Okay. I don’t really have anything to add to that. Good luck though.

These are good questions. I don’t know. First, what state are you in? Second, does she have any coworkers? Also, does she know anyone in a similar field? If she went to school, does she know any classmates or teachers who might have advice?

Also: can this be automated? Nowadays, you can have a large language model code a lot of things. Could she instruct one to write a python or bash script to reduce since of the work?

Ultimately, I think she should keep looking for better work. But I know that can be challenging.

I see Teslas in the bay area with bumper stickers that say things like “I didn’t know he was nuts when I bought this”

Oh! Apologies, I just saw that someone else said something relevant and decided to post my comment as a reply to them instead of a top level comment. Sorry for the confusion!

I’m from Pittsburgh. I think we ran a cross country meet in Hershey once.

The amusement park and factory tour are all quite charming. It’s hard to recommend one make a dedicated trip, but if anyone is ever on a road trip nearby, it’s worth the detour to stop by for a day.

Then again, my recommendation is 20 years old. It could be either better or worse now.

They were starting by putting a finger in zero and then dragging to the number. And for zero they were dragging all the way to the stop.

You’re supposed to dial by putting a finger in each number hole and then dragging to the stop. So they dialed zero correctly, but only zero.

I had one in my room! Such a good feel to it. Same with picking up and hanging up!

This was in the early 2000s, btw. They were already relics, but landlines were still commonly used when I was in high school, and it had such a handsome look to it and felt great to use. I have long thought that a product that would do incredibly well would be a cell phone charging dock where you put your phone in and while it’s charging it just acts like a landline rotary phone. The user experience is very, very gratifying, and if you’ve ever tried to hold a call while your phone is plugged into the wall you know how much better a solid headset with a coil wire would feel than that.

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That meme is… chef’s kiss

I still use Jerboa. I’m a fan.

While I don’t traffic in such forceful language, I can answer what @criitz means:

Bernie Sanders raised millions of dollars on the promise to lead a political revolution. For many supporters, that proposition was taken literally. They thought that his campaign was not simply a vehicle to give him the power of the presidency, but was the organizing structure for a persistent movement of activists reengaging with democracy each and every week BETWEEN elections. And when he dropped out, a lot of those people lost their connections to social and organizing structures that were giving them hope and an outlet for meeting like-minded people to find ways to make their communities better. So when he ended his campaign and all that money and infrastructure got instantly packed up and taken away, they felt like they’d been misled.

Some found their way into activism through the DSA or climate groups, but for many, the way in which he disbanded his campaign without following through on the implied promise to transform it into something durable was a very unexpected and painful surprise.

Pete needs to go mayor some more. He had a few good ideas during the primary, but as Transportation Secretary I’m astounded at his lack of ambition.

There are a handful of administration officials – Lina Khan first among them – who’ve learned to use their power assertively to make changes to broken systems. And Pete… he seems like he just pops up when another piece of infrastructure breaks to let us know that he’s on it. Maybe he’s doing something more, but if so he’s doing it very, very quietly.

I like Porter. AOC needs a rest, I think.

I used to be really captivated by her leadership, but in the last few years, I think things have gotten complicated. Perhaps I’m being too forgiving, but during Biden’s presidency it seemed like she lost her nerve to stick her neck out for what she believed in more and more. Maybe I’m inventing things, but I get the sense that January 6th scared the fucking shit out of her. I think her life flashed before her eyes, and afterwards she felt like being among the most progressive voices while trying not to rock the boat too much or draw too much personal attention from the right was enough, and that challenging Democrats on their bullshit was too stressful and risky.

If that’s the case, I don’t blame her. I still admire what she’s done, but she does not have the spark she once did.

Same.

Why must we divide the tribe? I don’t know how leftist who can’t identify as such plans to exercise collective power. But you do you.

That’s a leftist. You’re a leftist, buddy.

I relate a bit, though. I think it’s cringe when socialists call each other “comrade”.

This is just nuts! I dig DIY guides, but bookbinding really is something special.

I can’t believe how effortless you make it look. It looks like you’ve done this a bunch of times!

I have good news: It exists! http://retrographer.org/

A lot of them are unrecognizable, but here’s an example of a good one: http://retrographer.org/photos/4215

The bad news is that’s a bit limited. It was the senior project of a CMU student in 2010. It only exists for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. If you wanted to make one for another city, though, I think you could contact the creator, ask for the code, and then recruit people to get a ton of photos from another city’s historical institutions, and then crowdsource geotagging them (which is what the guy did).

http://retrographer.org/learnMore

Ok, I saw that.

I encourage anyone with the power to keep fascists out of office to do what they can.

I also think, though, that if there is one thing that might save us, it would be Jill Stein breaking into the mainstream. I think Bernie’s campaign in 2020 created the conditions that moved Biden and organized what become his turnout operation, and he needs a lefty foil or he’s gonna fall flat on his face.