Esther Schindler

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 00:47 UTC

You're nodding, aren't you?

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 00:41 UTC

"In the quest to make everyone able to buy just about anything, [shopping has] become unusable. Menus are inscrutable, choices confound, and delivery mechanisms are so plentiful that they can paralyze consumers." blog.strom.com/wp/?p...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 00:26 UTC

In this case, I "watched" the game (while my husband played) just to follow the story. The story is good enough that I _wanted_ to see it done as a film!

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 23:40 UTC

Wondering what I've been doing? From an article about what my new company is up to: "Enthusiasm for generative AI today centers around content, creative and copy; however, there is much opportunity for campaign analysis automation, optimization and reporting as well."

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 21:18 UTC

"A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk." www.msn.com/en-us/ne...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

Then as now, the overlap between people suspicious of new foods and people suspicious that an adventurous neighbor might be a servant of the devil was pretty high. Try a tomato and risk turning into a werewolf, or being branded a witch? No thank you. www.atlasobscura.com...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

“There’s still a long way to go to get buyers back on X…What also has to happen is more tangible updates to the products, and not just lip service of ‘come back.’”—An advertising executive about why Elon Musk’s “Cannes charm offensive” fell flat www.adweek.com/media...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:30 UTC

"For the first time, big data and artificial intelligence are being used to model hidden patterns in nature – not just for one bird species, but for entire ecological communities across continents." news.cornell.edu/sto...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:00 UTC

June is procrastination awareness month.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:27 UTC

It may be relevant that I'm not a big fan of Ranch dressing.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

oh god no

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

“Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.” ~~ Ansel Adams

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 00:47 UTC

"Ask any Dungeons and Dragons player: dice rolls don’t always go your way. But what if you could use a complex algorithm to design dice to physically roll any way you wanted?" www.popularmechanics...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 23:59 UTC

Cloudflare introduced a block button for website operators that want to prevent AI bots from crawling their sites, after the discovery by Robb Knight that AI search engines like Perplexity are not respecting the robots.txt honor system. blog.cloudflare.com/...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 23:00 UTC

Netflix’s Horizon Zero Dawn Show Gets Sent to the Scrapyard

"Following the news of the show’s end, journalist Jeff Grubb mentioned that he’d heard the show’s scripts were considered “bad” by those footing the show’s bill."
gizmodo.com/horizon-zero...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:45 UTC

"Pastor Todd Holmes told WJHL that the AR-15 was just one of many giveaways at the church, and he thought it was appropriate since it was in honor of Independence Day." www.kcbd.com/2024/07...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

I laughed

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:00 UTC

My teachers told me I'd never amount to much because I procrastinate so much. I told them, you just wait.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

I am curious about the syllabus!

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

SENDING MOAR HUGS

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 17:30 UTC

"The agreement requires all California high school students to take a semester-long personal finance education course starting by the 2027-28 school year. The course will also be a graduation requirement starting with the Class of 2030-31."
abc7news.com/post/ca...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Shout out to maps! I don’t know where I’d be without them.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 00:47 UTC

Giorno first conceptualized the phone service Dial-A-Poem in 1968, and an iteration of the hotline still works today. If you dial 641.793. 8122, you'll access recordings from an archive of poetry and political oration. (as of 2020) www.sfmoma.org/read/...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:14 UTC

Birb is a programming language that consists of bird emojis 🐣. github.com/marvinborner...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

TIL Bella, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, achieved a purr that measured 54.6 decibels -- equivalent to the volume of a boiling kettle. www.thesun.co.uk/new...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:30 UTC

Posters by artists who turned their art into activism to support their communities and raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s.

wellcomecollection.o...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:12 UTC

(Sending comforting hugs)

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." -- Gloria Steinem (photo: me at 12)

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