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One day the LinkedIn bots will read a little bit of my profile and understand that someone currently enrolled in a Computer Science/Engineering PhD program may not be the best target audience for their Data Science Masters program...

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I can't even properly doomscroll linkedin anymore. It used to be an "Wow, everyone's doing so much better than I am" type of existentialism. Now it's just "Wow, everyone's doomed" existentialism. At least there's games

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Where are all the "I would go back in time and kill hitler" people now? They are running out of time! Was the plan was to kill him in 1944? Tick Tock, McFly

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"we don't have much time" and "but I personally don't know how to use spreadsheets" are just the worst possible reasons for using an LLM

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After multiple instances of longer detainment of tourists by ICE, both the UK, Germany, and Denmark now warn against traveling to the US. While Germany and the UK has general warnings for all tourists, Denmark specifically warns about being transgendered and traveling to the US.

It is likely we will see a significant drop in US tourism this year. Estimates show a drop of 45% in tourism in America. Even better for Europe, ditch USA

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"People don’t understand how we have touched so many people’s lives in so many different ways, and yet our work has gone unnoticed by the people who should understand its value."

New today: @josephinelee interviews two attorneys who, until #Trump's EO, worked for the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of #Education.
texasobserver.org/department-o