Hi I just read the following data point and now I’m angry so you need to read it and be angry too:
“During the pandemic, governments instituted eviction moratoriums, deployed emergency rental assistance, expanded unemployment assistance and the Child Tax Credit, and issued cash directly to millions of lower-income Americans.
IN EFFECT, POVERTY DROPPED BY 45%.”
(Screamy caps my emphasis not theirs)
So not only do we KNOW what works, we have data to support it working HERE.
What are Starmer and Streeting doing with our NHS?
https://leftunity.org/what-are-starmer-and-streeting-doing-with-our-nhs/
Automatic for the people?
A prescription for AI 'mainlined into the veins' of government is a bad metaphor for a dangerous policy
https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/automatic-for-the-people
Just shipped the first iteration of my word puzzle helper:
Lots more things to come
I honestly thought Baddiel had no conscience whatsoever. This is a genuine surprise, and I'm happy he does seem to have one.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/15/columnists-quit-jewish-chronicle-gaza-conflict-stories
For those of you who have a high-volume input channel and, recently, software offering to summarize it with AI… Do you summarize much/at all?
[Maybe boost for reach, really interested in the result here.]
New post on my programming blog
Returning to Elixir/Phoenix
@stephanetremblay @CatHerder @Remittancegirl @nullagent if those Black kids had rifles and waved BLM banners my money is on the cops chasing them off and/or arresting them. Most police organizations seem to be more interested in protecting rights that uphold white supremacy versus challenging it
Well, rebuilt my RUby Gem Werds in Elixir, and this time put some comments and tests in. In the process realised the code I wrote originally wasn't the best.
https://github.com/fjfish/ex-werds
Still got some bureaucracy around putting it as a library, which I will do when creating juices are running low.
Next plan is a Phoenix app to put the library to use helping people with word puzzles.
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.