Weekly Tidbits, Vol. 53

I'm tickled that arguably the most successful pirate of all time was a sister from China, Zheng Yi Sao.

Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity - When you peel back the propoganda of generative AI, there actually isn't much there.

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds - "JULIAN’s new, “A Crimson Record: Seven State Modern-Day Lynching Report 2000–2025,” catalogs more than 150 deaths across Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. More than 50, or roughly one-third of the cases, involve transgender women."

From Mogadishu to Minneapolis - No matter where it happens on the planet, if there is societal instablity, there is a good chance the US is involved.

Broad claims about gender and behavior fall apart when studies include ethnically diverse samples - Wait, everyone ISN'T like white people?? gasp