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ProfLouiseL, 4 days ago to random

Genuinely quite surprised at the number of people coming out to say throwing a milkshake at Farage was 'assault' and must never happen to politicians. I absolutely agree politicians should not be subject to violence, but there is a long, proud history of throwing foodstuffs at people as a form of protest. Intended to humiliate and ridicule, not to injure. Pleased to see Mastodon mostly agrees. #Farage #Milkshake

https://criticallegalthinking.com/2019/05/24/a-short-history-of-throwing-food-at-fascists/

zachleat, 17 days ago to 11ty

A blog post about what is likely the biggest @eleventy news in our project’s history — and we need your help!

https://www.zachleat.com/web/independent-sustainable-11ty/

#11ty

delta, 17 days ago to random

Sounds like a bad joke joke but the EU governing council wants to once again legislate #chatcontrol for it's 350 million citizens. According to @echo_pbreyer (EU parlamentarian) the legislation wants to force messengers to prevent users from sending images or videos unless they agree them to be scanned, AI-analyzed and potentially reported to police. They apparently want to bring it up for a council vote in two days and get it through parliament in June. German link https://www.patrick-breyer.de/lass-dich-ueberwachen-eu-rat-will-sich-auf-chatkontrolle-mit-zustimmung-der-nutzer-einigen/

eleventy, 18 days ago to random

https://2024.xoxofest.com/ is #BuiltWithEleventy by @ashur and @emicab! 🏆

(via https://front-end.social/@ashur/112480925376684231)

ivan_herman, 18 days ago to random

A long overdue standard has now been published at W3C: "RDF Dataset Canonicalization". Essential for security related operations with RDF Datasets...

Note that the standard is published alongside 8 full implementations, which is great.

https://www.w3.org/news/2024/rdf-dataset-canonicalization-is-a-w3c-recommendation/

#rdf

matthewskelton, 21 days ago to random

"Surprisingly, our results show that women's contributions tend to be accepted more often than men's. However, when a woman's gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

🤬

gutenberg_org, 21 days ago to books

British mathematician, logician, philosopher, & public intellectual Bertrand Russell was born #OTD in 1872.

One of Russell's most significant achievements is the co-authorship of "Principia Mathematica" (1910-1913) with Alfred North Whitehead. His works, such as "The Problems of Philosophy" (1912) & "Our Knowledge of the External World" (1914), explored issues related to knowledge, perception, & the scientific method.

Books by Bertrand Russell at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/355

#books #literature

Cover of Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell. Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy is a book (1919 first edition) by philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author seeks to create an accessible introduction to various topics within the foundations of mathematics. According to the preface, the book is intended for those with only limited knowledge of mathematics and no prior experience with the mathematical logic it deals with. Accordingly, it is often used in introductory philosophy of mathematics courses at institutions of higher education.

philipncohen, 1 month ago to random

Robin DG Kelley: "I suspect that your previous executive and managerial posts in the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Bank of England did not prepare you to lead a university. These students are ... doing what you should be doing: leading." https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/letter-to-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik/ #gaza #highered

hannah, 1 month ago to accessibility

Hi friends,

The http://alt-text.org alt text library project needs a new leader, because I have brain cancer.

I would like to connect with the #accessibility dev community, something I have never figured out, probably in part for neurodivergence reasons. I want to hand the project off to a team or a leader if anyone is willing to take it over.

Github: https://github.com/alt-text-org
WIP MVP: a site designed for writing alt text with a private library: https://my.alt-text.org

Boosts appreciated

SURF, 1 month ago to twitter Dutch

As of 2 May, we will stop using X (formerly Twitter).

The reason is that X no longer matches SURF's public values such as humanity, autonomy and justice.

Also, the reach is declining on X and more and more academics and researchers are leaving the platform.

Read more about our decision: https://www.surf.nl/en/news/surf-stops-using-x-twitter?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2024-04-social&utm_kwd=surf-stops-using-x-twitter--&utm_source=mastodon&utm_content=surf

#Xit #Twitter

EU_Commission, 1 month ago to random

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

We are working on a solution to ensure our continued presence on your feeds, taking full advantage of Mastodon's identity portability.

And we are even growing the team behind our Mastodon presence, increasing efforts to engage with your comments on our posts.

We are fully committed to being a real part of the conversation in the fediverse.

Interested in our next steps? Follow us as we take on this new chapter.

fribbledom, 2 months ago to random

"Cryptocurrencies are everything people don’t know about computers combined with everything they don’t understand about money."

koreenbrennan, 2 months ago to random

Our increased ability to measure methane releases is a game changer. We have the know how to cut back considerably on methane releases; capping o & g wells, capturing waste methane for fuel, cutting back on food waste, etc. Why wouldn't we do these things? Save $$, create a healthier environment, there is no downside. https://www.ecowatch.com/landfills-methane-super-emitters-us.html

kissane, 2 months ago to random

the SRCCON 2024 CfP is open https://2024.srccon.org

irenes, 2 months ago to random

we think we just put our finger on something we've been struggling for a while to find words for

explaining complex ideas in the form of a video makes them highly accessible to audiences who are already motivated to engage with these ideas. that's great!

it also makes them extremely difficult to critically engage with, compared to most written media.

EU_Commission, 3 months ago to random

We can reach our full potential only if we use all our talent and diversity.

Gender equality is a core principle of the EU, but it is not a reality yet.

To make sure changes happen, the #vdLCommission:
🟣 set rules on pay transparency,
🟣 adopted the “Women on boards” directive,
🟣 adopted the first ever legislation on combating gender violence,

Together, we are working tirelessly to achieve gender equality.

#IWD2024

brewsterkahle, 3 months ago to random

The law is legal to be read in the EU after two lower court rulings against it.

Go Carl Malamud, and dozens of pro-bono lawyers. Shame on Standards Organizations and most EU judges.

"Court of Justice finds that there is an overriding public interest in the disclosure of the
harmonised standards on the safety of toys, since they form part of EU law owing to their legal effects."

How it started (10 years ago):

https://boingboing.net/2013/11/21/germany-threatens-to-jail-carl.html

After millions of dollars:

https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2024-03/cp240041en.pdf

transactualuk, 3 months ago to trans

“Trans people aren’t a threat to anyone; hate born by ignorance is. All trans (including non binary) people deserve to be treated with dignity & respect, no matter who we are and where we are at with our medical and social transition. Look beyond the hype and fear-mongering in the press. Become the representation you want to see yourself.” Fox Fisher

(Accessibility: Picture of Fox wearing a grey shirt & a dark greenie beenie hat.)

#TransRights #Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQ #LGBTI #LGBT

iDPI_UMass, 3 months ago to random

Brian Levine is one of the foremost cybersecurity experts on CSAM, and he's right here at UMass.

On an incredibly important episode of Reimagining, Brian talks Ethan about what it takes to keep children safe online, and what stands in his way.
https://publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/98-brian-levine/

molly0xfff, 3 months ago to random

http://indieweb.org is a terrible influence

#indieweb

dmm, 3 months ago to random

14 years after Alan Turing's death, an unpublished manuscript emerged where he suggested the idea of a "disordered" computer that anticipated the rise of connectionism.

https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Alan_Turing%27s_Forgotten_Ideas.pdf

#alanturing #connectionism #neuralnetworks

WorkingFamilies, 4 months ago to random

NEW: After all 15 players petitioned to unionize, An NLRB official has ruled that Dartmouth men’s basketball players are employees and can form a union.

The players would become the first union of athletes in the NCAA.

toussaint, 5 months ago to acab

There is an unmarked mass grave full of dead black people the police murdered and covered up and most people will never know abt it or care
#DefundThePolice #ACAB
https://chicagocrusader.com/215-bodies-found-buried-behind-jackson-mississippi-jail/

ryansingel, 5 months ago to random

Indie creators ditching one VC-funded company for another one thinking it'll be different this time. It won't be. The incentives remain the same.

LiveJournal was a trap
Medium was a trap
Patreon is a trap
Substack is a trap
Etsy became a trap
Beehiiv...

The difference this time is that there are real indie alternatives

Ghost
WordPress
Transistor.fm
Fediverse
Outpost.pub (self plug)
Buttondown
And more

The hacienda must be built

#SubstackMigration #Substack

kissane, 5 months ago to random

How the US press got rolled on the Claudine Gay scandal by known bad-faith operatives who explained exactly what they were doing, as they did it. (I'd emphasize that this worked especially well against Gay because she's a Black woman.)

https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-campaign-to-remove-the-president

See also CNN's coverage, which features a straightforward—if only semi-coherent—rewrite of Rufo and Brunet's oppo research.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/business/harvard-president-claudine-gay-plagiarism/index.html

(Ed. note, I'm muting this post immediately to maintain a productive brain.)