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Content designer at Microsoft. Always learning and growing. #ContentDesign

Focused on learning more about anti-racism.

Focused on #Inclusion, I advocate for resources for others who are often overlooked, for example, I might ask you to consider adding alt text and I won’t boost your post if it’s missing.

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Sheril, to science
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A nice write up of my talk this week about communicating https://cakemagazine.org/arvo-2024-closing-keynote-sheds-light-on-communicating-science/

resing,
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@Sheril I bet it’s nice to see your work covered in detail!

ai6yr, to random

There's an elliptical in my garden,
I don't know why it's there.
It showed up one day unininvited
From someplace who knows where.

Though wildlife may range free
Across the fields, hills, and dale
This exercise equipment there
I think might be just from a yard sale

It sits among my cactus and my trees
Right there next to the garden bench
Although it might be pretty there
It's your for free, just bring a wrench

(human)
ps. not mine, but felt inspired by the photo. LOL.

resing,
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@ai6yr love the poem. Thanks for writing and sharing! Very creative.

clive, to random
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All right PEOPLE of MASTODON 🐘

It's time for ...

... "the opposite of doomscrolling" 🌞

My latest "Linkfest" newsletter has just dropped 🤘

Free for anyone to read and subscribe here 📬 -- toss in support if you want (and can): https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-18-infinite-crafting-the-reverse/

Includes:

⚙️ a gearbox that will outlive the universe
🔋 "frankenstein batteries"
🍞 how to get free sourdough starter that began in 1847
💡 trapping "phonons"
🛠️ "infinite crafting" video game
🏃 why women dominate in ultramarathons

AND MORE

resing,
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@clive the non-ai generative art service is a winner!❤️

ntnsndr, to random
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Trying to cancel a SiriusXM subscription is a textbook case of dark patterns.

resing,
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@ntnsndr I just agreed to do annother year myself when I called to cancel

clive, (edited ) to random
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Superb thread here in which @shauna posts her notes from reading Jessie Singer’s book “There Are No Accidents”

It’s about how corporate interests create dangerous/lethal products — from automobiles to addictive medicines and more — then capture the regulators, so that reasonable precautions around their use are tossed out …

… then, when people are injured or killed, they say, “whoops just an accident”

Read the whole thread!

https://social.coop/@shauna/110187830523238194

resing,
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@clive @shauna reminds me of an incident while riding in a back cab in London over the break. A scooter passed in the right where there was no lane and at some point the scooter and the cab bumped into each other (lightly). The van pulled over, the driver and rider had a quick chat, then he comes back in, pulls away and says cheerily “that was almost an accident!”

Sarahp, to random
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How ‘household restocking’ startup The Rounds uses tech and AI to make sustainable e-commerce profitable: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/23/household-restocking-startup-the-rounds-uses-tech-and-ai-to-make-sustainable-e-commerce-profitable/

resing,
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@Sarahp I love their focus on reusing containers! Thanks for sharing. I’d never heard of this 50 person company. I hope they continue to keep their entire staff, including delivery people, full time staff with benefits.

resing,
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@Sarahp have you seen them in action? What’s their founder like? Curious if they’re the real deal on sustainability and testing employees well or just talking the right talk.

resing,
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@Sarahp media neither. I have a sister who lives near dc. I can ask.

ScienceGirl, (edited ) to mastodon

Hello ! I am making the jump from X to here. Too many of my and buddies left X. If you switched from X, how do you like it here?

resing,
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@ScienceGirl left Twitter before the rebrand. So glad to be off that platform. Mastodon isn’t a direct replacement. However, it’s a better place.

Sheril, to ai
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Five years ago, New York magazine reported less than 60% of web traffic was human while bots masquerade as people.

On days that the Internet seems particularly unpleasant, it’s helpful to remember that many of the individuals we encounter online aren’t real.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html

resing,
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@Sheril thanks for the reminder. How do you find most people think about this?
So many people I talk to either Donte believe this or don’t appreciate the importance

Sheril, to random
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The adorable Venezuelan poodle moth was discovered & photographed in 2009 by Dr. Arthur Anker. It’s supposedly the only sighting of this critter, but insects are small & Earth is big. So imagine the diversity of species we haven’t found yet…

resing,
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@Sheril wow! 🤩

clive, to random
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So, last week I was cycling in Brooklyn ...

... and nearly got creamed by an SUV

It made me think about the level of risk I accept every time I head out to run an errand or visit a friend ...

... in a city that has very few physically separated bike lanes

My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/on-nearly-getting-hit-by-an-suv-724ed2111f17

A free "friend" link in case you don't subscribe to Medium: https://clivethompson.medium.com/on-nearly-getting-hit-by-an-suv-724ed2111f17?sk=fe716ac4d2cd6c9bc28ec45961786c7a

resing,
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@clive glad you’re ok. Riding on streets always makes me nervous

joelanman, to random
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If you're on Hachyderm.io they've updated Mastodon recently so you can opt in to search:

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/111206672243289476

resing,
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@joelanman my instance is on v4.2.0 now, too. Opting in!

Sarahp, to random
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Amid Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022, reached 1.8M monthly active users: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/02/amid-twitter-chaos-mastodon-grew-donations-488-in-2022-reached-1-8m-monthly-active-users/

resing,
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@Sarahp good data and analysis

ntnsndr, to random
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We know libraries are under threat from the culture wars, but few have noticed that private equity is preying for libraries and publishers, too—and using employee ownership to justify it.

This is a super important story—reported by someone I love:)

https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/could-kkrs-ownership-of-overdrive-raise-questions-about-simon-schuster-purchase

resing,
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@ntnsndr I wish there were a way to get audiobooks easily without Amazon or OverDrive. Books on tape from the library were great! Maybe I’m just nostalgic

clive, to random
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"Harry Styles and the 'Liar's Dividend'"

In North America, political folks have worried that deepfakes will poison electoral races ...

... by making people doubt whether any media are real

But personally, I think this is gonna happen much more quickly in fields other than politics

It's already happening in pop culture

My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/harry-styles-and-the-liars-dividend-4b5d609be33d

A "friend" link in case you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/harry-styles-and-the-liars-dividend-4b5d609be33d?sk=14faaf7edd300a4c1c48dc7e80b9e445

resing,
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@clive I appreciate your potential happy ending and the comparison to early faked photographs and how people learned to spot the techniques. I do hope that comes to be true here, too.

ntnsndr, to random
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The 1906 US immigration form made this distinction between citizen and subject.

resing,
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@ntnsndr this was an application for a visa or similar? And the idea is that an immigrant became a subject of what, the US government? Trying to wrap my head around what was going on hear. Kings and other royals had subjects. Have democracies?

resing,
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@ntnsndr that makes sense

Sheril, to climate
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Many believe a significant way to address is to 'eat local,’ but that’s not always true. The impact all depends on the kind of + how & where it’s produced.

Some foods require fewer resources (water, energy) in some parts of the world. Season can be important. Overall, transportation has a much lower carbon footprint than land use change. And so on.

So instead of ‘eat local,’ let’s go with ‘eat thoughtfully.’ https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

resing,
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@Sheril oh, no. Cheese 🧀

resing,
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@Sheril I like this quote though I feel like they favor eggs over milk unfairly given their data showing milk as lower emission “substituting less than one day per week’s worth of calories from beef and dairy products to chicken, fish, eggs, or a plant-based alternative reduces GHG emissions more than buying all your food from local sources”

Gargron, to random
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If you'd like your (public) posts to appear in search results on Mastodon, remember that you need to opt-in. Edit Profile → Privacy and Reach → Include public posts in search results. 14K people have opted-in so far!

resing,
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@Gargron on a certain mastodon version? Don’t see it

chrisjrn, to random
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Arial. For when you can't be bothered scrolling to "H".

Arial.

resing,
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@chrisjrn I wonder if that was a consideration in naming this new font https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793428/microsoft-aptos-new-default-font-office-365

resing,
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@chrisjrn could have been. I know it had a different name in the preview. Couldn't hurt! This one should be much improved based on user research.

resing, to music
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Support female artists, like my niece Elle Graham.

If you'd like to see her perform on Thursday at Neumos in Seattle, let me know. I might have an extra ticket.

Women are underrepresented in the music industry.
"In 2022, hit songs had 6 songwriters on average: 5 men and 1 woman." - The Pudding, https://pudding.cool/2023/07/songwriters/

Elle's playing keyboard for her friend Grace's band Mallrat and tells me the entire crew is women or non-binary.

J12t, to random
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Just dug out this old video on wealth inequality in the US for someone. In case you hadn’t seen it, take the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

resing,
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@J12t ok

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