I'm baffled at how Philly government considered members of DC 33 - particularly sanitation workers, 911 operators & Water Dept. workers - "essential" during the pandemic but not essential when they ask for a living wage in the city where they work which also has the highest wage tax in the nation.

Mayor Parker sucks. Giving herself and her friends raises while forcing City workers to picket for fair pay. This is not leadership.

We should sprinkle local pollinator and wildflower seeds

Two Penn employees have died in the last year while biking in unprotected lanes. And they are busy talking about spending millions on parking garages.

More cars are not antidote to this epidemic of traffic violence.

ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs? One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️

Ooooh fun! New material for us to continue the conversation next time haha

Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI The internet is flooded with AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli, whose founder said “I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”

Hayao Miyazaki, who said AI is an "insult to life itself," would probably hate all the AI-generated art ripping his studio's style that people in the AI industry are now obsessed with www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...

a cartoon character is laughing with his mouth open in front of a fire . Alt: a cartoon character is laughing with his mouth open in front of a fire .

Can’t wait to enjoy ice cream over my enemy’s remains

Me summarizing Rocky lol

Woman waiting for bus in South Philly hit, killed by reversing pickup truck A woman waiting for the bus in South Philadelphia was killed on Saturday after she was hit by a truck that reversed onto the sidewalk.

Awful preventable death because our city refuses to enforce motorists who drive and park on the sidewalk.

Two back to back bsl trains that are packed by tasker morris. Took a bad bet on septa today

Yes.

Same but w sneezing this morning -__-

Somehow manage to be the most unkempt person at the fitness studios i go to

Anyone who’s ever walked around Philly would understand this. Nearly every single intersection is filled with impatient two ton vehicles. And we’ve got an infrastructure that only feeds it.

I’d like to come play