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slothrop, 1 year ago to random

So the CEO of online ads giant IAB made a pretty… remarkable speech, saying:

"These extremists (referring to privacy advocates) are political opportunists who’ve made it their mission to cripple the advertising industry and eliminate it from the American economy and culture."

And this, friends, is our mission statement RIGHT THERE.

slothrop, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to climate

In “Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire” (2018), Cara Daggett explains why, with white men, #climate denial and #misogyny so often go together.

She makes a powerful argument that the patriarchal power structures in our society are deeply entwined with our fossil-fuel based economy.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305829818775817

slothrop, 10 months ago to random

In case you’re currently looking for a job, a reminder:

Those “requirements” that companies put in their postings - those are just a wishlist.

If the job looks like it fits you, and you meet maybe 50% of the requirements, go for it.

“You should hire me, because… “ - if you can complete this sentence, the role is worth applying for.

slothrop, 1 year ago to queer

It seems that some parents worry about how to explain the existence of gay and trans people to their kids.

It’s trivially easy.

“Sometimes, men love men. Sometimes, women love women. Sometimes, people find out that although they have a man’s body, they’d be happier living as a woman - or the other way around.

All these people deserve to be happy and respected, just like you.”

And that’s really all there is to it.

#pridemonth #pride

slothrop, 11 months ago to random

If they call you "resources", you get to call them "overhead".

slothrop, 10 months ago to random

My ROFL for the day:

The women´s football (soccer) world cup is on. In an interview, one of the German players was asked "so who´s the female Neymar"?

Her reply was "I don´t think there´s a female Neymar. For example, I don´t know any female players who keep laying on the ground for two or three minutes".

🤣🤣🤣

https://www.sportschau.de/fussball/fifa-frauen-wm/weltmeisterschaft-shitstorm-gegen-kleinherne-100.html

slothrop, 1 year ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Fellow white cis men, will you join me in a New Year's resolution?

In 2023, let's shut up and listen. (Update: in 2024, too)

Let's make space for other groups to build our shared spaces, on the Fedi and IRL.

Let's trust that when a space works well for BIPOC, for LGBTQ+, for women, then it'll also work well for us.

We've had the mic for long enough. Let the others have a turn at making the decisions.

(Boost welcome)

slothrop, 9 months ago to Starlink

Elon Musk is a sorry shit, but I’m kinda grateful to him for reminding everyone that critical infrastructure has to be managed by states rather than private companies.

#starlink

slothrop, 29 days ago to random

Apparent Jack Dorsey did or said something. I‘d just like to remark:

Fuck that guy.

slothrop, 9 months ago to random

Very concerning: Naomi Wu has apparently been silenced by the Chinese government

https://www.hackingbutlegal.com/naomi-wu-and-the-silence-that-speaks-volumes/

slothrop, 7 months ago to random

Enjoying this week’s issue of @thecontinent. Besides excellent coverage of current affairs across the African continent, it includes this rather splendid summary of the whole sorry Bankman-Fried saga 😎

slothrop, 3 months ago to Eurovision

OK people, there won´t be a #Eurovision song contest this year.

They cancelled it, because Finland has clearly already won.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aaIxsEPoS28

lisamelton, 5 months ago to random

Some are curious about my age because of my recent birthday. As an older woman you must understand I'm a bit reticent to share that information. But, what the Hell, I trust you all. 😊

I'm officially I-threw-my-back-out-in-a-goddamn-coughing-fit years old. 😒

Who needs another present when, truly, this virus is the gift that keeps on giving? As if all the phlegm wasn't already enough, right? 🤦‍♀️

#NotCovid #FML

slothrop, 4 months ago to random

Ah, @thecontinent is back! 💚

I’d been missing their coverage of African affairs, by Africans, for Africans and the world.

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

Sorry to hear about the #RedHat layoffs announced yesterday. I hope you’re all doing well.

For anyone impacted, do take a look at https://jobs.siemens.com/careers. Just for the keyword “Linux” alone, there are currently 450+ open positions available at different sites around the world.

Boost welcome.

slothrop, 10 days ago to random

If anyone would be so kind as to reboot the Eiffel Tower?

#paris

slothrop, 6 months ago to iOS

Is it just me, or has text editing really gotten worse on the latest #iOS releases?

When I try to move the cursor to a given point in the text, it often selects the entire word. This makes it very fiddly to change eg. just a couple of letters.

slothrop, 5 months ago to random

Well, looks like I’ll be filtering all #Substack links from here on out.

There are some people there writing interesting stuff. I hope they find a publishing platform that doesn’t choose to enable Nazis.

slothrop, 8 months ago to random

This train is happy to tell me things about itself

slothrop, 8 months ago to random

Only over the last few days did I notice what felt like an increase in advertising in my Fedi timeline.

I’m surprised to say: it doesn’t bother me at all. Quite to the contrary, I actually like it!

Artists promoting their work, showing me cool stuff I might like to buy. A rail nerd with a special ticket offer. People selling used stuff.

I hate spying. But I don’t mind this sort of “here’s what I have, do you want it?” advertising.

slothrop, 1 year ago to random

Somehow there’d be a lot less heartbreak around if more people realized that relationships aren’t something you have.

They’re something you do.

slothrop, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

After

• serverless
• low code
• no code

can we just make

no computers

the next big thing in tech?

slothrop, 30 days ago to random

Now that we’ve seen Apple’s “Crush” ad, I can’t wait for OpenAI’s “Meat Grinder” video

slothrop, 27 days ago to DadBin

A question for people in Paris:

We´ll be on a family vacation in France in the 2nd half of May, and are pondering whether to visit Paris.

Are there any important limitations due to the preparation for the Olympics? Major sights blocked off, or anything like that? Lots of security hassle?

We´ll be travelling with children, so we´re trying to avoid long queues etc.

#tourism #paris #family

Daojoan, 2 months ago to random

I’m so proud to be a step parent.

I don’t see it as “less than.”

I don’t see it as second best.

I love my kid.

I know I’m a parent because I made a choice, I stepped up, and I was there no matter what.

It changed my life. It made me a better human. I’m thankful for it every single day.