Jayson Massey @jaysonmassey@qoto.org
Thinker. Coffee drinker. @jaysonmassey on Twitter. #cybersecurity #student in #Philadelphia
Joined Nov 2022
"Go in with a completely open mind and open heart. Even if your old habits and voices in your head are telling you no—this is silly, this is weird—just do it. And it will change things for you. It did for me."
"In his remarkable and challenging book The Crooked Path to Abolition, he makes the case that there were effectively two constitutions written in Philadelphia that summer of 1787, one proslavery and one antislavery, which would be in conflict with each other for more than the next fourscore years."
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/06/08/the-two-constitutions-abraham-lincoln-james-oakes/
"{RCV] identifies a majority winner with broad support. Voters simply rank their candidates in honest order of preference. If their favorite candidate can’t win, their vote will count for a backup choice." #rankedchoicevoting
https://fairvoteaction.org/the-results-are-in-philadelphia-and-pittsburgh-need-ranked-choice-voting/
"How can we solve the problem of persistent poverty in low-status communities? Majora Carter argues that these areas need a talent-retention strategy, just like the ones companies have. Retaining homegrown talent is a critical part of creating a strong local economy that can resist gentrification. But too many people born in low-status communities measure their success by how far away from them they can get.Carter, who could have been one of them, returned to the South Bronx and devised a development strategy rooted in the conviction that these communities have the resources within themselves to succeed. "
https://www.resilience.org/resources/reclaiming-your-community/
This is actually worse...it sounds like she BEGGED to be a part of the machine.
Why not say the machine BEGGED YOU to be in charge?
"For critics, those endorsements were a sign that Parker, who is the 50th Ward leader, was merely a cog in the Democratic machine and that her administration would be a continuance of the status quo. Harris said that narrative has it backward: Parker wasn’t hand-picked to run by the machine; she cajoled the machine into backing her run."
"As more and more people across the globe live close to bats and other animals that host deadly viruses, those pathogens are finding easier pathways to infect people, often with lethal consequences."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-spillover/
Our dystopian AI future.
"AI tools will take the industry into “a new era of debt collections,” according to New York and Bangalore-based Skit.ai. A digital voice agent—the new incarnation of a robocall, using AI chatbots and text-to-speech capabilities for dynamic, responsive conversations—could make millions of outbound calls in just a few days, the company claimed, contacting and requesting payment from a collection agency’s entire portfolio of debtors at a far lower cost than human staff."
This is an interesting thing to think about.
"a city study found in 2020 that the opening of new Dollar General stores drove other companies out of business, deterring potential grocers from investing there."
Save the date: Wear Orange is June 2-4
During National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend, join us as we honor survivors of gun violence.
There's an interview live now about it on WURD FM now!
We needed this yesterday! Let's work on getting Ranked Choice Voting in Philadelphia!
#voting #rcv #Philadelphia #philly
https://fairvote.org/new-philadelphia-mayoral-poll-shows-potential-impact-of-ranked-choice-voting/
Jayson Massey
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If this is true, that prime-time Trump infomercial was an even more shameful act of journalistic malpractice on CNN's part than was previously understood.
Allowing audience members to applaud, but not boo or express disapproval, doesn't report the story, it materially alters it. It creates the false impression that Trump and his odious policies and behavior are more popular than they are.
(HT @lauren)
"Gavin had unwittingly become a victim of sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” a crime the FBI warns is increasingly targeting underage boys. Sextortion cases have gone up in the past year, federal officials said"
“You can’t measure anything being better when someone’s loved one dies by gun violence. It should be zero. One is too much.”
--Christopher Worrell,
"“Here is Mary Seacole, who did as much in the Crimea as another magic-lamping lady, but, being dark, could scarce be seen for the flame of Florence’s candle.”"
https://lithub.com/the-problematic-myth-of-florence-nightingale/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
"n 2020, most of the net proceeds — $92,000 — did not go toward Uplift’s programs. Instead, the nonprofit used these funds to reimburse Brown’s supermarket chain for scores of food donations and small grants to community groups"
Pay attention. Tons of cash to spend on...inflaming progressives into voting! That's all this does. A waste of time and money, and honestly, it might actually help MAGA if it means Dems don't vote. Good job jackasses!
https://theintercept.com/2023/05/06/deconstructed-dmitri-mehlhorn-democratic-party/
"While AI generators are useful for writing believable, human-like text, they are also prone to including erroneous information, and even citing sources and academic papers which don’t exist. This often results in text summaries which seem accurate, but on closer inspection are revealed to be completely fabricated."
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdba/ai-is-tearing-wikipedia-apart
"Rapid transit on Roosevelt Boulevard is so close to becoming a reality, but we need your help.
Yesterday we launched a petition to make @BlvdSubway happen. Join us."
Thinker. Coffee drinker. @jaysonmassey on Twitter. #cybersecurity #student in #Philadelphia
Joined Nov 2022
