transit project that could probably easily promote development enough to make an EIFD work is the long-stagnating Hollywood Central Park, a cap park over the 101 between Bronson and Santa Monica. But 9/12
Koretz killed. These things sound like magic - let projects fund themselves without a single tax increase - but they actually work! And with a dearth of federal funding and rising costs meaning that sales tax funding isn't cutting it for a lot of projects lately, they're a solution that can not 8/12
SB79. But they can potentially raise SO much money that some of that can be used to fund complementary projects surrounding the line. For K North, the two that immediately come to mind are San Vicente Park and Uplift Melrose, the traffic calming/bike lane/storm drain project that Paul 7/12
refined. EIFDs in CA can legally be used for anything accomplishing broad environmental goals. The trick is you need projects that will substantially raise property values, especially by catalyzing new higher-density development. Transit projects are uniquely suited to this, particularly after 6/12
was *before* SB79 passed, which upzones areas around transit in CA, which means that any transit project will inherently unlocked even *more* future property tax revenue. K North, for reference, is $14.8B for an insanely overengineered version that should come down in price once the design is 5/12
You may be thinking, "Okay, but that can't actually raise ALL that much money, right?" Well, WeHo conducted an EIFD study for K North using intentionally conservative estimates and found that if all three of WeHo, LA City, and LA County participated, it would raise over $22 BILLION. And this 4/12
far more desirable, that means that property values in the project area will rise when it completes, which provides higher property tax receipts for the city and county. Either or both entities can borrow against that expected future income *now* to finance the project in the first place. 3/12
An EIFD (Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District) uses future increased property tax revenue (without raising rates) to fund a project now that would *cause* those increases. So if we have a transit project, like K North (which will likely be funded this way) that we know will make an area 2/12
I've been thinking about EIFDs a lot lately... and it occurs to me that they're potentially how we turn transit from something that *deprives* other projects of funding (due to high capital costs) into something that actually *provides* funding. Stay with me here. First, a primer on EIFDs. 1/12
The new D Line station art is so good! @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's art program is awesome. I think La Cienega is my fave but love all 3.
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”
Screaming
Jesus the manosphere dipshits did an insane amount of damage
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.
We need better Democrats.
Not a single dollar more for Trump’s illegal war.
This country can afford anything it wants. Single payer healthcare. Affordable housing. Modern transit systems. High speed rail. Everything is a choice.
Pulling news archive for a doc and the amount of AI slop generated on stories that make the news now is WILD. Just slop after slop after slop.
i'm taking a brave stance that may get me canceled: there is no reason for the pervert glasses to exist
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68
Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.
Literally, "abolishing."
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Must be nice to have a personal line to the mayor and not need to give public comments like the plebs! Good choice of associates, Karen!
This was posted on Reddit from the other site. Fred Rosen, everyone! (Reminder that Bass left the metro board meeting during public comments to take a personal call from an angry bel air resident who was presumably him and then relayed his concerns to the board)
What the fuuuuuuuck
I’m actually not sure we can come back from “prediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.
