Mastodawn

Apparently it’s 20 years since Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet. On that same day, 21 March 2006, I was blathering on about “microcontent design” on ReadWriteWeb. This was the feeds world that web geeks like me wanted to become a reality: i.e. web standards-based feeds, using RSS/Atom, structured blogging, microformats, etc. Little did we know that Twitter would introduce the concept of proprietary feeds to the internet…and that would win out over web standards. https://web.archive.org/web/20060508071004/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microcontent_de.php

Read/WriteWeb: Microcontent Design, Part 1

Richard MacManus on Next Generation Web and Media

Jeff Horton 🇨🇦1h ago

Teresa 🏳️‍⚧️2h ago

Yeah this checks out. 😂

Jeff Horton 🇨🇦1h ago

Gerry McGovern 13h ago

Modern, scientific man has written women out of history

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/british-museum-samurai-women-warrior-myth-b2913476.html

The Viking Woman Warrior of Birka, Sweden
https://www.history-channel.org/a-viking-mystery-the-woman-warrior-of-birka/

Early Women Were Hunters, Not Just Gatherers
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/early-women-were-hunters-not-just-gatherers-study-suggests-180982459/

‘Woman the hunter’: Studies aim to correct history
https://news.nd.edu/news/woman-the-hunter-studies-aim-to-correct-history/

The sports where women outperform men
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240731-the-sports-where-women-outperform-men

Half of Japan’s samurais were women reveals groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum

‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class

The Independent

Washy and me

Here is my lazy Sunday question for you.

I remain surprised at the number of instructors (and other professionals) I meet that never held a job outside their field. Maybe I shouldn't be.

Did you have a job that wasn't in your field? Summer, temp, whatever. Just working exposure to a different world than your professional one?

#genx #teaching #professional #postgrad #genz

	Yes
	No

Poll ends at 4:57pm.

Jeff Horton 🇨🇦2h ago

3D Print 🧵 3Dable.IT 2h ago

MIT researchers have developed PhysiOpt, a system combining generative AI with physics simulations to create 3D printable personal items. The system runs finite element analysis to stress test AI-generated designs, making subtle tweaks so objects like cups, keyholders and bookends can withstand real-world use. Users can prompt with text or images and receive a blueprint ready for 3D printing in about 30 seconds. https://news.mit.edu/2026/mixing-ai-with-physics-to-create-personal-items-0225 #3Dprint #3Dprinting #AI #MIT

Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world

A system known as PhysiOpt complements generative AI models with physics simulations to create 3D models of personal items. Users can prompt the system using text or images, and get a blueprint that works in the real world when fabricated.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jeff Horton 🇨🇦3h ago

Phases of my life

Things that are too quiet and I'm not sure where they are, and probably getting into trouble.

10 years ago, the kids
4 years ago, the cat
today, the robot vacuum

#parenting #genx

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Jeff Horton 🇨🇦5h ago

@carrideen now that's the background that is worth a follow :)

Jeff Horton 🇨🇦6h ago

I will definitely say I experience this with my students. It is a very odd experience to stare at a room of it..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Z_stare

Gen Z stare - Wikipedia

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Jeff Horton 🇨🇦7h ago

@Chigaze I always imagined this is what most people did, at minimum at least the HS/Uni work part.

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