Don't forget problems with everything around AI too. Like in the US, the Big Beautiful Bill (๐คฎ) attempts to ban states from enforcing AI laws for ten years.
And even more broadly what happens to the people who do lose jobs to AI? Safety nets are being actively burned down. Just saying "people are scared of new tech" ignores that AI will lead to a shift that we are not prepared for and people will suffer from it. It's way bigger than a handful of new tech tools in a vacuum.
What? No. It's set in the 1930s when Irish immigrants were seen as less than other western European immigrants because of a mix of types of bigotry. The movie just uses historical reality.
Racism, religious discrimination, classism, take your pick of bigotry.
Dinner with a retired colleague/mentor. Prior to his retirement, he was really nervous about mental sharpness and health degrading without work. He put a lot into work and not much into hobbies until really late in the game.
He really has slowed notably, so it will be a bittersweet meeting and reiterates to me the importance of a robust life with interests and relationships outside of work.
Bread maker for my dad when his old one started dying. Quality has dropped a lot in the last few years; I expect new bread makers won't last more than 1-2 years going forward.
New e-reader for my mom when Amazon/Kindle started getting shittier. The real gift though was setting it up for access to her library and a storefront so it's easy for her to download new books.
Rowing club coach at a university I was interested in told me I was too short to bother trying out but if I dropped all muscle to squeak under 120 lbs I could try for coxswain.
Jokes on them, rowing generally requires waking up before the ass crack of dawn which was not conducive to my preferred college experience. I found rugby, which has way broader allowance for body type and no sunrise torture sessions.
Is this, like, revelatory to anyone? I don't mean this to be flippant, I am just genuinely surprised when it seems like new discourse to people to learn horror has been the realm of POC, women, queer folks, and others not-in-power to get their ideas into the world.
This feels a bit like PTA-driven panic about kids eating Tide Pods when like one person did it. Or razor blades in Halloween candy. Or kids making toilet hooch with their juice boxes. Or the choking game sweeping playgrounds.
But also, man on internet with no sense of mental health ... sounds almost feasible.
The Venn diagram of men who name their boys jr, III, IV, etc and the men who really care that their child has a penis is not a perfect circle but does overlap a lot IME. Gives "boys carry on my blood, girls are accessories" vibes.
Don't make phone calls on speaker when in public. Not even if you hold it up to your ear.
Even people with textbook "consistent" menstrual cycles vary by 3-5 days. People with "inconsistent" cycles vary by weeks or even months. Tracking helps anyone on that spectrum.
I'm towards the more consistent end of the spectrum, but I still use a calendar reminder because my cycle is not a perfect calendar month long so it's not as easy as "my period will start around the 5th of every month". I want to ensure I'm prepared (mentally and with menstruation products) before it starts. Doubly so because I travel for work a fair bit and need to pack for it.
And yes, I moved away from a cloud-based app to a local-only tracker over privacy concerns.