Scott Bowles

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

This is terrible. It’s bad for workers and it’s bad for the economy.

Boston Market recently changed their name to Boston MARKET, a move that increased their market capitalization by 500%

"If you deport all the undocumented immigrants, food will cost more bc Americans will demand better pay to pick crops."

Ok. So. Food prices *should* go up, morally, bc right now our food is subsidized by desperate workers earning unfair wages. We shouldn't deport, obviously, but we should pay more.

The cover of John Scofield’s album, A Go Go

Now listening - one of Scofield’s best, with the inimitable Medeski Martin and Wood as his backing band

So good. Hottentot (track 8) was my first introduction to Scofield and MMW long ago

I was just ready to mention exactly those two.

Fyi for all who do the NYT mini—today is a day for possible PRs. Go into it accordingly.

Notre Dame in Paris re-opens this wkd.
I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo.
THREAD.

1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.

#ShareGoodNewsToo

if you're seeing this and wondering, "where do I get my econ analysis now?!"

look no further than Joey Politano @josephpolitano.bsky.social

has endorsements of his econ work by Krugman himself!

Theologians used to write detailed allegorical explanations of what every tiny thing in the Mass meant and why. These explanations overlapped and contradicted because symbols don’t mean one thing, and cuz making symbols into more allegories is like putting a hat on a hat. This has the same energy.

New Christmas Music with Just the Right Holiday Vibes - Christianity Today From Matt Redman’s rich sing-alongs to CeCe Winans’s surprising crossovers, these 2024 releases are getting us in the spirit.

If you need new Xmas music, see this list via @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social:

"This batch of new Christmas releases was full of fun surprises: elaborately orchestrated arrangements of favorite carols, bluesy ballads, & an array of thoughtful, original songs."
www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/new-...

It's day 3 of the War on Christmas.

Today, we saw our first shipments of new weapons. Generic Snow Globe grenades. They are just a snowy forest.

My personal favorite are the "Seasons Greetings" missles. The last thing elf eyes will see.

The holidays are for everyone and our weapons reflect that

My absolute favorite part of the dead salmon wearing trend (scientists are, as the article says, reasonably sure it's a fashion trend) is not that orcas have fashion, it's that they, too, have the occasional wave of 80s nostalgia.

Since I’m sure you’re on the edge of your seat—it’s the P-525.

Well I bought a keyboard and it 100% screwed our already overcrowded little apartment.

Worth it but also pray for my wife.

Idk it sounds pretty bad

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I have never seen Wicked and I have no opinion of it, but I enjoyed this thread nonetheless.

Being an entertaining hater is a thin line, and twitter used to be the place to see it done well. Hopefully we can reclaim some of that here in time.

This year’s Advent of Code storyline narrated two days ahead

No one:
Absolutely no one:
Me, watching Sleeping Beauty, a harmless children’s cartoon: what do you think the economic impact was to the kingdom when they burned all the looms? Do you think they had to turn to cloth imports, creating a trade deficit which destabilized the nascent industrial econ—

Interesting

Miles in France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 by Miles Davis Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Have you heard the new Miles yet?

album.link/i/1767202077

Maybe

The opening notes of Giant Steps are just Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? turned minor

Nice I’m going to try it out when I’m at my computer next

Give my close friend Mike some people to follow, and give him a follow while you’re at it!

Sky Follower Bridge Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky

Also I haven’t tried this yet but it looks useful: www.sky-follower-bridge.dev/get-started....

You can find starter packs for different topics here and there, and once you’ve followed a decent handful of folk this can help fill in gaps.

bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

Post a banger that isn’t in English. Here is a Georgian blowing away the Pope in Aramaic. youtu.be/locW-9S00VU?...