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A simple refutation of the “Supply and Demand” argument about how new apartment construction will lower rents.
Generally, the law of supply and demand operates. Supply of something goes up, and there’s downward pressure on the price of it. However, ask any real estate agent about what determines value, and many will say “location, location, location”. Location obviously matters. Beverly Hills apartments will cost more than East LA apartments, because the location…
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Brief Review of Migrating from Gmail and Outlook.com to Proton
I have been listening to Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff, and Surveillance Valley by Yasha Levine, so I’m extra paranoid these days. I’m moving my work to Proton and Cryptpad.fr. This document describes how well it’s going. What’s migrating? Email Protonmail has built-in importers for Gmail and Outlook.com (the online email aka Hotmail, not the…
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Mass Narcolepsy
These images were generated using Meta Imagine, and the prompt “mass narcolepsy at” and the location. The theme is many people falling asleep at inopportune moments. Relax, America.
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Orientalism: Music, Edward Said, Hello Kitty, US CIA in Japan, 1 Year of the Israel-Gaza War
(Before digging into this, I’m not going to pretend I’m not an ignorant Orientalist. I have been for most of my life, and I’m listening and reading to overcome this racism. Just because I’m “an Oriental” doesn’t mean I am not Orientalist. -jk) Monterey Park Library Announces Kawaii Kitty Art Contest – Rafu Shimpo One…
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Do All Asian American Political Orgs Look the Same? (Bing AI confuses two organizations)
Searching for “asian american advocacy fund”, with the intent of looking for The Asian American Advocacy Fund, which is an organization in Georgia that activates AAPI voters, brought up references to The Asian American Foundation, aka TAAF, a recent astroturf project to represent the interests of centrist, rich Asian Americans. The AI wrote a summary…
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2024 Election Battlegrounds
Polling in Battleground States Harris and Trump are very close in the battleground states (obviously – that’s the definition of a BG). Florida is usually up in play, but this year, it’s going for Trump. Georgia usually goes Republican, but this year, it’s up in play; likewise Arizona. ->->-> Harris continues to win the national…
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New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill
CAPAC Chair Condemns House Vote to Reinstate Trump-Era China Initiative Fear Mongering and the Scapegoating Continue. The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to pass H.R. 1398, the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024, a bill to reinstate the Trump-era China Initiative program, and H.R. 9465, the Protecting American…
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Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda
Bisan Owda, journalist in Gaza, regularly posting videos on social media, picked up by AJ+, has now won an Emmy Award to go along with her Peabody Award. This journalist has escaped death multiple times, seen her people and community bombed daily, in a bombing campaign most around the work describe as “genocide.” Through her…
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Artificial Intelligence Reader 1; Timnit Gebru
This is a slapdash list of resources to read, put together as a cram session reading list to get an overview of some aspects of the collision of AI, existing IP, and society. Timnit Gebru
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70% of Project Homekey Vacant; Chinatown Tenant Wins; Affordable Housing
EXCLUSIVE: After Spending $550 Million, Over 70 Percent of Los Angeles County’s Project Homekey Homeless Rooms Vacant – Westside Current Jamie Paige, Chris LeGras – Part 3 of an ongoing Westside Current investigation into the challenges and failures of Project Homekey ->->-> Chinatown tenant wins court battle over eviction from “affordable” unit – LA Public…
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Fascism Videos (Explaining It)
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The Book Trust – an attempt to monopolize cheap book production in the 1800s
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Katsuo Carl Imakyure, in Los Angeles 1940
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May 1, 2025 March and Rally for Immigrant Rights
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Mid90s and Redlining
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Polls; Macron Coup?; ICE Detainees Strike; Technofeudalism
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Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda
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Brief Review of Migrating from Gmail and Outlook.com to Proton
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
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Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism
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China and Least Developed Countries Free Trade; Cal Gig Worker Law; Running Down the Walls
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Health Insurance; Prisoner Laborers; Macron Shits on the Left, Appoints Right Winger PM
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Quick Installer for Woocommerce
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Beach Cities IMC
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ChatGPT Rewrites with Style
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Asian American Media Representation, Recommending Feminism
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Gone Missing from the Keyboard
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SARS-CoV-2 on a Fishing Boat, Seroprevalence in Spain
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December 18, 2018 Update
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New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill
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On the Vice Asian American, Model Minority and Asian Hate, Panel Video
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How to Use the New AI Chatbots, ChatGPT and Bing Chat AI
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The Murder of Ee Lee
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Selected Posts from Facebook from May 2020
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The KKK of the 1920s, and Fascism
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Re: Oakland’s Homeless Americans Die Uncounted As Mayor Protects Illegal Immigrants
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Professions in Decline, and Some Growing
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Text of Vladimir Putin’s Speech on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, and Text of Zelensky’s Address to the Russian People (all Translated to English)
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Programming Assistant LLMs
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Etsy Helps Create Microbusiness Caucus, a Challenge to Labor Organizing
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Replacing the Washers in an Old 1960s Price Pfister Two-Faucet Shower
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My Home Backup System (Triple Backups)
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Nationalist Right-Wing anti-Imperialism, Curry, Kare, Colonization
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First COVID-19 Post
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The End of Facebook
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Prunus Mume, lost in translation
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Update for April 29, 2019