Wednesday's two things

Julia Smith

Julia Smith

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Screenshot of a Timothy Snyder quote from On Tyranny that begins "Lesson #8: Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different..."
Post from Meghan Searle on Bluesky from March. Prerna's invitations to stand out are always irresistible.

Item 1. Try without AI

From Lex McMenamin, one small thing you can do to reduce your AI usage ➡️

If you’re using Google, adding “-AI” to the end of all your search queries will remove the automated AI summary that the company has added to search outputs. If you’d rather avoid the tech behemoths entirely, you can switch to another search engine, like DuckDuckGo. - From ChatGPT is Everywhere – Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs? (Teen Vogue)

Need more reasons to cut back / quit? ➡️ My friend Prerna Abbi-Scanlon created an adorable, succinct post outlining her three big reasons (Instagram).

Item 2. Speaking of adorable...

Know a New Yorker? ➡️ Ask if they've taken this cute and useful Meet Your Mayor quiz, which helps voters decide who to rank on their ballots!

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