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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Reconstruction was a time of “utopian hopes and shattered dreams, struggles for human dignity and terrorist violence, racism and black-white cooperation… everyday life had become politicized in ways barely hinted at in the Reconstruction literature.”
— A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition] by Eric Foner
https://a.co/dKD1Gti
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raiderrobert ("Robert Roskam") wrote:
If you were to start a new #python project, which tool would you use to manage package requirements?
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
A lot of woodworking YT feels like woodglueworking YT.
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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:
Investors have finally caught up to the money saving scam that is unlimited PTO and soon every company will do it.
PTO not taken is money the company literally owes the employee which is paid out in cash when they leave the company.
Unlimited PTO removes this financial liability by saying just take any work day off you like and you just get paid as normal. The reality is people take less time off in that model and tend to work during time off in that model.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
A Case of You by Joni Mitchell
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
My Ride's Here by Warren Zevon
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
So like, in a lot of media with animal people that isn't subculturally furry, the animalness often stays kind of metaphorical even if represented as a physical state. If Aesop's story has ants, it's because he needs a group of industrious characters.
The Echo VNs are funny because every once in a while they will slap you in the face with the literal truth of "My deputy's a damn otter." He says this to dismiss the idea that the deputy might have missed evidence of a crime hidden in the lake.
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emilylorange@mastodon.art ("Emily L'Orange") wrote:
i said i wasn't doing any more of these and then someone kept sending me more pretty birds 😔
(~2.5 hours speedpaint, based on photo by Mary Fran)
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It seems ML "standards" are to Internet Standards what "crypto" is to cryptography.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Today in "ways sexism subtly creeps into everything":
It occurred to me that a high percentage of the people I've known who are the best at coming up with so-called "dad jokes" are not men.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘Mr. Trump and the other defendants will be required to pay cash upon being booked in Atlanta, unlike in the three other criminal cases involving the former president.
…cannot violate state or federal laws or communicate with any co-defendants in the case except through his lawyers… told not to intimidate witnesses or co-defendants, or “otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” by threatening them or 30 unindicted co-conspirators in the case.
He was also directed to “make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community” including “posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” the bond sheet states.’
Mastodon Feed#TFW you realize that a well-intentioned developer is sorting queries on a UUIDv4 field.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
IMO, making a modal/dialogue/prompt/popup/whatever without a "never show me this again" option should be literally illegal.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Canon AE-1 Program, Kodak UltraMax 400. Bristol.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Whatever the opposite of bling is.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
At 11am this morning, the semester officially began for me. Now begins the usual pandemic anxiety.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/21/first-student-meetingaccomplished/
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Chrishallbeck ("Chris Hallbeck") wrote:
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I don't think you have a good reason to hoard people's remains, Smithsonian. The obligation is on you to justify yourself.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/21/open-the-floodgates/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Hints From Heloise:
empty plastic medicine containers can make great field containers for smaller dummy loads like these
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Bunny Breakfast Buffet
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Small-town newspapers are vanishing from the American landscape, crushed by economic pressures from online media and corporate consolidation. In some cases, governments have piled on, seeking to sink or undermine the papers that remain. Those papers should be able to rely on courts to protect them from government abuses. Too often, however, courts fail to do their job.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“…the projected deficit is the result of overly aggressive planning more than it is a financial liability created by the humanities. E. Gordon Gee, the president of West Virginia University, once promised that the school would have 40,000 students by 2020, but the figure is still well under 30,000 across three campuses and is projected to drop. Mr. Gee is now covering up his own failures at the expense of his state’s citizens, instead of putting his efforts toward recruiting and obtaining donor money to fund a broad education for West Virginians.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Republicans have shirked their constitutional duties, sometimes through sheer cowardice. They have punted their responsibilities to other branches of government or simply shrunk back in fear of the consequences.”
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The dumbest, most arrogant people on Earth will be congregating in Vegas in October. Cha-ching!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/21/the-last-place-id-want-to-be-in-october-is-vegas/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
You know, the media lies to you about who holds the power at universities. The students are coming back, I hate to be the one who disillusions them.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/21/reality-check/
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dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
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kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks ("Dr. Katharine Hayhoe") wrote:
There's a dangerous narrative among those already worried about climate risks, and advocating for climate solutions, that "surely THIS disaster will convince everyone action is needed at scale, and if it doesn't, then nothing will!"
Why is it dangerous? Because although psychological distance is one of the barriers to action, there are two more: lack of efficacy and solution aversion. And ironically, disasters are ramping up both of those barriers rather than dismantling them.
If we aren't aware of them and therefore don't address them directly, we won't catalyze change at scale.
And even worse, if these horrendous disasters don't immediately lead to action at scale (which sadly, most of them likely will not) -> then those who believe the above will feel there is nothing left we can do and we truly are doomed -> and if we believe that, then we truly are!
So if you hear people asking why we aren't seeing climate action at scale, please share with them these three barriers and what each of us can do to dismantle them.
The first step is so simple, everyone can do it: just make sure we are always talking about both the risks and the solutions at the same time! For more, see: https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it?language=en
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kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks ("Dr. Katharine Hayhoe") wrote:
There’s barely a corner of the planet that hasn’t been touched by some form of climate change-related extreme these last few months. As Al Gore says, what we see on the news every day now looks like "a nature hike through the Book of Revelation."
The devastation in Hawai'i and other near-daily catastrophes can make us feel like a burning, suffering world is an inescapable fate -- but it’s not. We still have the ability to change the future, starting now. And the more we do, the better off we will all be. This is literally what the science says: every bit of warming matters and every action and every choice matters, too.
That’s why I am not giving up, and neither are millions of others. I am not accepting our current circumstances as the new normal. Throughout the world, there are companies transitioning to green energy, voters speaking up, governments making progress, and people fighting for climate action.
Yes, there are harrowing headlines; but there is also good climate news all around us. This is what my weekly newsletter is for: to share good news, not-so-good news you can share, and some very practical steps YOU can take.
Please subscribe and **share**. More people than ever are worried about climate change and they need to hear this. You can help!
Mastodon Feedbcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:
please tell me a cool fact, i need to stop thinking about oldboy
![[a person is sitting at a desk in front of a computer. The room is extremely messy except for what the camera can see in the background] Video chat is a chance for my internet friends to get to know the real me.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/928/580/665/783/593/original/1d18cc934224922b.png){kind=link}
