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divya, 16 days ago to random

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thisismyglasgow, 23 days ago to glasgow

There are few things which beats a wally close for making a great first impression. This one is in the Hyndland area of Glasgow. For those who don't know, a wally close is the communal entrance to a tenement which is lined with tiles, and often beautifully crafted ones.

#glasgow #tiles #tenement #hyndland #glasgowtenement #ceramics #tiling #architecture #glasgowbuildings

pamelafox, 1 month ago to random

If any of you are bay area garden nerds, come to the "bringing back the natives" garden tour next weekend! My lil native garden will be on it for first time this year.

More details here: https://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/view-gardens

kissane, 1 month ago to random

A few weeks back I encountered a FOSS guy here explaining that when he sees open source devs ask for money, he blocks them and then stops using their code because they're morally wrong and he only wants to work with tools made by people who are doing the work for the right reasons. (I'm paraphrasing to avoid indexing the post.)

I've resisted writing about it because I'm slammed, but the question I can't shake is: Who benefits from the ideology of "pure" volunteerism?

ml, 1 month ago to plantscience

Not sure whether this Olea europaea (olive) street tree was cut using due process, but you can see it had become hollow.

The tree is still alive. #UrbanForest @plantscience

kissane, 2 months ago to random

Ozone, Bluesky's stackable moderation system is up and open-sourced.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderation

I think it's interesting in obvious ways and risky in some less obvious ones (that have less to do with "O NO BILLIONAIRES" or "O NO LIBERTARIANS" and more to do with placelessness), but we'll see.

I hope good things emerge from/grow on top of this framework.

[I recognize that mentioning this is widely considered to be an invitation to explain capital like I am a tiny baby. You could also not.]

ned, 3 months ago to random

Vegetables are a social construct.

avirr, 4 months ago to random

65k pregnancies in 15 states resulting from “completed vaginal rapes” since Dobbs, with effectively no legal abortions using the rape exemptions. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association with compelling evidence . A tragedy for the women, the babies, the families and the communities. What an outrage!

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2814274

TheConversationUS, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to climate

A warmer world is a more stormy, more unpredictable, and more costly world.

Have you seen the 2023 “billion-dollar disasters list” released by US government analysts?

The U.S. set an unwelcome record for weather and climate disasters in 2023, with 28 disasters that exceeded more than $1 billion in damage each.

Here’s a quick read (with charts) to explain more:
https://theconversation.com/2023s-billion-dollar-disasters-list-shattered-the-us-record-with-28-weather-and-climate-disasters-amid-earths-hottest-year-on-record-220634
#climatechange #environment

evacide, 4 months ago to random

I have a whole mountain of stories like this in a folder labeled "If it was really rape, why didn't you report it to the police HUH?"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ouray-stolen-newspapers-police-chief-rape_n_65aa9f5fe4b076abd7ab6a90?5e

briankrebs, 4 months ago to random

This is fine.

Em0nM4stodon, 4 months ago to mastodon

Teeny-Tiny General Mastodon Tip for Newcomers 🐘✨:

If you are looking for a Mastodon feature you've heard about and cannot find it 🔎​

Keep in mind that Mastodon mobile apps (yes, plural) are all different and integrate Mastodon's features differently. This is why in my guides I always use the web interface as a common baseline.

If you can't find a feature in your Mastodon mobile app, login to your account from a browser instead. You might very well find what you were looking for right there! 🌐​✨

#TinyMastodonTip #Mastodon

TheConversationUS, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to ukteachers

Student arrests are one part of the school-to-prison pipeline. Especially, Black and Latine students and those with disabilities are pushed out of their schools and into the legal system.
Public agencies in some states have looked for ways to arrest fewer students, and Philadelphia has pioneered a successful effort to do so and saved taxpayers millions (not to mention other social benefits).
https://theconversation.com/philadelphia-reduces-school-based-arrests-by-91-since-2013-researchers-explain-the-effects-of-keeping-kids-out-of-the-legal-system-217183
#education #schools #criminaljustice @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon

_dm, 5 months ago to random

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carnage4life, 6 months ago to random

I've constantly been wondering why people were so negative on Effective Altruism since the core premise seemed sound.

Reading this summary of how a fairly reasonable philanthropic philosophy was warped by the greed and narcissism of tech bros explains it all.

Why help people today when I can help hypothetical people in the future is really some grade A 🐂💩

TheConversationUS, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to infosec

Beware of cheap fakes! Recent headlines focus on AI-driven #deepfakes, but low-tech #disinformation, like mislabeled videos from other wars, are far more common.

And just as hard to recognize as fake.

Here are some tips on how to recognize them from researchers @mikecaulfield and Sam Wineburg.
#Infosec #misinformation https://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-that-good-at-detecting-fake-videos-2-misinformation-experts-explain-why-and-how-you-can-develop-the-power-to-resist-these-deceptions-217793

pluralistic, 6 months ago to random

Reality has a distinct anti-conservative bias, but conservatives have an answer: when the facts don't support your policies, just get different facts. Who needs #EvidenceBasedPolicy when you can have #PolicyBasedEvidence?

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/10/digital-redlining/#stop-confusing-the-issue-with-relevant-facts

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pamelafox, 6 months ago to random

Long strings inside Python variables:

do you use """ or (" " + " " ?

I prefer """ but maybe there's a drawback?

avirr, 7 months ago to random

‘Make Amazon Pay’ Black Friday strikes planned in 30 countries including UK

Worth doing

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/27/make-amazon-pay-black-friday-strikes-planned-in-30-countries-including-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Othert

crooksandliars, 7 months ago to random

The pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente raises wages by 21%.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/10/kaiser-strikers-gain-21-wage-increase?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=80791

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

I’d love to see more research, investment, and lessons learned about the foundation model for software development, in contrast to this toxic growth-at-all-costs-for-investor-class model that we’ve naturalized. More from the Signal Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Linux Foundation, and others about challenges, incentives, change-making, mission-driven organizing, and shaping technology under different conditions. Is such a resource out there for aspiring technologists or do we need to make one?

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

What’s the word for that special form of cosy nostalgic pleasure of sitting around with your kids on a crisp autumn weekend day introducing them to classic video games you played as a kid on an emulator you built and they’re totally into it and the world can just pass by outside with all its insanity while you are soothed by the brain-ticklingly familiar 8-bit tones of original Tetris, Dr Mario, Zelda, Carmen Sandiego, Bubble Bobble, and Pokémon Red?

There’s gotta be a word for it…

pluralistic, 7 months ago to random

I know, I know, it's weird when the worst people you know are right, even when they're right for the wrong reasons: like, the "Intelligence Community" is genuinely terrible, pharma companies are murderous crooks, and Big Tech really does have a dangerous grip on public debate. The swivel-eyed loons have a point, is what I'm saying:

https://locusmag.com/2023/05/commentary-cory-doctorow-the-swivel-eyed-loons-have-a-point/

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