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A simple refutation of the “Supply and Demand” argument about how new apartment construction will lower rents.

Nov 20, 2024

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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…

Brief Review of Migrating from Gmail and Outlook.com to Proton

Nov 14, 2024

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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…

Mass Narcolepsy

Oct 16, 2024

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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.

Orientalism: Music, Edward Said, Hello Kitty, US CIA in Japan, 1 Year of the Israel-Gaza War

Oct 7, 2024

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(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…

Do All Asian American Political Orgs Look the Same? (Bing AI confuses two organizations)

Oct 5, 2024

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in Feature, Machine Learning, Politics

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…

2024 Election Battlegrounds

Oct 3, 2024

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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…

New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill

Oct 1, 2024

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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…

Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda

Sep 27, 2024

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in Link Feed, Machine Learning

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…

Artificial Intelligence Reader 1; Timnit Gebru

Sep 23, 2024

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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

70% of Project Homekey Vacant; Chinatown Tenant Wins; Affordable Housing

Sep 20, 2024

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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…