"Philadelphia’s budget is up 50% over the past 8 years and the city’s service has gotten worse."
"The fact is, a lot of us spend more time at the gym because we think it's better for us. We jog while watching TV; we do the stationary bike while reading a magazine; we lift weights at a moderate level for 30-60 minutes.
But the hard scientific fact is that we could get the same results from one minute of flat-out exercise."
"There's so much waste in the government. I believe if we really delve into it and held people accountable, we can find the money."
#philadelphia #government #accountability
https://app.criticalmention.com/app/#/clip/public/04ccd89a-7833-4a22-80c0-c416802653b6
Today, I joined hundreds of gun control advocates from Cease Fire PA, @momsdemand
and many other organizations at a rally at the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
I spoke with my lawmakers Rep. Darisha Parker and Senator Sharif Street to urge support for commonsense gun reforms in Pennsylvania.
#MarchForOurLivesPA
#EndGunViolence
#harrisburg
#pennsylvania
#guncontrol
Please, if you're trying to force people to work up to 69 hours a week, don't ask why the fertility rate is dangerously low. No one feels sexy after being forced to work almost 70 hours a week, not including prep and commuting time.
Cybersecurity tip: Use long passwords and a password manager.
"Modern attacker tools can crack eight-character passwords quickly. Length is a more impactful and important factor in password strength than complexity or frequent password rotations. Long passwords are also easier for users to create and remember"
#cybersecurity #complexity #passwords
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/cisa_cpg_checklist_v1.0.1_final.pdf
"There are just too many notifications and detections to sort through, and many companies are dealing with limited resources. We’ve proved that, with something like GPT-3, we can simplify certain labor-intensive proxies and give back valuable time to defenders.”"
"Getting the AI to do what you want it to do takes trial and error, and with time, I've picked up weird strategies along the way; some of my prompts are really wild in structure."
"Admittedly, it’s a system that voters may find cumbersome and complicated. (“What, I have to research and rate the other candidates to make an informed vote?”)"
Somebody wants a border wall and this Texas rancher's gonna pay for it, not Mexico.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/17/texas-border-wall-landowner/
"Learn more about the mechanism of habit development and discover a simple but profound tactic that might help you beat your next urge."
https://getpocket.com/collections/how-to-quit-almost-anything?utm_source=pocket-newtab
"Understanding why workers are missing from unfilled jobs is only half of the equation. The next step in addressing the labor shortage is to implement solutions to attract and retain new workers is underway."
#labor #america #workers #jobs #helpwanted
https://www.uschamber.com/workforce/understanding-americas-labor-shortage
"I was kicked out of Girls’ High for being gay, then put in a psych ward for conversion therapy. Now the GOP is passing laws to harm LGBTQ."
"Years of data and scientific study have confirmed that vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. And the fact that a disease that killed millions of people, most of them of babies and children, on a regular basis before MMR vaccines were widely available now has a fatality rate just a fraction of that should be proof itself that immunization works."
"The only way to reverse the vicious cycle in the U.S. is by providing better service up front. The riders might not come on day one, but numerous examples, from cities like Phoenix and Seattle, have shown that better service will attract more riders. This can, in turn, produce a virtuous cycle where more riders justify further improved service—as well as providing a stronger political base of support."
"He also became friends with a white classmate who, with his brother, would later invent the airplane – Orville Wright.
The two knew each other well.
Their friendship led to business as the Wright brothers, who owned a printing press, were the first to print Dunbar’s writings, including the newspaper Dunbar started and edited, the Dayton Tattler, the first Black newspaper in that city."
"The Environmental Protection Agency first warned of the dangers of the plant seven years ago.
Yet, it has been allowed to continue to operate even though it sits about 450 feet from the Fifth Ward Elementary School."
"Historians using it found that there was [about one revolt for every ten voyages], which is much higher than anyone expected, because it’s basically suicide. Then they were like, “Okay, so what’s the difference between ships that have revolts and ships that didn’t have revolts?” The only statistical difference was the more women on the ship, the more likely a revolt."
#womenshistorymonth #blackhistory
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-led-slave-revolts
"According to on-chain reports, the hacker stole $187 million from the Euler Finance protocol. So far, this tops the list of the biggest hacks in 2023. How did it happen?"
Thinker. Coffee drinker. @jaysonmassey on Twitter. #cybersecurity #student in #Philadelphia