Tobi

I heard this place is getting a dislike button?

If you assume that there is an infinite number of tech workers with six figure salaries who want to live in the Bay or NY then the NIMBYs are right and no amount of new housing will help. But there is not an infinite number of tech workers, and the ones here are being laid off.

People talk about artificial intelligence but don't understand what that technology actually is, what the term "AI" is referring to, or best use cases for all the different tools that exist.

Nor do they understand that they've already been using AI assistance for YEARS before LLMs became public.

All these things apply to a small percentage of AI research and companies, yet this website treats all AI models and research like it comes from xAI. You ran the actual open source and AI safety researchers off the app

I think it’s because they’re threatened by it honestly

Them: It's not about race, it's about class.

Hopkins: Ok, we're making a class-based policy.

Them: We still don't like it, because what we actually meant was...

Disappointing to see the president of my Alma mater reject DEI, especially given the racist incidents that marred my time there. Hopefully this rejection will be instructive for Santa Ono’s perspective on building an inclusive educational environment

"In the past, Ono had condemned systemic racism & argued for the necessity of DEI [...] Ono emphasized his ideological evolution, which ultimately failed to convince the board"

Board said hm you're *new to hatin niggas and we're lookin for someone *true to hatin niggas. good luck on the job market!

U.S. NEWS Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.

READ. THE. SUBHEAD.

Trump DEI policies threaten millions in scholarships raised by Black doctors Trump’s campaign to DEI programs has put at risk six scholarships worth about $4 million established by Black doctors in Cincinnati.

“The University of Cincinnati wants to make all students eligible for Davis’s scholarship, not just Black applicants. At least six other scholarships worth about $4 million established by Black doctors at the school are also under review, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.”

The elephant in the room on social housing is that we severely lack the state capacity required to administer it at the levels required to bring down rents. And increasing state capacity is what’s explicitly being argued for in the Abundance agenda

I hear this myth all the time and it’s bizarre. Rich people hire property management companies to handle all the logistics for them and still get 90% of the rent each month. The idea that landlords are forgoing free money en masse makes no sense.

Still my fave music video i made

Ok trying the video upload feature--a Sephardic tune on the baroque lute, Siete Modos de Guisar las Berenjenas (seven ways to prepare eggplants, only two ways are discussed bc we're at 60 seconds).

Thank you so much for your contributions to philosophy and democracy. Will forever be grateful you introduced me to Dewey over on Twitter

Everyone always goes "that might be true for other cities, but where *I* live it's cheaper to leave an apartment empty than rent it out" and it never turns out to be true! Paris has a vacancy rate of 1.3%
www.apur.org/en/our-works...

“Not sure what CAN be done” build more housing, specifically at a volume commensurate with current population growth and the decades of under building. It’s not rocket science

Someone should make a subscription service that makes it easier for middle aged men in their 40’s to blow up their lives. There could be a portal for boats to buy, red pill podcasts to follow, drugs to abuse, or people to have an affair with. Just a frictionless midlife crisis

If I see another article about birth rates that refuses to grapple with the way having children systematically disadvantages women I swear to god. There is no mystery. Stop pretending there is. We’ve got to do away with credulity for nonsense.

this is true and *also* pairing a concern about an "aging labor force" with a desire to deport every immigrant makes it 100% clear this is a white birthrate anxiety thing. this is about white babies

decades of reflection about music and traffic safety later I'm finally emotionally ready to admit that "Move Bitch" was a completely unhinged song. every verse on it more antisocial than the previous one

What are the last two animes?

Completely unprompted too. The woman was talking about hobbies and going to farmers markets. And then he started talking about how he thinks Indian culture is bad and promotes “dishonesty in business”. You can guess his backfiring

Shout-out to @mocutobi.bsky.social, who had to eject someone from 106 Miles SF tonight because he was trying to talk slick to female members. No, fucko, it's NOT cool to mention your sexual tastes at a networking group just because it's held at a bar!

Opinion | Recessions don’t build golden ages — they destroy lives The Great Recession and the Covid-19 pandemic showed us that economic calamity doesn't come with any upside for millions of Americans.

"Recessions aren’t detox cleanses; they don’t flush out inefficiencies and leave you leaner and stronger. They are periods of mass job losses, closed businesses and financial ruin that leave lasting scars on families, workers and entire communities." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Notable that you will hear very little about the details of this case on Twitter at all

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

I really love the abundance crap

when people feel like the institutions around them are failing them, appealing to the status quo or normalcy is not the answer. it’s time to build new systems

If i saw a child doing heroin i would jump in front of the needle and take the Hit . That is how dedicated i am to community's