Posts by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
(DIR) Post #AStowOqiloJrzYN6ky by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-02-21T08:10:03Z
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Sea views elevate any day.#Running #valencia
(DIR) Post #ASuGlpJwo6xtcemyIq by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-02-21T14:10:14Z
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Ignore the importance of freedom & democracy at your own peril.In Saudi Arabia, plying people with things like concerts and being able to wear jeans in exchange for cracking down on all criticism of the regime. Even a single tweet.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-dissent-crackdown.html
(DIR) Post #ASxiyD7dWJTv6hbUSu by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-02-23T06:12:59Z
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@lauren I’ve been regularly getting ads on Twitter over last several months (since November) to travel to Saudi Arabia or for businesses there. I have tweeted a number of times negative things about Saudi repression and corruption, never anything positive, and I’ve never been there.
(DIR) Post #AT6GAPyeP0weCfVbHs by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-02-27T08:40:01Z
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Ever since I had COVID 14 months ago, I get a cold every month or two.And while I’ve improved dramatically on cardiovascular/respiratory (I am a 10x marathoner), compared to having to stop to catch my breath every few minutes on runs early on, after a hard workout, my lungs hurt for days. This has never happened to me before in decades of running.#LongCovid #COVID
(DIR) Post #AT6JT0apIw5oq8vBlw by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-02-27T09:40:04Z
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@BarrenPlanet I am very sorry to hear that. I’m fortunate mine isn’t severe, and I have been able to get back to running. But it is aggravating to still have impact (and yes, I know many have it worse!), and getting a cold that lasts 1-3 weeks every 1-2 months is exhausting!I hope you and all see improvement 🙏🏼
(DIR) Post #ATa8Rq8e632PbD2EE4 by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-03-13T18:50:56Z
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Office sunset, no filter.#valencia #sunset
(DIR) Post #AWY8zyebt39R92sdWK by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-06-10T12:56:55Z
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Great listen/read by Tomás Chamorro-Premuzic:“When men are considered for leadership positions, the same traits that predict their downfall are commonly mistaken, even celebrated, as sign of leadership potential or talent. … traits like overconfidence & self-absorption should be … red flags.”Arrogance & overconfidence are inversely related to leadership talent, though we often mistake confidence for competence. https://hbr.org/2013/08/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men#leadership #arrogance
(DIR) Post #AWY8zzQozniRYZR8fQ by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-06-10T12:58:20Z
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However, we [on average, there are myriad studies, don’t come at me with exceptions] judge overconfident women differently than men.Apropos of nothing, this piece on 2 dudes who crashed & burned, losing billions of peoples’ $$$ with no remorse & buying yachts. ☠️ Also, Davies may not realize he’s revealing gauche taste but going to Barcelona & raving about cafés on Las Ramblas is 😬https://t.co/JdI043MCsj#crypto #scam #honesty
(DIR) Post #AZdGGq0F8K3bzrxObI by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-09-10T14:35:49Z
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@lovelylovely as a native Iowan (who hasn’t lived there in a long time), this makes me glad there’s still resistance to so much crap happening there (and beyond). Iowa usually is a big disappointment these days on policies/politics.
(DIR) Post #AadhU54Z0vPZsmDsbQ by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-10-10T19:35:29Z
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Really insightful study on the tremendous bias involved in visual generative AI. It shrinks the world into stereotypes. https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-stereotypes/ #ai #bias
(DIR) Post #AbHMqG9ZNYLOrn7dNQ by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2023-10-29T22:28:57Z
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@triketora @clive I love Citibike!!
(DIR) Post #AhoRaWmRitPItaXteS by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2024-05-06T12:24:36Z
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Gender bias in ChatGPT and LLMs in general (duh, but needed research).https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2024/04/26/patriarchal-ai-how-chatgpt-can-harm-a-womans-career/#ai #LLM
(DIR) Post #AmlOO77QP2NoRMoW0G by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2024-10-07T12:41:12Z
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I am at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference.The conference announced all food would be vegetarian, some vegan, for sustainability reasons.At lunch, I sat with people from Zambia & Namibia, who told me that in southern Africa, if you serve a meal with no meat, no fish, you haven’t really fed your guests.I thought this was a cultural miss, to not consider the meaning others might take from this decision. Especially as Presidents of several countries in the region are speaking.#culture #food
(DIR) Post #AruMRhty1MIxYFDmgC by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-03-10T08:04:15Z
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This is incredibly dangerous, arresting an immigrant - with a green card (permanent residency) - over his organizing on behalf of a cause you disagree with. Arresting him and taking him to undisclosed location with no due process.This is fascism, quite simply.And you don’t have to agree with his actions or support his cause of protesting for Palestine. This is an opening salve and if they get away with it, they’ll go after people with any views they disagree with.https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-arrest-palestinian-student-protester-columbia-university-students-2025-03-09/
(DIR) Post #Asd6LjrDc3aFw5bU7k by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-03-31T09:53:28Z
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How Trump supercharged distrust of the U.S., driving allies away. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/trump-foreign-policy-trust.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare#uspol #trump #democracy #dictatorship
(DIR) Post #AutoI1iUqj3KCUJjCS by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-06-07T17:45:17Z
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I am so, so very glad this little girl who needs treatment only available in the US can now stay. However, knowing now she was in the US under a humanitarian parole from day 1 makes this look even worse than I previously thought. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/07/immigration-mexico-girl-humanitarian-parole/#immigration #uspol #trump
(DIR) Post #AuuwPuYYLhHV6Jtel6 by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-06-08T10:18:48Z
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@picofarad horribly sorry your sister had to go through that, I hope she is OK. I don’t know who covers all costs, I know they had a GoFundMe.What are you supposed to do with the information? Up to you, though I certainly wouldn’t recommend extrapolating that all cases are the same from an article about one case 🤷🏼♀️ Bringing up the Maryland father, I presume you mean Kilmar Abrego Garcia: deporting people w/o due process, including sending some to jail, is an abomination.
(DIR) Post #AxrUwkoAMLNaWrZ7bs by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-09-04T11:57:42Z
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I saw this, and it’s too accurate. How do we return to a timeline in which leaders have brains and use them?#medicine #science #trump #uspol #fascism
(DIR) Post #AxxSOldFktawHLt2X2 by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-09-07T09:01:35Z
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@aral a great comic on this in Spain’s La Vanguardia.
(DIR) Post #AyR4qX8WogknVJsE3k by obrien_kat@mastodon.world
2025-09-21T15:46:17Z
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2 powerhouse reporting jobs surfaced by The Sunday Long Read: 1) by @propublica.org on sexual assault & other abuses in H2A visa program for farm workers https://projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/ 2) in @elpais.com (this in English) on a brutal crime war in Sinaloa, 🇲🇽 https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-13/a-year-of-terror-in-sinaloa-inside-the-war-between-los-chapitos-and-los-mayos-in-mexicos-drug-heartland.html#journalism #periodismo #crime #usa #mexico