Job: Banking. Digital marketing, products & strategy. | School: @MUBusiness MBA, @Winthropu | Me: TN & Carolina girl. Previously MKE. Explorer. Swiftie. š«¶š¼
Charlotte, NC
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How a quirky article on Pink Floyd & The Wizard of Oz that I wrote in 1995, as a 19 year old, helped foster one of the first instances of internet culture crossing over to the mainstream ā & has haunted my career as a legal & national security journalist. nytimes.com/interactive/2023ā¦
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Duke University announced it is expanding its efforts to make higher education accessible to more families by providing free tuition to students from North Carolina and South Carolina whose families earn less than $150,000 per year. wcnc.com/article/news/educatā¦
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It's sad that we made GPT & generative AI and immediately started using it to outsource the things that make us human.
We've been using it to write our articles, create art, write movie scripts, and now... for therapy?
Why didn't we make the robots fix our worst problems?
ALT Tweet screenshot that says: Therapy costs $200 an hour But you can train ChatGPT for that Here's how to get a professional therapist for free:
Mary B retweeted
Could your walk be missing something?
Incorporating āawe walks,ā outdoor rambles designed to cultivate a sense of amazement, into your daily stroll can bring mental and physical benefits. Hereās how to get started.
nyti.ms/3ITJQ7v
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John Connaughton, economics professor at UNC Charlotte, is certain there will be an economic slowdown later this year but is hesitant on if it will be defined as a recession. Here's why. bizjournals.com/charlotte/neā¦
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Scholars since Aristotle have tried to account for the paradox of sad music: We generally donāt enjoy being sad in real life, but we do enjoy art that makes us feel that way.
It may be because it helps us feel connected, a new study suggests.
nyti.ms/41RyOXd
ALT An illustration of a music speaker making a sad expression: two downcast googly eyes are above a tweeter for a nose. The mouth, the woofer, is seemingly open in dismay. A headline reads: "Why Do We Listen To Sad Songs?" Credit: Pablo Delcan
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Breaking News: All women should start getting regular mammograms at age 40, an influential advisory panel said, in a stark revision of standard medical advice. nyti.ms/42z1eWw
Mary B retweeted
Is it toxic positivity, or is it optimism?
Is it hustle culture, or a willingness to work hard?
Is it an attack on you, or someone referring to their own experience?
The context, the messenger and the message all matter. Consider all of it before you rage.
Mary B retweeted
Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably arenāt even aware you are doing.
In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order:
opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun
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My closet canāt handle this many days of needing winter clothes in the morning and summer clothes in the afternoon.
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.@WellsFargo employees 27,000 Charlotteans, with 10,000 working at their Customer Information Center. Todayās announcement of a $500M investment in our city shows their commitment to their workforce and also their confidence in the promise of our community!
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ChatGPT, the AI tool, was temporarily banned in Italy on Friday, the first known instance of the chatbot being blocked by a Western government. The country's data protection authority said the company unlawfully collected personal data from users. nyti.ms/3zr18E5
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Scaramouche | noun | a stock character in the Italian commedia dell'arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by boastfulness and cowardliness
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This is Squire. He's struggling a bit at his new job because they use Windows instead of Mac. Also because he cannot read. 12/10
