Beril Maples
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Beril Maples
@beril
Designer. Mom. Day Dreamer. Feminist. Bookworm. Loves Dancing. Tweets are my opinions. she/her
SF Bay Area, CA Beigetreten Ağustos 2007
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You can tell if someone is a fascist or a communist based on which of these scares them more.
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@mattbaran I was disappointed that it was so few areas. But we’ll take what we can. 😅
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Here are maps of SB-79 for The Bay and LA (same scale) for all of the people afraid there will be apartment towers looming over every single family property in California.
Hope this helps.
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@mattbaran Do they allow 2 floor ADUs everywhere in the Bay Area? I think there are some odd height requirements in some cities.
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Today I walked this 100k prefab SFD / ADU in North Hollywood. The guy who makes them placed 4 on his property as part of an SB-9 deal. He estimates install cost for all 4 units was another 100k. All in 500k.
Final sign off came from Inspector Lot.
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@__apf__ What are the odds that a neighbor complained about it because they don’t want people loitering around their house? 🙄
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It is not in anyone's way; many people thank me for it; it does not block car doors opening nor does it have any impact on wheelchair accessibility. They did not state any reason for the order.
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I put a wooden bench on the sidewalk strip outside my home. Dozens of people sit here throughout the day because I live at the top of a very steep hill. particularly older people who need to catch their breath. The city just sent me a notice ordering me to remove it
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@raymonst And the dude bankrolling the recall doesn’t even live in Oakland 🙃
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@leeloowrites It was the only water available at a concert recently. It really threw me off. Drinking from a can, I was expecting something fizzy even though I knew it was just regular water 😂
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@somefinetweets Ditch the mice. Get a Wacom pen tablet. Using a pen is a more natural position for your wrist as it rests on the pad.
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ok wait… seriously though, my carpal tunnel needs a new mouse, so which one should I get??
Anna Fine AF@somefinetweets
Hot take: if you're gonna trash talk something, provide a better solution
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@thedigitalyenta @cindygallop Oh you know, with her, it’s that shee’s laughing too much (apparently).
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Ah yes, ladies - that pesky 'likability' problem. The moment we become leaders, we're just so darn unlikable. Have you ever heard it said of any man that he has a likability problem?
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@levie Need a running list of the good white billionaires vs this year evil white billionaires? (Is Reed Hastings a billionaire or merely a multi-millionaire?)
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The tide is turning
Reed Hastings@reedhastings
Congrats to Kamala Harris -- now it is time to win
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@BriannaWu What I don’t get with women supporting this is, how do they not think that sex verification is harmful for all girls and women? It will always be women and girls asked for verification. There will be a lot of harm if they don’t fit the sexist norms of how they should look.
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This is right next door to Massachusetts. We are moving backwards at a blistering, terrifying pace.
We have to change tactics.
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky@ErinInTheMorn
Major news out of New Hampshire. Gov. Sununu signs 3 anti-trans bills and vetoes one. Signed: - Sports ban with "sex verification" measures - Don't Say Gay-type law - Surgery restrictions for youth Vetoed: - Bathroom ban and removal of trans people from nondiscrimination
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@__apf__ Both grammatically and statistically, it’s most likely to be Maria 😂
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Help me resolve a dinnertime argument:
"John did pretty well on his test, and Maria did well on her test."
Who scored higher? John or Maria?
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@mialoira True! That was my point. Everyone seems to be acting as if there’s this magic technology ready for prime and they will have a similar interaction with it if offered the opportunity.
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Everyone has seen the Gemini video - it’s incredible. Has anyone actually tried it? Google is not a vaporware offender, there are worse companies for that, but we all know that software products are rarely as advertised or demoed in the hands of unpredictable wetware.
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@mialoira I would also add to that “if you think parenting is hard, try parenting teens”. Kid brain, adult attitude 🙄
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People should talk about this more. It should be possible to advance AI without misogyny.
Noah Giansiracusa@ProfNoahGian
To recap: OpenAI dumps the women from its board & brings on the guy fired from Harvard for sexist remark, appointed under interim CEO who said "40-60% of women seem to have rape/non-consent fantasies," all while bringing back the CEO whose sister accused him of sexual assault.
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@tiffani This is so disappointing to see. It's also concerning and telling that there are NO women and people of color on the new OpenAI board. Once again, affluent white men will decide our fate with technology.
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I met a Black woman who works at OAI a few weeks ago. Kind of meaningless though, because our conversation suggested she had completely bought into AI as this safe, unbiasable thing—a very white perspective.
In order to keep it cordial, I cut the conversation short.
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Were there really no qualified women and people of color to be on the new OpenAI board?
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@mekkaokerekebye But while we were talking about OpenAI board, kudos to Microsoft and Nadella for acting so swiftly and decisively.
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@mekkaokerekebye I guess that shows that when a board had fiduciary obligations duties to the investors, it's easy for decisions to be detrimental to the company, business and in this social network's case, society and humankind.
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I’m sorry. In all these news about Bret Taylor as a potential OpenAI board member, why is nobody mentioning that Bret Taylor was the chairman of the board for Twitter? Wasn’t he instrumental in creating the shitshow we are on now?
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