H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 23hOf course, I hadn't thought of that, haven't thought about yearbooks in a long time. Another example of how our systems for memory making are being eroded by AI. It really is like The Nothing™️. 000
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Of course. Put these two things together and the whole school photo thing will be a dead tradition in less than five years. Maybe it's fine, the social need for school photos has been gone for a while, but I wonder if they're the only physical photos most people routinely see. 100
Reposted by H MacNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LA is HOT. But does it have to be this hot? Did you know shade from a single tree can drop temps by 20° or more? Yet working-class neighborhoods like South LA, East LA, and the Valley get the least tree coverage and bear the brunt of extreme heat. Let's finally cool things down for everyone. 822504541
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Jude Law subplot was the most prescient of all. Other than eventually being prosecuted as a grifter. 010
Reposted by H MacDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 258183734857
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our hiring system does that. I've several times had to ask HR to clarify why I'm seeking a clearly out of date resume that doesn't match the particulars of the cover letter. The applicants submitted new resumes but the system defaults to the older one for some reason. 150
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In retrospect, one of the first (unrecognized) signs of my mom's dementia was withdrawing from social experiences, unpredictable interactions with strangers. She was always a homebody and introvert, so we didn't clock what was happening for, like, years. 030
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As a californian, it is so frustrating in this year to know that we are going to be electing one of the more conservative Democrats as governor, and someone who is even more in bed with big tech than Newsom. We deserve better. 020
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My mother was never unkind during dementia, but I would say that one of the things she gradually lost was a theory of mind for anyone other than herself. I think it must be very lonely, very removed from even the people closest to you, as the world and its interests narrow to a pinhole of light. 130
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mexico and Canada are in a race to see who can not visit us the most 0150
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I work in grant funding, and so I'm starting to get a lot of LLM-assisted applications. I would describe the prose as more of a soft bludgeon, like being hit over the head by pool noodle while reading. 180
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh my god, everyone in this movie gives an amazing performance. Laurie Metcalf & Glenne Headley are so funny, Ann Magnuson is a style icon. Her suits! Her car! The way she carries her rolodex on her arm so you know she is a boss bitch. Left an indelible impression on young me, and it holds up 100%. 000
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ugh, right, Lizard Music not Lizard People. It's been 40 years since I read them. Perfect for a 10 year old, and my parents also read them alongside us as kids. 110
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yesss! No one else I know read these books but in my family we quoted them all the time, especially "the Napoleon of crime" and "stereo is for sissies." 000
Reposted by H MacKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752451428
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The quote that went around when Wendell Berry died, "the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines" comes to mind *often* these days. Trying to live as a creature is becoming my north star. 19617
Reposted by H MacKevin Burke @burke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026California Prop 38: - authorizes $4B spending in a way that only one research center in the whole state qualifies - privately funded research center - founder of the research center has donated $22 million to support the ballot prop This is, like, pure corruption calmatters.org/politics/ele...calmatters.orgIs this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies. 57431
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I regret most of my APs, and I went to a top notch HS. But I also went to a top public uni where the same survey classes were light years more challenging and interesting. And then I had to fight to save my last semester when I was technically "done," but just getting to the best stuff in my major. 010
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Happened to me decades ago! I had to fight to save my senior year, senior honors thesis opportunity, when I already knew I wanted to apply for grad school! And those AP classes were in no way the equivalent, not even close 070
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've asked my PCP twice if I could get my titers checked, and they basically laughed it off, told me they only ever did that for health care workers. Two different providers. 110
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This happened to PhD programs in the humanities (normative time), and tho less student loan debt is good, is less time to master a discipline, become proficient in one or more foreign languages, and do original research involving unpublished or undigitized materials a net good for a scholar? 010
Reposted by H MacMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s 1970 and ELTON JOHN takes out a crumpled piece of paper and plays “Tiny Dancer” for the first time in front of his lyricist BERNIE TAUPIN and Taupin’s wife Maxine (for whom Taupin wrote the song). 1462611586
Reposted by H MacTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game. 91734326
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Less important of course, but the elevator in my building is also improving the aging experience for my 16yo dog with arthritis. It was out of commission for several weeks for cylinder replacement, and the stairs were not fun for her. Stairs inside the house would be rough times. 030
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Wait, limited series (aka, mini-series) are ranked alongside multi-season series? That is a category error. The degree of difficulty is not the same, the genre is not the same, the pleasure for the viewer is different. I love some of these limited series very, very much, but they are not TV shows! 050
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026640 seated, and how many for a stand up reception? And how long does it take to get in and out of the shapewear underneath your ball gown or cocktail dress? Maybe the queueing stanchions will be gold plated though. 010
Reposted by H MacHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 23/09/2026Hollywood mogul and Frieze owner Ari Emanuel objected to calling the actions of the Israeli military in the Occupied West Bank a genocide, criticized rapper Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian remarks, and complimented Elon Musk for doing “incredible things for the human race."hyperallergic.comFrieze Owner Ari Emanuel Criticizes Macklemore Over Pro-Palestinian CommentsThe Hollywood billionaire also objected to using the term "genocide" to describe Israel's actions in Palestine. 5129
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I would pay bank for a great travel agent. It used to be fun to research and plan travel on the internet, but that hasn't been my experience for a long time. The review sites are all lies, the actually extremely useful sites like seatguru are gone. Would pay $$$ to outsource that mental load. 040
Reposted by H Mac🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it. 6673022111
Reposted by H MacNome @nome.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Working class means people who receive a wage, who must sell their labor to survive because they do not own the means of production. If you mean poor people, say poor people. If you mean people without a college degree, say that. Working Class means something pretty clear already. 01348
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fantasy is harder ask than sci-fi, but I remember devouring the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser books when my Dad gave them to me around that age. I really don't remember any romance plots at all, but it's been a very long time! 000
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I've been to two conventions there for professional organizations in my field that resulted in the orgs saying they would never come there again, attendees complained. The location is too disconnected from other DTLA destinations, unappealing for pedestrians. Can't fix that with upgrades. 030
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I feel like the next skeet I read will detail the ways in which Canadian whey is actually a load bearing ingredient for 20 essential consumer goods. Seems to be how things are going. 022
Reposted by H MacAlex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 2415741126
Reposted by H MacGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 04/09/2026Happy "we stole all your work and are only being forced to pay because we literally all pirated it and bragged in emails, now let's find out how many different entities can try to screw you out of your nickles" day to all being forced to celebrate it. 216827
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Yes, mostly LAPD just flying around for no discernable reason 010
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It almost seems like a mental illness for the parents, a hyper vigilance that they cannot turn off, like PTSD but maybe even without the T? 110
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is some dystopian shit, and every Texan should rise up against it if they believe even half of their own bullshit. 010
H Mac @hmac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026And of course it is South Dallas and oak Cliff that are the ones being fined. Older housing stock, lower income folks unable to keep up with every repair, no community HOAs already policing lawns and shrubs and paint. 020
