@jocelynl.bsky.social
I research movements and markets (renewables, urban ag in Detroit, river conservation in Ireland) & corporate disinformation campaigns. UF & UW alum Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector https://linktr.ee/leitzinger
Americans be like
Not the hero we need, but perhaps the one we deserve
And it doesn't require kidnapping world leaders. Or starting new wars
Bonus, it's much more sustainable and reduces carbon emissions, too
It's better in just about every way - so what are we doing?
A tip, Bluesky people!
If you follow a lot of people, or have a lot of active posters [sorry... 😅] - use this feed to look at posts from people you follow who *don't* post a lot. It's another great way to catch up with people who's posts might get pushed into obscurity. bsky.app/profile/did:...
For those keeping score at home:
I informed Grammarly via email precisely what I thought of their appropriation of my name and reputation and received an email from their head of litigation promising a full response by the end of the week.
To be continued...
We live in a world beyond parody. The United States has had four minesweeper vessels in the Persian Gulf for 35 years. Just yesterday these ships arrived in Philadelphia to be decommissioned, a day before Iran announces that they are mining the Strait of Hormuz.
it was obvious at the time that they were making copies of everything to sell to the highest bidder or keep for bragging rights. who knows how much has already been sold
He'll never be successful if he doesn't learn to use punctuation
Right!?! It's like they're pissed I prefer human writing - so condescending
Right now, the results have readers preferring real human writing over "AI" plagiarism for 3 of the 5 samples
It would be hilarious if the majority of readers chose the humans for 5 out of 5 samples. And maybe a signal not to fire their writers?
Although the one who made this might deserve it
How does the plagiarism machine compare to famous writers?
I only have to care because the NYT is desperate for people to like "AI" writing, and I'd rather support humans
I got humans 5/5. No lucky guessing needed, the slop is obvious - it's the boring writing that doesn't make you think
As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent:
🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞
🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩
🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀
🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano
✏️ by @newrepublic.com
The premier of Nova Scotia’s ENTIRE plan is based on oil and gas extraction. He just said it on air. That is his only plan. Our biggest industry is tourism and he just cut $$ to tourism, arts & conservation (all reasons why people come here).
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
The vast majority of the Irish public feel distress, sadness, anger, grief, fear, despair, guilt, frustration, and worry at nature loss and environmental decline.
Why is this never reflected in actual government policy???
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Imagine thinking the biggest contribution you can make to our dumpster fire world is very publicly lambasting people who consume fun coffee drinks for causing the loneliness epidemic
Grygiel thinks that making Americans drink straight espresso will suddenly make us talk to each other - hilarious
It feels like another tipping point is being crossed rn… back-&-forth refinery strikes, Tehran in flames. Trump demanding unconditional surrender, de facto boasting of bombing Iranian desal. US & Israel are pushing Iran to fire everything it has at the region’s weakest links. Unimaginably dangerous.
2. Logan Square FB group - Always a good time, not quite as funny as Reddit
3. Nextdoor - No humor. Some early good info, then just whining. It tracks
4. Wicker Park FB group - Dissappointing, as always
Finally fell asleep around 5 this morning. Very grateful my dog let me sleep till 11:30 - she was clearly exhausted
Post torture ranking of social media on the incident:
1. Reddit/Chicago - hands down the best source. Hilarious. Informative. Deep discussion of train horn chords. Solidarity 💯
It stopped again!!!!
*knocks on all the wood*
*crosses all the fingers*
Coming up on 2 hours of a very loud train horn sounding nonstop with only a 7 minute respite
If you're not lucky enough to live within earshot, carrotflowerking has a great video of the source
If nothing else, Metra owes us all some ice cream. And a day off
www.threads.com/%40carrotflo...
More info on the Chicago Metra horn sound torture saga
It's been 90ish minutes
I've sometimes wondered how long I could make it if I was ever being tortured and they used sound - horns, loud music, etc
I now know I would not make it that long
My dog wouldn't, either. She was awakened from a deep sleep and has left to go hide in her crate
I'm about 1.5 miles from the source of the sound. It must be unbearable over in Humboldt Park
We got a whole 7 minutes of sweet, sweet silence. And now the noise is back, louder than before
It's been almost an hour of this nonsense. My skull hurts
Wait, did it just stop? Fingers crossed!
It's been 40 minutes or so of this sound torture
Someone on Nextdoor posted this:
"I spoke to the precinct just now and they confirmed that they are looking into it but they don't know what it is"
This does not instill confidence in a quick fix
I just saw someone post that they checked and it's coming from the railyard
I don't understand why the sound keeps getting louder in waves
I've seen people posting that the sound is coming from the Metra Station at Grand and Chicago
Someone else said they called the precinct and they're dispatching someone to investigate
If robots decide to conquer the world, they could use this absolutely awful sound
