LeCun is also probably one of the top people to have worsened the AI safety outlook this decade, and from that perspective perhaps his departure is a good thing for the survival of the world, and thus also Meta’s shareholders?

Manifold market on whether or not this act (or similar legislation) passes: https://manifold.markets/patbl/will-the-end-kidney-deaths-act-or-s

In my experience, you get better advice anyway if you frame the question as though you are a professional. So instead of, "here is a picture of my rash, what do you think?", you say, "A patient has provided this picture of a rash, what is your diagnosis?".

I think this sounds nice but seems to presuppose that we know what to do to make the long-term go well. The situation with AI should inform us that it's actually quite possible to go in with good intentions and instead of making things better, actually make them worse.

I think the forum itself falls into this category.

I use https://dailytimetracking.com/ and find it to be fairly unburdensome, though it might not be great for those with more porous work-life boundaries.

3M lists dealers on their website, those are probably fine to buy from? Though Amazon is on the list, so perhaps 3M is not concerned about fakes on Amazon. Or maybe you just have to make sure the seller is Amazon itself.

Amazon has a pretty significant problem with counterfeit merchandise. It's essentially a flea market. Personally I wouldn't buy anything there where safety is an important consideration.

You can get extra filters cheaply.

I would note that during the 2020 pandemic, it was not easy to get replacement filters. I recall that in April 2020 replacement filters were hard to get on less than a 2-3 month lead time.