ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]

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Cake day: May 11th, 2023

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  • Remove if this isn’t top-comment-worthy, of course, but I found it to be a good analysis of what Zohran Mamdani has and (mostly) hasn’t done, and the reaction of the so-called USian “left” in criticizing or (mostly) defending him. There’s some juicy bits about the neoliberal and fascist programs he’s continued, that some folks may not be aware of (the bits that might make it news-worthy). Examples:

    • Continued privatization of existing NYC public housing.
    • Apparently dropping the “affordable” from the building of new housing (this one might be iffy, based on the lack of evidence provided in the article).
    • Dropping the extremely low-hanging fruit of renewed library funding.
    • Hiring more cops and increasing their budget.
    • Failure to go anywhere near taxing the wealthy (the pied-à-terre tax is a big, fat nothing-burger that’ll disappear right into the budget hole like it never even existed).
    • Actually somehow doing worse than De Blasio on childcare.

    The Tyranny of Vibes by Jake Fate




  • I’m putting stuff like “AI whisperer” on my resume but it’s only because I DON’T want calls back r/n

    Oh, you’ll get the calls. Middle-management and up absolutely fucking ADORE that shit right now. The honeymoon period is not over, plus they are clueless as always to what it actually takes to get the job done.

    If you don’t want calls, you should say you hate “AI” (include the quotes) and will never use it. Also couldn’t hurt to prompt an “AI” to write you a résumé that it would never hire someone for. Since the bots are being used to filter applications, they are—very ironically—pretty good at knowing what criteria will and won’t get you through the filter. Probably the only actually good use for the things right now: using the bots to talk to the bots. LMFAO.