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kissane

@kissane@mas.to

Working on governance, risk, and social patterns across federated systems. Previously: COVID Tracking Project + Mozilla Foundation + editorial and community advocacy in tech and culture orgs.

I want our tools and networks to be better in more ways for more people in more places. Also: Books, care, plants, very old bones, humane journalism, magic as technology.

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xoxo, to random
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๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŸ One last time, XOXO returns this August 22โ€“24 with three days of people and projects we love from the internet. Registration is now open, surveys close Wednesday, May 29! https://2024.xoxofest.com/

xoxo,
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This yearโ€™s conference lineup includes Molly White of Web3 Is Going Just Great (@molly0xfff), Sweet Baby Incโ€™s Kim Belair, Folding Ideas documentarian Dan Olson, writer/researcher Erin Kissane (@kissane), Aftermath co-founder Gita Jackson, Pulitzer-winning journalist and author Ed Yong, and Hugo-winning author/podcaster Charlie Jane Anders (@charliejane).

18+ nasamuffin, to random
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I went to the aquarium today and there was a guy in a wetsuit pushing a penguin around on a box, back and forth through the water

someone asked why and he says, "yeah, she kinda just really likes riding on the box"

I'm still not over it y'all

hello, to random
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Oh hey, just dropping in with another for ! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Looking at the demonization of AAPI communities in films and television series, Alexa Alice Joubin conducts important case studies about the impact of anti-Asian racism in media. Read Joubin's article here, and explore related work on CORE! https://buff.ly/3QMO30W

andybaio, to random
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me: โ€œI wish people would stop calling individual blog posts โ€˜a blog.โ€™โ€
monkeyโ€™s paw curls
https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie/112439941615950550

stefan, (edited ) to fediverse
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Hey , how do you go about funding your communities?

kissane, (edited ) to random
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Sliding back in to askโ€”do you know without looking it up what "context collapse" is and where/how it entered the conversation about online sociability?

Many thanks, and boosts are welcome <3

sarahgilbert, to random
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I'm excited to be speaking at All Things In Moderation, happening May 15-17. The event is based in Australia, but talks and panels will be recorded so North Americans who want to participate don't have to worry about missing middle of the night sessions!

And the best thing is that a portion of the proceeds are being donated to the Kenyan Content Moderators' Union

https://bit.ly/ATIM2024

migurski, to random
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The Function Of Colour In Factories, Schools & Hospitals (1930) Via https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/the-function-of-colour-in-schools-hospitals-1930

https://migurski.tumblr.com/post/747851659874549760

johnonolan, to random
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Excited to share that Ghost is going to federate over ActivityPub and become part of the largest open publishing network in the world ๐ŸŽ‰

https://activitypub.ghost.org

buttondown, to random
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We're very, very excited to work alongside Ghost to evolve and proselytize ActivityPub as a great tool for authors to stay connected with their audience without tethering themselves to Yet Another Algorithm or Yet Another Walled Garden:

https://mastodon.social/@johnonolan@mastodon.xyz/112315231795331010

Jgbird, to random
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Had a pretty fun time w the macro setup. Still my first day, I have a lot to learn.

black_intellect, to random
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Seattle gave low-income residents $500 a month no strings attached. Employment rates nearly doubled. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seattle-gave-low-income-residents-175101720.html

DivineKestrel, to random
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My daughter asked if we could listen to Taylor Swifts new album The Traumatized Post Office

emergencemagazine, to random
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Weโ€™re excited to announce the forthcoming launch of our fifth volume, Time, at AA Bookshop, a specialist architecture bookshop in London, on May 15th. Learn more and reserve a free ticket: https://emergencemagazine.org/event/volume-5-launch-at-aa-bookshop-in-london/

jessamyn, to random
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My "day job" is working at the Flickr Foundation helping nurture and grow Flickr Commons. We're approaching an important milestone, re-opening the doors to Flickr Commons, a collection of photography collections all of which have no known copyright restrictions.

It's been around since 2008 and is comprised of nearly two million photos. Do you work for a GLAM institution that might want to be part of it? If so, please read our main post and send us your details. ๐Ÿคฉ

https://glammr.us/@flickrfdn/112299229081607353

thisismissem, (edited ) to random
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Okay, so, remember how I had some big news? Well, I didn't get to announce it yesterday as I was unwell (I've been unwell most of the month and could really do with extra financial support right now!)

The big news is that my FIRES project has been granted funding by NLNet (@NGIZero) Entrust fund.

What is FIRES? It's a project I've been slowly working since September last year, and provides a server for maintaining and distributing moderation advisories and recommendations.

overholt, to random
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The greatest response letter since "I feel that you should be aware some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters." https://www.404media.co/lol-no-maker-of-fuck-the-lapd-shirt-laughs-at-cops-copyright-threat/ via @jasonkoebler

waldoj, to random
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I made a new Mastodon bot, called "I Hope This Email Finds You.โ€ Twice a day it proposes a novel way to conclude that sentence. (It uses phrases from Google Books that include the phrase โ€œfinds you.โ€) I've been having fun reading these, so I turned it into a bot because you, too, might have fun reading them. https://botsin.space/@thisemailfindsyou/112295528875440987

kissane, to random
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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?

drahardja,
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@kissane This reminds me of my post: https://sfba.social/@drahardja/110626599633506095

jschauma, to markdown
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molly0xfff, to ArtificialIntelligence
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I spent a long time experimenting with AI before finally writing about it in depth. It can be pretty useful โ€” but is it worth it?

https://www.citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useless/

DAIR, to random
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"If you ask ChatGPT the most basic questions in Ethiopiaโ€™s two most popular languages, Amharic and Tigrinya, for example, it produces a nonsensical jumble of Amharic, Tigrinya and sometimes even other languages, @asmelashteka said. But Hadgu, who created a start-up focused on using machine learning to translate between English and Ethiopian languages, said that specific projects like that of RobotsMali also speak to the potential of artificial intelligence."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/13/mali-books-artificial-intelligence-ai/

brainwane, to random
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Really happy to share https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/ux-research-design/ !

Back in 2020, during grant-funded work on the next-generation pip resolver, @sprblm did fascinating user experience research & design work. https://pyfound.blogspot.com/search/label/pip

They wrote several useful documents that took a while to get merged, but now live in pip's documentation! Like:

how to design a survey https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/ux-research-design/guidance/#designing-surveys

how users think pip should react to dependency conflicts https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/ux-research-design/research-results/override-conflicting-dependencies/

security practices https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/ux-research-design/research-results/users-and-security/

brainwane,
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The thing I want to shout from the rooftops is: THIS IS POSSIBLE.

projects can hire UX experts, who gather quantitative & qualitative data, and who then recommend specific choices. Maintainers don't just have to guess how to design good, usable features and interfaces.

Yes, even for command-line tools.

Yes, even without a big company running the project. We got grants: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2019/12/moss-czi-support-pip.html

And toolchains can pool resources to invest & learn together! https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/user-support-equanimity-potential-cross-project-tools-practices-open-source/

Haste, to random
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I got my first AI generated voicemail last night. It used my name and everything, pretending to be my dad. (He did not accept my transition back in the day, so it was immediately obvious)

If you thought the robocall waves were bad, just wait.

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