barefootwriter

I believe the mods when they say they haven't finished the technical work necessary to automatically inform users of what posts they're being suspended for.

I also believe that's not an acceptable flaw for this website in late 2025.

Agreed with this post and this thread.

Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.

my “I Definitely Don’t Pepper Spray Children” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

Sign at the White House says "The Presidential Walk of Fame." The "T" and "h" in the first letter are slightly off in spacing when compared to the "h" and "e."

crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."

It's one thing not to count on individual accounts (me level), it's another to suspend public figures without public comment. That you and the team went out of your way to comment on why you *would not* suspend people like Singal, this feels pretty dodgy and embarrassing.

Student: But English isn't my first language!
Me: I know. And so do they. Get a friend to check your grammar if necessary. A few errors on a paper in college won't kill you, either.
Student: ... bad grammar is better?
Me: You’re asking if bad grammar is better than the cheating machine?
Student: Oh.

Me: You used ChatGPT to write this essay. Seriously, dude?!
Student: What? How could you tell?
Me: *points out several constructions he's never used in his life* Plus the language is super vague, and seriously, "a journey of exploration"? You're writing about building an app, not mapping the Amazon.

pocket Nazi?

I was second-to-last to memorize my times tables, but a menace on the HS math tournament circuit. people are overly invested in this shit way too early.

this extreme foreshortening of actual childhood, in which you just play with others and by yourself and incidentally learn lots of stuff is a fucking disaster.

when I was learning to read, I think we were encouraged to use context clues, but that was paired with the letters that were actually on the page, not nothing!

wait, these curriculum people said dyslexia doesn't exist? oh hell why are we trusting them lol

I literally gasped when I got to the part about "miscues" where children are "reading" by coming up with a sentence that makes sense but is not necessarily what was actually written.

claiming that "guessing" is a way to develop good reading skills should have been laughed out of the room!

heads up that even if you didn't ever actively intend to do so, a lot of people are accidentally heavily invested in AI right now and didn't notice that it happened, just from the mechanics of how these index funds work. if you'd rather bet on people it may be worth looking into moving things around

a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that

Waffle House has more class.

It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.

r/ExpectationVsReality u/Additional-Simple858 • 3d Join Al 'doctor' said my back pain is depression, not a slipped disc. Now physical therapy won't get approved. Al Expectation We are reviewing claim #& submitted on 09/28/2025. Our records indicate the claim was filed under diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while the corresponding prescription and referral history list treatment for lumbar disc herniation (back pain).

Re: Incorrect Diagnosis in Record Hi Thank you for reaching out. We have reviewed your visit documentation and can confirm that the notes in question were generated using our Al scribe system. It appears the Al tool assigned diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while your visit notes and treatment plan reference lumbar disc herniation (back pain). Per compliance policy, certain Al-generated fields cannot be manually updated by clinic staff and require vendor correction. We have escalated this to our vendor support team and opened ticket # . We'll notify you once we receive confirmation or correction from the vendor.

a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,

When I watch a show like The Diplomat where they are working all the time I’m like no thank you but then I remember they don’t have to clean or cook or sort the mail or pay the bills so maybe it all washes out

this looks like a decent resource?

cep.barnard.edu/studying-mem...

the more connections you can make when you store things, the easier they are to retrieve. think of it like tying strings between things, and then being able to tug on and follow the strings back. ideally there are many strings you can tug on.

tie strings between new stuff and what you already know.

ok! spaced repetition is a tried-and-true method and there's a lot out there on that.

what it sounds like you are looking for is stuff on memory: how things get stored and how to retrieve them.

my version of this is if you can't do it yourself learn to enjoy sucking at it. i'm actively bad at video games but that's never stopped me from playing bloodborne a dozen times. just do things you suck at, it's more fun than you think

I was like, "oh, I wonder if you. . . yes, yes you did."

T&T used to be the closest grocery store to us and I miss that.

Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

I *hate* video for anything I do not have to see to understand/appreciate because reading/skimming is so much more efficient. can we please pivot back?

or perhaps something you've already dug into and enjoyed, so we can get a feel for what lines you are following. . .

hi, education student here. could you elaborate? because that is a big topic. is there a specific question you are trying to answer?

the most relatable, evergreen post in the history of bsky dot app

> “Canada, another key US ally which has helped the US Coast Guard interdict suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean for nearly two decades, has also distanced itself from the US military strikes”

5/5