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johncarlosbaez, 7 days ago to random

I quit Twitter and moved to Mastodon in October 2022 when Elon Musk took over. Many other academics also came to Mastodon, and I was very happy - see my pinned posts. But most of them later became inactive.

I stick around because I've decided that corporate-owned social media are dangerous - especially now, when authoritarians are spreading their reach. Turns out it's unrealistic to expect that most academics feel this way - yet. They may get the idea when it's too late.

(1/2)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04005

luciedigitalni, 7 days ago to random

"The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving."

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/09/rto_quit_study/

Alon, 7 days ago to random

Final results:
CDU/CSU 30%
AfD 15.9%
SPD 13.9%
Green 11.9%
Sahra Wagenknecht 6.2%
FDP 5.2%
Die Linke 2.7%
FW 2.7%
Volt 2.6%
Die Partei 1.9%
Tierschutzpartei 1.4%

Honestly, relative to polls, it's not even that bad; Volt and Die Partei voters at the EU level mostly vote Green or maaaybe SPD at the federal level. There isn't much of a story here beyond "the economy in Germany was bad in 2022-3 due to unusual exposure to Russia and is only starting to recover."

streetsblogmass, 7 days ago to random

Join us for your lunch break at the @gbhnews
studio in the BPL for a conversation with the Boston Globe Media transportation reporter Taylor Dolven, NYC journalist John Surico, and Reggie Ramos, executive director of Transportation For Massachusetts.

We'll have it streaming live on mass.streetsblog.org:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/17/june-10-event-can-you-put-a-price-on-congestion-in-boston

crooksandliars, 7 days ago to random

"Can we just stop on that fact... A guy that wants to be President of the United States first has to go sit down with his probation officer. That is just an astounding statement."
@MrScarce

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/06/trump-gets-date-his-probation-officer?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=89514

MAKS23, 7 days ago to random

Never forget Mariupol…

rbreich, 7 days ago to random

It’s not too late to harden American democracy against Trump https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-not-too-late-to-harden-american?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Green_Footballs, 7 days ago to random

Just thought everyone might like to see Alex Jones weeping.

WhyNotZoidberg, 7 days ago to Bulgaria

Seeing the #election results... this really is the 1930s... I mean 2020s isn't it?

I am cis and white. All I have to do for the next 20 years is to smile and nod I guess.

#EU #Europe #Fascism #StupidassPoliticiansWhoEnableTheFarRight

Free_Press, 7 days ago to news

Presidents Macron and Biden have agreed on the use of profits from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine.

The presidents also pledged to support efforts to transfer them within the G7 and the EU. It is about $50 billion.

The decision of the G7 countries will be announced on June 14.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #BreakingNews #Breaking

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/08/french-american-roadmap/

josh, 7 days ago to random

On tenterhooks waiting to see EU election results, and the policy priorities that follow.

This is the single biggest election year in human history, with at least 64 countries going to the polls, almost all of which are understood to be massively consequential.

Whatever may come: onward together, my friends ❤️

TonyStark, 7 days ago to random

If you don’t align against the fascists, the fascists win. This is not different or new.

EU Election: Projection shows far-right parties making big gains, Greens take a major hit | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/eu-election-right-migration-climate-polls-vote-0fbfcb7bd987008e802d70f759fa870b

cstross, 8 days ago to random

This, incidentally, is why I'm staying home this weekend and most of the coming week—three Taylor Swift gigs in front of audiences of 70,000 singing, dancing fans in a bowl-shaped stadium. Her previous concerts in Spain and France have all been superspreader events, and I'm not enthusiastic to join in.
https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston/112586109084123492

janbeta, 8 days ago to random

I‘m going to have a coffee, take a shower, put some clothes on and then fight fascism. #vote #europeanelections

jeffjarvis, 8 days ago to random

Yup, DeJoy is still there, doing is damage:
The Postal Service’s $40 billion overhaul is off to a rough start https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/us-postal-service-dejoy-modernization-plan-issues-f14f4c7c?st=8ylnsdro7bh6knn

jwz, 9 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

Before they will let me publish a new release of XScreenSaver on the "Play" [sic] store, Google, the most rapacious privacy violator ever, insists that a screensaver have a privacy policy.

This is where you come in!

I'd like this policy to be a series of bullet points: "Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not [Thing.] An endless, concise catalog of their sins.

I need both your snark AND a link supporting your snark. It's critical for the joke to land. Include both.

GO!!

https://jwz.org/b/ykUc

CityHoosier, 8 days ago to random

Since people keep asking why the NHL ASL broadcast exists and why deaf people can't just use CC, here's why:

1. For people born deaf, ASL is their first language, not English.
2. ASL isn't English, just signed out. It's legitimately a completely different language.
3. You can't get emotion from CC.
4. CC is super behind.

Alon, 8 days ago to random

Pedestrian Observations: Quick Note on Respecting the Civil Service https://pedestrianobservations.com/2024/06/08/quick-note-on-respecting-the-civil-service/

Daojoan, 8 days ago to random

Don’t ignore what’s going on in Sudan.

@theindex is one of the few social news publications actively covering the crisis.

This is a humanitarian flashpoint, happening in real time, while most of the world stays silent.
https://mastodon.social/@theindex/112583375261302698

rbreich, 9 days ago to random

59 years ago today, Griswold v. Connecticut guaranteed the right to birth control.

Justice Thomas says the Supreme Court should "reconsider" that ruling.

And this week, 38 GOP senators voted against the Right to Contraception Act.

Republicans are coming for birth control.

Strandjunker, 9 days ago to random

Between Dolly Parton’s quiet COVID research fund, BLM support, and her sending generations of children books through the USPS, she continues to be one of the most relevant and wonderful people of every era. — Dolly represents the best of America, while Trump represents the worst.

davidho, 9 days ago to random

I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot a lot:

“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/22/air-pollution-lobbying-politics-ulez

DemDifference, 10 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to geopolitics

JOBS REPORT: BIDEN BOOM CONTINUES!

• 272K jobs added in May
• Total of 15.6 million jobs added under Biden
• Women's employment rate hits another high in May
• 30 straight months of unemployment rate at or below 4%
• Prime-working-age labor force participation at 22-year high
• Wages up 4.1% over past year, significantly faster than 3.4% inflation

#Economy #Jobs #USPol #USPolitics #Biden

potus, 9 days ago to random

The great American comeback continues.

On my watch, 15.6 million more Americans have the dignity and respect that comes with a job, and unemployment has been at or below 4% for 30 months.

I will keep fighting to lower costs for families like the ones I grew up with.

indivisibleteam, 10 days ago to random

Mike Johnson has appointed two MAGA extremists who supported Trump’s Big Lie to the House Intelligence Committee.

Why? Because Trump told him to.

This is what we’re up against as we fight to preserve our democracy in five months. Join the organizing that’s happening across the country to defeat Trump again in November: https://act.indivisible.org/survey/majority_over_maga_signup?source=mastodon&medium=directpost