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New minor in artificial intelligence available for all W&M undergraduates William & Mary has officially launched a new minor in Artificial Intelligence (AI), giving students the tools to apply AI in their respective fields.

W&M's new AI minor goes beyond code, teaching students to thoughtfully and ethically wield this powerful technology.

Anyone who has dealt with/been adjacent to cancer before knows how much of a financial burden it can be, and how unclear that burden is throughout the process.
Please consider donating to Blizz's gofundme if you have the means. The last thing he & his family need to worry about right now is money💜

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Budweiser Unveils Social Anxiety Bottle With 900% More Label To Pick At

On this date in 1862, slavery in the District was eliminated, and 3,100 enslaved people were freed. DC's Emancipation Day holiday commemorates this. #EmancipationDay

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Oh that's...

My thoughts exactly

BREAKING: U.S. and Canada video game worker are launching an industry-wide union with the Communications Workers of America.

The @cwaunion.bsky.social, the American Federation of Musicians, and workers everywhere are creating this major new organization to build power across the industry.

At the first sign of stress, I immediately turn it on:

Picture of downtown Minneapolis at sunset. At the bottom are several bridges connecting the city.

Picture of a skyway bridge from another skyway bridge. At the bottom are people waiting to cross the street and piles of snow behind them that are taller than the people waiting to cross the street.

Picture of people in the middle of a skyway bridge

Screenshot of skywayaccess.com that has a map of Minneapolis’ skyway system.

Minnesota continues to amaze me.

Minneapolis has piles of snow taller than you if you walk along the street. But… you never have to walk outside.

There are ~10 miles of bridges and tunnels connecting the city in the “skyway system.“🤠

Oh, they're a looker 👀

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Give me that sweet sweet #2 🚍

New York Times saying Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl half time show focused on a rap beef "at the expense of a larger statement."

Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam, performing in the Super Bowl half time show.

Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl half time show, standing in the center of an all Black groups of dancers in red, white, and blue, arranged like the American flag.

Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl half time show, standing in the center of an all Black groups of dancers in red, white, and blue, arranged like an American flag that is splitting in the middle.

I have wondered if the New York Times has been acting as handmaidens of fascism because the paper's leaders find it appealing, but now I'm wondering how many people with prominent positions there are just genuinely stupid.

A pencil sketch of a blob with eyes with a pencil and a briefcase sticking out of it. “This is the Employment Jelly. Reblog whenever the hell you like and you’ll get a job that you love and deserve.”

For so many reasons.

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Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'

Games you can complete in one sitting are great too.

You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.

Seattle Hiring Small Army of Planners for Sound Transit 3 Work - The Urbanist # A quiet change to the spending categories in Seattle's dedicated transit funding measure mean that the City of Seattle will be able to hire dozens of staff to work on different aspects of Sound Tran...

Seattle is embarking on a hiring spree of approximately 51 new employees that will be brought on to engage in planning work for Sound Transit light rail projects within the city.
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Big news! 🎉Metro saw a 12% increase in ridership on bus and rail in 2024. We are proud to serve you! Keep an eye out for the top busiest stations and bus routes of 2024 coming soon 👀 #wmata

I'm gonna make an online microwave simulator.

features:

- realistic microwave sound effects
- +30 seconds button
- rotating turntable with internal lighting

This is a Venn diagram illustrating the trade-offs between three desires: "I Want Stable Services," "I Want Low Density," and "I Want Low Taxes." Each overlapping section describes the implications of combining those desires: Stable Services + Low Density: Leads to high taxes. Stable Services + Low Taxes: Requires more density. Low Density + Low Taxes: Results in service cuts. The center of the diagram, where all three desires overlap, is labeled "Does Not Exist," highlighting that achieving all three simultaneously is unrealistic.

Just an FYI when talking about city/town budgets: