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So I'm back, just here, for the moment. To see if I can find new ways to incorporate this into my life without it taking over or feeling risky.

But I also came to feel a bit isolated. And I'd think of things constantly that I wanted to share...

I came to love the quiet. The removal of distractions. The lower anxiety.

And I my job requires me to refrain from taking any partisan stance in any public way, which made social media feel like a mine field of potential screw ups.

I have ADHD and social media use becomes terribly compulsive for me, chasing dopamine.

Returning, tentatively, to this platform after a multi-month social media fast. A thread...

Complete with ace data viz from the crew.:

For a REAL detailed map of how NYC voted, check our map out 😎

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The City is just the best. Go throw them some coins if you can afford to.

I have been thinking about this more and am wondering if this is supposed to be analogous to the preference for the reporter vs a slip opinion?

The position was posted for a long time. I don't remember where/how I first saw the posting, but applied months later when I saw it again in a Google search for law library roles in New York.

I stepped in vomit on the 4/5 platform at Grand Central this evening. 🤮

That's a whole lot of data.

I bought one in Spain, Rolser is the brand (sp?). It's super clever with front swivel wheels like a stroller and it folds up small. A wonderful investment!

I took my kid through Times Square station just so we could see the Nick Cave mosaics. I love his work and seeing how the mosaic artists had managed to capture it in glass and tile and buttons was great, like how a really awesome cover of a song reinterprets instead of reproducing

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Butte des Morts, WI

The beginning of Daylight Savings Time always causes a major disruption to my life. It's harder to wake up in the morning, and I find myself staying up later because the signals that the day is ending disappear. I'm going to bed early tonight and setting an early alarm tomorrow.

I am reading this right now (just 8 months behind the ball). Thanks so much for sharing this!

Also, so cool that we can already buy these and just install in your window and plug into your household 115volt outlet. This is a game changer!

I've been thinking that we need products like this to enable the heat pump conversion to happen here in NYC. So glad this is looking so promising!
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/27/n...

Yay!

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Congratulations!

Album cover from Roberta Flack's "Chapter two" album, showing "do what you gotta do" playing

My favorite Roberta Flack song. Playing on my headphones during my lunch walk

I am constantly shocked at how terribly libraries manage their serials records these days. OCLC indicates holdings but when you switch to their local catalog there are no records at all, or the holdings don't match, or the holdings DO match but the publication was deselcted and the record missed.

Selfie on the beach. Sunglasses, apartment towers in the background

Selfie with my friend Fabrício

A great day. Half on the beach, half hanging out with a long-time online friend. Glad we were able to connect in person.

I'm a transit geek and have been enjoying exploring Rio de Janeiro by bus and metro. It's remarkably easy to get around, and most of the services are efficient and reliable. They've definitely managed boarding and exiting better than New York.

Disinformation in the era of generative AI — Jessica Kant In the past two years, large language models have replaced traditional information search and delivery systems in increasingly jarring ways. As they become more integrated into our everday lives, it w...

I've been watching the ways in which search engines have integrated large language models into their results, and the results are just as bad as you would expect.