David ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒŽ Moles

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counterfactual geographer & information unprofessional
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Whereas, as we all know, it was actually Colin Clive who played the monster.
in Norway, "up and not crying" is a not uncommon response to "how's it going" type questions, and I feel like that's a very reasonable standard to hold oneself to nowadays
Soliciting nominations for a collective noun for economists. Currently favoured: "A moral hazard".
so is a sieve, but OK

@dave @Bam @thetitanborn

1) Don't ask Black users to CW discussions of their own racism.

2) Don't be on a server where mods mistreat Black folk.

3) Support the mods on your own server, financially and otherwise.

4) Don't engage with sea lions that say "Mistreatment? Here? prove it!" There have been enough threads shared on Black folk receiving racism. Individually convincing each one is exhausting, and expecting that is a tactic of bad faith actors.

โ€œThe quote tweet is integral to Black Twitter culture and activism, and the absence of this affordance marks Mastodon as designed by, and for, whites: Even though itโ€™s not intended to be exclusionary, thatโ€™s its impact.โ€

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/12/01/reflecting-on-twitter-white-flight-quote-tweet-tensions-at-mastodon/

#whiteness #mastodon #BlackTwitter

Reflecting on Twitter, White Flight, & "Quote Tweet" Tensions at Mastodon - Absolutely Maybe

Why canโ€™t we โ€œquote boostโ€ at Mastodon, the way we can โ€œquote tweetโ€ at Twitter? That might sound like an innocuous questionโ€ฆ

Absolutely Maybe

"However this unfolds, as a white person myself, the issue of white behavior looms large. The odds faced by people of color of 'whiteness dominating conversations' are bad enough when we dominate these spaces just by sheer numbers. Add to that our greater propensity to insert ourselves into conversations...and itโ€™s a ghastly picture. If we keep choosing insensitivity and our own comfort, weโ€™re choosing to be part of the problem. We can choose another path."
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/12/01/reflecting-on-twitter-white-flight-quote-tweet-tensions-at-mastodon/

#Mastodon

Reflecting on Twitter, White Flight, & "Quote Tweet" Tensions at Mastodon - Absolutely Maybe

Why canโ€™t we โ€œquote boostโ€ at Mastodon, the way we can โ€œquote tweetโ€ at Twitter? That might sound like an innocuous questionโ€ฆ

Absolutely Maybe

If rail workers do end up engaging in a wildcat or otherwise illegal strike, PLEASE remember that strikes are meant to be disruptive. If you see someone talking about the rail strike and how it's having such a huge impact, say things like "Yeah, it's crazy how much of our economy relies on them. That's why they deserve good health care."

Don't give in to anti-labour rhetoric. Combat false narratives. Solidarity Forever.

The motion passed.

"Appalling" is an understatement.

Worse still: the cops clarified they won't arm the robots...with guns. They'll give them *explosives* instead.

Because that's better, I'm sure.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/sf-police-killer-robots-would-have-explosives-not-guns-sfpd/

#ACAB #KillerRobots #ArmedRobots #SanFrancisco

SF police โ€˜killer robotsโ€™ motion passes

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) โ€” Police in San Francisco will have the ability to deploy potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations after supervisors of the politically Democratic city granted permission Tuesday in a board vote. City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said SFPD will have access to seven robots โ€œdesigned to neutralize dispose of bombs, and provide [โ€ฆ]

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