@Oceanflynn

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Veteran Wikipedia editor, gardener, visual artist . #wikipedia #wikimedia #WikimediaLibrary #OpenSource #CreativeCommons #education #science #philosophy #bibliophile #writer #WordPress #Zotero #RoamResearch #FreeSoftware #Bilingual #MemoryPalace #musiology #MemoryWork #CommunalMemory #Alberta #folksonomy #history #environment #nature #wildlife #climatechange #news #politics #sustainability
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OceanflynnNov 30, 2022
TY @internetarchive "The aim of the Internet Archive Democracy’s Library is to collect, preserve and make freely available all the published works of all the democracies– the federal, provincial, and municipal government publications– so that we can efficiently learn from each other to solve our biggest challenges in parallel and in concert. Democracy’s Library is the foundational information of free people." https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/what-is-the-democracys-library/
What is the Democracy's Library? - Internet Archive Blogs

Democracies require an educated citizenry to flourish– and because of this, Democratic governments, at all levels, spend billions of dollars publishing reports, manuals, books, videos so that all can read and learn. That is the good news.  The bad news is that in our digital age, much of this is not accessible.   Democracy’s Library […]

Internet Archive Blogs
OceanflynnNov 30, 2022
internetarchiveNov 30, 2022
We introduced you to Democracy's Library at our annual celebration last month. But what is it, really? Our founder @brewsterkahle has published a new thought piece, out today: http://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/what-is-the-democracys-library/
What is the Democracy's Library? - Internet Archive Blogs

Democracies require an educated citizenry to flourish– and because of this, Democratic governments, at all levels, spend billions of dollars publishing reports, manuals, books, videos so that all can read and learn. That is the good news.  The bad news is that in our digital age, much of this is not accessible.   Democracy’s Library […]

Internet Archive Blogs
OceanflynnNov 30, 2022
David MoscropNov 30, 2022

Danielle Smith's Bill 1 is an executive coup and an assault on democracy.

Here's why it might work for her—for now.

https://davidmoscrop.substack.com/p/the-new-sovereign-of-alberta

The New Sovereign of Alberta

A bill proposes to give Premier Danielle Smith and her Cabinet extraordinary powers. It's unconstitutional and it's a mess. But no matter what happens, Smith wins—for now.

David Moscrop
OceanflynnNov 30, 2022
I just subscribed to political scientist @EmmettMacfarlane's substack "Declarations of Invalidity". His summaries are clear, concise, and accessible to those who are not political scientists
It helps that one can comment & ask a professor specific questions https://emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/the-most-unconstitutional-bill-in
The most unconstitutional bill in Canada's modern history

The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act

Declarations of Invalidity
OceanflynnNov 29, 2022
The Conversation U.S.Nov 29, 2022

This is especially for folks just discovering The Conversation on #Mastodon - but anyone curious about the world will find it interesting and informative reading.

We've collected 8 of our most popular articles of the year in links, and in a downloadable PDF.

Among them:
🦟 The science of mosquito magnets
🔭 The search for super-earths
🌋 Why we can't just throw all our trash into volcanoes to get rid of it

All written by experts.

https://theconversation.com/a-sampler-of-our-most-popular-articles-of-2022-195535
#Journalism #Science #SciComm #News

A sampler of our most popular articles of 2022

A selection of fact-based journalism from 2022, covering topics ranging from super-earths to mosquito magnets, and from why we need to file tax returns to why we can’t just throw all our trash into volcanoes.

The Conversation
OceanflynnNov 26, 2022
LXQt-ProjectNov 26, 2022
Just learned (from https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird/109381711803014089) that one can follow tags in the preferred #feedreader by just adding the suffix .rss to the tag link. Example:
https://mastodon.social/tags/lxqt.rss
Thunderbird (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images Did you know that #Mastodon supports #RSS feeds? That means you can follow your favorite people and topics right inside of Thunderbird! → Just add ".rss" to the URL ← For example, our Mastodon URL "https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" becomes "https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird.rss" What about #hashtags? YEP! Let's look at #OpenSource. From our instance, it is: "https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" So, we just append .rss and it works! "https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource.rss" REALLY useful if you don't want to miss a thing!

Mastodon
OceanflynnNov 26, 2022

Mastodon Twitter Crossposter... Let's see how that works

https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/

Mastodon Twitter Crossposter

OceanflynnNov 26, 2022
Exploding HeadsNov 22, 2022

📞"I am disgusted with what Elon Musk has done to Twitter!"

🎙️"I thought you'd be in your element, Colin!"

📞"But now when I post something offensive that I haven't thought through, it's just a load of people agreeing with me!"

Colin from Portsmouth begs Elon to leave Twitter

OceanflynnNov 26, 2022
Jan BartosikNov 22, 2022

Ha, @ExplodingHeads are on Mastodon! Absolute must-follow.

"But now when I post something offensive that I haven't thought through, it's just a load of people agreeing with me!" :D

https://twitter.com/Exploding_Heads/status/1595031116473565184

The Exploding Heads on Twitter

“📞"I am disgusted with what Elon Musk has done to Twitter!" 🎙️"I thought you'd be in your element, Colin!" 📞"But now when I post something offensive that I haven't thought through, it's just a load of people agreeing with me!" Colin from Portsmouth begs Elon to leave Twitter”

Twitter
OceanflynnNov 26, 2022
Exploding HeadsNov 24, 2022
Every interview with a labour politician #UKpolitics #labour #conservatives #KeirStarmer #bbcpolitics