captivatingdork

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Headed toward grad school. Sick of the fascist bullshit. We are all in the 21st century, would be good if we started acting like it. Futurist, humanist, optimistic curmudgeon.
Anyone else having issues posting pictures right now?
#NYC news media remains hellbent on ignoring Mastodon until it's too big to ignore. Most outlets haven't even created accounts. The few that do exist are parked as backups.
Watch out, a car's going to hit you!
“I don't believe it.”
Look, it's right there.
“You're exaggerating.”
No, you should move.
“I am free to stand where I want!”
But you'll be hit.
“I've been hit by cars before.”
Please move!
“Stop living in fear.”
I am afraid--that you'll be killed.
“We can't eliminate car crashes. We must learn to live with them.”
I beg... oops, too late.
“Please get me to a hospital.”
I can't--they're overcrowded with others who wouldn't step out of the way of cars.
#COVID19
"4chan has been my home long before it became a far right site. I'm staying and fighting"
"I know 4chan is now a far right site, but everyone else is there"
"It took years to build a following on 4chan, I can't just give that up"
"The far right never bother me on my corner of 4chan so what's the problem"
"The alternatives to 4chan are too unfamiliar and hard to use"
"I know they're censoring my colleagues but as a journalist I'm dependent on 4chan for my job"

Marion Walter was born in 1928 to a Jewish family in Berlin.

In 1939, she escaped Nazi Germany on a Kindertransport - a rescue operation that evacuated thousands of Jewish children to England before WWII.

Eventually Marion arrived in the US & earned her doctorate in math education from Harvard. She became a professor & founded the Boston Area Mathematics Specialists focused on improving math education for children.

Marion passed away in 2021, at age 92. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Walter/ #HistoryRemix

Marion Walter - Biography

Marion Ilse Walter was born in Berlin and escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport to England. She emigrated to the United States in 1948 and after earning her doctorate, founded the Mathematics Department at Simmons College. She published over 40 journal articles, several children's books, and the popular book The Art of Problem Posing.

Maths History
Minting the coin is a much better political play than issuing high yield debt. Most people don't understand either but "junk bonds" are perceived worse than minting a platinum coin. #MintTheCoin https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-new-plan-to-get-around-the-debt
A new plan to get around the debt ceiling hostage

If the platinum coin is too weird, meet high-yield bonds

Slow Boring

Anyone else thoroughly disgusted that a former UK gov minister says this about any human? "...we owe her nothing. She got herself into this mess and frankly it’s down to her to work out how she’s going to get out of it.”

This about:
- a British teen radicalised by online social media
- a minor sexually abused by terrorists
- a woman in a refugee camp, stripped of citizenship

Talk about " punching down". Shamima Begum is demonised by Tories to hide their failings

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/11/shamima-begum-understands-public-anger-but-not-bad-person?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Shamima Begum says she understands public anger but ‘is not a bad person’

23-year-old tells story of how she joined Islamic State and life in a refugee camp in BBC podcast series

The Guardian

Truly a shame that on the 2 year anniversary of the Jan 6 insurrection, none of the ringleaders of this attack on our democracy have faced the slightest bit of justice and accountability.

Justice delayed is justice denied, and an insurrection that goes unpunished becomes a training exercise for next time.

The DOJ must act immediately to protect the American people, our democracy, and our national peace—before it's too late.