Because OF COURSE they’re scabs
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What is the best thing to plug into a library’s elevator?What is the best thing to plug into a library’s elevator?
Wrong answers only.
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And all they had to do was sell all your dataAnd all they had to do was sell all your data
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What software is available to draw a network (social context) and rearrange the position of the connections on nodes so they appear more organized?What software is available to draw a network (social context) and rearrange the position of the connections on nodes so they appear more organized?
I’m sketching out a network analysis of a wicked problem (over-policing of Black communities in the US) and need it to be easily digestible.
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“It is absolutely vital that appropriate levels of intrusive micromanagement, divisive paranoia, bullying, and the threat of arbitrary punishments are maintained, so that we can truly re-create the folkways of the past. Also a propensity for calling me...“It is absolutely vital that appropriate levels of intrusive micromanagement, divisive paranoia, bullying, and the threat of arbitrary punishments are maintained, so that we can truly re-create the folkways of the past. Also a propensity for calling meetings at regular, and indeed irregular, intervals.
Adam, and what is the end purpose of all this work we are seeing?
Uncharles, there is none. This is also believed to be historically authentic.”
- Adrian Tchaikovsky, Service Model
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There's a disgusting inversion going on right now where people try to justify incel behavior by saying men are lonely. This makes people feel bad about pushing back on this, because it sounds like you're a callous person that doesn't care about the ver...@mekkaokereke this sounds like something they would throw at a woman, tbqh
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Grouped notifications in Mastodon v4.3.0 are so nice. Much more compact and less overwhelming.Grouped notifications in Mastodon v4.3.0 are so nice. Much more compact and less overwhelming.
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Why do the companies that want to introduce a new risk vector into our lives always look like this.@sindarina pay?! lol @mahryekuh
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Why do the companies that want to introduce a new risk vector into our lives always look like this.@mahryekuh they would definitely install hidden cameras in your house lol
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Why do the companies that want to introduce a new risk vector into our lives always look like this.Why do the companies that want to introduce a new risk vector into our lives always look like this.
Sam Altman's Worldcoin becomes World and shows new iris-scanning Orb to prove your humanity | TechCrunch
Worldcoin, the Sam Altman co-founded "proof of personhood" crypto project that scans people's eyeballs, announced on Thursday that it dropped the "coin"
TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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Is there a particularly good book about the history of Western colonialism/imperialism in the Middle East? I’m thinking, like, mid- to late-Ottoman empire to recent history.@evan I’m not worried about accessibility, I want the historical context
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What if I decided to amass a book collection consisting only of posthumously published cash-in books from the estates of otherwise excellent authors?@darius you can call it “They didn’t want you to see this” lol
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TIL that California doesn’t have any speed cameras and San Francisco is installing the first ones@skinnylatte it’s wild because 40% of police work is traffic control and stops are pretty dangerous, from their perspective. https://bowiestate.edu/about/news/2024/new-report-reveals-police-officers-perspectives-on-traffic-stops.php#:~:text=Hyman%20reports%20that%20there%20are,dangerous%20than%20calls%20for%20service.
Traffic cameras mean less biased stops, more consistent accountability for rule breakers, etc. https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/10/17/chicago-police-stop-black-drivers-speed-cameras-racial-bias-research-uic-conversation
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Is there a particularly good book about the history of Western colonialism/imperialism in the Middle East? I’m thinking, like, mid- to late-Ottoman empire to recent history.Is there a particularly good book about the history of Western colonialism/imperialism in the Middle East? I’m thinking, like, mid- to late-Ottoman empire to recent history.
Edward Said’s Orientalism has been on my list forever, but I want some background before I dig into it.
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Sociology/communications/history of the internet folks:Sociology/communications/history of the internet folks:
I'm looking for articles on millennials and the early social web, focusing on how they (we) adapted to being the first native web generation to use it for that purpose, and how it changed how society approaches communication in general.
I haven't had much luck turning anything up.
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My niece and nephew are in some kind of threatening situation at school.My niece and nephew are in some kind of threatening situation at school. Cops are guarding the doors. I hate this.
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So, these takes that Mullenweg is threatening the foss movement itself....@jenniferplusplus I think it’s more of a sign of the times - the power exercise has become a siren song to these guys and it threatens the community-driven nature of OSS
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I need movie or possible tv recommendations. I’m looking for any of these:- smart and funny, a little dark is okay- heartwarming and funny (not saccharine, no romcoms)- heist/action/adventure without a lot of violence/gore@polotek I’m open to either. I generally stick to stuff from the 90s on, but I’m open to anything
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I need movie or possible tv recommendations. I’m looking for any of these:- smart and funny, a little dark is okay- heartwarming and funny (not saccharine, no romcoms)- heist/action/adventure without a lot of violence/goreI need movie or possible tv recommendations. I’m looking for any of these:
- smart and funny, a little dark is okay
- heartwarming and funny (not saccharine, no romcoms)
- heist/action/adventure without a lot of violence/gore -
I don't hide the fact that I read a lot, but perhaps what I read is less apparent.A few of the more accessible books to start reading on these topics:
- Slavery By Another Name, D. Blackmon
- Caste, I. Wilkerson
- The New Jim Crow, M. Alexander
- Black Skin, White Masks F. Fanon
- They Were Her Property, S. Jones-Rogers
- We Were Eight Years in Power, T. Coates
- The Half Has Never Been Told, E. Baptist
- How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, W. Rodney