@DensePoplar

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Science fiction, philosophy, moments of tactile awareness, the repetitive tasks of life, care for those around me, a general misunderstanding of my connection to those further

@the5thColumnist

Cool thanks!

@the5thColumnist

Studded tires on for our winter riding - do you use the ebikes in the winter? We find the torque on ice hard to manage at times

📷 Red pepper destined for a batch of blender gazpacho this evening. ❤️

#FediversalPictures #Food

Teen Vogue’s labor union says changes in the newsroom announced by Condé Nast will throttle staff diversity and mute the magazine’s progressive political bent. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/conde-nast-teen-vogue-newsguild-1236417079/
As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan

The union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.

The Hollywood Reporter
My local kebab shop considers me a hero and gives me free food. Apparently, they were getting robbed one night and I stopped it by talking the robber out of it. But I have no recollection of this because I was almost on the verge of being paralytically drunk. Still, free food.

@the5thColumnist

Our manager signs on at midnight to try to book desks for (some of) our team even sort of close to eachother - because otherwise they'll be booked by randoms. Not to mention the fact that we have team members in 3 cities so all our meetings are virtual anyways

There's certainly danger in fictionalising the past. Yet arguably, there's also a need for fiction in archaeological interpretation.

Emily Lena Jones in a noteworthy @[email protected] on connecting to the past in order to learn about and care for it:

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/archaeological-fiction-truth-science-dilemma

Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist's Dilemma

An archaeologist reflects on the role of fiction to imagine the deep past—and inspire future generations of archaeologists.

SAPIENS
Goodbye to All That

My resignation from the FBI. 

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A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech

A student investigation at the University of Waterloo uncovered a system that scanned countless undergrads without consent.

WIRED

@thetyee

Here I thought that,

1: Carney thought climate change was something we should deal with and,

2: Canada already has a fair amount of fossil fuel infrastructure