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Why and how do they have that man's diary?

Emmett Till would be 85 today. TODAY. Every semester, I think about the fact that he would be one of my mama's siblings; older than her, but younger than her sister. Not a distant past. Someone who should've experienced growing old.

I ain't gon' hold y'all, but the WNBA OG's look GOOD at halfcourt! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

The high school students carrying the Shooting Stars competitions at WNBA All-Star. 🤌🏾

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I get this is a strategic move to remain in business. But I *really* hate that we’re losing another named piece of Black history from Durham. NC Mutual, Mechanics & Farmers, The Carolina Times. All institutions. www.axios.com/local/raleig...

A pillar of Durham's Black Wall Street will get a new name after mergerM&F Bank, founded in 1907, is the oldest Black-owned bank in North Carolina.www.axios.com

Y’all. "The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT had assured Scott Winters that the early warning signs of his health crisis were “not something dangerous,” and had dissuaded him from seeking medical advice, instead telling him to trust that “God did not design your body to endlessly fail.”"

OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT’s ‘Dangerous’ Health Advice (Gift Article)The case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition.www.nytimes.com

A product of one of the best things I’ve done over the last six years. The latest from the final team of our three-year, interdisciplinary research course examined how perceptions of neutrality in computing shifted before and after the 2023 SCOTUS decision.

The Impact of (No) Affirmative Action on Undergraduate Experiences and Perceptions of Neutrality in ComputingAbstract. Academic and professional computing environments, which are overrepresented by people identifying as white and Asian, are often viewed as apolitiacademic.oup.com

Because of COURSE the Black woman who saved the world six years ago is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

And for good measure, here is the original post from Dr. Emily Bender that I saw on LinkedIn. Apologies, Emily, for not checking if you’d posted it here as well. Her 🧵is an important discussion re: giving LLMs access to the ACM Digital Library.

If you do *any* computing-related research, you should read and complete the feedback form to ACM at the end. "Research influence may increasingly depend not only on citations and downloads, but also on whether ideas are surfaced, synthesized, and operationalized within AI systems."

"Salamanca is the only incorporated city in the United States located entirely within a Native American reservation. The school district serves roughly 1,300 students, including 32 percent who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native and 79 percent who are economically disadvantaged."

Didn’t Taco Bell already tell us this?

Deep sigh. “If they’re going to be very strict on ‘We’re only going to give very limited cases after four years,’ then we’re going to lose a lot of [international] graduate students,” she said. “That’s the reality, because not all programs are going to be able to adjust to that.”

Rule Limiting International Students’ Time in U.S. FinalizedInternational students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.www.insidehighered.com

Ghostface and U-God performing Cher Chez La Ghost at the ESPYS just now was such a wildly confusing, yet pleasantly surprising moment. I legit thought it was a commercial until the music stopped at “put a rough rider on my…"💀

Happy birthday to Bull City legend, Ernie Barnes. In addition to the Sugar Shack, my parents have this one: High Aspirations. One of my faves.

Overthinking is the absolute worst. I cannot fully describe how much I hate it. Folks who have learned to shut their brains off for any period of time: how? Help!

Albums later, and it will FOREVER be Eve for me. Did Rapsody know how hard this was gonna hit when she finished it? She had to. My GOD, this album. And fwiw, I’ll continue to scream THE GRAMMYS ROBBED HER WITH NO NOMINATION.

All the AKAs waiting to see if Dawn is in Vegas early cause she’s with us now.

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We finished the series finale of The Bear and the season finale of Shrinking last night. Both were extremely satisfying. The Bear: such a perfect ending. Such a perfect reveal. No notes. Shrinking: thanks to all who recommended I watch this. It was soooo good! Every character was great!

“OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets,” Apple wrote in its lawsuit.

Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets (Gift Article)The two companies struck a deal in 2024 to offer A.I. services on Apple devices, but their partnership has soured.www.nytimes.com