deborahh

deborahh, 9 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

New to Mastodon? Tips: 🧵

I find local & fedi timelines overwhelming; I use themed LISTS. Read more at:
https://mstdn.ca/@deborahh/110712869940867899

Who to follow? Start with @lisamelton
@GottaLaff (for #USpol)
& follow folks who follow them.

Use a client w Quote Tweet, lists, scheduler
ex:
@megalodon (android)
Ice Cubes or Ivory (iOS)

& these Mastodon tools can help: https://mastogizmos.com/

Be kind; offer & ask for help! ☺

PS: be findable: set "make me discoverable" to Yes

#searchMastodon #search #fediTips

deborahh, 7 months ago to mastodon

@researchbuzz is a treasure. Check out her tools for mastodon here: https://mastogizmos.com/

#mastodon #mastodonSearch https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz/111210637252334271

deborahh, 6 months ago to ai

"Tech serves as a force-multiplier on humanity, for better & ill. The most horrific human act — genocide — requires organization & communication, two problems for which we have long developed tech solutions. … punch cards & tabulators in the Holocaust, radio transmission in the Rwandan Genocide, or Facebook in the Rohingya genocide …

the fears of AI autonomously destroying humanity … distract us from the very real possibilities of how AI may be abused."

@bcantrill #ai https://mastodon.social/@bcantrill/111478504783016674

deborahh, 6 months ago to random

More Americans Say They’re in a Brain Fog. Long Covid Is a Factor. - The New York Times

"The sharp increase captures the effects of long Covid for a small but significant portion of younger adults, researchers say, most likely in addition to other effects of the pandemic, including psychological distress. But they also say it’s not yet possible to fully dissect all the reasons behind the increase."

I can tell you: it's challenging :-(
#LongCovid

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/upshot/long-covid-disability.html?login=email&auth=login-email

deborahh, 10 months ago to TwitterMigration

A message to mstdn newbies:

Welcome!

Also, fyi: if you have no profile text or image, there's little motivation for me to follow you back.

❤ Be interesting, be your unique self!
We love that here :progress:

#twitterMigration

deborahh, 4 months ago to random

It seems the russian trolls are out in force here lately. And probably for the next 9 months.

Be careful who you argue with. Check their profile, especially their replies. Consider where you want to invest your time and aggravation. Block liberally.

TL;DR: manage your experience here, and enjoy Mastodon!

deborahh, 4 months ago to random

Don't know who will love to hear this ... so just leaving this here:

At the Toronto Public Library, You Can Now Borrow Musical Instruments

https://www.shareable.net/at-the-toronto-public-library-you-can-now-borrow-musical-instruments/

deborahh, 5 months ago to random

"A little over two years ago, … Dr. Fauci’s assessment of successfully ‘living with the virus’ [was] 'Covid cases must fall below 10,000 a day for U.S. to get to 'degree of normality'”.

… As of December 18, 2023, the infectious disease modeler’s projection of new daily cases in the US is:

964,184 new cases per day."

See the US wastewater data, graphed, here:
@dgoldsmith https://mastodon.social/@dgoldsmith/111651512871983561
#covid19

deborahh, 5 months ago to random

Imagine doing your job really well,
with no short-term memory.

Imagine paying your mortgage or car loan,
when just washing your hair puts you out of commission, in bed for 2 days.

Imagine recovering from Covid, but the person you passed it to no longer calls your name at Starbucks. Imagine their sad children, raised by grandparents.

Wastewater studies show escalating #covid19. Other studies show risk of #LongCovid even if you're asymptomatic.

Please, wear a mask when you leave the house. 😷

deborahh, 8 months ago to random

Got a software team in need of leadership?
I recommend Amitai!

@schmonz https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111036490178339303

deborahh, 4 months ago to random

New: Agile Coach Camp COLOGNE !

"This first event is designed as a yearly gathering and complements the existing world-wide AgileCoachCamp-Calendar.
It is likely to be a small event - we prepare for approximately 50 people as a starting point."

#ACCCGN24
https://pretix.eu/riskonomic/ACCCGN20240503/

deborahh, 4 months ago to mastodon

If you are enjoying someone's posts here, take a moment to tell them so. Even just a "thanks for posting that" sends a good vibe that counteracts negative reply guys.
#mastodon #payItForward #beTheChange

deborahh, 10 months ago to random

This newsletter from a senior reporter in Ukraine, tells human stories from the war zone. Worth your time.
Sign up today to help Tim out.
#newstodon

@timkmak https://journa.host/@timkmak/110757946939766258

deborahh, 4 months ago to random

A School Bought Solar Panels and Saved Enough to Give All Its Teachers Raises

https://futurism.com/the-byte/solar-panels-save-teachers-raise

deborahh, 5 months ago to random

""An est. 1 in 10 infections results in post-Covid-19 condition,"

• Tedros Ghebreyesus, DG of the WHO, April 2023.
  "Infections", mind you, not "infected people". This suggests that 100s of millions of ppl might need long-term treatments. … the disease is now considered a "mass disabling event", triggering a significant global increase in diseases & disabilities.

Many are contracting #Covid19 2 to 3 times a year now, with some experiencing up to half a dozen infections."
https://toot.cat/@DaywalkingRedhead/111613674945683105

deborahh, 7 months ago to journalism

I just looked up my bookmarks re:
News and journalists on mastodon

So, time to share... YMMV

Spreadsheet (add yourself):

https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/111221876888560980

Canada:

https://cosocial.ca/@mpjgregoire/111190964336153339
https://cosocial.ca/@mpjgregoire/110665410509118248

Others:

https://social.coop/@eloquence/111190684701663394

https://mastodon.social/@andremchang/111083328397245985

https://mastodon.social/@skry/111207080398018511
https://mastodon.social/@skry/111207184887648796

https://mastodon.online/@jetton/111222295282427421

And, of course, for a #usPol news fix, @GottaLaff curates breaking news for us!

#media #news #mastodon #newstodon #twitterMigration

deborahh, 9 months ago to random

"While the size of the standard parking bay has remained static for decades, cars have been growing longer and wider in a phenomenon known as “autobesity” …

There is growing debate about car size and road safety, after two eight-year-old girls, Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad, died when a Land Rover crashed through a school fence in south-west London in July."

So, of course, discussion of enlarging parking spots 🤦‍♀️

No!

@dcjohnson https://mastodon.cloud/@dcjohnson/110965802831445091

deborahh, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Software dev can be demoralising, exhausting. But it doesn't have to be.

What impact could this approach to software work have, where you are? A short post by my friend @schmonz

"… It takes patience & discipline, but we can arrange to feel differently [at work]. The primary antidote to the fear and pain of being wrong is: to care. … To continue to care is an act of personal bravery and, sometimes, defiance, that can have tremendous impact."

❤

Listen here (3 minutes): https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111244393505101118

deborahh, 8 months ago to random

Translation:

I: "...and what about backups?"
Architect: "Oh, Ops does that."
I: "Do they know that?"
A: "I assume so. It's their job."
I: "Has anyone told them, for this project, what data and from where to save, and at what interval?"
A: "..."
I: "...and how the restore requests look?"
A: "..."

(Why "DevOps" in companies fails, part 47482.)

Via @frederic https://chaos.social/@frederic/111017848107637213

deborahh, 7 months ago to random

More of this ➔

"The Biden administration on Friday announced federal financing & other incentives designed to convert high-vacancy commercial buildings in downtown spaces around the country into residential use in an attempt to increase housing supply.

Administration officials said office space vacancies have hit a 30-year high, while housing costs remain high for millions of Americans & there is a shortage of affordable housing units."

#housing #affordableHousing
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4278387-white-house-converting-commercial-buildings-housing/

deborahh, 9 months ago to Toronto

Whoa. This feels very current. But it's from 1944 (photo):

#toronto #yyz #housingShortage #history
Via @blogto https://botsin.space/@blogto/110844287958426651

deborahh, 6 months ago to random

Mary Tr#mp on how to survive the next year:

From her newsletter "The Good in Us":

"a lot can get accomplished in twelve months even if, and I would say especially if, we pay attention to our needs for connection, fun, joy, rest, and meaning. We’re not going to do ourselves, anybody else, or our ability to fight for democracy any favors if we burn out before we get to the finish line."

#joy #selfCare #democracy
https://open.substack.com/pub/marytrump/p/sundays-6c6?r=evf5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

deborahh, 10 months ago to random

Grocery empire profits up 31% 😡

Meanwhile food prices are immorally inflated.

Loblaws owns so many grocery chains, under different names ... this affects rich and poor neighbourhoods, across the country.

The rich, mind you, probably aren't cutting back on luxuries like meat or cheese in response.

@cbcworld https://botsin.space/@cbcworld/110782230738795377

deborahh, 10 months ago to TeslaMotors

What's Elon using for brains?
His new logo appears un-copyrightable...

▪ 𝕏 is a generic Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X."

▪ The new logo is also nearly identical to the lowercase "x" in the Monotype font "Special Alphabet 4."

#elon #twitter #crowdsourceYourBrain

deborahh, 6 months ago to random

Here's a lovely read:
may your weekend be aimless and restorative 🍁🍂 ❤

#giftArticle
https://wapo.st/49zeHCk