Allison Arieff

No you cannot determine which drugs are safe and effective with machine learning. You cannot. It will not work. People will die.

This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.

website views of PhD programmes up in Netherlands. canada, sweden etc

website views from outside the US down massively in the US, up elsewhere

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain 
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Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.

Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.

Watanabe at work at Tomy in Tokyo in 1982.

The Armatron’s inventor, Hiroyuki Watanabe, in Tokyo in 2025

The Amatron was one of my favorite toys as a kid. It turns out that Hiroyuki Watanabe also had invented some of the most clever handheld pre-digital toys such as Blip, Digital Diamond, Digital Derby, and Missile Strike. Thanks to @aarieff.bsky.social for letting me tell this story! ter.li/JKeegan

Why I Still Believe Prefab Homes Are a Good Idea — Dwell More than 20 years after I first promoted the building method at Dwell, it has yet to live up to its promise—but it can.

What a wonderful article by @aarieff.bsky.social in Dwell about the early years of modern prefab, it was so exciting! My heart bumped with every name of people I knew, we were going to change the world.

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The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

It's cold out here, people. Cold ...
"The usual rate for freelance journalists is 50 cents to $1 per word — the same as it was 25 years ago."
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That'll really help the brand's climate-friendly upscale image.

This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.

“Companies are trying to convince us that robotic cars are better because they are more technologically sophisticated, as if technological sophistication is itself the measure of a transport mode’s value, rather than its practical utility for people.”

I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died?

That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

Camo painting with bright orange letters that say I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS SHIT DIDN’T WORK

A gallery person told me I should paint things SF art buyers want in their house. So I asked myself what does someone who drives a Tesla with a HARRIS/WALZ sticker want? I think I nailed it. This is _Political Painting for a Centrist to Hang_, 18x24. Wax and razor blades. #artadventcalendar

This, exactly this! And parents (mostly mothers) who are doing the chaufeuring should be able to get behind this. @cambridgemass.bsky.social @boston.gov @jfh01.bsky.social

A post from the @berkeleypolice account calling for an evacutation order due to a potential Tsunami. And another post calling the warning canceled.

The tsunami scare today in the Bay Area illustrates how Elon Musk has changed X for the worse in emergencies.

This is the real account of Berkeley PD. But changes in verification means it no longer has a verified badge. Anyone searching for immediate info might be uncertain if this post is legit.

QuakeSky activated

Los Angeles Times Owner Plans to Launch Tech-Driven “Bias Meter” On Articles Next Year Patrick Soon-Shiong says that his team is building a product where "the reader can press a button and get both sides" of a story.

"the owner of The Los Angeles Times says his product team is working on a new tech-driven “bias meter” to add to articles on the paper’s website as soon as next year." www.yahoo.com/news/los-ang...

I'm into this theme for the Venice Biennale www.porchusavenice2025.org/open-call

Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.

Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.

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Planned Parenthood | Official Site Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a nonprofit organization that provides sexual health care in the United States and globally.

Donations to @ppfa.bsky.social are matched $1 for $1 today. Great day to give: www.plannedparenthood.org

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Every year, MIT Technology Review recognizes 35 young innovators who are doing pioneering work across a range of technical fields including biotechnology, materials science, AI, computing+more. 35innovators.secure-platform.com/a

from Orwell's Rose

Announcing a new call for pitches from @technologyreview.com! The print theme this time is Creativity. More here (including a note about AI pitches 🙂) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. It’s backfired in almost every way.

Seems like people wanna talk about all the locked-up stuff at chain pharmacies and big box stores today. Here’s a gift link to a feature I published a few months ago about why retailers started putting so much stuff behind plexiglass and how badly it’s backfired. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

These San Franciscans blame pedestrians for traffic deaths San Francisco’s Vision Zero data suggest that in recent years, motorists were at fault in most pedestrian deaths by car. Still, some readers think city safety measures do more to inconvenience drivers...

Really @sfstandard.com? Was the family killed by a car while waiting for a bus to blame? Why not cover the things that actually cause pedestrian deaths: massively huge SUVs that eliminate pedestrian visibility, poor road design, complete lack of traffic enforcement. sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...

The Bill That Will Turn America Into The Handmaid's Tale Project 2025 is starting before Trump's inauguration

"To stop women from having rights, in other words, it’s necessary for Congress to codify who and what we are, as defined by our genders, so they can completely control us and all our choices by telling us what to do and who to be." insanethingschristianssay.substack.com/p/the-bill-t...

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Opinion | The New ‘Dream Home’ Should Be a Condo (Published 2019) Builders want to sell us huge, unsustainable monstrosities. That’s not what we need.

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Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport The company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face.

If you’re flying during this busy Thanksgiving travel period, you might notice some of your fellow passengers skipping the general security line in favor of the Clear line.

Go inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport: www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1...

It’s extremely concerning that Fox News is positioning Elon Musk’s mother as an expert on US politics.