matty

has google maps gone AI? like, what is behind this bug? the B35 does not fly directly to my destination. that is not where Church Ave and Flatbush Ave are. what's going on?

selfie sticks are a crime against the small delight of asking a stranger to take your picture

you do not need to hold the door and should not try to do it if you are not either heading in the direction that the door opens, or still on the side that the door opens to if you pull open a door, pass through it, and then try to hold it open for someone else, you're just in the way! stop it!

Project Binky but they put a Prius hybrid drive into it Project Binky but they put the Celica drive into a Honda Fit Project Binky but they put the Mini body fully inside a Lincoln Navigator sort of like a double-hulled situation

Cool finding here is that as NYC's air pollution went down substantially, Mental Development Index scores among very young children went up. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

On the subway this morning, right in front of me, a woman collapsed. I'm not sure if she fainted or had a seizure. What happened was one of those moments of New Yorkers helping New Yorkers that I wish more people from not here knew about.

The conductor comes and is attentive, quick, competent. "There will be EMS at the next stop - we'll wait there." We get there, the train stops, there's an announcement, nobody complains about the delay.

On the subway this morning, right in front of me, a woman collapsed. I'm not sure if she fainted or had a seizure. What happened was one of those moments of New Yorkers helping New Yorkers that I wish more people from not here knew about.

I get up. People make room. Somebody identifies themself as a doctor. They help the person to her feet, slowly, and get her into a seat. The train is very crowded, but both the doc and the person have all the room they need.

On the subway this morning, right in front of me, a woman collapsed. I'm not sure if she fainted or had a seizure. What happened was one of those moments of New Yorkers helping New Yorkers that I wish more people from not here knew about.

I've gotten really sensitive to the whole "oh nobody cares about each other in The Big Bad City" narrative, because it's wrong, it's nuanced, and it's also part of a false narrative about how big cities are More Dangerous than other places.

the whole "AI slowdown" thing reminds me of something that I saw outside of a party in college. i was smoking a cigarette and watching a group of drunk fratboys try to slowly drive an SUV down a flight of stairs and into a courtyard.

this was the start but not the end of their problems. after some bickering they continued forward (CRUNCH) until their front wheels were at the bottom of the staircase. but CRUNCH, the undercarriage had bottomed out against the stairs... and the rear wheels were still at the top.

the whole "AI slowdown" thing reminds me of something that I saw outside of a party in college. i was smoking a cigarette and watching a group of drunk fratboys try to slowly drive an SUV down a flight of stairs and into a courtyard.

it's really interesting to see what protests get met with police violence and what ones get met with police protection