Actually September is generally the hottest month in SoCal--and this one is proving no exception, records are breaking and no relief expected until middle of next week... several more days of self-angering to get through
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i started so well today with touching grass, still ended up starting fedi meta discourse lmao -
i started so well today with touching grass, still ended up starting fedi meta discourse lmao@laurenshof It's too hot to touch grass here today so I guess I'm stuck indoors self-angering at/with Mastodon instead. bad deal!
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Mastodon: a successful experiment in illustrating the hard limits of liberal individualismSoftware was a mistake
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Mastodon: a successful experiment in illustrating the hard limits of liberal individualismMastodon: a successful experiment in illustrating the hard limits of liberal individualism
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that this is one of the most popular posts on mastodon currently is a clear indication of how widely pervasive the reply-guy problem is here, and that its not just a few obnoxious person that contribute to the problem@laurenshof I can dimly recall when i first joined Mastodon and held a naive optimism that a slightly longer character limit would enable people to signal tone in replies, so one wouldn't impute being curt or snippy to a reply that was good-faith, but compressed or brief. LMAO.
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IMO ripe time for Masto users, admins, developers and UI designers to take a brave and humbling look as to why so many are leaving the festering offal swamp formerly known as Twitter for Bluesky and Threads, rather than migrating here to Mastodon.@JulianOliver Don't leave out horrible safety here and a reputation for racism, I'd say.
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Today is the first day I feel exceptionally great (maybe because it is exceptionally hot)@skinnylatte Yours looks more intentional and thus less ummm eccentric than mine:
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Today is the first day I feel exceptionally great (maybe because it is exceptionally hot)@skinnylatte The hat-mask-sunglasses look is already a good one and you're rocking it very hard
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The obligatory person-versus-huge-truck photo.Here’s another one. It’s up to my head! I’m a taller-than-average adult human. No way I come out of an encounter alive—and they probably don’t even see me at all
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Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 82@seachanger @laurenshof @fediversereport Yes, thank you!
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Woohoo, #Novavax is approved for USians!https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-authorizes-updated-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-better-protect-against-currently-circulating -
Congrats to these students!!Congrats to these students!!
"California's San Francisco State University has begun the process of divesting from four weapons manufacturers currently involved in Israel's war on Gaza, in a move activists are describing as a "major victory" for Palestinian rights advocacy in the United States"
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/san-francisco-state-university-divest-weapons-companies-aiding-israel -
I am going to scream... In my inbox, a new communiqué from the people who had my students and colleagues arrested & are still persecuting them:@josh It's all they do all day long. That and gaslight us that all the problems people are having on campus are reducible to "mental health".
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I am going to scream... In my inbox, a new communiqué from the people who had my students and colleagues arrested & are still persecuting them:I am going to scream... In my inbox, a new communiqué from the people who had my students and colleagues arrested & are still persecuting them:
"The Provost’s office is pleased to introduce you to a program designed to enhance our personal, academic, professional and collective well-being.
Mindfulness encourages us to be fully present in each moment. By integrating mindfulness into our lives, we may be able to boost our ability to manage stress, develop resilience, increase compassion..."
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@emma @trochee @ryanrandallIn fairness Mdon has lots, and lots, and lots of limitations for what they're trying to do. It's a hard problem.
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Thou Shalt Not Camp On The Land We StoleThou Shalt Not Camp On The Land We Stole
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We asked 1,000+ attendees to mask indoors this weekend, and everyone just did.@dawnnafus Yeah, academics have left very little to the imagination. I helped put on a conf in May where I was proud of our *policy*--but people needed a big reminder after Day 1 (but then they did do better)
Here's our policy, if anyone cares (XOXO one is more to the point ie. better but I am still proud of our aspiration)
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It's happening! My book about Mastodon and the fediverse is now entering the production phase!@rwg Networked elephants in psychedelic colors?
(Congrats!!)
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I'd prefer it if covid-conscious and higher-risk people could also go to entertainment and recreational spots more safely, but it's absolutely reprehensible that *health care* and *transportation* are on this list too.I'd prefer it if covid-conscious and higher-risk people could also go to entertainment and recreational spots more safely, but it's absolutely reprehensible that *health care* and *transportation* are on this list too.
(Glaringly missing: schools and universities)
https://bestlifeonline.com/covid-hotspots-summer-2024-surge/
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It NEVER fails@jdp23 @moira @freakazoid @cmdr_nova @julian Adding @hipsterelectron as we were chatting about this some last night