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Graham Wentworth

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"Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill

  1. Removing a highway is about more than eliminating a costly and decaying road. It’s about creating opportunity for community to thrive.

    Rochester did it with the inner loop, and already the city is seeing the fruit of that labor.

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  2. No thanks, I'll pass. Why does the media never report on the discovery that AI usage reduces brain activity? www.media.mit.edu/publications...

     This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine…

    Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab

     This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine…

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  3. Just today I asked a male (!!!!!!) shop assistant in Boots about maternity pads. This level of proposed segregation by sex is truly Victorian in its morality and moral panic.

    Legally, there isn't the slightest basis to the complaint, even on the most extreme possible interpretation of the Supreme Court judgement. A shop floor is not a single sex space, regardless of whether they sell bras or not. This is just hatred and spite, unleashed.

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  4. “The Supreme Court of the US has said that it is absolutely permissible to draw maps based on maximizing partisan advantage.” – TX State House Representative

    Holy shit. I didn’t realize they were so open about it. Are you really a full democracy if this can happen? Other countries don’t have this!

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