Educators have been hit harder than most by generative AI. @brianmerchant spoke with some of the people affected, some of whom have already lost their jobs as a result of AI, and some who are attempting to educate the new generation. "Increasingly my students genuinely do not understand why they should not use AI anyway... what is the point of ‘wasting’ days researching and writing an essay when the AI version will be as good or even better?" says one university lecturer.
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Today in I Wish This State Would Fund Education:
- $150 donated to my kid's middle school PTSA so they can try and get past $10k (for field trips, winter coats, snacks, and hygiene supplies) and towards their $20k target.
- another $85 donated to the music program, which makes no real dent in the $150 - 300k they need to keep the band teacher (or the historic jazz program), but at least pays for instruments.
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Time for a new #introductions
I am ostensibly human and can prove it cryptographically.
I like Art, all art, and most technologies. I hack mostly Perl, Bash, and Python but have spent the most of my time building websites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (ever since Flash/ActionScript died). I've been working with AI since long before LLMs were a thing, mostly for creative endeavors. I survived the flame wars and will no longer tolerate that kind of behavior. I am not a "Real Programmer" and neither is anyone else.
I play guitar, mandolin, some piano & drums, and I'm picking up ukulele a little. I crochet manageably and knit poorly. I can still do a fair number of my old magic tricks, but nobody really wants to see that kinda stuff anymore. I occasionally draw, collage, and paint as well as repair most household objects.
I have art and writing on my website(s), and if you can find them all hopefully you enjoy some of it, because I am not a "Content Creator" and I'm not interested in becoming an "Influencer," I just want to make stuff and experience life and share it with the world at my discretion.
I'm married with 2 kids, but usually I keep them out of my online interactions for their privacy.
Here's some hashtags I follow:
#art #history #retro #music #pocketmusic #gameboy #android #chiptunes #bots #ML #AI #guitar #mandolin #busking #streetphotography #streetart #stickerart #magic #webdesign #webdevelopment #uspolitics #dsa #zen #scifi #php #bash #python #javascript #node #automation #discordia #education
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"The problem is that most “Straight” or “Regular” size ranges only go up to a size 16. That leaves millions of people — over half of all adult women — who are excluded from standard size ranges."
Who does adult women's sizing serve? How have both the sizes and the body proportions of the most well-known brands changed overtime, skewing our understanding of what those bodies need, both in youth, and into their 30's and beyond?
More on this in "Fit 4 a teen", a data viz journalism piece: https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/
#fashion #clothing #thePudding #education #journalism #PlusSize #MidSize
"The problem is that most “Straight” or “Regular” size ranges only go up to a size 16. That leaves millions of people — over half of all adult women — who are excluded from standard size ranges."
Who does adult women's sizing serve? How have both the sizes and the body proportions of the most well-known brands changed overtime, skewing our understanding of what those bodies need, both in youth, and into their 30's and beyond?
More on this in "Fit 4 a teen", a data viz journalism piece: https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/
#fashion #clothing #thePudding #education #journalism #PlusSize #MidSize
Tech Reclaimers: building an alliance with other like-minded groups and people to bring alternative tech to as many people as possible
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