Lois Patterson

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Here's an independent confirmation of events from a Google review in the past day:

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One of the extremely few positive things that Trump/Musk have wrought.

I bought this on Kindle for $2.99 and read it this afternoon. I feel inspired and exhilarated. In the background, it tells the story of the siblings André and Simone Weil, among other topics.
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Ode to the Language Mage by @explosiveencore1349 | Suno medieval, lyrical, renaissance, orchestral song. Listen and make your own with Suno.

I used Suno AI to create an ode to large language models.

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Although it is terrible coffee, unless things have improved since 2019 ;).

Dialogues Dialogues is a print magazine that goes both broad and deep on the vast impact of AI. Produced alongside Google, The Atlantic’s creative marketing studio, Re:think, assembled a diverse cast of journal...

Some really interesting articles about AI and society.

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Humble Tech Book Bundle: Math for Programmers 2024 by Manning Strengthen your math skills in programming with this library of coding and programming courses. Pay what you want and support the charity of your choice.

This is an amazing deal from HumbleBundle and Manning Publications for 19 books on math and programming. Not sure when I will find the time to read, much less absorb, them all, but I am game.

www.humblebundle.com/books/math-f...

Algorithmic accountability Learnings from Stanford ETPP

I finished a brief essay for my course. "Algorithmic accountability: Learnings from Stanford ETPP".

techwritercloud.substack.com/p/algorithmi...

This article gives a lot of reading ideas.
Read Your Way Through New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/b...

That is scary! I am getting Moderna Saturday in hopes its higher dosage is a good thing, but I would think differently in your shoes.

Did you get Pfizer or Moderna?

Yes indeed, reporting for duty.

I be here.

Agnès Varda’s Storyboard of French Village Life A new exhibition showcases the filmmaker’s startlingly original form of incidental portraiture.

And the other excellent New Yorker article I enjoyed today.
2)

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/agnes-vardas-storyboard-of-french-village-life

The Anonymous Postcard That Inspired a French Best-Seller Anne Berest’s “The Postcard” reads like a detective story, uncovering her Jewish family’s experiences during the Second World War.

I read two excellent articles in the New Yorker today. Well-crafted words are such a gift. 1)
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-anonymous-postcard-that-inspired-a-french-best-seller

I attend theatre in NYC wearing an N95. Here are some reviews:
https://www.show-score.com/member/lois-p-3175

Hi everyone! I'm @loisrp on several platforms. Interests include #writethedocs, #covidprevention, #theater, #nyc, and a bunch of other things. I've been in NYC several months now, after moving here to get a job after being laid off by Google.