Mastodawn

Even I, as a Norwegian, know that there is something completely off with the #capitalization when this loony types... No wonder he has issues following other rules.

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Henry Edward Hardy Jan 17

We are seeing the #Enclosures of the #Internet #Commons.

Just as the free #airwaves were #regulated, corporatized, and oligopolized in the 1930's, now we see this #centralization and #capitalization of the internet.

See:

#Television: a struggle for #power

by #Waldrop, Frank C; #Borkin, Joseph, joint author
1938

https://archive.org/details/televisionstrugg00waldrich

#InternetArchive

@jamie

Television: a struggle for power : Waldrop, Frank C : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bibliography: p. 277-281

Internet Archive

Writers Digest (unofficial)Dec 13

9 of the Most Important English Capitalization Rules https://www.writersdigest.com/most-important-english-capitalization-rules #WriteBetterNonfiction #WriteBetterFiction #Capitalization #BookSubtitles #GrammarRules #BookTitles #Grammar #Titles

9 of the Most Important English Capitalization Rules

Matthew Adams breaks down nine of the most important English capitalization rules, including how to handle title, quotations, and more.

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Alexis Miller Oct 23

Capitalization Tip: File Formats

👉 Most of the time, use all caps for file formats:

“Discussing GIFs out loud is now against office rules. The last argument over pronunciation ended in two black eyes and a broken toe.”

"I forgot to attach the PDF!"

👉 But use lowercase when writing them as extensions:

“Look for the .docx extension on the file name.”

“Maybe downloading Virus.exe was a mistake.”

#AmEditing #capitalization #Grammar #WritingTips #WritingCommunity

Johanna Rothman Apr 29, 2025

How Multitasking Affects Capitalization and What You Can Try Instead
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/04/how-multitasking-affects-capitalization-and-what-you-can-try-instead/
#Multitasking #Capitalization

How Multitasking Affects Capitalization and What You Can Try Instead - Johanna Rothman

I've been working with a new-to-the-organization senior leader, Steve, who struggles with this challenge: He wants to capitalize some operational expenses. (That's a move from OpEx to CapEx.) He is convinced that will give him some freedom to change things while everyone is still working hard. So they've asked all the technical people to fill […]

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Estelle Platini Mar 1, 2025

"Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
[…]
• Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.
• The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality.
• In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, wages and/or height have still not recovered."

Sullivan, Hickel, 2022 : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169

@histodons 🧶

#progress #appropriation #enclosures #landGrab #economics #property #theft #capitalism #power #ownership #stateViolence #slavery #capitalization #history #anthropology #bioPower #bioPolitics #reputation #domination #beliefs #manufacturingConsent #whiteSupremacy #India #colonialism #BritishRule #BritishIndia #BritishEmpire #UK #Britain

Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century

This paper assesses claims that, prior to the 19th century, around 90% of the human population lived in extreme poverty (defined as the inability to a…

Daniel AJ Sokolov Feb 20, 2025

Here is an AI Demo showing and aid emo.

Remember this: #Capitalization is important in #hashtags, too. Text to speech engines depend on #CapitalLetters in hashtags for prounciation. And some users with #visual challenges depend on #TextToSpeech engines.

#AIDemo #AidEmo

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 17, 2024

Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/us-post-office-privatization-trump

* Trump confirmed he’s considering privatizing US Postal Service
* would be a big step in direction of a libertarian dystopia
* USPS Offers an Irreplaceable Public Service
* We Need a Bigger Public Postal Service

#JRE #JoeRogan #sycophants
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #MailBallots
#USPS #USmail #PostMaster #LouisDeJoy
#capitalization #privatization #libertarianism #billionaires #CharlesKoch #SPN #TFAS

Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster

Yesterday Donald Trump confirmed that he’s considering privatizing the US Postal Service. That would be a big step in the direction of a libertarian dystopia.