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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • please don’t. this is the second time i have seen this today. yes, i know it is /s, but it’s still reinforcing an association with the potential to hurt people.

    lately i have been thinking about the notion that one way to fight fascism is not to use their language. every day i read comments on lemmy that are intended to mock fascists by repeating their narratives, and i fear they are only feeding it.

    didn’t we learn anything from the fact that internet shit-posting played a part in putting fucking 47 into power in the us?

    but yeah. please stop conflating autism with nazism, regardless of what idiot felon-fans say to try to downplay it.






  • i know at least three meth addicts right now. two told me they used because they can’t/couldn’t access their mental health medication. one told me that many people don’t start until they are already on the street, and the misery plus being forced by cops to move over and over instead of sleeping encourages use. one told me it was the only way they could stay awake to work enough to support their family.

    addicts need real help, like medical/mental health care, housing, a living wage.

    but yeah, desperate people will do desperate things.













  • i could say a lot in response to your comment about the benefits and shortcomings of algorithms (or put another way, screening tools or assessments), but i’m tired.

    i will just point out this, for anyone reading.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2573025/

    i am exceedingly troubled that something which is commonly regarded as indicating very high risk when working with victims of domestic violence was ignored in the cited case (disclaimer - i haven’t read the article). if the algorithm fails to consider history of strangulation, it’s garbage. if the user of the algorithm did not include that information (and it was disclosed to them), or keyed it incorrectly, they made an egregious error or omission.

    i suppose, without getting into it, i would add - 35 questions (ie established statistical risk factors) is a good amount. large categories are fine. no screening tool is totally accurate, because we can’t predict the future or have total and complete understanding of complex situations. tools are only useful to people trained to use them and with accurate data and inputs. screening tools and algorithms must find a balance between accurate capture and avoiding false positives.