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nurul amin shah alam.

i am so sorry this happened to you.

For Your Consideration: On BAFTA and the Indifference of Antiblackness Let us consider the scene again: Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan present an award at the BAFTA ceremony. As they read from the teleprompter, they hear John Davidson involuntarily scream out the n-...

“To not acknowledge the unique effect of a racial slur is a form of indifference to the suffering of others. The problem of being indifferent to the suffering of black folk while also imploring folks to have empathy for Davidson cannot be understated.” — @nubluesnick.bsky.social

everyday bluesky reminds us why blacksky exists

empathy for me, but not for thee

i learned this week white bluesky believes black folks should just deal with being called the n-word and don't even deserve an apology

wild stuff

it's always this

people feel entitled to attention and bsky is just not that kinda place

The problem with a lot of white people's understanding of racism is they think intention, particularly malicious intention, is a necessary condition and it isnt.

After Over A Decade Of Construction, California Is Finally Laying High-Speed Rail Track In 2026 California aims to start laying high-speed track this year after awarding the construction contract for the Central Valley segment.

We are so back- fuck you Elon Musk, wlw ldr ftw~

After Over A Decade Of Construction, California Is Finally Laying High-Speed Rail Track In 2026 secretlosangeles.com/california-h...

Back to textbooks: Denmark rolls back digital learning • FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

Back to textbooks: Denmark rolls back digital learning.

Denmark was quick to adopt digital technologies in the classroom, but wise enough to examine the impact on students, which led to a roll back in specific areas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKoC...

how does one even accumulate that kind of debt without already being wealthy

So I participated in this survey and as of right now the majority of the comments are sincere and thoughtful. And many want clarification on the difference btwn machine learning and gen-AI. Part of democratizing technology is clear communication that dismantles harmful opaque marketing terminology.

he’s washed as a poster and he still managed to add “thank you for your attention to this matter” into my rotation

it’s infuriating

Sonnet 4.6 Extended 4 artifacts User: Clone simonw/simonwillisonblog and tell me about the models and views Thought: Synthesized comprehensive overview of models... Here's a comprehensive overview of the models and views in simonw/simonwillisonblog - a Django-powered personal blog: Models blog app — the core The blog is built around a shared BaseModel abstract class that all content types inherit from. It provides: created, slug, tags (M2M), metadata (JSON), search_document (Postgres full-text search vector), is_draft, card_image, and series (FK).

Fun bonus tip: regular Claude chat (not Claude Code) has the ability to clone repos from GitHub these days, which means you can ask it to checkout ANY public repo and answer questions about it or even use it as a starting point for an artifact!

harris reed’s brides #fashionsky #lfw

same! when i used to sell jewelry at a gift shop, flaws were good, bc they revealed the handmade quality of the pieces

and it's funny to see the same view applied to other forms of craftsmanship now

i'm awake and don't want to be

Big respect to @quillmatiq.com for sharing this personal experience. I think it's important for us as devs who have been in it for a while to share these.

When I started I didn't know anyone else who knew how to code and stack overflow was always chastising new devs for their questions.

Since we're among close friends, a confession: when I was in college, I experienced some hateful engineers in the Linux community, and it kept me away from open source in my prime programming years.

Sometimes the difference between an annoyance and a valued contributor is kindness and mentorship.

my manager stepped down to an ic, and - to be honest - i'm happy for all of us.

there's this belief that people with excellent soft skills should become managers, but IMO they make the best tech leads

i think my blog about ai was good, but the unfortunate truth is the people short-circuiting their cognitive functioning were gonna do so with or without ai

there will always be people who don't care about the craft and just want a shortcut

Matt Walsh critiques the lack of emotion and storytelling in AI-generated video content, highlighting a disconnect from human experience.

AI-generated video lacks soul and human storytelling, says man who has been generating soulless, inhuman content for years

100%

i'm watching "slaps" get murdered in realtime

the best part is when they call it "gen z lingo" 🥲

being a black american means watching people massacre slang you used as a child

adhd update:

my psych agreed the offlabel nonstimulant is doing nothing for me, so we're trying a different nonstimulant that's fda approved for adhd

i'm happy to try something new, but worried about off/onramping meds simultaneously since the mood swings have not been the most fun

Don't offload your cognitive skills | Kat Excellence

i finally put some thoughts i've had about ai into a coherent assemblage of words

i've titled it: don't offload your cognitive skills

Book called A History of Engineering and Technology: Artful Method 2nd Ed by Ervan Garrison.

Gotta plug one of my favorite books. Covers the Stone Age to the Present Day.

thanks for the share! i've wanted to read a book that covers exactly this

yep. i've had to leave a few group chats for this

"i simply do not like the person i am when i'm around you"