Mastodawn

chocobo13ζ 20h ago

Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@gewt/116336775768059154

Please help my sis if you can!

chocobo13ζ 2d ago

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Cassandra is only carbon now 3d ago

I really don't like the cynicism of having a day where it's OK to lie to people and otherwise be mean spirited. I do like having a day that celebrates abject silliness.

chocobo13ζ 2d ago

despair doll 5d ago

1. assume every camera has film unless you personally verify otherwise
2. never point a camera at something you're not willing to photograph
3. never put your finger on the shutter button until you're ready to take a photograph
4. always be aware of the subject of your photograph and what is behind the subject

chocobo13ζ 2d ago

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GinevraCat 3d ago

And don't, for the love of all that's holy, just DO NOT double down if challenged or called out on bigotry.

Breathe, read, sit. Respond with an apology. You screwed up - even if you didn't mean it.

This goes for everyone sitting with social privileges commenting on someone with fewer social privileges.

(This advice brought to you from a place of actually being the arsehole a few times. And needing to acknowledge and deal with that.)

@stephanie

chocobo13ζ Mar 26

Terminal Tilt Mar 25

A privacy notice is not consent. Reading a multi-page document written by corporate lawyers just to find out how you're being tracked isn't "agreeing" to anything. It is a digital ransom note.

True consent is:

Granular: I choose exactly what you see.

Revocable: I can take it back at any time.

Opt-in: Off by default, always.

Stop confusing notifying us with asking us.

#Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse #TechEthics #TerminalTilt

chocobo13ζ Mar 25

Frawst Mar 9

https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2022/06/19/living-japanese-slang-dictionary/

heres an extremely long page describing every single japanese slang term this guy has found on the internet, with translations and examples

this is exactly what ive wanted for years

i love this man

Living Japanese Slang Dictionary

This dictionary is a summary of all the terms I’ve reviewed in my slang reviews over the years. Clicking a word will link to a blog post that discusses the word and its etymology/origin, hist…

Scripting Japan

chocobo13ζ Mar 25

Cassandrich Mar 24

Heads-up for anyone who doesn't want their posts scraped and handed over to an LLM.

https://alpaca.gold/@seldo/116286099611905851

(Quote replaced with link since I was blocked.)

chocobo13ζ Mar 25

Cat Hicks Mar 24

The big news in the Hicks-Juavinett household is that Ashley just started a newsletter 🥰 🥰 🥰

of note that choosing ghost was not a small choice, because every SINGLE popular science author in her network insisted she HAD to be on substack, so she is starting with a serious penalty in not benefitting from her large existing network all on substack who would have promoted this newsletter across their many science reader audiences. I hope we can get it to flourish 🫶

https://graymatter.ghost.io/the-limitations-of-neuroscience/

My first PubMed search and the limitations of neuroscientific explanations

In the case of something as wonderfully complex as who we love, it’s unlikely we’ll find it staring back at us on an MRI, a genome sequence, or our own hands.

Gray Matter

This isn't your normal "looking for work" post.

I've decided to shut my business and do more volunteer / community work.

If you know of an organisation which could use a board member with strong digital skills, extensive experience in open source and open standards, or cybersecurity please let me know.

Nothing full time. Personal recommendations preferred. Feel free to share.